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FIRST IMPRESSIONS 

Down to the wire in the Commodore Derby , . . 



The Labor Day weekend lias come and gone, which means 
I'm at my deadline for this column. And while I feel we are 
this close to a settlement of the Commodore liquidation, 
nothing has been decidied officially on the legal front (see 
"Overscan," p. 4, For a status report as of press time). 

So, reduced to speculation, let me try a "best guess" 
stab at a likely outcome. If proven wrong by the time you 
get this issue, I'll gladly wear a facial layer of poultry 
products — at least we'll have some resolution. 

Since during the past week I received "absolutely con- 
firmed" reports that no less than four different groups 
had "officially" won [be Commodore bidding sweepstakes 
( Philips', vmstrad, CEI, Samsung, and Commodore UK), it 
seems a propitious time lor a little guessing and gam- 
bling. Having accidentally found mysell at the racetrack a 
few hundred times over the last two decades, let's make 
the play in horse-racing terms: 50 Win on Commodore 
UK, 1>0 Place on CEI, and the rest of the field nowhere. 

As reported in "Overscan," David Pleasance's "uncondi- 
tional" bid for the company may be enough to tip the 
scales in Favor of the UK group. Since both he and Alex 
lor at Cl-'.I intend to resume immediate production of 
, sailing Amiga lines (as opposed to other bidders, who do 
not), this could wind up a good choice all around. 

The negatives — as far as US and Canadian Amiga users 
are concerned — could be that since Pleasance's first goal 
is revitalizing the UK market, North American interests 
would receive only second priority. While that is definitely 
a legitimate fear, there are two factors that could mitigate 
the fallout here should Commodore UK win the prize. 

First, there is no reason on earth why the UK group 
can't enter into distribution agreements with North Amer- 
ican companies such as CEI, Creative Computers — or 
anvone else. In speaking with Pleasance, I found no ob- 
jection on his part to exploring such possibilities. 

Second, the timing of the liquidation resolution could 
plav favorably to North American interests. It is no secret 
that Pleasance would like to see the resumption of mass 
production and distribution ofCD32/A1200 systems in 
lime for the '94 Holiday season, because those are the 
machines in demand in the more entertainment-oriented 
UK market. Such a rapid ramping-up of production on a 
mass scale will be difficult to pull off in the short run, 
however, and Pleasance has intimated that it may be 
easier and more feasible to first push ahead with the 
A4000 instead. And since ihe primary demand for 
A4000s is in North America, distribution in the States 
and Canada would receive high priority. Right on! 

While all of this scenario-making may be an exercise in 
speculation on my part, there is even' indication that a 
successful bid on the part of the UK group would serve the 
interests of the entire Amiga community. And if I've picked 
the wrong horse in this race, so be it — there's no reason 
whv another successful contestant can't gel us all to the 
winner's circle, too, if they follow the right path to the wire. 



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2 November 1994 



CONTENTS 



VOLUME 10, NUMBER 11, NOVEMBER 1994 



FEATURES 

Video Toaster Special 

ToasterMan's Tips for 
Mastering the Video Toaster 

By Sheldon Leemon 10 

Whether you're a novice or more sea- 
soned user, this tasty assortment of IS top 

Toaster tips is geared in increase your 
Video Toaster proficiency and pay divi- 
dends on your next video project. 

On the Fast Track 

By Sheldon Leemon 1 1> 

Serious :>-l> animators won't want to miss 
this hands-on demo of DeskStation Tech- 
nology's Raptor — one seriously mean. 
not-very-lean machine for boosting Light- 
wave rendering operations right through 
the roof. 

ARTICLES 

The Joy of Fax: Amiga Style 

By Dale Larson 19 

Everything yon need to know to turn your 
Amiga into a full-service fax setup that's 
better, cheaper, and more convenient than 
most dedicated fax machines. 

Head2Head: A-Max IV vs. 

Emplant 

By Denny Atkin 1. > 

A blow-by-blow comparison ol how the two 
leading Macintosh emulators for the 
Amiga slack up on features, performance, 
convenience, and price. 

COLUMNS 

Denny on DOS 

By Denny Alkin 3 

"litis month the Wizard of DOS reveals 
some smooth and simple file-transfer lips 
using the CrnssDOS conversion utility. 

Prime-Time PD 

By Tim Walsh 7 

Freelv distributable antivirus programs 
head the prescription list in tftis install- 
ment of Dr. Tun's monthly scan of Amiga 
PD/sharewarc. 




Rea it ji four engines, Video Toaster and Light- 
Wave farts, because we'vegot a slew ofpower 
tips under the hood this month to help you better 
harness the jmtential of (he Amiga's favorite 

-t 'ideo/itniintiiitm system. 



Accent on Graphics 

By Joel Hagen 34 

While Joel usually give's advice on creating 
computer artwork, this month he switches 
to tips on exhibiting it in ways thai can help 
von break mil ol your studio and into the 
gallery. 

DEPARTMENTS 

First Impressions 

By Daniel Sullivan . L 

Where will the nm owners ol ( lonvmodnre 
likely being taking us when the runway's 
finally cleared for takeoff? 

Overscan 4 

News and new products covering the 
entire Amiga community, 

A W Product 

Information 60 

To contact the vendors of products 
mentioned in this issue ot'AmigaWorld, 

consult our all-in-one "Manufacturers'/ 
Distributors' Addresses" list. 



The Last Word 64 

Input from the readers on the continuing 
Commodore saga and other topics. 

REVIEWS 

Three Amiga Monitors 8 

If you've been looking for a high-resolu- 
tion monitor like the now almost-unavail- 
able Commodore IHA'I. check out three 
high-quality alternatives from leading 
Amiga distributors: CEI's A- 1 962, CD 
Solutions" CD-1401, and Creative Com- 
puters' AD-1970. 

Power XL Drive (DKB) 9 

Versatile, economical high-density floppy- 
drive upgrade Cor older Amiga systems. 

GameSmith Development 
System 

(Bit Head Technologies) 44 

Professional-quality game-development 
tools for C or assembly programmers, 

Video Escort 2.5 

(Mr. Hardiuare) 48 

Customized SBase4 Professional forms 
package for the business end of your video 
operation, 

GAMES 

By Peter Olafson 

King's Quest VI (Sierra) 54 

Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow, the latest in 
the KQ aimated-adventnre series, also 
mark's Sierra' return to the Amiga. 

CES Report 54 

New Amiga games debut al ibis past 
summer's CES show. 

Psygnosis Potpourri 36 

Light new releases from the game giant, 
including Brant Stoker's Dracula, Last 
Action Hero. C'.lifiliauger, Innocent Until 
Caught, Puggsv. Wiz 'n* Li/., Clodule. 
and Brian the Lion. Plus previews of the 
upcoming Nova Storm. Benefactor, and 
Armour-Gcddon. 



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AmigaWorld 3 



OVERSCAN 

News, New Products and Networks 



Amiga in the Spotlight at 

LONDON — The '94 autumn Euro- 
pean Computet' Trade Show was lull of 
speculation concerning the Amiga's abil- 
ity to continue in the marketplace. The 
fad that the UK management team has 
placed a bid to buy the company was the 
talk of the Commodore cognoscenti in 
the press room. Commodore UK is keen 
on keeping the platform alive, despite 
the difficulties of such an undertaking. 
In addition, several UK software houses 
and distributors have pledged support 
foi the Amiga — everyone wants it to con- 
tinue. The most pressing concern of 
Amiga developers is that Amiga pro- 
duction resume quickly. Most worried 
that no Amigas would be available for 
the vital run up to Christmas — the 
busiest sales period of the year. 

Despite the recent turn of events, Ami- 
ga product development still looked 
healthy at ECTS. Renegade Software, de- 
velopers of Sensible Soccer, showed Sen- 
sible World of Soccer, a sequel, as well 
as a great shoot-'em-up, Ruff'n' Tumble. 
which has already received positive re- 
views in British magazines. Also on dis- 
play was Flight of the Amazon Queen, a 
graphics adventure set in the 1940s, 

21st Century Entertainment is releas- 
ing versions of Pinball Illusions for 
CD32 and A500/1200. in response to the 
incredible success of Pinball Dreams and 
Pinball Fantasies. Another title, this one 
for CD32 only, Marvin's Marvellous 
Adventure is a 90-leve] platform game. 



ECTS 

Microvahie/Flair Software showcased 
its versatility by offering various new titles 
from a wide range of categories. Some of 
the highlights included. Whizz, a plat- 
form game that features an isometric 
viewpoint (from above and the side), and 
Deadly Racer, a rally game in which you 
must drive a car over varying landscapes 
under different weather conditions. 

Team 17 showed off Super Stardust, 
a sort of "Asteroids meets the 1990s" 
with great graphics and attention-grab- 
bing gameplav. as well as Alien Breed — 
Tower Assault for A500/1200 and 
CD32. In the works for a later release 
are Kingpin Bowling, a ten-pin bowling 
simulator, and All-Terrain Racing, a 3- 
D molorsporl game. 

Gaming hardware wasn't exactly in 
short order, either. One high note: the 
new control pad for CD32 from Power- 
Play Europe. It is designed especially for 
adult-sized hands. 

Support for current product is still in- 
creasing, although there's a noticable 
shift toward PC and console product de- 
velopment as more users are expanding 
their systems. The CD32. in particular, 
is receiving a lot of attention in the de- 
veloper community. Despite the recent 
fallout at Commodore, it's clear that 
there's still a great deal of support for 
the platform in the UK, and if this fall's 
ECTS is any indication, a great deal of 
interest remains as well. 

— Stuart Menges 



New Commodore Hotline Number 



AW regrets that it can no longer contin- 
ue the present 1-300 Commodore update 
line. We have received more than 100,000 
calls since the hotline was introduced. The 
expense has run into the tens of thousands 
of dollars and our switchboard has been 
crippled for other use. We were disap- 
pointed that quite a few people called the 



hotline several times a day, every day for 
weeks on end simply because the call was 
free. It wasn't meant for that purpose. 

We will, however, continue to provide 
update messages at 603/924-2195. This is a 
separate, direct-dial line. Our switchboard 
and the 1-800 number will not provide ac- 
cess to the new update line. — DS 



Commodore Update 

As this issue of AW was going to press, 
no official announcement on the fate of 
Commodore International had been is- 
sued by the Bahamian Supreme Court. 
While all parties connected with the liq- 
uidation proceedings had hoped for a res- 
olution by the Labor Day weekend, no fi- 
nal settlement was reached by that date, 

Frontrunners in the bidding process, CEI 
of Florida and the former management 
team at Commodore UK, were still in- 
volved in negotiations with the court-ap- 
pointed liquidators. Both Alex Amor of CEI 
and David Pleasance of Commodore UK 
reaffirmed their commitment to resuming 
production, distribution, and further de- 
velopment of the Amiga line. Other bids, 
including those from Philips/Amstrad and 
Samsung, were also still on the table. 

In a potentially pre-emptive move, 
Pleasance stated to A W that he had re- 
fined his group's bid to the liquidators as 
an "unconditional" one in order to increase 
the attractiveness of the bid and to move 
the negotiations to a speedier conclusion. 
It was believed that bids from the other 
groups did contain certain conditions that 
had to be met regarding the purchase of 
the company's assets and technology. 

— DS 



CD-ROM Control 

You can add a Mitsumi LU005 or a 

double-speed FX001D CD-ROM drive 
to your Amiga (500 or 1200 with the 
CD1200 controller ($99.99. MicroPace). 
LSO9600 and Rock Ridge filesystem 
software and a jukebox utility for audio 
CDs are included. The controller is 
compatible with CDFileSystem. ASIM 
CD-ROM FileSvstcm, and multisession 
Photo CDs. You'll need AmigaDOS 2.04 
or later; in addition, to use the internal 
Mitsumi CD-ROM drive, you'll need a 
half-height, 5 lM-inch chassis. 



To locate the vendors of products mentioned, see the "Manufacturers'/Distributors' Addresses" list on p. 60. 



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Denny on DOS 



HINTS & TIPS FOR MASTERING THE OPERATING SYSTEM 



By Denny Atkin #6 CrOSSUlg tllC Tl^CkS 



The Amiga uses a 
custom disk format 
thai lets it store 
more on a disk than 
any other mainstream com- 
puter. Low-density floppies, 
which store 7 20 K or 800K 
respectively on a PC or Mac- 
intosh, hold 880K of data on 
tlie Amiga. High-density 
floppies, limited to 1.44MB 
on the PC and Mac, store 
1 .76M B when formatted on 
the Amiga. Because of these 
varying storage capacities, 
floppies created on one 
platform cannot automati- 
cally be read on another. 

Macintoshes, however, can 
read PC disks by using Apple 
file Exchange, and PCs can 
read high-density Mac disks 
using commercial utilities 
such as Mac-in-DOS. Starting 
with Release 2. 1, the Amiga 
operating system was bun- 
dled with a utility called 
CrossDOS thai allows Amigas 
to read and write MS-DOS 
floppies. And with a little 
extra knowledge, vou can use 
CrossDOS to do more than 
just read PC disks. 

Setup 

Setting up CrossDOS is easy. 
Fii'st, you need 10 drag the 
PCO: icon into the Devs/DOS- 
Drivers drawer on your boot 
disk. (If your system has a 
hard drive, vou'll lind it in 
the Storage/DOSDrivers 
drawer; if you're running a 
floppy-based system, it's in 
the DOSDrivers directory on 
the Storage disk.) CrossDOS 
will now be active on DFO: 
whenever you boot your 
system. If you want to set 
CrossDOS up to work for a 
second drive, use the Work- 
bench [cons/Copy function to 
create a duplicate of die PCO: 
icon. Rename it to PCI: (or 



PC2: if you're setting it up for 
DF2:). click on it once, and 
select Information from the 
Workbench Icons menu. 
dick the ONir=0 tool type 
and change it to L'NIT= 1 for 
PCI :, or UNIT=2 for PC2:; 
then click Save, 

To activate CrossDOS for 
the first time, you can dou- 
ble-click the PCX): icon or 
reboot your Amiga. Now 
you'll actually have two 
devices that refer to your 
internal floppy drive. When 
performing operations on 

Quick Tip 

The commercial version of 
CrossDOS, available from 
ConsuHron, gives the same 
capabilities to AmigaDOS 
1.3 and 2.04 users. Unlike 
the version bundled with 2.1 
and 3.0, it also supports 
reading and writing to non- 
floppy MS-DOS devices, 
such as SyQuest and 
Bernoulli cartridges. 
Included free of charge is 
Cross PC, a slow software- 
only PC emulator that's 
handy for running some 
simple MS-DOS programs. 



Amiga disks, you'll refer to 
the drive as DFO:, as usual. 
When accessing MS-DOS 
floppies, vou'll refer to the 
drive as PCO:. That's all 
there is to it! A standard 
Amiga floppy drive will read 
and write to 720K low-den- 
sity PCI disks; high-density 
drives will also read and 
write 1.44MB Floppies. 

Translations and 
Differences 

In the Commodities drawer 
in your Tools drawer, you'll 
find a utility called Cross- 



DOS. This is used to toggle 
some of CrossDOS's special 
features. Vou'll see a list of 
available CrossDOS devices 
on the left: click the device 
whose settings vou want to 
change. There are two tog- 
gle gadgets: Text Filtering 
and Text Translation. The 
Amiga and PC use slightly 
different formats for storing 
ascii text. While (he Amiga 
ends each paragraph with a 
line feed, the PC uses a 
carriage-return/ line-feed 
combination. Willi text 
Filtering selected, CrossDOS 
will add carriage-return 
characters in appropriate 
places when you save ascii 
files to the floppy, and strip 
them when vou load them 
into the Amiga, 

Text Translation is more 
sophisticated, actually con- 
verting the differences 
between various character 
sets. The versions of Cross- 
DOS included with Amiga- 
DOS 2. 1 and 8.0 will trans- 
late text files that use 
International and Danish 
character sets; the version 
included with AmigaDOS 
3.1 also translates Macintosh 
text files. Make sure vou 
have tile text options 
selected only when you're 
working With text files. If 
you have them turned on 
when transferring data files 
or executables, the files will 
be ruined. 

Along with the text-file 
settings, there are some 
other things to keep in mind 
when working with Cross- 
DOS disks. First ana 1 fore- 
most, the MS-DOS disk 
formal limits filenames to 
eight characters, a period, 
and a three-character exten- 
sion, so any of your files with 
longer filenames will have 



their names truncated. Also, 
remember that the storage 
on PC disks is a bit less, so 
you can't copy a full Amiga 
floppy to a CrossDOS disk 
and expect it all to lit. 

Not Just MS-DOS 

CrossDOS is also useful for 
transferring files to and 
from Macintosh and Atari 
ST computers. Macs include 
a program called Apple File 
Exchange that permits the 
transfer of files to and from 
MS-DOS disks; more recent 
Macs include Macintosh PC 
Exchange, which works 
much like CrossDOS, letting 
PC floppies appear on the 
Finder screen. You can use 
MS-DOS disks as an inter- 
mediate formal lor transfer- 
ring files between the Amiga 
and a Mac. Just remember 
that the filenames will be 
truncated to the 8.3 format. 
(Yon can work around this 
by using Insignia's Access- 
PC on the Mac side and 
Rainer Eoppler's freeware 
APCXames utility on the 
Amiga.) 

You can also use Cross- 
DOS lo read and write files 
from Atari ST disks, as they 
use essentially the same 
720K format as MS-DOS. 
There are some minor dif- 
ferences that can cause 
problems reading disks 
formatted on another com- 
puter when using early 
versions of the ST's operat- 
ing system, so if possible you 
should format the file-trans- 
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Are memory-intensive graphics applica- 
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expensive RAM chips, let GigaMem 3.12 
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memory. The virtual-memory software — it 
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operations and adds a maximum of 1 .5 gi- 
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gorithm, it claims to be even faster than 
before, too. GigaMem 3.12 requires an ac- 
celerator with MMU and Workbench 2.04 
or later. You can upgrade forS15. 




Update Scan 



Applied Magic of Vista, California, now 
handles distribution and development of 
the former Digital Micronics' product line, 
including Broadcaster 32, a nonlinear edit- 
ing system. Contact Applied Magic at 
1240 Activity Dr., Suite D, Vista, CA 
92083; 619/599-2626 (phone). 

Nova Design, original developers of Im- 
ageFX, is now the exclusive distributor of 
the image-processing program, which 
was formerly handled by Great Valley 
Products. In addition, Rusty Mills' Video 
Guide to ImageFX (S49.95) is no longer 
available from GVP, but can be ordered di- 
rectly from Nova Design. 

Pixel 3D Professional 2 ($299.95, Ax- 
iom Software) now supports AGA, Post- 
Script fonts, and ARexx. In addition, you 
can now load and save 17 different 3-D 
formats including LightWave, 3-D Studio, 
Wavefront, Imagine, and DFX AutoCAD. 
You can upgrade for S99.99, 

Start your engines. With HyperCache 
Professional 2.0 ($59.95, Silicon Prairie 
Software), it'll be hard to keep up with 
your Amiga now that the software 
promises to increase your disk speed by 
as much as 3000 percent! It offers work- 
station-style I/O caching to any Amiga 
storage device. The new version sports 



an improved interface, which displays 
preferences and statistics. Owners of 1.0 
can upgrade for S19.95. 

Besides many enchancements to its 
functions, Sample Wrench 2.2 (S299, dis- 
sidents), the 16-bit sound sample editor, 
promises to be faster than ever (and uses 
less memory, too). For example, the Dig- 
ital Equalization function is reported to 
run about three times faster than previ- 
ous versions, and Waveform drawing 
speed has been increased 5000 percent. 
Some new conveniences include default 
save/load paths, auto play, edit smooth- 
ing, and ARexx compatibility. Sample 
Wrench now supports 8- and 16-bit 
mono or stereo WAVE format files as 
well as various audio file formats, in- 
cluding AIFF, 8SVX, and Sound Design- 
er Type 1. It requires 1MB of RAM, and 
AmigaDOS 1 .3 or later (AmigaDOS 2.0 or 
later is recommended). Registered own- 
ers can upgrade for S20. 

DSS8+ 3.0 (Great Valley Products) 
sound-sampling software now features di- 
rect-to-disk recording and playback capa- 
bility. Other improvements include: sup- 
port for DBLNTSC and DBLPAL 
resolutions and for 1 6-bit AIFF and WAVE 
formats, and improved Tracker functions. 



Mix Like a Pro 

Professional quality mixing is now as 
easy as Pro-Mix (S399.99). Phantom De- 
velopment offers a software controlled au- 
dio mixing board combining the capabilities 
of five stereo input channels with the ver- 
satility of an ARexx interface. 

Each input channel is provided with con- 
trols for volume, bass, treble, mute and 
stereo/mono, while the Master output adds 
controls such as global stereo/mono, stereo 
reversal and tone defeat. On-screen oscil- 
loscopes are provided with integrated 



stereo sampler hardware, and any single 
channel or group of channels can be sam- 
pled concurrently with compatible soft- 
ware. Additional software features include 
a multispeed, multichannel cross 
fader/switcher, 8SVX sample playback, 
MOD file playback, and user-definable pre- 
set mixer configurations. 

Pro-Mix requires 51 2K RAM and Kick- 
Start 2.04 or later, and attaches to the par- 
allel port. A1000s require a special adapter. 



Visual Database 

GraphicRecall (S50. Focus CbR) puts 
an end to frustrating searches through 
piles of video tapes and long scans of 
your hard disk to find that perfect 
graphic or sound file for vour latest 
video project It creates a "visual" data- 
base using minatures of your images. 
With GraphicRecall and a viewing utili- 
ty (like View or VT), you can display a 
graphic from your library of images of 
various formats, including, IFF, Frame- 



store, GIF, TIFF.TARGA, JPEG, PICT, 
and PCX. You can also store 8SVX/TFF 

and most MOD sound files. With (he 
program, yoti can copy and paste im- 
ages, as well as print them or export 
them to various paint or image process- 
ing programs. Combined with Noahji's 
VLab digitizer, GraphicRecall can also 
catalog video clips, which play back as 
"mini-movies" when selected in the 
database. 



6 Novrmlier 199-1 




By Tim Walsh 



Prime-Time PD 



ON-LINE SOURCES FOR FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE SOFTWARE 



A couple of years ago, a 
neighbor deposited a 
recently purchased 
used A500 and boxes 
of disks on my kitchen table. 
I caught something about 
Gurus and system crashes. 
Yeah, I thought, the drive 
was likely out of alignment, 
the power supply had seen 
better days — yon know, the 
usual stuff that baffles the 
neophyte. 

Several exasperating 
hours later, no amount of 
realigning, swapping of 
drives, exchanging of power 
supplies, or diagnostic tests 
could reveal the problem. By 
chance, I happened to pop 
one of the A500's Work- 
bench disks into my trusty 
A2000. A message appeared 
stating there was a virus on 
the disk and would I like it 
corrected. Another disk from 
the stack revealed the same 
message. Alas, there was 
never anything wrong with 
the A500 — the disks were all 
infected with a virus. 

Virus Troubles 

Although their notoriety has 
waned with time, computer 
viruses are still prevalent in 
Amiga's litde corner of cyber- 
space. The program idling in 
the background on my A2000 
that revealed the troublesome 



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VC's business screen. 

virus on the disks was Vims 
Checker (VC) by John 
Veldthuis. Tfiis $20 share- 
ware program was recently 
updated to version 6.43 
VC, my favorite antivirus 



program since its creation 
several years ago, detects an 
exhaustive list of viruses, 
including ominous-sounding 
ones like Disaster Master 
and Future Disaster. VC's 
new Learn mode writes a 
VCBrainFile file to the S: 
directory that records for 
future reference any non- 
standard bootblocks it may 
stumble upon. 

VC scans RAM for viruses 
and either disables them or 
gives them the old heave-ho. 
Insert a tloppv disk into any 
active drive, and its boot- 
block will be thoroughly 
checked. You can even con- 
figure VC to scan every file 
on the disk and display a 
window showing each file as 
it's scanned. 

A hotkey combination 
reveals a rather extensive 
interface. It's equipped with 
an ARcxx port, so you can 
send ARexx commands to 
VC, and interface options 
allow you to check an indi- 
vidual file for a virus without 
having to scan the entire 
disk. You can also skip 
directories during the scan- 
ning process by pressing 
Control-D. 

VirusZ II 

An excellent companion to 
Virus Checker is VirusZ II, by 

Georg HOnnann. Now resid- 
ing at version !.09, this SI 5 
shareware package thor- 
oughly checks disks for 
viruses. Placing a small win- 
dow on the Workbench, this 
program consists of a series 
of user-selected menus for 
file, sector, vector, and boot- 
block checking. 

Selecting one of these in 
turn calls up control panels 
for analyzing and scanning 
files, directories, and boot- 




VirusZ checks each sector. 

blocks. There's nothing 
part iculaiiy complicated 
about using it, and it works 
fast and effectively to rid 
your disks of those pesky 
viruses. 

BootX 

Another round of ammo for 
your antivirus arsenal is 
Peter Stuer's freeware pro- 
gram, BootX v5.23b. Like 
VirusZ II and Virus Checker, 
BootX has been recentlv 
updated to recognize a 
series of new, little-known 
viruses. 

BootX is an elaborate 
collection of files that 
includes a BootX. Brain file 
and necessary libraries. 
Although BootX requires 
Nico Francois' Req fools. - 
library and the Explode. - 
library for compressed files, 
it's still much of a plug-and- 
play program, as these 
libraries are thoughtfully 
included in the package. 
BootX can reside as an icon 
on the 2.0 or later Work- 
bench, and it checks each 
disk as it's inserted in a drive. 

BootX offers an interactive 
mode, with the program 
opening on its own custom 
window. Numerous menu 
options and screen buttons 
let BootX check the bout- 
block of a disk, scan mentor)' 
for resident viruses, and 
peruse disks for link and file 
viruses. Its control panel is a 
tad confusing, so vou should 
read all the accompanying 
AmigaGuide documentation 



carefully to prevent any of 
the supplied bootblocks from 
inadvertently overwriting the 
existing bootblocks on valu- 
able disks. 

Like other programs of 
the genre, its "brain files" 
can save for posterity any 
unusual bootblocks that it 
encounters. When BootX 
delects in the bootblock a 
virus or something it sus- 
pects to be one, it operates 
in much the same manner 
as Mills Checker, displaying 







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Analyze your disks' boot- 
blocks with BootX. 

a requester asking if you'd 
like to delete the virus. Click 
on the Yes gadget, and 
BootX will replace the disk's 
suspicious bootblock with a 
new one selected from its 
Bootblock library. 

There you have it — a brief 
overview of files available on 
the nets for ridding your 
system of those nasty 
viruses. What are you wait- 
ing for? Go get one. 

Network Voice Numbers 

BIX 

800/695-4882 

617/354-4137 

CompuServe 
614/457-0802 
800/848-8199 

Delphi 
800/695-4005 

GEnie 
800/638-9636 

Portal 

408/973-9111 
800/433-6444 ■ 



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Alternatives to 

the Commodore 

1 942 monitor. 



Three Amiga Monitors To Go, Please 



All 15-pin video-compatible Amigas. 
A-1962, CEI, S499.95 



CD-1401, CD Solutions. S549.00 

AD- 1970, Creative Computers, $489.95 



If you, like manv other frustrated Amiga users, 
have been trying without success to get vour 
hands on an almost impossible-to-find 
Commodore 1942 monitor, take heart. Tliree 
independent Amiga companies, Creative Equip- 
ment International. CD Solutions, and Creative 
Computers, are all distributing high-quality 
replacements. But which one should yon choose? 

Ilie foremost consideration in the selection process 
involves more than just clarity and screen borders; it's 
that each of these monitors is designed for high-res- 
olution, noninterlaced output and therefore cannot 
plug directly into the Amiga's standard 23-pin mon- 
itor port Owners of A3000-series computers have a 
15-pin video port, while AGA machines come with a 
23-toT5-pin port adapter. Amiga 2000 owners, how- 
ever, need a IlickcrFixcr or other deinterlacer type of 
video card to use any of these monitors. 

Of equal concern, none of the three supports 
composite-video input, as do earlier Commodore 
monitors such as the venerable Commodore 1084, 
and most Video Toaster users need at least one com- 
posite monitor to use as a combination control and 
preview monitor. Of lesser importance, none of 
these three monitors support audio. 

A-1962 

Manufactured by Electrohome and distributed by 
Creative Equipment International (CEI), the 
A.- 1962 has a stylish beige case that matches your 
Amiga's decor and a swivel stand that adds to its 
functionality. It accepts horizontal scan rates from 
15 to 40 KHz., yielding a maximum of 800 (pixels) 
by 000 (lines) noninterlaced resolution. 



Comparison Chart 










A-1962 


CD-1401 


AD-1970 


Maximum noninter- 








laced resolution 


800x600 


1024x768 


800x600 


Horizontal scan rate 


15-40 KHz. 


15-50 KHz. 


15.75-.'l6KHz 


Dot pitch size 


0.28mm 


0.28mm 


0.28mm 




Front-pane! controls include height adjustment, 
horizontal-display centering, brightness, and con- 
trast. Two included cables are hardwired into the 
unit: a 1 5-pin signal cable and a power cable for the 
8-prong female power outlet on the ASOOO and 
A4000. To plug this monitor directly into a stan- 
dard AC receptacle requires an alternative power 
cable. 

The A-1062's display is crisp and accurate, both 
in let ins of color reproduction and resolution. While 
it provides support for the A4000's Super72 modes, 
a black border appears on the right-hand side of the 
screen in Double-NTSC mode. According to tech 
support at CEI, there is a software fix available for 
this condition. Subjectively, I did not find that the 
A- 1002 was quite as bright as I would have liked, but 
ibis is only a minor quibble. 

CD-1401 

Manufactured by CTX, CD Solutions' CD-1401 is 
described in its manual as a "Low-Radiation/Anti- 

Static/Anti-Magnelic" monitor. All very nice, but 
more to the point, the I401's display is noticeably 



8 November tw-t 




crisper and brighter than thai o(" the A-1962. No 
black borders surround the left and right edges in 
Double-NTSC screen modes on AGA machines. 

It possesses roughly the same size, color, foot- 
print, and elegant appearance as the A-1962. A 
few additional features include its ability to 
autoscan for horizontal frequencies between 30 
and 50 KHz and u> produce a maximum 1021x768 
noninterlaced display — the highest of all the three 
monitors. 




The CD-1401's front panel has six controls, 
including vertical centering and size. A 15-pin 
signal cable with small thumb screws is attached, 
and a standard power cable exactly like the .Amiga's 
is included, 

AD- 1970 

Also manufactured bv CTX, but distributed by Cre- 
ative Computers, the AD- 1 970 bears a marked sim- 
ilarity to theCD-1401. Itautoscans from 15.75 to 36 
KHz and produces a maximum 800x600 noninter- 
laced resolution, making it slightly more convenient 
to use in video work. 

The display, bright and accurate, produces the 
best picture of the three when used on an A4000, 
That one factor might give il a slight edge over 
CD Solutions' higher-resolution CD-1401 I or AGA 
machine owners. 




What else? 
All three monitors carry a one-year warranty, run 

exceptionally cool, look great, and arc plug-and-play 
units. You really can't go wrong with any one of these 
monitors. II you haven't experienced the pleasure of 
using a high-resolution, noninterlaced monitor, any 
of these three will be a welcome addition to your Ami- 
ga. While AGA users might be happiest with the AD- 
1970, if pushed to proclaim the best for general-pur- 
pose use, Id give a slight nod to CD Solutions' 
CD-1401. 

— Michael Hanish 



Power XL Drive 

DKB, $159 
All Amigas. 
2.0/3.0 compatible. 
Accelerator compatible. 
Installation: Easy. 

Minimum system: AmigaDOS 2.0 or higher. 
Recommended system: Same as minimum. 



High-density floppy drive for the Amiga. 



Few Amiga users have an unlimited amount of 
money to invest in their Amigas, so they carefully 
watch their computer dollars. What can you buy for 
about SI 50? A used 24-bit graphics board? Maybe a 
cheap 9-pin dot-matrix printer? A high-speed modem? 
One extremely useful and versatile item in this 
price range that's easily overlooked is an external, 
high-density lloppy-disk drive. Think about it. Dou- 
ble-density (e.g., low-density) disks are becoming 
increasingly rare as lloppy-disk manufacturers phase 

Continued on p. 44. 



To locate the vendors of the products reviewed, see the 
"Manufacturers'/Distributors' Addresses" list on p, 60. 



AmigaWorld 9 



ToasterMan's Tips 



FOR 



Mastering the Video Toaster 



If you'd like to trigger effects that have the impact of a speeding ballet, control 

a switcher more powerful than a locomotive, and create transitions that leap 

tall buildings in a single wipe — then follow ToasterMan Leemon's tips 

on mastering the Video Toaster for more effective video productions. 



ITS EASY TO learn how to use the Video Toaster, but 
difficult to master it. Behind its simple interface lurks 
a hidden storehouse of mysteries. Although most 
Toaster users quickly reach the point where they can 
perforin a few basic functions, many remain at that 
level — unable to do everything they would like to do, 
and unsure of what other things they could be doing. 
Mastering the Toaster takes time and some guid- 
ance. While unlocking all of the Toaster's secrets may 
be beyond the scope of a single magazine article, the 
following collection of tips should help you move past 
some of the initial stumbling blocks and point you on 
the path to greater proficiency through experimenta- 
tion on your own. 

The first three tips point out some basic concepts 
with which you should be familiar about how the 
Toaster operates. Think of these as quickie introduc- 
tory lessons to get you up to speed. The remaining 
dozen tips are shorter, more specific hints that should 
benefit Toaster users at all levels. 

#1 Keep your eye on the DV1 and DV2 buttons. 

THE VIDEO BUFFERS are the key to how the Toaster 
performs its magic. Once you understand the various 
ways in which the Toaster relies on them, you'll be 
much closer to understanding how it operates. 

The video buffers have two main roles. When in 
Freeze mode (the Switcher button marked Freeze is 
highlighted in yellow), DV] and DY2 can each store a 



still video image. The source of these images may be 
external (e.g., a still captured from motion video), 
internal (from (he I.ighlWave, Toasterl'aint, or Char- 
acter Generator — CG — programs), or a combination 
of both (such as a video still with a title overlaid on top 
of it). When in Live mode (Freeze button turned off), 
the two buffers are used together to convert external 
video from camera or VCR to digital video. This con- 
version is necessary in order for the Toaster to manip- 
ulate the size or position of a picture with its digital 
effects or to capture a still image in its Framestore. 

In many instances, you yourself control the mode in 
which the buffers operate. You can switch to Freeze 
mode by loading a Framestore, or by hitting the Freeze 
button to capture :i still frame, and then switch to Live 
mode by clicking Freeze off. In other cases, however, 
the Toaster itself takes control ol the these buffers for 
its own purposes. This can result in unexpected {and 
unwanted) consequences. For example, when you per- 
loitn a digital effect using two external video sources, 
the Toaster automatically switches into Live mode — 
and dumps whatever still images are in DV1 and DY2 
at the time. The lesson here is that if you don't want 
to lose your Framcstores, be sine to save them on disk 
as soon as you capture them. 

The Toaster will also switch you automatically from 
Live to Freeze mode whenever you run the Toaster- 
Paint. LightWave, ChromaFX, or CG programs, 
because these programs use DV1 and/or DV2 either 
for their output or to help create their user-control i 



By Sheldon Leemon 



H.l.lSTRATi-.D K\ IS' I VAN HANYA1 



AmigaW'orld 11 



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T A S T E R 



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screens. There are a couple of surprises vou may run 
into here. First, if the Toaster switches to Freeze mode 
in order to use one of the buffers, you may later find 
a frame of random frozen video in the other buffer. 
This is simply whatever video happened to be in the 
digital channel when the Toaster made the switch. 
Another side effect you may experience is that some- 
times when you press the Freeze button on the 
Switcher screen, or its keyboard equivalent, nothing 
happens: This occurs because Toaster operations thai 
seize the video buffers lock this button to prevent you 
from accidentally disrupting them. For example, if vou 
the GG program back to the Switcher, you'll find 
t the Freeze button no longer works. To unlock the 
button, simply select one of the effect icons (such as 
Smooth Fade) to signal that you are ready to return to 
normal Switcher operation. 

#2 Learn the differences between external 

(analog) sources and internal (digital) sources. 

THE TOASTER ALLOWS you to switch among up to 
seven different types of video sources. These sources are 
represented as Switcher buttons labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, DV1, 
DY2, and DY3. "Hie four numbered sources are normal 
analog video sources — such as cameras, VCRs, or 
laserdiscs — that are generated externally, totally inde- 
pendent ol 'die Toaster. The sources marked DV1, 1)V2, 
and DV3 are all digital-video sources, containing images 
that are created, modified, and/or displayed by the 
Toaster. The Toaster can perform some simple effects 
(such as wipes) on analog sources, but effects that change 
the size, position, or rotation of an image require al least 
one digital source. In order to perform such effects on 
external sources, the Toaster must switch the buffers into 
Live mode and use them to convert the external video 
into a digital format that the Toaster can manipulate. 
This has a number of important consequences. 

First, there is a restriction on the sources that can be 
used with digital effects. If you are using one of the dig- 
ital buffers to display a still image, vou won't be able 
to perform digital effects on an external source, since 
digitization requires both buffers. That's why you can't 
fly in a moving video image from an external source 
on top of a still. On the other hand, you can fly in a 
still on top of moving video because the still is in the 
required digital format. The rttfe is that when you are 
working with one moving video source and one still, 
the digital effect can be used only to move, rotate. 
or resize the still. Some digital effects, such as Infin- 
ity, Mosaic, Infinite Squeeze, and the "background 
effects," digitally alter both sources — first the outgoing 
Main source and then the incoming Preview source. 



Table 1: Combining Toaster Effects 





Combine w/fh 


Combine with 


Combine with 




Smootn 


Luminance 


ChromaFX? 




Fade? 


Key? 




EFFECT TYPE 








Digital Effects 


Some 


Yes 


No 


Wipes 


Yes 


No 


Yes 


ChromaFX 


Yes 


Yes 


- 


Smooth Fade 


- 


Yes 


Yes 



These effects cannot be used successfully with both a 
still and a moving video image. 

Converting external video sources to internal digital 
format takes a small, but noticeable amount of lime. 
As a result, everything happens a frame or two later in 
the digital version (where DV1 and DV2 buttons are lit 
along with the number button) than in the original 
analog source (where just the number button is lit). 
Normally, you would hardly notice this delay, but there 
are cases when it can gel you into trouble. If you sud- 
denly switch from a digital version of source 1 to the 
analog version, for example, vou may see a jump or 
skip in the action. To avoid this problem, use the 
Smooth Fade effect to switch from the analog to the 
digital version of the source. 

A jump can also arise spontaneously because of the 
Toaster's habit of allocating the video buffers as it sees 
fit. When you perform digital effects with two external 
sources, for example, the Toaster changes the allocation 
of the digital buffers as needed during a digital effect, 
(ll >ets Preview to digital for an effect where the digital 
video is coining on screen, and Main to digital for an 
effect where the digital source is moving off screen.) 
Before performing an "off' effect, you should set the 
source on Main to digital mode (DV1 and DV2 buttons 
are lit along with that of lite input channel number). 
Before performing an "on" effect, you should set the 
source ou Main to analog mode (only the input number 
button is lit). Otherwise, (here will be a noticeable jump 
as you switch from delayed to nondclaycd video (or vice 
versa). To switch the Main source from analog to dig- 
ital (or vice versa) when you are in the middle of taping, 
use the Smooth Fade transition as suggested above to 
avoid a jump when you make the change. 

You can use the digital delay as a new type of effect 
by doing a partial wipe from a delayed source to a 
nondclaycd version of that same source. II you select, 
say, the Squares or Diamond effect using one digital 
and one analog version of the same source, simply 
move die T-Bar hallway down and you'll get a shim- 
mering prism type of effect on the parts of the video 
that are moving. 

#3 Get to know the different kinds of effects. 

ALL VIDEO TOASTER effects are not created equal. 
The Toaster performs several different kinds of effects, 
each with slightly different characteristics. The two main 
types of effects are analog wipes and digital effects. In 
an analog wipe, one picture replaces the other a bit at 
a time. It's as if the Preview screen were sitting directly 
behind the Main screen, and pan of the picture is wiped 
away to reveal a portion of the picture behind it. The 
pattern in which the top picture is removed can be as 
simple as a right-to-left progression, or as complex as 
an animation of shattering glass. Remember, though, 
that the pictures themselves do not move or change size 
in a wipe. Only the "bole" thai allows you to see through 
one image to the other changes. By contrast, with dig- 
ital effects, either of the pictures (but not both) can 
move, change size, rotate, or split apart. 

In addition to these basic effect types, there are a 
large number of variations. Transition effects can pro- 
ceed either along a geometric path or according to a 
path in which each step is based on a frame of an ani- 
mation. Effects can contain overlays of a solid color 



12 November 1994 



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generated by the Toaster, a semi-transparent shadow 

generated by the Toaster, or an AGA image generated 
by the .Amiga's graphics system. 

There are also other effects that do not fit into any 
basic category. These include nontransition effects 
such as the Art Card or SMITE Bars effect, Trails 
effects, Chroma effects, background ellects, and so on. 
All of these effect types vary according to the sources 
with which they may be used and the other ellects with 
which they can be combined. All hough the various 
combinations are too numerous to list, l he main thing 
to remember is that Toaster features can be combined 
only to the extent that thev do not have overlapping 
resource requirements. For example, digital transition 
effects and Chroma/FX both use the digital-video 
buffers, so it is not possible to combine the two. 

Combining Toaster effects can really enhance your 
capabilities, so you should make an effort to learn what 
kinds of effects can be used together. Table 1 (p. 12) 
should give you a basic idea of what kinds of effects go 
together. Also, remember that if three different effects 
are compatible with one another, you can probably 
perform all three at once. For example, it is possible 
to use luminance keying with Chroma/FX, and then 
fade the whole image with Smooth Fade. 

#4 Loarn tin; keyboard shorlculs. 

THE SWITCHER, CG, Paint, and I.igluWave pro- 
grams all provide for keyboard shortcuts, which not 
only can save you time, but also even allow you to per- 
form some operations when the on-screen controls for 
those functions are not visible. You may want to attach 
labels such as "CAM 1" or "VCR l 2" above the function 
keys that control your video sources to make it easier 
to use these keys as Switcher buttons. 

#5 Curo the blank-screen blues. 

SOME EFFECTS BLANK out the control screen while 
in progress. If the control screen mysteriously disap- 
pears and doesn't come back, press the spacebar to 
finish the effect and it will reappear. 

Most effects can be performed manually by pulling 
the T-Bar down. You can often switch sources while the 
T-Bar is "parked" in an Intermediate position, using 
the Main and .Superimpose bus buttons. If the effect 
blanks out the control screen, you can still use the key- 
board equivalents (IT-F7 for Main, q-u for Superim- 
pose) to change sources. Keep in mind, however, that 
some effect types (such as effects with overlays) don't 
allow you to switch. 

If an effect blanks the screen, yon cannot use the 
mouse to select the Smooth Fade icon. It is possible to 
fade even these effects, though, by controlling the 
Switcher from a sequencer program such as Toaster 
Toolkit (DcvWarc) or T-Rexx Professional (Elastic 
Reality). When you use this method to fade an effect 
with a border (including soft edges) or an animation, 
however, only the border or animation fades away. 

#6 Gel Help! ... but only when you need it. 

WHEN YOU'RE IN the Switcher, pressing the Help 
key on the keyboard toggles between RGB-only and 
Preview control screen modes. If the Switcher control 



panel ever mysteriously appears on top of your Preview 
screen, you've probably just pressed the Help key 
mistake. Press the Help key again to remove the ci 
trot panel, 

You can, however, use the Help key when you r 
the CG program to remind you of some commands 
which there are no on-screen buttons. Forgot how to 
select all text on the CG screen at once? Press Heln! 

#7 Take down names. 

ALTHOUGH THE PICTURES on the icons provide 
a pretty good clue as to what each effect does, the 
name of the effect can provide some additional help. 1 
When you press the close-parenthesis key — ) — on the 
numeric keypad, a little window pops up under [lie 
effects panel, showing the name of the currently 1 

selected effect. 

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#8 Don't forget to multitask. 



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THE TOASTER CAN multitask, but it isn't always 
obvious how to get back to the Workbench screen to 
run another program. From the Switcher screen, you 
need to press four keys consecutively: Ctrl, Ctrl, Alt, . 
Alt. From LightWave or ToasterPaint, use the normal / 
Left Amiga-M key combination to switch screens. From 
other Toaster programs, you must first go to the' 
Switcher screen in order to get to Workbench. 

#5> Recapture your elfect-iveness. 

HAVE YOU EVER turned on your Toaster only to 
see an empty effects panel? You probably loaded the 
Get Small project by mistake. A Toaster project file 
includes instructions about both what effects to load 
and what Toaster programs to load (CG, Paint, or 
LightWave). The Get Small project tells the Toaster to 
load only the Smooth Fade effect. I'm get your effects 
back, simply load another project, such as the Toaster 
3. 1 project. 

Why did NewTek include a project with almost 
no effects in the first place? Answer: To allow vou to 
maximize your memory. LightWave animations, for 
example, take up a tremendous amount of memory. 
Willi a full 1 8 megabytes of RAM, you can play an ani- 
mation thai is only about »' seconds long. If your ani- 
mation is larger than will fit in memory, the Switcher 
simply stops loading it when the memory runs out. If 
you find that your animation stops before the end, free 
up some memory by loading the Get Small project 
before you load your animation. 

Get Small can also help you multitask with memory 
hogs like Art Department Professional (Elastic Reality) 
that require even' megabyte they can get. You may 
want to load the Get Small project before starting such 
a program. Finally, Get Small may help you load large 
amounts of data into LightWave or ToasterPaint. 
Remember, however, to save any projects you are 
working on in these programs belbre you load the Get 
Small project. 'When you load Get Small, it unloads all 
of the programs, and you lose whatever you were 
working on. 

If yoit need only lo gel back a little memory, con- 
sider unloading individual programs instead of 
unloading everything with Gel Small. You can unload *■ 




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the C'<> program, for example, b) holding down 
Shift key and clicking the CG button on the 

itcher screen. The same goes for LightWave, but 
may need lo use the Quit option in ToasterPaint 

dh load/tha t p rogra m . 



#;a'%ke'those titles fly. 

THE CG'S BUILT-IN page types produce great- 
looking pages, but they don't allow yon to move your 
superimposed titles around. If you want to fly in a title, 
you need to use Superimpose on a Framestore page. 
'First, create a Framestore page with a solid black back- 
ground and render it out to DY1 . Xext. click the black 
Superimpose button, set the clip level lo about 30, and 
click the DV1 buiton on the Superimpose panel. Your 
title should now be superimposed on whatever video 
source appears-on the Main channel. Try using the 
Kicked Puppv effect to bounce the title oil. Then you can 
use an effect such as Fly In to bring the title back. Note, 
however, that onlv digital effects work with keved tides. 
When you key out the black background, you'll prob- 
ably lose the shadow and outline along with it. You can 
solve this problem by changing the color of the shadow 
'-'j^anH outline to dark gray instead of black. 

#11 Make it transparent. 

YOU CAN'T MARK your titles semitransparent just 
by changing the Alpha setting of the text on the color 
palette. That's because the shadow and outline sit 
behind the text. If the shadow is solid, you won't see 
through to die video behind the text, no matter how 
transparent you make the letters themselves. The solu- 
tion is to make the shadow and outline at least as trans- 
parent as the text itself, or one level more transparent 

#72 Program your programs. 

THE VIDEO TOASTER'S ARexx interface allows you 
to do almost anything under software control that 
you could do manually. Even if vou can't program a 
lick, you can use a sequencer program like T-Rexx 
Professional or Toaster Toolkit to easily create elab- 
orate sequences of Toaster actions. These programs 
have other talents as well. They allow you to set DV3 
to any of 4096 colors, instead of just 9. They also let 
you edit animated wipes, or create your own, by 
turning animation files into effects, or effects into 
animation files. You can create plain wipes, wipes 
with solid-color overlays, or alpha-channel wipes. 
These programs require animation files in Amiga 
ANIM format, however, not Toaster LightWave 
format. To create your own effects, you'll need an 
Amiga paint program like Digital Creations' Bril- 
liance or Electronic Arts* DeluxePaint IV. 

#13 Fin; al will. 

IF lOU HAVE A sequencer program, you can take 
advantage of the fact that the GPI uses the same con- 
nections as a joystick fircbutton. By placing "pause for 
GPI" commands in your script, you can use a joystick 
as a remote control-device for running a slideshow. 
Each time you press the firebutton, the script executes 
the next series of commands. 



T A S T i: R TIPS 
#14 Make small beautiful. 

WHEN THE TOASTER shrinks a video image with a 
digital effect, it docs not have the time to smoothly 
scale the image. Instead, it "throws away" pixels, which 
makes the small image look blocky and distorted. 
This isn't very noticeable when the image shrinks or 
expands quickly, but it creates problems when the 
image remains still, as it may when you use Position- 
able Expand or Shrink. 

If you need a small image for an "over-the-shoulder" 
shot, consider reducing a still image in ToasterPaint 
and using it instead. You won't get a moving image, 
but the small picture will look very sharp and clean. For 
moving video, try a positionable wipe to create a 
"window" in the corner of the screen, and then shoot 
the second image to fit in the window. If you need 
clean-looking moving video with an entire screen com- 
pressed into a small window, however, consider pur- 
chasing the Feral Effects TBC from Feral Industries. 
In addition to normal TBC functions, this card allows 
you to shrink a moving video source and to position it 
wherever you wish on top of another source. 

#15 Avoid file follies. 

I III I'OASI l-.R SAVES a lol of files in a lot of direc- 
tories, but doesn't give you full access to these direc- 
tories. For example, if vou save a frame with the same 
number, but a different name, as an existing frame, the 
second file is stored along with the first. Since the 
Toaster displays only one filename for each number, 
however, one of them will become a "hidden" file, 
which takes up space but doesn't appear on the 
Switcher's list of available files. The only way to remedy 
this situation is to use the Workbench or an Amiga 
file-manipulation program such as Directory Opus 
from INOVAtronics to rename the duplicate file with 
another number, or to delete it altogether. 

It's not very easy to use the Workbench to manipu- 
late Toaster files, however. That's because there is no 
icon for important Toaster directories such as Frame- 
store and 3D. Be sure to turn on the Show All Files fea- 
ture of the Windows menu on the Workbench to see 
all of the directories in your Toaster partition. 

Many Toaster file requesters leave something to be 
desired — for instance, they may not have buttons for 
all your drives. In most cases, however, you can type 
the director}' path right into the text box of the 
requester. If you want to use drive [HO: in LightWave, 
for example, you can type the drive name in the file 
requester and press Return to see a listing of the top 
directory of that drive. 

Putting these tips into practice may not give you the 
inside track to Truth, Justice, and the American Way. 
but they should help you unleash more of the Toaster's 
tremendous power and potential . . . and make your 
next video/animation project just super! ■ 

Sheldon Leemon, a computer/video consultant and instructor, 

is tin' author of two hooks and scores of articles covering the 
Amiga. He also semes as Amiga Forum Manager on National 
Videotex Network. Write lo him c/o AmigaWorld, Editorial 
DepL, 80 Elm St., Peterborough, NH 03458-0802. 



14 November 1994 



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The Raptor processing engine is a locomotive that drives LightWave rendering 

faster, faster, 



AS DIGITAL IMAGES 
become more com- 
plex, computers are 
challenged to keep up. Even a fasL Amiga 4000 
can take an hour to generate a complex 3-D image — 
and more than a day to produce the SO Frames 
required for one second of animation. 

For hobbyists, such speeds are a [j \j J H ■' | |) 
mere annoyance (we do become 
spoiled, don't we?). But for professionals, slow 
rendering may derail a project. So where can a 3-D 
professional catch the Silver Bullet to Renderland? 




Up ahead, at DeskStation. 

DeskStation Technology's 
Raptor, a dedicated ren- 
dering box, speeds the output ofNewTek's LightWave 
software by 10-40 times (see the sidebar "Ahead of 
Schedule" For details), and the recently announced 
Raptor Plus promises even speedier 
ON i' i : [ M N performance. The Raptor is the direct 
descendant of the Video Toaster 
Screamer, the rendering engine NewTek announced 
in late 1993 but never shipped in quantity. The 
Screamer nas to have had four MIPS R4400 proces- *- 



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Train Scene, used in the speed trials (see "Ahead of Schedule," below), is a still 
from Jon Tindall's Ghost Train animation. 




The Logo Scene test image brought a more dramatic speed increase from the Raptor. 



sors, giving it 40 times the processing 
power of the Toaster 4000. 

For a variety of reasons, NewTek 
decided to stop work on the Screamer, 
concentrating instead on the Flyer, the 
company's upcoming nonlinear editing 
system. NewTek's change of plans 
cleared the way for DeskStation Tech- 
nology, the company actually producing 
the Screamer hardware, to introduce its 
own scaled-down version, called the 
Raptor. Don't be fooled by the "scaled- 
down" reference, though. The Raptor is 
huge, weighing 80 pounds and standing 
almost three feet high. It is also expen- 
sive, costing 513,900 for a complete 
system. Unlike the original Screamer, 
the Raptor conies with only two R4400 
processors, each with 64MB of RAM. 
You can, however, connect several 
Raptor systems together to achieve per- 
formance equal to, or better than, that 
of the Screamer. 

Up To Speed 

Because the Raptor is basically a com- 
puter without a monitor or keyboard, you 
must connect it to your Toaster system in 
order to use it. This requires both hard- 
ware and software. The hardware is an 
Ethernet networking card, which you 
must install in vourToaster machine and 
connect to the Raptor's built-in Ethernet 
card with thin-wire cable. Currently, the 
Raptor is compatible only with the Com- 
modore or Oxxi Hydranet Ethernet 
adapters. The software is a special ver- 
sion of lightwave, which costs an addi- 
tional S2000, This version includes a 
ScreamerNet control panel (see Figure 1, 
next page) that allows LightWave to com- 
municate with the Raptor. 

Using the Raptor from LightWave is 
relatively simple, but it is not auto- 
matic, Before you can render with the 
Raptor, you must initialize the external 
processors and send them the data 
describing the current scene. Although 



Ahead of Schedule 

How does Raptor rendering compare to rendering on an A4000/40 — and to an even faster 40 MHz A4000/40? To 
find out, I tested all three systems with both of the images pictured above. 



A4000/040, 40 MHz 

3293 seconds 
6791 seconds 



Raptor 

497 seconds 
601 seconds 



A4000/040 
Train Scene 6126 seconds 

LogoStene 13,625 seconds 

Train Scene is a frame from Jon Tindall's animation. Ghost Train, which we've used in past evaluations of 68040 
accelerators. (It was the "complex render" task in the WarpEngine vs. G-Force '040 review in AW, Sept. '94, p. 10.) 
This scene uses only ray-traced shadows and medium antialiasing. 

In the Logo Scene, a large text logo appears in front of the Texture Examples scene that comes with the Video 
Toaster. The text is 100% transparent, with an index of refraction of 1.7, so that it appears to be made of glass. "The 
scene uses ray-traced shadows, reflections, and refraction, as well as low antialiasing. D 

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Ethernet generally provides fast 111c transfer, the 
prerelease version of the LightWave ScreamerNet 
software takes a long time to transfer the data 10 the 
Raptor. In fact, it took nearly two minutes to 
transfer data about a scene whose hies occupy less 
than 200K of disk space! We can only hope that the 
transfer speed will improve in future versions of 
the software. 

Once the data is loaded into the Raptor, you must 
choose whether to have each of the two processors 
work on one-half of the same frame, or each on a sep- 
arate frame. For a test render of a .single frame, you'll 
want to use both processors on one frame, but for ani- 
mations, it is generally better to have one processor 
winking on each frame. That way. if one half of the pic- 
lure takes much longer to render than the other, you 
won't have one processor sitting idle waiting For its 
mate to finish. .After you've selected the render mode, 
you press the Render button, and away you go. At this 
point, all LightWave is doing is waiting for data from 
the Raptor. Unfortunately, however, it can't just collect 
the finished images in the background while you work 




Figure 1: The Raptor requires a special version of LightWave that 
includes a ScreamerNet control panel. 

on another scene, or use the A4000 to render. This is 
another area in which the preliminary software could 
stand some improvement. 

On the bright side, you won't have to wait long for 
your scene to finish rendering. The actual degree of 
speed increase depends on the complexity of the scene 
and the number of time-intensive features (like ray- 
tracing) that are turned on. Even simple scenes render 
at least eight to ten times faster than normal. Scenes 
that use several features like transparency, ray-traced 
reflections, refraction, shadows, and bump maps, how- 
ever, lender anywhere from 20-35 times as fast as on 
a stock Amiga 4000 (see the sidebar, p. 16). For the 
professional 3-1) artist, this translates into test renders 
that take minutes instead of hours, and complete ani- 
mations that take a day instead of a week. 

Alternate Tracks 

To address differing needs, DeskStalion is currently 



releasing two new variations on the same theme. One, 
the Raptor Plus (S 1 0.900), an updated version of the 
original Raptor, uses a pair of the faster R4000 RISC: 
processors (running at 133 MHz) and includes 12SMB 
of RAM per processor. Owners of the original Raptor 
can upgrade to the Plus version for $5000 (this involves 
sending your Raptor to DeskStation for a chip swap). 
DeskStaiion also maintains that at some point, Raptor 
owners may be able to upgrade their systems to full 
dual-processor workstation status. Beta testers have 
reported that Raptor Plus performs twice as fast, on 
average, as the original Raptor. 

The other new model, the Raptor II, is a complete, 
non-Amiga workstation, with a keyboard, mouse, 
triple-speed CD-ROM drive, 500MB SCSI hard drive, 
Ethernet adapter. 24-bil color-display card, and 17- 
inch color monitor. The Raptor II Ills in a normal -sized 
tower case and comes with a full version of the Win- 
dows NT operating system (the original Raptor has 
only a limited version of Windows NT). The total price 
for this package is under 510,000. Although the Raptor 
II has only a single processor, with 32 MB of RAM, il 
uses the 1 33-MHz MIPS R4600, a newer chip with 50% 
more processing power than the R4400 used in the 
original Raptor. That means it will render at about 
75% of the speed of the original Raptor, as well as run- 
ning the MIPS version ofany Windows NT software at 
blinding speeds. 

Admittedly, there isn't much Windows NT software 
available vet, but with Microsoft backing it heavily, and 
with its easy portability to the forthcoming 32-bit ver- 
sion of Windows, you can expect a flood of such soft- 
ware in the next couple of years. You can also expect 
a number of custom applications designed specifically 
for the Raptor, including Winlmages FX and Winlm- 
ages Morph (from Black Belt Systems), Elastic Reality 
(from the former ASDG), Real 3D (Realsoft), Designer 
(the NT version of RIO by AT&T), Invisagc (Byte bv 
Byte), and QFX (Ron Scott). 

First-Class Fare 

Clearly, the Raptor is currently priced beyond the 
means of the casual user. You should, however, keep 
this pricing in some perspective. Professionals who are 
accustomed to paying $30,000 to §100,000 for such a 
powerful workstation are apt to look on the system as 
a bargain. For these users, the Raptor will pay for itself 
alter only a few jobs. 

More importantly, however, you should not overlook 
the long-term trend for technology to become less 
expensive. Two years ago, the first Pentium worksta- 
tions were also priced at over S 10,000, Today, you can 
buy a comparable system for less than S2000. So it is 
not unreasonable to expect that the Raptor represents 
the average level of power that we can expect to enjoy 
in the not-so-dislani future. 

For now, it is nice to know that although yon may 
not require the power of the Raptor immediately, it is 
available should the need arise. ■ 

Sheldon Leemoit is a computer/video consultant and 
instructor in the Detroit urea. He is the author of two hooks 
and countless articles covering the Amiga, and saves as 
Amiga Fortun Manager on National Videotex Network. 
Write to him do AmigaWorld Editorial, PO Box 802, 
80 Elm St., Peterborough, NH 03458-0802. 



Its' November 1994 



The 




Joy of 



Amiga Style 



With the right equipment and the relevant "facts," you can turn your Amiga into a first- 
class fax setup that's better, cheaper, and more convenient than a dedicated fax machine. 



PERSONAL COMPUTERS GIVE you instant gratifi- 
cation. So docs fax. just as you see almost instantly the 

results of your keystrokes on your Amiga's screen, fac- 
simile machines deliver pages practically at the touch 
of a button. The two technologies are a natural blend, 
and understanding computer faxing and how to do it 
with your Amiga could save you the expense of buy- 
ing a fax machine, or give you a better-quality fax set- 
up if your current fax equipment is anything less than 
the top of the line. 

The appeal of faxing lies in its convenience, speed, 
and low cost, not in lite quality of its output, which, 
unlike thai of photocopiers, varies only from poor to 
haieh- acceptable. Most lax machines use rolls of ther- 
mal paper that you have to cut into pages with scissors. 
The paper feels funny, tends to curl up, and becomes 
quickly yellow or faded. The printing — low-resolution 
and jaggy — isn't much better. The best machines out- 
put to plain paper usint,' inkjet or laser technology, and 
are capable of higher resolutions. If von use your 
Amiga and printer for faxing, however, the chances are 
that you already have the equipment to match the 
quality of these better fax machines. (For descriptions of 
products mentioned in this article, see the "Amiga Fax Prod- 
nets" sidebar. For information on contacting the developers 
of those products, see the "Manufacturers'/Distributors' 
Addresses" list on p. 60.) 

How Faxing Works 

To understand computer faxing, you have to know 
how faxing works in general. Wiat happens when you 
send a fax between two fax machines is as follows: You 
enter the fax number of the remote machine into your 
machine and feed into it the pages you want trans- 
mitted. The local machine dials the remote machine, 
the two connecting in the same way as do two modems. 
The local machine scans the pages slowly, creating a 
digitized version and sending it over the phone line. 
The remote machine converts the digitized version 




and prints out the data. When all pages are sent, both 
machines hang up. 

Obviously, with dozens of manufacturers of fax 
machines, a standard was needed so that thev could 
all communicate with one another. Almost all fax 
machines worldwide now incorporate what is known as 
the Group 3 standard. (There were earlier Group 1 
and Group 2 standards, and if you really have to, you 
can use most Group 3 fax devices to [slowly] send or 
receive from one of the obsolete machines. There is a 
Group 4 standard, but it requires digital phone lines 
[ISDN] and so is currently of limited use.) »- 



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FAXING 



Group 3 machines scan at a resolution of 203x98dpi 

(clots per inch) in normal mode or 203x1 96dpi in 
"line" mode. Their images are compressed and trans- 
mined at 9(500 bps (bits per second), Hence, an 

8.5x1 1 -inch page filled primarily with text typically 
takes about 30 seconds to transmit in normal mode. 
Fine-mode transmission about doubles the time. 

An extension to the Group 3 standard. Group 3bis, 
provides lor transmission al 1-1. 4kbps (thousand hits 
per second) and a resolution of up to 406x196dpi. 
The higher resolution mode is not much in use, but 
14.4kbps transmission mode is becoming common. 
Obviously, the (aster speed quickly offsets in phone- 
bill savings the cost of the faster modem. (If you have 
a device capable of 14.4kbps, you can still send faxes 
a) the slower 9.6kbps speed.) 

Other than when purchasing and setting up a fax 
device, von don't really have to worry about the details of 
all of these standards. Fax machines automatically 
negotiate the highest speed al which they can connect. 
You need to know only that fine mode means vi m'll spend 
more lime on the phone: otherwise, the standard doesn't 



matter. If you choose to send a fax in line mode and the 
machine on the other end does not support il. your 
machine will automatically fall back to normal mode. 

How Computer Faxing Works 

Because fax machines send digital data over phone 
lines, computers can naturally get in on the act. Most 
new computer modems include fax capabilities (the 
standards used are different, even for connecting at 
identical speeds). If you have such a modem, you 
can take advantage of its built-in fax feature just by 
adding fax software — in the same way you use ter- 
minal software to take advantage of the data aspect 
of your modem. 

Sou can display received faxes on screen, or you can 
output them on vour system's printer. You can also 
send taxes directly from an application rather than 
first printing them out. You can even scan a document 
for transmission with your fax modem. 

All current fax/data modems support Group :i fax- 
ing. Some may support only 9.6kbps, Inn many sup- 
port 1 -1.4kbps. What really distinguishes between 



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GPFax is the best-established Amiga fax software. Il has undergone 
continuous revision since 1991. making il a powerful, flexible, and 
reliable package. The latest version works wiili just about any ( llass 
1 or 2 fax modem, and can take advantage of most of their special 
features. If you want ti> use Supra 's silent-answer feature or a Glass 

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options just a mouse-click away. 

1 modem, GPFax is your only choice. It now comes as a single disk 
and uses Installer to install the correct options for vour modem. Il 
also lias extensive ARexx support. The program provides a single- 
screen, point-and-dick user interface, which, while nonstandard like 
the old ADPro, is simple and easy to use. 

My one complaint about GPFax is lhal it uses A4 paper — longer 
than 8.5x11 — as its standard size (GPSofi is, "I course, an Aus- 



tralian company). Therefore, when you use GPFax to send text out- 
put, the destination fax may alternate lull and very short pages. 
The way around this is always to use GPFax's printer device and 
to print from another application in order to send a fax. 

Excellent technical support is available directly From the pro- 
grammers at GPSofi by phone. Fax, e-mail, or UseNet. Some sup- 
port is also available from Supra, al least for copies bundled with the 
company's modems. 

TrapFax 1.0 

Distributed in the US by Expert Services 
$100 (street price) 

Released last fall, tins newcomer is sure to start a healthy rivalry 
with GPFax. While it doesn't have all of GPFax's polish and line 
touches, il does have most of (he same major features. True, Trap- 
Fax does not have ARexx support, nor does it support Class 1 
modems: manual faxing capability also seems to be missing. 1 low- 
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them is whether they have a Class 1, Class 2, or CAS 
interface. (CAS, a standard incompatible with Amiga 
fax software, is used by Intel modems and a few 
others.) Just as terminal software uses the AT com- 
mand set for data moderns to dial and to set options, 
fax software needs an interface for lax modems. Class 
1 and Class 2 are international standards for fax-spe- 
cilic AT commands. 

Class 1 uses a small command set and forces tin- 
computer to do quite a bit of work in real time during 
faxing. Most fax modems that don't indicate their type 
use the Class 1 standard. Class 2 uses a much larger 
command set, so that the modem demands less of the 
computer. For Amigas, this is an important consider- 
ation. Because serial overrun is a classic problem on 
the Amiga, anything is welcome that makes response 
to the serial port less critical. 

While the cheapest fax machines cost more than 
S200, with good ones going for much more, a goocl 
fax/data modem can be had for under S 1 50 and is use- 
ful for a lot more than faxing. Hence, economics 
strongly favors computer faxing. 



Sending Faxes 

Computers excel at sending faxes. Attach a fax mo- 
dem, plug it into the phone line, install your fax soft- 
ware, and away you go. Most fax software is capable 
of redirecting printer output so that when you print 
from an application, the output can go out as a fax 
rather than to the printer. This saves time and paper, 
and produces higher-quality faxes. By skipping the 
scanning done by a fax machine, you eliminate 
smudges, smears, and other marks or errors from the 
process. 

The exact method of sending faxes from external 
applications differs slightly from one fax software 
package to another, but the basic idea is the same. 
You start the fax software and indicate that you want 
printer output sent to the lax instead. Once you've 
clone so, everything sent to the Preferences printer by 
any application (word processor or paint program, 
for example) goes to die fax software instead of the 
printer. (An exception is if you have a PostScript 
printer, in which case you must be sure to print in 
graphics mode or to the Preferences printer rather » 



at a later time, printer capture for faxing from other applications, 

log files, and flexible viewing of faxes on screen. 

TrapFax's interface is bused on a Workbench drawer containing 
several programs, each of which handles a different task, such as 
viewing faxes or setting up to receive incoming faxes. I found this 
interlace more difficult to use, but I saw several clear advantages for 
some advanced applications. For example, handling faxes on a 
network of Amigas looks much easier with TrapFax than with any 
oilier Amiga software. 

Expert Services provides courteous telephone, mail, and fax sup- 
port in the US, as well as a mail address for the software's authors 
in Germany. (See "Reviews," Aug. '94, p. 14. Tor a full review of 
TrapFax.) 

AmigaFax 

C-Born Software 
Shareware, S.iQ 

'litis shareware package lias many of the same major features as the 
above two commercial programs. Its documentation does not indicate 
that it supports Class 1 modems, so presumably it supports only Class 
2. It has special support forTeX, however, making it especially well- 
suited for some programmers. 

Unlike GPFax and TrapFax, .AmigaFax does not use the standard 
IFF FAXX form for its data fifes. Also unfortunate is the lack of a 
2.0-style user interface. For those on a budget or using TeX, how- 
ever, AmigaFax might be a good alternative. 

El Cheapo Fax 
Freely distributable 

|usl as the name says: The bare minimum to send and receive faxes 
with your Amiga and a Class 2 fax modem. Nothing is automatic. No 
phone book, no scheduling, nothing. You can use a special Prefer- 
ences printer driver to create fax files as output from other applica- 
tions, but you must then send that file on your own. You cannot 
directly view faxes, but must convert them to IFF for display. 

The interface is CLI-only, but there is a shareware add-on pack- 
age called ECFax Enhancer that provides a GUI (Graphical User In- 



terface). The English documentation for ECFax Enhancer is dill's- 
cult (o read, though I'm sure the French is much better. 

If your budget has you choosing between dinner and software, you 
might get by with El Cheapo Fax. Otherwise, choose the commer- 
cial programs. Their luxuries are well worth the price. 

PhonePak VFX 
GVP 

$300 (street price) 

"flic PfionePak is a voice-niaif 'lax-management solution, but does not 
include a data modem, The hardware is compatible only with its own 
(included) software. Basically, PhonePak is a fancy answering ma- 
chine ihat records incoming message', as standard Amiga IFF sound 
files. Its voice-mail capabilities, however, are sophisticated, offering 
you a wide variety of options for handling incoming calls. PhonePak 
also automatically detects and receives fax-machine calls, and it 
can combine a fax and a voice message in a single lile. In addition, 
it oilers a number of options for managing outgoing faxes, includ- 
ing a provision for sending taxes directly from applications pro- 
grams. (For a review of PhonePak VFX, see Feb. "93, p. 24.) 

FaxPak 

Teledisk Systems 
S299. 

While not an Amiga-specific solution, this is a valuable if little- 
known piece of hardware. It turns your computer's printer into a 
plain-paper fax (receive only). It has a small, attractive case that 
houses fax-receiving hardware, phone in and out, parallel in and out. 
and serial in and out. It also functions as a printer switch (you can 
hook one computer to the serial in and one to the parallel in, and 
they both prim to the printer connected to the parallel or serial out). 
It stores up to 40 pages of faxes received while the primer is off or 
offline, (i.e., out of paper). 

The interface is a bit trying (you must call the box from a touch- 
lone phone to program it), hut most people just need to set il once 
and then forget it, so that is tolerable. Hum uanl printouts of all 
your incoming faxes, the FaxPak is a great way lo go. — DL O 



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than to the serial or parallel port.) The fax software 
either creates a file in fax format or prompts you for 
the number to send the fax to. Once clone faxing, you 
torn off the printer option in the lax software so that 
your applications can again use the real printer. 

Unfortunately, the Amiga's current standard oper- 
ating-system printer support doesn't allow you to 
choose from multiple primers (or from fax or printer) 
at the time of printing. The way you configure Prefer- 
ences and your lax software before you print defines 
where your printout will go. If you forget to activate 
your fax software, your printer will be wasting paper 
before you realize your error. 

In the bclls-and-whistles department, fax software 
can provide some nifty options when you're sending 
faxes. Some programs can schedule the sending ol a 
fax, choosing a time when phone rates are lower. 
Some can keep a large database of phone numbers 
and automatically send a single fax to many numbers. 
Finally, your software may keep extensive logs of when 
you sent faxes, where you sent them, and what they 
were. Programs even exist that can estimate the phone 
bill for sending your faxes! 

As far as system requirements go, a fairly minimal 
Amiga can send laxes. Some software can send straight 

JjiqUi^uw ^oiw Voice 

Several modems provide voice capability in addi- 
tion to data and fax. These modems can digitize and 
compress audio from the phone in real time. Such 
a compressed data stream (at 19.2kbps, for example) 
can be spooled to disk by the computer and played 
back over (he phone, modem speaker, or computer 
speakers. Modem brands that currently offer voice 
models include Dolphin, LineLink, and ZyXEL. 

Several freely distributable software packages 
exist that turn such a modem into a simple answer- 
ing machine. AVM, an Amiga shareware software 
package, can use such a modem to create a fairly 
sophisticated voice-mail system and to receive faxes 
(using separate fax software). The CAT PhonePak 
also oilers sophisticated voice-mail features. — DLU 



ascii or IFF files from floppies on a 512K Amiga. A 
hard drive is better, though, and expanded memory 
to hold both the fax software and the application is 
necessary for faxing from an application. An acceler- 
ator shouldn't he necessary with a Class 2 fax modem, 
though vou might need one with a Class 1 modem. 

Also, if you use your computer to send faxes, you 
may want to have a scanner attached to your com- 
puter. In that way, you can even fax hand-written notes 
or other documents not already in your computer. 

It Is Easier To Give Than To Receive 

Once you receive a fax on your computer, you can 
leave it stored on your hard drive (perhaps in com- 
pressed form), display it on your screen, convert it to 
IFF, or dump ii to your printer. Ceiling it into your 
Amiga is the hard part. 

If vou are going to set up your home or office to re- 
ceive faxes, vou have manv decisions to make. Do vou 



need a 24-hour automatic fax line? Do you mind pick- 
ing up the ringing phone only to discover that the call 
is forvour fax machine? Can vou justify the added cost 
of a new phone line or distinctive ringing seivice? Do 
vou want to leave a computer running 2-1 hours a day? 

The simplest (and most expensive) thing to do is to 
have a dedicated phone line installed. Leave your com- 
puter with fax software and a fax modem turned on 
and attached to that line, and you can receive faxes 
automatically, 24 hours a day. You just have to 
remember to kill (he lax software before using your 
modem to dial out to BBSs, and to start the fax soft- 
ware again when you're clone. 

It is also possible to have a single line that shares fax 
and data, [f you have a BBS, for example, you can set 
up most modems and software to detect whether a call 
is fax or data and to respond appropriately. .And 
remember, if you don't really need a dedicated line. 
vou can alwavs tell people to send laxes to vou manu- 
ally by simply calling ahead first. 

You can also sei up a voice line to receive faxes 
automatically 24 hours a day. When you want some- 
thing for nothing, though, receiving faxes is compli- 
cated. There are a couple of options. 

When most sending fax machines finish dialing, they 
stait sounding a tone on the phone line every few sec- 
onds. This is a CN'C tone, also called an Auto Fax I one 
or Calling lone. It alerts any person or machine pick- 
ing up the incoming call that a fax is on the way. To take 
advantage of this, you must have special hardware. Some 
Supra fax modems have a "silent answer" feature. Wien 
a call conies in. it is answered by a person or an answer- 
ing machine (which you attach to the modem rather 
than to ;mother jack). If the Supra detects CNO tones, 
it picks up the line (and cuts off the answering machine); 
otherwise, it ignores the call. Someone detecting an 
incoming fax call just hangs up. Computer and office- 
supplv stores also sell fax switches that detect CNG 
tones. And OVP's PhonePak works well lor sharing a 
line, as the answering machine is built in. 

Finally, most local phone companies provide a service 
called Distinctive Ringing (it has other names in some 
areas), which gives a single line two or more phone 
numbers. When a call comes in, a distinctive-ringing 
pattern indicates which number was called. Some 
modems can decipher these rings and respond only 
to certain ones. You can buy distinctive-ring decoder 
boxes from many computer and office-supply stores. 
These connect to the line and have several outputs, one 
for each distinctive-ring pattern. By plugging your fax 
into such a box, it will answer only lax calls. 

Faxing is convenient and becoming more widespread 
ail the time. Data/Fax modems are coming down in 
price and going up in speed (28.8kbps is now afford- 
able for data modems). The software is getting more 
sophisticated and easier to use. With it. your .Amiga is 
a great way to send and receive liigh-iinalilv faxes. ■ 

DtiU' Larson, formerly a software engineer in Commodore's 
Amiga Networking Croup, is now head oj his men company, 

Intangible Assets Manufacturing, which specializes in Ami- 
go communications products and consulting. His book. Con- 
ned Your Amiga! A Guide to the Internet, LANs, BBSs 
and Online Services, is due out later this year. Write hint 
at IAM, 828 Ormond Ave., Drexel Hill, PA 19026, or via 
the Internet: dale(o iam.com. 



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Comparative Evaluations 
of Popular Amiga Products 



MACINTOSH 
EMULATION 




A-Max IV vs. Emplant 



By Denny Atkin 



AN MS-DOS MACHINE is essentially so different from 
an Amiga that to emulate it you either have to suffer 
with major compromises in functionality or virtually 
duplicate die guts of a PC inside your Amiga's case. 
Not so with the Macintosh, though. Based on the same 
Motorola (580x0 processor series, the Macintosh and 
the Amiga speak the same basic language, and only a 
little translation is needed to bring the two computing 
worlds together. Compared to a real Mac or a 486 
system, a Macintosh emulator is a relatively inexpen- 
sive way to run applications like Quark XPress and 
Adobe PhotoShop on your Amiga. 

The first Macintosh emulator for the .Amiga was 
Reach/Soft's A-Max. It did a great job of emulating an 
early black-and-white Macintosh Plus — too good a job, 
actually, For it took over the Amiga entirely and allowed 
you to run only monochrome Macintosh software. 
While today's version, A-Max IV. enables vou to run 
Mac programs in full color, multitasking happily with 
your favorite .Amiga applications, it was not the first to 
do so. That honor belongs to Utilities Unlimited's 
Emplant board, which not only brings color Macintosh 
emulation to the Amiga, but also purports to be ajack- 
of-all-trades solution (hat will soon emulate everything 
from an IBM 486 to an Atari 800. 

Similar in concept, both products are designed for 
68020-or-faster Amigas equipped with Zorro II slots. 
(Neither one is usable on slotless Amigas like the A500 
and A I 200; the old A-Max II cartridge is your only 
choice for those machines.) They differ, however, in 
features, compatibility, price, and peripheral require- 
ments. Let's compare the two, highlighting those dif- 



ferences with the hope of helping you choose the best 
Macintosh emulator for your needs. 



A-Max IV 

A-MAX IV IS ACTUALLY an upgraded version of the 
A-Max II Plus board, an emulator that preceded 
Emplant to market by over a year but — like the orig- 
inal A-Max — supported only black-and-white and took 
over the entire Amiga. A-Max IV is available either as 
a stand-alone product or as an upgrade to the A-Max 
1 1 Plus board, consisting of a replacement for one sock- 
eted logic chip on the board, a new program disk, and 
an updated manual. 

A-Max IV plugs into a Zorro II or III slot and 
includes a cable that attaches to your floppy drive. 
Before plugging in the board, vou'II need to install a 
set of 128K Macintosh ROMs pulled from a Mac 
5 1 2K or Mac Plus. These are needed to boot the Mac- 
intosh operating system and should run you less than 
S150 from mail-order companies (dramatically less if 
you can find a used set on the online networks). You'll 
also need a copy of the Macintosh System 7.0 or 7.1 — 
I highly recommend 7.1 — which you should be able 
to purchase from any Apple dealer. 

On the Amiga side, you'll need at least a 68020 
microprocessor, a hard drive, AmigaDOS 2.1 or 
later, and a minimum of 4MB of fast RAM (6MB is 
more reasonable, in view oi the size of the Mac 
System 7). I also strongly recommend a high-density 
Amiga floppy drive, as many newer Macintosh appli-» 



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cations now ship on 1 .44MB floppies. IF you're run- 
ning the emulator on an Amiga 2000 or 3000, you'll 
also need a graphics card like the Picasso or Retina 
if you want to use more than 16 colors on the Mac- 
intosh screen. 

Peripheral Connections 

The back of the A-Max IV card sports two eight-pin 
mini-DIN ports that act as Macintosh-standard RS- 

422 serial ports. You can connect Macintosh modems, 
primers, LocalTalk networks, and (with an adapter) 
MIDI devices to these ports. There are no drivers 
included, however. For using these ports as extra Amiga 
serial ports. 

A-Max IV uses your Amiga's built-in disk-drive con- 
troller For storage. Whereas earlier versions required 
special drivers For third-party SCSI controllers, A-Max 
IV uses the standard AmigaDOS device drivers and 
therefore should work fine with just about every 
Amiga hard-disk controller. You can dedicate a par- 
tition on an Amiga hard drive For Macintosh storage, 
create a virtual disk drive that's stored as a file on an 
Amiga partition (this is really too slow For everyday 
hard-drive use, but is handy for Faking floppy disks), 



A-Max IV 

ReadySoft 

S499.95 

Minimum system: 68020, 4MB fast 
RAM, Workbench 2.1 , hard drive. 

Recommended system: 68030 or 
faster, 8-1 2MB 32-bit fast RAM, Work- 
bench 2.04 or later, 24-bit video card, 
high-density floppy drive. 



document much more quickly than by using the scroll 
bars on a standard 480-line screen. 

The Macintosh is unique in that it supports simulta- 
neous display on multiple monitors; A-Max supports 
this as well. IF you have two monitors and a graphics 
card, you could. For example, place all your PhotoShop 
tools on a last, Four-color screen on the .Amiga side and 
the picture you're editing on the slower, 24-bit Retina 
display on a second monitor. You do not, however, nca\ 
a graphics card or multiple monitors to take advantage 
oF this feature; instead, you can open multiple screens 
on the Amiga monitor — in different resolutions and 
color depth — and easily move between them. 

A-Max File Transfer can copy individual liles or 
entire directories between Amiga and Mac hard disks. 
Text and PostScript options translate text line endings 
For the appropriate computer, while the less useful 
MacPaint translation option converts between Mac- 
Paint pictures and two-color IFF images. Finally, 
MacBinarv translation allows you to transfer Mac Tiles 
you've downloaded using Amiga terminal programs 
to the Macintosh side, using the MacBinaiv informa- 
tion to make sure the Mac's information forks are 
retained. 

Both A-Max IV and Kmplant can transfer text 
between the Amiga and Mac sides of the computer 
using the system clipboard, just make sure that the 
Finder is the active program on the Mac side, and you 
can copy and paste between your Macintosh software 
and any Amiga programs that use the standard system 
clipboard. Note that this capability works only for text; 
graphics and other data can't be transferred via the 
clipboard. 

Both products support Apple Talk'I.ocal Talk serial 
networking, but A-Max IV has the advantage of also 
supporting Ethernet through Commodore A2065- 
compadble SANA II networking cards. 



Emplant 



or plug a real Macintosh hard drive into your Amiga's 
SCSI controller. (A-Max IV supports CD-ROM drives 
as well.) 

You can read Macintosh high-density disks directly 
while running the emulation. A-Max TV won't read the 
old Macintosh 800K low-density format directly, but 
the included Disk Transfer program will copy the disks 
into a file that can be mounted as a Fake disk while 
you're running the emulation. While this isn't as con- 
venient as being able to read the disks directly, it heats 
Kmplant, which requires additional hardware to read 
low-density disks. 

Screen Display 

You can display Macintosh video on an)' screen mode 
supported by the graphics chips in your Amiga — up 
to 800x600 in 256 colors on the Amiga 4000. You can 
get 24-bit displays or higher resolutions using an add- 
on video card; A-Max IV supports the Picasso II, 
Retina, and GI'xBase cards. A unique Feature is the 
ability to open large, scrollable virtual screens. To 
run QuarkXpress, I regularly use a 720x102 1-pixel 
screen that lets me scroll to the bottom of a full-page 



AS MEN TIONED ABOVE, Emplant is marketed as 

more than just a Macintosh emulator. By the time you 
read this. Utilities Unlimited hopes to have shipped 
its S100 486 emulator add-on for the board — a soft- 
ware and logic upgrade that will let an T.mplant- 
equipped Amiga run MS-DOS, Windows, and OS/2. 
Further down the line, UU has promised emulators 
for older computers such as the Commodore 64 and 
128, Atari 800, and Apple II- For the purposes of this 
comparison, though, we'll just look at the Macintosh 
emulation. 

Like A-Max IV, Emplant is a Zorro II card. The 
system requirements are similar: at least a 68020 
processor, AmigaDOS 2.04, 4MB offast RAM. a hard 
drive, and an open expansion slot. You'll also need a 
copy of Mac System 7.1 and a 250K. ROM chip From a 
Macintosh II, Ilx, or Hex. Originally, these chips were 
very expensive — S250 and up — but UU recently added 
support For first-generation Mac II ROMs without 
high-density floppy-drive support (Emplant adds its 
own support For these drives); these ROMs can be 
Found For well under S100. 

Hie board is available in Four models: Basic, which 
includes just the emulation hardware; Option A. which 
adds two eight-pin. RS-422 Mac serial ports; Option 



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li. which adds a Macintosh-compatible SC-SI controller; 
and Deluxe, which includes both serial and SCSI sup- 
port. The extra options enhance the Amiga side, as 
well. Drivers are included for using the Emplant serial 
ports as extra Amiga serial ports and lor mounting 
AmigaDOS devices on the SCSI controller. Emplant 
supports the .Amiga serial and parallel ports for printer 
and modem connections if you don't select the serial 
option. 

The SCSI controller doesn't autohoot. so you won't 
want to use it as your primary hard-disk controller. 
Also, at press time the SCSI controller had problems 
working with some Amiga 4000s. but L'L" assured me 
this would be fixed by the time yon read this. As with 
A-Max, for storage Kmplant lets you use partitions on 
Amiga drives, special hard Iilcs on Amiga partitions, 
or dedicated Macintosh SCSI drives. The SCSI option 
is hardware-compatible with the SCSI controller in real 
Macintoshes, so it's more compatible with fast-moving 
multimedia titles than A-Max's Amiga SCSI support. 
While Emplanl can read high-density Macintosh disks 
without problems, you'll need to add a W AM1A 
hoard and a real Macintosh disk drive to read low- 
density disks. 

Superior Video Support 

Emplant has much better video support than A-Max 
IV. In addition to Picasso and Retina, Emplant sup- 
ports the A2410, ECS, Merlin, OpalVision, Piccolo, 

Rainbow 2 and 3, Retina Z3, Visiona, and Vivid video 
boards. Video updates are much faster than under A- 
Max, and thev are dramatically more compatible. 
Whereas A-Max wouldn't run any of the games (Sim- 
Life, Falcon MC, Spectre VR, F-18, and Star Trek: 
25th Anniversary) I threw at it, Emplant had no trouble 
with them at all. And while the above-listed video 
boards will generally speed screen output and add 24- 
bit support, even Emplant'sAGA video was last enough 
to play most of these games without the use or one of 
these boards. Like A-Max IV, Emplant supports mul- 
tiple monitors and screens; it does not, however, sup- 
port every screen mode, and it lacks A-Max IV's ability 
to open large, scrolling virtual screens. 

File transfer has been greatly improved over early 
versions. The latest releases include the MulliOS file 
system, which lets you access Macintosh and MS-DOS 
disks directly from the Workbench and CLI. No more 
tedious moving of individual I lies from the Amiga to the 
Mac side — just drag and drop. The current file-transfer 
options automatically handle MacBinary and ASCII 
translation. A coming update will add provisions for 
automatic file conversion upon copying, so you could, 
for example, automatically convert an ANIM5 anima- 
tion into QuickTime format as you copy it. 

Emplant falls behind A-Max TV in only two areas — 
low-density disk support (mentioned above) and 
memory allocation. A-Max IV requires you to allocate 
about 2MB of RAM to the Macintosh side, and then 
dynamically allocates free memory as programs need 
it. By contrast, with Emplant you must set aside a cer- 
tain amount of RAM exclusively for the Mac side as you 
launch the emulation. UU says this increases compat- 
ibility but it means you may have to shut down the Mac 
side, adjust the amount of memory allocated, and 
relaunch the emulation if you need more RAM on the 
Amiga side. 



The Final Score 

THERE IS ONE group of people for whom A-Max IV 
is the clear' choice — owners of earlier versions of A- 
Max. If you have A-Max II Plus, for example, the 
upgrade to the full-color A-Max IV is very inexpensive. 
Even if you have an old A-Max cartridge, you'll still get 
a discount on the A-Max IV purchase and you can 
reuse your old ROM chips. Also, if you're primarily 
running productivity applications and working with 
large bitmaps or pages, A-Max IV's virtual screens 
might increase your productivity enough to make it the 
emulator of choice. 

If you're starting from scratch, however, Emplant 
has enough advantages to warrant serious considera- 
tion. Although both emulators perform at speeds sim- 
ilar to those of a Macintosh with the same type of 
microprocessor as your Amiga, Emplant has much 
faster video support. It is also much more compatible 
with games and multimedia titles, and it's quite a bit 
faster in running math-based programs such as Excel. 

01 special note is Utilities Unlimited's constant and 
consistent updating of the Emplant software. Releases 
with new features and bug fixes appear about once a 



Emplant 

Utilities Unlimited 

Basic Board, $279.95; Option A 

(two serial ports), S349.95; 

Option B (SCSI adaptor), $349.95; 

Deluxe (serial and SCSI), $399.95. 

Minimum system: 68020, 4MB fast 
RAM, Workbench 2.04, hard drive. 

Recommended system: 68030 or 
better, 8-1 2MB 32-bit fast RAM, Work- 
bench 2.04 or later, 24-bit video card, 
high-density floppy drive, AMIA interface 
and Macintosh floppy drive. 



month. The earlv bugs and complaints have all been 
addressed, but developer Jim Drew keeps adding new 
capabilities to the emulation. If you have a modem, 
the updates are available free-of-charge from UU's 
BBS, and from the online networks for the cost of a 
download. A-Max IV was upgraded to fix A4000 com- 
patibility problems, but no new versions have 
appeared since. ReadySoft oilers telephone technical 
support. UU docs as well, and it also offers support 
on GEnie, CompuServe, and the Internet, with the 
board's developer checking in daily to answer user 
questions. 

If you have an earlier A-Max product, the A-Max IV 
upgrade makes a lot of sense, and will perform 
admirably for productivity applications. If you're 
starting from scratch, though, Emplant offers the most 
compatible emulation and the promise of new capa- 
bilities to come. ■ 

Denny Atkin is an associate editor at OMNI Magazine and 
author of Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips and Secrets. 

Send your comments and suggestions to him via e-mail at 
DennyAmiga&aol.com. 



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OpalVision Main Board 

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A com inning series 

of tips, techniques, 

and tricks for 

creating more 

imaginative Amiga 

graphics. 



By Joel Hagen 



Display Tips 
for Gallery Exhibition 



FOR A COMPUTER artist, getting 
your work into a gallery show can be 
as challenging as creating it in the lirst 
place. Let's explore some creative 
ideas (perhaps more along the lines of 
sculpture than print) that might help 
you break into exhibition. For the 
moment, we'll ignore the content of 
your computer work and locus on 
physical display aspects you can con- 
trol as an artist to create an effective 
gallery exhibition. 

Composing Your Components 

The first and simplest thing you can 
do to dress up a gallery display is to 
feature the computer itself as an art 
object. Place it on a clean, painted 
pedestal as though it were sculpture. 
On the other hand, you could conceal 
the CPU inside a pedestal, and then 
showcase the active monitor on top. In 
either case, cables can feed through a 
hole in the pedestal to the computer. 
One or more pedestaled monitors 
arranged like this in a gallery setting 
can have a powerful effect on the 
senses if the lighting is well handled. 
I have found it best to have very low 
ambient light in the area and use 
tight, soft spots aimed from the ceiling 
to fall on the top rear of each stand. 
This avoids having any light strike the 
monitor face and preserves a brilliant 
screen while giving presence and focus 
to each display. 

The trick to all of this is to think at 
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content of what the computer is show- 
ing the audience. Second, and just as 
important, think of an effective dis- 
play of the computer itself as an ob- 
ject of interest just as though vou were 
arranging a group of "ready-mades" 
for exhibition. Instead of soap boxes 
or basketballs, you are displaying 
monitors. Third, think of the entire 
gallery space — the layout of the room, 
how you want traffic to flow through 
the exhibit, the lighting, the music, 
and all the other details. It is the 
composition of the room itself that 
will hit the viewer first and set the 
initial impression. 



Beyond these gallery fundamentals, 
there is a lot you can do with the 
monitor itself. I he Amiga lias always 
been "video-friendly," and with a little 
imagination vou can capitalize on that 
for- sculptural displays. Instead of a 
standard monitor, think about run- 
ning the display through a television 
set. I lie trend in displaying computer 
graphics is to always seek bigger, 
brighter, higher-resolution true-color 
displays. However, think instead of 
trying a choppier, low-resolution 
display for some projects. Vintage 
black-and-white TV sets picked up at 
thrift Mori's or yard sales for a few 
dollars can be a real novelty in a 
genre where the audience expects the 
latest technology. 

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itself to lo-lech display, hut consider it 
an option. Most Amigas have at least a 
black-and-white AV plug in the back 
from which you can play a video signal 
into any TV with AV inputs. For older 
I Y sets (or newel' Amigas with no 
video output) try the trusty A520 video 
adapter to Iced video and audio 
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tenna input. L'sing the A520, you can 
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run multiple sets from the same video 
source. This opens Lip the possibility of 
arranging a cluster of interesting old 
'FY sets lining in different directions 
for display. Thai arrangement can 
become quite sculptural. 

The Rage: 2-Bit Encrusted 
Display Devices 

For an even more interesting look, 
try building a displav device. The 
accompanying illustration shows a 
viewer I made for a recent exhibition. 
You don't have to be Mr. Wizard to 
build such a contraption. Most of 
what you see is nonfunctional. I 
bought a small $50 TV set at the local 



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How you physically present your computer art can be as important as its content 
when it comes to getting exhibited— so save some creativity for your displays! 



drugstore and encased it in old elec- 
tronic junk from my scrap bins. On 
the 4-iucli screen, 16-color grayscale 
images are crisp and sharp. Because 
of this, there is low storage overhead 
for pictures and animations. Impres- 
sive presentations can be run from 
even a single floppy. 

To build something like this, use a 
hot-glue gun (available at any hard- 
ware store) and encrust any little TV 
set with old radio parts, circuit boards, 
model kits, wires, and so on. I pro- 
tected part of the TV screen with 
masking tape and spray painted the 
set to blend it in with the rusty radio 
tubes. If you have any skill with elec- 
tronics, it is easy to add a few LFJDs 
here and there that run from the same 
power source as the TV. These spots of 
light make the fake components seem 
functional. Be very cautious, however, 
about exploring any old electrical 
devices, as there can be dangerous 
voltage lurking in some components 
even if no power is present. 

The viewer you see in the illustration 
\vas part of an assemblage sculpture 
that included old books, my ceramic 
skulls of alien creatures, dusty chemical 
bottles, star charts, and so forth. The 
concept of making the computer pan 
of a larger sculptural context can be 
visually powerful and may open gallery 
doors more easily than a simple display 
of a few computers and monitors. If 
you use your imagination, there are 
hundreds of ways you can disguise a 
IV set or computer monitor to look 
like something far more interesting. 

Projections, Reflections, and 
Other Neat Illusions 

Video projectors ofTer other possibili- 
ties. You can rig them for rear projec- 
tion to get a huge display that can 
itself be integrated into a larger con- 
text. You can use combinations of 
mirrors to "pipe" a projected video 
image through a sculpture for an 
added illusion of depth at the final 




No, this is not an Amiga 9000 monitor, but rather a small TV set disguised with old 
electronic components. Using an A520 video adaptor, the author has made It the 
display device (or an Amiga 4000 concealed in the base of an assemblage sculpture. 



point of view. For example, project 
the display sideways behind the length 
of a display, then reflect it up and out 
to a rear projection surface for the 
audience. You can also project images 
onto a three-dimensional surface or 
even a moving object for interesting 
effects. 

Speaking of mirrors and reflections, 
you can create interesting displays by 
having a monitor facing up from floor 
level, hidden from the viewer. Its im- 
age can be reflected to the viewer from 
an angled piece of glass incorporated 
into the display. The advantage of 
glass over a mirror is that a person can 
also see other display elements that lie 
directly behind the angled glass. Care- 
ful lighting and placement of the two 
displays can create some intriguing 
illusions in which reflected elements 
seem to float in space over the second 
display. One of the monitors can even 
displav live a video feed from a camera 



trained on the spot where a person 
must stand to view the exhibit. This 
can add immediacy to a sculpture and 

remove some of the distance we often 
associate with computer art. 

The possibilities for interesting dis- 
plays are endless once you break away 
from thinking only about what is seen 
on the monitor and think instead 
about the overall physical exhibition. ■ 

Joel Hagen 's credits include work in art, 
astronomy, science fiction, and software 
development. Write to him at 10512 
Sawyer, Oahdale, CA 95361. Please 
include a stamped, self-addressed envelope 
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A Powerful Morphtng System, 
at an Affordable Price! 

Cocoon is a I ull- featured, professional mot 
phing system without the Rolls 
Royce price. You can Soadi 
any IFF image, including 
AGA formats and save 
frames as 24-bit. HAM 
HAM-S. or 1-6-level grayscale. Perform 
warps and morphs using vectors-trie easi- 
est way to define and execute morphs. 
CocoonMorph doesn I use grids Of points 
like other less powerful packages, instead. 
Cocoon uses lines and vectors to define 
your moprh which are easier, faster and 
more intuitive to define and yield more pre- 
dictable results. Cocoon also incorporates 
powerful image composition features and 
allows fine control over the rate of 
warp/morph of each area or pixel. T5056 



Real 3D v2.4 




"Intelligent" Power Tools for 
Power Users! 

Get Particle Animation. \/7 
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Skeletonal Control-in a'^0/5.33 

full-featured 3D animation... •-' - 
modeling and rendering program. 

Bowl a strike, swirl 10.000 snowflakes in 
the wind, make characters dance. ..and 
much more. Real 3D v2 is unique-you 
can have complex 3D objects move and 
react to their environment with "intelli- 
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with one powerful program! T5044 
Real 3D v2.4 + 3-Video 
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Faster Writes! 

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The NEW HyperCache Pm v2 is an 
extension of your AmigaDOS perfor- 
mance via the addition of complete 
read and write disk caching-resulting 
in performance increases of up to 
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New from Noahji's 

V Lab Y/C D^ilize 30lps vCeo from VKteotape 
or laserdisc in fult cctot' Saves sequential frames 
as YUV. IFFZ4. or AGA lormats.T51G2 $419.95 

VLAB Motion JPEG Board and 

Complete System Cain 

Retina Zlll 24-Bit Display Board 

w/4MB Get photorealistic display capabilities with 
lis 24-bii graphics card and plenty of 'chip ram" 
ir your most intense graphic needs. Go way 

beyond AGA and still mainlain full compatabtlity. 

ForA3000orA4O00. T5310 $689.95 

Retina Zill Board 1 MB 15303 $549.95 
Studio Printer mm 16.7 million colors or 

256 levels of gray on Hewlett Packard Laserjets 
and Deskjets as well as Canon Color Printers! 
Supports the latest 600 dpi pnnlers too. True to 
screen colors with coloi adjustment with 32bit 
accuracy. Also includes special drivers for 
PageStreaminc. T3082 $63.95 

Toccata 16 Now available! Full 16bi! audio 
digitizer with 3 Stereo inputs, 1 Mic input and 1 
stereo output. Toccata can digitize at up to 
48Khz in 16b!!, direct lo hard disk! Includes 
onboard mixer and optional ADPCM compres- 
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T2031 $259.95 

T516S S74.95 

TI160 S149.95 

T5I42 S69.95 

T52S6 S44.95 

T305I S159.95 



Aladdin 40 Newest Version! 
AmiBackPtus Tools 
Ah Department Pro 2.5 
AuloPaint tor ToaslerPalnt 
Batch Factory 

Broadcast Tiller II SuporHlros 
Broadcast Tiller II Fori Pack 2 T1162 
Brilliance v2 Newl T5019 

Digital Sound Track T52G2 

Directory OpuS 4.0 T1032 

Genie Tools I tor Aladdin 4D T5325 
GenleTools II tor Aladdin 4D T53B3 
Helm T5050 



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S39.9S 
S49.95 
589.95 

Imagine 3.0 Finally Available! T5234 5359,95 

Image FX 

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Playmation 

Real 3D Professional v2 

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T3060 S189.95 

T5315 S89.95 

T1067 5124.95 

T10B8 5299.95 

T5044 5384.95 

T1097 564.95 



PC o-^o, 
Task * 2 *■ 

Version 2 

The inexpensive and 

powerful IBM VGA Emulator 
solution for any Amiga! 

This amazing program lels you actually 
flUN MS-DOS software on your Amiga! 
PC-Task runs as a task on it's own 
sc*een--leaving your other^ ^ 
Amiga applications Iree to^^^^^^P' 
continue to multitask. S39.95 

PC-Task is 3 soliwa re- J *^* 
based emulator and. as' " ^ " 
such, is not as qutch as a hardware 
bridgeboard, but is also hundreds of 
dollars less* Period lor your occas- 
sional MS-DOS needs. PC-Task even 
aliows you to use your Amiga's serial 
□ nd parallel ports for the PC emulation! 
PC-Task even takes advantage of an 
accelerator. ..the taster your Amiga, the 
faster the emulator runs I T5072 





HomeBuilders' CAD 

Deluxe -Sale Priced! 

A full-teatured 
CAD program. 
Includes: 
Contractor's 
Upgrade. 
HomeBuilders 
Library 1 and 
DeckBuiiders CAD Design and Estimating 
System lor Decks. From a room addition 
to a cluster of condos; HomeBuilders 
CAD makes it easy to 
design, change and esli 
mate your next project. 
Features include: '20 acre 
drawing area. -Accuracy to 
IjSOth inch. -Supports build- 
ings over 200 stories high. -Over 300.000 
layers. -Over 60 predefined doors and 
windows, Coniractor's Upgrade allows 
you to have up lo 1000 items (instead of 
450) per layout. Library t is a library ol 
furniture and custom kitchen cabinets. 
AmigaDOS 2 compatible. Requires 2,5MB 
of RAM. Original list ol aver $400! T4032 

HomeBuilders' CAD 2 

Includes all of the above except Contractor's 
Upgrade and Library 1. AmigaDOS 2 compatible. 
With 2 dJSk dnves H requires 1MB, with hard drive, 
requires 1,5MB. Original list price: $249,00 

TM40 $49.95 



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MulllFaceCard III T5239 $64.95 

Oklagon (SCSI-II A3000.-4000) T5240 5134,95 
Attabrive 3.5" External Floppy Drive for ail 

Amigas T5253 S74.95 

AtfaScan Plus 400 DPI Hand Scanner with 

Touch Up Software T1024 5139,95 

Mega Mouse 400 DPI replacement mouse for 

all Amigas T5243 527.95 

AlfaOplic Optical Mouse 300 DPI lufly optical 

mouse T52BB 544.95 

Optical Pen Mouse For graphics professionals. 
T101? 564.95 
AlfaScan 800 DPI Hand Scan T5242 
Crystal Trackball T1019 

Track Ball with "glowing" crystal ball 



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Do. T*s Music Software 

KCS 3.5 with Level II Now! 574.95 
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Powerful 48-track sequencer that oper- 
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16 songs, and features feallime graphic 
editing ol notes and controllers, quick 
scoring and printing of standard musical 
notation, automated MIDI mixing. T5368 
Copyist DTP v1.6 Now! $69.95 
(Nevw Low Price5-Ong. List 3349.95) 
Music printing and scoring program 
prints 100 pages ol music on Jaser. 
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Tiger Cub Now! $29.95 

(New Low Pricel-Ori.g. List S99J 
12-lrack sequencer with real-time 
graphic editing and instant standard 
music notation for both display and print 
out. T5370 



OctaMED Professional v 5 

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OclaMED doubles your Amiga'; 4 crarrei auGio 
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stereo auJio! Complete and thorough online, von- 
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manuals? 1 !! "Standard Music Notation Display ■ 54 
MIDI Iracks • Improved control over sampler and 
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■AutoSavo -Full Printing T5D51 S49.95 

OctaMED Professional Manual The 

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AMFC PRO Convert Between SMUS. WED. 
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HEW Version! The siate-of-lhe-arl MIDI 
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One Stop Music Shop 1 6-b.t. 32-voice 
GD-quafity, fully digital, stereo audio and music 
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Patch MeJSter Universal patch librarian with 
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SyncPrO Synch MIDI with your mullimedia, 
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WBI 15ABC: Term 4.0 - B you nave AmigaDOS 2- 
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VDI3: Toaster Textures ■<■>-=;: c- -^aas. b-rrg mas', l j- 
faces and scents 'cr Lightwave 

V012: Main Act or - Annate" processor. Reacs wr.tes con- 
verts many animai'on prctu'e formats and supports many 
grapnes boar-os- very nice' 

WBUt: ImigtKnll* LOacS IFF. JPeg. GIF images KM 
"'-- pi i J ji like rotation, no so. Ti Ite-rs, halftoning. Paeri2tng, 
edge deteclion and more Requires Workbench 3- 
WB145: Big Dummlti Guide lo the Internet An mitra ■ v*i 
AmigaGuide lo the informal on Highway anrj how IP lap it" 
W6U4: Molecule CPK renders space filling representations 
gf alams and molecules. Flea's WS3.0-+ 1 Hard dllve. 
WB143; VlewTek THE definitive display Utility Versions 
included tor Amiga. DCTV. EGS, FC3<i. Picasso, Qpalwsior-, 
Retina. IV.W. Also includes new MakeAnim7 utility. 
WSH2; JCGriph A beautiful g-aphic package, pie charts. 
3D charts o! all types, .export* EPS IFF & Draw20O0 formats'! 
WBUIABCD: Amiga Vuu Search The Autnorned 161 1 
King James Bit^e prims 1 Compete cross-relerericing to all 
words is indadud. Requ'es WBi 3- and 2 'cpoy OlfvM 
WB140: Mi. Backup A powerful na"dCnvfl backup ulttly wrffi 
tul tape dr. ye suppct Formally commercial! fteq YYB2* 
FDI02AB: StarWolda ■ A ' L n action adventure shoo! em- up 
win killer graph ies--ba sod or the Star Wars saga Reg 1 MB 
ChpRAMIorPALMode. 

FDlOl; WipeOul Octander Defender is a virtually parted 
done ol the original. Wipeout is a mutti- scrolling shuol'em up 
with great graphics and smooth animation. Requires 1MB 
FD10D: Pengo II A clone of the original CQ<n-cp classic. 
Requies 1MB chip RAM tor PAL node 
FD99; The Shepherd 
dene ..great graphics anO sound t 
FD9SABC: Klondike AGA ■ Bd t 
AGA graphics! Runs rt muBl 
FD97: Boname BtfA 

Tanfn'Snjt-se*t ar»d Qesrroj k 
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FD96: Telils Duel AGA - Tie -sit g^-staSion TetrMki rUty- 
ers can p:ay head lo head and sabotage each other 1 G'elL 
graphics for AGA machi 
DD93: Magic Uier IntirtBC* Grea^ 
Auto SciQertWindOrt'Font seisu 
OD92: Developer Cor.iii.nis the olficial Comnwdore develop- 
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r"D7: Pacrtian - Ihffl d 5' COttfaiBS StNoai pacrnan lype 
ga-ives nciud ng PacMa"!&7, MazeWan and ZOflia, 
FD1 1 : Lsi Vegas and Card Games - Las Vegas Craps - The 
best Las Vegas Craps simulator) e-rery written lar an» cam- 
puter Contains extensive HELP features. Alsm Tnny- 
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F012AB: Star Tiek h The Game This <s 0/ tar me ben Slar 
Trek game ever written tar any cdmpuler. II tea'ureS mouse 
coirrol. gnod QiBphfcS, d g (tied sound elects and great game- 
play. Counts as 2 d-Sks. Refj 1Mb and two d-i^es |or rid). 



FD20: Tactical Garni 
correal oet**e" 'wo 

beg n lo g .-c yi_ l'-v fyei C'( 
Sr^ii.n —g. earUi st-ak.ng o 
FD33: Arcade Gemes - 
game, Gerhil? a targe! praclid 
interpretation 0' Pipe Ogams, " 
Weuokta a worioertul version 
FD3fl: Gamea ■ Cnbande MatWfl 
UBlir, Spatfes - a well done card I 
computer version of Ehis clastic Puiz ■ 
gene and construction sei 



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F039AfiB: Star Tiek. The New Generation Tn s fs j corr- 

s'eiey ditfereni version at Star Trek nan that haund on FD12 
Ti | paj was created ay she German author Tobias 

EKCPHen:' 11 Counts as two a.i.ki Req-jTss 51 2k 
FP50: guhmaiine Game ■ Scalane*, one and a halt years in 

the making, tns is an outstanding submarine tactical game. 
Cn-n-rr-prc t\\ -, 5 :,■ h'ghly *ecarnrr--|jnded 

~Thb Amig.\ World ''Brsf-ClF'' Set- 

FD85ABCO: AmigaWorld's Seal - Ttieso tour disks con- 
tain the norfesj: pa games 1 Includes Molhtr Lod*. Mona, 
Mraftetd. Poing, Intruder Alen, Du'w.n PacMan, Rocky and 
Super Aniltery (£&& Dae. '92 AsDiDaWorid:) Four disk set. 

FQS7: Arcade Games - includes 2 tryiy corrT^-; ;, c^a .. 
gamtfl, UegaBa.li. an Ai-kanoid'Sh jan-e. leaiuies S nusida.! 
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FD59 : Game Potpourri - Xeron III is fin almost exact clone ot 
me cprrmerc>a game gt the same name a great shociemup 
Crossword A-ii take lists ol words ft automatical^ generate 
word- search puiiies t&r any Epson campaiiDle printer. 
fDfll : Games ■ Solitaire, great graphics, plays two versions. 
Wide; an interesting piece o! eye candy Eur erne Violence; 2 
player kill or be hired game. YATC: A Tctr s clone w;ih Artifical 
intelligence. Genesis; create realistic 3d fractal worlds.. 
FD62: PomPom Gunner. An extreme^ smooth and well dona 
World War II gunner simulation Req 1 megao^te ot rr-emcry. 
FDET: ttfcnA* ■ Inclydas LtamaTjon a well-done Robrjtron' 
done Haie is a 'terrific' Za»*on clone with multipse 
l«va)i wonds and smooth dagonai scro[img...a 1 h 
F0S9: MlndGamea ■ Had enough ot stioatem uo gan-es' 3 
Relai and let '.nese 21 games eiecciie vour mind instead ol 
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FD73! Arcide S*rl#« - IniruOer Aleri 1 is a MULTI-lewel 
'Berserk' ctone. Features smoon gamepay. great graohics & 
dtjrtj&a souno t ■. 

FD?-t: Arcade Series - RingWar a an "Ouier Limits' done 
with vectorized graphics, MotherLode ls a "Lode Runner' 
clono wth 50 levels? In BlitzTanks r they re coming ar you from 
Bl directions! 1 Call in gir sinkes and use your heavy arvilery 
survive' 
FD75: Arcade Series - Descender IS 

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WB9: Icpnt Truly a mul'llude Ol" various types and KftldJI 
Also includes icoflMeste*. KonLao. ana osners g/eot uUHtf to 

' Ho grri.",ili,' i.ii'i'. 

W912; Disk Utilities - Th:S greal c s- is loaded with wonderlul 
utilities tor every;h'rg including making disk labels., d.sk eala- 
bging. oisk opiiiMnrg, disk and (lie recovery archive anO orga- 
nizing:, and all sorts ot lite manipulation! A must have! 
WS13AB: Printer Drivers and Generalo* - over 70 drrietefil 
drivers (indufl rg MP LaserJet 3 3 4i). also includes a pnnter- 
driver ge-re^ato; T*-3 o.s^ a?: cou-rs as rwa 
WB15: Bu»lnt«( - Tnu 015k contains, a spreaosheei. a 
detatMM'. a project lime management program and irmneiaJ 
anaiyssistocks) 

W618; Word Tent Proceuon - This d-sk eontams ai# best 
ftditors indudes.TeiiiPius iv2.2ei a lull leaiured word precs#> 
5cr. Dme(v1.35) a great programmers eotcr wth Strang macro 
features TuiED<v2 fll an enhanced Emacs type editor, and a 
spell enactor, 

WB22- Fon|» t3 ■ Severg: mpfe grgat tnnts. These, like |ha 
oiher (oni disks work great with Dpain; and WVSIWVG word 
processors 

WB23: Graphics end Ploltlng - Plot, a 3-D mathamalical 
function potter. Can plo: ary user deiir-ed lunciion, Be^SuH! - 
produce awesome pictures Ot objects, one eouia !uin nn a 
lathe. Can a«o map IFF image fcies onto any surtace Ml 1 cm 
oraw Now compatpJe win mosi 3D packages, and VSceen - 
make* a virtual Screen anywhere. 

WE25: Educational - On t'u c sk are two programs that can 
generate maps ol dittenng r/pes. Wore Da:a Base uses the 
CIAs data Dase :a gene'ate dera-'ec maps ot any emered user 
global coordinates A ! so Parado* a great demonstration of 
Aloert Einsiein General Theory o( Fte?atwiry. 
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QT3: The A64 Package Version 3 - A very 
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Supports any CPU and is fully compatible 
with WBI. 3 8. 2. Q and now 3D' This ver- 
sion includes a special adaptor that will 
atlow you to connect your S4's 1541 dis3< 
drive to your parailei port of your Amiga for 
total emulation. All new transfer software 
Special price $59.95 -with hardware. 



WBParCircutr Board. Design - several ie*ntc roubnes (or in« 

electronic enihusiast. Including PCBlool ■ a circuit board 
design tan'. iogicLab - circuit logic tester, and Mead (1.2fi) n 
well done new release ol this PD CAD program now comes 
With prudrawn common cirouit compan&ms far msertian into 

schemalics. 

WB35: 3D Graphics - TNs disk contains 3Fonts - FuH vector 
<C?nt i-.-t for use with 3d programs. FontMaker - make 3d lonls 
from any system Com. Make3DShape - creaie 3ci shapes tram 
any *mage DumprolFF - create 3d animations preserves pal- 
let, WOrtcOd ■ a demo ol a from end hy use witn DKBRenoer. 
WB36: OrepniCS Ol this ds-; are sevWat pfogrem* U create 
Stunning graphical images Inducing, MParfi - creates swirling 
gatixy wnagm. Ftpf«f - proctuce an unemrlad nymbe/ pi van*- 
!ions ol images met a symrrietncauy jjmitar » a rose. &mGen • 
display those spectacular mages as pan ct you' wo'NC">ncn 
ana Ray&h&oe - a very good rayiraong program, croau your 
own oeauiifut 3d graphic models wnn Wr Q^u 1 
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Id bti'Mr tnan ttie cng nai mfh .in ttntr.i tovwJt Frnn! ; c Freddie 
and TrallQlazer are noin Ins^aud arcade games Mad 
Bomb^' is |ha classjC^uaw^^HRixini" rod en e wiih an Am.ga 

flare 

FD82: Inl 
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FD67: OXVO* 

MadAes.fi in m-- M/ays. but ,1 ows two computers to link 5 pJay 
togntrp; sea i op many Ot l.t> j ?GC i^dic.iueS yCu can com- 
plela witiaul ha/ingtogotlhuhinlbdOki 
FD68: AmyBouldaidBSh - a clor-c ot ■-.c- onninal c ! assic 
exiiemely well done complain win level editor. S complete seti 
ot levels and a level Bettor. Requires Workbench 2 
FDB9: Kastle Kumquat A ft PTOagTO eiierte' 
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istic weapons o^'ips & 'great' njaflcs. Gaiadc 

Space h-.ac\s. garnwaaJppPeiBlf Arnga-tifed 

UpdppMiP^ck ycur sockftofif THE best pd game far 
Aitilga. Req.sWB^- & 1MB RAM Show ofl that AGA 1 
: Scorched Tanks -completely updated and cdnTpaible 
withAGA-3 01 SO differenl ways to Slow each other away An 
outstanding game of angles, irnjecionoi & unique arsenals 1 
FD95: Deluxe Gataga - Vou snoulO 0« oaymg JWfJ bucks for 
this one 1 Al kinds ot powet-ups and lUry smooth motion 



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the chore of printing! 

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■utiilv wilh a very 

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a rutl featured voeo i»xt 
Broadcast Tiller. Gruat video 

end more. 

contains several routines to help 

ludes Goin^c - Finally a Banner 

-a «£!■ implemented all-purpose 

ioie graou inlerlace and 

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HI - a fy'i *eat^'eo osk cop^r, 

of copy prttected disks. RoadRoute - fno the 

rout* mjm one cty to another, highway description 

tnctuded Diary - a diary program Ine "Dcugy Houser M 0' Cal 

- a calendar program. Magman - a database tai'oiec lor arli- 



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animatiorts Including Coyoi«. Juggleill. GhostPool. 4 
Mechanw 2 osus. counts as i . 

WB93: Workbench t.3 Fib-M « Contains ihe utlitios that 
Commodore should have shipped wnti me Am>ga: VirusM.o. 
Snap. Fi.ji.0isk {recover cortupt de'eleC liles). Disk Optimizer 
(Itoppy & naid], Macrtlll (screen blanker hotkey, nlou$e accel.. 
macro, ctoc* utflhyj, GOMF la guruouslei)and PnmSludio 
WB95: Checkbook Accountant 2.1 - Oetiniiety commercial 
grade; we've seen many checkbook programs and tnis is she 
besL FlUI budgetrng, tranjacbdn recording & report generaton 
WB9S: Dupers - Contains Xcopylll &. N.b which will backup 
•:~ , ■-[-.:■ : ■.-:■..- •'-■ ■.:'--, rt T OW DDp) ::■;■-" EMI 
lipn severa: prpgranu, and SuperDuper w.H crank-ojt last 

A : ("" '■■■:■■.; 

WB10!- Tela* ommun leal ion ■ ■ Cor.tars rhe programs 
NComm 2.0 and VTiOC MB Zmooem proiocots. KPR proto- 

■._..;._:: : . .- : ' ■ ■- n n ■; lof-ii * scno; language ■ 
sa powerlu! il can create a (ull-teatured BBS System 
WB106: Home Manager - This is a o/eal alt-m-one address 
book with ar autodialei.-'nolepad'to-ao I st,'aopointmeni scned- 
uler'home inventory database and phone number dialer. 
WB109: VerseWlse - Display, search and print The New 
Testament. 

WB113: Sid II - Why pay 40 bucks lor a directory utility, when 
Beat one wi Jo it all pl.ui much morel A truly profess icnai-ca I - 
iber program S-d t was our pen. no™ comewjfety rewnrteni. 
Sid2 wii astound you 

WBI I*: Font* M ■ Corlami 36 b.lmap system fonli 
WBt 1 6: Databases - This s what you've been waiting tor 1 - 
ConTains 5 lt q„cy T.pt-c ,i ;.-«: oataoase progian; far track- 
mg: Videotapes CD's. Maganne Articles. Comic Books and 
Trading Cares? 

WB120: Grinder - a complete graphics cerrvefsian package 
ihat supports GIFs. JPeg. Noochrome, Degas. PCX. Targa. 
TIFF. HAM-Earo IFF formal pciures. Anirtvaluabfatool foraH 
defiktop-vidiogra prions and desktop publisheifi. 



WBite: Amiga Beginner - raj tunm tor hi AOtHnpwa 
tutorial lar the beg n*ier on using lb* Arroga. Starts, you off 
a! the power- swrtch and takes you through to the CU ti-".- 1 
and all points in beiwoen Bona' Alto >nciuded at IB- 



WB12I : ProPageSJ Enhancer - This disk conta-ns o-/er 40 
'Ger.&s" far use wpT^ PioPage 3-. ^-cLirg ^se^ul a-*s like 
Mate °^ C^at a^o Fesie Te«t to f : Bor ;p parBd a few Atso 
nc-jdes st'uc:^*ed -i ci^id c oh< 'a r ^.qLebcraers .a musr 

WB122: System Optlmliar ■ KCommodity enltarces your 
system, gives memory metets. mauie> keyboard enhance- 
ments, online timers plus many others .too numerous to lisli 
REorg win opumiie hard and floppy-disks lor a big speed 
increase. HDMem ■*■ i allow you to use up ip 2 megs o! hard- 
dnve space tor virtual memoiyf [Req 63020* wrMMU) A" 
programs require 2.QV 

WB123AB: Flags ol the World - same as WB124. but lor 
Workbench 1,3. Req 1MB 2 disk set. counts as two. 
W8124; Flags ot Ihe World Two modes, ct'ek and learn c 
a game to test your knowledge. Greal giaahics-lantaslic 
learning tool. Has current Mussia & Yugos^va repubics 
Req. Wonbench2 0t t 1MB RAM 

WS127; Blanker* - Ove' ?g *«erem screen trjlarikers Most 
run on Wonoench i 34 a lew require 20* 
WB12S: ColorFoni* * conums 12 cokv bitmap fonts lor use 
wth DPan- or any software thai supports CaForFonts 
WB129: Super Virus Killer Fru^ Site Hej- Intl. who cata- 
logs and kills Amiga Viruses urarjthnde-a complete virus sys- 
tem mat knows all Amiga viruses updated otten. Pet] WR 7 - 
WB130: TpolMangtr t ■ The ultimate tool manager tor your 
Workbench. Add animated icons, sound effects and 'cocks' of 
programs to your WB very uselull Req 2.0- and ha'fl drive 
ft : Magic Workbench Make your 2.QJ+ Workbench 
mih style with these 8-color dithered icons Easy auto- 
instatls m minutes Req's WB204- and hard drive 
W0132: Canon Sludlo Version 2 - Special printer 
P'eterences editor and divers for BX 6OT. Ago & 630. LBP, 
Ai A2. BJC 800 BJ 5. tt>. 20. 200. 230. SCO. 1 30 
W&133: Panasonic Studio - Specai pnnter Prefererces ed- 
tcr and cbtWI syslem fo- a I Panascnc 9 S 24-pSQ pnnters. 
WB134: 3.0 AGA Blanker SirrBanker for WB3.0- 14 dtl- 
rarer.t blan*.eis to really Show oft your AGA machine 1 
WB135: 3.-0 E*tra* «1 ■ 13. ■utilities for WB 30. Several muat- 
naves for getting the most out pt your new graphics, modes' 
WBI37: The ARexx Quid* Full ArmgaGuide rjkw.) ■documer-l 
la leach ycu AFlrix> : " Tio-liiled with easy K-referencmgl 
WBI33: 3,0 Extras §2 • Another disk chocked! lu'.l at utilities IP 
unleash the power ol Workbench 3,0 and AGA' 1 
WB139: MIDI Performance Manager Utllily :o manage a 
MIDI synthesner ano other MIDI equipment Requires WB 3^. 



Dev Djsks/ 



tie* and p'jb 
WB57; Anlmailon 
Inciuamg, BJittet. lo 





Req; 



1MB CWp RA 



■ Fat Agnj! 



lor PAL M'PQe 



'L[i asks 

«■ Lots c'raeel cons. Abn several worxtartu I 

that to lot ycu create your own icons, modify and 

toons a~c m'o srnjeves. 
WBS&: Music 90 mnutes ol classical ano modem electronic 

you Amiga. 

WB75: Music - over "CO -st'uner.ls ■ es. i.insl; a~U Sample 
sound files! ssi 

W979" Home & Business Accounting - Incudes Ckbaccl - a 
checkbook balancer. LCDCa'c - this well done caicuiator has a 
very large display and operates from rhe keyooerd c* mogse. 
Miifi.ng.il rrnik" ■ monitor yoj' automobile miluage With IhiS 
mileage log. Grammar ■ a grammar cheCkei, and Wflrldtirr* 
find out wna| time i! is in up to SO global cities. 



ODS4: Compression - The besWtecotfPpression programs 

a-io a cs fo- rne Am ga ir-CudeWUft Ltarc. Lhwara. Pka* , 
Powe r Packe: a m u st hava byWI, Za>< Warp, and Zoo 
DD71AB: C C-^Qi^pet - ; ■..%ciimv: DICE. Mattnew 
ironment. 
■**. 
DDTSTbed: irnlgi "C" Tutorlar%Tnts> is the most com- 
protlisnsiue C l.flbuage -Arr 17.1 or.entip-a« of tutorials avail- 
nciuies^ll iWlk-ng eitamplej^auice code and an 
hoae Included .tk^Mrnjiscussions and 
profji,:rr.rii;io -Wlsk set, counts as 3, 
nc jdes GBlToots and REQTools 
create ydu' user interlaces and then the 
erale "G" Source code or 
• t»S code lor. AmtgaDOSS* 
.; pcwer"ui :e*t editor lor the 
now publ-c domain. * MB 
DOP1: ParBench A ows you to easly connect network two 
AmigasCDTVs togeiher arc share storage devices Reg's 
custom cable Idocs to ma«e cable inc:„ceo--easyi 
DD90: Advanced Ulilillei CompressDisk dovbtH 6m 
capacity of your hard-ctnve ofl Pie try with compcessiafi , 'l Atso 
contains; disk optimizer, SCSI mount utility, Keyrrsap editors. 
Eniorcer. Ltndeleter & more Most programs require 2.0*: 



Amiga. PrtviPus- 



Video Disks/ 



Workbench Disks/ 



WB4:Teiecontrrtunhcaiion ■ Tns disk contains, several eicel- 
lent pd ccrrmMicasofl programs: Access t A2. Cz~ — I 34 a 
Handshake 2.12a. Bee also WBi02 J WBi 15. 

WB5: Fonts #1- 35 btxap 'oris Also included are five 
PageSiream -onts.ano ShowFont - a Ion! cisplay ptograrTi 
WB6; Fonts «J ShowFont allows you io quickly and 
painlessly view all 256 characters in a typical font. Includes 
large AnngaDos system ton is |many up to 56pts) 
WB7: Clip Art - This dWt is loaoed Aith black and white cup 
an, An includes, trees, watches, loots. US and Stale maps. 




WB&5 : Great Applications - OataEasy a very eas; to use. 
database program Dont let the ease ot use tool you, thus is a 
very Ml featured database p-egran including full printer control 
lor address labors and mal merge anpicaiorii Also moudes. 
TypeTuI n good typing tutor, HLC a lull featured label prnler. 
Banner, .1 mulil-lonl banner maker, and Budget a home 
accounting m .1 program. Highly recommended, 

WBfl2i Anlmailona - Four lull lengm, well done -nvjvie' style 



VOS: Modeling Objects Contains M vector oP;,ects n Imagine 
formal, These are pertact tor use with imagne or other conv 
oat b"e prodjct Includes Amiga 3000, space slat on and mar-y 
morel 

VOT: SlarTrek Objecls - Coma ns lie USS ftenant. tJCC 
17D1-D (orr me Ne«( Generation), a Ferengi Marauder ail p 
As an added oonus. conia'ns a fui y oeia^eo Porscfie git and 
Apactie Attack rteircopter-an m Imagine formal 
V09: Imaging - Included on this d s« ara the md;spensiBle 
uii-bes Rend24, ViewTek and the JP=G utii.ties. Rend2^ * 
•nyaluaose tpr 24-bij animators allpwng tor previews on AGA 
and non-AGA Arrugas.. VlewTfk plays back artms ot all sorts 
imSuckngAnm 5. 7 and 8 formats 

VOlO: leoont - A spine based object modeller for imagine 
Also induces Imagine Stngin Editor. Requries 68020- 
V01 1: T3DLIb < Convertri imagine objects back ano tpnh 10 
the popular Teitual TDDO (TTCDG) lorrnat. 



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Address-IB v1 .5 S27.99 

AmiBack v2.0 HD Backup 49.99 

AmiBack Tools 41.99 

AmiBack/AmiBack Tools Bundle Bundle Saves SIS. 49!.. .72 49 

Batch Factoty 1.' Awesome Tools! . .34.99 

Cros5DOSv5.0wC.-oss PC 34.99 

DevPac 3 Assemr/er 76.99 

Directory Opus v4 12 57.99 

Distant Suns v5,C 57.99 

Edge Pro Text Editor item INQVAtronics 59.99 

ENLAN DPS v2.0 Ethernet Software * 249.99 

Final Copy II Release 2 AN- Time Se5(S<jJrr;r!...„59.99 

Final Writer Release 2.0 109.99 

GP Fax Software (Cass U 2) 59.99 

Home From v2.5 32.99 

Hyper Cache Pro .2.0 3149 

PC Task v2.0. Color PC Emulator' 29.99 

SAS C v6 5 Development System wiC++ 129.99 

Studio Printer Software 59.99 




Vidi Amiga 24 RT 

Real Time 24-bit SO CO 99 

Color Digitizer ZOc) . 

Vidi Amiga 12 RT |12-bll) S189.99 

Power suppfy (required) $9.99 



Hollywood FX 

Workstation quality 3-D effects 
at a desktop price! 



s 359" 



(Video Toasiet Required) 




PEGGER 2.0 

New Version! 

Now Faster than Ever! 

s 44." 



AMIGA & CD32 GAMES 

Armour Geddon 2 534.99 

Banshee (AGA) 34.99 

Beneath Itie Steel Sty 15 Disks!. 38.99 

Benelactor 34.99 

^'Generation (AGA) 26.99 

Darkmere 5ALE...„35.99 

Detroit 40.49 

Diggers (CD32) 1 9.99 

Donk(CD32) 1999 

Excel tent Games 4-Pack 38.99 

Global Effect (CD32) „ „ 24.99 

Hunter _.._ 9.99 

Kick Off 3 (AGA) 34.99 

King's Ouesl 6 40.99 

Lemmings II ................... 34.00 

Liberal ion (AGA) SALE. 26.99 

Losl Treasures . „, .„..,..... 14,99 

Mortal Kombat COOL SALE. 24.99 

Mr. Nutz (AGA) 28,99 

Pinball Fantasies (AGA) .31,99 

The Settlers 36.99 

Theme Park (AGA) 46.49 

Three SloogesrKing ot Chicago bundle 17.99 

Total Carnage |AGA) 29.99 

Universe 39.99 

Valhalla 34.99 



GRAPHICS SOFTWARE 

Alpha Paint HOrNFWPflODtftT.'... ,35299 

The Animation Studio 31.! 

Art Department Prolessional v2.5 oy ASCG 147.99 

ADPro Pro Conversion Pack v2.5 by ASDG 49.99 

Broadcast Tiller II Super HiRes !49.99 

Caligari 24 Best Seller'... 129.99 

Crouton Tools 4000 Incredible! . .99 99 

Deluxe Paint IV v4 1 by Electronic Arts 117.99 

Deluxe Pamt IV AGA v4.5 by Elect-one Arts : 26.99 

Epson Scanner Pack 3.03 by ASDG 119.99 

Forge with Essence 1 7999 

Forge with Essence 2 79.99 

Hollywood FX 359.99 

Image Mirror 74.49 

Imagine 3.0 379.99 

LightRave v3 1 ., 329.99 

MONTAGE vl .02 'or Toaster 319.93 

MONTAGEFonts 119.99 

MONTAGE PostScrpt Module '69.99 

PEGGER 2.0 New Version' .44 99 




CD-1401 

Monitor 

'The Bcvl Amiga Monitor Ever!" 

CD Solutions' CD-1401 is the 

ideal 14-inch color monitor for 

desktop video. No other 

monitor gives you .28mm dot-pitch, up to 800x600 

resolution, multiscan VGA, NTSC (Yes!) and PAL! 

Amiga, Toaster, Macintosh and PC compatible! 

CD-1401 Color Monitor . . by CD Solutions . . . S499.99 





Mi z 

^ijA HARD DRIVES! 

V^^ Less than 75c per megabyte! 

273MB Maxtor IDE 7273A 13ms S19999 

290MB Maxtor IDE 7290A 14ms 215,00 

546MB Maxtor IDE 7546A 12ms 325.00 

1.05GB MicropoliS IDE 41 10A 8.5ms 63B.00 



GRAPHICS SOFTWARE (Cont...) 

Pixel 3D Pro v2.0 S16999 

Real3Dv24 379.99 

Sparks v2.16 1 14 99 

Swipes' lor Toaster 99.99 

T-Rexx Pro v2.15br Toaster _ 119.99 

ToaslerFX 119.99 

Transition 3999 

Transporter 2.0 11 '.49 

WaveLink- Tvionode render larm lor Lightwave 3D 69.99 

WaveMaker lor LlghlWave 3D by Axiom 119.99 

GRAPHICS HARDWARE 

AG-1970S-VHSVTR by Panasonic SCALL 

AllaColor 400dpi Color Hand Scanner by ABaData 2 1 9.99 

AlfaSranSOOcpiw'ScanS Save by AlfaData. , 14999 

AlfaScan Plus 400dpi wTouch-Up S OCR by AlfaData 14999 

CT-1383Y S-VHS Color Monitor by Panasonic CALL 

GVR-S955 S-VHS Animation VTR by Sanyo CALL 

Kitchen Sync - Dual TBC by Digital Creations 1.249 99 

Little Magic Box (formerly Y1G++) by Prime Image 649 99 

MS1200 Flatbed Scanner w.' Colorkit Pro Migraph OCR 884.99 

MS2400 Flatbed Scanner w,' Colorkit PrcMigraph OCR , . 1 .034.99 

Personal Animalion Recorder (PAR) by DPS 1 ,559.99 

Personal Componenl Adapter by DPS Save!;. 249.99 

Personal Editor by Nucleus 539.99 

Personal Single Frame Controller (SFC) v2.5 by Nucleus 349.99 

Persona! TBC IV by DPS 799.99 

Personal V-Scope by DPS 699.99 

Picasso II 2MB 24-bit Graphics Card by Expert Services 479.99 



GRAPHICS HARDWARE (Cont...) 

Prime Image Standards Converter TBC PAL NTSC 51 .499.99 

Prime Image TBC PC B Y.C Composite ,749.9! 

HerjnaZ3i MB 24-bt Graphics Card Upgradable! 529.99 

Retina Z3 4MB 24-bil Graphics Card 679.9! 

SuperGen SX by Digital Crealions 639.99 

Vidi Amiga 12 (RT) NEW! 169.99 

Vidi Amiga 24 (RT) NEW! 259.99 

VLAB Internal 389,99 

VLAB Motion 1 499.00 

WC Plus S-VHS H8 749.99 



MUSIC, MIDI & SOUND 

AD10l2Studiol6v3.0bySuiRi7e 

AD515 Studio 16 v30 

Bars 5 Pipes Professional v2.5 

Deluxe Music v2 by Electronic Arts 



.5459.00 

1.175.00 

229.99 

84 99 



One Stop Music Shop by Blue Ribbon Soundworks 579.99 

SoundSwrtch 369.49 

SuperJamlvt.1 „ 74.99 



BATED 

499 



INCORPORATED 

Lightwave 3D * 
Standalone 3.5 

Lightwave 3.5 Upgrade Kit 89.99 

Toaster 3.1/LW 3D 3.5 Upgrade S577.00 




AmigaNet Board 






undle nF S2.0S0"^" 
EnlaiiD^ EnlanDFSZ.O 



Image FX 2.( 

From Nova Design J NEW! '■ 

Painting. Image 

Processing and 

Morphing together! 



PERIPHERALS & ACCESSORIES 

AlfaDnve 3.5" Ext 880KB FDD by AlfaData 574.99 

AlfaOptic 3-Butlon Optical Mouse by AlfaData. 39.99 

AlfaPen 3-Butlon Oplical Pen'Mouse by AlfaData 54.99 

AT-Bus2008 IDE HD Ctrl 0/8MB RAM Card by AlfaData 64,99 

Auto Kicksiart Plus • A500 2000 ROM Switch by AHaData 19.99 

CD1200 PCMCIA Mitsumi CD-ROM Controller 69 99 

Cordless Mouse 3-Button by AifaDala 49.99 

Crystal Trackball 3-Button by AllaDala .45.99 

Cyberstorm A4000 06050MHI Accelerator 1.845.99 

DalaFryer 270SQ In! SyQuest HD Kil w.'Cart IDBSCSI 599.99i589.99 

DalaFryer 4000SX25 SCSI Controller wi Ext DBH 94,99 

DataFlyer XDS A1200 External 3.5' HD Chassis Kit 69.99 

DKB1202 0KBNoFPUIorAl200 129.99 

DKB 3128 0,'128MB RAM Board for A3OO0:'4OOO 249.99 

Drawing Board 3 (I2"x12") by TriMedia 549 99 

Drawing Slate (6"x9'| by TtiMedia 349.99 

Ethernet Board A20O0i'3OOO,'40OO by Hydra Systems 314.99 

FASTLANE 13 Fast SCSI-2 wi 0/256MB lor A3000,'4000 487.99 

l-Card Plus PCMCIA Ethernet Card A600;t200 333.49 

MegaChlp w,'2MB Agnus (NTSC) by DKB 219.99 

MegaMcuse 400dpi 2-Button by AlfaData Best Seller! 29.99 

r.'_ t FaceCard III lOooard (2 Ser, 1 Pari by AllaDala 89.99 

Oktagcn2003 SCSI2 Ctrl S O'BWB RAM Exp by AlfaData 1 39.99 

Sate Sxins (Keyboard protection lor all Amiga models) 1 9.99 

Smar. One Ext. 14,400bps Fax Modem 159.99 

Sync Strainer 23*15 Pin Monitor Adapter by PreVue..,.. 49,99 

Tandem Mitsumi CD-ROM S IDE Controller 99.99 

YCP-GA Y/C Monitor Adapter 89.99 



GREAT VALLEY PRODUCTS (GVP) 

40MHz 68882 FPU (or A1230 Series I SI29.99 

40MHJ6B6S2 FPU lor A1J30 Series II 134,99 

SOMHj 66982 FPU lor A1230 Series II 1 39.99 

A1 230 Turbo Plus Series II 10V0V4 399.99 

A1 230 Turbo Plus Series II SOOT... 659,99 

AI291 Series II SCSI Oplion 92.99 

A400S SCSI Controller - RAM Card A2000/4000 124.99 

A500HD9tOOII SCSI - RAMA500 159,99 

DSS-8* Audio Digitizer ..59.99 

EGS 1 10'24 4MB Graphics Card lor A2000 Accclcralcr 699,99 

EGS Spectrum 2MB A200OT0O0 369.99 

FaaaslflOM Kil A2000 A50O 34.99 

G-Force A2000 030 40/40/4,'0 Accelerator 609.99 

G-Force A20OO 040 33/33/4(0 Accelerator w/SCSI-2 1 ,09999 

G-Force A4000 040 40/40/4/0 Acceeratry 999,99 

G-Force A40OO 040 40/40/1 6'0 Accelerator 2149.99 

G-Force A40OO 96MB RAM N'cdue*.' 16MB 1239.99 

G-Force A4000 96MB RAM Mcdu e *.' 4MB 44999 

G-Force A4000 SCSI Oplion 419,99 

G-Force SIMM 1 6MB 60nS 32-ti: CALL 

G-Force SIMM 4MB 60ns 32-bil CALL 

G-Lock Genlock 249.99 

Hard Drive Mounting Bracket lor GForce A200C Acce 41 99 

1/0 Extender 2 A2OO0/4OO0 1 14.99 

I/O Extender Z Serial Kit 24,99 



CLEARANCE: Hot New Additions to the List! fCont...; 

CD32. James Pond 3 $19,99 

CD32; Lemmings - The Psygnos.s Ctassicl 24.99 

C032: Pro Control Game Pad 24.99 

C032: Suoer Methane Brotheis - 1M Levels! 19.99 

CD32: Total Carnage - Great Version' 29.99 

CD32: Ultmate Body Blows 24.99 

C032: Wembley International Soccer 24.99 

CD32. Zool 2 - The Best Game Yel' 24.99 

MediaPoint»3.D-MuttiMedia Excellence' 249,99 

Mitsumi FX001 IDE Int. Single Speed CD-ROM Drive 69.99 

MORTAL COMBAT: The Combat Simulation ol the Decade 19,99 

Uridium 2 - Outstanding Space Shoofem Up 19.99 

CLEARANCE: Accolade Software Special 

Blue Angels: 3D Formation Flight Simulation ,„„S4,99 

HoverForce ■ Top Gun meets Blade Runner in 3D! 4.99 

Jack Nick'aus' Greatest IB Holes (Mam Program) .....9.99 

Pit-Fighter by Tengen ■ No. 1 Arcade Coin-op Hit 7.99 

Shadowlands - Incredible RPG Eipenence by Domark 14,99 

The Graphics Studio - Beginners Painting Software 2.99 




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Personal Animation Recorder (PAR) $1,559,99 

Bundled w/ Conner 540MB HD 1 ,899.99 

Bundled w/ Mcropolis 976MB HD 2,249.99 

Bundled 11I Micropolis 1.626GB HD 2,499.99 

Personal TBC IV (VT2600) S7S9.99 

Personal TBC III (VT2500) 669.99 

Personal V-Scope (VM2000) $699.99 

Personal Component Adapter (DC2350) 249.99 

Personal Series Remote Control (RC2000) 249.99 



40 MHz '040 for A4000' Includes 4MB RAM, 
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WARP ENGINE ACCELERATORS 



4040 «v/ 40MHz 040 • 
4033 w/ 33MHz 040 • 
3040 w/ 40MHz 040 ■ 
3033 w/ 33MHz 040 ■ 



A400O S1.349.99 

A400O 1,149.99 

A30O0 1.349.99 

A3000 1,149.99 




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SunRize 

The Best Selling Sound Boards 
Made For The Amiga! 

AD1012 12-bit Sound Board S459 00 

AD516 16-bit CO Quality Sound Board 1,175.00 




Retina Z3 

24-bil Graphics Board (or A400O 



Retina Z3 w/ 1MB RAM S529.99 

Retina Z3w/ 4MB RAM 679.99 

V-Lab Motion Card (Non-Linear Editor) 1,499.00 



GREAT VALLEY PRODUCTS (Com...) 

PhonePakVFXE.O =199 99 

TBC Plus 599,99 

TBC Plus VRAM Option 189.99 

TBC Plus Comb Filter Option 79.99 

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120Mb Maillor SCSI 7120S 15ms 159,99 

128Mb Maxtor 2.5 - IDE 25128A A1200 14ms 259,99 

130Mb Seagate IDE ST3145A 16ms 129,99 

l?IMbMaxtorlDE7l7lA14ms 169 99 

1Gb Tahiti TMT llm Canridge 35ms - Glass 1 79.99 

212Mb Western Digital IDE AC1210 13ms 179,99 

240MP Quantum IDE ProDnve 240A 16ms 149.99 

252Mb Maxtor 2.5' IDE 25252A I2rrs 299.99 

270MP Quantum IDE LPS270AT 12ms |Fast!) 219.99 

273Mb Maxtor IDE 7273A 256k 13ms 229.99 

425Mb Western Digital IDE AC242013.-B 239.99 

525MP Quantum IDE ProDnve 525A 10ms (Fast) 259.99 

540Mb Maxtor IDE MXT540AL 8.5ms -HOI DEAL- 299.99 

560Mb Micropols IDE 2105A 10ms 319 99 

CD32: Brian the Lon ..19.99 

CD32: Digge-s - Unicue Mm ng Game 19.99 

CD32: Donk 19.99 

CD32. Fire & Ice 19 99 

CD32: Global Eftecl 24 99 



CLEARANCE: Amiga Machine Specific Hardware 

A40M,'30u0:200O:Dolaflyer40O0SX SCSI Controller S69.99 

A4OOO/3O0O: DK8 3128 - 0'128Mb Zorro3 RAM Card 199.99 

A4000: Toaster Co22y Expansion Chassis 399.99 

A500/20O0: 1 .3 Amiga Kickstart POM - 315093-02 24.99 

CLEARANCE: Application Software 

HiSofl Base 2 - Hi speed deve'opment system S99.99 

Hyper Helper from INOVAlrenies ...38,99 

Prescript By New Horizons 19,99 

Quraa Version Control Utility and File Manager 7.99 

Superbase Personal 2 V3.01 ...34.99 

X-MEM Virtual Memory System (Requires AccefMMU) 29.99 

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From p. 9. 

them out. Save for the A4000 and a lim- 
ited number of A3000s, Amigas were 
equipped with low-density disk drives. If 
you could plug a high-density drive into 
your older Amiga, it would greatly in- 
crease its capabilities. 

Since a high-density drive can read 
and write to both low- and high-density 
disks, you can pop any Amiga-formatted 
floppy into it without a second thought. 
Also, with the appropriate hardware or 
software utilities in place, copying files 
from MS-DOS and Mac-formatted disks 
is no different than using Amiga disks. 
Again, just pop it in the drive and copy 
to your heart's content. 

Driving the "High" Way 

DKB's Power XL Drive is a high-density 
(loppy-disk drive that delivers this type 
of convenience. With a slim, low-profile 
design, this metal-cased disk drive is 
housed in an attractive beige case that 
matches newer Amigas quite nicely and 
performs as well as it looks. 

Installing the XL Drive is nearly a 
plug-and-play process. Plug the drive's 
cable to the drive port on the rear of 
your Amiga and place its accompanying 
XL Install disk in any drive. The Install 
software gives you two options: a Stan- 
dard or an Advanced installation. Going 
with the Standard installation writes a 
file called "highdensitypatch" to your 
Workbench's C directory and a line to 
your User-Startup so that the operating 
system can recognize high-density disks 
inserted into XL, 

You'll want to opt for the Advanced 
installation if you have a need to read and 
write high-density PC-formatted disks. 
You'll need both Workbench 2.1 or later 
and the copy of Consultron's CrossDOS 
that comes bundled with the OS. Substi- 
tuting the freely distributable program 
MultiDOS in place of CrossDOS won't 
work, although MultiDOS works line with 
low-density MS-DOS-formatted disks. 

After installing either the Standard 
or Advanced version of the software, 
you'll find that using the XL is largely 
a transparent process. I used the drive 
extensively on my A4000/040 and 
didn't encounter any problems. Plug- 
ging it into an old 2.1 -equipped 
A2000, however, required jumping 
through a few hoops and some initial 
acknowledgement of its presence. This 
consisted mainly of carefully installing 
the software and keeping the stack of 
AmigaDOS-formatted high-density 
disks separate from the low-density 
disks, as the A2000's internal drive is 
a low-density one. 

A switch on the rear of the drive allows 



you to select a protect mode that prevents 
the XL from formatting disks; you'll be 
able to delete files, though, with the switch 
in the no-format position. If you can't 
seem to format a disk in the XL, alwavs 
check the position of this switch setting. 
There you have it: a powerful, versa- 
tile drive that does most anything you'd 
expect it to do. Whether you're alreadv 
using an internal higb-densitv drive or 
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about any Amiga. 

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the gritty details of animations, colli- 
sions, sounds, and having to reinvent 
the wheel with numerous programming 
details. You also needn't concern your- 
self that the finished version of your 
Amiga game will work with the version 
of AmigaDOS you intended for it — all 
routines have been tested with many dif- 
ferent configurations. 

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The GDS includes five disks offiles. Two 
files form the core: a standard Amiga- 
link library and a sophisticated object 
tool. Three of the five disks are filled 
with example programs that use GDS, 
including one complete game and some 
impressive demos. The remainder of 
the disk space is occupied by include 
files and a utility (with source code) for 
encrypting and decrypting sound and 
graphics. 

The documentation for GDS fills more 
than 325 spiral-bound pages, and is split 
into three parts (User's Guide, CITAS 
and library Reference), each one indi- 
vidually indexed. Unfortunately, there 



is no master index. If you've read the 
Amiga ROM Kernel Manuals (RKMs), 
you'll be right at home with the GDS 
manual. The Library Reference is simi- 
lar to RKM: Autodocs &.- Includes, while 
the User's Guide is similar to RKM: 
Libraries. 

The CITAS section of the manual 
describes the use of the CITAS (origin- 
ally an acronym for "Convert IFF To 
Assembler Source") object tool. Although 
there are no tutorials, it provides a well- 
written and clear reference. Don't expect 
a quick glance at the manual to suffice; 
you'll have to browse through include 
files and scour the example code in 
order to fully understand GDS. If you've 
sought freely distributable source code 
and a more narrative introduction than 
that provided by (he RKMs. you'll prob- 
ably wish for the same with GDS. 

Image Handling 

The link library is about 92K, not all of 
which is necessary for your programs. 
Included are functions to manipulate 
displays, backgrounds, graphics, anima- 
tions, sound , timers, joysticks, and most 
of the other common Iv programmed 
items. Automatic collision detection pro- 
vides system calls to your custom colli- 
sion handler. 

The CITAS object tool lets you load 
images and animations created in your 
favorite paint program. You can ma- 
nipulate the ANIM cells through copy- 
ing, repositioning, rotating and flipping, 
and can set options for translucency, 
CPU or blit images, display priority, and 
a number of other parameters. You can 
even create complex animation objects 
by combining several simple animations. 

CITAS lets you define sophisticated 
collision tables and areas. A collision 
table is a list of names and masks. You 
might have names such as "head," "foot," 
and "sword," and a mask thai indicates 
that two feet or two swords can't collide 
with one another, but that they can col- 
lide with anything else. A collision area 
is a rectangular area that you define 
graphically, and then label from wilhin 
your collision table. When you're fin- 
ished, CITAS saves your objects as C or 
assembler code, or as separate files to 
loacl into a game of your own design. 

GDS is fairly system friendly. I did, 
however, notice Enforcer hits when the 
computer was running low on chip 
memory or loading large images, but not 
while it was r unnin g the demos. 

Game Over 

Professional game developers use iheir 

own custom development systems, often 

Continued on p.48. 



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PCMCIA Card 600/1200 2Mb 135.00 

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IDE Cable 1 Software -600/1 200 20.00 

M1230 Accelerator 33/33/0 275,00 



WB2 Upgrades 



2.1 Sultwire 4 Mistering AmlgiOOS 
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66.95 
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Modems & Networking 

AmigaLink Starter Kit - 2 Nodes $259.00 

Hydra AmigaNet Ethernet Card 309.00 

A2060ArcNet Board 69.95 

GP Fax Software - Class 1 & 2 59.95 

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0KB A263? RAM Board 

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A multi-function board for the 
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Power Point HD Internal Floppy 
Accepts DD B80K disks or HD 
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disks. 1 Year Warranty. Requires 
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$145.00 

Power Point HD External Floppy 
Same leatures as above model. 
Connects to external disk drive port 
ot any Amiga. Perfect for users who 
lack an internal bay. 
$155.00 

The Clock 

Installs internally in your A1 200 on 
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Chimn Internal H. D. Floppy Drive 
Now available, from Commodore & 
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can be used as either 010: or dlt: {or 
buy two and use as both). Complete 
with Installation Instructions. 
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DKB A3128 HAM Boar; 
A 32-bit RAM Expansion Board tor 
A3000/4000 owners. Allows 32-bit 
RAM expansion to 146Mb using 
industry standard 4, 8, 16, & 32Mb 
SIMMs. Easily installs in any slot. A 
MUST HAVE for Toaster users. 

$249.00 
Options: Same as A2632 on left. 

DKB A1202 Board 

A mulli-funcilon board tor the 
A1200. Provides the max Fast-RAM 
expansion possible plus a clock- 
calendar. The 2 sockets allow 1, 2, 
4, or 8Mb RAM using standard 32- 
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as much as 10 limes, or more. 

1202. no FPU. OK -$114.95 
Options: 

Add 16Mz 68882 - $25.00 
Add 25MZ 68882 - $49.00 
Add 33Mz 68882 -$69.00 
Add 40Mz 68882 -$129.00 
Add RAM -Same as A 1240 on ten 

KwlkStart 2 

Allows A1000 owners to install 2 
different Kickstart ROM chips. 
Upgrade to latest OS without using 
system memory yet you can still 
boot from disk-based Kickstarts. 

$54.95 
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DKB 4091 SCSI Controller 
High-Performance. DMA, Fast 
SCSI-2 controller tor Zorro3 
expansion slots. Includes SCSI 
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board and a high-density SCSI-2 
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$349.95 

Super Bundle 

Purchase the 4091 and 3128 at the 
same time for a special price ot: 
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Disk Expander 

This software doubles the capacity 
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18.95 Memory Challenge Series One 79.00 



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We have acquired Ihe last batch ol 
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It will hold any size SCSI HO and 
2Mb, 4Mb. or 8Mb of RAM. Il'i own 
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w/170Mb Quantum HD add 215.00 

w/270Mb Quantum HD add 259.00 

w/54DMb Quantum HD add 389.00 

w/2Mb RAM add 85.00 

w.'4Mb RAH arid 16B.00 

w/BMb RAH arid 319.00 

A40d0 G-Forct D4D-40 

GVP puts a 40M2 Motorola 040 in your 
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The ultimate combo: Motorola 6B040 

processor blazing at 33MZ with room lor up 

to 64Mb of fast 32-bit RAM; integrated 

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port. 

G-Force 040733Mz/4Mb $1049.00 

G-Force 03O/40MzMMb RAM 649.00 

<006SCSI2 Controller 
Add up to 7 SCSI devices to your Amiga and 
smile. Provides room lor up to 6Mb Ot 16- 
bit FtAM. 
GVP 4008 SCSI Controller (149.00 

TBC Plut 

This pro quality (CCIR-501). all digital time- 
base-corrector uses state-of-the-art 8-bit 
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real-time video frame-grabber and 16.7 mill 
color frame-butter; a tull SMPTE/EBU time- 
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available; will transcoda composite and Y/c 
inputs; a 3 channel video input switcher (in 
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programmable video special effects. 
GVP T8C Plus $599.95 

G-Loct 

Connect to the world of video with our built- 
in transporter to convert input video to 
composite, Y/C, RGB. or YUV outputs! 
Includes dual-input audio panel. Full 
support AGA and "classic" Amigas. SCALA 
users can purchase an EX module from 
SCALA. 
G-Lock - Specify NTSC or PAL $335.00 

£GS 2 6/24 Spectrum 

Go beyond AGA Graphics with this real- 
time. 24-bit, true-color graphics enhancer. 
Programmable resolutions up to 
1600x1280. 800x600 in 24-bil. Includes a 
custom pass-through cable for single 
monitor use. Also includes EGS 
SpectraPaint, a GVP exclusive! 
GVP Spectrum 28724 EGS 2Mb $379.00 

1230 Turbo 

Accelerate your A1200 up to 50Mz. Room 

lor: up to 32Mb Ot 32-bit FtAM; an FPU: 

A1291 SCSI kit. 

1230 SCSI Ser2 40MZ 4Mb $399.00 

1230 SCSI Ser2 SOMi 4Mb 599.00 

1291 SCSI Controller lor 1230 95.00 

FPU 50M; lor 1230 Accelerator 115.00 

Dttt* 

This is the quietest 8-bit sound sampler yel 
made. New 3.0 software supports direct to 
disk (hard disk} recording and playback. 
GVP DSSB* Sound Digitizer $79.95 



M-TEC HAM 

This is a 2Mb RAM board lor A500s. 
Mounts internally, in the trap door, 
and into your Gary IC socket, giving 
you 2Mb of addilional last-RAM. No 
soldering is required. 
$139.95 

M-TEC AT-500 

This Is a Hard Drive Sub-System 

plugging Into the Amiga 500 

expansion slot. Will hold any 2.5' or 

3.5' Hard Drive and It has room to 

hold 2Mb, 4Mb, or 8Mb RAM on the 

controller. A unique feature is a 

physical switch allowing you to 

mount an additional interna! Kickstart 

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keep whatever ROM is In your A500. 

Also, the unit has an ON/OFF switch 

to turn oft the Hard Drive, if required. 

M-TEC AT-500 w/No HD ■ $149.95 

w/250Mb HD - $379.00 

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Options: 

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Kickstart 1.3 ROM -$21.95 

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M-TEC 63020I Turbo System 
This is the powerful, yet affordable, 
accelerator the average A500 user has 
been waiting tor! Includes a 66020 
CPU & 6BB81 Math-Co, both running 
at 16Mz. Also included is a SIMM 
socket for up to 4Mb of 32-bit RAM. 
The board attaches to your 
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Install disk and manual are included. 

$99.95 
Options: 
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4Mb 32-bit RAM Module - $165.00 

M-TEC T1230/28RTC 

This Is ihe powerful, yet affordable, 
accelerator the average A1200 user 
has been waiting for! Includes a 
68030 CPU and 68882 Math-Co, both 
running at 28Mz. Aiso includes a 
SIMM socket for up to BMb ot 32-bit 
RAM. The board plugs into the Trap 
Door with NO soldering. A SCSI port 
is also provided, allowing the use of a 
SCSI1 or SCSI2 HD, when this 
module is released In the near future. 

$169.95 

Options: 

1Mb 32-bit RAM Module - $49.95 

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Color Handscanner w/OCR software $259.00 

OCTV 299.00 
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Lightwave 3.5 Unbundled 549.00 

Lightwave 3.5 Upgrade Kit 95.00 

OpaiVision w/Free Magic Lantern 429.00 

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Picasso 2Mb 519.00 

Retina 4Mb 519.00 

Retina 23 72500 

RocGen Plus Genlock 219.00 

SuperGen 5X 699.00 

Toaster 3.1 Upgrade 649.00 

Vidi 12 AGA 119.00 

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A1 200 Insiders Guide 


26.00 


Mastenng Amiga DOS 3 Tutorial 


31.00 


Mastering Amiga DOS 3 Reference 


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Mastering Amiga DOS Beginners 


27.00 


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13.95 


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21.95 


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32.95 


CO 2.05 ROM chip 


34.95 


SP Super Buster Rev 11 


65.00 


CJ yv. D. SCSI Chip Rev BA 


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Fully integrated, allows unlimited phone 
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On a single card, you gel an additional 

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tailored lo the needs of each project. 
For them, GDS might be a good proto- 
typing system, possibly even a produc- 
tion tool. For those who want profes- 
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own, GDS can save months or years of 
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Video Escort 2.5 

Mr. Hardware, $x299.95 

All Amigas. 

1.3/2.0/3.0 compatible. 

Hard-drive installable. 

Not copy protected. 

Accelerator compatible. 

Minimum system: SBase4 Professional, 

1MB, hard disk. 
Recommended system : 2 + MB. 



Customized S8ase4 Pro business- 
forms package for videographers. 



Anyone who has tried to make some 
money videotaping weddings or 
graduations can appreciate the logisti- 
cal problems involved in coordinating 
such events. Organized as a series of 
forms, Video Escort (VE) uses the power 
of Oxxi's SBase4 Professional to main- 
tain and coordinate several databases. 
Thus, lists of customers, employees, 
equipment, and locations can all be tied 
together with a few mouse-clicks. 

Video Escort Services 

Video Escort is supplied as compressed 
files on a single floppy disk. Flawless 
installation is handled through a custom 
script. Flie lirst time VF. is run, certain de- 
faults are set up, including the printer 
and your company's name and address. 
All of the on-screen requesters for this op- 
eration refer you to specific pages in the 
manual if you need more information be- 
fore making a choice. 

The Main Menu form gives access to 
each of the ten areas that make up the 
package. Most video-production jobs 
begin with a contract. A click brings up 
a four-page form, with each page having 
access to the appropriate database for 
creating a contract. If the job is Tor a 
repeal customer, a few mouse-clicks will 



pull in the existing name and address 
information from vonr database. Select 
one of the preprogrammed event but- 
tons, which you can customize for your 
own business. Likewise, you can retrieve 
locations from your database or enter 
them manually. After you select the 
employees and equipment needed for 
the job and the number and tvpes of 
tapes the customer requires, VF. figures 
a total price, adds the tax, and prints 
out a contract. 

After the tape has been shot, you can 
check the Library form for existing 
graphics and sound effects you may 
wish to add. This form also keeps track 
of your tapes, so that il someone comes 
back to you later for another copy, you 
can quicklv find the original. Use the 
Editor form to make notes for editing 
the tape. The editor can note the type 
of music and graphics used, as well as 
track the job through the editing 
process. Use the Label form to print 
identifying labels for in-housc use or 
finished labels for your customers. 
Because of the relational nature of 
SBase, you can also have the package 
print labels ahead of time for jobs you 
have scheduled. 

The Receipts form allows you to 
credit payments to the account, and the 
Information form helps keep track not 
only of the job slants, but also of details 
such as who il was that referred (be cus- 
tomer to you. File Reports selection 
provides thirteen separate reports, 
ranging from mileage figures to a list- 
ing of pending bookings. The Schedule 
form gives access to all upcoming 
events that have been booked. The 
Crew Manager form is given to the per- 
son in charge of a particular crew. This 
four-page form contains the details on 
the shooting location, space for direc- 
tions, a list oT the crew members who 
are assigned, and other details such as 
which cameras to use and how many 
batteries to take along. 

The last form available is the Mainte- 
nance form, which gives you the power 
to change any of (he defaults you chose 
during the initialization of the package. 
Flexibility is an important feature of VE. 
No two businesses operate in the same 
way, and you can customize the contract 
language and the different packages of 
services that are oflered. 

Smooth Operator 

All of the forms operate in the same 
manner, either providing Fields for you 
to fill in, or bringing up requesters for 
you to choose from. Anyone familiar 
with the operation ofSBase-1 Pro will feel 
right at home. Navigation through and 



between forms is by gadgets, either 
advancing through a form or returning 
to the Main Menu before going on to 
another form. 

The only problem I encountered was 
related to SBase rather than Video Es- 
cort. SBase allows you to set a default 
director)" for the program to open to. t 
had SBase opening to a different 
directory than the one in which VE 
was installed. While most people who 
buy this product probably will not 
install it in a directory other than their 
main database files, it is one of the few- 
oversights in the otherwise complete 
manual. The manual, composed of 125 
loose-leaf pages in a binder, contains 
several tutorials covering general 



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database skills, as well as specific Video 
Escort functions. 

The VE package requires a password 
before il will allow access. While this 
prevents casual access to your data, one 
of the items available through the Main- 
tenance Form is the password you've 
chosen. Once the system is operating, 
anyone using it can reveal the password, 
and even if they don't change it and lock 
you out, your data is no longer secure. I 
think a better system would be to require 
the password once again when accessing 
the Maintenance Form, or at least to 
hide the password within this form, thus 
requiring you to enter the existing 
password before changing it. 

Due to the disk-intensive nature of 
databases in general, the fastest hard 
drive available will still seem slow on 
occasion. If your databases grow very 
large, you will have to resign yourself to 
watt as the system searches, and even to 
wait while VE switches between forms. 

Although many pcoplejust beginning 
a video-production business will not 
need all of the power and features 
offered by Video Escort, few will ever 
outgrow the capabilities of this package. 
— Rob Hays ■ 



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Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow, Sierra's first .Amiga game since 
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vizier). Ho-hum, eh? The usual Sierra stuff. 

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an impression of solidity, smoothness, and weight. (An AGA 
version was planned, but apparently has been called off.) 

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Despite an entrv-level, fain-tale sensibility to the story. 
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ShowBits: CES 

WITH CBM MORE liquid than solid, the Amiga was at best 
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Amiga conversions of two of Microprose's IBM games: the 
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Prince Alexander challenges the Lord of the Dead in King's 
Qtiest VI. 

stunts that will keep you pleasantly off balance. It provides a 
character who, under various guises, coaxes Alexander to do 
things that can kill him. A huge two-level maze is sequestered 
deep in the game, and you'll have to keep wits (and maps) 
about you to pull through. It's more open-ended than most of 
its predecessors, and while it slill has bottlenecks in which cer- 
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writing has evolved into storytelling; by the time .Alexander 
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endgame, it's positively poignant. 

ll was probably too much to hope that Sierra/Revolution 
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bar often inherits a bleached-out cast from the plavlicld, and i 

and net-lurking set in a future New York. Look for them 
around the middle of next year. (Another Paragon game. 
Twilight 2000, is slated to be released for AGA machines by 
England's Empire Software.) 

The Amiga news out ol \ Damark was mixed. Designer Mike 
Singleton indicated that, contrary - to reports in the British 
press, he is not planning an Amiga version of the enormous 
strategy/adventure, The Lords of Midnight. However, Do- 
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forthcoming high-end helicopter situ, Apache. G 



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and when one of Cassiina's hairs turns tip in vonr inventory, it 
looks more like a dirty earthworm.) I ran into a graphic glitch 
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little in the way of" Amiga-specific documentation. 

The pruning has been judicious. KQVI hasn't been cut so 
much as trimmed and tightened up — the sort of improvements 
more typically associated with Amiga pros like MicroProse. This 
is a major step lor the publisher, and it's hound to be a good 
time for us. Well done. Siena, well done. And welcome back. 

What's Up, Psygnosis? 

Psygnosis, the Liverpool-based publisher — long a vital force in 
the Amiga market — recently released in quick succession three 
games that are alniosi inarguably the worst in its nearly 
decade-long history. That's taking into account eaiiv releases 
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echelon games that used to be released via the Psyclapse 
label. And it also includes unfortunate recenl experiments like- 
Red Zone. What the dnnl has happened lo Psygnosis? 

Circumstance would seem to point a linger at parent corpo- 
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three games are licenses based on Columbia Pictures film prop- 
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cleverness or any special affiliation to their source material. 

Bram Stoker's Dracula 

Bram Stoker's Dracula has been in the works forever. Contacts 
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finally emerge as a hybrid of two earlier, artistically less-than- 
successful Dracula games: the sideview Sega beat-"em-up and 
the IBM Wolfenstein-3D-like, free-scrolling action adventure. 
Unfortunately, the Sega game won out. (The IBM would at 
least have been a relative novelty on the Amiga.) There's not 
much to it. The appeal of i he quasi-realistic character and the 
sepia-tone backdrops will last about five minutes. Then the 
monotony of" the laughter, the disembodied sounds, the 
oddly mincing movements, the trivial opponents, and the 
unlikely challenges begin to set in. Score: D. 

Last Action Hero 

Last Action Hero is simply a Double Dragon clone, with none 
of the artistry (albeit it crude) thai those games sometimes 
exhibited. The character looks more like James Caau than 
Arnold's Jack Slater. The sccnerv and opponents have almost 
no variety. It's like playing in your sleep — the same game- 
repeating over and over again — and if that sounds like a 
description of a nightmare, well, so be it. Score: D-. 

Cliffiianger 

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character, moving awkwardly over unintimidaling terrain, 
dodging clumps of snow, and punching hawks and wolves 
(which are indisiinguisable by color). Ocean, which has a his- 
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there's much belter stuff in I'D. Score; F. ■*■ 



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The trouble with the blame-it-on-Sony theory is that it 
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increasingly infected Psygnosis' releases over recent years. 
Most games up to and including Shadow of the Beast III, 
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cal sense of progression — an impression of being on a trip to 
someplace really splendid. Every step Psygnosis took was a 
benchmark, every footprint rimmed in gold. 

lint market forces being what they are, Psygnosis' agenda 
has increasing!)' slipped in recent years toward the IBM and 
the consoles. Its Amiga games over this period have been 
plentiful and not half bad (until this current crop of lilm- 
based mutants), but they've become increasingly trivial, 
and that mission-like sense of continuity has vanished. 
Psygnosis seems to have turned into a sort of Amiga 
smorgasbord, sampling the wares ol this developer and dial 
developer in one-off ventures. Tasteful one-off ventures, to be 
sure, but in the overall picture, Psygnosis is not pushing 
progress so much as product. 

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Consider Innocent Until Caught, which has finally made its 
way from the IBM to the Amiga. You may recall my charac- 
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as having a sense of weight. Well, this conversion of 
Psygnosis' lirst animated adventure is a comparative light- 
weight. Despite a similarly dark tale — you're a professional 
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primarily an exercise in cheesiness. 

That's due in part to the Story, which has you skulking about 
in brothels, bars, backs alleys, subways, dingy pawnshops, and 
assorted other damp rocks. Unfortunately, it's also in the pre- 
sentation. It's in the cartoon bubbles in which all text appears 
(and which make everything that transpires therein feel 
insubstantial). It's in the way the pointer never behaves quite 
as you want it to. It's in the crashes that occur when you don't 
nm bind drivers first. It's in the serviceable but somewhat 
bloodless graphics that — seemingly regardless of the mode in 
which IUC is booted — eventually begin to deteriorate into 
ever-larger black blotches. It's in the time-wasting manual. 

And it's in the frantically "humorous" text — waving its hands 
and stamping its feet at us like a hyperactive child with a 
Story to tell. Innocent gets an audience on the strength of its 
strong bloodline, but proves to have little to say and little art 
in saying it. Verdict: Guilty. Score: C— . 

PUGGSY 

Or consider Puggsy, which has been waiting in the wings even 
longer than Dracula. It was initially slated for release on the 
Amiga in 1991. but was diverted to the consoles instead, so 
many of you have probably long since mentally consigned 
this arcade game — based on the famous Amiga demo Puggs 
in Space — to the same plain of oblivion inhabited by Planet- 
side, Cud-Poo, and the Lemmings Construction Kit. 

Usually, a game lost for so long stays lost, and this one prob- 
ably should have, as it's now somewhat out of date. Back then, 
Psygnosis was highlighting one particular feature: Puggsy's 
in-game objects would have real-world properties (you could 
slack barrels, but you couldn't stack balls). They still do, but 
it's no longer the draw it might have been, as Puggsv is now 
just one ol a horde ol arcade games with useable objects — and 
not a particularly well-drawn one at that. Score: C. 

The Silver Lining 

This is not to say there isn't good stuff, too, but it's in the 
minority. Perihelion (reviewed in September) is a weird but 
clever RPG, and Second Samurai is a grand arcade adventure. 

Wiz 'N' Liz is an utterly charming arcade romp with tinv 
characters, dclightfullv /ippv speed, and a guileless premise 
(collecting bunnies and spell recipes) that's ajoy to play, even 
if you don't know quite what you're doing. Score: B+. 

Globdule is an improvement on Bubble Bobble, with cred- 
itable obstacles, open architecture and a sticky lavender blob 
doing the fruit-grabbing. (He wants to be a toy. Long storv.) 
Score: B-. 

And Brian the Lion, from Reflections (the outfit that did 
the Beast games), is a classic pure-arcade followup to those 
dark adventures; it slyly and seamlessly integrates all sorts of 
console-like tricks in a brilliant Amiga setting. Score: B+. 

Coming Attractions 

Nor is it likely that we've seen the last of the good stuff Psyg- 
nosis has to offer. Nova Storm for CD32 (a re-titled 
Scavenger 4) should bring Microcosm technology forward an- 
other step. The impending Operation G2. from the 
designers of Ohitus, finds Ps\ gnosis in Space Hulk territory. 
And despite DMA Design's decision to drop Amiga work, we 
may even see Lemmings 3. 

But. what I wouldn't give to have the old Psvgnosis back. ■ 



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processors ana 1 stick with the iaster '030, 
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We Don't Like 
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Since 1986, I have really enjoyed 
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Roger J. Hale 
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