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A Database Publication
Volume 1
Number 7
December 1988
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CzOMPUTIN
AMIGATEXT
CygnusEd, for those
programmers who
don't swan around
ANAGRAM
File format fiddling
with Interchange and
fun with Fancy Fonts
AMMER
Phonemes, the easy
way to make Amy
laugh, sing and giggle
A star is born
We reveal the secret drama behind
the creation of the miracle machine
AMIGASTORE
Microfiche Filer, a
database which thinks
it is a photograph
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THE AMAZING AMIGA
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Pack Includes:
A500 CPU, Mouse, P.S.U., T.V. Modulator,
Very First Tutorial, Workbench 1-3, Basic,
Extras and Manuals.
PLUS POSTRONIX BONUS PACK
WORTH OVER £250 which includes ID Blank
Di sks. Disk Storage Box xcelle nt Games. Mouse Mat _
Mouse Bracket (Mouse Holder) Deluxe Paint.
£399.00 + L5.00 post and packing
AMIGA 500 + 1084S STEREO/COLOUR MONITOR
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(including the above items) E649.00 LIO.INI post and packing
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1084S STEREO/COLOUR
MONITOR E259.00
Compatible with PC.
Amiga. C64e. CI'28
+ tA pmt and packing
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MPS 1200P £229.99
+ [5.011 post and packing
The Commodore NI N121H IP printer presems the state of the an in do x matrix print el -• .• all the features of a printer that
would cost much more. The MPS1200Pis designed to be like three printers in one. It Lek ust like an Epson EX printer. or
with the flip of a switch, it can act just like an IBM Graphics Printer with IBM Group 11.i CILITacieT set l
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character set support It can also print allthe charade ts Mailable with the Amiga in the Amika configuration:The MNIDOP
is capable of all the printing functions you would expect, as well as some additional features vilt may not expect
AMIGA 1010 DISK DRIVE
MPS 1500C COLOUR PRINTER t199
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Amiga 3.5" external drive. Capaci I \ 880K
PLUS FREE DISK
STORAGE BOX &
10 BLANK DISKS
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PRINTING TECHNIKKE Impact dot matrix (9-needle print head).
DRAFT MODE
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TAR LATION SPEED 'chars
PRINTINC DIRECTION bi-directional. with optimised head mos mat
PRINT Pi THEM I I I charin to Itiehar.'in programmable from line, and in SET-Il mode
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CHARACTER SET •ASCII characters and special Ma wets.
NI AS. PRINT LINE LENGTH -10 top I Y2 characters. according to print pitch selected
A501 RAM•
PACK E149.99
5I2K for the Amiga
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• • AND MORE BESIDES!
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TV SHOW
Special effect slide show_ Incredible
screen transitions. supports all IFF
graphics formats and includes powerful
script editor. All these facilities make
producing animated presentations of your
graphics a snap,
09.95
ANALYSE
Integrated spreadsheet graphics for the
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ORGANISE
• Professional Data Information
Manager
• Powerful Mathematical Functions
• Reports • Files • Sorts
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FANTA VISION
The magic motion special effects generator.
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SCRIBBLE
• Full Featured Word Proces,sor
• Spelling Checker • Mail Merge
Whet her you are a beginner or an
experienced user. Scribble is the word
processor that can accommodate your needs.
TV TEXT
TV Text brings the capabilities of
expensive video character generators to
you and your Amiga. Create professional
quality lettering and backgrounds for
presentation graphics or video
applications. Build your palette from 4096
colours and make exciting titles with
automatic rendering attnbutes.
£99.99
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imaginary creatures creep, clouds sail, or
lightning flash in amazing detail. Even
create your own sound track with our library
of realistic sounds. Then capture all the
.magic of --
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DIGI PAINT
Finally you tap the full graphics potential
of the Amiga with Dip Paint. The first full
'ured 4096 cobur paint program.
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to access the powerful Amiga operating system.
Execute hundreds of (operations without having to
type complex commands at the keyboard.
E54.99
E59.95
PHOTON PAINT
Al last, a powerful Loam] Hi Resolution,
hold and modify paint program with
overscan and special effects for the Amiga
computer.
ZING KEYS
Powerful utility package which provides you with
full keyboard and mouse control
ZINC!
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EXCELLENCE
Grammatical checker for word
processing. Sophisticated enough to use
in desktop publishing,
£185.00
excellence!
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WRITE AND FILE
The integrated word processor and database
manager. Because -
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Chec k and correct your spelling as
you type
04.99
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word processor and database manager in one
program, it is easy to do mail merge..
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ZUMA FONTS
High quality typestyks for your Amiga font
library
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in 6 sizes approximately 20 to 100 lines
useable in 3 screen resolutions.
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columns and column widths.
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wordproc es s or. spreadsheet and database.
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mail merge facility,
• The professional database module helps you collect and
manage information or data easily.
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HOUSE CALL
.ADN iiNTU RES
AMIG A SCENE
Wasti ng ITAftar
Derek Meakin
MEET
ORIGIN
lohn Minson went to America to meet
Richard Gariott and Chris Roberts, two
Englishmen who have made good in
the new world by creating Ultima.
SEAFARING
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Group Editor
Alan McLachlan
NEWS
What to look for at the Commodore
show, news of the BBC emulator and
the first HAM game plus latest gossip
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LATEST
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Get lost in the Bermuda Triangle, try
to fathom the Legend of the Sword,
plus a look at the very latest games
for those with an adventuring bent.
Editor
Simon Rockman
Production Editor
Peter Glover
BUSINESS
Art Editors
Mark Nolan
Doug Steele
DIGICAIC
9 OUT OF 10
The first thing you have to do with a
spreadsheet is work out how to repay
the loan needed to buy it. Rex Last
looks at one which costs less than £40.
Editorial Assistant:
Elaine Rawlins
News Editor
Mike Cowley
Advertisement Manager
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Interchange and Fancy Fonts . Page 12
John Snowden
BUSINESS
COVER STORY
GRAPHICS
Advertising Sales
Wendy Colbourne
ASDG'S
CYGNUSED
We look at a top quality text and
program editor which enhances an
American company's reputation for
being every programmer's friend.
THE AMIGA
STORY
Fascinating facts: How Commodore
came to produce the veorld's best
micro. It is a tale which needs to be
passed on to new Amiga owners.
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INTERCHANGE AND
FANCY FONTS
Two really handy tools to reduce the
effort needed to produce good looking
ray traced images by integrating with
Sculpt and similar graphics packages.
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Hugh Allen has to write magazine
articles to finance his addiction to C.
He outlines some of the additional
packages you'll need to get started-
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MICROFIGIE
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Here's a system based on microfiche
which gives rapid access to text and
graphics. Ifs a novel approach that
really simplifies using a database.
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4 AMIGA COMPUTING December 1988
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•CONTENTS•
SOFi ‘‘
67 AMIGA
ARCADE
Pioneer Plague and Rocket Ranger
head a collection of games which
prove that the Amiga can be an
unbeatable games machine.
meet
,two
d in
a.
HINTS
GAME
KILLER
The complete, unexpurgated guide to
winning at Virus, including how to fly
the thing, plus super lips and maps to
help you win at StarGlider II.
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Seafaring fantasy , . Page 19
110USE CALL
7
8 FR
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Three men and an assembler produce
the hottest code. Their latest game
makes ice hockey look like Morris
dancing. Anyone for SpeedBall?
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Game Killer Page 74
PROG
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PROGRAMMING
The Amiga story Page 24
THE PLAIN MAN'S
GUIDE TO al
Phil South looks at multitasking. one of
the things which makes the Amiga
special, and finds that three tasks into
one will go. if you've the memory.
53 SAY IT
WITH WORDS
Rex Last, a professor of modem
Languages. looks at phonemes and the
AmigaBasic SAY command to see how
to make programs sound human.
PROGRAMMING
LETTERS
8 FROM OUR
A BIT
IFFY
Dave Parkinson explains the Amiga
Interchange File Format, a convention
which makes software completely
compatible and futureproot
POSTBAG
Printer posers and missing memories
are among your questions this month
as we share news, views and opinions
of what affects the Amiga world.
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and
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Bilmap Hrothers Page 78
December 1988 AMIGA COMPUTING 5
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