AmigaComputing098-Apr96.pdf

Issue 98 • April • 1996 IE E4.50 Overseas price £4.50 ;

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Beginners Guide

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XL 1.76M8

SUPER XL DRIVE

The Super XL Drive allows you to store

3,5M8 on a high density disk.

35 SUPER XL DRIVE

VIDEO BACKUP 3

GVP HC-S SCSI

SCSI hard card which can ﬁt 8MB o:

RAM on•board

Backup to 5 MO Onto a 41'sr VHS tape.

Version 3 has new backup modes for

Amiga's with a 613020 or higher CPU.

1129.95

HC-B SCSI CARD

£99

f65

£60

E20

VIDEO BACKUP SCART

VIDEO BACKUP PHONO

UPGRADE TO VERSION 3

1.76 XL DRIVE

The XL Drive allows you to store a

1,76MB on a high density disk.

1.76 XL DRIVE EXTERNAL E79.95

1.76 XL DRIVE INTERNAL £75

1,76 XL DRIVE 44000 E75

PC8800 EXT.POWER DRIVE .149.95

GVP G-LOCK

Award winning Amiga Genlock.

•••-.

FLOPPY EXPANDER

G-LOCK AMIGA GENLOCK _1259

Save 1.5MB on a standard ﬂoppy drive

and 3M13 when used In conjunction

with the XL Drive 1.76.

10-EXTENDER

Zor r o II card that provides an additional

serial port, parallel port and connection

for optional RS422 and R5232 port.

Call for details

FLOPPY EXPANDER

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INTERNAL DRIVES

PC881 4500 E30. 95

PC882 42000 135. 95

PC883 4600/1200 135.95

DISK EXPANDER

Disk Expander can add upto to SO% 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.

ioEXTENDER .......

E59

GVP RAM

Ofﬁcial GVP RAM SIMMs.

SYQUEST EZ

•er

HARD DRIVES

I GIGABYTE 35 SCSI £259

1 GIGABYTE 3.5 SCSI EXTERNAL E335

MI CROPOLI S

4MB GVP RAM ....

1159

16MB GVP RAM

E549

DISK EXPANDER

£19.95

A2000 68060

A 68060 accelerator board for the 42000

running at 50MHz and allowing upto

128MB of user installable memory and a

SCSI-II hard disk controller.

EXTERNAL CASES

SCSI case suitable for CD-ROM/HD/DAT

and Optical drives.

2 GIGABYTE 3.5 SCSI (CALL

4 GIGABYTE 3.5 SCSI _ (CALL

9 GIGABYTE 3.5 SCSI (CALL

HI TACHI

GVP RAM

5,25' SCSI or IDE CASE E79.95

3,5' SCSI or IDE CASE E79.95

340MB 2_5 IDE

510MB 2.5 IDE

810M8 2.5 IDE .....

1 GIGABYTE 2.5 IDE

OTHERS

(CALL

f CALL

(CALL

42000 68040 (OMB RAM) ETBA

42000 68060 (OW RAM) ETBA

4MB STANDARD ADD 1125.95

4MB GVP ADD

SX-32

SX-32 is an internal add-on card for your

CO32 and features: VGA port, KGB port,

par allel port, serial port, external disk

drive port (1.76MB), clock, controller for

15" hard disk, and a SIMM socket (up to

8MB). Turn your CD-32 into a Al200.

1159

120MB 2.5 IDE

..E95

1) C

M-TEC HD

External IDE hard disk for the 4500

comes complete with an internal ROM

switcher, and upgradable to 4MB RAM

£159

MODEMS

68020EC

5X-32 MODULE (199.95

ACEEX V32 BIS 14.4 NOI isT APPROVED .f99

X-LINK TRUE NIA 28 8 Br AP P R0vE D1229.95

TRAPFAX MODEM SOFTWARE E49

ALL MODEMS [NCIDDE SOFTWARE AND CAR iFS

M-TEC AT500 BARE E99

PLEASE CALL FOR HD SIZES

msidoin algUlat530-PIN SIMMS

CHIPS & SPARES

256 x 32 SiMM 72-PIN (1MB) , .140

512 X 32 SIMM 72-PIN (2MB) .175

1 X 32 SIMM (4MB) £125.95

2 X 32 SIMM (8M8) E235.95

4X 32 SIMM (16MB) 1499.95

1 X 8 sImm 32-PIN (

HI-SOFT

OVERDRIVE HD

External PCMCIA 3.5 IDE hard disk

SQUIRREL SCSI INTERFACE 159.95

AURA . . . . . 179.95

MEGALOSOUND £29.95

£99.95

OVERDRIVE BARE £99

OVERDRIVE 420MB ...... E259

130

4 X 8 SIMM 32-PIN (4MB) E139

, X 4 STATIC COLUMN A3000 • E25

1 X 4 DIP

256 X 4 DIP

1 X 1 DIP

CIA

GARY

PAULA

DENISE

SUPER DENISE

KEYBOARD IC

FAT AGNUS 1MB

EAT AGNUS 2 MB

PRINTER CABLE

RS232 CABLE

SCSI EXTERNAL ....

WORKBENCH 3_1 4500/2000

WORKBENCH 3.1 A3000/4000

ROM SHARE DEVICE

2.04 ROM CHIP

MEGACHIP

squirrel scsi interface

included where you

see this Logo

125

£5

£12

El9

£19

119

E25

£12

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£29

£15

f85

f95

£19

£25

ZIP DRIVE

ZIP DRIVE 100MB SCSI E179.95

100MB DISKETTE E15.95

SURF S • U1RREL

ZIP min RC

Surf Squirrel offers an even higher SCSI

per for m ance, auto-booting, and ultra-fast

serial port. Surf Squirrel is the ideal

expansion peripheral for your Amiga

1200. Please call for more information.

E159

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MEMORY

SY•LIEST EZ135

The Syquest E2135 drive is an ideal

storage device. The El 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)

EPOA

SURF SQUIRREL

Sit U1RREL MPEG

Squirrel MPEG allows you to play VideoCD

and CDI CD-ROM's, Squirrel MPEG brings

high quality digitally mastered images and

16-bit stereo sound to you and your

Amiga.

£24.95

SYQUEST EZ135MB £239.95

135MB CARTRIDGE

(CALL

FOR ANY SPARES REQUIRED PLEASE CALL

SQUIRREL MPEG

EPOA

POWER SCANNER

The awarinjng Power Scanner

includes the following features; Scan In

24-bit at upto 2000PI (all Amigas not just

AGM', Scan in 256 greyscales at up to

4000PI (all Amigas), Thfu'port for printer

connection. Fully supports AGA chtpset,

Display HAMS/24-bit images on a non-

AGA Amiga (via image conversion), full

editing facilities included. Works with 2.04

ROM or above, min IMB (recommend

2MB).

SCANDOUBLER II

ntsoubl I I 2

ﬁxer which automatically

AGA screen modes and scan

SCANNE

aces a

les no

interlaced PAUNTSC modes to allow VG

monitors to display them. Supports VGA,

S-VGA and Multiscan monitors. Pixel

sharp picture, even at 1440 horizontal

resolution and has a standard IS-pin VGA

type connector. Comes with composite

video/S-VHS outputs.

in the trap slot.

A500 2ME RAM

£99

£90

1111 MEMORY CARDS

512K RAM WITH CLOCK ...E24.95

512K RAM WITHOUT CLOCK £19.95

A600 IMEI RAM

E489

E259

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_139•95

A500+ IMB RAM •

41111.

11.1

tional

ection

por t.

MEGACHIP RAM

SCAN DOUBLER II

E399

POWER SCAN 4 B/W 189.95

POWER SCAN 4 COLOUR t 169.95

OCR (e OUGHT Wrriq scaaares 120

OCR SOFTWARE £49.95

POWER SCAN 4 SAV ONLY E20

PC INTERFACE + COL SIW 149.95

PC INTERFACE • BrW S/W 139.95

increase your Amiga 500/2000 chip RAM to

a total of 2M13. MegaChip does this by

using its own 2M8 RAM and also now

includes a 2M8 Fat Agnus. No soldering is

required.

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IBC-ENHANCER

£59

Reduction of quality loss when copyrig,

colour and contrast correction, suppression

of colour drop-outs, elimination of

basically any copy protection. The

video signal is edited in professional

4:2:2 studio standard and is sychronized

entirely new.

....111111111

POWERTAB

£89.95

MEGACHIP RAM £159.95

A500 68020EC

A 68020 EC processor accelerator card for

the A500 and AS00+, with an option to ﬁt

a 68881 or 68882 co-processor (Pic( or

PGA). This card can ﬁt upto 4M8 FAST

RAM and Is fully auto-conﬁguring.

FLATBED SCANNERS

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'549

24-bit 44 ﬂatbed scanners, complete with

software, cables and manual •

EPSON GT•5000 £489.95

24 Bit. I N C ro wte iC Arr So fro a a

EPSON GT-8500 £579.95

24 BIT INC P OwE rhiCwisiOrTwAsE

EPSON GT

IBC-ENHANCER E919.95

NEPTUNE GENLOCK

Excellent picture quality, auto fade

control, Alpha channel and optional

software control.

upto

snd a

NOT COM P ATIBLE WITH GV P HARD DRIV E

POWERNAB

£195

A500 68020 EC OMB RAM E99.95

A500 68020 EC 4MB RAM E239.95

ADPRO SOFTWARE E149.95

IMAGE FX 20 S/W £149.95

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'BA

.95

159

GLIDEPOIN

NEPTUNE-GENLOCK 1599.95

PRINTERS/MONITORS

MICRO VITEC 1438 14' £289

EPSON STYLUS INC.PAPER , £489

EPSON STYLUS PRO XL A3+ .11499

FP S ON i1Y LLIS :P 110 X L INCLUDE $1101P0 Ii S OFTWA/Art

STUDIO II SOFTWARE _ E49.95

SCANNER SOFTWARE

FLATBED POWERSCANNER S•W E35

SIRIUS II GENLOCK

Just like the Neptune-Genlock, the new

Sirius II combines excellent quality with

user friendliness. In addition, this genlock

disposes of blue-box keying, bypass,

RGB-colour correction, a stereo-audio

control with microphone input as well

as an Integrated test pattern generator

for adjustment.

GRAPHIC/VIDEO

PICASSO II 2MB RAM

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£249.95

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E99

.95

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VGA ADAPTOR

PICASSO 11 2M RAM

isicsvoiroG Tv PAW

VIDEO DAC

Is- S IT GRAPHICS ADAP TOR

£399.95

.115

125

GLIDEPOINT

SIRIUS II GENLOCK 1919.95

Intuitive cursor control at your ﬁnger tips

,'Tap' for an instant selection. Connects to

the Serial port. (This is not a graphics tablet)

phone o rd e rs

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Powe r C o m p u tin g L a d a n d sp la y whIch &N e n ,

is re q u ire d .

POWER TABLET

ira rre n ty

All Po we r p ro d u cts co m e with a 1 2 m o n th

warranty unless otherwise spoofed.

technical su p o o rt

Help 1 1 ON h a n d with a fu ll T e ch n ica l illa < su p

se rvice wh ich is p ro vid e d fo r Po w.' customers

sail-order s,ce,

All p rice s liste d a re fo r th e m o n th o f p u b lica tio n

only, ca ll to co n ﬁrm p rice s b e fo re o rd e rin g .

tx por t orders

Most ite m s a re a va ila b le a t T e r F re e Price s to

non-EC re sid e n ts. C a ll to co n ﬁrm p rice s BF PO

Orders we lco m e .

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Pars and cursor controlled graphic tablet,

including cables and software.

CSI

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POWER TABLET 12 X 12 _1195,95

INcL. KN, CURSOR AND P OWE R 7A0 S AN

SYSTEM OWNED

DESCRI PTI ON

GURU-ROM V6

A SCSI driver for all Series II host adaptors

and accelerator cards for all Amiga

computers. This ROM has a very fast trans-

fer rate of up to 15MB/s, maximising your

CPU processing time. Guru supports 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 -1/SCSI-2

compatible. Please call for further

information.

TOTAL AMOUNT (Inc. delivery) f

All p rice s in clu d e VAT Sp e ciﬁca tio n s a n d p rice s

are su b je ct to ch a n g e with o u t n o tice All

trademarks a re a ckn o wle d g e d . All o rd e rs , n

writing o r b y te le p h o n e will b e a cce p te d o n ly

subject to o u r te rn s a n d co n d itio n s o f tra d e

copie s o f wh ich a re a va ila b le o n re q u e st

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GURU-ROM V6

£49.

TEL: 01234 273000 FAX: 01234 352207

POWER.

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SYSTEM NEWS 84

Andy Maddock brings you all that is weird and

wonderful on the Amigo games scene

PLAYER MANAGER 2 EXTRA 88

We haven't seen a football management game

for absloutely ages and ﬁnally we get one. Will

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

Nei Mohr pulls the planned AT Internet Pack together

to deliver the sneakiest of sneak previews

Gareth lofthouse looks on as Softwood's database saga

continues with yet another facelift for the familiar

LIGHTWAVE 4.0 _Ea

Paul Austin delivers an exdusive review of the

most long•awaited update in Amiga history

SYQUEST DRIVE

A removable storage solution with more space and

taster transfer - a challenge to the Zip supremacy

COUNTING HOUSE_____

WATCHTOWER 93

rake control of a commando soldier and

watch everything from up a tower. Check

out the preview

HINTS AND TIPS 94

OUr dedicated feedback page where you, the

readers, can write to us and complain your

socks oft Go on, we can take it

DOOM ROUNDUP 96

The Doom issue is no longer doom and gloom!

It's more Fears and Breathless. Ho, ho,

Nov. that's funny!

Fr ank Nord opens reviews claims to be a complete

accounting solution for the ﬁnancially challenged

ETHERNET SPECIAL_En

DIGITAL QUILL

Uncl e Neil asks if there's a place for yet

another text editor in the Amiga market

WAVE RIDER'S GUIDEla

Ben Vast continues the 3D theme with a look at the

latest! LIghtWave tutorials on screen and in print

Coul d the age-old problem of Amiga networking

ﬁnal l y have a simple and inexpensive solution

PRINTER PUNCHUP_CEI

Two printers - Hewlett Packard's Deskiet 1350C

and the Epson Stylus Colour us ﬁght it out

F EATUR ES

I im 1 WlII r - S i • /mi. pia

It E l LIT r

LASER GUIDANCE

AT ONE YEAR ON _111

The shining silver platters are under the microscope again.

The CD buyers guide goes from strength to strength

We ask the key players their opinions on the efforts of

Ami ga Technologies over the last twelve months

DATABASE

BEGINNER'S GUIDE _ED

Steve White continues his insider guide to the ﬁner

poi nts of mastering the idiosyncracies of the Amiga

Paul Overaa kicks off a six part programming special

on the building of databases from the bottom up

AMIGA COMPUTING

APR/L. 1996

WOVER

HE COVE RDISKS •

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

STORY

VIDEO SPECIAL AEI

It'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

C*p

Adam Phillips provides a deﬁnitive

guide to the art of pro-quality

video production. From scripting

to story boarding, producing to

directing, it's all here.

MINISHMENT

UTILITIES L_NLIMITED

P• •••• 1

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•

L11"-

It's back and it's bigger and better. Mao the

mother of all Workbench utilities. How did you

live without it?

,• • ,=•

F•tallik'

Plus, a roundup of the best video

cameras and recorders

Itti • ••••=

S. • 'AnleinAs•

Iﬁ t • F•se Mewl. ...WO,*

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b• •

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Plus: Breathless Update, UrouHack, Play16, Screen

Wizard, The Guru, Palis, AmiToolBars, BetterEd

and StringReg

* requires Magic User Interface

EGULARS

LETTERS CEI

The Amiga Computing letters page in all its glory.

Questions answered and myths put into perspective

ACAS

COMMENT

Ben Vast looks asks when the promised move to the

PowerPC will make an appearance in the high street

NEWS

Technical trickery, Q&As and all things confusing put in

their place by our resident Amiga whiz kid

PUBLIC SECTOR 113

Dave Cusick, the man with more ﬂoppies than an infer-

Wit

Tina Hackett reports on the disappointing Christmas sales

that present yet another hurdle in the Amiga's recovery

SUBSCRIPTIONS

For details of Amiga

Computing's subscription

offers turn to page 80

103

The mystery manof the AC

team concludes his tour of

menus, icons and tools

113

Phil South explores Amos'

potential as a multimedia

authoring system

Paul Overaa explains how

to get the best from the

example on the cover disk

Paul Overaa reviews a

sound synthesis program

from Blachford Technology

115

107

The tricks of making basic

programs run under ARexx

revealed by Paul Overaa

117

Steve White explains how

to bring creations to life

and retain continuity

109

Phil South starts a series

on how to make your Web

site look and work better

118

Paul Austin puts the

tricky spline patching

into perspective

111

Frank Nordexplains how to

get quality results when

printing with the Amiga

119

Gary Whiteley provides a

/ guide to the confusing

world of video formats

••••• • • • i• • • • 1.11i6

=SW • - inint.

AMIGA COMPUTING

APRIL 7996

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