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3,5MB on a hrgh density disk.
3. S SUPER XL DRIVE . £129.95
1-76 X L DRIVE
The XL Drive allows you to store a
1 76MB on a high density disk.
1.76 XL DRIVE EXTERNAL £79.95
1-76 XL DRIVE INTERNAL £75
1.76 XL DRIVE A4O0O £75
pcasoe ixt.power drive . £49.95
PCSB1 A500 ,,,. „ £30.95
■PCS32 A2OO0 .-..,.£35.95
PCBB3 A6OQ'1200 . £35.95
VIDEO BACKUP 3
520MB ,jp €
Version 3 has new backup modi;
Amiga's wiTh a fiBtKQ or higher CPU.
VIDEO BACKUP SCART £65
VIDEO BACKUP PHONO . .£60
UPGRADE TO VERSION 3 £20
GVP HC-8 SCSI
■iMB a
RAM on -be
HC-fl SCSI CARD
£99
GVP G-LOCK
INTERNAL DRIVES
HARD DRIVES
1 GIGABYTE 3 5 SCSI £259
1 GIGABYTE 3.5 SCSI EXTERNAL £335
MICKOPOLIS
2 GIGABYTE 3.5 SCSI £CALL
4 GIGABYTE 3.5 SCSI ...... ECALL
9 GIGABYTE 3 5 SCSI £CALL
HITACHI
34DMB 2.S IDE , . .£CALL
510MB 2.5 IDE \\ £CALL
BTOMfi 2.5 IDE £CALL
1 GIGABYTE 2.5 IDE ' £CALL
OTHERS
120MB 3.5 IDE fgs
M-TEC H D
Externa] IDE hard disk for the A50Q
comes template with an internal ROM
switcher, and upgradable to 4MB RAM
Save 1.5MB on a standard floppy drive
and 3MB when used In conjunction
with the XL Drive 1.76.
fLOPPY EXPANDER ,£10
DISK EXPANDER
Disk Expander can add upto to 50% to
your hard drive capacity and works
with all drives Including SCSI, IDE,
Floppies and even the RAM disk, Disk
Expander Works on any Amiga with
any Kickstart.
DISK EXPANDEH
£19-95
EXTERNAL CASES
SCSI case suitable for CD-ROM/ HB/DAT
and Optical drive*.
M-TEC AT5Q0 BARE £99
PLEASE CALL FOR HD SIZES
MEMORY HHJLIIHE.S JO-FIN SIMMS
OVER DRIVE H D
Enternal PCMCIA 3.5* IDE hard disk
OVERDRIVE BARE . . £99
OVERDRIVE 420MB ,£259
1 ZIP DRIVE
ZIP DRIVE 100MB SCSI . . , , .£179.95
100MB DISKETTE t , . .£15.95
IIP MrVE H(QUI*IS EQUNMEL SCSI INTERFACE
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The Syquest EZ13S drive is an Ideal
storage device. The EZ Drive stores
135MB on a single 3.5" cartridge
and has a seek time of 13.5ms
Comes complete with one 135MB
Cartridge. {A SCSI interface is required)
SYQUEST EZ135MB £239.95
135MB CARTRIDGE , . £CALL
5 25* SCSI or IDE CASE
3.5" SCSI oMDE CASE .
SX-32
£79,95
£79.95
SX-32 is HI internal add-on card for your
CD32 and features: VGA port, RGB port,
par a I Te I port, serial port, external disk
drive port (1.76MB), clock, controller for
2.5" hard disk, and a srMM socket (up id
BMB). Turn your CD-32 into a A12M.
SX-32 MODULE ... £199,95
CHIPS & SPARES
256* « SIMM 72-PIN (1MB} . £40
512 X 32 SIMM 72-PIN (2MB) . , . .£75
T X 32 SIMM (4MB} £125.95
2 X 32 SIMM (8MB) £235.95
4 X 32 SIMM (16MB) £499.95
1 X B SIMM 32-PIN (1MB) £30
4XB SIMM 32-P.IN (4MB) £139
1 X 4 STATIC COLUMN A30CO . , £25
1 X4DIP £25
256 X 4 DIP . . , £5
1*1 DIP ]','.['.'.'.'. £5
Cl * ■ 112
GARY £l cj
PAULA //[ £|g
DEMISE ...'.'.[.[ ^£19
SUPER DENISE ' £25
KEYBOARD IC .....'.'.].'. ~£12
FAT AGNUS 1MB fig
FAT AGNUS 2 MB ^£29
PRINTER CABLE .£8
RS232 CABLE £&
SCSI EXTERNAL .'.£15
WORKBENCH 3.1 A 5 LI/ J QQ . . . .£85
WORKBENCH 3.1 A30CO/40Q0 . . .£95
ROM SHARE DEVICE £19
2.04 ROM CHIP £25
FOR ANY SPARE* REQUIRED PLEA5E CALL
Award winning Amiga Genlock.
G-LOCK AMIGA GENLOCK ,£259
IO-EXTENDFR
Za rro II card that provides an additional
5enal port, parallel port and conned ion
for optional RS42J and R5232 port.
Call for details
roEXTENDER
G\/P RAM
Official GVP RAM SIMMs.
4MB GVP RAM
16MB GVP RAM
£59
£159
£549
A2000 63060
A 6B060 accelerator board tor the A2000
running at 50MHz and allowing upto
T26MB af user installable memory and a
SCSI -II hard disk contidler,
A2000 6B04Q (0MB RAM) . . . ,£TBA
A2000 6Bu60(0M6 RAMI . £TEJA
4MB STANDARD ADD £1 25.95
4MB GVP ADD £159
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MODEMS
ACEEX V32 BIS 14.4 noibtappbovto ,£99
X - L I N K TKUf VM H.» ET APPROVED (229.95
TRAPFAX MODEM SOFTWARE . . £49
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£79.95
£29.95
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included yhere you
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performance, auto-booting, and ultra-fast
serial port. Surf Squirrel is the ideal
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1200. Piease cail for more information.
SURf SQUIRREL £POA
UJR R E L MPEG
Squirrel MPEG allows yDLj to play VideoCD
and CDr CD-ROM's, Squirrel MPEG brings
higfi quality digitally mastered images and
16-bit stereo sound to you and your
Amiga.
SQUIRREL MPEG . £POA
RAM EXPANSION ■ _P_0 W E R S C A N N E R SCANDOUBLER
A5M which fits
door slot
A500 2MB RAM
£90
MEMORY CAflDS
512K RAM WITH CLOCK ....£24,95
RAM WITHOUT CLOCK £19,95
A600 1MB RAM £39,95
A500+ 1MB RAM . £29,95
MEGACHIP RAM
BH your Amiga 50NV2rXJO diip RAM tP
a total of 2MB, MegaChip does this by
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its a 2MB Fat Agnus. No wldwing is
required.
MEGACHIP RAM
£159.95
A500 68020EC
A 6&Q2G EC processor accelerator card lor
the ASOO and AS0O+, with an option to fit
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PGA). This card can fit upto 4MB FAST
RAM and Is fully auto-configuring.
NQT COMPATIBLE WITH GVf HARD DfllVc
A50G 6S020 EC 0MB RAM . . .£99,95
A500 63020 EC 4MB RAM . .£219.95
PRINTERS/MONITORS
MKROVITEC T433 14" £289
EPSON STYLUS INC.PAPfR , . £489
EPSON STYLUS PRO XL A3 + £1499
f *S0fr STrLUVPRO B, m . UD F studio ij MH •
STUDIO II SOFTWARE £49.95
VGA ADAPTOR
VGA ADAPTOR
£15
GLI DE POINT
Intuitive cursor control at your finger tips
.Tap 1 for an instant selection. Connects to
the Serial port, [This is not a graphics tablet)
ALPS GLIDE-POINT
£59.95
POWER TABLET
Pen- and cursor controlled graphic tablet
including cables and software.
POWER TABLET 12 X 12 ...£195,95
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GURU-ROM V6
A SCSI driver for all Secies IJ host adaptors
and accelerator cards for all Amiga
computers. This flOM has a very fast trans-
fer rate of up to S.SMB/s, maximising your
CPU processing time. Guru support: all
SCSI device types including hard drives.
CD-ROM drives, scanners, Syquest drives
etc, Guru ROM is compatible with Amiga
OS 1.3 through to 3.1 and is SCSI -I/SCSI-2
compatible. Please call for further
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GURU-ROM V6
£49.95
The award winning Power Scanner
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connection. Fully s-upparts AGA chipset.
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OCR (souo- £20
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POWER SCAN 4 £20
PC INTERFACE + CC. £49.95
PC INTERFACE ♦BWSAfV £39.95
FLATBED SCANNERS
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software, cables, and man. .
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£919.95
NEPTUNE GENLOCK
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NEPTUNE-GENLOCK
£599.95
GLIDEPOINT
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SYSTEM NEWS
Andy Maddock brings you all that is weird and
wonderful on the Amiga games scene
Player manager 2 extoa 88
We haven't seen a foofoail management game
for obsloutety ages and finally we get one. Wifl
it be as good as its predecessor?
Speris legacy 90
We present you with a three page, bumper
review featuring Team 17 s latest offering
Watcktower 93
Joke control of a commando soldier and
watth everything from up a tower. Check
out the preview
Hints and tips 94
OUr dedicated Feedback page where you, the
readers, con write to us and complain your
socks off, Co tni, we can take it
Doom roundup 96
The Doom issue is no longer doom and gloom!
It's more fears and Breathless. Ho, ho, ho.
Now, that's funny!
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EVIEWS
84 Final data
ED Internet pack
Gareth Lofthouse looks on as Softwood's database saga
continues with yet another facelift for the familiar
LightWave 4-0
Paul Austin delivers an exclusive review of the
most long-awaited update in Amiga history
Nei Mohr pulls the planned AT Internet Pack taf ether
to deliver the sneakiest of sneak previews
Ethernet special E3
Cuuld the age-old problem of Amiga networking
finally have a simple and inexpensive solution
SYQUEST DRIVE
A removable storage solution with more space and
faster transfer - a challenge to the Zip supremacy
Counting house EU
Frank Nord opens reviews claims to be a complete
accounting solution far the financially challenged
Digital quill
Unde Neil asks if there's a place for yet
another text editor in the Amiga market
Printer punchup E3 Wave rider's guide JB
Two printers - Hewfett Packard's DeskJet B50C
and the Epson Stylus Colour lis fight it out
EATURES
Ben Vost continues the 3D theme with a look at the
latest i LightWave tutorials on screen and in print
AT one year on ED Laser guidance
We ask the key players their opinions on the efforts of
Amiga Technologies over the last twelve months
The shining silver platters are under the microscope again.
The CD buyers guide goes, from strength to strength
Database
Paul Overaa kicks oft a six part programming special
on the building of data bases from the bottom up
El Beginner's guide ED
Steve White continues his insider guide to the finer
points of mastering the idiosyncrades of the Amiga
Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
he coverdisks
Capital punishment
If s time to switch off your brain and engage your
primeval, animalistic, blood lusting emotions. Yes,
release your anger and join the dark side with our
ultra-violent demo
Utilities unlimited II
It's back and it's bigger and better, MCP* the
mother of all Workbench utilities. How did you
five without it?
Plus: Breathless Update, UrouHack, Playie, Screen
Wizard, The Guru, Palis, AmiTootBar', BetterEd
and StringReq
* requires Magic User Interface
□
EGULARS
Comment
Ben Vost looks asks when the promised move to the
PowerPC will make an appearance in the high street
News
Tina Hackett t eports on the disappointin g Christmas safes
that present yet another hurdle in the Amiga's recovery
□
MIGA GUIDE
fl
WBS$
The mystery manof the AC
team concludes his tour of
menus, icons and toots
j^j 1 Paul Overaa explains how nTTl
to get the best from the
example on the cover disk
The tricks of making basic
programs run under ARexx
revealed by Paul Overaa
107
Phil South starts a series
on how to make your Web Uhni
site look and work better
Frank Nondexplains how to
get quality results when
printing with the Amiga
Letters
The Amiga Computing fetters page in all its glory.
Questions answered and myths put into perspective
Acas
Technical trickery, Q&Asand all things confusing put in
the« place by our resident Amiga whiz kfd
ED Public sector
Owe Cusick, the man with more floppies than an infer-
tility dink delivers the low-down on Amiga PD
•J M
Phil South explores Amos'
potential as a multimedia
authoring system
Paul Overaa reviews a
sound synthesis program
from BJachford Technology
Steve White explains how
to bring creations to fife
and retain continuity
Paul Austin puts the
tricky spline patching
into perspective
Gary Whiteley provides a
'/ gu ide to the confusing
world of video formats
Q
OVER
STORY
Video special _J2
Adam Phillips provides a definitive
guide to the art of pro-qualrty
video production. From scripting
to story boarding, producing to
directing, it's all here.
Plus, a roundup of the best video
cameras and recorders
Amiga Computing
APRIL 1 996
Our unique and highly rated asternal Ctock Cartttge wW enable
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These rmd drives simply pusJi onto the sic* of me A50G or
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Full instructions and software supplied
The hard drrw also has ihe facility to add 2. 4, 6 or Bmb of RAM
inside I'.
A500/+ 250mb HARD DRIVE £209.99
Additional RAM «f th* hMd **• fS9.« P« 2mb
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Discoid© is the ultimate in dish copying power ft* the
Amiga, The package compnses the Oiscology Disk,
manual and Wscology cartridge for making copies of
heavily protected programs with an external disk
drive. Discology will Etfso to check disks
far errors etc,
Now includes CD ROM drivers and instructions.
The Dsteftyer Is a 16 I* s^ 31 " controller cafd 1ha cww 8 ^ the Sl & nai5
or the internal IDE interface to also run SCSI devices at the sane time as
tho IDE hard drive, ,^,„ n
The Dataflyer SC5I+ will openJte upto 5 SCSI devtees sjtfi as
CD-ROMS, hard dmes, SyQuest removeable drives, tape
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Uniike other SCSI interfaces, the Dataftyer SCSk is com-
patible with ail known accelerators etc and it does not Stop
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The Dataflyer SCS1+ easily installs into the A1200/A6OO
(simply pushes in, no need to remove the metal shield)
and provides a
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72 pin simrns suitable for Apollo accelerators, A40QG, A120C- memory
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lmb £39.99
2mb £77.99
4mb £114.99
Smb £219.99
33mt« 6SB82 FPU {pice) £49.99
40mhz 6S882 FPU (plcc) £69.99
50mhz 69982 FPU (PGA) £79.99
Al\ FPU's are suppHed win crystal osdlstQfs
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SCSI dnve will store a massive 135mb per
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135mb EZ cartridge £15.99
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pubfe domain Fred Rsh disks and a huge 115 page
~ information packed spiral
bound manual.
ASIM CDFS
only £49.99
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Our highly rated, top quality feature packed modems are idea! tor
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winch includes a cable to connect trie modem to the Am^a. NCOMM
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computers come complete with fitting
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snt it great to have the Amiga
back in the shops again?
Admittedly, it wouid be nice H it
were in more shops and being
actively promoted, but hey, at least it's there,
right? But what about the rneKt generation of
Amigas? These new PowerPC-based beast-
ies, how will they fare in the big, competitive
world of home computing? The old
Commodore attitude of building down to
spec to saw cash can't continue with the
new owners of the Amiga, and here's why.
From about 1990 the computer industry
has built up enough momentum to ensure
that new products get introduced more and
more frequently - look at the competition
for small physical siie removable media. We
had a 128Mb Magneto Optical drive about
four years ago which was sluggish enough
when reading, but unbearably slow when
writing to a disk. Now we have Zip and EZ
drives, and later this year we will get. Jaz and
SyJet drives that hold around a gigabyte on a
small 3,5" cartridge and transfer at rates that
would acceptable in a hard drive. To top it all
off, scientists now reckon that they can
increase the storage capacity of hard drives
some twentyfold due to a process that works
around the magnetic resistance of the
media.
Your limit
Now how about the poor old Amiga7 Well,
as much as it may seem at the moment,
4,2Gb is your limit when it comes to storage
space - there's no more room in the RDB
(Rigid Disk Block.) that is stored on every
hard drive and hard drive partition. The rea-
son for this is that the RDfJ <s only 32-bits
long and as we all know from studying our
binary, the lafgest number you can have in
32-bits is in the 4.2 billion range, hence the
limit on size. Previously, this hasn't mattered
for Amiga owners, but with desktop video
and hard drive hungry applications, the
amount of space we need is going to grow
incrementally, and anyway, why should we
be restricted in this fashion? After all, a few
years back Amiga owners were laughing at
the fact that our PC owning friends could
only have 32Mb partitions, but who's
laughing now?
tfs not just storage space thaf s becoming
an embarrassment. The Amiga supports
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Back
for the future?
practically none of the now established stan-
dards like TWAIN - the standard for scanners
which allows any TWAIN-compliant package
to use any TWAIN-compliant scanner, that
includes paint packages and even word
processors, and systemwide support of
TrueType or Postscript fonts, copy and paste,
and many other things {I haven't even got
onto OLE or Open Doc yet.. J. This must be
addressed. It doesn't matter if only a few
people use these features, the point is that
when businesses are buying machines they
are going to want the most seamlessly inte-
grated system for their current setup, A com-
pany that wants to do so (insert something
the Amiga still beats other machines at, er,
video - ?) might still end up buying a PC or a
Mac, not only because that's all they'll get
Amiga
Technologies
assures us the
Amiga is back for
the future, but
have they been
looking that far
ahead? Ben Vost
wants to know
told about, but also because they are
practically guaranteed compatibility.
On another front, have you heard the one
about the world's largest database company,
Oracle, asking for a E50Q Internet box, one
that would have the ability to be connected
to a TV, have a modem and no local storage
so that applications could be downloaded
from the Net and used that way? Acorn have
and are apparently doing the business with
Oracle, but it would seem that Amiga
Technologies haven't, Shame really, because
they could offer Oracle an Internet box that
did have local storage along with all the
other criteria for not much more than the
requisite half a grand.
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Qhow stoppers
_ be World of Amiga UK Show is ail set
to happen on the 13 and 14 April and
two long-standing Amiga supporters are
already promising to launch ten new prod-
ucts at the show. Goth Digita International
and HiSoft Systems have products planned
for the event, with Digita premiering
Wordsworth 5 and Wordsworth BSE which is
intended specifically for A 1200 owners with
2Mb memory and only one disk drive. They
will also be showing Organiser 2, a personal
diary, and their database, Datastore 2.
HiSoft intend to show off their new prod
ucts too with the Squirrel Mpeg add-on which
allows the playing of Video CD and CDi discs
from SC51 CD-ROMs to broadcast monitors,
TVs or video recorders. They will also be
showing their Surf Squirrel which is a new
version of the Squirrel SCSI interface. This has
a high-speed serial transfer for high-speed
modem use and auto- booting drivers to allow
full auto-booting from SCSI hard disks,
Amongst the plethora of products there
will also be an update on Terminate TCP and
CinemaFcmt, an add-on which allows the
loading of any Type 1 font directly into
Cinema4D. There will also be CinemaWorld,
another Cinema4D add-on which creates 3D
worlds and landscapes plus CinemaTree
which creates trees (no surprise there),
So there you have it - World of Amiga is
the place to be and with any luck should get
some much needed attention back onto the
platform attracting old and new users alike.
ITHONITOR MADNESS
I
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CORNER
Two of the most unlikely pastimes have
been united in some bizane anthology
being put together by Poetry Now. They want
budding Keats to send poems in to them (in
no more than 30 lines) on the topic of tech-
nology in the world today. Anything from opin-
ions on the Internet to console bashing would
be appreciated, so get out your quill and
parchment and send your scnbblings to Poetty
Now, The World Of Technology, 1-2 Wainman
Road, Woodstcm, Peterborough PE2 7BU
beforethe 30 April 1996.
There's no entry fee required but a stamped
addressed envelope is appreciated. The copy-
right remains with the author and rf accepted
for the anthology, royalties will be paid,
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iyama have announced the launch of their new 15" vision Master monitor which at E299
provides excellent value It supersedes their previous Vision Master 15 model and has
many new features such as a 0.2Bmm dot prtch flat square tube and 30-G5KH. horizontal and
SMOOKHi vertical scanning frequencies. It also offers a 350mm diagonal viewable screen with
non-glare and anti-static coating, ft should hit the shops this April.
Amiga Computing
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HMe multimedia authoring aoftwarr
Eye, eye
Amiga upgrade specialist Eyetech have
brought out a new package which will
help the Amiga realise its multimedia amo-
tions- With every AT 200 AV (Audio Visual
specification) hard drive upgrade kit they will
~ also supply a copy of Optonica's
MMe, their multimedia authoring
system.
MMe will be installed on the drive
and comes with a hard disk-based
tutorial and on-line help facilities.
They will also have over 4D PD and
Shareware utilities ideal lor
multimedia on them.
MMe has been chosen because
it's the only UK system of this type
which is designed to run on and pro-
duce stand-alone applications that
run on a standard 2Mb A120Q or
CD 32.
Eyetech promise that even a non-
technical user will be able to install
the drive (without having to cut or
I drill the case) and have it running
■ within half an hour. The price for this
little bundle is £229.95 which
includes VAT. A full manual and back-
up program/tutorial diskette pack is
also available for a small charge.
APRIL 1996
QlEW
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Tha VimwSonic PT-77D
If iewSonic, renowned monitor makers,
■ have a new 1 7" monitor in store which
they will launch at the forthcoming CeBIT show
in Hannover. Called the SonicTron FT- 770, it
has an aperture grille mask rather than the
conventional shadow mask and has a maja-
mum resolution of 1600x1230 pixels. It will
cost £819 + VAT. Also on the cards from
ViewSonic is the 15" 15CA multimedia moni-
tor with two hi-fi loudspeakers and integrated
microphone. The picture is produced by a
0.27mm Invar shadow mask and a Super-
Contrast screen with special anti-
reflection/anti-glare coating. It should retail at
£379 + VAT. And finally, they are afco releasing
a 20" model which will cost El 039 + VAT.
Offering a 50cm screen, it has non-interlaced
resolutions up to l&OOx 1 2B0 and a high
refresh rate of up to 76Hz at 1280x1024 It
also allows the user to be able to adjust screen
colours to match printed output
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MIGA IS
THE STAR
T he Amiga 4000 was in the spot-
■ light recently at the Ml DEM festival
at Cannes. A music video starring a pop
band called Cramp in the Leg (hrmm) was
made using the machine and won the
producers a bronze medal for editing. The
video was produced by Myth Machine
and used VLabMotion and LightWaw 3.5.
As well as including rotoscoping of chron-
icle materia!, there was also a scene with
modern musicians standing in Red
Square in 1930.
Stuck on
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Ooops!
The review we featured last month on the
Blizzard 1260 accelerator had the wrong
scores put on it They should read as Mows:
Ease of Use: 95% Implementation: 95%,
Value for Money: 72% Overall: 92%. These
scores are higher than the ones we printed
and we apologise for any inconvenience
caused,
Shock,
horror
M 'ton Keynes company Blittersoft have a new Amos Pro Extension kit
■■■ ready for UK distribution. Priced at £49.95, it should give a whole
new lease of life to Amos Pro with over 600 new commands. Now you
will be able to program fully Multi-Tasking software, G a drools (gadgets
and menus) Datatypes, DOS functions and StoneTracker support. To run rt
requires OS2.x or better and has 100 help procedures to allow even the
novice to get started straight away. We'll be bringing you a full review
soon. Watch this space
AMMING IT HOME
Premier Mail Order are offering some bargain price SIMM chips so you
too can get all the benefits from the latest Doom clones like Breathless
They believe that if more people had FastRAM on board then develup-
ers woufd take more interest in the Amiga (good, guilt-inducing
advertising techniques there), so they are offering the following at these
prices which include VAT and delivery:
4 Meg 72 Pin 70ns -El 19.99
8 Meg 72 Pin 70ns - £239.99
16 Meg 72 Pin 70ns - £445.99
PCI 206 RAM Board - BARE - £59.99
Contact Premier Mail Order on 01266 271 172 for more inlo.
Amiga Computing
APRIL 19 9 6
Check out the Softwood Web site
{ http://www.SQftwood.com/) far all the latest
information on their products such as Final Cat
and Final Data. As well as a brief history of Ihe
company (ihey began in 1 9B6, you know) there is
also tbe shock announcement that alter two years
in the making they have Final Writer - for
Windows '95. Hmm. Oh well, who says PC
owners get the best things first?
Amiga
Computing
ONLINE
Amiga Computing are pleased to announce that
their Web site is up and running once again.
Check Out, for example, the current news,
updates on what we're up to, plus games hints
and tips. Follow wmv.idK.to.uk/amigflcomp/ for
all the latest and greatest.
Amiga
Computing
survey
Amiga Computing's reader survey has attracted
a good amount of replies. It seems most of our
readers so far have actually got machines with a
much better spec than the default, with
CD-ROM drives being the most popular hard'
ware add-ons (so look out for a CD coverdisc)
and the sections of the magazine that are
proving most popular are ESP and ACAS.
We will be running the survey until the end
of March, so there's still plenty of time to get
your entries in, but do send them in as we can
Dnly make a better magazine for everyone if you
all tell us what you want.
As a reminder, the entry that we draw out of
a hat will win £200 worth of prizes tailored to
your machine. So get writing and send us your
entries,
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Q ro-Sdh have annou-
* need the launch of
their latest program
designed to get even the
most scatterbrained of js
organised.
As a slight diversion
from their usual gambling-
related programs, they are
launching Pro-Organiser,
a personal organiser
program at a budget price,
Running on all Amigas
with 1Mb, you can get a
free usable demo by send-
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Stamped Addressed Envelope to Pro-Soft,
PO Box CR53, Leeds LS7 1XJ.
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Speedy
access
I S Robotics have a new
modem on the horizon
which will offer a speed of
28,800bps. Priced at El 99 (exc.
VAT) it is the Internet ready version
of the Sportster Vi fast modem. The
2B,BO0bps version follows on from
US Robotics 14,400 bps modem
and for those who spend long peri-
ods browsing the Web, it could
make a more economical option, tt
includes a voice mail feature which
could be taken advantage of if any-
body writes the software for it!
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r*nu/nl»r important diary
you
dates
Qecurity fears
tk recent case which was brought
" before the House of Lords has
raised contr overs ial issues on computer
security, The case involved a police offi-
cer who asked a police computer opera-
tor to get him information for his job as a
debt collector, a role which is outside his
duties as a police officer. He was found
out and charged with 'using' personal
data against the laws of the Data
Protection Act.
He appealed, arguing that reading
information off a screen could not be
considered 'use of data' and the House
of Lords upheld this, However, if he had
actually taken action on this information,
it would have come under the Act,
Elizabeth France, the Data Protection
Registrar, remarked: "Reports of
Thursday's ruling in the House of Lords
case, R v Brown, may have given the
impression that accessing information
from a computer screen is not covered
by the Data Protection Ad" She contin-
ued; 'The Lords clearly ruled that
processing data in this way is covered by
the Act and where it is carried out
improperly, I can take enforcement
action against the data user against
which appeals can be brought to the
Data Protection Tribunal" However, an
individual employee cannot now be
prosecuted under the Data Protection Act
for 'browsing' personal data, although it
may be possible to prosecute under the
Computer Misuses Act I MO."
QOUNTING THE COSTS
^ omputer crime has been estimated to cost the
*■ country around £1 billion a year. According to the
Association of British Insurers, insured theft losses cost
£200 million a year, but in fact this figure is estimated to be
much higher due to non-insured losses, lost production,
and lost business opportunities.
Recent incidents such as a factory in Scotland having
£2.3 million worth of computer chips stolen and an armed
gang stealing £1 50,000 worth of computer equipment from
a South London Factory have shown how bad the situation
IS,
The Association want to help combat this, so are issuing
an information sheet with advice on how to ensure your
computer and electronic equipment is sale from thieves,
Businesses and the public can get this sheet by sending an
QONIC PRESERVED FOREVER
SAE to: Association of British Insurers, 51 Gresham Street,
London EC2V 7HQ.
And in the same vein, news just in reports that the
Dixons Croup has joined the Computer Weekly campaign
to combat computer theft. Dixons, together with the
Metropolitan Police, have launched a campaign to deal
with the problem and have already met with 19 of the
major manufacturers of electronic goods to ask them to
build anti-theft safeguards into their future products.
Dale Heathcote, co-ordinator of the Dixons/Police
projects commented; "We will work together with those
invoked in this campaign to share information and help to
encourage the industry to ensure that the next generation
of expensive consumer electronics equipment such as
computers become less attractive to the criminal,"
News from
the Net
Net protest at
Telecom Act
This February saw President Clinton sign an act
which has huge implications for Net censor-
ship. This wide-reaching legislation should
reform and benefit some of the laws regarding
communication but Dn the other hand - and
the cause for all the controversy - there is the
Communications Decency Act which some
believe could lead to widespread censorship.
The CDA will make it an offence to post
'indecent' material on the internet with prison
sentences or fines of up to 1250,000 dished
out for those who break the law.
However, those opposing (he CDA believe
rhe term J indecenf is extremely vague and fear
that even things like works of art showing
nudes, could be banned.
Don't duly
dally on the
Web!
America - the first case of divorce on the
grounds of 'adultery 1 an the Internet is being put
to the test John CDydan found explicitly sexual
exchanges between his wife and another man
which they'd been having aver the Internet.
Although the relationship had never been con-
summated, Mr Goydan of New Jersey claims
they were planning a rendezvous at a New
Hampshire hotel. The case raises interesting
legal implications as his lawyer believes it could
change the way adultery is defined in law but
Mr Goydan's accessing his wife's e-mail could
be seen as a violation of her personal privacy.
Banned book
out in public
A book which was published only tD be
banned soon alter has fournj its way onto the
Internet. The book in question, 'Le Grand
Secret', caused uproar because it revealed
allegations about the health of the late French
president, Francois Wlitterand. Written by
Mitterand's personal physician, it claimed that
Mrtterand ordered the fact that he had prostate
cancer to be kept quiet.
It also claimed that his medical records were
falsified. The book found its way onto the
Internet via a French Cybercafe owner who
scanned in the pages into his computer and
then released them onto the Web-
T he British Film Institute has begun an initiative to
' preserve video games to make sure they do not
become lost forever. The Institute fears that games such
as Sonic and PacMan could go missing as happened to
some of the earliest films, so they have set space aside
amongst the 275,000 films housed there. Assistant
Director for the BFI commented: The BFI is taking the
bold initiative to preserve games - from the first
primitive blips of the early 70s to the sophisticated
virtual reality of today's games. This move will enable
researchers and young people in 100 years time to find
out a great deal about the lifestyle's and interests of
young people in the 19905."
The BFI are appealing to anyone who has any particu-
larly old games, especially those that can be played on
the Lynx, Dragon 52, BBC Micro, Texas T1994A, Sharp
M2700, Commodore Vic 20, Atari VCS, Coleco Vision,
Jupiter Ace and Mattel Intel e vision, to get in touch, if
you do come across any gems contact Tony
Hetherington, BFI, 21 Stephen Street, London W1P 2UN,
Also on the agenda at the BFI is an interactive
Encyclopaedia of Computer and Video Games and an
exhibition which will show games and machines from
the last two decades.
Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
EW GVP TO UNVEIL
060 ACCELERATORS
he 'New' GVP, a collaborative effort between M-Tec and Power Computing, is on the
verge of releasing its first new products, Of particular note is the Amiga 4000/060 acceler-
ator, sporting a Motorola 66050 chip at 50MHz, 4 SIMM slots for up to T28 megs of RAM,
and a 5CSHI controller, Pricing has yet to be announced-
At present GVP is considering building an A3000 design based on the A4000 card. The space
constraints of the A3000 would dictate a reduction in SIMM slots to 2, for a maximum of 64
megs of memory, h addition, GVP is the distributor for the MaeroSystem Falcon A 1 200 040/060
card rn North America, They also plan to restart production of several of the 'old' GVP products,
including the D5S-3+ and PhonePak in the near future.
GVP can be reached at +610-522-9350 voice, +610-522 9354 fax, and 102 150.1 EG5@com-
puserve.com via e-mail.
ilent Paw soliciting
investment partners
C il eflt p aw Productions, creators of the
^ Personal Amiga Workstation (PAWS)
laptop kit and the Gecko display enhancer, are
looking for investors to help further their
development and bring their products to mar-
ket. Shares in the company as well as bonds
were offered in an attempt to replace lost cap-
ital, caused by the collapse of their earlier
potential investor.
The company can be reached at +703-330-
7290 voice, +703-330-5752 fax, oi via e-mail
at slntpaw@ix.netcOm.com.
onder Computers
enters bankruptcy
Barely a month after the successful World of Amiga Toronto show, the hosts, Wonder
Computers, Incorporated of Canada entered court supervised bankruptcy proceedings.
The news came as a tremendous shock to the North American Amiga market, to say noth-
ing of WCi employees. While Wonder's sin retail outlets continued to be profitable, the low
returns on WCi's Information Technology and Lazarus Engineering divisions prompted a recall of
a large WCi loan. Unable to meet these terms, WCi was forced to enter bankruptcy. The firm of
Ernst and Young has been appointed to oversee WCi's operations and liquidation.
WCi CEO Mark Habinski is attempting to organise a buyout of the WCi assets in order to form
a new, debt-free corporation. While so far the trustees have expressed willingness to work with
Habinski, time is limited.
Any customers, manufacturers, dealers, or distributors with outstanding accounts should
immediately contact Ernst and Young at Wonder Computers 1 Ottawa headquarters on +615-
226-0000 or by fax on +6n-226-399€_
mica Atlanta celebrates
10th anniversary
• miga Atlanta, one of the oldest user
" groups in the world, rang in its I Oth
Anniversaiy on 20 January with a laige banquet
for members and special guests from across, the
country,
Booked as special guest speakers for the
evening were Amiga Corporation legend and
former 3 DO executive RJ Mical, Amiga librarian
extraordinaire Fred Fish, Commodore and
Amiga hardware guru Dave Haynie. and myself.
In addition. Dale Luck, formerly of Amiga
Corporation and now Senior Software Architect
for 300, attended the event, as did a sizeable
entourage from NewTek led by company
president Tim Jenison.
Motorola RISC Marketing representatives
were cm-hand to plug and promote the
PowerPC, the next generation of Amiga comput-
ing. The event was presided over by CNN
TalkBack Live host Susan Rook and Computer
Chronicles host Stewart Cherfet (a proud owner
of two Amiga* himself), Quite a bit of reminis-
cence and a few derogatory remarks about
othef computer platforms were the order of the
evening, which stretched past midnight,
The film crew of Amiga Atlanta tirelessly com-
mitted the evening to videotape, and a profes-
sionalfy edited presentation of the banquet will
be available for sale from Amiga Atlanta soon,
To learn ol its release and keep up to date with
other AAi events, check them out on the Web at
:httoVAvww-n^indspfing.com/--amigaatJ/,
by Jason Compton
roVector
catches the wave
w \***tt+*'*m*nmh**mi
Welcome to the ProVector® Home Page'
1 1 <-,.. .
C tylus lot, developers of the ProVector 3 structured drawing package for
** the Amiga, have released their Lightwave saver module. The module, a
'plug-in', allows ProVector projects to be saved as Lightwave object
files, for further use and manipulation in NewTek's popular 3D rendering
environment
The patch is available directly from Stylus for registered users and can also
be found on Aminet FTP sites and from Stylus' new Web site,
http://www.ezlink.com/-styfus/ProVector.htmf. For more information, contact
Stylus at +97&4FJ4-7J2 1 voice, or stylus@ezli:nk-i:om via e-mail.
IBRARY SERVICES
becomes Cronus
f you start to see an unfamiliar name behind some familiar products
m the coming months, don't worry. Fred Fish has renamed his
Amiga Library Services company to Cronus. All subscriptions with AL5 are
stilt valid, and support for Amiga products will continue.
J?*
Contact point
You can contact Jason Compton with your American news at:
jcDmp*flri@icnetcorn
Editor-in-Chief, Amiga Report Magazine
(708) 74 1 -0688 FAX
Aft on Aminet - docs/irnags/ar777.ltia
AR Mailing list - Mail me WWW - hnp://iMflw.ornnipresence.cwTv'Amfga/flews/AR,
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COVERDISK
PROGRAMS
The first coverdisk with the Capital
Punishment demo on is self-booting and
can be run direct off the disk,, or hard drive
users can install the game on their hard
drive by dragging the disk icon to wherever
they want the Capital Punishment game
drawer..
To extract programs from the second
cover disk, you need to boot your machine
with the second disk. To extract any single
program you should double-click its icon
and follow the on-screen instructions If
you want to quickly extract the program to
RAM, select the NOVICE level on the
Installer welcome screen, press proceed
and then press it again on the next screen.
After a short pause and if no error
messages appear, the program can be
found in your RAM disk
You also have the option of using a
Hoppy disk. If you pick this make sure you
have a blank formatted disk at the ready -
you can formal diste from the Workbench
menu - and if you only have one disk
drive be prepared for a long wait and
plenty of disk swapping.
Hard drive users
Hard drive users can boot their machines
as normal. Once the Workbench has
loaded, rf you do not have, or are not sure
that you have the Amiga Installer program
or Lha, you should double-click on the
SetUp-HD icon and this will copy the
relative programs across to your hard drive.
It will check beforehand if you already
have these programs before copying the
cover disk versions over.
If you wish to extract a file archive to a
specific place on your hard drive, when
you double-click on a file you should select
EXPERT and then press proceed. You will
then be able to select the destination. You
also have the option of using the
MulttExtraa Installer script which allows
you to extract either all or just some of the
cover disk programs to a destination of
your choice.
On this month's exclusive Amiga Computing
cover disk we give you the chance to kick he
out of a friend. Hurrah
Capital Punishment
Author: PjtJ Computing
A1200
I You are a warrior about to
embark on a most dangerous
journey. Your goal is to
dethrone the evil master of an
immense castle. You begin youi"
mission in the rancid, putrid
catacombs of this castle.
However, the master is aware
I of your presence and has
! placed guards on every floor.
You must work your way up to the top of the castle and
defeat all who stand in your way in order to battle the
master.
Helping you along will be the spirit of your deceased
mentor but, even with his aid, this will, without question, be
a physically-draining experience. By journey's end you will be
injured, bruised, and tired, but if you think of the price of
failure, this is a small price to pay, for should you lose a
battle, you will suffer a fate worse than death. You see, the
master lo-oks favourably upon assassins. Thus, he has the
power to make you immortal and you will be forced to serve
him for eternity in this most unpleasant environment Even
worse, you will be confined to a single room, becoming one
of his guards. Almost as bad as being forced to watch the
Girl ie show.
Controls
The Capital Punishment demo is a two-player game - player
one plays with a joystick in port 2 or the cursor and alt keys,
while player two uses a joystick in the mouse port. On the
initial menu screen, use left and right to flick through the
various warriors that will be available in the full game - for
the demo you can only pick the bar*? chested, muscle-bound
guy. In play, Capital Punishment takes a slightly different
Joystick controls
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APRtL 1996
Shareware
Many of the programs on the second
cover disk ate what are commonly known
as, Shareware, Such weti written programs
take many hours to writs and a fot of
hard work and dedication an the part of
the programmer.
When a program is called shareware ft
means the programmer has generously
allowed you to try out their program, a lot
of the time with no restrictions, and if you
then decide you like it yau are obliged to
send the author the shareware fee.
Normally this is no more than ten
pounds and in return the author will
usually keep you supplied with the latest
version of that program, along with their
undying grattitude of course.
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slant than other fighting games. Instead qf
losing a set amount of energy from a starting
total each time you get hit, in Capital
Punishment the energy bar takes the form tf
a tug of war, Each time you hit your oppo-
nent they lose some energy and you gain a
little, meaning if you can. put together some
combos you can quickly regain an advantage,
The other unusual game element is the
addition of two stamina bars. The pink bar
represents the head, while the blue bar indi-
cates, body stamina. Player One's stamina is
on the left while Player Two's is on the right
In addition to robbing an opponent of vital
main energy, a hit will also take away their
stamina head or body, depending on where
the hit landed. If all their stamina is taken
away, the player falls into a dangerous state
of fatigue, and at this point the other oppo-
nent can get as many hits in unopposed.
When fatigued, a player can rejuvenate
himself by quickly tapping the fire button,
and the only way to get stamina back is to
stand still
I WCf Preferences
To use the tallowing
program you need
to have the Magic User
interface v2,J installed
on your system. With-
out it you wijf not be
able to run any MUI program. M(J1 is
available from any good PD house.
MCP vl.10
Author: Alien Design
Magic User Interface v2Ji
Workbench 2.04
Well it's back, the Master Control Program
has an update and is now packing more
hacks, patches and groovy little features than
ever before. If you do not know h, MCP is one
in a long line of Workbench improvement
programs - there have been pfenty of
these over the years, with many falling by the
road side and never getting any more
development.
MCP and the similar program MuftiCX are
both trying to change this old trend. By
offering constant new updates or regular beta
versions, they assure that new features and
patches to Workbench are constantly added.
This latest release comes with a full
installer program so you should have no
problem getting the program set up and run-
ning, and you should use it as there are a
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APRIL 1996
number of extra small libraries that need to
be copied into your Libs drawer. Another
small command you get with MCP called
'Patch control' has to be instated separately
by copying it into your C directory and insert-
ing the command C:Patchcontrol near the top
of your startup-sequenee.
The MUI preference program means you
can easily configure MCP. It comes with a
demo configuration to help you get going,
and with over 5Q different types of functions
there is plenty for you to play with.
For all you hard nosed MCX users there are
a few really helpful extras provided in MCP
that MCX does not have, for example an XPK
auto-decrunch patch, a complete screen
mode promotion patch, tool alias patch and
assign preferences - there is more than
enough for everyone.
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PLAY16
Author: Thomas Wemel
Workbench 2.04
It may seem as if every other modern
computer has 16-bit sound and is using
16-bit sample formats, but this should not
stop Amiga users, being able to play them,
should it!
Well, this latest version of PlayiG allows
you to do exactly that 16-bit samples recor-
ded at 56khz, no problem. Play 16 will alfow
your lowly Amiga sound output to handle it,
playing the sample bach at 1 4-bit quality, due
to a special technique, and it's all at the
correct speed.
Sound channels are requested in a friendly
manner from the operating system, and sam-
ples can be played directly back from your
hard drive, so any super huge samples you
have on CD will not be a problem. There are
also a good number of automatically recog-
nised fie formate, all from different computer
formate - such as Wave, Voc, Sun Audio,
Maud and Aiff - and they are alt supported
in their 16-bit mono or stereo compressed
formats.
Breathless
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Author: Fields of Vision
The original Breathless game was pretty
amazing, and on an A1200 with extra mem-
ory it was very playable. For all owners of the
original game you are about to get a> little
bonus in this update to the original game
engine.
Installing the new version should be no
problem - hard drive owners can use the
installer script to copy the new version into
the original Breathless directory, while floppy
owners should copy the program file onto a
copy of the original first game disk.
Improvements over the original include;
9 now works from a non-PAL Workbench
screen
• added Mouse control and Configuration
save option
• smooth look up and down facility
• frame rate increase by up to 20%
• configurable player inertia and mouse
sensitivity
• autosaves last level code
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Amiga Computing
String Req
Author: Enrico Altavilla
Workbench 2.04
Every now and again you get a small program
that does something so useful that you
wonder why no one thought of it before.
Well, String Req is one of those programs. It
allows you to pop up a file requester when
using any string gadget and insert the file or
directory name that you choose,
To install String Req you should drag it into
your WBStartup drawer, and that is it. Vou can
now double-dick in any string gadget and a
file requester will appear, and by editing the
tool types you can, alternatively, use a hot key
to pop up the requester.
The Guru 3
Author. Emiel Lensink
Workbench 2.04
Anyone out there
who has not
owned a Work-
bench 1.3 machine
may not quite
understand the
title of this pro-
gram, but they will
be more than
likely well aware
of a certain red
flashing rectangle.
This is the
dreaded software
failure which means almost nothing to the
normal user because when it pops up you are
faced with an unintelligible list of numbers.
The Guru is a program that will help
decipher the meaning of these strange
hexadecimal numbers.
The reason it is called The Cum
i$ that the original programmers of
the Amiga's operating system, who
were a little eccentric, had a board
they used to sit on. However, they
had to sit on it as still as possible,
otherwise it crashed their
machine
Therefore, a guru meditating on
the board could cause a aash, so
a crash became known as a guru
meditation, or so the story goes. 1
hope you understood this.
Unfortunately, this was all
changed in version 2 of the oper-
ating system to plain old software failure -
obviously to make it look more professional
when your machine crashes.
When you run the Guru you get a straight-
forward interface. There are two string gad-
gets into which you can enter numbers - the
left one accepts software failure numbers,
while the right one takes DOS enor numbers.
Hitting return will then display the meaning of
the number.
There is also a number that will automati-
cally get the number of the last software fail-
ure and explain what caused the crash.
Therefore, after all this, at least you know why
the machine crashed.
BetterEdit
Author Allan Odgaard
Workbench 3.0
It always seems to be the case that every pert of
the Amiga's operating system was written to be
functional - not that this is a bad thing but it
usually means that these functions ere not
particularly great to use. One of these parts is
the string gadgets which only provide the barest
of editing functions. Well, BetterEdit adds many
great new features on top of the usual ones. To
run BetterEdit just double-click its icon, or to
permanently install it drag the icon into your
WBStartup drawer.
One of the additions of this utility is
Blockmode which allows you to copy a section
of your entered te*t By hitting the Amiga b keys
at the start of the area you can mark out the
tejrt you want and then copy it to the dipboard-
An undo buffer is provided so all the changes
you have performed can be undone by hitting
Amiga q. Similar to KingCON, there is a file
name completion function which works by
typing the start of a filename, hitting Amiga tab,
and BetterEdit will do its best to work out what
file you are typing and complete it
Screen Wizard
Authqr: Raymond Penners
Workbench 2.04
I have probably said it before, but orw of the
handiest abilities of the Amiga's operating sys-
tem, due to the copper, is its ability to have lots
of separate screens open at the same time.
This makes it so much easier to use programs
and copy files around because the Workbench
can be separate from any programs you may
want to run. For example, Macs can be a night-
mare to use because you need to keep hiding
programs, and as
the window redraw-
ing is dreadfully
slow this is very
laborious.
A problem with
Amiga screens is
that you have very
limited control over
them.
Public screens
were introduced
with Workbench 2
and allow many
programs to share a
single screen, but il
gave no way of configuring how the screen
should look or act The onfy one you could con-
figure was the Workbench screen. Sure, some
programs allow you to open their own screen;
but control via these programs is normally still
limited.
Screen Wizard is an all-singing, all-dancing
solution to this predicament Once installed vit
its installer script you can add new screen;
from the preference program. Here you car
choose the screen mode, the screen font
what palette it should use, a background pat
tern, and a number of other options such a<
shanghai which will make all new program:
open their windows on that screen.
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Ohe 20 and 21 April 1995
marked the final buyout of
Commodore. The victors were
, Escom and for SlO million they
bought all Commodore's Intellectual proper-
ties, technologies, trademarks and patents.
This April majks exactly a year since all this
took place, so Amiga Computing is taking a
look back at the year Escom dragged the
machine from what seemed to be inevitable
oblivion, We talk to the key players from
both Amiga Technologies and the Amiga
community and take a look at the high and
low points of the year.
Looking back over the last 12 months,
everyone's going to have their own opinions
of how much or how little Escom have
achieved. One thing's for sure, for a machine
that was off the shelves for over a year, they
had a tough job ahead of them to re-
establish the machine in a market place
where everyone was looking forward to a
new generation of consoles and 'serious'
usera were contemplating owning, or already
owned, a PC.
However there was still strong opinion in
the industry that there was room foe an entry
level computer that could not onfy run the
latest games but could be used for serious
applications - something that wasn't just a
games machine but a cheap, reliable
computer that was a
quarter of the price of
a PC, It was for this
reason, perhaps, that
it came as such a
shock to learn the
intended price of the
new Amiga packs. It
was in our October
issue that we found
out that the
relaunched A 1200
would cost £399 -
£50 more than when
it left the market
place. The increased
cost of DRAM and rushed manufacturing was
blamed for ramping up production costs.
A month later, though, some of our initial
fears were quashed as the software that
would be in the E399 bundle was
announced. Quality titles such as Wordworth
4 SE and Personal Paint v6.4 were included,
along with Sea la MM300 with the hard drive
Amiga bundle - however, Amiga
Technologies' choice of games did raise an
eyebrow.
Comeback
If the Amiga was to stand a real chance of
comeback, its new owners were also faced
with the problem of getting the Amiga back
into production in time to take advantage of
the Christmas sales. This they achieved and
the first Amiga rolled off the production linei
on 53 September at the Solectron factory in
France. For Gilles Bourdin, PR for Amiga
Technologies, this was one of the high points
of the year: There were several high points
for the Amiga in 1995. Everybody remem-
bers the day when the first Amiga 1 200
came out of the production line in Bordeaux.
That was a very exciting day for all of us."
They got the machines back on the
It's been a year since Escom bought the
Amiga, Tina Hackett takes a look back at
the machine's progress
shelves in time but, unfortunately, it was at a
price, tt was soon discovered that there was a
compatibility problem and that some existing
software would not run on the new
machines, Bam/ Thurston, Managing Director
of Scala UK, pointed to this as one of the low
points of the year: "What I think was unfortu-
nate was that the product came out with fun-
damental problems, with the disk drive being
different and therefore not being compatible
with most of the software."
* • The Anglo Corporation
uv*i mtruggling SOL
Compatibility
He continued: Tt would appear st the
moment that Amiga Technologies GMbH
don't understand how important it is for the
product to be compatible with all the current
software thafs out there. It's great having a
lovely piece of technology but if you don't
have good applications to run on it, it's nut
worth much." However, he stresses that time
was of the essence if Amiga Technologies
wanted to meet the pre-Christmas deadline.
They should have got the product right but
again they were strapped for time and that's
one they missed unfortunately. They could
have been a little bit more stringent in their
QA [Quality Assurance] but they'd run out of
time, they had to get the machine back into
the shops before Christmas."
Despite setbacks, the year saw many posh
live events and significant achievements. One
that springs to mind is Amiga Technologies'
agreement with Microvit.ee, and in a deal
worth E20 million, Microvitec were to pro-
duce the official monitor for the Amiga, They
celebrated the first official M143SS monitor
coming off the lines at their factory in
Bradford back in Autumn. A deal was also
reached during the year with VISCGRP who
EVELOPMENT
CONTINUES...
For the Amiga to succeed there has to be new software in development to keep users interested.
One of the key Amiga packages is Seals, and Amiga enthusiasts were concerned to see this title
ported to the PC However, Thurston was quick to allay fears that they would stop developing for
the machine,
"Rom our point, of view there are applications m some of the markels we're in where an
Amiga is still the best option. It's still the most cost effective and as long as those market oppor-
tunities are there and as long as the platform is available, we will continue to offer that"
He went on to comment: If the market grows again and Escom manage to pull the phoenix
Out of the fire then we will be working with them with the next platform - the new RISC-based
machines - to develop a new generation of Sola product based on the new technology we've
developed for PC We'll have to see how the future of the Amiga lies first before we'll commit,
but rf that success is there then you will see an object-oriented Scala family of products come out
for the new Amiga based on the backbone technology for our PC products," He stressed their
loyally: "We've been very successful on the Amiga platform and Scala is not a company about to
forget that'
Amiga Computing
APRIL ) 9 96
' ' Sal** 0t (he Magic PAck wt» rffodppqi'rrtpng gvir Chrtatmat
c asualties of
■ Commodore
As Escom attempted to get the struggling machine back onto i
take-over came just too late to save some long-standing Amiga compa-
nies which were badly affected by the lack of Amigas on the shelves. The
first victim was ZCL, who on 30 May 1995 called in the receivers. ZCL
were one of the biggest Amiga distributors and despite launching the
Calibre PC range in an attempt to make up for the loss of the Amiga, it
was not enough to compensate for the losses caused by the absence
the machine.
SDL, Amiga distributors and owners of the retail chain Silica, did no
escape Commodore's crisis unhurt either and, having been hit by severe
difficulties, saw them having to apply for an Administration Order in
October, The company who were chosen to distribute the new A 1200s
and 4O0OTs were one of the luckier ones, however, as only four weeks
after this news, the company was saved by a take-over by Anglo
Corporation.
On the games side of things, Rasputin, the publishers behind Base
Jumpers and Charlie J Cool, also disappeared with their staff being taken
on by Soundscape Multimedia, The future of Kompart, another com par
which was prevalent in the Amiga games scene, remains uncertair
Reports are coming through that Kompart, publisher of Football Glory and
Tactical Manager, have hit problems and have fallen into voluntary liqui-
dation. The company handled numerous firms such as Arcane, and
Design,
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£ Thr Cologne Show
pnu+4 mttnGmmful
wished to use Amiga technology in their set
top boxes. This could have far reaching impli-
cations for the future of the Amiga and, in
effect, could mean millions of households
seeing Amiga-based technology in their living
rooms to do things like accessing the
Internet, home shopping and playing games-
Shows too like the Video Toaster Expo,
held in Los Angeles in November, Speculation
had been rife over what processor was going
to be used for the next generation of Amiga,
with PA- RISC being rumoured. However, the
show put an end to the gossip with the
PowerPC finally being announced
Confirmation
The Cologne show was the next major event
on the Amiga calendar and it was here that
the plan for an Internet package was
revealed. The final details were confirmed
with the package containing an AT 200 with
2Mb RAM, a 260Mb hard drive, a T 4.400
baud modem, and all the software needed to
access the Internet If it does hit the shops at
the estimated £600 price tag then it couid
prove a very viable option for those looking
for a cheap way to surf the Net - a bit of
advertising wouldn't go amiss though
But as we've seen over the year, little has
been done in the way of advertising the
machine, and many have expressed disap-
pointment at the lack of any marketing from
Escom - especially in the run up to the
important Christmas period. It seemed they
were content to let the enthusiasts and
Amiga press fly the flag on their own.
'The Amiga has a chance to
catch a whole new generation
of enthusiasts and a whole new
generation of developers."
Barry Thurston, Scafa UK
However, as Thurston commented, their bud-
get had been limited: There wasn't enough
done to market the machine but they spent an
awful lot of money acquiring the assets and
there was a lot of fudging going on about
what assets went where, what were real, and
what weren't"
He continued: "I know they have experi-
enced problems where manufacturers who got
stung by Commodore are not co-operating
with AT to do products. They've really got
some major problems and what they've had to
^pend to get round them has limited their
budget. They needed to see whether or not
there was a market there that was sustainable
before they threw lots of money at it"
He also
believes that
everyone has
been over criti-
cal of Amiga
Technologies:
"They never
made any bold
claims. Amiga
Technologies
thought 'Okay,
well we've got
the product, ifs
cost us an
awful lot of
money and
we've got $n
awful lot of
work to do.' I
think the per-
ception in the
Amiga market was that the knight has come
up on his white charger and wiU wave a magic
wand and everything is going to be wonderful.
But i know, having worked at Commodore, the
scale of the task they've got. It's not an easy
task to get it back into the shops. "However.
Amiga Computing
APRIL 19 96
E
'The forecasts have not
been reached the way
we expected and this
forced us to reorganise
our operations in the
UK." Gilles Bourdin,
Amiga Technologies
even though the machines were back in the
shops, the sales over the Christmas period
were not as high as were hoped- Lack of mar-
keting, compatibility problems, and SDL's
troubles were put forward as possible
reasons.
Bourdin admits that the company had
some problems over the year: "The bad expe-
rience we made last year was related to our
former distributor in the UK, who went into
financial difficulties. The forecasts have not
been reached the way we expected and this
forced us to reorganise our operations in the
UK"
We asked him whether they'd achieved
everything for the Amiga that was hoped for
over the year. He pointed out: "Not every-
thing. But we are still satisfied by the
results regarding difficulties we
encountered during that year, We
sold about 40,000 machines
worldwide, which is a good result
for only three months of sales I
activities. And considering the
actual situation in the computer
Industry, ! would even say that
this is an excellent result"
He admits, when asked
if he wished he'd
done anything
differently: "Our dis-
tributors, dealers
and outlets includ-
ing myself were too
enthusiastic. Our
forthcoming fore-
cast will be more
conservative*
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Qbright future...
A year has passed and as we look back it
seems pertinent to see what the future has in
store. Escom have already proved that an
Amiga is not just lor Christmas, with promises
of new technology and major plans on the
horizon. Amiga Computing, not content to
crystal-ball gaze, asked the major players to
reveal their plans.
Bourdin told us: "We hope to be able to
show the new Amiga model at the CEBIT fair
in Hannover this March. Our contracted engi-
neering office is progressing as planned so
far. The power PC port has started in close co-
operation with Motorola, our strategic partner
who supports us tremendously. We have for-
mer Commodore engineers working for us
cm that project"
They are also attempting to redress criti-
cism of the lack of advertising so far and
Bourdin confirmed that there would be more
moves in that direction this year: J We have a
new marketing plan for 1996, with interna-
tional coverage. We will go into non-Amiga
media to attract new customers and, hopefu-
lly, our mother-company Escom will support
us in this direction *
John Smith, General Manager of Amiga
Technologies UK, gave us his hopes for the
future: "I hope we can continue with the
research and development that will enable us
to bring new and exciting more powerful
Amigas to the market Amiga Technologies in
Germany continue to assure us that they are
forging closer links with Motorola in (his quest
and, like most Amiga fans, I say the sooner
the better. In the meantime we will continue
to enhance our current range with exciting
new packs like the 'Surfer.' I also hope to see
a moTe powerful Amiga 1200 emerge in the
not so distant future."
We asked Barry Thurston about what he
hoped to see from Amiga Technologies in the
future: "We're primarily interested in the big
machines for professional applications. We ]
just want a product that is reliable so that we I
can sell professional solutions based on the
Amiga. A lot of people, when asked [what \
they would like from Amiga], go on about
having a machine with lots of DSP chips and j
multiple processors and all the rest of it and
yes, that would be nice but we're dealing
with reality. We just want a good solid
machine with good marketing from Escom to
get the Amiga into the position it used to
enjoy."
He also believes that recruiting new devel-
opment teams is the way forward: "We need
a lot of work from them [Amiga Technologies!
in encouraging new developers to write good
applications, programs and games. I stress
new because a lot of people who cut their
teeth and made money on the Amiga have
got to a size whereby they now look at the
global market and are only interested in big
platform coverage like PCs, Saturns, and
PlayStations. 1 think those guys have got
rather big on the back of it and are now look-
ing forward. What the platform needs to sur-
viwe is a lot of new and upcoming program-
mers. I hope there are some and that the kids
haven't been too busy playing: games!"
He concluded: "Same are being a little
cynical at the moment and are knocking
Amiga Technologies and what they are trying
to do, but it's only out of frustration I think.
Given the product is through and it's con-
stantly on the sheEves, I think some might
come back. Some of the big boys who got
really fat won't - if s just not a viable platform
for them. The Amiga has a chance to catch a
whole new generation of enthusiasts and a
whole new generation of developers."
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machine. Despite its undoubted
strengths in so many Fields, it
never did look right in the office
environment, and nobody has made great
efforts to change that fact The Amiga first and
foremost is about being creative and having
fun in the process.
But though Commodore's baby, for one
reason or another, never made it into the
accounts department companies that have
priced their business products affordabfy for
the home market have successfully been
reaping the rewards over the years. Amiga
users have demanded top class features from
word processors, spreadsheet analysers and
databases, but they could rarely afford to pay
the prices businesses regularly fork out for
their PC software equivalents.
And so we turn to Final Data Release 3.
No-one's expecting the most advanced data-
base -software in the world far pust under E40,
but expectations for a product that combines
quality and value will nevertheless be high.
The questions is, have Softwood done
enough to keep Final Data up-to-date 1
For any newcomers to Softwood's database.
the basic design and interface is in keeping
with the clean cut approach found in the com-
pany's other high-profile products. Final Writer
and Final Calc
There are menus, sizeable windows, and
keyboard shortcuts to give users maximum
convenience, It lacks the pretty but unneces-
sary icons that characterise Digita's rival offer-
ing, but since such embellishments generally
slow programs down, that's as much of a
benefit as a handicap,
As becomes a program from the Softwood
stable, you can expect a high-quality manual
providing in easy-to-follow guide to the pro-
gram's various features. Final Data is all about
the boring but necessary task of organising
and recording data in a way that's easily
accessed at a later date; thankfully, Softwood
have made it a relatively painless and swift
process.
Users can develop databases with an unlim-
ited number of columns and rows, all of which
can be reined and repositioned at a later date
if required. As you'd expect with such software,
data is edited and formatted differently
depending on whether rfs a date, a time, an
amount, a calculation, or text
A neat way of attaching more in-depth
information to an entry is achieved by final
Data's use of multiple memos. It, fpr example,
you had a list of names and addresses, you
might want to add a note on a particular
individual's birthday. Having attached a memo
with this information, the individual's raw
would indicate that there is extra information
that can be dccessed with the click of a button.
Generally, however, notes are kept tidily filed
out of site.
Of course, building a record of names,
addresses or whatever is only half the purpose
at a database, The ability to conveniently sort
and search through that information is equally
important, and fortunately Final Data has
always been quicker than the opposition at
doing both. Incidentally, sorting will allow you
to organise a database so the data is easier
to access, but it also allows users to sort
Softwood's popular
database has received
yet another face lift, but
do the new features
add up to make it an
attractive overall package?
Gareth Lofthouse
puts it to the test
information for reports or a set of labels. The
option to pnnt these reports and labels, Of tg
'print to disk' is also unusually quick.
The searcher gives users a complex query
requester that means they can be quite specific
about the criteria under which the software
should search a database. Then there's the Find
and Replace function, a commonly used option
within the searcher tool that allows users to
locate specified information and then replace it
automatically with another value.
This allows you to keep your database up-to-
date much more conveniently than rf you were
maintaining a set of records on paper.
Softwood don't wish us to forget that this is,
part of an overall suite of business programs for
the Amiga, and hence Data can be integrated
with Final Copy or Final Writer via the
numerous ARexi macros that come supplied,
Final Data I
if M;inupL'r li v Ihe Miiilm
It's slightly strange, however, that there still
doesn't seem to be similar support for use with
Final Calt
With Final Data it's possible to have multiple
databases opened simultaneously, making
moving between relevant records a simple a
process as one could expect The program also
includes a few other small but handy extras
such as International Date, Time and Currency
options.'
Users can, of course, add, modify, and delete
columns art any time, or give them left, right, or
centre alignment Another strong point about
the program is the ability to sefect multiple
columns, for processing, saving and printing to
speed organisation up. The first version of Final
Data only allowed users to do this with
adjacent columns, but since Release 2 this
shortcoming has been rectified.
Qew fangled features
An at-a-glance summary of the latest updates
• Automatically adjust window size to
to the Amiga's cheap and cheery database:
column widths
• Automatically adjust column widths to
• User-defined sort, search and column views
show all data
• Hide columns from view on screen or print
• Automatically adjust column widths to fit
out
window sue
• Save default for Find and Replace requester
• Standard Amiga ASL file requester option
9 Conversion of data from one type to
• Displays graphics and animations
another - e.g. from a text to a memo column.
• Plays sounds
• Extensive user-defined preferences
• Slide show facility
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APRIL
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Release 3 of Final Data, of course, comes with
a number of new features. A typical example
is the new option that allows users to define
sort, search and column views. This really
boils down to a method for breaking data-
bases down into subcategories. For example,
you could divide your music database into dif-
ferent Views' named rock, dassicai, and ps
so that Final Data will create a sub-list from
the overall database. That's no big deal,
maybe, but it adds another possible level of
helpful organisation to the program.
One complaint about previous incarnations
of Final Data was that in comparison to
Dlgita's Datastore it was bland and grey in
appearance. Hobbyists who want to embellish
their CD catalogue with pictures of pop stars,
and sound samples will be pleased to find
that Release 3 supports graphics and sound
files. It will also run animations, though the
value of this feature in a database is rather
questionable.
To make that data really sing and dance,
however. Softwood have also been good
enough to indude a slideshow facility. Hence
yoo can have graphics updating one after the
other, either within their own screen or within
the screen in which Final Data is running.
The time between pictures depends on the
user-defined delay.
Wot only does the Final Data interface look
like a spreadsheet but it also operates on the
same basic principles. Thus, users enter
figures and text into cells, and they can have
running calculation columns and screen totals.
Release 3 continues to borrow essential'
features frrjm the accountancy packages by
offering a hide columns option which means
that selected information in a database will
not be displayed to others when it is shown
on screen or printed.
The option of converting a column's data
from one type to another also makes it easier
to modify a database once it's created.
Changing the data lype will often change the
way it is formatted for display, as well as the
way rfs edited for data entry.
Other than this, the update only really
tweaks the familiar program to make it more
user-friendly. The program will automatically
adjust window size to column width, or
column widths to show all data, or column
widths to fit a window size. You can save the
default for the Find and Replace requester,
and Data's overall functionality is increased by
the addition of a greater number of user-
defined preferences than were previously
available.
One final point charts the steadily rising
demands of Amiga software as time moves
tm. Final Data will still run on any Amiga run-
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recommending it lor use with lMb+ Amigas
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Qerdict
Final Data has always been a competitive
little database, one that is fast, efficient,
and simple to use. Lightning quick sorting
and searching facilities and flexible
editing functions mean that developing
and printing databases is as simple a
procedure as it ideally should be.
The latest update is slightly disappoint-
ing because the new features are gener-
al fy no more than cosmetic. However,
those who previously found the program
of f-p Lifting ly bland in appearance will
welcome the chance to jazz their data-
bases up with graphics and sound. The
interface has also received some simple
but important improvements in its gene
ral ease of use, and one or two true new
features.
Of course, we have to be grateful that
Softwood are continuing to develop this
product line at all, The fact that every
Amiga Magic Pack now sold includes
Digrta Datastore means that newcomers
to the market are unlikely to be buying
another database in a hurry, regardless of
the fact that Softwood's latest release is
better,
Maybe there are hordes of old Amiga
users out there who have been meaning
to get a database for ages and just
haven't got round to it yet Sadly, how-
ever, one suspects that this handy prod-
uct's market will be rather limited, and
that this really could be the find Data of
them all.
Regardless of that, it's pretty much the
same old perfectly dependable program
we've come to expect
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Supplier
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Over the next six issues these pages
are going to be devoted to the
writing of a database program,
Easy Base AC There are already
plenty of commercial and PD/shareware
database programs around for the Amiga, so
why write another? One reason is that even
■vith the PD/shareware offerings around, no
one gives away the source code nor explains
how the programs wort One objective of this
project is to look at how a database program
can be written arid provide both Ibe finished
utility and the source code to examine!
But that's not the only reason for Ihe series.
The aim is to produce a utility thai is both
useful and easy to use. On-line help is high on
the list, so too is a scheme for easy record
creation, and I think you'll like the approach
fve chosen here. Another requirement rs the
ability to merge related database files because
one of the things I intend to use this utffity for
ts to provide details of Amiga library functions.
Readers of my regular ARexx and Assembler
programming columns should find this quite
useful because they'll be able to take the
descriptions provided on disk each month and
read them into a single library function
database whose contents can be retrieved at
the touch of a button.
Design work
As far as the design/coding issues are con-
cerned, I'm letting you in near the start, having
only started work on the project fast week.
New, I know this is risky but, with the coding
approaches I use, any alterations/enhance-
ments, bug fixes (heaven forbid) and so on
that need to be made will be straightforward.
What I didn't want to do was, make everyone
wart until the end of the series before deliver-
ing any kind of usable program, so you will, in
fact find a preliminary version of EasyBaseAC
On this month's cover disk.
There are plenty of things that still need to
be added, of course but the current version is
usable I'm developing EasyBaseAC on an
A4Q00/Q4Q, but the final executable version a
mere 40k in size, is going to run on all Amigas
lhat have Workbench 2 or greater.
The thing to da now is explain how this ver-
srai of EasyBaseAC is used. To run the program
just open the EasyBaseAC drawer and double-
ckfc on the EasyBaseAC icon No special instaJa-
*on procedures are necessary to run the program
wn hard disk - just drag/copy the complete
EasyBaseAC drawer over to your chosen partition.
Loading
A Database
Select toad' (torn the Project menu
and use the asl requester that
appears to CrkMSe a database file.
Apart (/om the help database
(called help. cb), I've provided
small name/address (address.et>)
and Amiga function library {func-
tion.eb) example databases.
Paul Overaa
starts a
programming
project aimed at
producing a really
easy-to-use
database program
HE INITIAL DISPLAY
The EasySase help engine is just a cutJown
version of the main program and the help
file a conventional EasyBaseAC database.
When the program first loads it runs the
heip engine as a separate process and you'll
see a display similar to figure 1 containing a
list of help topics. Just mouse-select the sub-
ject you wish to view and a window will
open to display the help information {see
figure 2). At the moment, the on-line help
available is at its 'bare minimum' level but
the help file will grow over the coming
months, This 'click and vkW method used
with the heip file, incidentally, is the basic
approach used for viewing the records of ail
databases.
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will see the main EasyBaseAC scroller-based
list window- This window is always present
when EasyBaseAC is running and dosing it
(either from the window's close gadget or
the 'Quit To Workbench' menu option) shuts
down the program, In addition to this, the
main EasyBaseAC program has a Display-
Only window and a separate 'Record
Creation and Editing' window (used for
building record definitions and for editing the
records of existing databases).
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HIeW RECORD DEFINITIONS
lust ^lett 'New' from the program's Project
Menu and a Record Creator and Edrtot window
will appear that contains a sizing gadget ift the
bottom left comer. Alter the height of the
window until you've g« the number of fields
you want, then alter the width until the stnng
Budgets on dismay look suitable for the infor-
mation you want to store- At this stage you
Should type the field names you require into
the string gadgets (see figure 5).
Field names at present c-an contain up to 1 5
characters and the only restriction on the for-
mat of the first field is that it must not start with
a space. At the moment, the first field is used
as a Fined record sort key and you should bear
this in mind when creating records. If, far
instance, you were creating a name
and address database that you wanted to be
sorted by surname, you might build a record
description Me this;
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first names and surnames together:
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but in. this case, it you wanted the database file
sorted by surname, when entering data into
the records ynu would need to enter the
surnames first in this fashion:
On-line
Halt:
Dvl'li Put
When databases are loaded it is always the
content of this first field that gets placed in the
main display's walling list So, in the first case
you'd see a list of surnames whilst m the sec-
ond it would be a list of Surnames followed by
first names. As soon as you are happy with the
field names, click on the ^tore' gadget Al this
point your new database is ready for use and
you'll be provided with an Editing window for
entering data. Record information can be
entered straight away!
HELP
At trie moment, on-fine help- is
restricted 1 re the EasyBaneHelp dis-
play that appears nrfwn the pro-
gram first toads. H yoa hove
chaed the semJ% <& rietp win-
dow you con restart the help
engine by dnufcJe-efchng on the
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Once a database File has been loaded (or crea-
ted) the Editor window can be used to enter
the details you wish to store, You can copy any
existing record into the editor simply by mowing
to the main scrolling list display window and
clicking on the record entry you wish to work
on. Providing you create records whose first
(key) fields are different to any existing records,
the record information will be stored as a new
record. If you create a record whose first field is
identical to an enisling record then the new
Information will overwrite the editing database
entry. .
You update record entries then by selecting
the record, altering any of the data except the
first (key) field, and then re-storing the record.
To delete a record just select it from the mam
display let and choose 'Delete Record' from the
'Records' Menu. If, incidentally, you want to
expand the width or field count of the record
you tan do this from the editing window.
Simply use the sizing gadget to adjust the win-
dow size to suit and then save the database.
you will not loose information H you cut the
window width so that field information
becomes hidden, but rf you cut the number of
fields being used then only those fields that are
an display will be written to disk. The new
window siie definitions will be used next time
the database is loaded (at present, I've not
provided any field re-labelling facilities so any
extra fields you create will be unlabeled).
tt you are first saving a previously
loaded fife, EasyBoteAC wW save
the Hie as soon as yw se'e-rr
•Save' from tf» Pnject menu, tf it
is a newfy created lite that has not
been named, this option mS dis-
play on osl requester to aBavt you
to choose a name for the file. I
sLKfgesr using filenames with a
'.eb' a/tension Aw ccmssteney. but
EasyBaseAC doein<l actnaHy care
fro*- yott name Tfre files. >{ y<"?
wish to save an existing file in
memory under a different name,
use the Save As' Prefect menu
option.
HE TECHIES
One of the most important initial design
considerations with a utility like this is not so
much to get the file structure completely nght
first time but to allow some flexibility. Wat
happens, of course, is that as the develop-
ment proceeds you often decide you want to
store additional data Items.
With Easy Base AC I am adopting a formal
that includes both a global file header and
individual record headers. In other words,
this sort of arrangement'
dltlfU«*t<fUi ht*i«> 1 r«t" d h(**«r»<r*(ord
EasyBaseAC is being written using Dice C
and, as a C structure, the file header looks
like this:
itrilCt DlUb*S*H(edtr i
UlOKG dh_]»;
u y D F: D dhJHtabil*k>adtrJ*lsSi«J
yaiTE dhJitldtDun'.;
UBTTE «»_MiUSH«;
VllTE dhjtiffiild,'
UBTTE 3h_Pad;
JtfCIO dhJUqs-
The four byte identification field is just i
protection against users trying to load non-
daiabase files into the program, and the w«y
I do this is to use this macro:
Httim lakiI»M,c,*> ( (IH6J ti)«»L|
(Lfllt) H1«I*L I fr>« a I ,d) '
to create a four byte header id 'DHOflf using
this statement:
Mtftni FtLUI mk-ilH'iVlV'V 111 '
B
LIPBOARDS
you can copy the details of the currently
selected record to the clipboard. If. lor
instance, you have built up a names and
addresses database and were writing a letter
with your lavourite word -processor, you could
select a name, copy the name and address to
the clipboard, and then paste those details
into the letter,
ET THOSE
BUG REPORTS IN
tire ant dvecriptlon nrff«
£»*y 0***4 C ii voi-y
ttraigfitionvard
to fix them!
The header size field is an important inclu-
sion because it will allow the preliminary
version of the program to continue working
Even if the siie of the header is increased
later on.
The program reads the header sue and u
able to skip owr any additional entries that
might be found in files produced by later
versions ol EasyBaseAC The individual record
headers, incidentally, adopt a similar formal,
only they are currently given a 'RHOO' id
Vallje - . ■ (<4.
The field count and field sue entries ot the
database file header have a special use when
files, are read into the program..
When a user creates a new record defini-
tion by altering the dimensions of the record
creation windows, the program looks at the
sort of Workbench screen and tent in use and
works out how many string gadgets can be
used, and roughly how much text they can
contain without the entered text scrolling out
of view as you type.
These field count and field siie values get
stored in the database header and, when
such a file is read back in, the dimensions are
used to re-open a window the same siie as
when the record format was created.
To find out exactly how this window open-
ing is done however you are going to have to
wait until next month!
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gnexf generation
I At long last Paul Austin delivers an exclusive
review of the ultimate in Amiga 3D
f you un cast your mind back to
issue B6 of Amiga Computing you
may recall a preview of Lightwave
4 which promised that a full
review ol the finished package m& already
itl the post- At last, and a mere twelve
months on, postie has finally come good,
and I've got the chance to deliver the long
awaited goods.
Given the importance of NewTek's latest
release and the scale of change throughout
from 3.5 to 4,0. I'll be breaking the review
over two issues, kicking off with a tout of the
latest additions and improvement in Layout
At first glance there appears little change
from the previous incarnation, but look
closely and you'll soon discover an impres-
sive collection of new and improved features
lurking behind the familiar grey interface fes-
tooned with buttons, sliders and envelopes.
To kick things off we'll start with a stroll
along the control panels, the first and obvi-
ous choice being the 5cene section which,
ironically, only offers a couple of subtle
changes but important revisions. The first of
these is the introduction of adjustable frames
per second because an adjustable FPS
makes designing lor a whole range of appli-
cations rather than just video much easier -
CD ROM being a prime example, with play-
back rates generally hovering around the 15
FPS rather than the traditional 25 f PS of PAL
video.
However, perhaps the most important
underlying change is Lightwave's approach
to tertural animation in relation to time. In
the past the program calculated all its anima-
tion in metres per second but that's all
changed with the introduction ol FPS as the
default measuring system. Now. textures ani-
mate over FPS, therefore a scene designed at
15 FPS will automatically have test ura I
animation to suit the playback rate. In short
there is much more control and far less
guess work within scenes running at non-
standard frame rates.
The next new addition is the arrival of
hide and show menus for all objects, bones
and lights, Although not earth shattering,
both can be very handy when things start to
get seriously complex or cluttered-
Surface
panel
Here again, there are some fairly major
changes across the board, with much improved
reflection mapping options being one of the
highlights, including Backdrop only. Spherical
map, ray traced & backdrop, and finally ray trac-
ing a Spherical. As you've probably guessed,
the two latter examples offer a new and much
more flexible method of adding realism - il
perhaps at the expense of rendering time - to
the reflections options within a scene.
Another excellent addition is an Alpha shad-
ow option which provides an easy method of
adding shadow to backdrops or mask objects
that have been projection mapped within »
scene - 'dancing on the desk effects' - wrth
added believability. There ate yet more
O An example (>'
Lightwave* (prcwMJ as an
animation system, wHft
nupurb modelling and
texturing comtined with a
fully ac tua ted skeletal
tincture thai can not only
walk, but alao run mrwr%d its
virtual world
Qbjects panel
After minimal change in the Scene panel,
Object control delivers a more dramatic make-
over. Ifs here that the first plug-in, entitled
Disp map, appears with its counterpart Object
replacement - alias Obj rep - both offering
access for third-party developers to produce
add-on displacement programs, automated
object manipulation and deformation systems
and, of course, particle animation software
Next-up comes Unseen-by-rays. This, again,
is another major innovation, allowing selected
objects to be rendered as non-traced ele-
ments, even though they're part of a ray
traced scene. An obvious advantage of this is
the time saved by reducing the amount of ray
tracing calculations in a frame. However, lha
other essential use is to stop mask objects in
a front projection mapped scene from being
affected by shadow and object reflections,
both of which would destroy the illusion
ijnseen-by-fog is another newcomer and
does exactly as the title suggests, thereby
enabling certain objects, backdrops and
projection-mapped elements to play an
uninhibited part in scenes employing the
fog effect
Amiga Computing
APRfL 1996
AMERA
PANEL
To be honest camera control hasn't really
seen too many changes, if you exclude the
arrival erf a motion blur dithering, option. In
fact, the only big-ish change is numerical
input for aspect ratios, For the average
videos rap her altering aspect ratio isn't
exactly an everyday event, but for anyone
looking to work in film or print, it can often
be an essential.
pkig-ins, this time in the textures department
Unfortunately, the promised Steve Worley
BOfcction of Essence procedural textures -
wrginally from Imagine - isn't part of the
b^rtWave v4 software compendium.
A late arrival in the Surfaces section is the
■ong-a waited, and processor hungry Glow
Sett Courtesy of glow you can add a user-
definable aura or incandescence afound any
Mface - no need anymore to slap lens flares
««ywhere if you need to fake some radiosrty.
Better stilf, Clow offers a means of easily gener-
ing some very tricky effects, such as realistic
tasers, neon lighting and so on, the only down-
»de being the outlandish rendering times that
6 application incurs.
Needless to say, a ptag-in also lurks in this
st»n in "lie form of a shader plug-in which,
i*e its counterparts, awaits the attention of
ft fl Cfmrie demon alr*tion gf m in action *a
the arm turn*, bends and rivJetf to enmp/ete
its imaginary and monotonous duly
third- party developers to produce assorted
image processing add-ons for surfaces.
Perhaps the most dramatic change between
the finished surface panel and its beta prede-
cessor is the arrival of the surface previews.
Although part and parcel of the PC version, it
was unsure whether this feature would make it
into the Amiga version, Thankfully it has,
rf you open the surface panel and hit the 5
key, lightwave will automatically render the
selected surface to the selected display device,
along with a caption containing the name of
the surface in question. Better still, holding
down shift and the S key prompts a panel
where you can define the diameter of the
texture on the spheres surface as well as
specifying whether you want a checkerboard
on the sphere to help define texture
transparency.
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MAGES
PANEL
The image section is unique because it's the only
section not to boast any major changes. Not surpris-
ingly, support for Flyer Clips has been added to the
sequential image section but thaf s about it.
Unfortunately, there's stilf no direct support for the
PAR, VIM or any ottier third-party DV system. In fact
apart from a minor change which has been added tn
accommodate file naming conventions, the panel is
pretty much the same as in version 3,5. NewTek
would no doubt argue that there's no need to mess
with perfection.... y
Amiga Computinc
APRIL 1996
E
Qecord panel
The most notable changes in this section are the option for
user-definable file naming conventions and the long-awaited ability
to save in a variety of fib formats. The former is an obvious attempt
to make lightwave files more compatible with the filename require-
ments of other packages, in particular pre-Windows 95 PCs, where-
as the latter is a much more attractive addition for Amiga fans.
Courtesy of Elastic Reality - formerly ASDC - it gives Lightwave the
abil'rty to save out in no less than 1 9 assorted file formats including
IF 24, pict, Jpeg, tiff, YUV, Targa, and lots more besides.
Add to that 16 assorted alpha saw formats and you have a save
selection that caters for just about every eventuality. NewTek have
even included a fader alpha button to accommodate external video
faders, linear keyers, and external compositing programs which may
require a specific type of alpha image to control svuitcbers mat use
an alpha image as a fade control.
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....
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Lights
panel
The changes to the Lights panel fall into the
interesting, rather than essential bracket a prime
example being the Global Flare Intensity.
Basically,, this provides a means of ramping all
the tens flares in a scene up or down automati-
cally. This feature was a specific request of the
boys and girls in the SeaQuest DSV production
team in order to simplify the process of control-
ling lens flares during power ups, power outs
and explosion sequences.
Individual flare control is another area that's
seen something of a facelift, with one of the
biggest changes being the ability to add a user-
defined Anamorphie distortion. This is ideal for
the sci-fi classics, as seen in Star Trek TNG, as
warp jumps and other spatial anomalies.
Cornbine that with user-definable streak settings
which include the ability to set streak, intensity,
density and sharpness, and you arrive at a much
more comprehensive- set of tools for controlling
flare effects, The final and fairly subtle tweak is
the addition of envelope control over intensity
fall-off. Not exactly earth shattering, but very
handy when the need arises.
QcreamerNet
For the big boys in the rendering business, there are a few minor changes to
Lightwave's shared rendering solution. New arrivals include an option to switch
between ScreamerNet original and ScreamerNet 2 which unlike its predecessor,
supports distributed rendering over a suitable network - up to 1000 CPUs
rendering simultaneously. Arguably the biggest disappointment of ScreamerNet
in version 15 was the lack d batch rendering. Fortunately, NewTek have seen
the error of their ways and built the ability to have a maximum of 16 scenes
queued and ready to go prior to a ScreamerNet session.
f"i A very amrlouw «ampJe
of design, animation and
the ubiflUP(ou* (ens flare*
mm m apwca craft nurtlmm
thrwgti a virtual eWjr.
Ih/htB fJ.Tx/i rrifl and
presumably mirmna blaring
Jargon
.box
| f?rc - retorgetabte graphics
card
Inverse kinematic* - twtamaled
relational movement between
greets and bones
Plug- fay - input options for
third-party enhCftcementS
PAP - Personal Animation
Recorder
DV - Digital video
ASDG - the makers of ADPro
and MatphPlui
VLM - vlab Motion
Goal -the target object w bone
in o kinemoai: thoin
Effects
panel
In most cases, lightwave's control panels have
undergone a minor reshuffle rather than a
complete overhaul, mainly in order to
accommodate the odd new feature. However
the Effects/composition panel is a major
exception.
Effects and, more importantly, composition
are massively undervalued aspects of
lightwave. Hopefully, the overhaul will help to
redress the balance by providing a much clearer
indication of exactly what's on offer and, more
importantly, whafs actually going on during a
composition
Apart from the physical change, the panel
also holds some new features including
foreground dissolve with envelope, plus a new
high/low colour feature for colour keying
operations.
For some biEane reason, composition is also
the home for the control system for the glow
effect and the now ubiquitous plug-in which, in
this case, allows access for third-party image fil-
ters.
Unfortunately, like Essence, the rumoured
ImageFX image processing plug-in is nowhere
to be seen - watch this space, you never know
with NewTek...
Options
panel j
Perhaps the biggest disappointment in the
Layout redesign is the lack of improved suppor
for third-party KTC boards. Needless to say, rhf
Picasso 11 is still catered for with BOO x 600 am
1024 x 7SS screenmodes, bul unfortunate! 1
that s it The manual once again falls back oi
plug-ins as a possible solution to the problerr
by speculating that developers could use then
as a means of adding their boards to displa
available options.
However, this doesn't really offer an answe
as to why the one board that is directly sup
ported doesn't actually work correctly in BOO
600 and 1024 x 760. Although the interface
marginally faster when running a BOGx&D
" display, it's sti
very clumsy i
comparison to tt
standard displa
And worst sti
wireframe ar
bounding box pr
views flatty retusi
to play back.
short, if you wa
to see your anirr
tion before y<
commit to rend
ing, the standa
display is still t
only option
Unfortunately, there's an even more anm
ing problem when it comes to display siz
Although Layout has its limitations in higt
resolutions, Modeller is simply superb - es|
ciatly in 800 x 600. However, if you r
Modeller from Lightwave the two must sh
the same resolution to work conectly - wh
can obviously cause problems, if like me, J
use the import and export functions trequei
during a modelling session, yet still want
preview animations from within layout
The obvious solution is to run the t
WmlwV
programs separately in different resolut
and simply save and load alterations, from
A solution perhaps, but hardly a pretty one..
To finish on a good high note, there is s
very welcome news when it comes to
Picasso II. Thankfully, NewTek have return*
the original 3.0 render display for the Pk
which actually lets you keep track of the
dering process without constantly diving oi
Amiga N & M keys.
Aside from the still unresolved RTC prot
the only practical change to the pan
the arrival of a Show field chart option.
Amiga Computing
APRIL ,996
Qard
COPY - MANUALS
n the past, Lightwave's documentation has tended to deliver the essential? father than in-depth
examples for the functions on offer. To a much lesser extent that tradition still continues.
However, to be fair, there is a marked improvement across the board, with much more detail and
i writing style that Jeans far more towards actual application,
In order to male navigation of this massive package a little simpler, NewTek have wisely split
tie manual into two separate volumes, one acting as a user guide while the other delivers a refer-
nce to all the available functions, The former is particularly useful for the beginner courtesy of a
fcge collection of tutorials few both Layout and Modeller.
Put together, the two add up to almost 800 pages of well written essentia! information. My
inly real complaint is that the indexing of the two volumes could be a little dearer - as finding
wry specific bits, of informatinn can be a little more arduous than it need be. Other than that a
"(Cod job* as they say in the States,
basically overlays a cross- hair on the layout
faplay which is meant to aid object
pfacement whilst at the bottom of the panel
**j can import new plug-ins to the Lightwave
database, and define the current working
Awieny for load and save operations.
Inverse
Kinematics
* frst glance, life on the main layout screen
teems almost identical to 3,5.. In fact, the only
obvious difference is the change from X¥ r XZ
«nd ZY view buttons to a far more
comprehensible Front Top and Side selection.
However, look a little closer and you'll notice
*hat has to be the most important new
arrival in the entire package, namely the
aiysterious IK Opts. Believe it or not, this
faqpirfiant IrttrJe gadget is the bey to Inverse
&wmatics.
After a little experimentation, it's obvious
•te arrival of features like bones, child bone
*id auto Key adjust in 3.5 was no accident
When these features, especially the bone
options, are blended with the new IK Opts
jou arrive at something spectacular,
In most 3D programs kinematics can be a
painful experience, but in lightwave rfs both a
dream to use and very simple to set up, the
robot arm being a classic illustration of the
technique. However, you can use bones in
exactly the same way - and with even more
*np~ressive effect
firstly, you add the bask dements - which
m most cases will be just two null objects.
Then yon add the component objects in the
kinematic chain, all of which should be parented
one to the other starting with one of the null
objects - thafs where the child bone function
can come into its own if you're using bones to
form a: kinematic chain,
Finally, you simply instruct the last object in
the chain to treat the remaining null object as its
goal.
The only real difference between bones and
objects is that with objects you have to pay close
attention to the pivot point of the individuals in
order to make the joints function correctly - and
more importantly realistically. From then on rfs
playtime! You simply grab the second null object
and move it around - at which point all the
objects or bones will bend at their joints in an
attempt to track the goaf.
When you've arrived at a pose you (ike, a
simple 'key all items' command makes it perma-
nent ff you wish you can still move and edit the
components in the kinematic chain without
affecting their counterparts, or the basic
kinematic relationship.
All things considered, this is a perfect and
painless solution which has been made all the
better since the beta with the addition of option-
al limits on the movement, or angle of rotation
for the various elements in the chain. For
example, a forearm can now be constrained so
tiiat it revolves at the elbow but won't do the
impossible, no matter how much kinematic
force is applied.
Needless to say, bones are the major bene-
factors, with believable flexing and bending of
organic forms - all without a single seam or
hinge in sight. Effortless kinematic movement in
a matter of minutes-,
□ ■HIT " liM^M^
EEP PLUG-IN AWAY
Given me profusion of plug-in options throughout the program, if s pretty obvious that they are
seen as playing a big part in the future development of Lightwave. However, after browsing
NewTek's FTP site it is also pretty obvious that most developers are pointing' ■(heir programming
power towards other Lightwave friendly platf oims.
During our initial preview the likes of WaveMaker, Dynamic Motion Module, Power Macros and
Impact were all On the way for Lightwave 4.0. This indeed may be the case, but there's still no
sign of any of them for the Amiga versioa
Admittedly, this could be down to NewTek's ever-changing release date for the Amiga version.
However/ Brad Pebbfefs, initial claim that a number of projects 'Were well under construction,"
over a year ago, seems a little, well let's say, hopeful...
On the other side of the coin, NewTek have indeed come good with their deal with ASDG
regarding loaders and savers as a standard element, and will cater for all the major image
formate, across all platforms - thereby taking a lot of the pain out of post production.
d A famouM tmamplm vt ju*C haw good LightWav* images can bm. Again,
iupjrrfc modrliing comblnad with «xc*Uenl antmMtion « tho here at
Desert Storm ™fc»i track* in fh» amnd *nd blasts muray at (h« baddfes
Qatch this space
Although not immediately obvious, kinematics also provides a solution for
another missing link in the Lightwave chain, tn previous revisions it was
impossible to target one object to another, but thanks to IK Opts we finally
have a solution.
Because objects/bones don't need to be physically linked to each other,
or the goal they're tracking, making one object 'watch and follow' another
is really easy.
All you need is a parent, the tracking object, and a target or goal object, You
then parent the tracker and tell it to use the target object as its goal. Better
still, you can target the goal object with as many trackers as you want, so
you could have every head in a crowd follow the ball, or every gun on a
ship track the incoming attacker.
This may not sound particularly revolutionary, rfs a feature that many pro
animators have been longing for. In fact for many this will been just as
important as full kinematics.
What's
in THE
BOX
Although there have been
rumours that the lightwave
4 CD would be fit to burst
iwrfi assorted heebies, it q<Mj-
ally contains roughly 87Mb of
assorted scenes, images,
objects, fonts and surfaces.
This may not seem too
impressive considering the
storage capacity of a CD, but
the material that has been
included is well worth having,
featuring a collection for
excellent example scenes, pro
quality objects and example
scenes which, if explored, go
a long way towards explain-
ing many of fite mysteries of
UghtWave. Particularly nice
touches include a useful
selection of type l fonts and
an equally handy array of
surfaces.
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RED esse/ito/ BUCK recommended
RAM
Workbench
Hard Drive
Picasso II
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Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
E
Qecord panel
The most notable changes in this section are the option for
user-definable file naming conventions end the long-awaited ability
to save in a variety of file formats. The former is an obvious attempt
to mate Lightwave rules more compatible with the filename require-
ments of other packages, in particular pre-Windows 95 PCs, where-
as the latter is a much more attractive addition for Amiga fans.
Courtesy of Elastic Reality - formerly flSDC - rt gives Lightwave the
ability to save out in no tess than 19 assorted file formats including
IFF 24, pkt Jpeg, Tiff, VUV, Targa, and lots more besides.
Add to that 1 6 assorted alpha save formate and you have a save
selection mat caters for just about every eventuality. NewTek have
even included a fader alpha button to accommodate external video
faders, linear keyers, and eternal compositing programs which may
require a specific type of alpha image to control switchers that use
an alpha image a$ a fade control.
Lights
panel
The chang« to the Lights panel fall into the
interesting, rather than essential bracket, a prime
example being the Global Flare Intensity.
Basically, this provides a means of ramping all
the lens Harts in a scene up or down automati-
cally. This feature was a specific request of the
boys and girls in the SeaQuest DSV production
team m order to simplify the process of control-
ling lens flares during power ups, power outs
and explosion sequences.
Individual flare control is another area thafs
seen something of a facelift, with one of the
biggest changes being the ability to add a user-
defined Anamnrphic distortion. This is ideal for
the sci-fi classics, as seen in Star Trek TNG, as
warp jumps and other spatial anomalies.
Combine that with user-definable streak settings
which include the ability to set streak, intensity,
density and sharpness, and you amue at a much
more comprehensive set of tools for controlling
flare effects. The final and fairly subtle tweak is
the addition of envelope control over intensity
fall-off. Mot exactly earth shattering, but very
handy when the need arises,
O A vary tartans tiwnpte
of dertlgr. animation and
the ubiquitous Jen* Harm*
as a mpmne craft hurtteM
through a virtual eity,
llohts fluhirr? and
praxui»*bry drtni blaring
Jargon
box
RTC - niorgeloble graphics
cord
Inverse tonemofe - automated
refaftarmJ movement between
objettf and boms
Plug-tns - input options for
third-patty enhaTKsmttfts
PA? - Personal Animation
Recorder
Dv - Digital video
ASDG - the makers of ADPra
and MofphPhs
WAT- ytflfr Motion
Coal- the target objeti or bone
in a kinematic cbatfl
QcreamerNet
For the big boys in the rendering business, there ate a few minor changes to
Lightwave's shared rendering solution. New arrivals include an option to switch
between ScreamerNet original and ScreamerNet 7 which unlike its predecessor,
supports distributed rendering over a suitable network - up to 1D00 CPUs
rendering simultaneously. Arguably the biggest disappointment of ScreamerNet
in version 5.5 was the lack of batch rendering, Fortunately, NewTek have seen
the error of their ways and built the ability to have a maximum of 16 scenes
queued and ready to go prior to a ScreamerNet session.
Effects
panel
In most cases, Lightwave's control panels have
undergone a minor reshuffle rather than a
complete overhaul, mainly in order tD
accommodate the odd new feature. However
the Effects/ composition panel is a major
exception.
Effects and, more importantly, composition
are massively undervalued aspects of
Lightwave. Hopefully, the overhaul will help to
redress the balance by providing a much dearer
indication of exactly what's on offer and, more
importantly, whafs actually going on during a
composition.
Apart from the physical change, the panel
also holds some new features including
foreground dissolve with envelope, plus a new
high/low colour feature for colour keying
operations,
For some bizarre reason, cornpositiort is also
the home lor the control system for the glow
effect and the now ubiquitous plug-in which, in
this case, allows access for third-party image fil-
ters.
Unfortunately, like Essence, the rumoured
ImageFX image processing plug-in is nowhere
to be seen - watch this space, you never know
with NewTek...
Options I
PANEL I
Perhaps the biggest disappointment m thtj
Layout redesign is the lack of improved suppon
for third-party RTG boards. Needless to say, f
Picasso II is still catered for with BOO x 600 i
1024 x 76S screen modes, but unfortun
thafs it The manual once again falls back I
plug-ins as a possible solution to the [
by speculating that developers could use 1
as a means of adding their boards to di!
available optioos-
Howevet, this doesn't really offer an ansual
as to why the one board that is directly sup-i
ported doesn't actually work correctly in
&00 and t024 x 768. Although the '
marginally faster when ru nning a 80
display, it's
very clumsy >d
comparison to 1t*j
standard display]
And worst stillJ
wireframe anil
bounding box pi*1
views flatly refused]
to play back. In
short, if you warn
to see your anim-l
tion before pn
commit to renda-l
ing, the standard
display is still ns
only option.
Unfortunately, there's an even more anrort
log problem when it comes to display site*
Although Layout has its limitations in highJ
resolutions. Modeller is simply superb - spa
daily in BOO x 600. However, if you rut
Modeller from Lightwave the two must shafl
the same resolution to work correctly - whidj
can obviously cause problems, if like me, yaf
use the import and export functions frequenl|
during a modelling session, yet still want la
preview animations from within layout
The obvious solution is to run the two!
programs separately in different resolut'ra
and simply save and load alterations from d
A solution perhaps, but hardly a pretty one-
To finish on a good high note, there is :
very welcome news when it comes to I
Picasso II. Thankfully, NewTek have returned I
the original 3.0 render display for the Pm
which actually lets you keep track of the i
dering process without constantly diving on I
Amiga N a Ml keys.
Aside from the still unresolved RTC probtafl
the only practical change to the panel i
the arrival of a Show field chart option. Tha
Amiga Computing
A PRFL 1996
Lti:Ll.Ur
call
The Amiga is not exactly up to its
eyes with networking products.
Neil Mohr puts an American
solution to the test
j n J
etworking is one of the most
important aspects of business com-
puting. The ability to quickly share,
process and analyse information is of para-
mount importance, and the ability to do so is
taken for granted in the PC and Mac world, so
what about the Amiga?
Well a wry good networking standard was
■traduced by Commodore called SANA-II, and
4 couple of ethernet cards were produced by
Commodore themselves, but perhaps due to
the Amiga not being accepted as a business
machine, or Commodore not pushing net-
working as standard on any Amiga, or possibly
manufacturer just producing products for the
entry level Amiga machines, there are only a
lew SANA-II products around.
Well a low-tost, fully SANA-II compatible
networking solution has appeared in the fomn
of Amiga Unk. This sort of low-cost network is
*st the thing the Amiga could have benefited
*rom years ago if it was fitted and supported as
sandard. For instance, the Mac has really ben-
efited: from Apple's foresight of including the
Apple Talk network in every Mac model, as not
cWy does this give It the advantage of having
■etworking out of the box, but you get the
added bonus of the system software support-
ing networking so the programs you run an
■fee Mac all support and take advantage of
networking as a matter of course.
Demands
The other advantage is as people use the net-
work and take advantage of all its facilities,
twy are going to demand more from the sys-
tem software, So the Mac has gained useful
•JTKtions like multiple printer sharing and print
wooling over the network, as well as having
id user and group options allowing you to
firict access to machines over networks.
When I first got hold of the Amiga Link
ckage I neally had no idea what sort of hoc-
i or hosmmmmmam
U:
Packets sent
Packets received
fie know ledges sent
w ledges received
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Timeouts
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ms Transfer t ime
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Devices
RAM Ram Disk:
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J
Y w can fink Co mny other mmtzhlnr'u drive* *a it thmr were on your own rtidthi™
three Amigas networked together and sharing
devices in under 15 minutes I was pleasantry
surprised. It is also very reassuring that the
Amiga OS is that simple to extend, which is
the way it should be.
Installation is very simple. Initially you need
to set up your network ol Amigas, Amiga Link
works from a small interface that plugs, unusu-
ally, into the disk drive port - if you have exter-
nal disk drives this does not matter as you just
plug the interface into the external drive's
through port, though you will only be able to
have, at most, two externa) drives-
Each interface is connected together using
standard coaxial cable, with the ends of the
networks having an end cap. Up to 20 Amigas
can be on a single Amiga Unk netwotk, and
the total length of this can be up to 100
metres. As each stretch of coaxial table you
get with Amiga Link is Five metres this works
out quiet nicety, and as most Amiga compa-
nies use their machines in dose proximity, this
is more than long enough. If needed, AmiTrix
do supply the coaxial cable in other lengths
and apparently the total number of connected
computers and length of the networks can be
exceeded, but the reliability of the network
could suffer depending on the amount of local
electrical 1 interference.
Once all the interfaces are in place and con-
nected together with the coaxial cable, you can
install the software, for which there are two
options. As standard, you now get the original
Amiga Unk software as well as the far more
Amiga Computing
A PRIL J 996
O Envoy l«i« ytm efrvoae ewn«rtfy who can acc>» your machine's pnV*t* part*
Create
ft System AdminiaUMo" can r*t*fy rf*v*l°p * good
superiority conrpl*' In safm lumuntfngi wfth Envoy
advanced Envoy software. The original software
has a number of advantages over Envoy, being
simpler to set up as well as running under
Workbench 1,3 arid from a floppy-
Setting up the Amiga Link software is very
straightforward, with an icon to copy the net-
work device driver and an Amiga installer script
to set up the network (He system. When
installing the file system you are given the
choice of having the current machine being
able to escort devices, allowing other machines
access to hard drive partitions or any other stor-
age device on that machine over the network.
Normally, you would want this as you still have
to specify these drives as being accessible over
the network from that machine, but if security
is a consideration you can choose not to.
Flexible
The network is very flexible when it comes to
adding or removing computers at a later date.
The hardware seems very robust as you can
disconnect and reconnect machines at any
time, and the software also handles this very
well. Adding extra machines is just a case of
fitting the interface to the machine then con-
necting it up with the coaxial cable. The
machine can be added to the end or in the
middle of the existing network, and once the
software has been installed you will be able to
access other machines straight away.
If you will be regularly removing a computer
from the network, AmiTrix can provide extra T
connections that you place in the network
where the machine should go - this allows
machines to be added with no disruption to
network traffic at any time.
To allow other people access to your hard
drive partitions or other devices on your
machine, including CD and floppy drives, you
need to man* these as exported devices using
the export program. The Amiga Link file soft-
ware only works on the device level and has no
additional security measures. Therefore, any
device you marked as exported will be avail-
able to everyone on the network, but I would
imagine that in most cases, like in the Amiga
Computing office, this is not a problem. You
can make these devices automatically available
each time you reboot your machine by clicking
on save This creates a new file in the
UUBStartup drawer that automatically places the
device on the network.
Similarly, if you want to get access to a
device on someone else's machine you need
to import that device using the import program.
This has two list views from which you choose
the machine you want to access and then the
device you want to mount flicking on mount
will immediately make your machine mount
that device, and you will see the device icon
appear on the Workbench- If this happens to
be a hard drive partition that has icons left left
ouf on the other machine's Workbench you
will also get these appearing, which can cause
a bit of a duller.
Another helpful feature here is one that
allows you to change the name of the volume
you are about to mount The main reason for
thb is that when you first mount an imported
device it has the name of the machine prefixed
in front of the device name, Therefore, if you
have an AmigaOOS a installer script that refers
to the original device name, they would stop
working unless you remove the machine's
name extension.
In use, it is hard to find fault with the Amiga
Link software. Vou could complain about lack
of security or the inability to have password
protection for users and groups, but there is a
simple solution to this in the form of the Envoy
software that comes with Amiga Link.
Hardware wise, Amiga Link is simple to set up
and appears quiet robust in use, and as it is a
peer to peer-type network, speed should not
suffer wilh additional machines connected,
Amiga Link is very good, but for the money
you are paying 1 would have preferred the
transfer speed to be higher as these hover
around the 30k/sec mark, which is usable but
not exactly staggering. As a low cost network,
Amiga Link is your only choice and is some-
thing that should have been available a long
ti me ago. Now when is someone going to write
some SANA-H games so we can have a good
blast in the office?
Amiga Computing
E NVOY
Also available for use with Amiga Link is the Commodore written Envoy net-
working software which has a number of major advantages over the comer*
tional Amiga Link software. Instead of working on the device level, Envo
allows you to export any directory and jive it a specific export name.So a
FTP download directory, which is hidden in a good few other directories,
be exported onto the network as downloads.
Possibly more important is that once Envoy is installed using a standart
Installer script, proper groups and users can be set up, allowing you to specBj
if necessary, who can and cannot gain access to directories. This is al»
batted up with full password protection ensuring there can be no unautho-
rised access.
One currently under-used part of Envoy is its services which mate Envoy
fully extendible, giving the netwoik new capabilities, Therefore, at any point in
the future you can add a new service such as a conference or talk service,
allowing you to communicate with others on the network, or anything els*
that may appear,
Envoy also works with AmiTCP, and allows mail and FTPing to be per-
formed between machines- Using AmiTCP does Open up the possibility ri
accessing PC machines over the network because you could either FTP then*
or, using the right software, actually mount their drives as a normal Arruga
device.
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Amiga Link is very
good but for the
money I would have
preferred the transfer
speed to be higher
Operation
Envoy
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File Open
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1 3 files/sec
File Delete
21 fJes/sec
25 files/sec
DirStan
197 files/seC
21 Wes/sec
Seek/Read
1 1 seeks/see
14 seeks/sec
Create File
2Tk/sec
36k/sec
Read from File
25k/s«
37k/sec
Write to File
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the Amiga
I Escom first 'saved' the Amiga after the
■adore fiasco, I held high hopes that
nuid build the machine into something
would put today's com petition to
ever, in the light, of the recent inactiv-
this company to produce anything
nhile, I'm not sure if my first impres-
were correct Yes, Escom have put the
10 back on sale, but they seem to already
howing signs of getting bored with their
machine,
Wtere are all the new games coming out
I? There are some, indeed, but nowhere
as many as there are for rival machines
as the 'super' consoles and PCs.
I'istmas is a time when a company
be pushing their products for all they
worth, Not so with Escom. While rival
■outers are receiving Extensive limelight
k newspaper and television advertising
•paigns, Escom have simply left their
■^a on the starting blocks as if it will be
e to go out and sell itself!
I the attitude of the people at Escom does
* change in the foreseeable future, t am
I^My tempted to trade in my At 500 for
aapther machine - perhaps a PC - before the
■*ga truly does die, something which - if
: to Escom - may unfortunately not be in
••too distant future.
As an Amiga magazine you are in a prime
srtion to rally your readers to lobby the
«rff at Escom in the hope that they can pull
•** socks up and keep the Amiga in produc-
and, most importantly, in popular
nd, Please see what you can do.
C Buitey, Sheffield
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Technologies reported that they had
• Preappointing Christmas, but it comes as
surprise to you or I, nor many other
people.
There does need to be some promotion
•f the machine, if you read the Undercover
*miga article in January's issue you will
baow how difficult it is to buy an Amiga
■>*«* days, and with Acorn getting at least
part of a huge Internet deal with industry
giants Oracle instead of Amiga
Technologies, it makes you wonder if AT
an doing anything to rectify, the situation.
Unfortunately, while we print articles
praising the amazing qualities of the
Amiga, we are writing for a converted audi-
*nce. No PC owner is just going to pick up
Amiga Computing just to see if there is an
alternative to what he already has, the
urne as most Amiga owners would rather
spend their money on magazines which
talk about the machines they own. I
believe this year will be make or break Tor
Amiga Technologies. They have had prob-
lems with the new CE mark standards
imposed by the EC and they have achieved
quite a lot considering they haven't actua-
lly been going for a very long time, but as
you say, they need to pull their socks up
before they lose all support
Keep your letters coming in to
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fifty pound prize winner
Keep
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cant be
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a bit of paper and a stamp,
why not e-mail us? Simply
point your mailer to:
ESP@acamp.demon. to. uk
There's a £50 pound prize for the
best letter printed as an incentive
ola Amico!
Nowadays, almost everyone writing to
you is telling you how the Amiga
should be in the future and that's
what I'm going to do too,
I am studying electrical engineering
and frequently have to present information
with lots of graphs and mathematical expressions, for
which I use a PC equipped with Windows. I use Word to
write the test. Word's formula editor for the mathematical
expressions, Excel for the graphs, and sometimes a CAD
programs to make plans, When I have alt the basic work
dune I edit the layout of the document in Word and then
print it. The last step is very hard as Windows is not very
efficient - it needs tots of memory and things do become
very slow, but at least I can do my work and the results are
very impressive,
I can't do any of this with my Amiga because although
there are some very good word processors, spreadsheets
and CAD programs (does anyone know of any formulae
editors?), there isn't a standard way of passing data
{objects} between different programs like OLE in Windows.
The Amiga has the clipboard, but if a program wants to use
the data there it must understand that data, Things have
become better with datatypes, but this is not an ideal solu-
tion because datatypes are only bitmaps which means the
print out from them is very bad, To top it off, how many
programs give you a datatype for their data format anyway?
I think this is one of the principal directions in which the
OS must grow. I can live without virtual memory, network
capabilities, or internet access - all these things can be
done by third party developers. But a standard way to
interchange objects between applications must be
integrated into the OS by Amiga Technologies.
Now some words about your mag. I think Amiga
Computing is the best magazine for the Amiga. Your
reports are clever and about interesting matters, and the
aesthetic is very pleasant. The only thing I don't agree with
are the demos of commercial programs on the coverdisks. I
would prefer you to invest your money in shareware and
amateur programs which are the best the Amiga has.
Salvador Fondino Garcia, San Sebastien, Spain
You know, you're quite right. The Amiga does need
some form of object interchange, and a lot of the other
things people go on about could be integrated by third
parties, but as you say, it would have to be done
properly.
It would also almost certainly mean that the Amiga's
OS would have to run from a hard drive, but that would
be no bad thing anyway. As for your comments about
developers giving datatypes for their file formats, I think
that would be a great idea and could mean that
Multivlew {or a similar program) could become a univer-
sal file viewer for programs like DOpus. It would also
increase programs' abilities to import foreign file
formats,
Finally, we actually ran a formula editor on one of our
coverdisks last year {July 95s in fact). It needed MUI
which was on the same coverdisk and was called
FalconMath.
There are other equation editors available now on
Ami net, try the misc/hiath directory.
Amiga Computing
APRIL } 9 96
c
QC/Mac emulator?
When I was reading the Workbench 56 article
I in the January issue of Amiga Computing, I
could not help to think that WB96 would be
like windows95 of a System 7 done, I do agree
on some features that need improvements
(printing, networking) and the addition of an
ARexx recorder and small things that are cur-
rently addressed by PD software but for the
most part, if W&96 is implemented as
described, it would be just like other operating
systems. Where is the innovation? Why should
we follow what others have done? If Mister
Ben Vast has a lack of imagination, he should
ask Amiga users for input We would be more
than happy to do so,
I am part of two Amiga user groups in
Ottawa, Canada, We could send Mister Yost a
FAX, e-mail, or even snail mail features that
would really blow other operating systems in
the water! And not just the Mac or windows,
but Unix, MextStep, 0$2„, I wonder if Ben Vest
has ever really used an Amiga,
Denis Desjardins via e-mail
May I speak on a matter of personal alarm over
a few things I've seen in your magazine in the
last few months? They all deal with where the
Amiga is now and where it is going (and then
again, what little has appeared in Amiga
Computing recently that hasn't focused in
some way on that issue?)
I feel as though some bad decisions, and
some unfair judgements, have surfaced con-
cerning our favourite machine in recent times,
some of them through your magazine.
First of all, I would like to address the issue
of the Amiga's operating system. The compari-
son made recently in Amiga Computing
between the various OSs was very interesting
and "one of those things we always wanted to
see." But I feel this article made (he same mis-
take many people have been making lately,
that is the separation of OS from GUI, This was
supposed to be a comparison of Workbench
3,1 to System 7,5.1 to Windows 95, Isn't there
something wrong here? Workbench is little
more than a graphical representation of the fil-
ing system. AmigaDOS, or Amiga OS (whatever
they're calling it these days) is where the real
power is. Exec and Intuition form the core of an
extremely powerful operating system whose
power, in some ways-, has only begun to be
realised Workbench certainly does it no justice.
Focus
Granted, the review did include some informa-
tion about the OS itself but it focused primarily
on the Workbench and software included with
it This is in comparison to the Macintosh where
you used System ISA, the whole OS, rather
than just (what do they call it? the Finder?), the
true analog of Workbench, And Windows 95
seems to be just some big convoluted insepa-
rable mass Technicalities? I think not If you're
going to compare operating systems, compare
the whole operating system. I think that despite
the weaknesses ot Workbench, when viewed in
this light, the Amiga's OS is far ahead, in terms
of speed, power, efficiency, and ease of use, of
the competition.
Another issue that concerns me is the
debate over custom chipset versus graphics
card for the next Amiga. Many people are using
this as a complaint over the Amiga's lack of
compatibility with other platforms, Come on,
people, that's the point! If you want an IBM
compatible, get an IBM compatible. Macintosh
users don't complain about the lack of compati-
bility between their platform and the IBM PC
They view that as a strength, not a weakness.
We Amiga owners should too, If we don't stop
viewing ourselves as a little upstart computer
subclass, rather than a separate platform in its
own right, nobody will!
To elaborate further on the issue of the cus-
tom chipset, I don't see why on earth we
hould Canon be canonised?
1 recently purchased a new Canon HJC7Q colour printer. Ifs a lit-
tle beauty - little being the operative wordl Anyway, as you're
undoubtedly aware, this type of printer is nearly always only
shipped with printer drivers for DOS and Windows on the PC,
This, of course, may be standard procedure with any new prin-
ter these days and it shows a willingness to help the end user
get better results.
Unfortunately, this is of no benefit to us lucky Amiga users! I
am a registered user of the excellent Studio 2 printing enhance-
ment program though, and while I would have undoubtedly
been able to find a suitable driver, there was not a dedicated
driver for the BJC70, unlike other Canon printers, When I
returned the warranty card to Canon (UK) Ltd. I included a letter
expressing my concerns. Bearing in mind that this letter was
only sent on a Monday morning, I was very pleasantly surprised
to receive two separate envelopes with the Canon stamp on
them in the early Thursday morning post
One envelope contained the two year extended warranty I'd
requested (a steal at only £25!), the other, from a separate
Canon department contained a disk full of Canon drivers. As I
found out in a .readme file, it was actually a cutdown version of
Canon Studio', although a fairly recent one as it contained
BJC70 specific drivers,
And even though this one works perfectly, not satisfied with
what they had already done for me, they'd also included a letter
with a reference number and phone number on it explaining
they were currently working on a new BJC7D. printer driver for
the Amiga and that I would receive it free of charge as soon as
It was available.
All this goes to prove that they had read my letter thoroughly
and not only taken note of the points I raised, but acted on
them what must have been almost immediately, when you
consider that I received their reply only three days after I had
posted my letter! Mow that's what I call great service and eager-
ness to enhance customer satisfaction and relations, I have
absolutely no reason to doubt that every customer is, or would
be, treated any differently.
I'd be very grateful if you would see fit to include an
undoubtedly cutdown version of this letter by way of thanks
and appreciation for their efforts, and to make fellow readers of
Amiga Computing aware of not only what should be expected
of any major company, but the level of service they will
definitely receive from Canon (UK) Ltd.
David S Duncan, Chester
It's good to know that there are Still companies out there
that take their obligation to their customers seriously. Nfce
one Canon.
should ditch this in favour of some graphi
card. Very few graphics cards can keep up w
even the OCS or ECS for animation spec
much less AGA My 486 PC can get about 1 f
from a precalculated Lo-res animation! I
68030 Amiga, on the other hand, constan
passes 30 tps in Lo-res, even In HAM mos
and it doesn't animate much faster then it <
when it was a 6SQQQ machine, Very few grar,
ics cards can do this, and if they can, they
likely to be very expensive- Besides, the drgi
processing power of the blrtter and copper •
still amazing, Plus, the still-high-quality sou
system and all sorts of I/O originate in 1
chipset.
The chipset is one of the Amiga's great
strengths. The only real weaknesses of the c
rent chipset are lack of 24-bit modes, Sow re
lutions, and the slowness of the planar displ
It would only be a natural progression for i
AAA chipset to bring 24-bit graphics, a 64-
1 26-bit video bus, higher resolutions, and
addition of chunky pixel modes, not to ment
improved sound capabilities (rrs about Sift
to the Amiga- This; combined with the Arr
OS and the PowerPC, could help launch a n
surge of Amiga use in the video a
multimedia industry.
Michael Webb via e-c
1 am the owner of an A3000 and have b
since its introduction. 1 did not purchas
because of its similarity to any other compi
At the lime I bought it, IBM compatibility i
available through the 296 powe
Bridgeboard and Mac compatibility through
original AMAX system. I did not buy eithe
these as I saw no point in having ther
bought my A3Q0O because, for its price, it \
the best graphics system available, and st
might even argue that it was the best grap
system at the time, period. Neither
Macintosh, nor the PC compatible could «
close in the animation abilities of the An
without very extensive and expensive upgra
To this day, I have not added an accele*
and still I have friends coming to me to do
mahons on my system using Imagine 3 J , t
though they have PowerMac SI O0A/V syst
and Strata Studio Pro software. They daim
animations done on my A3000 using D
took better than theirs - partly because
Amiga doesn't drop frames when i
overtaxed as the PowerMac is known to do
Much of the success of the Amiga in the
and of my animations, can be attributed tc
EG graphics chips in the machine. They n
this cheap computer system almost as po
ful a graphics workstation as an SCI Indy,
without the high software costs. This is w
bought the computer for and what I be
made it a limited success in the United St
Yes, other computers can display more col
than my system, but in order to animate to
most need MPeg decompression hardi
added to them. Even lOCMHi Pentium
pPC604-based systems have annoying pa
to their animations without these upgrad*
must animate in lower resolutions and sn
screen sizes than my Amiga can.
Perhaps in living only a short drive
Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
□
ND FINALLY
e's corporate headquarters I have a some-
iftst unique view of the difference between
fce Amiga and the Macintosh but the article
*tten by Mr Vast would seem to imply that
t* Amiga and its users would be best served
y making the Amiga very inuch more like the
Wat Most of his references to changes in the
miga operating system referred directly to
System 7, and his suggested changes to the
hardware would seem to imply that a CHRP
~rnon Hardware Reference Platform)
design is the one Amiga Technologies should
adopt, specifically a PowerPC- based system,
esing a PCI bus, and with no custom chips.
When the first PowerMac; came out,
almost all of the operating system that came
with them was emulated 660x0 code. They
•dually ran slower than the 6B040-based
Macs when running the same task. In light of
*6 1 can hardly believe that emulating the
AGA chips in software will allow a PPC604-
based Amiga to run as fast as an Amiga 4000
when animating, or doing anything else for
that matter. If anything, the custom chipset
needs upgrading, or even complete redesign,
but abandoning the idea of blazingly fast
iir r , on the system bus in favour of mak-
ing the Amiga like other computers will only
hurt Amiga Technologies here in the US, and
will contribute to the extinction of the Amiga,
not advance its cause. Changes made to the
hardware and operating system of the Amiga
should be seen as improvement to the entire
system and not Just an attempt to build
another Macintosh or PC
I am not staling that I disagree with all of
Mr Vest's observations. I agree that the
PowerPC is a good chip for Amiga
Technologies to adopt and that the Amiga
hardware and operating system need to be
more than simply dusted off. But, quite
frankly, if Amiga Technologies brings out a
CHRP-based Amiga why should anyone buy it
instead of a CHRP-based Macintosh when the
price would likely be very close, especially
Considering that the Mac already has a much
wider software base?
In short, die Amiga is much more than a
Macintosh imitator with an offbeat operating
system and a small software base It is a sepa-
rate computer system with its own strengths
and these should not be compromised in the
search for similarity.
Edward K. Smalfwood
Ben Vost replies-.
As pleased as I am to have received so
much feedback from one of my pieces, I
feel all those letters that are printed here
have missed the point {with the exception
of Mr Lyon's e-mail covering 0/S2. The rea-
son | didn't cover it was because a) I am not
very familiar with 0/52 and b)l only wanted
to cover one OS per platform and since all
the flavours of Windows outsell 0/S2 by a
fair amount I decided against it). I was not
advocating that the Amiga should be turned
into a Mac or Windows clone, merely that
other systems have features that the Amiga
ought to have, not because they are
Windows or System 7. but because they are
I'm writing to you to take to task Ben Vosfs article on operating systems. The article set out to com-
pare the top three' operating systems. Problem is, you ignored the 32-bit OS that has somewhere in
the range of 10,000,000 installed users - OS/2 I've used an Amiga since 1987, a PC since 1583, had
the misfortune ta need Windows and discovered OS/2 (2. 1) back in 1992 - now I use Warp (v3.0).
The object-oriented desktop of OS/2 has similarities to the object-oriented Amiga Workbench, you
really should have compared it as well. Here's your sidebar list with OS/2 added h :
Add-in System Extensions
24-bit support
Multiple Screen Support
Networking
CD-ROM Support
Comrns & Internet
Security
Pre-emptive 32 bit Multitasking
Runs from floppy
Foreign Language Support
Plug&Play
GUI QUI
Systemwide Programming Language
Representational Interface
Universal Menus
System pref changes during op.
Three Button Mouse Support
Undelete Function
Hard Drive Serf Repair
Hard Drive Optimisation
Virtual Memory Support
Quickstart Applications Menu
Disk Compression
Style Guide
Help For The Disabled
Online Help
Dynamic RAM Disk
Yes, via the Startup Folder
Yes, direct support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, IBM's excellent Bonus Pack contains them
Yes
Yes
Mo
Yes
Yes
Yes - OS/2 Desktop, OS/2 CU, DOS CU, Windows 3* GUI
Yes-REXX
Yes
Partial
Yes
Yes
Yes - user setectabfe on a drive-by-drive basis.
Yes
Yes - especially so under H PFS
Yes - both dynamic & user selectable
Yes - user configurable LaunchPad
Yes - third party
Yes
Yes
Yes - more comprehensive than Win95 - context sensitive,
hypertext links, etc
No
There's more, but that bjsicaly covers your own areas. As t need to swap between the PC & Amiga
environments many times each day, I find 05/2 & Am<ga more easily workable than OS/2 L Windows
(3* or 95).
Indeed OS/2 has many similarities to the An%as r OS, but, one must say, has done much better
and far more professionally Anyway, that's my two cents worm, next time you guys do a comparison,
at feast try to remember that the worlds' leading 32-bit Operating System is OS/2, remember Wln95 is
not a true 32-bit OS, indeed much of Win95's code is 16-bit
A East quickie. Thanks for a fine magazine, yours is one of only two foreign mags I pick up (the other
being Byte), I just wish ifd get here earlier rather than two months behind England...
Lance Lyon, via e-morf
all aids to a better working environment
Youll notice that I didn't ask for the ani-
mations that Windows 95 plays when you
are copying files or checking ydur memory
status, and I didn't ask for the filetyping
that an really make Mac use a pain - 1 just
want the Amiga to have the best operating
system (and front-end if yon want to be
picky Mr Webb) possible. And to my mind,
the best OS around is an amalgam of the
features of Workbench, Windows and the
Mac OS (and 0/52, NextStep and so on).
Why shouldn't Amiga Technologies learn
from the mistakes of other OS providers
and make a next generation interface all
Amiga users can be proud of And it's no
use saying 'Ooh we have to keep the cus-
tom chipset' when it is woefully slow com-
pared to even the cheapest graphics card
now available when run under the same
conditions. The whole point of the Amiga
going CHRP would be to take advantage of
all those graphics, sound, ethernet and
other cards available for other platforms at
Amiga Computing
cheap prices and get them to run on our
Amiga*.
And why would anyone buy a CHRP
Amiga? Because by that stage the Amiga
would need to have proper multimedia sup-
port, video and audio inputs and outputs,
an Amiga Technologies graphics card with
built in genlock, etc It doesn't matter what
it is that makes the Amiga unique in the
future, but it does matter if no-one can do
anything with the machine because its
operating system and hardware isn't
modem enough.
By the way, I have owned Amigas since
1987 when the ASOO first became available ,
in the UK. I have had an A3Q0DT now for
over three years and have expanded it to
the point where there is no further room in
the case, so yes, I think 1 can say that I have
used an Amiga. As part of the jobs I have
held, I have also become at least a journey-
man when it comes to PC use and have
even spent a time building them, and I use
Macs every day as our office is full of them.
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As a subscriber to various Amiga nrtag-
azines I have found their help invalu-
' able. When I bought my A120Q it
came with German instructions, and
' as th^rg is no one around here that
can help, I have been battling alone.
The problem I am having is that when I try
lo run certain disks or programs, error
requesters keep appearing, I hope to be able
1o solve these problems with your help before
I die as I'm 7 1 -years old, and it. is good gym-
nastics for my brain to battle with computers:
1 ) Cannot find V37 reqtoors-library. How do I
dear up this problem, and where dn I find
» 37 of the reqtools. library. Should this be
dragged into Libs, or what other place?
2) I need explode-library, or I need
explode. library v4+. I have found where the
explode.libfary is located but where do I drag
the file to so ! can get rid of this problem?
3) Unable to open your tool. Here I have a
number of problems with CAmiga Guide,
C:More, Clnstaller and Sysx/mmpp. Where
can I find mmpp, and where do I drag it to?
The same goes for the others. I have tried
dragging AmigaGurde into Tools and a
requester appears saying it already exsits
there. Should I drag it into Tools or C?
Edith Season, France
The problems you are ejepe-
V A/ riencing are things I am
i— sure every Amiga owner
/ -f has had the misfortune of
suffering and aire due to a
number of reasons. To start off, one of the
Amiga's strong points is rts ability to have
new features easily added at a Eater date
rh rough the use of what are known as run
time libraries. These allow programs to
access new features: that were not origina-
lly available in the operating system. This
all started years ago when the AW library
was first written which gave programmers
access to a decent file requester, for the
time. This was then quickly overtaken by
the req and then finally the reqtools library.
This, is all very well and good, but if you
do not have these extra libraries you are
stumped as you are normally unable to run
a program without them. To answer your
first two problems, the reqtools and
explode are two commonly used libraries -
reqtools particularly so. Normally, you find
coverdisks do not carry these extra
libraries, but disks from PD houses that
have been specifically put together for one
program will have the libraries on the disk.
The problem here is that unless you
actually boot your machine from the floppy
disk, it will not be able to find these
libraries- As you have already guessed, you
need to copy the library file from the floppy
into your hard drive's Libs drawer. If you
open the floppy's drawer and choose show
all files from the Workbench menu, you
should normally find a Libs drawer icon in
which the libraries are stored. All you
need to do now is drag the required
library across to your Workbench
partition's Libs drawer. Unfortunately,
things are not
always as simple
as this. If you da
already have the library
then no problem, go ahead and
copy the new library into your libs drawer.
If, however, you already have a copy of the
library then you should not automatically
copy this over as it could be a more recent
and, therefore, more up-to-date version
than the one you are to replace it with.
As there is no simple way for beginners
to check the version of libraries, I would say
that unless you are having problems run-
ning programs that are specifically stating
that a library is too old, do not replace it.
The simplest way of telling if one library is
newer than another is to check the library
size. A more recent version will almost
always be bigger than an older version
because new features will have been
added, so making the file bigger.
Your other problem involves the way
people are expecting hard drives and disks
to be set up. Again, many Floppy disks have
things set up so they work fine if you boot
your machine from the floppy, but as soon
as you try to do anything from the hard
drive you get all sorts of errors appearing.
When people create a text or
AmlgaGuide file they give a specific path
where the program used for viewing the file
should be found. Even if you have a copy of
this program, as you do in the case of the
AmigaCuide, you will get an error message
unless there is a copy of that program in the
specified path. In your case, you would
£Juper KickStart
Helping you to sleep easier
at night, ACAS will soothe all
your troubles away
need to copy AmigaGutde to the C directory,
or change the tooltype to simply read
AmigaCuide
In the long run, neither of these solutions
is very practical because you would either
have lots of copies of AmigaCuide all over
the place, or you would have to change
every Icon's tooltype. However, there are
two more attractive alternatives.
Firstly, you could use a program such as
ToolManger to place an Icon on your
Workbench for Multiview. This would allow
you to drop any AmigaCuide or text file into
the icon and view it The other alternative is
to use a ToolAlias program such as MCP
This allows you to get Workbench to ignore
certain programs and use others in its place,
so when you double-click on any text file's
icon that tried to run MMPP, you could,
instead, get the file to load into MulrMew.
If people creating icons would stick to the
standard Amiga viewers, or just Multiview,
then people that do not like these can just
use ToolAlias or a Tool Manager icon to use
their preferred programs.
I use an Amiga 3000 bought back in 1991 that
*- | came preloaded with Workbench 1.3. When
/ Workbench 2-04 became available I immediately
™* updated my 3000 and in doing so created a
J problem that has been frustrating me for some
time now.
Although my Amiga operates well with Workbench 2.04,
try as I may I have been unable to get rid of the System
1.3 partition.
This is wasting precious hard drive space, slows down
response time, and sits there intractable with its icon glar-
ing at me every time I open my Workbench. How can I get
rid of it?
foseph Cohn, Fairfield USA
An A3000 handles the KickStart differen-
tly from any other Amiga model. Whereas
all the other models have the KickStart
stored on a ROM in the computer as stan-
dard, the A3O0O stores it on a specific hard drive
partition called System *<*, where x is the version of the
KickStart - this does have the advantage of keeping all
the files completely separate.
If you really want to get rid of the 1.3 partition there
are only two options available to you. Firstly, you could
just format it which would leave you with a blank 6Mb
partition - not the best solution but the most straight
forward.
The problem you have is that you will never be able
to repartition your drive because you have to leave your
System 2.04 partition alone, and if this is damaged you
will not be able to boot your machine at all, not even
being able to get an AmigaDOS window.
The only other option is to buy the 3.1 KickStart
ROMs and fit these to your A3 000.
Vou could then re-partition and format your hard
drive, and replace the files on it, but even this is not a
perfect process because if you have important files on
your System 2.04 partition, you would need to back
these up before hand.
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APRIL t 996
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Qack mad
1 have been attempting to install SysiHack, but to no avail. I can get the program to alter
the sites of the sliders but cannot get the 30L0OK option to wort at all. I have added
f the Run >NIL: SysiHack IB 14 16 1 J 3DLO0K line just after the C:SetPateh command in
the StartUp-Sequence, so what am 1 doing wrong? All the screen shots in your February
I issue of ImageVision have 3D gadgets, so it must be working for you.
Mark Mountford, Staffordshire
■ s I think you have missed something here, I mage Vision's buttons always look that
> ' / way, and Sysihack just affects the look of the Window gadgets and sliders. If
J — you want to effect the look of system buttons, the new Urouhack does give
your programs a more MUI look, and works quite well, replacing SysiHack and
MagicFrames-
QC CONVERT
1 am a programmer on the, dare I
say il, PC, but have had an Amiga
for a few years now. I have only
really used it for games but now I
J ' have decided to start using it for
more serious purposes, I have just bought a
270Mb HD and am now trying to get to
grips with using Workbench rather than
Windows, which 1 admit is easier for a lot of
purposes. However, there are a lew areas
that I am not familiar with, and they are not
mentioned in the manuals and books I
have
1 understand that every icon has a .info
file which has in it the data for the icon's
picture and position. 1 would like to know
how the data (s stored and how I could edit
this data. I have tried to use the Workbench
tool Icon Edit but this seems limited to icons
of 3.0 by 40 pixels or less, yet I know icons
can be huge. Perhaps there is a way I can
save DPaint brushes and convert them to
icons?
I am also interested in how the system -
configuration works. I know this contains
data for the colours and. resolutions of
Workbench, speed of the mouse move-
ment, keyboard sensitivity and the mouse
sprite. Is there a program that allows you to
edit this? Could I replace it with a pfogram
written in Blitz or any other language, or
would I have to use 6S020 assembly
language?
Finally, is it possible to use the standard
SVGA non-interlaced monitor I have on the
PC with my Al 200, or do I have to shell out
an extortionate amount of money to get a
multisync monitor so I can read dearly the
smaller fonts on Workbench?
Eric Palmer, Grimsby
, I am glad to hear you find
the Amiga's Workbench
easy to use. Version S did
bring quite a lot of useful
improvements over the earlier
versions, even though you still need a
few programs such as Magkmenus to
make it really easy to use.
I cannot tell you how the icon data is
stored, but I doubt it would be complicat-
ed. The best advice I could give you is to
get hold of the program Iconian. This is
an extremely powerful icon editor, with
more functions than you will probably
need. Along with the ability to have icons
of any size, it has direct support for the
Amiga clipboard so you can cut and
paste brushes from DPaint straight into
Iconian. It also has Datatype support so
any picture file that you have the
Datatype for can be loaded directly into
Iconian. The picture is then automatically
scaled and dithered to your settings.
The system-configu ration file is a
throw-back to the old Workbench 1.3.
Stored in the devs drawer, it holds basic
information about the screen colours and
position, pointer sprite and keyboard
speed, and is now really redundant.
Workbench J still reads this file but all its
preferences are overridden by the new
iPrefs program that gets its settings from
the files stored in ENV:Sys. These are set
by the Amiga's preference programs.
Apart from using the old 1.3 preference
program to change the system-configura-
tion, you would have to get hold of a pro-
gram called PPrefs that can be found on
an old Freds' Fish disk.
It should be possible to use an SVGA
monitor on your A! 200. but the problem
is with setting your machine up. What
you need to do is copy the MultiScan
monitor driver into your DEVS :Moni tots
drawer, which will either be in your
storage drawer, or you can get it off the
Storage Workbench disk.
Once done, double-click on the moni-
tor icon and load up the Sere en Mode
preference program. You will now be
able to select the new ntulfiScan modes
that the SVGA monitor can use. The prob-
lem here is as soon as you select save,
the screen on a normal TV will go hay-
wire and you will need to switch off the
TV and computer and then hook up the
SVGA monitor and restart the computer.
If all has gone well you should have a
nice rock steady Workbench display. This
happens because SVGA monitors cannot
take the normal TV signal that normal
Amiga screen modes work al
ft?.l
t»V *
Do you have a problem? Do you
sometimes find yourself poised
over your Amiga with axe in
hand, spouting profanity at tht
stubborn refusal of your software
or hardware to behave properly?
Well, calm down and swap the
axe for pen and paper, jot down
your problems, along with o
description of your Amiga setup,
and send it off to Amiga
Computing Advice Service, IDC
Media, Media House, Adlington
Park, Mace fes field $KIO 4NP
Alternatively, e-mail us at
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I have an Al !>0G and a friend of mine recently gave me a hard dri
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ff the drive has a 50-pin interface then this means it must be i
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OS Intuition Extension v1.3a
Programmed by: Andy Church
Available from: Fl Licenceware
Disk NO: F 1-1 10
Amos users are a very patient bunch, bear-
ing with their favourite programming Ian-
guage even though it's always lagged a
long way behind the cutting edge of Amiga
technology. Fortunately, various Amos
devotees have, in recent months, dragged it
forcibly into the 90S, first with the ACA
Extension (reviewed a couple of issues
back) and now with the Intuition Etfensi on-
One of the greatest problems with pro-
gramming in Amos is that the language is
totally system unfriendly.
The irritating Amiga-A multitasking com-
bination (instead of the usual Amiga-M)
and the program's habit of opening a spare
blank screen are bad enough, but they are
not half as annoying as the hideous Amos
requesters and the need to create nasty
Amos screens rather than using proper
Workbench ones.
Fortunately, thanks to the AMOS Intuition
Extension, there Is an alternative to learning
C programming. The Intuition .lib file, which
needs to be placed in the AMGS_system
drawer, comes in two flavours, catering
both for Classic and Pro programmers. The
extensive range of commands added by
this library are ail neatly described in the
comprehensive AmigaGuide documenta-
tion, which helpfully cross-references
entries and provides some command tem-
plates.
It would have been" helpful if a tew
example files had been included, but this
isn't a major omission and I suppose disk
space was limited. This is another essential
purchase for keen Amos programmers
everywhere because it adds a whole new
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Produced by: Andy Gibson
Available from: Fl Licenceware
Disk Not F1-121 (3 disks)
More Amos stuff from Ft Licenceware, who appear to have
become the lone champions of the legendary language.
The first of these three disks contains the actual diskmag,
unsurprisingly written with Andy Gibson's own excellent
Disk Mag Creator, meaning the presentation throughout is
extremely impressive and the interface is friendly and easy
to negotiate.
As usual there are plenty of articles,
ranging from readers' letters to gene-
ral Amos- related news stories, person-
al opinions, and discussion of
programming matters.
The other two disks are filled with
archived bits of source code, demon-
strating techniques and enabling keen
Amos'ers to exchange ideas and
methods. These are all well commen-
ted and many are discussed in articles
on the first disk.
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worth a look if Amos is your mug of
steaming herbal stuff.
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APRIL 1996
1
ATMAN
Demo
Produced by: Batman Group
Available from: Mori PD
S.ilm.in: it iljrls aut dnrk and moody..
never really been a big demo fan,
largely because I just don't see the point in
talented programmers wasting their time
iking fancy texture- mapped cubes route
and bouncing balls zoom around the
screen when they could' be employing their
nts in producing something altogether
re, well, useful. The Batman demo starts
out well, but alas falls into the usual trap
eventually.
The opening sequence is eerily atmos-
pheric, with dark visuals and some suitably
sinister music, The Caped Crusader stands
high above Gotham City as the lightning
Hashes and the thunder rolls, and then
suddenly an ill-defined polygon spacecraft
shoots past like some sort of Frontier reject
and things are somewhat spoilt After that
it goes rapidly downhill, and before you
know it, you're watching rotating texture-
mapped cubes and animated running
Cheetahs.
It's not as though all Batman references
are then abandoned, however; it's just that
from there onwards, all you get are a large
Batman Returns poster scrolling up and
down, and a wireframe model of Batman's
mask thing spinning slowly around, It realfy
ts a bit disappointing that what starts out
looking like an impressive animation dete-
norates into a rather run-of-the-mill techni-
cal workout, It could have been so much
better.
The frightening aspect is that Batman is
probably still the most imaginative demo
I've seen in a white.
.it finishes up crap and cheesy
A R A S I T E
Programmed by: Shaun Waters
Available from: Fl Lite nee ware Disk No: FT- 1 19
It's Dungeon Master! No, wart; "rf 5 got a two-
player split-screen mode, It's Bloodwych!
Alright, so originality wasn't high on Mr
Waters' priority list when he sat down in front
of his trusty machine to commence produc-
tion of his latest effort- But graphics and style
obviously were, and so was. payability.
Parasite scores highly for te slick presenta-
tion, which puts many commercial offerings
to shame, if Parasite was a car, ir/d be some-
thing like a Capri; not new, but certainly
attractive, If it was a television program it
would be Baywatch; nice to look at, and with-
out any sort of pretence of a plot You see, in
a sentence, Parasite is a tasty first-person 3D
maze walkaround thingy, with knobs on.
It's an ACA-only game, and the moody
graphics and the fun-packed, often confusing
two-pSayer option are what set Parasite apart
from the numerous Black Dawn clones cur-
rently knocking around the Public Domain,
There are only really a couple of complaints I can level at Parasite Firstly, it appears that
two mice are necessary for the two-player mode (just like Lemmings... blimey, there's a
blast from the past), Secondly, if you don't happen to have a handy chum with an extra
rodent the walky-fighty action can feel a little dated at times. Still, once you've cracked the
control mechanism (which is not especially complicated) you really can get engrossed in a
game of this kind. Not bad at all-
E]orse Code Trainer
' 1 Not exactly a new idaa,
but Parasite's playable
enough all Ota aanta
Programmed by: John J Cassar
Available from: John J Cassar
The latest version of this rather specialised
program is impressively slick, with a wide
range of features,
There's a 'freehand' mode in which the
user can simply press keys and find out the
appropriate morse code signals. Helpfully,
the program also lists other letters- with simi-
lar signals so that groups of associated letters
can be learnt The complete alphabet is, of
course, covered, along with continental let-
ters, numerals, punctuation, procedure sig-
nals, informal amateur CW abbreviations,
international Q-codes and RST codes
(although I confess to not knowing what half
of those actually are).
Morse Code Trainer also supports the
Farnsworth method, in which letters and
numbers are transmitted at a relatively low
speed allowing distinctive rhythms to
emerge.
There are plenty of drills to practice, and
the multiple speed settings allow you to start
out at a comfortable pace and work up to full
pelt
The presentation is excellent, with a
colourful and uncluttered screen layout and a
sensible overall design, Whilst it will obviou-
sly be fairly limited in appeal Morse Code
Trainer is an accomplished effort which
Serves Its intended purpose extremely well.
The program should run on any Amiga and Is
available directly from the author for £2, By
the way, it's shareware, so radio buffs making
regular use of Morse Code Trainer ought to
send Mr Cassar a crisp fiver.
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Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
E
Hraphic Adventure C reator (GRAC ) v2.0
Programmed by: Edmund Clay
Available from: F1 Licenceware
Disk No: FG-001 (2 disks & printed manual)
If you've always wanted to create your very own Monkey Island-style pointy-
clicky graphic adventure but could never be bothered tracking some nasty
programming language, then GRAC is the ultimate solution. A far cry from
graphic adventure creators of yesteryear which basically produced text
adventures sprinkled liberally with some static images, GRAC «s capab e of
creating some really impressive games. An example game, Lethal Formula, is
proof of just what can be achieved with this excellent system.
GRAC allows you to tie together images and animations created in other
packages such as Deluxe Paint to create a believable game environment.
Music and sound effects can, of course, be added too. Some of GRAC s fanc-
ier features include character scaling for realistic perspective effects, a script
editor which is vastly improved from GRAC 1 to include 31 new commands,
the facility to include up to 32 background objects in every room, and the
option of switching between characters at a.ny point in a GRAC game.
The whole package costs £u.99 r including an excellent 40-page manua
which talks you through the entire game creation process. From helpful
advice on designing background graphics to a detailed look at the GRAC
scripting language, everything you'll need to know to create top quality
adventure games is included in this well-written booklet. There is also a
step-by-step tutorial which demonstrates the basic operation of the GRAC
editor. .
This is most definitely the best non-commercial games creation package
in existence. I can't recommend this program enough to eager game design-
ers, and I confidently predict that over the next few months Public Sector wi
be flooded with scores of cracking CRAC-created adventure games.
Qmp Pro v0.620
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Programmed by: Zach Forsyth
Available from: Aminet (as game/rale/lmpPri20.lria)
As anyone who's ever participated in a fantasy role-playing
game such as Dungeons & Dragons will know, a Dungeon
Master's job is not an easy one- His task is not only to conjure
up a believable fantasy environment in the minds ol the
adventurers, but also to Handle all the rules and behind-the-
scenes details.
ImpPro makes the task much simpler by placing a variety Ot
useful aids at the DWs fingertips, An intuition-based modular
program, ImpPro can keep track of game time, generate mon-
sters using information from its large monster database, create
suitably impressive names for characters and Eities, and even
generate lists of shop for towns and suppry details of price
and availability for the wares they sell,
It can also display a scrolling dungeon map which the
authoT hopes will soon be linked to an events module, making
it much easier to run dungeon romps, Once monsters have
been slain, treasure hoards can be swrttly generated and
experience point dished out to the players responsible,
Other impress** and incredibly helpful features include the
facility to simulate the rolling of dice, either individually or in
large quantities, and to keep track of monster and character^
points, as well as allowing swift access to important gaming
tables such as
those listing
saving throws
and hit rolls,
Many of the
modules inter-
act with one
another so, for
example, details of defeated beasties are automatically
recorded in the Game Log.
Whilst ImpPro is not yet finished, it is already an essential
program for any DM. Although specifically tailored for the
Advanced Dungeons ft Dragons game, the world's most pop-
ular RPG system, it can easily be adapted for use with other
fantasy systems. In the future, extra modules are planned,
most notably including ones to handle horses and combat,
and basic details on constructing your own modules are
thrown in too. Totally excellent
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Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
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Frank Nord takes a look at some
of the most popular video recorders
and cameras to see which is most
suitable for your editing needs
All hands to the deck
First up s out selection of video recorder*, starting with the cheapest and working our way up„
HILIPS
VR757
ATCHLINE
Price: £429.99 Tel: 01B1-«B9 MM
The cheapest deck in our round-up, the Philips Matehline is a very good- looking
machine with unusual top-of-deck controls and a stylish remote handsel. Foe a
rdattoely cheap machine, the Matchline has an extremely good picture and its
four head mechanism gives .good re-recording fidelity. As is becoming the norm,
the Matchline features PDC in addition to the now familiar Video Plus+ r so it will
be good for off -air recording sessions as well as editing-
Editing features or he Fhil«p^ include an assemble edit feature k>r up to eight
edits, and Philips have taken the precaution of adding a synchro edit socket on
the back of the machine which can cope with a wide variety of connector types.
The machine automatically performs a pie-roll to ensure that your in/out points
are matched to your requirements. Finally, the deck also caters for 1 6:9 recording
and will automatically switch a compatible wide screen television over to wide
screen mode when playing them back.
Connections: 2 x SCAST, stereo audio in, stereo audio out,
synchro edit socket front video and stereo audio connections
features: Synchro edit, assemble edit (both with pre-rofl),
Video Plus*, PDC, Index searching, 16:9 recording, NICAM stereo
Fatmat: VH$
Mitsubishi HS-M1000
Price: £699.99 Tel: 01707 276100
Mitsubishi'* gold-sprayed recorder is getting
on a bit now, being the oldest recorder in the
bunch we are reviewing, but that doesn't stop
it from being the best edit deck in our round-
up. Although its looks may be ostentatious
eighties in style, its performance leaves little
to be desired, The only S-VHS deck in our
selection this month, the Ml 000 has a hill
complement of useful functions.
For a start, the Ml 000 has the ability to
play back MTSC recorded tapes, although it
can only do so with the linear stereo track on
the tape, not the Hi-fi one, and it can also play
back and record the specially formulated 1 6:9
broadcasts from television. The MlOOO's
Jog/Shuttle dial is used to choose options
from the on-screen display when recording or
setting video functions and gives a very fast
visual search. Index marks can be created and
deleted manually, which is very handy fa
finding those special moments On your tapes
and the MlOOu" has the ability to plai
an indexed section ovef and over agair
indefinitely should you wish it to.
Perhaps more useful for the budding edito
is the Mitsubishi's date and time insert tunc
tkari which will add eg text to your recordinj
to make it easier to catalogue or timestamp, I
good deck for a very reasonable price.
Connections; 2 x SCART, Y/C stereo audi
out, edit socket front video (CVB5 and Y/C
and stereo audio connections (Att qoid plate
connectors)
Features: Assemble edit, index searching, fa
visual search, 16:9 record and ptoybaci
NTSC playback, child lock, datestamp font
tion, onscreen conWs, NICAM stereo sound
Format: S-VHS
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QVC HR J725
Pries: £469.93 Tel: 0181-450 3282
XVC's new stereo video is another stylish
looking deck. The control* on the front
panel arid remote are all well laid out and the
picture and sound quality is up no JVC's usual
standard-
There are two outstanding features on this
■ecordef far editing. One es the extremely fast
visual search with 14 x normal speed, The
other is JVC's random assemble edit feature
which allows the user to set up eight edit
points from a tape and reorder them as
desired. The video performs a ore-toll to ensure
Brat the edit paints are as accurate as they can
be without any sort of timecading, and results
*te genially good with this system.
The video comes with the ubiquitous Video
Plus (with the aft neglected 'add time' feature.
This will become obsolete when PDC comes to
all channels, but until men it remains a feature
only found on a few VideoPlust compatible
decks and the original VideoPlus+ handset)
and the becoming-ubiquitous PDC for off-air
recording, and has the usual complement of
facilities. In short, a good buy in the sub £500
bracket
Connections: 2 x SCART, stereo audio out, edit
sockei front video and stereo audio connec-
tions
Features: Random assemble edit, Video Plus*,
PDC, index searching, fast visual search,
MCfiM stereo sound
Format: VHS
OLDSTAR
Recorder
Pike: £799.89 Tel: 01 755 500400
The only twin format recorder in the round up r
the Goldstar is a death star of a deck. Big, black
and bulky, it has a Hi8 slot on the left of the
machine and a standard VHS slot on the right.
The LED display has been widened accordingly
to provide information for both tapes and the
machine is obviously designed for recording
horn one format to the other. However, the
quality of the deck, while satisfactory, is not
outstanding, and the choice of VHS rather than
i-VHS does seem a little odd in combination
with a Hi8 tape as the best quality won't be
achievable in the transfer from one to the
OUBLE
DV171
other. The recorder also has pretensions
towards standard home use with VideOPlus+
and PDC recording and a child lock.
The recorder also has manual index
insertion and deletion functions, but the lack of
any A/V connections must limit this deck's
at&actweness to the home editor.
Connections. 2 X SCART
Features: Syndiro edit (from one deck to the
other), manual index insert and remove and
index searching, chiid lock, VideoPlus+ and
PDC NiCAM stereo sound
format; VHS/WB
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Camera action
Starring with the cheapest again, we present four cameras that might suit
your budget, needs and format All the cameras we reviewed came with a
standard set of accessories which included a battery, battery charger,
shoulder strap and tape. The JVC camcorders also came with an adaptor to
play back VHS-C or S-VKS-C tapes on standard VHS or S-VHS video recorders.
You can buy one of these separately, but expect to pay about £20 for a motor
wind version like those included with these cameras, Don't be tempted to
buy one of the cheap ones that retail for £10 or less as these are
hand-wound and quite often damage your tapes because of over tensioning,
0AMSUNC VP-U12
Price: £459.99 Tel : 1 8 1 -J9 1 8258
Our first camera up for testing is Samsung's very cheap U12 model. The U12
actually manages to look slightly more expensive than its. price tag should
warrant The onfy giveaway is the tacky looking viewfinder arm which is plas-
ticky and feels insecure. The viewfinder itself is mono, unsurprisingly, but the
picture from irt is sharp and dear. The camera is in the mid-range for weight
coming in at an acceptable 0.8kg. and the mono microphone is set well back
on the body to avoid lens noise from, the autofocusing motor.
For such a cheap camera you may well be surprised to learn that it has a
variety of tricks up its lenscap such as a portrait mode, sports mode,
and high speed mode, although the manual doesn't actually
mention how fast the shutter speed is on these last two. It
also has a fader and posterisation trick functions
to add to the fun, and a titling
function. Unfortunately for me,
the camera we received
came with a manual in
either Norwegian or
Swedish, nei-
ther of which
languages 1
am particu- j
larly fluent
in, so I had a
little trouble,
but providing
you get a manu-
al in a language you are
familiar with, this camera is well worth
auditioning if you are on a restricted budget
Connections: video and audio out, external Mic DC RF
Features: ]2xZoom, remote control, titling, program modes.
Special effects: Fader, Posterisation, interval recording (far time lapse)
Format: VideoS
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VC G
HF900
Price: ET49.99 Tel : 1 8 1 -450 3282
Our first camcorder from JVC in this found up is a
neat square VHS-G Camcorder which weighs in at
just under 0.8 of a kilo..
This little boi is feature rich with a list that cart
start with stereo audio facilities (along with an
external mic connection), a powerful floodlight far
those poorly lit parties, a colour viewfinder, that,
unlike some, is quite true to the actual colours
recorded to tape (apart from a slight yellow tinge),
and an image stabilising feature. The HP9O0 doesn't
stop there though. It also has a wide range of trick
features to suit every occasion, as they say.
There's a 'widescreen' mode that chops the top
and bottom off your footage to give it that cine-
mascope feel, and a sepia mode that turns every-
thing a dull brown to make it look like you are
actually using a very old super 8mm camera with
very old stock instead of a state-of-the-art piece of
far eastern tech nology.
If you are shooting at dusk or dawn you can
turn on the twilight function which changes the
white colour balance to try to ensure that your
colours are a bit more true to life. There's also the
usual gamut of portrait modes, sports and
high-speed modes with vastly increased shutter
rates for capturing the
action as it happens.
Overall, the HF90Q b
a great little camera,
particularly since its price
drop of £5 D.
Connections; Video and
stereo audio out, edit,
external Mic DC RF
Features: I2x Zoom,
remote control, titling,
program modes, focus
fixing, image stabiliser,
limited selection of
preset titles {wedding,
Chnstmas, birthday, etc)
Special effects: Wide-
screen, Sepia, Twilight,
Fader, interval recording
(for time lapse)
Format: S-WiS-C
Jargon
-box
TOC - Programme Delivery
Control PDC is currently
used by &BC2 ami Channel
4 . It sends a signal out at
the start and end of
programmes so that video
recorders can start, and stop
recording a programme at
the appropriate time. This
should mean that even ft a
foatball match goei intd
overtime, you won't miss
anything.
Nicem - Near instant*
aneous Compounded Audio
Multiplex. A stereo broad-
cast system developed by
the SBC and adopted
by the UK and several
other countries hr stereo
transmission.
Prevail - a method to help
get edit points right.
Because vtdeai take some
time to start ploying hack or
recording, a pre-raS is nec-
essary to ensure ihot you
*,tart recording at the time
set arid not after.
Index sedrihinq - an index
mark is a tag on yout video
tape that normally indicates
when you hove started
recording. Some video
recorders, as you tan see
from the reviews, can
manually insert index
marks. Index marks can he
searf-hed far using an index
search facility en your
remote control.
QVC GR-SX1
harp VLH420H
VlEWCAM
Price: El ,200 Tel: 0&00 262956
Sharp made a complete departure from the
normal handgrip-at-the-side r look-down- a-
small-tube-style of camcorder with this new
design. In ease you've never seen one before,
the photos show the way it works. The
viewfinder is the large LCD panel on the back
of the camera body and the camera's lens is
on a swivel mounted arm on the side of the
camera and almost looks like an afterthought.
One of the major benefits to this manner of
operation is that you tan hold the Viewcam
up above your head if you're standing in a
crowd without los-
ing the ability to
see what you are
recording. Sim-
ilarly, if you want a
puppy's eye view
ul things, you can
hold the camera
down low (tie ft to
a broom handle if
you're really brave)
and run along with
it like that- The
Viewcam also
makes taking foot-
age of yourself much easier as the screen can
swivel all the way around to face the front of
the camera, As you do so, the on-screen
controls all flip so that you can still read them
- a nice touch.
As for performance, the Viewcam is okay,
but not outstanding in the quality stakes. The
stereo sound on the camera I received lor
review was particularly clear and the picture
was certainly reasonable.
The camera does weigh more than your
average camcorder at 1,2kg, but its design
means that this rarely becomes a problem
unless you need a hand free. I have to say 1
am slightiy worried about the durability o( the I
connection between the body of the camera
and the lens arm as my review model seems
slightly wobbly.
Connections: Video (composite and Y/C) and
stereo audio out, DC RF (all an a plug-inl
module), headphones, external Mic.
Features: 20x zoom, remote control, manual
focus and exposure, program modes,\
snapshot, image stabiliser, macro lens
Special effects: Fader, Widescreen
Format: His
■■^■■■■■■^■iMMBHHi
Price: E79939 Tel: OlBl-450 32B2
The last camera got a great review and [ stand
by it, until that is, you have a look at this one,
The 5X1 (not to be confused in any way, shape
or form with the CD32 add-on, by the way), is
the S-VHS-C big brother (it weighs slightly
more too, at 1kg) to the HF900 and used to
cost £1000. With the price reduction to only
800 quid, you'd be a fool to pass up this
opportunity for better quality. You might, of
course, need to upgrade your video recorder to
a more suitable spec as well, but that's the
price of progress.
The SXl has the same raft of features as the
HF9D0 - the widescreen, sepia, twilight and
sports/highspeed modes (highspeed on the
SX1 actually goes up to 4000 frames per sec-
ond), and adds the ability to fade in or out and
fade in or out from colour to mono, or vice
versa. Both JVC cameras are equipped with an
edit socket and offer an assemble edit function
to synchronise your video recorder to the I
camera, and the 5X1 can create inde*: madis
from the remote,
111 fimsh as I started, This camera represents
extremely good value (or money and should be
snapped up by anyone with an eye to better
than average quality,
Connections: Video (composite and Y/C) on
sfereo audio out, edit, DC RF, external Mic,
Features: I Ox variable speed loom, remote]
control, program modes, manual focus and
exposure, image stabiliser
Special effects: Colour fader/fader,
Widescreen, Sepia, Twilight, interval reCo
(for time lapse)
Format: S-VHS-C
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mud j
ih an
ctior*
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iarks
ients
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letter
and
vote
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der,
ding
'There's a
novel in
all of us'
Adam
Phillips
believes
there's a
film or two
tucked
away
inside us
as well...
Ohe world is crammed with people itching to unleash their vision onto
the cinema screen or even just the local town hall in front ot a mass
of friends and relatives. While wild enthusiasm may start you off
_ thinking about that glittering career, movie-making usually has a very
defined process that needs to be learnt The very nature of putting a production
together from start to finish can be a complex and lengthy process. Here far your
perusal is a bite-sired guide that'll hopefully start you on the road to becoming a
doer instead of a dreamer.
HE CREW
For a small scale amateur produc-
tion, you'll ideally need the
following:
Write* - without a decent one, you
might as well return that
camcorder to Dixons now.
Producer/Director - who organ-
ises the fundamentals,
brings what money there
is to a production, arid
then changes hats and
calls the shots.
Production Assistant - the vital
organiser who helps the
director stay on track
lighting Camera operator - who'll
turn that vision into a real-
ity, A thorough under-
standing of how to get
the best out of lighting in
any shape or form will
add immeasurably to a
production (after all, in
somewhat pretentious
terms, you are 'painting
with light' so to speak.
Quite).
Sound Recordist - ideally, a
detachable microphone
and manual sound con-
trols included on your
camcorder are vital.
For maximum effect,
these will require the
aural expertise of the
sound recordist to get the
maximum benefit
Editor - the person that splices all
those shots together into
a seamless masterpiece.
Tit* three
mi
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aCTEE
acta of a
classic
Hollywood
exposition:
development.
resolution
vr-ript in mil
intra lain char
"throw reels' at
but the hero
their glory
aad "the problem'
main char, more
cooes through
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or obstacle; what's-
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performance
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RE-PRODUCTION
Acta* beg for them. Directors dream of them. And the public (usually) laves them -
aood script are gold dust The foundation of arty film or video, the art of screenwntmg
has been deeded by many professional word maestro*. Judging from the production
tine that is Hollywood, it's painfully dear mat even some of the top dogs haven t got
their heads round the basics. . .^
Any script starts off usually with a story. The favoured route ts to start at the begin-
ning, work through the middle, and wind op at the end. It's the dos&c mow? struc-
ture split into three acts. There ore always successful oppo
sites to this (take a look at Pulp Fiction's
leaping time frame), hut you can't break
the rules unless you've leomt them.
if yau hove a relatively clear idea
about the story you want to tell the best
place to start is to tell the story in simple
words in tfte shape of a treatment Flick an
the Amiga, boot up Wordsworth and type
nway. Don't include any dialogue - classic
movie teachings dictate that the story ^ \^\
should be told in images and actions, not
through the spoken word. Once you've
bashed out the story, leave it for a couple of
days and then read through it If you find
yourself flinching at certain moments, change
them for something more appropriate.
With any story, never be precious - think of
all the options for your characters and how
they'll face the conflicts thrown up throughout
the film's journey. Rewrite, chop and change
until you're happy you have what appears to be
ttH«
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the best options at that time. Once this is done, you should hopefully have a I
(fair is already very scene oriented. To further old tfw actual structure, of the story,
necessarily the content itself, write out each scene on apiece of paper wtth asm
header Arrange each card on a wall and take a long hard look - ask yourself rf one ,
the scenes might be better if moved forward in the film and vice versa. This visual i
ence guide can really help to bfow away any cobwebs of ok
analysis when viewing bulky text onscreen.
When done, it's time to plough into the actual screen*
ing itself. This process should be far less taxing if you've do
all your homework beforehand. Keep dialogue to a minimi
and use it as an opportunity to set up further intrigue for t
viewer - simple exposition of the plot is dull and uninvotvir
For further info, and if you have a
account, visit the Screenwriter's Resource {http-JfwwwA
portcom/-cdeemer/$creenwntershtmi) which offers vai
able insights into the craft and, more importantly, L
many pros who are constantly talking to one another <
the Web about Ore ins and outs of writing for the screen.
Once the script has gone through various drafts wf\
it has been honed, sharpened and structured, it's fl'mi
sit back and ask yourself how much all this is going \
cast you. if you've written an epic Genghis Khan street
play that runs at foot hours, you may as well ffrcw it n
the bin now or try your luck flogging it to sorneon^
(that's a whole book in itself).
Meanwhile, if you've managed to construct a sir
but intriguing piece, you could easily shoot it on .
Hi-8 camcorder. The thing to always remember is l
while an initial thought you might possibty per«
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RODUCTION
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pen'
The shoot itself is where all that preplanning comes
into fruition. Schedules should flow like clockwork.
Actors will get their lines in the first take and the sto-
ryboard makes the transition from paper to the big
screen gracefully. Trie reality is somewhat different
Things can go wrong. Trie weather will change. A passing
jumbo will drown out the sound, and certain shots will
eat into your schedule more than you'd like.
Throughout all this, you must be prepared to make
compromises and have a PA sharp enough 10 rearrange
times in a matter of minutes to help put you back on
track. Above all. always appear to be in control - if you've
done your planning properly, you'll invariably find that
your mind is focused enough to come up with informed
decisions on the spoL Call it a form of programming your
subconscious [see Freud}.
To keep morale high an set try and keep the shoot
running as fluidly as possible so that complacency
doesn t set in (very apparent at times on ama* <r shoots
when people realise that filming isn't as glamorous as
they thought it was).
Always check everything you've shot there and then.
This doesn't mean you have to look all the way through
the entire two minute take, but simply at the end of the
section to make sure the tape isn't ■ dud. At the end of
each shooting day, look through the rushes (takes) to
make sure you don't need to reshoot anything. If you do,
it's better to find out there and then than later in the heat
of editing.
One final note is to remember continuity - use a
Polaroid camera to take snaps of what the actors are
wearing, how a location looks and so on if the shooting
of a particular scene is spread out over a few days.
Tour drawling skills
don't nired to be
exemplary tor
ftorybvard* - »
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communicate
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tint there ate onty a few minor expenses to incur, there are always a myriad of raits to
outsider. First off the bat youll need acton, a skeleton crew (only three to tour mem-
bers}, video stock, lighting, locations and mare- Sit down with the script and go through it
What props are needed? What locations? Arty extras? Put bask headings for each part of
tie process - Crew, cast, equipment editing, stationary and so on. Then fiit in alt the efe-
«ejts under each heading - you'll find that sheet of paper
can suddenly become very full.
While you may welt be able to get much of the listed
for tree in the shape of enthusiastic Film fans and friends
?*rng a helping hand, itll help you work out every ete-
inent that is vital to the production. Use Final Calc, the
Amiga's premier spreadsheet to lay out your needs
9>d their prices to create a budget sheet Armed with
on overall cost that you feel can be achieved, it's time
to start organising the shoot
Unless you're a hyper confident director, story-
boards are a vital element of any production. Terry
Gilliam (ex-Monty Python and director of Fisher
King and Twelve Monkeys) has only just started
not to use them. By using drawings to map out
each shot a dear vision can be built up for you
to work from. The finished result should by no
means be absolute - the very nature of film
making is that you might get a better idea on
*te day or be forced into another white on
location. Never be afraid to change your
mind and deviate from the storyboard,
unless you 're adding effects in post produc-
tion using your Amiga and LightWave
(these need to be exactly planned). With each frame of the storyboard, fill in a short
description below of exactly what is happening and any dialogue that is to be spoken.
Don't worry if you're not an accomplished drawer - basic stick men, buildings and so
forth will do the job adequately. Just make sure they're clear enough for the camera
operator to understand though. If you have absolutely no faith in your drawings whatso-
ever, then writing out what each shot will entail can be enough.
Once you've achieved this, it's time to write up q shot list With your production assis-
tant sit down and go through the storyboards, giving each shot a number. Then con-
struct a list of shots, a brief description, and work out roughly how long each is
going to take to shoot After this, schedule each scene into your
shooting days. Certain scenes may be shot togeth-
er due to the same location, but never expect to
shoot shots in exact order. Moving about and con-
stantly resetting can take too much time.
While you're juggling all fife /ofc, also list ail tfte
costumes, locations and props that'll be required for
the production. Ask a friend to help out with the
organising - if you can't, you're going to need the
patience of a saint location hunting should be carried
out with the camera operator and can be done before
or after the storyboards - expect changes though on the
day. That imagined shot might just prove to be too
impractical or time consuming to carry out
Once the storyboards, shot list and time schedules
have been drawn up, its time to search out the actors (see
panel}. On securing their talents, setting the date of the big
shoot g the Snaf step before Vie plunge
fi How that
screenplay
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WANNA A WINNEBAGO. ..NOW!!"
Attred Hitchcock referred to them as "cattle." James Cameron has dismissed them as "puppets," The general public
think they can be luwies " Good actors, however, in the amateur scene can be difficult to hunt down. There are plates
tp begin that search for the right face for the part - try hooking up with the local amateur dramatics society and go
abng to see 3 performance. There may well be another Emma Thompson strutting her stuff in a Noel Coward play
desperate to get some film/video experience. Have a chat with the director to see if they can recommend anyone.
Universities, colleges and drama schods are also ripe hunting ground for blossoming talent -put up advertisements
in the student bars and other public places to see if anyone takes a bite. Again, they usually will. To them, as with you,
they want experience and aren't too bothered about payment as long as they are working with someone who has a
professional attitude and they don't have to cough up £30 for their travel expenses.
The pros have screentests and casting couches {regrettably alive and kicking even in humble little Britain). The rcew-
bie has enthusiasm and sincerity as their principle tools. With any interested parties, interview them and make sure
they are both confident and flexible enough to offer ideas for the performance and also receive direction. Rehearsals
are vital for any production - it can alter the storyboards and shot list as you and the performers work on the script to
bring it to life How you treat actors varies between individuals. While there's straightforward direction giving, some per-
formers need to be handled with kid gloves or an iron hammer respectively. For example, Sigoumey Weaver is quite
happy to admit that she likes the director to look after her 'and 'nurture her performance while others will start eating
the set if you decide to interfere too often, for identifying what type of approach you'll need, that interview is especial-
ly important
Directing actors has had several hundred books written about it over the years. For first timers, the rule is basic -
keep it simple. Don't stand waxing lyrical about 'character arcs' and other chin stroking exercises, ft can help the very
inexperienced to envisage what they need but, more often than not, if II end up in contusion - by about half way
through the shoot the performers will know more about the character than the director ever will if each has done their
job property.
■Give to-the-point directions, ft single word or explanatory phrase. The more you explain a scene or a line, though,
the less impact you'll have and less chance the actor will have to 'make it their own'. It's important that the penny
drops on its own accord instead of you trying to shove it down everyone's throat. Directing actors is all about experi-
ence md you will make mistakes.
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OST PRODUCTION
Most of us cant afford the sometimes extortionate prices that edit-
ing facilities cost. For more info or what the Amiga can do for you,
I check out this issue and in the February issue for details on the
rather fabulous Draco system that would have most pro editors
whimpering to their bosses for money-
Trie first stage before jumping into the rushes is to log every
shdL This can be done during the actual shoot itself, but it can be
carried out at leisure afterwards by going through the tapes and
marking down what time each take starts at on a particular tape-
Also, decide there and then which takes you will most likely use -
this all saves time with the actual editing process.
The editing process itself usually has the three stages - the
rough cut (slapping everything together with no real attention to
esact timings to see how well the whole production hangs togeth-
er}, the second cut {making accurate cuts and taking out unneces-
:y shots) and the final cut [where the video is honed to tiear-as-
miHft perfection). Never be afraid to write off shots if they aren't
cessary - if they're not needed, they'll dissolve the impact of the
n when showed to an ever-critical audience.
Never underestimate the power of editing. It sets the pace of the
entire film and breathes life into your separate shots and makes it
a whole, attention-grabbing experience. Once you're done snip-
ping, all you need to do now is show it to as many people as possi-
* ble [see panel]-
COHERE TO NOW?
The one truly valuable thing to always bear in mind when
considering a professional career is simple - talent is a
prerequisite. The real deal is that you must make contacts-
There are certainly plenty of talented people without jobs
in the industry and plenty' of average directors and writer
peddling their wares on our TV and cinema screens- How
come they made it? Because they know someone in the
business either as a friend or relative, or they have the
social skills to network themselves into a job.
It's an incredibly important talent and vital for success in
the film industry where socialising and getting your face
seen means everything. If you have a friend or relative in
the business, don't just sit there with your lower jaw stuck
out in indignant pride thinking "I will do this myself- I'm
not jolly well going to leech off someone else " Get out
there and wring every last drop of career-building juice
out of a contact. H it's family, all the better - nepotism
is good.
Another vital element to 'making if is to get your work
seen. Short of being put out on general release or broad-
cast on television, if s vital that your production must make
a splash somewhere. Film festivals are the first and most
obvious port of call
From county film shows to international festivals, the
amateur does have plenty of plates to put their work on
show. You'll usually find that the smaller affairs are simply
for enthusiasts who want to enjoy the experience of
movie-making but are non-plussed about getting
anywhere. Again, set your targets feasibly high, Find out
which festivals have high profile - while the Oscars are
obviously a no go in most cases, the likes of the Cork film
festival and the Chicago film festival do attract a fair-sized
audience. Check out the British Film Institute's film and
television handbook for more details.
Depending on how much money you have for video
dupes and how good you think your work is, send out
tapes to targeted production companies and individuals-
Again, just pick up a copy of BFl's handbook to see the
amount of different production companies and what they
may be interested in. One note of caution though - don't
always expect to haive your tape sent back to you - these
people are usually horrifically busy.
Bear in mind, having a contact who can recommend
your work to someone in authority can give them that
push to put the tape in the video machine. Quentin
Tararrtino handed the Reservoir Dogs script, over to a ten-
nis coach who happened to play with Harvey Kietefs wife.
She tead it, thought it was excellent, and recommended it
to her husband. He read it, committed to it, and the
mpney started pouring in, tfs all about exploiting contacts
and targeting your audience/hinders.
Film seminars, workshops, and local arts meetings are
also useful meeting places where equally struggling but
determined fresh talent are looking to meet, mingle and
work with people of a similar attitude.
Frnalfy, never forget that 'making if requires gut deter-
mination and ever abundant motivation - you'll never get
anywhere unless you're prepared to work like a horse.
The film and TV industry is not a nine to five job with a
company caf- /•-*?
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ISSUE 8
. . . Rapid Frame gg|
ing on your Amiga
The reraJutionary S-VHS ProGrab™ 24RT Plus with Teletext is not only the best way
to get crisp colour video images into your Amiga, from either live broadcasts or
taped recordings, it also costs less than any of its rivals. This real time PAL/
SECAM/IMTSC* 24-Sit colour frame grabber/digitiser has slashed the price of
image grabbing on the Amiga and, at the same time, has received rave reviews
for its ease of use and excellent quality results. ProGrab™ has earned honours
from just about every Amiga magazine and Video magazines too!
And... with ProGrab™ you needn't be an expert in Amiga Video Technology,
a simple 3 stage operation ensures the right results ■ Real Time, after time.
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Select any video source with S-VH5 or composite output Ttnis could be your camcorder, TV with S&WT output,
satellite receiver domestic VCR/player or standard TV signal passing through your VCR/ptayer.. the choice is yours.
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The 6th official version of the majOT music
maker on the Amiga has landed. Over the last
few months there have been demos of it pop-
ping up now and again around various
Internet sites, but now the final version is here
we can happily make spring time a musical
one.
My favourite version of Octamed was 5. The
previous versions weren't my cup of tea r
mainly because they had a very PD look aid
feel and were extremely unfriendly, and I.
could barely live with them. However, having
said that I was still able to produce some half
decent tunes,
Therefore, when version 5 came out i was
particularly pleased, mainly because of its
user-friendliness. In fact, the whole of my hard
drive was packed with samples and I man-
aged to spawn the occasional dance remix,
even to rival some of the pap that was already
out there. Unfortunately, none of my tunes
saw the light of day - mainly because there
wasn't much I could do with them - and
when winter time comes I like to hide away
and listen to a bit of indie, which just cannot
be created on an Amiga. Sorry,
So Octamed 6 arrives and I instantly injec-
ted some life into my own tunes. These can
be imported from other versions of Octamed
which, incidentally, was difficult to do with
version 5.
Obviously, the main difference that most
users are pleased about are the extra chan-
nels. Basically, instead of always being able to
play four samples at once you can now play
eight which in turn means you can have far
more variety and more sounds to choose from
to make your tunes.
Previously, if I made a dance tune, for
example, I usually needed a drumbeat, bass-
drum and a melody, which left only one chan-
nel to use for either cymbal crashes, hand
claps or even vocals, so the choice wasn't
exactly what I'd deem wide, So without
explaining all the new features in great detail,
which would take around -seven days, I'll grve
you an idea of the new additions, and what
you'll get for your money.
MIDI - which stands for Musical Instrument
Digital Interface - was first introduced around
version 2 and can be linked to an external
device such as a synthesiser which can be
connected through a MIDI interface which
connects to the Amiga's serial port
Basically, all the options and selection
boxes are now cleverly positioned in windows
for you to move and resize to your own prefer-
ence. The prime example of mis is the Tempo
not mffrply
*itf* why I
picked thit aft turn
Anwar m CD, J ewi'I
thin* of any reason i;
All the ususal and
more in our
monthly review of
the latest Amiga
CDs. Andy
Maddock
reveals all
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window which, usually found at home at the
top of the screen, now has its own windows.
The prime reason for this is so the options
you use a lot will have priority because the
amount of options would litter the screen
ridiculously. Also, each section of tiie actual
program is split up into around four main
windows which can be closed down, espe-
cially if you need some free memory to edit
samples or other memory-consuming
processes.
If you use Med frequently then this is an
essential purchase and one that should never
be missed, but for people like me who don't
take their Amiga music too seriously, version
5 is more than enough. However, if you have
neither, I can't recommend Octamed version
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Octamed 6
Supplier: Weird Science
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Scores
Ease of use
•5*
Implementation
W*
Value for Money
19%
Overall
9Q°<a
Two months ago we reviewed E.M
Computergraphic's second image, fonl
and clip-art package and it received 90 pei
cent. The third CD in the series has noun
arrived and I can tell you that this onf
doesn't alter E.M.C's superbly consisted
record.
The latest volume contains hundred!
of images of excellent quality along will
many more directories containing font!
and clipart This time, the clipart caugh
my eye. I tested the quality of the disc bi
thinking of different topics which I woulr.
need relevant images for to accompany
this text, and I came up with ancient pot
tery, sewing and pants of the world
Unbelievably, I found clipart suitable fo
all these pseudo-documents, and I'm stil
in shock after finding several pictures o
pants, There truly is a use for all tin
Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
QOTHINC BUT GIFS AGA
Ifce Amiga is well known for its Graphic
hterchange Format or GIF as it is more widely
■own. Basically, if you haven't worked it out
•toady the CO is devoted completely to GIF
■fctges which are always one of the best
quality formats on any home computer.
Not only will you get hundreds of
megabytes of images but you will also receive
■nous viewers such as the standard FastView
* others such as image converters and
Btetypes, There ace plenty of converting utft-
on the CO so you will never have any
1 viewing problems.
The image directory is divided into suitable
tegories, each one containing its own
ibnails file. You can J t really get better
dity pictures than the ones contained on
rs CD-ROM and the choice of pictures are
bo pretty varied. The main CD is split into
fcree directories - digitised, rendered and
Thmvo wooden toy things w*« utmd
i nrftacl your mood. It didn't work tor
*. bmcause t kepi attckina tttcm In
' positions
j res contained on the CD. As usual, all
•e pictures have been categorised correctly
ml each directory has its own thumbnails
*■£ The pictures are Of the highest quality
Jtich is nothing short of what we expect
hum E,M. Computergraphic, and the cate-
fones. as mentioned before, are of a varied
•election. Without doubt you will find
smething to use, so whether you're after
mages or dipart for desktop publishing, or
pou're after a fancy desktop picture, you'll be
| tporti for choice
The images are just the tip of the iceberg.
•ere are more volumes of postscript and
•nagine fonts, and to top it off it's all pre-
•nted in a very professional way. This is eer-
ily a CD you wouldn't ,be forgiven for
ung, A true essential.
Two ntontfrr ago we featured a- nfce cute
* to dmman»tr*tm Phac* 2, So tor Phase 3,
1 » a nice cute cat with? m cuto dog!
hand-drawn pictures - and in each directory
there are a number of categories.
The whole CD is polished off by an excel-
lent AmigaCuide which displays the contents
of the CD superbly. Just click on the fife name
to show the picture, along with a short
description of what you're going to be looking
aL However, some of them don't actually have
a description which does get slightly annoying,
although the thumbnails; file more than makes
up for this.
Overall, Nothing but GIFS is a very high
quality CD, and shouldn't be missed by any art
fan.
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Product: Nothing but GIFS AGA
Supplier:
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Price:
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Phone:
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Scores
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Implementation
90%
Value For Money
92%
Overall
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Product:
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Supplier:
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Implementation
93%
Value For Money
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Overall
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Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
□
RTWORX
Our collection of image CDs has grown
immensely over the past few months and the
best so far has been Phase 2 by EM
Computergraphic. Other than that, ail the others
have come way down the line. However, most
of these CDs are under a tenner so they usually
just about warrant their pr ice tag.
The images contained on Artworx are of a
fairly standard quality and most of the pictures
are contained on other cheap CDs elsewhere.
So what can you expect for your £9.997
The images are split up into various cate-
gories ranging from the usual Dogs to Cars, so
there are no annoying pictures refenesf to as
something like ' 10034/ 1 Q' which is probably
just a Chaffinch pecking at a nut
All the images have come courtesy of various
Amiga artists and every single one is in colour
whkh is a bonus - especially when you own a
colour printer, although for something as wide-
spread as desktop publishing the choices are
not so vast
Although £9,99 is a nice cheap price for a
packed CD, the images aren't particularly out-
standing and you'll be pushed hard to find
anything good enough to use yourself.
,' > Hot only dooi Artworx contain a variety ot
images, there's also at hundla of rtorwogramm
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Weird Science
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90%
Implementation
Value For Money
Overall
91%
E
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Owo printers, two inkjet printers, to
be precise, from the two biggest
manufacturers larded on my desk
_the other day. The Epson Stylus
Color : b and the Hewlett Packard DeskJet fi^OC
are from the new range rjf inkjet printers that
tan manage an incredibly high resolution.
The high quality resolutions like the ones
that these printers offer mean that printers are
getting to the point where they can provide a
cheaper alternative to reprints of photographs,
especially if you have the right quality paper
available.
Both of the primers on test today share cer-
tain features. They can print art very high reso-
lutions (720dpi for the Stylus and 600dpi for
the DeskJet), they both really require the use
of high quality coated paper to get the very
best results from them, and they are bath just
about cheap enough to make even the most
thrifty DTP'er look twice. Both printers also use
the cartridge system that is fast becoming
standard, where the black ink is held in a
separate cartridge.
Output
This is particularly important if you are using
the printer for all your output and not just
pictures because it will mean you use more
black than any other colour The Hewlett
Packard offers me user the facility for both car-
tridges to be used at once, meaning you get
true CMYK performance while printing pic-
tures, and it can lake a larger sized cartridge
for black, a definite bonus if you print a lot of
text in addition to all your pictures.
But first appearances can make a difference,
so how do tfiey look? Well, top points have to
go the DeskJet for this, although even it
doesn't seem to be up to the same standard I
have come to expect from Hewlett Packard.
The printer's case is somewhat plasticity and
because there is such a lange amount of room
inside the case, the glowing LEDs that show
the printer's status, etc shine onto the back of
the printer's rnsides which doesn't look too
good.
However, overall construction is superior to
the Stylus which continues Epson's odd tradi-
tion of seemingly leaving the design of their
printers to the last minute, The Epson printer
itself is much smaller than the DeskJet, but has
a fold out sheet of plastic underneath to ad as
the Stylus' paper tray,
To be honest, I think I would rather have a
moulded tray like that on the DeskJet that:
a) doesn't look as flimsy and
b) works more effectively
But even Hewlett Packard have been cutting
costs. The familiar smoked grey plastic paper
tray cover has gone, making the printer slightly
more noisy than the DJ500C I still occasionally
use.
In fact, noise was a problem with both
printers (not much of a problem, obviously,
when compared to dot malrix printers, but a
problem none the less). Now, I should really
point out that 1 wasn't actually using me print-
ers in the best possible location for deadening
noise, but I was running out of room in my
office, so they both ended up having to stand
somewhere where noise could come from the
punch up
Hewlett Packard and Epson are probably the two
biggest names in desktop printers. Frank Nord
sees how their latest output matches up
Amiga Computing
APRIL J 996
I know we mention Studio every time we do a pf inter neuiew or round-up, which must make it
the single most publicised piece of software for the Amiga other than Workbench, but it does
bear reiterating. If you want to get the best passible results from your printer get a copy of
Studio. Thafs all. Just factor the extra Fifty quid into your budget for a printer and make sure you
get it.
tattOm of the printer as well as the top, sides
tod front
Despite this, both the printers, particularly on
tie head clean or startup cycles, were noisier
ton I had expected. But hey, 'you don't really
«e about the noise do you? What you care
tfxuit i$ output, output, output
Both printers performed pretty well with a
Mriety of types of output, from a high
••solution render (1000x1500 pixels), to a
Standard D Paint screen, from a general OTP
layout from Pag eSt ream 3 (which supports
both printers with its new XPD files), to output
from a text editor using printer fonts.
In my opinion, the DeskJet outperformed the
Epson in terms of output quality, notvuifhstand-
ng the Stylus' higher resolution, but the Epson
was faster than the DeskJet, particularly in the
PageStream 3 tests because SoftLogik have
1 token advantage of the fact that the Stylus can
skip blank lines.
Actually, the Epson showed signs of band-
ing when running on normal paper, but this
improved with the high quality paper Epson
gave us for the review, but then Epson
themselves say that you shouldn't try 720dpi
printing on plain paper
Unfortunately, the lack of a fourth colour for
printing with the Stylus meant that black was
created by mixing the other three colours,
resulting in poor quality at low point sizes. This
manner of printing will also increase costs if
you intend mixing colour with black on your
pages, unless, of course, you are willing to try
and overprint your pictures afterwards.
Another plus point in the DeskJets favour is
the quality of the ink they use. Even in areas of
dense coverage, the HP's ink doesn't seem to
bleed too much and paper wrinkles are kept to
a minimum.
So if s still neck and neck as we go into the
final decision. Which will win?
A plus point in the DeskJet's
favour is the quality of the
ink they use. Even in areas
of dense coverage, the HP's
ink doesn't seem to bleed
too much
INAL
WORDS
Well, if I had to pick one of these two, It
would have to be the DeskJet The Stylus is
much cheaper, has a higher theoretical res-
olution, and is faster under certain condi-
tions, but the DeskJet gave the feel of a
quality piece of hardware, is backed by
Hewlett Packard's globally reknowned
name, and gave results that were still
impressive. Until Epson solve the problems I
encountered with banding and the general
tacky design of the Stylus, I'm not going to
buy one for myseff.
Bott om
'line
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BLACK recommended
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Product details
Product
Hewlett Packard DeskJet 850C
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75<V»
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TS4fc
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75%
Overall
75%
Product
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Product
Epson Stylus
Colour lis
Supplier
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01734 303681
Price
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Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
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Oetting online to the Internet has
never been an easy business for
the Amiga user. Sure, the Amiga
has all the necessary software to
get on and use the Internet, but the trouble is
that the main source of software is On the
Internet itself, and even if you had all the soft-
ware you have to be a fairly well experienced
Amiga hand, and have a smattering of Internet
knowledge.
The major stumbling block when trying to
set up the software is how you configure it
The Internet uses the TCP/IP protocol to trans-
fer information between all the machines
connected to it. Currently, the most widely
available version for the Amiga is AmiTCP -
originally shareware the latest version is
commercial. Even though it is a very good
TCP/IP stack, every piece of' Interne* software
you want to use with it has to be separately
configured, which for even experienced users
is easier said than done.
The only real solution is to provide a single
complete package, giving the user a configured
TCP/IP stack along with all the necessary
Internet tools, all set up and ready to run,
Originally, only a few Internet providers gave
this sort of support for Amiga owners, and
then the software was onSy really just ade-
quate. However, the planned Amiga
Technologies Surfer pack looks like it could kill
both of these problems in one tell swoop.
Amiga Technologies are quite lucky with the
most important part ol the pack, the TCP/IP
stack. Before the demise of Commodore, one
of the last useful things they managed to
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forth coming Surfer
Pack is almost upon
us, and Neil Mohr
has gathered all the
packages together to
take a sneak preview
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St^P
produce was AS225 - their very own imple-
mentation of a TCP/IP stack - which by all
accounts is very good, bettef than AmiTCP.
However, up until now it has only been
available to registered: developers.
The Surfer pack will see the first official pub-
lic release, which in the long run will probably
mean little to owners of the Surfer pack, but it
will be the last remnants of the old
Commodore to be seen by Amiga users. We do
not yet know what implementation of AS225
will be used, but it may be one written by a
third party - possibly iNet225 by Interworks, an
American Amiga company specialising in
networking.
From the initial versions of the Surfer pack
we have looked ait, the software is going to be
veiy good, but there are a few surprises. Firstly,
Just from this quick look at the programs that will be provi-
ded in the Surfer Pack, ft looks (ike it should be an excellent
buy. AmIRC and AmFTP are both extremely well written
programs and provide every function you could want in
both types of program, all backed up with an interface a
fool could use. MindWalker is made by the same people, so
hopefully the same can be expected of that even though I
would not expect it to match NetScape, Voodoo also looks
the part and is again very easy to use, which is what is really
needed in such a package.
Currently, the only possible problem with the pack is that
there seems to be little newsgroup support. Normally, Web
browsers do allow you to access these groups, and do work
very well with text only entries. We will have to wait for the
final pack to see what newsgroup functions MindWalker
will have.
When the Surfer pack finally hits the street we will be
able to comment on how well everything has been integra-
ted. It's no good having great programs if they are hard to
run, but by all accounts, the pack looks and runs great and 1
cannot see any reason why the final version shouldn't too,
Amiga Computing
APRIL i 9 96
NVISIBLE MAIL
Wm Surfer mail package is called Voodoo which is a full Mime-compatible mailer.
««i only deals with plain teat, which is fine for text messages, but if you need to
id anything else such as pictures, sounds or programs you have to specially encode
cr email transmission. The: recipient of ttie mail then has to cut out the picture part
'the mail and decode it - not the most elegant system in the world.
Uroe is an attempt to make this encoding/decoding process invisible to the user.
■»en sending mail you can simply include pictures and the such by dragging and
tapping them into the mail window, oi via a file requester. Each erf these files are
ti crested as separate parts at the mail that you can view by cficking on the icon
t»ch appears in the speed icon bar. When the person on the receiving end gets their
«•! they will see exactly the same thing.
Voodoo seems very simple to use. With all the mails listed in the top section of the
■ndow, and with support for multiple mail boxes and a straight forward e-mail
address book Voodoo certainly looks the part and provides everything you need.
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docussioi groups and talk about every subject
•naginable, and probably a few you cannot.
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fcom the Surfer pack. The version we have
been testing is only a beta but after using it for
a while, I can safety say AmIRC is going tp be
one of the best IRC dients on any computer,
never mind the Amiga.
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confronted with a list of servers that you can
connect from - you would normally use your
Internet pmvider. Once you have selected your
server, AmIRC can be made to auto-join a
channel so you can jump straight into your
favgurite channel. The main AmIRC window
allows you to access just about every feature
of the IRC. As you would expect, the major
part of the interface is taken up with the talk
window, but an extremely handy window, lists
all the other users on the current group, along
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callad TCP/IP. the major one
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latest Amiga PD.
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APRIL 1996
setup has most of the mofe useful JRC func-
tions, such as DCC transfer and talk which allow
files and messages to be sent direct to another
IRCer.
AmFTF is the VaporWare FTP client As with
AmIRC this is an excellent, well thought out
program. When you first run it you get a large
list of FTP sites into which you can enter more,
along with the normal log-in routine and
directory that you use.
A really helpful option here is to connect as
an ADT server, which I think is an Aminet-only
phenomena, but it allows you to connect to an
Ami net site and get a list of the most recent
uploads, sorted by date or subject, This makes it
so easy to get alt the latest programs, and as
Am FTP remembers when you last connected,
you only see the programs from days you have
not connected,
For normal FTP, use AmFTP which is an
absolute dream. One of the major problems
with other FTP programs is that their response
time to user Input is terrible. You press an abort
button and are lucky if you get a response a
minute later. As Am FTP has completely asyn-
chronous transfers, the main program can
respond instantly to any user requests.
Unfortunately, the only piece of software
from Vaporware that we have not been able to
cast a critical eye over is the Web browser.
Originally known as Voyager, it has managed to
find a name change for the Surfer Pack to
Mi rid Walker,
MindWalker is again a MUI program and
from what we have seen it handles forms - an
absolute necessity for a Web browser - and has
eight network connections mart allow multiple
web page graphics to be loaded at the same
time, so greatly reducing the time it takes to
load a single page. This is a big problem with
AMosaic as it gfeatly increases the amount pf
time you are left hanging around for pages to
load. With multiple connections, text and
graphics are loaded simultaneously.
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tfie Zip drive's book with its stylish, designer
looks that are as far from the original
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drive may be new, but it has its
roots firmly based in early 'SO's
technology,
Pedigree
However, you needn't be worried by this
SyQuest's pedigree - it is far in advance of the
early 40Mb drives with their noise, slow
speeds and unreliability. The EZ drive is not
only compact, but it is also very quiet, fast to
spin up, read and write, and very reliable in
the time I've had it for review, I can honestly
say that I'll be sorry to see it go,
If you want to know just how fast it ib. the
EZ drive gives me speeds of about two and a
half meg a second according to the notoriou-
sly inaccurate Syslnfo, only half a meg short of
what I get from my hard drive, I tried it in a
more 'real world' setting, copying animations
from a hard drive to the EZ drive and from
RAM to it, and you couldn't really tell it apart
from a hard drive.
The EZ drh/e is obviously going to be com-
pared with Iomega's Zip, so lets do rt, The Zip
drive still looks nicer than the SyQuest in my
opinion, with a real BladeRunner feel to it, but
the SyQuest feefs more solid. The EZ Drive is
also more eipensive, at about £240 compared
to £1 90 for the Zip, but the cartridges cost the
same price and you get an extra 30-odd Mb
of space on them. I don't know if there is a
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Overall though, the E2 drive h wed deserving
of a Blue Chip award, so we've given it one.
If you want to know
just how fast it is, the
EZ drive gives me
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APRIL J 996
Of there was ever an accounts
package that had its roots on an
Amiga, you would definitely be
— able to point to The Counting
House as a prime example. How many
accounts packages on other platforms even
know the term metaphor - let alone use it?
The metaphor that The Counting House is
based around is that of a house (surprisingly
enough) with rooms holding various details
dealing with traders, inventory, management
and so on.
The program has up to nine levels of
security which are all managed through the
Management room and three levels of famil-
iarity which allow you to choose exactly how
much handholding you need. The Counting
House comes with an on-line manual and
printed tutorials in addition to the extensive
password protection tist which, curiously, is
about 100 pages of plant descriptions.
Fortunately, the way the password protection
works is far friendlier than most games.
Along with the usual page, line and word
numbers, you get a tetter count for the word
in question making it easier to narrow down
whether you need to account for blank lines,
headings and so on in your line count.
Counting out
some money 1
I A complete business accounting system
based on an Amiga? Frank Nord investigated
EFFICIENT
The Counting House is not your average
accounts package and it does things a little
differently to how you might expect. It has
grown out of a need for i business accounts
package for Applied Research Kernel over a
period of about ten years and is actually
used in-house as well as being made avail-
able to other users. If you are familiar with
standard stock management/purchase&sales
ledger-type systems like Accpac or other sim-
ilar products, you'll find it difficult at first to
find your feet But as the bewilderment
wears off, you will see that The Counting
House's way of doing things can be a lot
more efficient
The whole system hangs off a Super&ase
4 professional runtime module and consists
of a variety of databases that are all interre-
lated. The user never sees this because they
are hidden behind a set of forms that have
been created either to suit a standard Hi-res
screen (540*256) Of Hi-resLace screen
(640*512). The forms are all very well laid
out, presenting the information you would
expect to see where you would expect to see
it, and are all in a muted and very business-
like mid-blue.
Every time you start The Counting House it
sets up temporary directories in RAM: to help
speed processing up, but everything is con-
stantly backed up onto the hard drive so a
crash needn't mean that you lose everything.
The fact that The Counting House is actu-
ally a SuperBase database means that users
of SuperBase will be instantly at home with
the way it works, but people coming from
other accounts package backgrounds will not
appreciate the fact that you can't overtype
fields or leave data entry mid-way through a
form. However, they will like the easy access
to features and the clear requesters that
SuperBase affords the user.
So let's work our way through the installa-
tion of a fully-blown cash and credit account-
ing system. To start with you are asked vari-
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ous details like your company's name and
address and trading name, if any. Vou wilj
also be asked your position in the company,
whether or not your company is VAT regis-
tered, and other pertinent detaib.
Your next task will be to enter some
inventory, but if you're a bit confused as to
how to go about doing this, there are guided
tours to entering information in all the sec-
tions of The Counting House in the Quick
Tour Hall in The Counting House. Assuming
you've already read this (you can print the
information out too), you should find it rela-
tively easy to enter some stock items. Your
inventory can consist of Vatrable items, items
with barcodes, items with serial numbers,
and many other identifying features, Using
SuperBase's multimedia features, you car
even have pictures of your stock or, perhaps
you might be running a record shop, you
might want to have samples for each CD yw
stock (of course, you might need to talk u
the Performing Rights Society about having
samples of people's records on youi
machine),
The inventory database also allows foi
additional information if size is actually
important or for related items and so on. Yoi
can set up your buying price and your selftrtj
price to distributors, retail and end users, al
with settings for volume discounts, spetia
offers, or end-of line discounting if you wish
Special offers can have end-o'-sale datei
attached to them to make sure your staf
aren't underselling products, and to top it al
off you can view the inventory database a
three different levels of complexity, depend
Ing on your needs.
Okay, so we've entered some items thl
we want to stock and/or sell on. If we no*
O If J n gaud jab H>ie
manigeniMl ream JM*
an-line help
he Dictionary
This is a searchable database of information that can be entered on such diverse topics i
postage information, company rules and regs, addressing, basically anything you can think of. 6<
you have to enter it all in. The problem with this is that SuperBase's text field entry doesn't su|
port pasting text from the clipboard or loading text in, so you'll have to fill out each descriptw
from scratch without the benefit of any editing features like moving the cursor a word at a tirr
or selecting a block of text
Once you have entered all your descriptions you can also add flags and filters to furth
categorise each bit of information and add external files for further explanation (for instance,
you were to enter an emergency plan for fires, you could have a map of your building showir
tine available exits).
it
Amiga Computing
APRtL 1996
let up two traders we can arrange it so that
•e buy from one of them and sell oar stock
on to the other. The version of The Counting
House- I am reviewing deals with both cash
and credit accounting so that we can sell
direct to
end-users on a cash basis while deferring our
payments to our suppliers until the end of
the month. Entering company data is just as
*§sy as entering inventory data, and just like
n the inventory section (and indeed every
other section) of The Counting House, you
an click your left mouse button on any of
labels in a form and get a helpful
«equester up explaining what the field is used
For companies you can specify whether
you are buying from them or selling to them,
and whether this is on a cash or credit basis,
'ou can also subdivide your trader entries
categories like advertising, public rela-
is and so on r to provide greater flexibility.
Once you have set up your trade accounts,
you can start the process nf commerce very
by just going to the 'process' menu in
traders database. This will bring up a new
form that represents a purchase order. You
can then choose from your inventory the
items you wish to order and The Counting
House will present you wrth a default price
you are accustomed to paying for these
goods (which you would have previously
entered in the Inventory database). All these
items then get put onto your purchase order
which can then be printed out and faxed or
posted to your supplier,
When you are entering a purchase or sales
order you can even state the method by
which you contacted your supplier, or how
your customer contacted you. whether by
phone, fax, mail or in person. For some
entries like these you are also offered an 'any
method' option ri" you are not interested in
tracking things like this, Another aspect that
offers the 'any method' option is payment
where you can choose from direct debit,
standing order, cash, cheque or credit card
options, along wrth that handy any method.'
Okay, so that's the traders and inventory
sections looked at, but what of the library, the
dictionary, the agenda and the management
rooms? Well let's start wrth the library
□
HE LIBRARY
The Counting House is a pretty unique program
in the fact (hat it allows you (and your business)
to collate information tfwt might not be consid-
ered necessary to an accounting package, but
which, nevertheless, is very useful. The library s
(here to catalogue media like CD-ROMs, records.
HE AGENDA
books, videotapes or any other form of
reference material I hawen't worked out how to
link the irarys database with my inventory so
that I tan s*npV cross-reference the two, but I
have little doubt that even if it can't be done
right now. t wfl on»y be a matter of time.
The agenda room acts as an organiser for the whole company which acts in conjunction with the
personnel file in the management room to allow for crass-scheduling of appointments and
inter-personnel messaging.
EJ
ANAGEMENT
This is the mother of all rooms in The
Counting House. It has so many options it is
hard to know where to start The management
room itself is subject to personnel restrictions
with only people wrth a security rating of five
or higher (the highest is nine) being allowed
access,
Once inside a higher security rating is
required for certain operations. As previously
noted, it is here that you enter personnel
details and set security levels and passwords
for your employees. But that merely scratches
the surface.
As you'll see from the screengrab, there are
more buttons here than I would ever be able
to cover in s two page review, but they tend to
deal with configuration of the various databas-
es, setting flags and fillers and doing final
accounts, profit and loss statements and other
such important financial data,
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DO YOU
ACCEPT CASH?
There is a cash only version of
The Counting Hause suitable far
shops and other ncn-cndit
based companies. Puked 01 only
£59.95 you might actually want
to spend the extra £40 and get
the full version-
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APRIL 1996
ONCLUS10NS
The Counting House is a very serious piece of
software that really can't have justice done on it
in a brief two page review, but in the time I
have had to njn through its features it has been
solid, and even when I crashed the machine on
purpose the amount of data that I lost was
minimal. The approach that The Counting
House has will almost certainly confuse people
used to the more traditional approach favoured
by packages like Sage and AccPac, but The
Counting House's power lies in this as much as
anything else. I would hope that the author
continues to expand on the on-line help as the
lack of a full book-based manual Is somewhat
disconcerting M times, particularly since the
user cannot access help hies while entering
data- Overall though The Counting House is an
impressive entry in the shrinking library of
serious applications that the Amiga can boast
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Supplier
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Tel
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Price.
£99.95
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the great pluses of Amiga
■ach J is the ability to add back-
I *nages to both the desktop and win-
u do this via the WBPattern program
- Prefs drawer.
> On choose from the eight preset patterns,
pour own, or even load in a picture. The great
knit wBPattern is that it tiles small images to fill up
iop or window. This proves an excellent way of display-
Ems without wasting precious RAM. As long as your pattern can
' up on all edges you'll have no problems.
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Part 4
• Oerrrh tries SHlsIf i"™ g «i to fit the ticxklop and window* *o that
i create rtunnirtg baekttrt>p f with vary littta HAM
If you want to become an
Amiga expert and leave
behind beginner's blues,
here's a helping hand to
set you on your way
1
ustomising
Shell
Q2
IT
f there are certain files on your
ro-'kbench that are vitally important you
On actually protect them from deletion
«d even stop prying eyes from reading
pour personal information.
The command that lets you lock away
your secrets is called Protect and allows
fou to set certain protection flags, associa-
ted with the file you are working on. Lefs
MMgffie you had a file called Bootup in
tf>e Utilities drawer which you wanted to
protect from deletion.
In order to do this you would load up
the Shell and type in:
ret ynribrishJ. 0:llt1 htiu/leotiit -d
To unprotedthe file you would type:
let Y(rkt(ntfc].QiU[ii. Hitn'Bost^p ts
If you want to stop people from reading
your text files or any other file in fact, sim-
ply use the following (substituting
Text/Finances with the appropriate path
and filename):
protect W[irtb*JKliLO:Teit/Fi.'iancti -r
And to unprotect it:
■• y»rkkKickJ.J;Tt«t/ffnwtM +r
ff 5 as simple as that,
Although the Shell
requires you to work
in DOS (Disk
Operating System), St
is far more powerful
and quicker than
performing functions
from the Workbench
menus, And, just like
Workbench, it can be customised to a certain
extent
The biggest gripe with Shell is it small size
and important information often bleeds off the
bottom of the window. Sure, you can re-size it
but wouldn't it be nice if you could set the size
permanently? Well, you can and it's simply a
case of clicking the Shell window once and
selecting Information... from the Icons menu.
In the Tool Types gadget you will see
something like:
VEHOII=C0ll!d/5(]y/1]D'liigiShtLL'CI.CSE
It is this line that allows you to alter the size of
the Shell as well as a few other useful attribu-
tes, The complete syntax of the WINDOW
command is:
y ; H D>:-y =■: pn : sc ' y ■■ n i d t h ( ' h e i g h t / c i" t L e /opt i p*i
Don't worry too much about the option part
(see the Jargon Box), it is the x, y, width and
height settings that are of interest to you. By
clicking the Sine in the Tool Types you can edit
these values to suit your own requirements -
you could even change the title for that
personal touch.
i
t L.,«„
■41 Itirlup
a-jj \*MMm mJAvw i L *m . uiti
O CuiionuBni) the Shell I*
entramatv c«y md utmost
Mil its attribute* cart ba
attBrod m come way
mm
in swiii trt- a
ilocv :-NJi:
'(Ai.lUB'i'iWHt'lLMiB!.
(f you own a hard drive, the prospect of
backing it up can be fairly harrowing.
However, there are several short-cuts which
will considerably reduce the time and" disk
space taken to back up.
As you progress with your Amiga you'll
find that the C directory rapidly starts to fill
up with your own programs, and you'll soon
become confused as to what the original C
files are and which are the ones you've
added. In the end, you'll most probably end
up backing up the entire C directory which
will mean more disks.
One way around this is to create another
drawer called C2 in the same directory as C
in which you can copy all the programs, you
have added. You then need to add a new
Assign in the Startup-
Sequence using Ed.
Open the Shell and
enter:
lUtftEt 3JrH i\ti
l"l|» «llt-: Ci fYtiC* kit
m in lares
:t« Kir. Kfcicti: ncwirrl
O Sara time and disk
space whan hacking up by
mopnratirm Workbench,
mpacifle film* from ones
you Have added
Hi SMtBTCup-SttUlUCE
Now, under the line
which reads Resident
>NIL: C:Execute PURE
add the following :
Assign Mils C: [Kzti *P:
You can then save the new Startup-
Sequence file by pressing Esc, X and then
Return,
This new line informs the Amiga OS to
look in C2 as well as C for any files it would
expect to find in this directory. And in the
future, all you need to do is back up the C2
directory.
Amiga Computing
APRtL 1996
□
OOKS WITH BUTTONS
One of the most welcome additions to Workbench 3 was Multiview.
Multiview uses a hypert^Kt language that provides the user with an inter-
face capable of displaying text, viewing pictures, and listening to sound
samples. In fact, Multiview is limited only by the file datatypes present in
your Datatypes drawer in Devs,
The great thing about this program is that you can simply click on a
button within text displayed in Multiview and skip to another section of
text.
Many commercial programs now use Multiview for their on-disk docu-
mentation. Provided you have the correct datatype, you can direct text,
pictures and sound samples to Multiview by clicking once on their icon,
selecting Information... from the icons menu and typing in the Default
Tool gadget:
liS:VtHMit/Hittt*1«n
A file will only display buttons if it has, been written in the Multiview lan-
guage, but even for reading plain text it is certainly far better than most
other text readers which can't even display pictures or play sounds.
Morbbtndi Scf Mfi
3 1 Help Contents
UeLcone to th* OctrfO help systen. The fallowing topics are available;
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fonteniri
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Introduct ion
Those upgra ding trow W,
Tht user interface
Instillation
<-- Read first if you an new to tktaHED
n>nn*
M indent
Hi in screen.
Player connaods
Keyboard shortcuts
ft ClicJc any boxed text to see nore infornation on that subject.
ft Use the up and (town arrow km to reveal nore of a topic.
* For piopo detailed infornation on initio this help file; pr«s the "Help"
kev-
("I MultitriBw allows you to r*ao" 1**1. »«w orctuT** and listen to sound sample*
AM NOT A
NUMBER
When using the Shell for certain tasks you
mil invariably come up against the
Amiga's error messages. Unfortunately,
most are pretty vague so here is a list of
the most commonly encountered error
messages, there meanings and recovery
suggestions:
115 Required argument missing - you
have failed to type in the command cor-
rectly. Check the command instructions
and try again.
ll B Too many arguments - you have
entered too many arguments to the com-
mand. Check the command instructions
and try again.
121 File is not executable - you have
either misspelled the command or the file
may not be a loadable type such as a text
file. Check the file type and try again.
202 Object is in use - the specified file or
directory is already being used by another
application. If a program is reading a file
no other program can write to it and vice
versa. Stop the application that is using
the file or directory and try again.
IDS Object already exists - the name
that you specified already belongs to
another file Of directory. Use another
J name or delete the existing file or
directory.
20S Object not found - AmigaDOS can-
not find the file or device you have speci-
fied. Check the filename and retry the
command.
225 Not 9 valid DOS disk - the disk in
the drive is not an AmigaDOS disk, it has
not been formatted or it is corrupt Check
the disk for compatibility and if ihe disk
worked before use a recovery program to
salvage its files,
Jargon
.box
WtNOQW-CQHj/y/wititii/htiqh
X-the nvrnbtt (if pptels iiom the
left edge of the stFrtft to the left
border v( the window
f-tlte number of purtft from eta
top ot the sowefi to the too of tft?
window
MeJh - the vM of the windowin
phrh
h6$t - rfir height of Ihe window
in pixels,
tVe - the iert Shot appears in the
window tide bar
O.05E (option} - the •wmdem htri
oil the standard googets, including
a that gadget
M/TO (option) the wHndawoutv-
motkally appears when Iftt pro-
gram needs input or produces
input. The window nan only be
dosed wrtri tne tNtXS command
BKXBtaP (option) - (ft* window
appears on fte desktop behind aH
the workbench mndbHK The only
gadget m the window border is
the room gadget
NCeCWDE* (option) - the wiodtM
opens without any left ar bottom
window border
tfODMG (opoofi) - the window
cwifltf be dragged
NOSUC (option) - the window
only has a depth gadget
5D6SSV (option) - At window w»
appear ait a public screen. fau
must specify the name of the
screen ofer the SCftfEMfoptfon
SSMftf (option) - if yaa enlarge
ffie window, the tent wti) npand In
(ill the rttwty available space,
allowing you to see tent dvt has
been atoHed out of the window
SMART (option) - if pW enkrige
the window, the tent datf net
expand to SH the newly available
spate
WAIT (option) - Ihe window con
only be closed by selecting the
dosegadgei
Unable to open your tool 'c: readme*
Cancel |
f 1 Make sure Icons mn pointing; to the comfcet Default Tool
tile otherwise yw'tt gat thia awror rmqvater
ISSINC TOOLS
When copying programs to your had drive or
floppy disk you may, at times, be required to
alter certain information so that the program
will function correctly, This is mostly the case
with text file documents, commonly known as
readme files and you may already be familiar
with the alert requester stating:
UhibLe to mr your ten I ::mpp'
If you click once on the icon of the text file
and select Information.., from the Icons menu
on Workbench you be able to see the actual
program being called in the Default Tool gad
get - in the example above it would bi
e:mmpp. You can then change this Defaul
Tool setting to the location of your text reade
on your hard drive or floppy disk. This vtrouli
most likely be:
HrlhKU.t:vtitft1trflftUli1ti
Multiview is the Workbench 3 supplied tej
reader, You may have a preferred text readc
of your own, in which case just type it
location and name instead.
B
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As you become proficient with Workbench and An it; a DOS {Disk Operating System), you w
find that much of your time is spent copying and deleting files from the C and 5 directorie
These directories are not immediately visible, so you may want to attach a drawer icon to ther
so that you can simply drag files to their location rather than using the Shell. The best way to d
this is to load up IconEdit and use the default drawer icon, Make sure the icon type is set I
drawer and then simply save the icon as -Cinfo or S.info in the directory these drawers are loc:
ted in. They will now always be visible, You could also perform this procedure for the Libs an
Fonts directories,
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■(teffung a drawer icon to the actual directory
Amiga Computing
APRIL , 996
Onew text editor is hardly going to
set the world alight Most people
have a tefl editor lurking on their
hard drive and at some point are
pjing to have to use iL For many, this will mean
battling with the original Commodore Ed, whkh
rely usable. Anyone that has owned an
Amiga for a while would normally have got hold
ufa better one, either from the public domain -
Cold Ed springs to mind - or from one of the-
(nmmercial editors such as CygnusEd or Turbo
Text, both of which are competent at their jobs
and vurll take some beating.
Digrtal Quill comes on one disk along with a
*iy thorough manual cowering every part of the
program, including to extensive ARsxx port The
initial installation is straightforward thanks to
rhe use of the Amiga Installer, and allows you to
hae Digital Quill set up for use with either Dice
C SA5 C or Bench mark Modula-2, This sets the
program up with preset hot keys, menus, and
speed buttons for compiling programs direct
from the Digital Quill interface.
Debates
The first thing you are going to notice when
you fun Digital Quill is that it has a button bar
running across the top of its window. Whether
this is of any reaf use or not is debatable, but
She; way it is there tor you if you want it A
wry powerful feature is the macro recorder
which allows any combination of key presses
and functions tg be recorded and played back
ft amy time, or saved off as an ARexx script for
future use as an external Digrtal Quill macro.
These macros alfow you to automate repetitive
tasks such as reformatting a table or document,
and, as they are ARexx scripts, allow other
rumplex functions to be performed.
One problem not just with Digrtal Quill but
«*h just about all Amiga text-related programs,
is (hat there is no way to search and replace for-
matting commands such as tabs, returns and
new paragraph marks. The only program I am
aware of that allows you to do this is
rVordwofth. Digital Quill's search and replace
facility offers all the usual limited controls along
with the ability to use the full set of Amiga wild-
cards. So a search an Text#? will spot every
B
word beginning with text, Comparing Digital
Quill against other editors means it has to com-
pete with the speed of CygnusEd and the sys-
tem compliance and configurability of Turbo
Text, but overall ft does a good job on both
counts. Firstly, it is completely style guide com-
pliant so can be run on any screen, including
RTC boards such as the Picasso H, and it has
font sensitive windows and menus so it looks
the part too.. Speed wise it loads and saves as
fast as CygnusEd, and matches it tor scrolling
speed around even very large documents.
Finally, its full ARexx port cannot be faulted.
Where Digital Quill does fall down is when
you start editing large documents. Whereas
CygnusEd and Turbo Text wifl not even show
any sign of strain, Digital Quill seems to slow a
little. In CygnusEd, if you hold the return key
down new lines will be added as fast as usual,
but Digital Quill's response is slow. It does have
a very comprehensive undo function allowing
many levels of undo, similar to Cygnusfd, but
again does not work as fast, with a slight delay
each time an undo is done. As an avid
CygnusEd user the editing speed is the real
problem. Even though this 'slight' delay in
editing does not make Digrtal Quill unusable,
it does detract from an otherwise
excellent program
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Though Digital Quill does not provide the flexibility that Turbo Text
does in being able to define every aspect of the program's menus, it
does have a much simpler and user-friendly way of adding macros
to the program.
From the Assign Macro menu option you get a straightforward
looking window from which you can choose to assign a command
to either a hot key, menu option, or via a new speed button. A com-
mand can be a previously saved macro, an AmigaDOS command, or
one of Digital Quill's built-in commands. If you select a Quill com-
mand you get a requester with a list of all the available commands,
odierwise you get a file requester from which you can choose a pre-
viously saved macro or AmigaDOS command,
Adding a new hot key or menu function is just a case of selecting
; the new command you require and specifying the key combination
of menu entry that you want The final method of adding a new speed button is
the Final Writer Wordworth vein. Press tew Macro, select one of the available icon images and
! Hie new command you want executing, and you have a new speed button.
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fti, - Lightwave, In recent months
Ah have come to light and we pre-
o here for pur delectation. It's a
ovdia review this time since we have
and a video tutorial guide called
Lightening
the wave
THE SPEED OF LIGHT
i start with LightSpeed, a two-hour
video magazine dedicated to
■owing Lightwave users' skills. The video
■Ms of a variety of sections with reviews
jfhtWave- related products and advertis-
«nterspersing the tutorials. The tape I
sent was from last October and to give
some idea of what was on it, we had a
I explaining how to build and animate
■hthouse scene and a corridor scene, an
: for Impact! visually demonstrating the
fits of using it, something you could
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CO, another on building spaceships out of
a review of World Construction Set, an
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The video seems to be constructed by a
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afterwards), but it is encouraging to see that
all the systems used by the tutors were still
Amigas.
The quality of the tutors was variable too,
with the lighthouse guy being particularly
unsuited to teaching. The scene he created
was nice enough, but there was no explana-
tion of what he was doing. The tutor merely
repeated back the numbers he was entering,
making for a very sterile experience, How-
ever, the rest of the tape was pretty good
and the adverts for the add-ons certainly
had more impact than their print equiva-
lents. The reviews section pulls the tape out
of the its-an -expensive -Lightwave
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the magazine held, and it would be
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Issue.
The other section that lifted the
quality of the tape was the ani
mation showcase where estab-
lished and apprentice artists'
work was shown, with Alan
Chan (author of the
Lightwave book covered later
in this review) showing off
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I would need to
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to snap up their copy of LightSpeed.
3D packages always need
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& (atest news from the Amiga gaming world,
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gend of Zeld... Oops. I mean this is a unique
game, completely original and one of its kind,
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Player Manager 2 E:
The updated version of Anco's fabulous football
simulation has arrived. Is it as good as we
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Previewed
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SYSTEM
By Andy Maddock
Vulcan Software's new releases
ort-gmouth ' S
finest who have
refused to leave
the Amiga scene
are back with a batch of
new releases which should
be making their way on to
your screens later this year,
Firstly, they are releasing
an expansion disk for the
excellent Timekeepers
which should be out soon
and will have a price tag
of just £5.99. It will contain
60 more levels which will
be made slightly harder
The second release will
please almost every gam-
es player as Vulcan have
planned to bring out the
latest Valhalla edition enti-
tled Fortress of Eve. The lit-
tle prince has now grown
up and he's after a wife. It
will have four levels, a 1000
word vocabulary, a text option for the hard of
hearing, and a brand new pseud o- isometric
view instead of overhead. And all this for only
£14,99. Watch this space.
Jhe last two releases are pretty sketchy ot the
moment, although you may be familiar with the
first, It was entitled 'Penguins' by a geezer colled
Scott Hayne, and he was going to publish the
The third Valhalla odvenime will be released (ater in the year.
tt'S certainty totnothing to look totwoni to
game himself until he found a better offer. Yep,
Scott Hayne has sold the idea to Vulcan who will
be re-designing the graphics and selling it under
the new title of Bograts. The other release Is
called Mat's World and will be similar to Valhalla
- it's a multilevel platform speech adventure
and that's about all we know. We'll keep you
posted.
I'm a rock 'n roll star
How would you like to help us In a large opera-
tion. Well, it's a big job and It Involves us wearing
protective clothing and heading for the tatty,
poor unfortunate, dying games cupboard. If you
can help us by emptying it slightly you can keep
some of the contents! But we can't Just give them
away willy niliy. Oh no.
That would be too easy, and there's loads of
excellent stuff In there too!
What we want you to do is show your creative
side in the best possible way. If you've heard of
'Everybody's Girlfriend' by David Pleasance then
you'll know what I mean.
you've got it. We want you to write a song
about the Amiga. And you are completely free to
do anything. You can Just write some lyrics, make
o tune using Gctamed, or record it on to tape.
We'll promise to look at every single one of them.
And remember - we're not expecting that much,
but if you can impress us enough we may even
send you a special prize worth around £100. And
don't forget, there will be loads of runners up
prizes.
So come on I How much does the Amiga mean
to you?
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Song Title:
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Guildhall's release schedule
.Ve have just received the latest news from
Guildhall Leisure that they ore to further their
excellent track record with more quality
software than ever before,
Firstly there Is Fears and Gloom 2 for the
CO 32, If you've been dying to play them on the
32-bit machine then your waiting Is up as you
will be pleased to know they should be avail-
able now.
Over the next month or so, w© should be
seeing a brand new gome by the name of Blitz
of Wembley
I am looking
play it the first
published by
Tennis, and the release
International Soccer which
forward to as I never got to
time around when it was
Audiogenic,
Lafe in the year we shaH also be seeing
games entitled Microlyfe Warriors and the
much awaited Brian Lara '96.
It looks like it's going to be a good year for
Guildhall with a mountain of excellent releases.
Stay tuned for more information.
Caught in the Net
rf you're looking for Amiga games on the
Internet, here are some links to get you
started. Whether It's Public Domain or
commercial demos you'll find something
on these sites.
Virtual Software library
http://vsl.cnet.com/
This contains an excellent software
searcher - it's fast, efficient and very large.
Just select 'Amiga' from the menu and
you'll be away
Ami net
ftp://src.dac.lc.ac .uk
This is probably the best place anyone
could want to go to to search all aspects
of the Amiga world It's also updated daily
so you will be able to access all the latest
software.
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This lis cm Amiga owner'? second horns. If you ate an enfnuslasf you'll
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Official System top 10
This is our up fa date, official top 10 most played games In the office. As you can see the standard of
software over the last few months has been absolutely outstanding and we hope it will continue,
Game
Publisher
Score
1. Worms
Team 17
91%
2. Sensible World of Soccer 95/96
Time Warner
92%
3. Pinball Prelude
Effigy Software
90%
4. Super Tennis Champs
Audiogenic
80%
5. Xtreme Racing
Guildhall
90%
6. Breathless
Power Computing
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■jj ANCO
lh*li Mil *nd (hti* hk- it* fc«Mf
rh* rt**v ftigftfigMd *«r*0ft is split into
quarters and each one displays graphics
feinting to certain mordents
The boot room it no longer empty as /(
a) ways used to be, It is now tut! of three
players sitting there doing nothing
Manager
Vol 1 tout 6
Carlisle surrender to
A Mailrfrtnlr
A.riflQQOCK
Blpriinfhtm City u«n a dost rw cup tic
attUHiii tftftft * baltfett C*rttfH tide
full o-f commitment. P.UakfitJftc Ttttled
the opening goal after 7 nmutes as
Ctrlif It task th* iniUkUH. . (LHiril
Struck for Bii-iminShJm C»Ik uhtn hi*
thumping yolley fron Outside Uvt box
levelled matters in the IGth ninute .
fl.MtdddCk ragndtd 0«* It* SWift} Villi
his 1th goal of the stasoft *1l*r W
minutes uith a strike that just managed
to c^osi the line to leave Carlisle to wonder unre it all
The nawspaper wiff give you an in-depth
report on the mjitch you hfl ire just played
layer Manager 2 was released last year
sometime and to be honest It was
nothing short of excellent. It received
94% in our September issue. Now
comes the pseud o data disk - well
completely new version actually.
i mentioned in my previous review that the
player's names were truly awful, especially as
they kept real life teams and then invented com-
pletely fictional names. I don't know whether
Anco acted upon my criticisms, but in the Extra
version all the names are updoted. Obviously
there's no Juninho at Middlesbrough, because for
a start they still haven't managed to assign the
clubs into their proper divisions, but a rumour did
occur that if all the real life teams were included
it would take too long for a season.
Most of the differences that have been added
to the Extra version are quite in depth, To begin
with there Is a knockout and challenge mode
where you can take on other human opponents
In a league Just to see who does best. The
challenge option Is to see how many points you
Reviewed by Andy Maddock
can possibly get. with the more points gained
resulting in better offers being received from
other clubs.
The other changes ore more or less cosmetic.
Instead of walking around an empty stadium, you
will know find the chairman sitting in the correct
seat and secretaries where they should be. but
there's still no-one in the treatment room I
To be honest, Player Manager 2 received 94%
only because of the management part being so
realistic and detailed. The actual arcade action
The new highlights are by tar the best addition.
Especially when you're winning and you're in
tha limelight all the time
I MM
How many?
Al these changes haven't really mad© the
game better because under all the make-
*nere are quite a few changes which
ore pretty annoying,
firstly, when you are ready to go off and
head for the boot room, a long wart follows
e all the results are calcuiated, When
each wart lasts around two minutes, at the
*nd of the season you will have waited well
over an hour. Surely there's something else
ihwhlle you could be doing. If you try sit-
ing absolutely still for an hour, you'd prob-
er, v Qo mad!
The last annoying feature is probably the
rst In the entire world and was fairly well
hidden in the last version. There used to be
tree disks - one to load the game, the sec-
ond for the management, and the third for
tti© arcade bit. Consequently, if you wan-
to just play the management side it was
no problem because you always kept one
dsk in the drive.
Now, disaster has stuck. The introduction
of another disk has hod disastrous effects.
For example, when you wont to visit the
boot room you have to insert disk 2. and if
you want to quickly check your bank bal-
ance insert disk 4, God help you if you click
the wrong button,
At first, I thought I could sneakily get
around this problem by only visiting the
rooms from one disk, but eventually I was
told to report to the boardroom. I felt my
stomach almost dissolve into nothing as I
worried about my job security. I put on o
brave face and knocked on the door only
to hear a manly voice sounding extremely
disgruntled. Oh no, I've finally entered the
world of football management!
I come out of the room somewhat pee-
ved and also relieved because not only
had I had a warning about turning up to a
match ten minutes before kick off, I'd also
had messages from my scouts and coac-
hes complaining that they had hod no
work all seoson. And this was all because
you have to in: :sk 0v< r y time you
want to visit one of your empjoyoon
What's the problem I hear you a*? Why
didn't I just install the game to react** of
these problems? Well, this is the worst piece
of programming in the entire world. Usuaty
when someone writes a program that has
to use more than one disk they'll think to
themselves, why don't I just write a nice.
easy install script so they won't have to Bft a
finger? Marvellous.
You don't even get a sniff of hard drive
all the way through the manual - apart
from the PC version! Typical, "That's
alright," I thought to myself. I'll do it the long
way by going through Workbench, copying
all the various files into a directory, and
then assigning the volumes. It would take
time of course, but at least if J d be better in
the long run.
What do I find when Workbench loads
up? 'DFO: Is not a DOS disk'. Excellent - I'm
not playing this anymore,
£ To be honest
Player Manager 2
received 94% only
because of the
management part
being so realistic and
detailed *
was pretty pathetic, I suppose I could have
■ ed the gome down slightly because of this,
although you could switch it off and just watch or
manage.
Although this option is still present in the Extra
-ersion, there is also the addition of two new fea-
tures, One is a scoreboard which shows rubbish
pictures of various incidents happening on the
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lights option splits the screen into quarters and
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press conferences to answer the
question* posed by the press
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the information at once, although
unfortunately it's tar too aljtnd
Final word
If you're a very patient per-
son who would wait a life-
time just for a beloved man-
agement simulation to finish
mulling over some simple
calculations, then Player
Manager 2 would be a
great purchase. If some
extra thought went into the
actual technical side of the
game it could have been
absolutely excellent, possh
bly even the greatest ever
football game in the world.
The game is there, the statis-
tics are there, everything is
almost there, but the lock of
thought spoils everything,
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review
Binary
Emotions
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developed
the game,
taking their
inspiration
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on the SHES
PUBLISHER
Team 17/Ocean
DEVELOPER
Binary Emotion
PRICE
£25.99
DISKS
HD INSTALL
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SUPPORTS
A12O0/4000 + CD32
This is on© of those games that seems
like it's been In the pipeline forever.
Some games just pop up out of the
blue in a reviewable state with no intro-
duction at alt whereas others meander along,
eventually appearing when they're goad and
ready. Speris is in the latter category, and when, a
title takes this long to appear, you build yourself
up for something really special, So does It live up
to our high expectations?
On first impressions the answer is yes - the
graphics look bright and cheerful and a lot of
Enter the jratoc* to find out
your mission from the king
Legacy
Reviewed by Tina Hackett
attention to detail has obviously been paid but
when you start playing, things are a little slow to
say the least. There are plenty of characters to
interact with and places to explore but it's the
amount of repeating yourself you have to do -
walking around the same places and talking to
the same people Just becomes exceedingly
tedious.
Well, those are only first impressions and it
would be unfair to judge the game on these ini-
tial findings, Okay, so a description of the game is
Story time
Hardly a plot that will blow your mind, but nev-
ertheless it gives the game a point. Vou play
Cho, the hero, who Is on a mission to avenge his
friend's death, His friend, Kale, was murdered by
his evil brother Gallus in a quest to steal thfe king-
dom oway from him, The King promises Cho the
throne, so he sets off to fight Gallus.
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The playing screen
Object
Selection
Shows the
object Cho hms
selected
Sear*
Tho more
enemies you kill
and puzzles you
solve, thm more
points you get
Vitality Bar
Keep an my* out on
this bar us your
quest win end when
this runs, out
Weapon
Selection
Cho ha* a
choice of
weapons ^i
'tis dispoj.3/.
This shows
you which
onm he has
selected
Keys
CoUeei the
keys as
you go
around to
open doors
Experience Bar
Your
experience
builds as
the game
progresses.
Kill monsters
to build this up
Bombs
Bombs should bo
picked up on the
way to destroy
obstacles in your
path
Corns
Find the Corns in
order to buy things
from the shop
Power Bar
The bar build* up to
increase power of
some weapons
needed here, I feel. As you can probably see
from the screenshots, it takes its inspiration^ 7 7)
from Zelda on the SMES. It's an overhead adven-
f jre game which requires you to collect objects,
get past enemies, and solve pu22les. You control
the game either via the keyboard, joystick or
CD32 controller, and walk around eight different
levels on your quest. On the first level called
Sharma City, you wake up on the first day of your
adventure, adjust to your surroundings, and find
out the mission from the king. You also need to
find the sword to arm yourseff and get to grips
with collecting gems - the main form of currency
needed to buy things in shops,
You will also need to interact with other char-
acters to find out clues. However, the speech Is
When you do actually get somewhere you can
walk around the tends from a targe map
Control freaks
Control is either via the joystick,
keyboard or CD32 controller. The
controls you need to master are,
of course, walking, using weapons
(for instance, the sword or bombs)
and speaking, Whenever you
meet another character a
speech bubble will appear over
their heads and you can choose
the appropriate reply you want to
make. When you come into con-
tact with an object, an eye con
will indicate that you can exam-
ine it to see what It Is - you will
probably also get a due as to
what it can be used for later, To
access the inventory screen you
can press F2 which allows you to
look at and seiect the objects or
weapons you have collected.
4 I'm not
going to
completely
write this off
- it's still a
playable
enough
game and if
you're into
adventures
then I'm sure
you'll gain
quite a lot of
enjoyment
from it 9
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review
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Choose your speech fer clicking
on the reply you want to make
Where is it now?
Remember we previewed a very similar
game called Legends way back In
Christmas 1994? Well this was being pub-
lished by Krisalis and looked set to rival The
Sperls Legacy but unfortunately, we don't
know what on earth has happened to It,
Last we heard on the rumour mill was that
it was ready for release, but Krisalis
weren't publishing it and it had been
passed on to someone who was, But who
is the mystery company and are we ever
going to see this game? Let's hope so
because although the graphics didn't
look up to the same standards as
Speris (when we saw It anyway), it looked
very good fun and, dare I say it. more
Imaginative.
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Your homa tre*t home B&B with ail tho comforts
you'd expect - but whet about jny clues t
rather time consuming and when you've already
spoken to a character and just happen to walk
past them again, you really do have to pay atten-
tion and walk auite far away from them or you
find yourself talking to them again.
The sound effects work guite well with telepor-
tatlon effects, sword whooshes and so on, but It's
such a shame the absolutely terrible music contin-
ues throughout. The tunes do
change depending on
which area you are
In, but they're all
dreadful and the
only way to
avoid it is to turn
the music off
which is a shame
as you miss the
sound effects-
Graphics are worthy
of a mention because they are so detailed and
perfect for this style of game. The sprites look
good and blend well Into the cartoon back-
grounds, and each part of the Sperislands have
been thought out nicely, from the dinky little
rooms to outdoor scenes.
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Bye, I hope you can nake the
Kin9 happv again. It: Makes^ne
sad seeing hin tike this. He
always used to be so cheer-full
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Interact with other character to find out vital clues
Final word
These sign boards tell you where
certain places are but littte alae
To be fair there Is nothing technically wrong with this game - the graphics ore
superb, the scrolling smooth, and some of the effects, such as teleportation have
been done very well. It looks the part with some cute sprites and detailed
^Sowevef payability wasn't quite up-to-scratch and although It did deliver some
quite nice puzzles, 1 felt that some of the time you were left wondering around
without a clear Idea of where to go next or what you're supposed to be doing.
Another point which just can't be ignored is the way you have to stand in exac-
tly the right place to destroy obstacles such as flowers, It would be OK If you could
casually slash them with your sword as you walk past but oh no, sometimes you end
up spending precious minutes lining up your sprites to hit the flowers, And you do
have to destroy them because underneath mere are vital supplies and teeport
sauares Teleporting becomes rather boring at times too especially if you teleport
yourself to the wrong place and have to wander around the maze all over again
- very frustrating. Re-appearing enemies also become tedious
I'm not going to completely write this off - it's still a playable enough game and
if you're into adventures then I'm sure you'll gain quite a lot of enjoyment from it,
but for the casual player who demands to be instantly entertained by a game
fand why shouldn't we be?) then it's not going to be for you, There's too much to
ing and fro-ing for my liking, so I'll give this a miss and leave it to those who are fans
of arcade adventures.
lirtnllB
32
Previewed by Andy Maddock
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SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
TM are fast becoming one of the lead-
ing forces In the Amiga games industry,
and hopefully this new release,
Watchtower, will secure their place.
Basically, it's Commando, Yep, remem-
ber that now dusty old arcade game which you'll
Drobably find locked away in a dark room, mosf
Beefy because it's so old it'll be falling apart and
already vandalised by school kids during
tunchtimes, Commando was one of the greatest
gomes ever.
When I was little, i used to wander Into some
social place, usually with a good reason, and walk
straight past the Snooker and Pool tables and
head for the arcades to continuously ram lOp's
down their throats until they were blue in the face.
Back then it was either Frogger, Asteroids or
Commando, It was a tough choice, although they
were all frustrating so. inevitably, my temper
frayed and the machines were abruptly abused
with my feet, fists and anything I could generally
throw at them.
Well, Commando was a top-viewed
war/action game, It featured this little war guy
who had a machine gun and some grenades. I
could never remember the plot because it was
simply a cose of sticking your coin in and achiev-
ing the highest score - the intro screens barely saw
the light of day, It was set in the jungle and the
idea was to kill all the enemy, release hostages
and blow up bridges, .
After receiving a Spectrum during the '80s, I
managed to find Commando in the shops for
The- action screens are much like a cross
brlivOW Commando and Ikari Warriors
£1 .99. Blimey! A game for less than two quid! And
to this day it's still one of the greatest games ever
to grace computer screens, Not because of the
graphics or sound, but for sheer payability,
Watchtower is based on the same idea,
although It will obviously be far superior in presen-
tation and hopefully In gameplay too. You can
play two players on the screen at once and both
can battle through three different stages includ-
ing the Desert, Jungle and City, with six missions In
each one.
Just like the original Commando, there are
tanks, helicopters and other vehicles to battle
against which will take an enormous amount of
firepower to destroy, and when you've got foot
soldiers firing at you from all angles, it gives you an
idea of the challenge.
I can't remember if Commando had end-of-
level guardians, although I seem to recall a big
door where the enemy used to come pouring
out.
Insight
The enemy rate wilt increase
dramatically, especially when
you stick it on the hardest level
Watchtower is only around 75
per cent complete and
should be ready around early
April. It's already looking
pretty polished not to men-
tion, very tough. Hopefully
we'll bring you a full review as
soon as the game is in Its
complete form.
Here's some of the plot.
It's the same sort of heroic
rescue missions and
everyone loves you
£ You can
play two
players on
the screen
at once and
both can
battle
through three
different
stages j
The briefing* report wilt
take you ail around the
world on different missions
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SYSTEM
hints & tips
Hints, tips and helpful answers
on all your gaming problems.
Andy Maddock sorts them out
One of th* many Doom clonaa that has appeared
on the Amiga gome scene is Atien Bm*d 3D
Feedback
Breeding problems?
After having purchased a copy of Allen Breed 3D
and installing it onto my hard drive (not as easy as
it sounds), I then found the game icon hidden
within the drawer (call me stupid, but I thought
game icons were normally visible) and loaded It
with anticipation . As the game loaded I noticed a
definite similarity between this game and Doom
on my sister's PC (I still haven't converted her). Am
! correct In this assumption or am I dreaming?
Please find enclosed a list of codes which have
been compiled in a time consuming but very sat-
isfying way, followed by a couple of helpful tips to
ease the pain of dying so quickly.
LEVEL 1 No code needed
LEVEL 2 CMQFFJENPPHHFFFF
LEVEL 3 MIOOEDEOPPFFFFFF
LEVEL 4 KPKOFOPOHOEHFFFF
LEVEL 5 NLIAMBOOPHHFHFFN
LEVEL 6 FQIINMPOCNFFFFFF
LEVEL 7 CCCGIDOPPFEEFFFF
LEVELS PPKKNOPLJIEFMFEN
LEVEL 9 DBAMHFPPABEFIFFN
LEVEL ID JMCGDIOKPLFBDCGN
LEVEL 1 1 HKAMHHPPFfFFFFFF
LEVEL 1 2 DPIOCKPPEEEBFFFF
LEVEL 13 OLKOLEOOAPEIAIHP
LE VE L 1 A GG AOLM OOMNy I LKH J
LEVEL 15 LKKOPHPPAIOJBIOH
If you replace the last eight letters of any code
with the letters EEEEDCGN, or the last four with
AIHR or the 7th and 8th letters with OO, you will, in
most cases, raise the level of firepower and help
your cause greatly (depends on your
armaments). It can also raise your vitality level.
Also, here is a way of defeating the last alien in
the 'Test Gamma' level one. When the alien is
freed, run back to the first arena and make your
way up to the balcony where the alien Is, There
you can crouch down and watch the alien
bomb itself into oblivion. Thanks for your maga-
zine and your coverdisks
Darren White, Ipswich
Colonization
If you name your new colony 'Charlotte' you will
be able to view oil the maps, ports, and other
county's statistics instantly. And as an added
bonus, your bank balance will be topped up by
a total of 350,000.
Colonization atlonrs you to
build up your own colony
Urn UK
94
Breathless was one of the finest Doom
clones on lit* Amiga - and so say all of us!
Brutal: Paws of Fury
Enter NINE SPROG5 on the password screen. This
will now make you Invincible.
Thanks to Martin Phillips from Chesterfield for
that one.
Premier Manager 3
If you dial 400040 on the telephone screen your
players will now have a higher fitness rate and
better morale.
If you are lacking in the financial department
you can Just dial 343343 for some extra money-
Simple.
Footnatt craxy. Think you can da bottar than tha
managers of the mom&nt? Try Premier Manager 3
Mr Brown is obviously a Doom fanatic
from tha amount of games he plays
Out of breath
Read your piece about Breathless. Doom type
clones. Review coming out soon I would like to
praise AB3D which is just brilliant. Playabilrty
superb, Aliens at different locations each time I
play. Intelligence fantastic
I do want to see better graphics. I want to see
games programmed for the best set-ups rather
than the lower grade set-ups. then we can all go
out and upgrade our Amigas a bit more,
Also, loaded your freebie. Image Vision, f sim-
ply get a drawer containing two Icons. One of
which restarts the loading sequence all over
again. Cannot get Image Vision to run!
A Brown, Northampton
Well, Mr Brown {we think that's your name, we
couldn't quite make out the signature) it's nice to
hear your thoughts on Doom clones. And I'm sure
we'd alt like to see more high spec' games on
the Amiga.
We're a little stumped on your problem with
Image Vision because we don't know what set-
up you have, so we can't really help. Having said
that, try reading the instructions carefully to see if
there's anything you may have missed. The
cause maybe that you don't have the required
specifications to run the program. If the symp-
toms still persist then write to AC AS at the usual
address and stale in more detail the problems
you have encountered and, mare importantly,
what set-up you have.
I'm having an absolute Nightmare!
I am a subscriber of Amiga Computing and the
articles are all relevant and superbly written. I
was wondering whether you would be able to
send me a guide of how to complete Nightmare.
I know it's o very old game but also very difficult
to complete. J thank you in anticipation.
Lee Jones London
I haven't heard of a game called Nightmare,
and when I asked around the office the only one
we managed lo think of was Knighfmare, the
game conversion from that bland TV show that
came on around tea time. However, we don't
think this is the one you're thinking of, so I'm
afraid we can't really help. Sorry.
Behind the
Iron Gate
Michael JepsOn from
Reading has obviously been
hard at work these last few
months because he's mar>
aged to churn out level
codes for one of the first
Doom-type games on the
Amiga.
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SYSTEM
review
Reviewed by Andy Maddock
Hven though we protest we don't com-
pare the Amiga 1 Doom clones to the PC
or Playstation Doom. I suppose deep
down we do. In fact. I'm sure we'd all
like to see something that would wipe
them off the face of the Earth completely. So much
so In fact that accounting offices would then be
kitted out with networked Amiga's and instead of
the staff pretending to work, they'd actually be
playing a Doom clone on the Amiga.
Perfect Doom?
All the games that feature in this round-up don't
really foil short of the 'fun' hurdle, ar>d some still
leave a lot to be desired. I think what's missing is the
speed, By managing to display graphics of super Hi-
res standard at full screen, we might be on to some-
thing. Is it possible? Who knows. Most people
believe the specifications for the Amiga just aren't
good enough, But with programmers finding new
ways of manipulating the Amiga, continuous ways
of upgrading, and even coming up with ideas sur-
rounding the new RISC-based Amiga, we could
well see something better than the PC
One thing we have learnt during the past year
with the rise of Doom-like releases Is that speed
does have a price- Playing these types of games on
a standard A12Q0 cannot be justified, We have
tried it, and it's very slow and jerky - reducing the
payability tenfold. Consequently a higher spec
machine Is fast becoming a necessity rather than a
luxury.
Everybody knows that computers are an expen-
sive purchase, and the decision to get one should
be carefully thought through. However, what pec-
pie fail to realise is that If you do
purchase a computer, you must remember that
the expense will not end at your local computer
•Urll mt
Hore - you'll be forced to invest In the worW of
upgrades,
It's a vicious circle. If you spend £1000 pounds
on a computer, it Is Inevitable that you will need to
pay even more as time moves on. especially if you
want to play the latest 'high spec" gomes and use
the latest applications. If you don't upgrade your
software will become dated and inefficient and
you will probably never use it as much as you
should - you have more or less
wasted £1000 or ore not getting value for money.
So what choices do you have? I'll teN you.
Absolutely none.
Let's start with the PC. For an average machine
something like a 486 whteh would cost around
£1000, you'd get a monitor, a 1000 meg hard drive
pnd probably some games. The
standard 486 comes with A megabytes of RAM. so
you'll have to upgrade to 8 megs before you start
- especially if you want to use the much hyped
Windows 95.
So why was a computer released with inade-
quate memory? The answer is quite obviously
because PC developers thought that would be
enough memory tor the software available at that
time- To play the very latest games on the PC, 8
costs around £200, So what about
1997 or 1998? Will S meg be enough
to cope with the software being
released? Probably not. and what
would happen if there was ever
a Windows 97 or 98? Would 16
megabytes enough? This is the
point where computers manage to
deem themselves an expensive
purchase.
Let's go back to the Amiga - a
standard A 1200. Take the Magic
Pock, for example, which costs any-
thing up to £500 because people
have begun to realise that life with
Just a floppy isn't good enough.
Another example of an upgrade
which was deemed expensive a
couple of years back is a hard drive,
Now, however, the majority of
Amiga users have one, and, thank-
fully, they're now included within the
package.
So how can you upgrade an
Amiga to a suitable level to play all
these Doom-clones that are curren-
tly dominating the market? Firstly, the
main addition to a standard Amiga
A1200 has to be the accelerator,
With mail-order companies selling
decent ones for about £140 to £200,
they realty should be snapped up,
However; if you want to take the
expense a lot further you'd probably
be able to lay your hands on a 68060
board which will set you back
around E600 - £700, If this is Just to
ploy Doom clones, you might as well
buy yourself a PC and pfcry the real
thing.
I can remember a few months
back that we ran a Reader Survey
which was aimed mainly at games
players. The amount of people who
had a higher spec machine than a
standard Al 200 was tremendous - there was only
a small percentage of A500 and A600 owners out
there. So when users are upgrading all the time, it
Is quite safe to say that we will see the perfect
Doom-clone out there. When? Now, that's
another matter.
It's just possible that the time may be around
May. By whom? Well it has to be none other than
Team 1 7. Alien Breed 3D was absolutely excellent
and they've already begun work on a follow up
which, from what we've seen, is looking pretty
unbelievable. If you thought Breathless looked
good, this will undoubtedly make the average PC
Owner green with envy.
I spoke to Martyn Brown from Team 1 7 to get his
views on the whole Doom issue, I began by asking
him how rt all started?
"Around mid 1994, the Doom thing was just
starting and we'd seen a beta vereion of Doom.
We didn't really consider if possible on the Amiga
until we got talking to a guy on the Amiga
newsgroups on Usenet (Andy Clrtheroe) about the
possibilities, and he ctaimed to hove a similar
engine, We spoke at length., he came ovei; and
the rest is history. Alien Breed 3D was born."
What is the attraction with Doom? *l played
meg is nothing short of a necessity, and it Doom to death on the PC, We have played over
f%
6 With
programmers
finding new
ways of
manipulating
the Amiga...
we could well
see something
better than
the PC 9
97 j£~
SYSTEM
review
Alien Breed 3D 2 is l<?pfc;ng graphically
superb - Jet's hop* the gameplay
remains from A&3D
Under comparison
P<ipm on thft PC anp" PJaysf ahon, Wte a"
ngree ft is a good" gjtme, but most ot us
troutd Jrfce t«» be ptaying it en an J mi 3a
Fears
t think this was the second
Doom clone we ever saw and I
actually preferred this to Gioom
because I wasn't partieutarly at
ease playing it with all those
pixels.
And what I liked about Fears
was the fact you could adjust
resolutions, screen modes and
detail tevels to suit your particu-
lar requirements , Also, as well as
featuring a level editor, it was a
challenging game and In my
mind It still reminds me of Doom,
Breathless and rt was a tough
choice between the two.
Eventually I plumped for
Breathless
Alien Br eed 3D does pack in
some excellent graphics and
sound and the gameplay was
nothing short of excellent but I
found Breathless Rightly mare
playable,,, but only Just.
Gloom
This w/cs one of the most ployed
games in the office, although I
have to admit it was mainly me.
I wasn't particularly happy with
the graphic display because of
the resolution, but I still played,
This was because I used to get
so far Into it, then I'd Just die,
andthenl'dthink:'lcandothat
bit, I can.' And there you have it
- addictiveness at its most
lethal.
The range of weapons were
good and the death sequences
were particularly superb, but
the thing that let it down was
the fact you coutdn't configure
the gome.
This is a problem, especially
when your system setup Is not
particularly fast, or you want to
take advantage of any other
peripherals you have, Other
than this. Gloom Is still a very
worthy purchase.
Breathless
Some might say this is the
the Network, and I even own a copy of the
Playstation. It's because Doom is fun, there's always
o great atmosphere. It's not complicated- and it's
easy to pick up and have a blast with. Doom was
probably one of the first pseudo-3D games that
really grabbed people by the bails and stuck them
In an unreal alien environment. I suppose the timing
was good because people were raving about
Virtual Reality and everything and Doom provided
a simpler model of this at home anyway - that's the
way J saw It. '
The latest problem has been the Amiga's speci-
fications end the home user's set-up, It Is impossible
to cater for everybody's needs. Martyn believes It's
because the Amiga has severely lost out in retail
terms over the last two years.
"These days It's becoming less common to see
Amiga software getting any sort of priority in stores.
Retailers have been reluctant to stock A1200
editions, let alone high-end versions. Alien Breed 3D
2 is the first game we have ever done that you real-
ly need an accelerated machine for. A bog stan-
dard At 200 Is adequate but It needs more, certain-
ly a 66030 and true 32-bit FostRAM. AB3D 2 has to
be severely crippled in terms Of on-screen presen-
tation and image-size to get it to run on anything
other than pedestrian speed on a standard At 200.
Having said that, on a decent spec machine it's
looking phenomenal!' So, what's the main obsta-
cle companies such as Team 1 7 must overcome to
release a Doom game?
"It's the feel of the thing, the playability aspects
There's absolutely no point doing something that
looks realty great but plays like a bag of old socks,
With Alien Breed 3D we went for maximum frame
update and spent time on the atmosphere, level
design and pSayabldty. You'll soon forget the pixel
size and screen size and get involved with the
game. Alien Breed 3D has no graphical cutbacks
and the gameplay remains be^teEsibpn ever, but
Aril 11H
Bre*thtess features some superb graphics
although it is slightly let down in terms of
action - only just though
Gloom is still in there with the rest pf the
pack and even though it's not strictly
speaking a Opom engi#te, it's not bad'.
ultimate Doom clone, although
rr's set in the distant future fea-
turing robots instead of beasts.
In my mind, the only thing that
let this down was that the
weapons didn't really give you
a feel of power.
For instance In Doom, run-
ning around a maze with just a
shotgun and then finding a
Rocket Launcher In a secret
room would give you that
instant rush to blow away
everything in Sight.
However, the weapons In
Breathless are slightly weak,
apart from the flame-thrower,
Other than that, the graphics
are "the best seen on first-
perspective games, and at the
moment it looks like only Allen
Breed 3D 2 can challenge this
game.
Behind The Iron Gate
It's a bit unfair to call this a
Doom clone, though it was
based on the same idea. There
was more RPG-type action
whereby Instead of moving with
the gun in the rnlddte of the
screen, you used the keys to
move yourself, and the mouse
to move a crosshair into various
positions for you to target.
It wasn't really a new ,dea by
any means, In fact as far as
games go, It just slips into the
'miscellaneous' category.
Citadel
Programmed by polish team
Arrakis Software, this one was
just too damn hard. The major
gripe was that when you
walked into a wall, the blow
took a notch off your energy.
Therefore, rf you weren't partic-
ularly dainty around the corners
you'd end up with hardly any
energy before you had even
reached your first enemy.
The blood and guts In this
were good- They may not have
had the flying ilmbs as in Gloom,
but the bodily soillages were
nothing short of gut-wrenching.
Just make sure you've had no
Cheese and Tomato Pot
Noodles before you play.
the downside is that you need a fooled up Amiga
to mean business."
With this in my mind I asked him about the future
of Doom games on the Amiga.
H The future of this type Of 'high spec' game is in
the hands of the buyers' - they must prove there is a
viable market. However as far as we're concerned,
the future rests on the outcome of Alien Breed 3D 2.
We are taking It as far as we can."
Finally, which Is the best Doom clone on the mar-
ket so far and why?
"AB3D, I say this without bias because it felt the
same as Doom, although you perhaps needed
FastRAM or a faster processor. It really Is the game.
not just the graphics. Breathless was a bit of tart,
looked nice, but the noveity wore off after 30
minutes. Gloom was very nice although not strictly
speaking a Doom engine, and more of an out and
out blast. Fears was pretty unremarkable and just
about unplayable."
League division Doom
This is the official system league table of Doom
games, On the right are the scores we have
given rhem in our reviews. This is how It stands
now.
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ten,
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43%
All Amigas 7D%
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43%
Al Amiga 44%
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Frank Nord takes a
final look at
Workbench's menus
- this month Icons
an
d Too
s menus
Would you
like to see
the menu
ighto. Onto the Icons and Tools
menus. Hopefully this should see
the end of the menu item
descriptions io that we can carry
on with other things next month.
The icons
men u
The Icons menu is Site the Window menu in that 6,
loo., is modal. Modal means you can only use it when
certain conditions are fulfilled, in this instance an icon
nas la be selected. Il is also further modal in mat cer-
tain menu items are only available when the righi sort
of icon is selected, Remember, when a menu item is
unavailable it is said ihot it is 'ghosted'.
Open
30
The firsl of the modal menu items, (he open item works
differently depending on what Soft of icon is selected
when you choose fc If Ihe icon it a drawer or disk
icon, then ihe window appropriate to that icon will be
opened. If it's a tool then ihe meny item will run the
selected program, and ff it's o project icon then the
program associated with Ihe icon |in the default tod
held in its icon| will be run and Ihe selected File will be
fended into ir. You can find ou! an icon's type by
using ihe 'Informal™...' item listed below.
Copy
3C
This menu option will copy the selected icon. It ihe
icon concerned is a hie or drawer, a duplicate will be
pfaced in the same drawer but calted 'Capy^oHite-
name', where filename is the name of the fife : lf you
want io rename ihis copy, mote sure you move ii out
of ihe some drawer as AmigaDOS doesn'1 like io
have Iwo files with the same name in the same place.
Rename
OR
This item brings up a text field requester which con-
tains the name of the file you have selected. You can
type a new name in, but try to steer clear of spaces in
your filenames as these can cause problems bter on.
Here are some handy keyboard shortcuts for when
you are editing a 'exi field:
Right Amiga X
Right Amiga Q
Shift Righi Cursor
Shift Left Cursor
Clears the whole field
Resets the lexi field Io Us
original state
Moves ihe cursor to the end
of ihe texJ
Moves the cursor to ihe start
of ihe texi
If you have a commodity like MCX or MCP you will
part 3
The roofs menu fa
romtty baring
unlesf you have
m vtitrty frke
hove additional abilities in text fields like being
able to paste texi into them or only move the cursor
a ward at a time.
Information.
31
This item will bring tip a window giving yau infer-
malion about the icon you have selected,
Depending on the icon type, certain, features will be
present or absent, but you will always see save and
cancel buttons. It you are looking at a fife or dra-
wer icon you will hove access flogs ihat you can set
down the rightJiand side of the window, and if il is
a tool or project you will have loollypes yog can
edil. If you wanl to know what type of file an icon
is, ihe Nile of the file appears at ihe lop of the win-
dow and you will see who! type of file il is nexi to
the fills in brackets.
Snapshot
OS
Snapshot saves ihe position of the selected icon, ff
you snapshot a drawer you will also snapshot the
shape and size of iis window,
UnSnapshpt
3U
This item deletes ihe position fond size in the cose
of a drawer] from an icon,, freeing it io be placed
whenever Wor<oerch sees fit. ,
Leave Out
3L
This iiem and the one below (Pul Away] refer to
Workbench's ability Io have icons sitting on the
Workbench screen without being inside a window,
You can always drag on icon onto ihe Workbench,
but unless you use ihis menu item, the icon will be
back i mice its window ihe next lime you boat ifiis
machine.
Put Away
OP
This puts icons away that you have left out. ft is a
good idea to UnSnapshot them before you put them
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through large empty expanses of window to gel 10
an icon that was snapshotted in jome corner of a
lafge Workbench screen
Delete..,
This iiem will bring up a requester asking you if you
are sure you want to delete whatever files and
drawers you have selected. This cannot be used if a
disk icon isseleded.
Format Disk...
TiiE item can only be selected when you have a disk
icon clicked on. You will be given several warnings
beFore anything dangerous happens.
Empty Trash
if you still use the iroshcon facility offered by
Workbench you will need to have its icon clicked on
before you can use this menu item.
The tools
menu
To sroff with yau will have nothing
en your Tools menu apart from one
item - 'ResetWB'. This tries to restore
previously saved Workbench setting*,
but frequently gets frustrated by
windows being open or ofher programs
running, / can't remember the fast time I
used it.
• This finishes our look at the menu* of
Workbench, but there wilt be an epi-
logue next month where I introduce you
to some of the utilities that ton make
Workbench's menus easier and more
productive to use.
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Paul Overaa discusses
the image loading
example that you'll
find on the cover
disk of this issue...
\
aving bieRy odined the AmigoDGS *cot-
ker loading routines and indicated &W rhey
can be used far various ngnproce&bojed
purposes, il seemed only right' to provider a
ignoble example so thai you con see tf>e ideas in
action. I r *e chosen a rairty simple Workbenchbased
Intuition program lhat allows yon to use the asl
requester 1o selec! and display an image thai has
been, stored i n Am igaDOS load file form (as discussed
iost monthjl.
Staedless to say, the code used to perform this trick
is (airly minimal but in order to provide ru noble
example, it is necessary to incorporate the various
Statements into a fully fledged Intuition ptDgram. You'll
find lt*e source for mis on disk as (he file seglisLs and
it ii the overall structure of this code that we need la
diswss; TKe program begins by opening ihe DOS,
graphics, inhjilion, gadtooli ond Oil libraries using a
k»p arrongement. Immsd«3te^ after the library open-
ing comes a sBlof aUocahon/de-allocaiiori routines
controlled by a series of subroutine colli- (this
anrangeiFien! has been used In many pasl examples|.
Once the program it up and running, control
passes to an evenl handling rcwhne vAose sole jab is
to identify the various classes of InruiMessoge evenls
and lake the appropriate actions as events are delud-
ed. The event kindling code uses an exec WairParift
call lo put the program to sleep until Intuition sends it a
Tricky
% loading
The code on disk
You'H find the source, two loadable test images (loadable image! and
loadable image?), and a wnable version of the example on disk, to run the program
fust double-click on the 'segiist' icon and load one of the images, for simplicity I ve
chosen to just display the images on the Workbench screen but of course ideally, we
should see how many bitplanes the image needs and open a suitable depth screen
and window for the image in question.
Incidentally, for those of you without the official Amiga includes I've provided a
separate include file, tailed segiist. i, which contains off the system definitions
required. Just make the changes shown in listings 1 and 3 before assembling the
example!
message. When you look at the tag entries in win-
daw opening sections of Hie example, you'll see thai
a WA IDCMP lag is being used in conjunction wrrh
ihe IDCMP.MENUPICK and FDCMPCIOSEWIr*
DOW flags, so the pogrom is notified whenever ihe
yjsr acdvates the menu c hits ihe dose gadget
Since I'm adjusting the window size to suit ihe
image on display, I also oik for
DCMPjCHANGEVVINDOvV event notification since
ifese events enable us to tdl when window resizing
is complete- 'jnew images are only ever drown after
such events are neceivedk
Having cleared any existing image using a call to
Those official include files
Commercial Assemblers like Devpac come with the official Commodore {now Amiga Technologies} include
Hies which provide a mast of Amiga- specific system definitions. You can, of course, type in any required
definitions for yourself by looking them up in, say, the Addison Wesley Amiga ROM Kernel Reference
Manuals (listings are given in the Includes & Autodots volume). This approach, far all but the simplest of
programs, would, however, be nothing short of a nightmare since even the slightest of errors in system
structures and definitions could tause havoc when you try to assemble your programs.
Because of this, almost everyone who is serious about law-level Amiga coding either ends up buying
an Assembler like Devpac or they purchase the system files separately for use with programs like Charlie
Gibh's aoSk assembler. The effkial includes are available from Amiga Technologies on a disk set known
as the Amiga Developer Update: disks (currently release 3. 1 J and the price is £30.
The image loading ejrampf* in action
tfw graphics library SetRaslfl function. Ibis routine has
to bring up the asl file requester and then copy (he
user selected file path/name to the Filename buffer.
Because the example program can be used to bod
more than one image, we need to also check for (and
unload] any existing image before loading a new
selection. H's done like mis:
mvt.l.
s-9 ■. is:_p,d1
beq.i
.lo_tfjlfit is i siglist stilt ilAc-
titwfl
■:allsts
Uf>L3ad&«g,_[i>:<S3a5f
»DV« , I
lO,itgLf}.t_pcLiir pointer
Having done ihot we make a call to LoadSegD, ident-
ify the base of the new image structure and change
ihe window to an appropriate sizejsee listing 1|.
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segUstj),dO
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you have the aiticial Imigi /jinludex
Listing 3: Convntfll eat tha xymtmm
include* and <iu (Asa a*gtfcLJ fit* il \
haven't gat tile official Amiga fit**
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Paul Overaa offers
some tips on
converting existing i
Basic programs to
run under ARexx
■ gf her Amiga Basic was given away
Mtf free as part of me Amiga i software,
there Was an dmost in-built incwiJn™}
■^■Bte to lake Bo sic program* writr.
other machines, ond convert mem to
Gin on the Amiga. New users coming to (he Amiga
•ftModays do not have 'his opportunity to, unless
*ey go out and buy say Amos or HrSoft Basic, (tiey
■ay wall have previously useful Sosie programs
■mlten for Dther machines now lying unused.
One Option is to translate such programs inro
ARexx form ond surprisingly this, in many cases,, is
mot difficult Some changes or* obvious: Remark
Vftes, which in Basic art written either as Rem state-
ments or end-oMine remarks, need to be changed to
AJtexx'i /* .... */ style comments. Bosic variable
Arrays
The fact that ARexx does not provide
conventional arrays might lead you to
think that array conversion could be a
potential trouble spot. It isn't - because
such array variables translate almost
directly into ARexx compound variables.
For example the array I becomes
X.i.j and a hop such os:
FM
II-1 is r
fOB JI=1
to N
u u,nu.
NEJCT 11
Kill
L!
con
be written os:
50 i
•1 te H
de i-l tp
i
JJ.M'j
titd
end
Basic arrays have to be set up using
Dim statements, eg Dim X(l5 r 20}. With
ARexx this is not necessary, so Dim
expressions can be eliminated altoget-
her, What you da need to do, however,
is initialise the stems used to represent
numeric arrays (especially if there h any
chance that any elements are likely to
be referenced before a real value is
assigned to them], ffemember that
ARexx automatically initialises unused
variables (including stems) fd the name
of the variable itself. This means that
uninitialised elements in, say a numeric
array X.Lf, would by default be set to
the letter 'X' and this would cause an
error if such values were subsequently
used in arithmetic expressions*
Making
changes
type indicators (% integers, & tong integers and so
on} con be dropped. Gasub statements used lo exe-
cute subroutines will need to be changed to
ARexx's Funclion call scheme [remember, incidenta-
lly, -that routines ihat provide return values do not
need explicit call statements].
With Basic Print commands., (he easiest idea is
to convert rtiem into ARexx Say statement!. ARexx 's
Say insiructions, however, always generate fine
feeds, so if your code contains Print commands lhat
have lerminal semicolons to suppress linefeed gen-
eration, a belter alternative us lo replace all Print H
type commands with Writech(stdoul, X| function
calls. In this tatter case you car* always include an
expficit linefeed charade* when you need ore.
Formated output based on Print Using instruc-
tions can be handled in much rhe same way - jusl
incorporate the appropriate AEexx string handling
function (eg LeftQ, to mimic the Print Using field
5MUB
P([ltT
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SOURtt'--
■■■»■■■■
-*■ Ge: fil*
Display iormattmo JJfc* tilt* un oftmn
be aahlmnmd using comet* device
control character mlrittga
lengths]. Bosrc Input stotemenls can, of course, be
similarly converted using ARexx Pull, Readln() or
Readchj).
Listing t; JcffH
t- M ampin Buic
coa>
IEN(ISS=0
fiOSUB IrCDUNT "GET hW> COUNT"
5)506 SPtLLtHECE ■ "CHEEK SLUING"
fcr 11=1 rrj «:N]W>miHrtH!b.i(lS>EiiEiT il'Udjuit V/i yard viLuh
PRJir PMBPTliEHIW IS
Ead cf prcgrsi!
clll SwrciO /• s in tilt »f
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input! 3 "
do ilUt Lefl}th(ifipulJ)"D
tltl MwntO ?• iv, nurd to-
ctlt SpmpKckO ,< thtclt speH^g *l
do [=1 to N
I.I'U-HMIJU r» Adjust kt) nam ftlMt */
end
UritechMdJUt.rWHliTZJ; inputtntadtsdidin}
Uttlng 3t Thv ARukx ' r 'i
conversion of Hating 1 «ft I* En* ol prajril! V
For/Next loops need to be converted
into ARexx do/end loops and if a step
value is being used the 'by" keyword
needs to be included in the equivalent
ARexx version. For example a Basic
loop which reads:
m KM to n: step i
[ body of loop]
KIT li
needs to become.
de (-1 t« If bj 2
[ hud? pt Ippp]
tMJ
Similarly, While/Wend loops need to be
changed to the ARexx do -while/end
equivalent and here, some of the exit
expressions used may need altering,
Basic's *<»' (not equal to] operator, for
example, will need to be written as '- = '
in the ARexx form. Other conditional
test statements within the code may also
need Such alterations*
All these translations tend to be
straightforward because in reality they
da not affect the overall structure of the
program.
The thing to do is experiment - make
a preliminary translation tackling the
easy areas first. Once yott have intro-
duced a recognisable ARexx flavour to
the code you will find it easier to deal
with any more difficult statement
conversions that remain.
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series of tips on
how to make your
Web sites look
and work better
Adventures
on the Web
II t is so easy to get published on the Web these
days, il's hordty Surp? ising that so many people
leap ink) it without first giving a little bit of con-
sideration to what it is they are supposed to be
doing. More importantly, ihey rarely give any consid-
efohon jd -he people who are going to have to read
what rhey pui on ifvere gnd make some sense of it,
With this In mind, I thought it was lime there was
a definitive guide to who) you, as an Amiga user,
can do to make the Web a nicer place to be. Sadly,
ghhoygh we hove very good Web browsers on the
Amiga, mg$l, as yet, don't comply with (he latest ver-
sion gf HTML This doesn't mean you shouldn't cater
for users of your Web site who have the misfortune to
be running somelhing other than an Amiga. By all
means, pui in things wihieh make your site look good,
and make the best use of text and graphics,
Obviously the whole point of using the Web
rather man a tex^bcsed system is that i> can do tewl
and graphics, and most people use mis as an excuse
to go haywire. In fact, the less you do in the way af
graphics, the more people will like your site. Sounds
stupid doesn't it, but it's more important mat ihe quo
lily of ihe graphics are up to scratch rather than the
part 1
Phil South
Home Page
Th» LQWSRC im.ngL-
on Mia laft can stand in
as a proxy t&r thv
more tnodcm-intBiHtv*
colour image on tJw
right
anwunt or size of ihent- Take a bit of time Id create
your graphics. (Mole: AMosaic will only show inline
images on AmigaDOS 3.0 upwards, so the follow-
ing chat about inline graphics will only apply if you
use an AGA Amiga, f Moke your graphics wilh
Dpoinr by all means, or better still a program with a
IqJ more filters and effects like Art Department or
Phytogenies . Save all your pictures as GIF or Jpeg
and only use Jpegs very sparingly for big colourful
pictures which need lo hove all the colours of the
rainbow in ihem.
One clever trick is to use the LOWSRC command
in HTML to toad a law resolution block ond white
jmal's two colour) GIF picture first so the use* con
see what you're getting a! before the picture is hly
loaded Thaf way, if ihey like what tfiey see they can
woil, and if ihey gel the idea they can cfici and
move on to Ihe next page. Use it like mis:
<:ns SrH>"ib Upie.JP." LM5K='hi9pici«.it«-
The b/w picture loads First, then me bg coW one,
The "all" option means thai if for some reason ihe
Phil South
Home Page
TEXT OPTIONS
Although the Web h a graphics heaven, it's hell far some poor suckers, because they are wholly text
based. If you don't have a direct link to the internet, then you are looking at text through same third-
party Lynx look-a-like. Always give a text option, like using "ait" in your picture definitions, and always
give the finks in text, rather than merely as a picture. Don't put any text on yaur screen as o graphic
unless you bock this up with a little hit of on-screen text somewhere,
Also, do you have plain text throughout or do you use too many italics and holds? Don't overuse the
emphasisers, make them work for you. Use italics to show emphasis or to describe a titie of something, or
better yet put "" around titles. Use bold to emphasise headings and other important stuff. That way your
poges won't look tike they've been gone aver with a Typographical fawrtmower*
Take your had from other people's pages, and look at magaiines and how they use typography.
When do they use italics, when do they use bold, when do they use CAPITALS, how many different sites
of text da they use? All these things are important la design,, and play a part in how easy your pages are
to read. Or how amateur and hasty they look. The choice is yours.
Amiga Computing
APRIL J 996
Search me
Okay, have you ever wondered how fa
add a searchable index at another site
which is accessible from yaur own page.
For example, say yau wanted to add a
search form tar Yahoo into yaur own
panel. All you need to do is add the
following HTML into your code;
<!-- Begir tiion Sisrtrt Fori — >
tfOBP HEThOD=ftET
l-ITIQIM'tltpsffSMrclMrdlOO^li'binfHjrfh"*
*HPUT 5UE=3Q IHE*?> <IWLT HPEnuhlit
flUt-Tttw! Seersh"*
*!— (ltd latum Seirch Fori — »
and there you are, a form which searc-
hes Yahoo direct from your location.
Simple, innit?
picture doesn't load, "he dude who logged onto yaur
page still has same idea of what should be there.
Finally, take note; on browsers based on other pic*
forms, interlaced GIFs "res-in", and non-interlaced
dar.'l. hrercced GIFs can give you an idea of what is
going on in the picture before it is fully loaded, bu'
saving interlaced GIFs is a little bit tricky on all but the
mad pro spec image Healmenr programs.
Oh yes, and experiment with the ALIGN command
too, when placing pictures. If yau pui this in:
<EHt SR^'ti gelt. IPS" LQUttCi'Uwpif.iif
*Li{iPi= rig ht lU**l«ll»l Lugo 1 '*
then the lest will flow down the lefthand side of ihe
page and your graphic will be on ihe right. Change
righl to left in the command and the reverse will be
true. It's o small irick bui a very powerM one.
That's all
Okay, enough already. So you can't access o lot
af HTML tags in your own browser, but rhaf j no
reojon why you con'! put things in for other man
to see. Thare ore develapmenti afoot tc
Amiga Web browser up to the attrent iiandordt
in HTML mark-up, ortd I'ii be covering m«e m tm
next instalment. See you then. \n the interim r/ yew
/iJte you con e-maif me at
snouly&c ix . campul ink.co. uk
phil.south@ukonline.DD.uk
and ask me anything about HTML or %\
Any of ihe best tips ! gat will be printed a s
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■rinting your pictures
sn't as easy as it
rst appears,
rank Nord
-<plains why
Pixels
for print
It's happened I'd me recently, I started a
prefect to create on advert for print in a
magazine, but when I looted at o chroma-
lin of the finished article, it was all blocky.
And why? Because I hadrt'1 pad enough attention
fc me smallest of matters - ihe pixels that mode up
*w image.
Now, my first attempt at creating images For
:amfl some lime ago, arid I swiftly realised
Ad the pixels lhat moke up an image aren't neces-
sarily square. PAL pixels aren't loo bad, b*jr1 NTSC
pixels ore only about 85 per cent as wide as they
are tall. This doesn't matter onscreen, you just run
on NTSC sereenmode and view your picture - it
tooki greal. The troubte ij thai pulling your artwork
■•> o DP package will mean you have 10 rescale it
*o make sure it looks the same in print as it does on
the screen. The DTP packages we have on the
Amiga don't realty care about things like pixel
aspect or PPI (pixels per inch|, but if you're plan-
-•ng on taking your image to a printers to have it
output, iheir software almost certainly will.
When printing you won't be using ppi, bui Ipi
and dpi. Dpi (or dots per inch) is the hard physical
^solution that o printer con outpui. if your printer
con print al 720dpi, ii doesn't mean it will also be
able lo prini at 720lpi. Ipi (or lines per inch) is the
-.ruber of halftone dots lhat will fit on a line one
inch long, Most home printers can manage an Ipi
r aring of between c5 ond IQQlpi, bul the number
k***: law t annuity In™*
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from issue Of
of Amiga
Computing nnd
the setting* from
Photoshop that
wr uiid
of colouts rhey can produce at higher Ipi level; may
be reduced.
So how big do you have to create your image?
Wefl, because the halftone! ore created from your
image data algorithmically, it is best to have two
pixels per halftone dot. This means that to get ihe
best results on a 65 1 pi Output tor a full page image
(we'll use letter %\z« as the figures for M are more
complicated), you'll need to multiply fl,5 inches
ocross by ■your Ipi setting, -giving a total of 552-5
pixels. Ne*t we'll check how high the image should
be, so we multiply T 1 inches x 65lpi to get 7 1 5 pix-
els. So we now have an image of 553 x 715 and
we'll double that to be sure ol the best quality out-
put possible al this resolution to a figure of 1 1 05 *
3 A3G. Of course, if you are planning on creating
an image to be printed at full page size in a maga-
zine, you should be aware of the fad that maga-
zines like ours tend 1o use screening process al
133 Ipi or even higher. This means that the same
image for a magazine would have la be 226 1 x
2926 - much larger and harder to fit on a floppy.
The process might finish there for you as Hie origino-
toc of the grtwork, but it's not enough for print. Since
printers work on a four colour basis,, the image also
needs to be in CMYK. This will increase the size a»
the file even further, You will probably find ii difficult
to change your file's formal to CMYK art the Amiga,
certainly I'm noi aware of a program lhat con do it
for you. Mosl printers will be able 10 Cope if you Hip-
ply them a 24-bit IFF file though.
Obviously, even the most visionary artist ii going
Id find il hgrd to create o masterpiece in Dfainr at
•hese sorts dF resolutions, so fhis advice is mainly
geared towards people using a 3D package and/or
ImageF/X (or something similqr| If you are using 9
3D package to create these files, you will need to
pay far more attention to yatir modelling and surfac-
ing than before. Edges which seemed smooth m a
screen resolution image wiH appear very oorygonql
in print, and single point or Hipped polygons will be
very apparent.
Hopefully, this should help guide you through rhe
minefield thai is pictures into print. /. •*
Page Stream progress
ll finally arrived, and arrived and arrived, late in January I received a copy of PageSfeam 3.0i
from Sofflogik, followed by a newer version end another newer version. I've now got the total
copy installed on my machine and there's no doubt, PageSlreom 3.0i is now as slaWe as
Page5lreom 2.2, their las? commercial release. WhetheF you thint that's bad or good will
depend on your experience with PdgeSlream 2.2, bul in my mind, it certainly Etn'l bod. T
he overall feature list for PageSlream hasn't improved, bul Ihe number of bug h*ei ond
implementations is pretty large.,,
Text:
Object:
Files: .
Printing
Miscellaneous:
Style tags now fully implemented
Fonl caching implemented
Pen Tool now completely implemented
Reshape tool completely implemented
fixed problems wilh Scale, Iranjformirto ond resizing
Opening a PS2 doc will bring up a requester to help you use PS3's
Formatting look so that your doc most resembles its original slate
Arrow heads now prini properly on Postscript printers Added HP3I0,
320, 600C and the new 650C to the pnntsr model list and imple-
mented the resoluiion enhancement technology used on ihe newer
printers
Changed ihe Epson driver ond added a whole bunch of new XPD
driver files fThere are loads of themlk Printing should be faster on
most Epson printers and the roieroweave Function has also been
implemented
As staled lasl month, PogeSlreom now works on a CyberGfx screen in
up lo 24-bit resolutions Changed some AR-skx commands and the
macros thai use them.
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interesting multi-
media with Amos i
When the
bell tolls
Last month we talked abwt using ani-
mations and sound with Amos and
how you con moke a mulli media appli-
I cation using our favourite coding
engine. Okay, let's get specific now, Multimedia
programs consisl of graphics and sound, and are
interactive This means you must interact with the
objects on ihe screen, (heretore you must be able 1o
click on cans and buttons to make ihingt happen in
!+■& program,
To give you a good grounding in making mult
medio butlonj which perform an action when you
click on them, try ihis simple program for size,
Firstty, you have to reserve o set of zones, Simply
work out how many buttons will be on id* screen,
(This is okay as you con always change il all loief,
should Hie need arise.f in this example we have
three buttons-;
Now we have 10 indicate which zones we want
to moke sensitive to mouse clicks, and then build but-
tons on ihem. The three zones will be button 1 from
10,10 to 30,30, button 2 from 35,10 to 55,30,
and button 3 which, will be from 60,10 to B0,30.
Remember that screen co-ordinates are horizontal
Ihen vertical, with 0,0 being the top leFl of the
screen. This means out buttons will be in a little neat
row at the lop of the screen, 5* we set me zones up
using the sizes of the buttons as a guide:
Stt Za-n* 1 JC, I'D To 50,30. Set lout 2,35,10 Tg
55,30 Stt Isre UUO To MUD
and we now need to draw the buttons. Of course,
you don't have to draw buttons, but in ihe examples
in this column I fry to moke mem as standalone as
possible, without any external graphics etc, other-
wise ii makes ii hard to follow the- texi if you don't
have ihe cover disk to hand. Ydu could, or course,
substitute a picture of a button designed in Dpoint,
or a digitised picture of a face - anything thai you
mighi want people to -click on. In fact, you can moke
part 2
Write stuff
if you have any other Amos programs or queries obouf Amos,
then please write to the usual address, which is; Phil South, Amos
Column, Amiga Computing, Media House, Adtingtan Park,
Macclesfield SKiO 4NP. Please send routines on an Amiga disk
with nates on how the program works on paper, not as text fifes
on the disk. Make ihe routines short enough to appear in print, i.e.
iw more than about 30-40 lines of code, and if possible make
fnem use no external graphics, or if they can't be used without
them then be sure to provide them on the disk in nanVe iff for-
mat, and the same goes for sound Hies, follow these guidelines
and you II be sure of making me a happy man if nothing eise.
rou un fiaua your cake and eat it when creating multimedia with Imiu
Qny orea of the screen clickable, so why not make
o whole console? [I'll be- featuring a little program
to help you map oul mouse zones easily in a future
issue of this series.] Okoy, back to making some
simple fws relief buttons. Firstly we clear the screen
with black:
Curs (ft : Cli Q
then we draw in the buttons:
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B*r 1?,T2 Tg JO r !D
hi, |J,1! td 2*,2B
Btr 11, '1 It 5S,3D
Sir 37, 1 2 Tg 5J,3fl
8> 17,11 Tg 51,26
Sir 40,1-11 Ic 60, 3 a
S*r M,12 Tc BO, 3D
You'll notice that I've made the bwMoits with ihree
Bar commands - one for the white highlight al the
top ond left of ihe button, one for the dark shadow,
and one plopped in the cenlre for the colour of the
button. Next we add a line of instruction:
Per, I : Pap*r I : Latati 0,8 : Print '■IMcl the
above euttsni to tafct g noise,"
ond we're ready for the main program bop..
The loop basically checks the zones to see if the
mouse is aver any of them, and also check; the
mouse button to see if it has been pressed. An AND
has been used in the test to only cause a reaction if
the mouse button is pressed whilst the pointer is aw
a button. Click the pointer anywhere els* on m*
screen and nothing happens.
The loop is a standard DO/lOOf affair, and
firstly it assigns variables io MQU&E ZONE and
MOUSE CLICK:
k
I'Hoitst J jit
C*t«tM
Next we check to see if me conditions hove been
satisfied for the mouse and c*y of the buttons:
and if any of the conditions ore met, ihe appropri-
ate sound is heard. IF you click on button 1 you hear
me standard bell sound, if it's button 2 you hear the
boom, and on button 3 it's the shoal sound. You
could, of course, replace the standard Amos sounds
with samples from a sample bank, bul that's for you
to play wilh.
Rig hi, that's multimedia buttoni dealt wilh. Next
monlh I'll go into how to make animated buttons,
plus more hints ond lips cm making multimedia with
Amos.
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Paul Overaa looks at
a brand new sound
synthesis program
from Blachford
Technology...
Aural
Synthetica
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Aural Synthetica |f a sound sample ae-
glion program which uses a synthesis
approach be si described as rhe soft-
i^i^B ware equivalent of on analogue synlh
with modern digiiol waveform generation.
Modem synthesizers, of course, are based o round
oscillators which generate a set of fundamental
sounds, fillers which cut or boost different Frequen-
cies, envelope generators that can change ihe vol-
ume of the sound components over time, and so
on, Mix all -hot hardware together and add a key-
board, memory, Midi,, touch burtons that can store
and retrieve sound combinations from memory
instantaneously, and you end tip with a typical
piece of modern kit,
In ihe early days |long before Midi was even
dreamed of], synthesizers used much the same
sort of elements, bul ihey were not connected by
electronic switching - they used almost bread-
board-like connecting leads to 'patch in r (i.e.
rou1e| signals around. As far as signal routing is
concerned, these early connection arrangements
W*i tntMit* <1.l i llMhfarJ TwtLwiny iW
Synthetic*'* opttan* provide/ irnn»n*« ft*Mihi!ity. but i* jr too much?
File formats
The initial remit is always a \ 6-bit sound that tan be saved
in one of five formats - SAff [the format introduced in
Synthetical sister program Aural illusion}. A\ff, the 16-b'it
file format used on the Amiga and Apple Macintosh (also
turns up on the PC as .AlF) t Windows (PC) WAV, MAUD (for
Wavetoois sound cord users}, and (with a corresponding
decrease in sample quality) 8-bit Iff 9SVX format. Qncm
saved, incidentally, you may need a touch of editing to
remove click* or other glitches which fend 1 to appear at the
beginning and end of Synthetito-generated samples {any
sample editor can b* vied far this}.
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The main Aural
Synthetic* dimpiay
were actually more flexible than those found on
many synthesizers today, and it is in these eorfy
'modular' signal routing arrangements that Aural
Synthetical meihods of working ore based, v ou
link oscillators, envelope generators grid so on
logether in order to define a sound.
The lop part of the main Synthetica screen is a
window which lets you view and play the resultant
sounds. Beneath this is the so-called DM5 | Digital
Modular Synthesizer] window, most of which is
token up by the buttons for accessing the SOund
generation and sound shaping modules jlhete are
66 modules in all and each one of them has a but-
ton). All the other sample control facilities, namely
ihe Wows Editor, the Basic Synthesizers window,
and the program's Polch Programmer, are also
reached from the DMS window.
Sound generation
To generate sounds the oscillators can use either
the 1 2 basic waveforms or up to 24 user-defined
onss. Si* sliders controlling waveform, amplitude,
delay, note, octave, and deiune facilities are avail-
able for each oscillator, along with two check
boxes which turn the output of an oscillator upside
down or reverse ils Output. In addition lo this you
can add waveform, phase shift, pulse width and
frequency modulation effects.
The waveform editor similarly allows you to cre-
ate an almost infinite number of waves. You can
do things like brighten up a waveform by increas-
ing the number of harmonics in it, or change the
harmonic content with time, and there are all man-
ner of waveform modification options. You can
reverse, invert, add varying amounts of noise and
so on. The patch programmer window is full of but-
tons which allow the user to arrange the various
oscillators, envelopes, fillers etc,, in any way they
choose. There are also a large number of 'basic
synthesizer' presets which provide immediately
accessible starling points for users,
Aural Synthetica is an interesting package and
it's obvious that an immense omounl of work has
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t mynthvrixmr tmichm* pro uid&
rtmrting point* tor program nam
gone into it. The program is clearly capable of pro-
ducing some excellent results, although whilst
experimenting I found it all loo easy to product
results that, to put it mildly, were not so good
Sample rendering, even on an A4QQQ/Q4Q, fre-
quently took a minute or so [sounds ore generated
by large numbers of calculations], and dob short-
coming of ihis first release is lhal once you start a
sample playing you can't stop it, you must woiffc
it to finish. This is a pain if you've generated a
large sample and needs to be corrected in toiv
versions.
There ore plenty of good paints, though, includ-
ing ihe fact that you have full control over w h e w
the rendering output will go (left, right or b
stereo channels) - this makes il passible to gentr
ate samples wilh totally different left/right stew
components!
One thing thai was apparent right from fht *5r»
i; that Aural Synthetic provides a nigh-on on*-
whelming array of controls including some raeW
odd functions (like Exclusive Ofiing of wowtij -Wt
I'm sure will mean little or nothing to most prospec-
tive users. If I have any worries at all about **i
program then il is that the average Amiga nwwai
may feel (here are too many options and too i
variables available I
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Steve White explains
how you can breathe
life, bone and
muscle info your
life forms
Head
hunters
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way Jfgtit fall* on boi» .inrf muxrfo structures cajfjrtj complex anadowa
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ue to popular demond I hove decided to
lake o two issue timeout from animation i n
order to explain some important concepts
for designing human figures, after which I
shall return to animation. The human farm is one of
the most common elements in artwork, whether
hqnd or computer generated, ond therefore an
understanding of mis subject is essential,
In this month's article, I shall be explaining how
you can create realistic looking human heads horn a
s>de and front profile. Each image has been broken
down into the different stages required for head
design, ond while ihey may look complicated ol first,
once (he techniques have been mastered they will
became second nature.
If you take a look at ihe side profile, stage Al . you
con see that the head originates horn a simple cirde.
Hie circle is cul in the vertical and horizontal and then
the bottom- righi section is cut in half once again with a
diagonal line. Stage Al is then finished with the front
line of the face ond the chin line, both marked in blue.
In stage A2., we can begin to odd an ear. The ear
is made up of two overlapping circles, the smaller one
For the lobe, both indicated in green. Fly stage A3 the
left half of the circles is removed to reveal ihe ear, from
which we can then draw a rough jaw line. We con
also dot the eye line which runs From the centre of the
circle to the left edge, The red line that extendi from
the centre through the ear to the bottom of the circle
can then be used to find the exact positions af the nose
and the mouth.
Grabbing the red line as a brush, halve it in the Y
axis. Ihe result is the length of the nose from the eye
line. By halving the line again you then have the
PROFILE
The front profile con be designed in exactly the
same way as the side profile, the only differences
being the ellipse for the shape of the head (A3)
and the /'aw bone profile {A4, AS), It fact, if you
want to animate the head, you can easily use one
profile as a template for another. Although there
ore two sides to the front profile, it's simply a
case of drawing one half and then flipping it to
the other side.
However, although this is perfectly okay you
should make appropriate changes in accordance
with shadow. As an example, imagine the tight
source was coming from the (eft side of the front
profile head. The nose would cost a shadow on
the right side. But remember - the shadow would
also be warped because of the shape or the
cheekbone it is falling an. This is why it is impor-
tant to have a fair understanding of bone and
muscle structure - everything has a cause and
effect- Obviously, if the head you are designing is
small you won't be required to add as much
structural detail as you would for o large head.
distance from J ^e cottcrr of the nose to ihe mouth
which is indicated in stage Ad. Now that you know
where the nose is, you can odd it to the profile, shown
In stage A5, remembering to dip the brow inward
slightly between the eyes. Using the diagonal line
which halves the bottarrmghi section of the ode as a
reference, you can locate the point at which ihe bodt
of the neck meets the heod The front of the neck join
to the chin line just below the jow line in doge A6.
By stage A7 the base flesh colour has been added
and in A8 you can start to get to work more on the
actual features of the heod - here the ear has been
enhanced ond the jaw line made more prominent with
shadow cast from ihe jow bone. The mouth and nose
detail is added in A9 using ihe yellow guidelines as a
reference and by A 10, with the eye inserted, the side
profile head is olmost compfele,
A rudimentary understanding of muscle and bone
structure >s essential in adding the final touches to a
head of figure, ond mere ore plenty of good boob
dedicated to mis subject which will help you in your
quest, Although at stage Al the head has all the main
feature*, il still looks Hal, and it is simply the addition of
shadow under the cheekbone in A 5 1 that really gives
the Image a realistic ond 3D feel. Shadow is a great
way of conveying bone ond muscle structure, but you
hove to be anatomically correct otherwise it just won't
work. If 5 either right or wrong - there is no in-between.
In Ihe Fiiwl stage, A 12, the hair is added as well as
the main neck muscle which runs from the ear to the
shoulder. The side profile is now complete oW
we've ended up with a perfect heod From a just o
sJmple circle.
Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
ID
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patching
mple
Spline patches have always- kid a bad press,
due in part to Fairly poor explanation in the
part of the LightWave manual. Ask most
UghlWave users if they're happy wilh spline
modelling and yow'H often get a rather non-committal
response. This baiically means they've had a bash in
ihe past, if went horribly wrong, and (hey grudgingly
went back to metafcrfm in Ihe firm conviction thai
spline patching simply isn'l worth ihe effort.
But take my word lor it, it bl Once you've got your
head, orownd ihe basic principles, spJine patches are a
doddle to produce and in most coses offer a much
more accurate, efficient and occasionally even quicker
method of generating complex organic!
Okay, I've dug a hole and jumped in II,
UghtWave's basic lutorial is a non-stortw - in my hum-
ble opinion. So here's an alternative guide to ihe
sticky problem of splirve patching:.
As you're probably aware, a spline patch is made
Tttm eomplmttd boat ceurtevjr *>' * mirror command,
m tmw extra polygons and J boolean operation
up oF three or four connected curves which shone (he
same skirt and end points. Fine, bul what does that
m«n in English, and how do you translate this vague
overview into on actual object? The first thing is to gel
a menial picture before you begin, essentially, o com-
pleted spline cage is nothing more than a three dimen-
sional loop mode up of three or four segments all con-
nected end to end. Think of it as an elastic band which
has moulded into a particular three dimensional shape.
To keep things simple I'll base ihe tutorial on a spline
mode vp of three connected curves, However, the
same principles apply to lour curves, the only differ-
ence being lhai fouf curves generate sheels rather ihan
triangular shapes.
The inherent confusion surrounding spline construe-
fion it mainly due to the two dimensional nolwe of the
X,Y,Z views in modeller- An empty spline cage shown
as a screen shot simply leaks weird - and therefore il's
hard to visualise where ihe connections are.
The firsi step is to go into point selectton mode and
select the points option in ihe polygon menu. In the top
view, and working from bow to stern, mark out (he
outer edge of half our boat hull as o line of points.
When you've added (he toil point hi1 the Crlt P key, or
the create curve button - you've just made the (ins! sec-
tion of me cage. Now this is the important bit, White
still in point creation mode, place (he point creation
cross-hair - left mouse button - on ihe first point in the
exisiing curve. Now check in theoiherlwa dimensions
that the cursor occupies exactly the same point in
space as the original.
When you're certain il's positioned corredy, cre-
ate a new poinl in ihe face view - using the righl
mouse. If 5 absolutely vital thai this point is precisely
the same point in space as the paint in the original
curve, The reason for mis is that these points must be
merged laler prior to creating the patch.
Assuming the initial poinl in ihe new curve is in ihe
correct posilton, you can carry on in the face view,
adding a line of poinls which form profiles of the bot-
tom of the boat. Once all the points are in ploce, hit
Ctrl P or ihe create Curve button (o create the second
curve. At this stage you should have two curves
connected at the bow end of ihe boat.
The final task is to dose the loop. To do this
make sure the point creation cross-hair is
bang-on the last point in the first curve you
created - remember check ail the views. Now
add a new point in the side view, continue Jo
add points to form a half-profile of the boat,
making sure once again fhaf the final point
you create is exactly on the last point on the
second curve, and hit Ctrl P. four cage is
complete.
Enter polygon mode and select oil three
curves, ensuring the longest one is the fair you
select. How dick on merge fn the tools menu
Taking a bow
to fuse the three together, then click en the
patch tool to create your finished spline patch.
At this point you'll he given the opportunity to
define the number of vertical and horizontal
polygon* that make up the parch. Far now,
stick with ihe defaults - you can always undo
and alter things if necessary.
To finish the job, mirror the patch to create
a complete hull - don't forget to merge the
duplicated points running along the keeL Now
use the hide -function to isolate the how end
polygene and then select them in series and
create a new polygon, using the Make
command or P key. At a finishing touch,
create another polygon along the top of the
boat, copy the whole thing to another layer,
scale it down slightly, position if as a back'
ground layer, and then use Boolean subtract
to carve it out of the original, thereby giving
the sides of the ship same depth, If you like,
yau could even add struts by cutting then out
at the tarving layer before yau perform the
Boolean to the hull.
Voiial A perfectly respectable dingy in a
matter of minutes, as apposed to hours by any
other method.
Amiga Computing
APRIL 1996
Gary Whifeley
explains fhe
principles of
video signal
formats
Message
Last month I looked at the various televi-
sion standards which predominate in dif-
ferent ports of the world. This month I'm
im going ho examine rhe different video sig-
nal formats which are com manly used for play-
back and recording in domestic, industrial ond
broadcast situations.
As. you may already be aware, mere are quite
a few different lypes of video system on the mar-
ket, oil vying to be the one yam choose lb* your
video productions. You ore no doubt already
familiar with VHS, ond possibly SVHS, Video8
and Hi 6 too. If you hove a strong interest in
video, you'll probably Scnow about Betacam, and
perhop5 Mil (pronounced 'M 7'\ as well. On the
other hand, you might not be too sure of ihe dif-
ferences (other than the physical lap* formal]
between each of ihese video systems, and indeed
even why there is such a range of systems to
choose From. But first we need to If oval back in
Home video formats
So what about SVHS or HiS? Agom these are component video formats, but not quite
so sophisticated as the Betacam/MII YCrCb format, since SVHS and HiS use only
Luminance (Yf and Chrominance (CJ in their two-wire YC signal, tn many ways YC is a
budget Betacam, though,, of course, neither SVHS nor HiS eon actually achieve
Betacam quality. On the other hand, YC signals are generally suitable for 'industrial'
videos ond ore becoming ever-more popular with the home video enthusiast and pro-
fessional alike, both for the portability of the camera* and" fhe relative quality of the
pictures they produce, not to mention me savings to be made aver buying Betacam
kit.
New video signal formats are still being developed ond as digital video and disk-
based camcorders are increasingly developed there will no doubt be further
upheavals and more improvements in quality. Some signal formats will be usurped
by new rivals and others will just fade away. With video technology still being less
than 30-years old, who eon say what wilt happen over even the next ten years?
lime.. ..Before ihe days of home video, there was
really only one video signal which everyone had
access fa, and that was the signal which was
broadcast from the television transmitter to be
picked up by your TV sel at home. In the eaHy
days of television, when the picture was just block
and white [monochrome], li was decided the sim-
plest way of transmitting television was to encode
both the sound and vision parts of the programme
into o radio frequency [RF( signal which was both
compact and could be transmitted over long
distances at relatively low power.
This type of RF signal is still in use lodoy (with
the addition of colour information) and is what
our TV aerials pick up, or our cable providers
send direct to our homes. When it reaches- our
home TV or video recorder, the RF signal is
decoded electronically by circuits within fhe video
equipment inlD the sounds and images we
subsequently see on our TVs Dr record off-air an
our video tapes. Unfortunately, RF is a compromise
because it hos to cram all its information, both
sound and vision (which id turn it made up of
cofour, brightness and synchronising ^.formation),
into a single signal, thus causing some toss in
quality tor the soke of being able to deliver the
best overall signal to the home in the simplest pos-
sible way, and requiring the use of only a single
w.re to connect equipment together.
In true video applications |such as recording or
editing) RF is very rarely used, except by amateurs
copying videos, or far ploying back off-air or
pre-recorded video from tape to a TV set.
Contact
point
Gary Whileley con be e-mailed as
drgaz®c ix.compulink .co. uk
Combination trick
The most basic video signal used for true video
recording is 'Composite' video, which is a com-
pound signal comprising combined luminance
IY), chrominance (C) and the requisite synchro-
nising pulses. This is solely a video signal -
sound is retarded synchronously via separate
inputs - so there is more 'bandwidth ' available
to carry the picture information and, hence,
composite video is a step up in quality over RF.
Composite video is what VHS and Be f am ox
/remember that?}, VideoS and 3/4" U-matic
tape recorders use as standard for their video
inputs. Most serious cameras and camcorders
have a composite video output, even if they
also have a component output (e.g. YC).
However, there came a time when composite
video was no longer regarded as a suitable
signal for professional use so, eventually,
along came Betacam with its component (as
opposed to composite) video signals. It was
realised that the picture quality could be
improved by keeping the constituent parts of
the video signal ai separate as passible,
though even to this day it has still proved
impractical to work with just RGB and sync
information because of the vast amount of
information which would have to be recorded
to tope. Instead of RGB, another compromise
was worked out, but one which offered much
better performance than composite video.
Sony's Betacam system (and later Panasonic's
rival, Mil) bath use a three-wire video signal
format called YCrCb which keeps the luminance
information (the monochrome picture) separate
from the colour information. In fact, you'll
notice that there are only two colour compo-
nents (Cr tor Red and Cb far Blue values}, since
green is produced by subtracting the red and
blue values from unity. Such component sig-
nals, coupled with high-quality Betacam tape
and top-quality lenses, allow far reasonably
small, relatively light-weight, portable
camera/recorder combinations capable of
producing broadcast-quality pictures anywhere
in the world.
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A PR1L J 9 96
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