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We're not saying everyone should own a Digi-View Gold...

Protozoa, lor example, have very little need.

Only one product has captured the imagination of Amiga users around the world: Digi-View Gold. It’s the most award winning, best-selling and most used Amiga hardware product of all time. When Amiga owners want to digitize graphics they use Digi-View Gold. Period. In fact, we’ve probably sold more Digi-Views than any other digitizer on any PC in history.

Here’s your chance to bring the world into your Amiga. Simply focus your video cam era on any object or picture, and in seconds Digi-View Gold turns it into Amiga graphics that glow with vibrant color and stunning clarity'. Whether you are creating graphics for desktop publishing, presentations, video, or just for fun, Digi-View Gold makes dazzling images perfectly simple.

Digi-View Gold is designed specifically for the Amiga 500 and 2000, and plugs directly into the parallel port. With complete software control of color saturation, brightness, sharp­ness, hue, resolution, and palette, advanced image processing is as easy as adjusting the controls on your television.

Only Digi-View G o ld :• Mils exclusive Dynamic HiRes mode for 4096 colors in HiRes• Digitizes in all Amiga resolution modes from 320x200 up to

768x^80 (full HiRes overscan)

Requires standard gender changer lor use with Amiga 1000. Dynamic HiRes requires 2 megs of RAM. Digi-View Gold is a trademark of NewTek. Inc.

• Uses 2 to 4096 colors (including halfbrite)• Digitizes in 21 bits per pixel (2.1 million colors) for the

highest quality images possible• Has advanced dithering routines that give an apparent

100,000 colors on screen simultaneously• Comes with an icon driven slideshow program for

presentations using both IFF and Dynamic images• Offers an unprecedented lifetime warranty and toll-free

support line

If you want the best pictures possible on your Amiga, then you need the best selling video digitizer of all time: Digi-View Gold.

Only S199.95Digi-View Gold is available now at your local Amiga dealer.Or call 1-800-843-8934 or 1-913-354-1145

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G old D isk has a pu b lish ing p ro g ram that g ives you m ore creative contro l over y o u r desk top docum ents: Professional Page"' 2.0. D esigned for the serious A m ig a user w ho is concerned w ith soph istica ted ty p o g rap h y , co lo r design and separation , and p roduc tion contro l, this pow erfu l pub lish ing package g ives you professional results.

Q u ic k t e x t d es ig n c h a n g e s are accomplished with Professional P a g e ' s style tagging. An unlimited number of style tags can be defined to specify any or all type and para­graph attributes.

Put a new a n g le on text, bitmaps and structured graphics with Profess ional P a g e . Rotate them at any angle, either numer­ically or with the mouse, and add pizzazz to your documents.

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Be the first to play the all new Don Bh animated adventure^&regon’s L a ifll:lii Warp features full-screen animation and clt TTfzed sound with more scepe§. than a previous aniranted adventu r"Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp" is'a^trademark owned by _________Bluth Group, Ltd.; (&1990 Bluth Group, L t d . ; T j « S a ^ 1 under license from Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media, 1 S&HMInc.; Character Designs ©1983 Don Bluth; ©1990 all I SHUJaudio, visuals and concept - Sullivan Bluth Interactive | j f : aMedia, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED; Programming I©1990 ReadySoft Incorporated.

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F E A T U R E SM u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l M u l t i m e d i aBy J a m ie K r u t z ................... 2 6O u r “ M ultim edia-For-A ll-O ccasions" g u id e will show you th e e q u ip m e n t a n d softw are y o u ’ll n e e d for a n y k ind o f m u l­t im ed ia show — from sim ple p ro d u c t d is­plays to full-scale v ideo p ro d u c t io n s .

R e p l a c e T h a t I n t e r f a c e !By G eoffrey W illia m s ........................................ 33W ith in te rac tive m u lt im e d ia , you can 't al­ways get away with j u s t a s ta n d a rd m ou se o r key b o ard in terface. H e re a re n ine d iffe ren t a lte rn a tives fo r y o u r next p resen ta tio n .

C o p y R i g h t s a n d W r o n g sB y Gene B r a w n .................................................. 41S om etim es von can, som etim es you c a n ’t, a n d som etim es it's no t very c lear at all!C heck ou t o u r copyrigh t g u id e for m ulti­m edia p ro d u c e rs to find ou t w h a t’s yours, w hat’s theirs, a n d what's u p for grabs.

A R T I C L E ST h e “A m i 5 0 0 ”— P a r t 1: R e w i n g U p W i t h R A M By J o h n W olfskin . . . . 46A W b eg ins a 3 -p a r t series o n u p g ra d in g a n d e x p a n d in g y o u r A m iga 500. H e re o n the first lap, an ace m ec h a n ic shows you h o w to o v e rh a u l y o u r system m e m ­o ry with I I d iffe ren t RAM e x p a n d e rs .

C O L U M N SC h i e f C o n c e r n s B y D oug Bamey . . . . 6T h e e d i to r 's b e e n locked u p in his office r u n n in g ev ery k ind o f A m iga system im ­ag inab le g o in g full blast. H e passed this ed ito r ia l o u t u n d e r the d o o r , a n d we th ink lie’s re a d y to c o m e o u t now.

A c c e n t o n G r a p h i c sBy Joe l H a g e n ........................ 38Jo e l takes u p p h o to -co m p o s it in g tec h ­n iques aga in th is m o n th , h u t th is t im e he ap p lie s th e m to HAM m o d e —with som e very s tr ik in g results.

POINTERS By Tim G ra n th a m .......................60Fax a tex t file via C o m p u S e rv e using y o u r favorite te rm in a l e m u la to r? Fry this h a n d y A Rexx script to see how it’s do n e .

W ere calling our February (heme “M aking M ulti­media.'' Ij ’I 's face it. everybody's doing it now.But, remember, (he Amiga did it f ir s t— which is why A m iga W orld has been covering multimedia f or the past two years now. We think the Amiga also does it best, and that's why the solution to pu tting the mul­timedia puzzle pieces together on our cover (above) is—you guessed it!

M a s t e r i n g M u l t i m e d i aB y Gene B r a w n ................................ 6 6D o n ’t let v ideo-disc m as te r in g tu r n in to a “voodo o-v ideo" n ig h tm a re . Follow this d e a r , concise g u id e to p ro d u c in g y o u r o w n in te rac tive v ideo discs.

D E P A R T M E N T SR e p a r t e e ....................................................... 8At 25 cen ts a p o p , w h a d d y a w aiting for?

H e a d l i n e r s ............................................. 10F ro m Vegas to Cologne, Am igas a n d Amiga p ro d u c ts a re very m uch in the news.

W h a t ’s N e w ? ........................................ 108A nsw er: G raph ics , v ideo, a n im a tio n , m u ­sic, e x p a n s io n h o a rd s , a n d a lot m ore!

T h e P D P r o s p e c t o rBy T im W a lsh ............................................... 114P D /sh a rew are picks a n d co m m u n ica tio n s t ips from o u r m a n do w n in the mines.

H e l p K e y ............................................... 116If—like last m o n th — I.on can install an 030 h o a rd in S a n ta ’s sleigh a n d also m ake the old g u y ’s r e in d e e r m ultitask , su re ly he can solve your technical d ilem m a.

L a s t L i c k s ............................................. 120A lth o u g h som e o f you m ay miss “Ask A g n u s” a n d “b o o g e r-o n - th e -sc re en ” c a r ­toons, we th ink the new look to o u r hack p ag e m ay have hit the m ark .

R E V I E W SSUPERGEN 2 0 0 0 S (D ig ita l C reations). . 14A re v o lu t io n a ry gen lock th a t cou ld spell the e n d o f “ ra c k m o im t" video.

TRAX (Passport Designs) and MUSIC-X JR. (M icroIU usions) ............ 20Scaled-dow n “ju n io r” versions o f two p o p u la r M ID I sequencers .

P a g e S t r e a m 2 .0 (S o ft-L o g ik ) ..................24T h e o f te n -u p d a te d D T P p ro g ra m m ay fi­nally hit th e fron t page.

G o l d D i s k O f f i c e (Gold D i s k ) 94A five-m odule in teg ra ted business package.

TOP FORM (D esigning M in d s ) .................. 100B are-b o n es custom fo rm s c rea tio n .

B a c k T a l k .............................................. 106N o Fat Lady sings in this space!

G A M E SCRIB N o t e s By Peter O la fso n .................... 76The g a m e sm e is te r is u p to his joystick h a n d le s with req u es ts for advice.

W l N G S (C incm aw are / E lectronic A rts) . . 76 T h is t im e it’s “T h e G rea t O n e ” n o t “T h e Big O n e ,” in a su p e rb flight s im ula to r.

T h e K i l l i n g G a m e S h o w(P syg n o sis) ..........................................................78It's the "p i ts” —th a t ’s w hy y o u ’ll love it!

T h e IMMORTAL (E lectronic A r ts ) . . . . . 78 D u n g e o n ad v en tu res a re back o n the m ap.

P o w e r P i n b a l l (K a rm a S o ft) 84Design y o u r u lt im ate d r e a m m ach ine .

TURRICAN (Innerprise ).................................86Futuristic p la tfo rm a rc a d e a d v e n tu re .

IVJ1AMIGA

PROFESSIONALSGreat Valley Products, the world's leading Amiga developer wants you. Our agressive expansion plans ha ve created a n umber of immediate openings. We offer a stimulating environment utilizing the latest state-of- thc-art development tools. Positions now available include:

Hardware EngineersBSEE required. Proven design experience in one or more of the following areas: 68040/68030 based systems, advanced video or audio products, ASIC developm ent using M entor systems, h ig h ­speed m odem s, A m iga peripherals in general.

Software EngineersIn-depth knowledge of both system s and applications level p rog ram m in g us ing C on the Am iga. Proven experience in f in ish ing projects from concept th rough to the " sh r in k w rap" stage w ould be ideal. Experience w ith A m igaD O S and UN IX device drivers and diagnostics w ou ld be an added advantage. Technical Support SpecialistsA m iga en thusiasts w ith a good understand ing of bo th software and hardware. Requires good verbal and w rit ten co m m unica tion skills, lots of patience and strong analy tical ability.

Technical Writer/Manual DeveloperKnowledge of A m iga Hardware and Software coupled w ith proven technica l w riting sk ills and ability to develop technical m an u a ls from concept to p r in tin g is a m u st. Requires self-motivated individual w ith drive and initiative able to w ork under pressure and m eet n ew produc t in troduction deadlines. Packaging design experience w ould be an added advantage.

If you are interested in any of the above positions, please send us your resume as soon as possible.

S t e p h e n R o b b in s , Publisher

D o u g l a s B a r n e y , E ditor-in-C hief

D a n i e l S u l l i v a n , Executive Editor

SWAIN P r a t t , M anaging Editor

B a r b a r a GeFVERT, Senior Editor

JA N IN E L. JACKSON, Review E ditor

LO U IS R . W a l l a c e , Senior Editor, Technology; Special Products M anager

LlNDA B a r r e t t L a f l a m m e , Editor, T h e Am iga W orld Tech Jo u rn a l

T lM W aLSH , Technical Editor

J o h n W OLFSKILL, Senior Writer, Technology

M aRE-A N N E JaRVELA, Special Products Coordinator

G e n e B r a w n , D a v id T . M c C l e l l a n , C ontributing Editors

H o w a r d G . H a r p , A rt Director

LAURA J o h n s o n , Assistant A r t Director

A n n D i l l o n , Designer

ALAN A K o r d a , Production Supervisor

D e b r a A . D a v ie s , Typographer

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2421 Broadway, Suite 200, Redwood City, CA 94063

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LAURA L i v i n g s t o n , Alarketing Coordinator

M a r g o t L . SWANSON, Customer Sendee Representative;

A dvertising Assistant

LlSA L a F l e u R , Business and Operations A dm inistra tor

MARY M c C o l e , P ublishers Assistant

S u s a n M, HaNSHAW , Circulation Director, 1-800-365-1364

PAM W ILDER, Circulation M anager

LYNN LAGASSE, M anufacturing M anager

R o g e r J . M u r p h y , President

JAMES M. B a r r y , Vice President/G roup Publisher

PAUL B o u l e , Lice President/Group Publisher

J lM M c B r i a n , Vice President/G roup Publisher

STEPHEN C . R o b b i n s , Vice President/Group Publisher

D ENNIS S . C h r i s t e n s e n , Vice President o f M anufacturing/OperQtions

BONNIE W e lsh -G a R R O L L , Director o f Corporate Circulation id P lanning

JEFFREY D . D e T ra Y , Director o f Technology Research

L i n d a R u t h , Single Copy Sales Director

DEBBIE W a l s h , N ew sstand Promotion M anager

W ILLIAM M. B o y e r , Director o f Credit Sales id Collections

DOREEN M e a n s , Systems Coordinator

A m iga lia r Id ( ISS N 0 8 8 3 -2 3 9 0 ) is a n in d e p e n d e n t jo u r n a l n o t c o n n e c te d w ith C o m m o d o re B usiness

M a ch in e s , In c . A m iga World is p u b lis h e d m o n th ly bv ID G C o m m u n ic a tio n s . P e te rb o ro u g h . In c . , 80

E lm S t., fV te rb o rn u g h . N H 0 3 4 5 8 . U .S . su b sc rip tio n r a te is $ 2 9 .9 7 , o n e y e a r ; $ 4 6 .0 0 , tw o years;

$ 6 4 .0 0 . th r e e y ea rs . C a n a d a S 3 8 .9 7 (U .S . fu n d s ) , o n e y e a r o n ly . M exico $ 3 8 ,9 7 . F o re ig n S u rfa c e

$ 4 9 .9 7 , F o re ig n A irm ail $ 8 4 .9 7 (p re p a y m e n t is r e q u ir e d o n F o re ig n S u rfa c e a n d A irm ail su b sc r ip ­tio n s in I S h in d s d ra w n o n L .S . b a n k ) . All ra te s a r e o n e -y e a r o n ly . S econd -c lass p o s ta g e p a id at

P e te rb o ro u g h . N H . a n d a t a d d i t io n a l m a ilin g o f lic e v P h o n e : 6 0 3 -9 2 4 -0 1 0 0 . E n tir e c o n te n ts c o p y ­

rig h t 1990 by I D C C c m m m tiic au o n x P e te rb o ro u g h , Inc . N o p a r t o f th is p u b lic a tio n m a y b e p r in te d

o r o th e rw ise re p r trd u c e d w ith o u t w ritte n p e rm iss io n fro m th e p u b lish e r . P o s tm a s te r : S e n d a d d re s s

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I’M S IT T IN G B E T W E E N two Amigas, with o n e m on ito r po in ted at my face, the o th e r at my back. T h ey are both on , is­su ing e n o u g h rad ia tion to p u t my u n ­bo rn p ro geny in slight peril. T h e m achine tha t is p ro d u c in g this m o n th ’s h a ra n g u e is an old A2000 with no accel­e ra to r, no flickerFixer, an d n o th in g else o f real significance.

B ehind, beam ing its signal into my spine, is a span k ing new, 25M hz A3000, with a 100-meg h a rd drive an d 18 megs o f RAM. And if I tu rn to the side to talk on the ph one , the old an d new m onitors beam their effulgence into bo th temples.

Friends, especially those from the PC m arke t, som etim es ask m e why 1 have 18 m egs o f RAM. I say it’s because som e­one was nice en oug h to buy it for me.

In fact, som eone was nice e n o u g h to buy the en tire AmigaWorld. staff $72,000 w orth o f Amiga eq u ipm en t, which a r ­rived in a steady s tream an d was consci­entiously installed by a local dealer.We’ve got four new 3000s, co lor scan­ners, speakers, new gen locks, new p r in t ­ers o f every shape a n d size, new 2000s, new 500s, m em ory, floppies, cables, and , o f course, a huge pile o f em pty boxes.

S om ew here , som e sales rep in the N ortheast saw a blip, a n d that blip was AmigaWortd.

CH IEF CO NCERNSIn between computers: the quirks, frustrations

and challenges o f upgrading.

So why is this editorial being written on an aging, u n d e rp o w e re d w im p o f an Am iga th a t could flake ou t at any m in ­ute? Som e o f it has to d o with the fact th a t 2.0 is not qu ite finished. Part o f it has to do with my lack o f a pow er strip, so the speakers a r e n ’t set up . A nd som e o f it has to do with the fact tha t I’m lazy, an d haven ’t yet m oved over all my files.

So then you ask; why is the 3000 tu rn e d on if it isn’t d o ing any work? M aybe it’s because I ’m trying to learn ab o u t the new o p era tin g system, so I toy with the applications tha t a re already loaded . Maybe it’s to get the feel o f the speed , an d to get used to the cu rso r flying off'the screen with the slightest touch o f the m ouse. Maybe it’s ju s t to show off.

A lot o f peop le a re also slow to change. U p g ra d in g software can be diffi­cult en o u g h . U pg rad in g a whole com ­p u te r with a new o p e ra tin g system is even m o re involved. T h e A 3000 is a su­p e rb m achine, b u t it is no t the easiest to switch to. W ith its slim fo rm factor, som e bo ard s w o n ’t fit. Som e p ro g ra m s w on’t ru n u n d e r its new o p e ra tin g system, forcing users to boot u p 1.3. A nd som e t im in g -d ep en d en t softw are—such as copy-pro tec ted g am es—w on’t ru n at all with its 68030 processor. All this slows dow n the inevitable move to the next genera tion .

We know C o m m o d o re is w ork ing on a p ro g ra m for software com pliance, an d G od knows they a re try ing to polish off the o p e ra t in g system. We’re go ing to pitch in as well. In the April issue, we are p lan n in g an article on A3000 com ­patibility tha t will allow ow ners a n d p o ­tential ow ners o f the 3000 to figure ou t w hat will an d w on’t work.

We d o n ’t have tim e to load 1,200 p ro ­g ram s an d test dozens u p o n dozens of boards. We’ve also got to ea t lunch , get

o u t a m agazine, a n d talk to read e rs on the p hon e . A nd since the o p e ra t in g sys­tem is still changing , the software results w ould be inaccurate as soon as they’re published, anyway. W hat we will do is generally describe why som e th ings work a n d o th e r th ings d o n ’t, A quick call to y o u r v en d o r o f choice shou ld help sort o u t the specifics.

T h ese issues a re also involved in o u r b uy ing 500s an d 2000s. We n eed total backw ard com patibility for som e o f o u r projects. By the way, they a re also cheaper.

AmigaWorld is investing heavily in the A m iga m arke t, b o th c u r re n t an d fu tu re genera tions. We are buy ing equ ipm en t, a d d in g editorial positions, lau nch ing new p rodu c ts such as the Tech J o u rn a l , and bea ting the Amiga d ru m for w hoever will listen. ■

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R E P A R T E EComments, complaints, and concerns

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U n d e r d o n e T oast

C o n ce rn in g the Video T oaster article (Oct. ’90, p. 20), I a p ­p roached it with in terest after see ing New Tek’s T oaste r in ac­tion at the recent Los Angeles V ideo Show. However, Lou Wallace’s article left m e in the d a rk as to the Toaster 's capa­bilities with o th e r equ ipm en t.It w ould be very helpful in fu­tu re articles to a t least show a block d iag ram , with the p re ­cise m achines an d associated eq u ip m en t usecL I ’m su re tha t I’m not the only o n e who needs m o re com plete in form ation .

Pierce GrantBurbank, C4

T o E a ch H is O w n1 have ju s t received my Decem ­ber Amiga World a n d am sorely d isappo in ted by the article “ MIDI Sequencers,” p e n n e d by Steve Quinzi. 1 m ust say that I take exception to Mr. Q uinzi’s article on several points. T he s ta tem en t “ Bars 8c Pipes. . . .is my first choice for Tun' p ro j­ects” may imply to som e that Bars & Pipes may not be suit­able for serious projects. For me, the choice o f a sequencer is as personal as buying a musical in strum ent; does it fit you r m u- sical ideas, your style o f writing, as the in s trum en t fits your hand? Does it get in the way o f creativity? Mr. Q uinzi’s implica­tions could well steer som eone away from discovering that Bars 8c Pipes is an extrem ely

serious sequencer for those o f us who have delved deeper.

I invite Mr. Q uinzi to h ea r my music an d that o f my crosstown colleague, Melvin Sparks, an d tell us “it a in ’t se­r io u s ” J u s t because a se­q u en ce r accomplishes its objective in a “dram atically different way” does no t im pair its efficiency. Also, “ n o n -d e ­structive ed iting" is a very im ­p o rtan t fea tu re that needs m o re th o ro u g h exp lanation . Mr. Quinzi fu r th e r s ta ted that Bars 8c Pipes “would be my last choice. . .if I w ere u n d e r a deadline, because. . .its open- e n d e d design results in a kind o f fragm enta tion th a t I find distracting." W hat the devil is th a t supposed to m ean? Per­haps his article dead line was the distraction.

M ichael TorresML Vernon, N Y 10553

H ard D isc W ish L istW hen will gam e m akers real­ize the e r ro r o f their ways? I am re fe rr in g to the fact that most gam es are floppy disk- based only. T h is was the sole reason that I d id no t buy the gam e D ra g o n ’s Lair. (D rag o n ’s Lair would load to h a rd disk, b u t only o n e b rand .) I was very pleased to find th a t the new D ra g o n ’s Lair would load to h a rd disk.

1 have quite a few gam es, with som e o f the greatest g raphics a n d so u n d effects, b u t I d o no t play them m uch

because o f the ex trem ely slow disk-access speed. In the fu­tu re , I will no longer even consider any software p ro d u c t sold for the Am iga unless it can be loaded to a h a rd disk.

H ubert Sam m Belleville, IL

V ic t o r ie sI am very enco u raged by the recent tren d 1 have noticed to­w ard extensive coverage o f the Am iga in professional trade magazines tha t serve the video- p roduction a n d broadcast com ­munities. Som e m agazines have even gone so far as to include a reg u la r colum n that features the Amiga an d ex p o u n d s the virtues o f using the system (e.g., AV Video m agazine’s col­um n, “Amiga Niches").

T h is tre n d has been quite ev iden t since the release of C o m m o d o re ’s AmigaVison a u ­th o rin g system for m ultim edia presen ta tions, a n d is also re ­flected in a g row ing n u m b e r o f h igher-end h a rd w are and software packages specifically des igned to m ee t the d em an d s o f d iscrim inating video professionals.

C ou ld it be that skeptics w ithin the industry a re finally w aking up a n d smelling the coffee? Will the Amiga finally get the kind o f recognition it tru ly deserves? F rom my ob ­servations, the answ er seems to be a re so u n d in g YES!

In my spare tim e, I am an in d ep en d e n t p ro d u c e r for a local cable television station.

W hen the station m a n a g e r an d a d irec to r were discussing the possibility o f ad d in g som e co m p u te rs for an im ations and overlay graphics, I h ea rd the m an ag e r m ake the typical M acintosh suggestion. T h en , to my vast su rprise , the station d irec to r actually re sp o n d ed with: “W hat abou t an Amiga?I hea r it's qu ite a capablesystem."/

To m ake a long story short, after I p u t a d e m o tape o f my work tog e ther an d gave it to the station m an ag e r a long with m y copy o f the AW Ani­m ation video, the d irec to r s topped m e in the hall one day a n d said, "W e’re o rd e r in g Amigas.”

B rad E. H obberstadHawthorn, CA

S e r io u s U seMike C zykun (R epartee , Oct. ’90) stated that “ It was we, the gam e enthusiasts w ho p u t the Amiga on the m ap .” G et real! T h e Amiga was “ put on the m ap " by peop le w ho saw its potential as a lead ing graph ics a n d so u n d workstation.

You can play PacMan all you want on y o u r Amiga, bu t I’ll stay with D P a in t l l l an d Pro Page, th an k you very m uch.

Shaw n Silva Victoria, British Columbia

Send you r letters to: R epartee , AmigaWorld Editorial, 80 Elm St., P e te rbo rough , NH 03458.Letters m ay he ed ited for/space an d clarity. ■

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Commodore Interna­tional Ltd. reports that sales were up 21% in the first quarter o f fis­cal ’9 1 —m ainly be­cause o f strong Amiga sales and favorable ex ­change rates.

Import/Export Discussed at Amiga ’90C O L O G N E , G E R M A N Y —T h e G e r m a n m a r k e t , w i t h s o m e 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 -8 0 0 ,0 0 0 installed Am igas, offers p e rh a p s the largest co n ce n ­tra tion o f Am igas in the w o r ld — a n d p e rh a p s the g rea tes t e n th u s i­a sm for the m ach ine . In an y case, o v e r 67 ,000 users g a th e re d at the A m iga ’90 show in N ovem ber.

In c o n tra s t to US t r a d e shows, w h e re w e l l-m a n n e re d u se rs p o l­itely ask q u es tions a n d sit pa tien tly th r o u g h d em o s , h o rd e s o f “c rack ­e rs " r o a m e d the A m iga *90 halls, w re a k in g havoc w ith ex h ib i to rs ’ h a r d d rives a n d so m etim es c o n ­

LAS VEGAS, N E V A D A -D esp ite m u ch talk o f a recession in the c o m ­p u te r industry', th e Fall '90 C o m d ex show (held N o v em b er 12-16} was heavily a t te n d e d by m an ufac tu re rs a n d d e a l e r s a l i k e . A m o n g t h e h o r d e s o f v e n d o r s p r e s e n t w as n o n e o th e r th an C o m m o d o re Busi­ness M achines. W ith an impressive- looking b oo th full o f A3000s, an d with several th ird -p a r ty com panies d e m o n s tra t in g professional Amiga applications, show a tten d ees got to see the “serious" side o f C o m m o ­d o re com puters .

T h e s ta r o f C B M ’s b o o th was the A3000UX, C B M ’s lo w -c o s t , 10 M B , A 3 0 0 0 U n ix w o r k s ta t io n . R u n n in g a full im p le m e n ta t io n o f U n ix System V Release 4, a long w ith X -W indow s a n d O p e n Look o p e ra t in g in the 1024 X 8 0 0 , 256- co lo r m o d e o f th e U niversity o f Lowel! g rap h ic s a d a p te r , it was a system capab le o f im p re ss in g the m ost skeptical in d u s try observers . R eal-tim e v ideo (su p p lied by a d ig ­itizer) r u n n in g in o n e w indow o f the d isp lay a s ton ished m any.

In a n o th e r p a r t o f the b oo th , o t h e r C o m m o d o r e r e p r e s e n t a ­tives c re a te d A m ig aV is io n a p p li ­c a t i o n s o n A m i g a D O S 2 . 0 - e q u ip p e d A3000s.

v e rg in g for im p r o m p tu rallies. T h e y quickly c o v ered th e walls s u r r o u n d i n g th e C o m m o d o r e b o o th w ith sp ra y p a in t , ink, a n d stickers. W hile so m e lo o k ed u p o n these ac tions with d ism ay, o th e rs saw this fe rv o r as a positive.

O n the m o re se r ious side , m a n y U S a n d G e r m a n c o m p a n i e s s e e m e d to b e m a k in g d ea ls to b r in g slick new p ro d u c ts to the States. In fact, th e re was a t r e ­m e n d o u s tu r n o u t at th e p a r ty AmigaW orld ho s ted fo r those seek ­ing to e n te r th e US m ark e t .

A m o n g the sh o w ’s h igh ligh ts

A m o n g th e A m iga d e v e lo p e r s sh o w in g in C o m m o d o r e ’s b o o th was Digital C reations, which d e m ­o n s tra ted DCTV, a low-cost, 24-bit digitizer s la ted to ship with a 16- m illion -co lo r p a in t p r o g r a m . For the h igher-end crow d, RGB C o m ­p u te r & V ideo show ed o ff A m iL ink2.0, a com ple te v ideo-editing sys­tem th a t can s u p p o r t u p to 32 video d e v ic e s a n d c o n t r o l N e w T e k ’s V ideo T oaster via software.

In its ow n b o o th , G old Disk d e m o n s t r a te d ShowMaker, a p re s ­e n ta t io n p ro g ra m th a t seem s to get b e t te r every t im e it is show n (we now h e a r o f a J a n u a r y re lease es tim ate fo r th e package). In a n ­o th e r location , S u p ra p ro m in e n tly d isp layed its line o f A m iga p r o d ­ucts, Precision Softw are was also on its ow n, show in g off S u p e rb a se 4 fo r th e PC a n d telling o f an .Amiga-version re lease this year.

Finally, N ew T ek im p re sse d vis­i t o r s w i t h i t s V ideo Toaster. A m o n g tho se p a y in g carefu l a t t e n ­tion to c ro w d s a t the N ew T ek b o o th was T ru ev is io n . In te re s t ­ingly, o n e o f the n e w er T ru ev is io n em p lo y ees is a re c e n t h i re from C o m m o d o re , w h e re h e h a d b e en an A m iga p r o d u c t m a n a g e r .

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was Scala (from T h e Digital Vision S oftw are Design o f N orw ay), a w ell-designed p ack a g e for p r o ­d u c in g in terac tive , se lf ru n n in g , a n d m o u s e - t r i g g e r e d p r e s e n t a ­tions. Scala can toad an im a tio n s a n d p ro d u c e h a r d copy, o r it can o u tp u t to a variety o f m o n ito rs o r T V sets. T h e firm has US d is tr i ­b u t io n in place, a n d an N T SC v e r­sion sh o u ld be o u t shortlv./

A n o th e r key p ro d u c t wras Real 3D f ro m Activa S oftw are in F in ­lan d . T h e firm claim s it to be the fastest ray t rac e r available a n d is se ek in g US d is tr ib u t io n .

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H o p in g to fulfill th e p ro m ise o f m u lt im e d ia for the PC, In tel r e ­cen tly unve iled the In te l i750. B ased u p o n Digital V ideo I n t e r ­active (D V I) techno logy , the i750 p r o v i d e s d a t a c o m p r e s s i o n o f 160:1, allow ing a C D -R O M disc to h o ld an h o u r o f v ideo. T h is te c h ­nology is e x p ec te d to b e available this year in devices costing u n d e r $ 1000.

A m iga th ird -p a r ty d e v e lo p e rs have n o t been sitting still, how ­ever. IVS, ICD, a n d G V P have d e m o n s t r a te d an ability to r u n f u l l - m o t i o n v i d e o f r o m h a r d d rives . G iven the d r o p in h a r d ­d isk prices, this ce rta in ly p rov ides a s u p e r io r so lu tion fo r off-line ed it in g .

M eanw hile , T a n d y a n d M icro­soft have te a m e d u p to offer a “M u ltim ed ia P C "—an IB M -com ­pa tib le w ith a C D -R O M drive . T h e system will r u n M icrosoft W in­dow s with ex ten s ion s fo r so u n d , g rap h ic s , a n d a n im a tio n . I saw a sn e a k preview’ a n d was u n im ­p re s se d w’ith its lim ited a n im a t io n abilities a n d lack o f v ideo s u p p o r t . M icrosoft, how ever, is w ork ing w ith d e v e lo p ers a n d ex p ec ts a r a n g e o f app lica tio ns this year. All th e m o re rea so n to p r im e th e C D T V p u m p , we’d say.

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F ra m e buffers w ere alt th e rage . L ook in g to m a k e a go at video, A m erican -b ased G V P sh o w ed o ff its new, h ig h -e n d , 24-bit frame buffer with d ig itiz ing a n d gen - lock ing fea tu res . A m iga C e n tre S co tland un v e iled its 32-bit frame buffer, while X-Pert C o m p u te r Services o f G e rm a n y sh o w ed o f f a 24-bit transputer-based display adapter. R ecognizing th a t c o m ­patibility is a p ro b le m with these devices, A m iga C e n tr e h e a d e d u p th e fo rm a tio n o f a g r o u p to c rea te re la te d s ta n d a rd s .

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R I C C I O N E , I T A L Y - T h e fou rth a n n u a l Bit.Movie show o f c o m p u te r g rap h ic s will he held April 2 5 —28 in Riccione, Italy, a n d will again fea tu re a real-tim e-ani- m a t io n c o m p e t i t io n . L ast y e a r ’s show a t trac ted o v e r 250 0 guests, e ach o f w h o m was given a ballot to vote fo r th re e an im a tio n s from a m o n g the 30 finalists.

E n tra n ts c an subm it u p to fou r w orks, a n d a com m ission will d e ­c ide o n the finalists, g iv ing p re f ­e r e n c e to w o r k s t h a t d o n o t in c lude p u b lic -d om ain objects o r b a c k g ro u n d s . T h e d e a d l in e for e n try is M arch 15. T w o sets o f p r i z e s ( e a c h c o n s i s t i n g o f1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , a n d500 ,000 lire fo r first, second , a n d th ird place, respectively) will be a w a rd e d , as b o th the show a t te n ­d ees a n d a p a n e l o f j u d g e s will select th r e e w inners .

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D IG ITAL CREATIONS’ SUPERG EN 2000s A m iga genlock rep resen ts a com ­plete redesign o f co m p u te r video g e n ­locks as we know them . T his design change m ay well a lter the way m anufac­tu re rs th ink abou t co m p u te r video h a r d ­ware in the fu ture .

Most co m p u te r genlocks a re boxes that connect to the co m p u te r externally via the RGB port, a design ap p ro ach that p re ­cludes com plete in tegration o f com puters and video equ ip m en t into one system. This has had the effect o f limiting most Amiga video software to little m o re th an a collection o f overlay rou dnes with p rov i­sions for ex ternal video-in.

W ith its 2000s genlock, however, Digi­tal C reations has d em o n s tra ted tha t it recognizes the Amiga as the video co m ­p u te r eng ine it truly is.

T h e H a r d S i d e

Digital C readons supplies the S up erG en 2000s h a rd w are in th ree separa te parts: the m ain video bo ard , a video b reak o u t box, a n d a dissolve-controller console.

T h e m ain video b o a rd plugs directly into the video slot o f A2000-series m a ­chines a n d thus becom es an in tegral p a r t o f the system. It requ ires no ex tra RGB cables, no AC cords, a n d no hassle. (The 2000s does not work with the A 1000, the A500, o r the A3000, a lthough Digital C rea tions plans to ad ap t it for all these m odels.) T h e back o f the video b o a rd has a DB-9 connecto r for the dissolve con tro lle r cable an d a DB-25 conn ec to r for the video b reako u t box. T h is configu­

ra tion leaves the Amiga's RGB p o rt free for use with any C o m m o d o re Amiga or com patible RGB monitor.

T h e com pac t video b reak o u t box plugs directly in to the 25-pin connecto r on the m ain video b oard . After tigh ten ing a few screws, the box is installed securely on the re a r o f the Amiga. At first glance, the box looks like a maze o f confusion. A closer look reveals a no-nonsense design th a t allows for transcod ing various video form ats in a n d ou t o f the Amiga. T h e top row o f switches on the top o f the box are for Preview Select, In p u t M ode Se­lect, NTSC T erm ina tion Select, an d Y/C T erm ina tion Select.

Below these switches a re e igh t male BNC connec to rs—one each labeled P re­view C h ro m a O u tp u t , Preview NTSC/

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L um a (Y) O u tp u t , Fast Key In p u t, Key O u tp u t , N TSC In p u t , an d NTSC T h ru , a n d two labeled NTSC Overlay O u tp u t . T h e re a re also four S connectors: one Y/C In , two Y/C O u t O verlayed, a n d . o n e Y/C T h ru . By using the selector switches in com bination with any o f these connectors, you can custom ize a configu­ra tion for any application, regardless o f its complexity.

T h e ex ternal dissolve contro ller allows for overlaying video with Amiga graphics in a variety o f ways via two sliders. In a d ­dition, a dual-position rocker switch on

top of the box lets you choose between SVHS an d Com posite video modes.

T h e S o f t S i d e

Software installation is au tom atic, con­sisting mainly o f clicking on a n icon an d answ ering a few yes-and-no queries.Only for custom ized configurations a re there additional requ irem en ts .

Double-clicking on the SG Setup icon opens a control panel loaded with real­time video-processing b u tto n s an d gadg­e ts—controls that, until now, were avail­able only in hardw are . Located on top o f the w indow are the four m ain buttons: Dissolves, V P os/Saturadon, C h ro m a Phase, a n d H orizontal Pos. J u s t below' these a re two horizon tal knobs for a d ­ju s tin g various p a ram e te rs a n d a t tr i­butes. Most o f the rem a in ing video­processing gadgets a re used in con junc­tion with the m ain buttons. T hese in ­clude Dissolve Enable, Auto Dissolve, Notch Filter, In te rn a l B lanking, A uto Gain C hro m a, In te rn a l Key, Fastsync C lam p, Vertical In terval, T im in g Enable, A lpha Key, Setup A dder, an d RGB Term ination .

T h e pull-dow n m en u s allow for load­ing, saving, setting, an d u p d a tin g various configurations. Digital C reations has also included som e nea t p rog ram s, am ong them utilities for setting up hot keys an d con tro lling dissolves rem otely with a jo y ­stick! T h e SG C olorB ars utility is actually an IFF g raph ic ru n from an icon that o u tp u ts 75% SM PTE color bars.

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T h e SG Setup P aram e te r m e n u provides scores o f options. A m ong these a re the A uto Gain C h ro m a feature, which can help to correc t in p u t video tha t has vary­ing o r incorrec t am p litu d e levels. In a d ­dition , you can increase ch rom a sa tu ra tion by clicking on the VPos/Satu­

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ra tion gadge t in this m ode. By selecting the slider knobs an d m oving the m ouse to the right, you can actually a d d color to incom ing video. Auto Gain C hro m a also corrects co lo rburst to RS-170A level (40 IRE).

T h e C h ro m a Phase bu tton works with the T im in g Enable op tion , allowing you to adjust the phase (tint) on incom ing video o r even to phase to an en tire A/B roll-edit suite. If you have som e video clips o f the Boston Red Sox that, when played hack, look m o re like clips o f the Boston G reen Sox, you can get the o rig i­nal colors hack simply by selecting the C h ro m a Phase an d T im in g Enable b u t­tons a n d tvveeking the slider knobs (course an d line).

T h e In te rna l B lanking bu tton toggles betw een External V ideo In an d Amiga V ideo so tha t processing can he d o n e on each individually. I t’s im p o rtan t to u n ­d ers tand that the tim ing characteristics o f the video you feed into the 2000s d i­rectly aft eel video o u tp u t . If you want to use the 2000s’s in ternal sync g en e ra to r to im prove the inpu t video, simply choose Amiga Video. Because o f this built-in sync g enera to r , the 2000s does not requ ire an ex terna l video for o u tp u t- ing Amiga graphics.

Both the H orizontal and Vertical Posi­tion bu ttons work in conjunction with the T im in g Enable b u tto n to reposition incom ing live o r taped video, e ither h o r ­izontally o r vertically. You can also use them to reposition Amiga graphics by toggling the In te rna l B lanking bu tton . This fea tu re saves you the frustra tion o f having to leave the p ro g ra m a n d blindly try to set the screen 's position in P re fe r­ences. With these features, cen te ring graph ics an d live video is a breeze.

T h e Notch Filter op tion can signifi­cantly reduce the effects o f ch rom a crawl an d rain how ing artifacts in h eren t in

NTSC. Using it a long with a d a rk d ro p shadow alm ost com pletely elim inates crawling an d shak ing font edges.

H i g h -e n d P o s t i n g w i t h t h e 2 0 0 0 s

I was recently con trac ted to install a full­blown Amiga video workstation at a la rge video post-p roduc tion h o use co n ­ce rn ed prim arily with Betacam an d one- inch tape. T h is h o use req u ired perfect RS-170A broadcast specs a n d w anted to sync the c o m p u te r with two Betacam edit decks, a one-inch reco rd er , a video switcher, an d a 534,000 digital video-ef- fects unit. To com plicate m atters , these peop le were skeptical abou t the Amiga. Given all the p rob lem s associated with tim ing to these types o f systems, I th o u g h t this would he a good o p p o r tu ­nity to test the 2000s.

After hooking u p all the ap p ro p r ia te cables betw een the switcher, T B C , an d 2000s, we boo ted the Amiga an d o p en ed the SG Setup contro l panel. O n the p ro ­g ram m onito r, we overlayed live video with an Amiga graphic. A lthough the im ­

ages looked su p er clean, the horizontal position o f the Amiga g raph ic an d the tin t (phase) o f the incom ing video a p ­p ea red to be off. Using SGColorBars, I invoked 75% IRE color bars for the video switcher a n d the Amiga, at which po in t it becam e clear th a t both sets o f bars were indeed off in both position and phase . (A waveform m o n ito r and vectorscope confirm ed this.)

In ju s t a few m inutes, we were able to time the en tire system w ithou t using a screw driver, o p en in g a box, o r twisting a knob. To solve the horizontal positioning p rob lem , I clicked on the T im in g Enable bu tton , selected the H orizontal Pos b u t ­ton, a n d lined u p the two sets o f bars u s­ing the s lider gadgets. T h en , I clicked-on both the C h ro m a Phase an d T im in g En­able bu ttons an d ad justed the phase to perfection , again using the slider knobs. W hile tw eeking the phase , 1 cou ld see the colors line u p in the boxes on the vectorscope until they w ere d ead on.

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tical abou t the Amiga. T h e 2000s had d o n e an adm irab le jo b o f tim ing a com ­plicated NTSC com posite video system an d en co d in g super-c lean Amiga graphics.

T h e S S i d e

Using the 2000s with SVHS, the defacto P ro -S um er v ideotape form at, is essen­tially the sam e as using it with s tan dard com posite tape, a lthough SVHS prov ides

a cleaner, h ig h er resolu tion signal that is im m u n e to NTSC artifacts a n d thus does not req u ire use o f the Notch Filter.

SVHS ed iting with the 2000s is less com plicated th an com posite editing, mainly because o f the design o f the SV H S-connector section o f the b reakou t box. In fact, you can hook up an en tire suite in ju s t a few m inutes. O n e feature that really com es in handy is the ex tra SVHS o u tp u t , which can p lug directly

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in to an SVHS video m onitor. In com bi­nation with the VCRs, I was able to use fo u r SVHS m onitors, all with p ro p e r te rm ination .

D u rin g the edit session, I was easily able to overlay Am iga titles an d graphics using the dissolve controller. Afterward, som e dubs were m ade. T h e .Amiga g raph ics had excellent color, the live-ac- tion video looked clean, an d the overall signal rem a in ed quiet. T h e only problem we en co u n te red was no t be ing able to see the co nnec to r netw ork after push ing the A2500 back into place against the wall. By placing a small m ir ro r beh ind the Amiga, however, we solved this p roblem .

T h e D o w n S i d e

A lthough the 2000s d o cu m en ta tio n is ac­cu ra te an d solid, it would benefit from m ore exam ples o f how to use all the bells an d whistles; the very advanced fea­tures especially need m o re c o m p re h e n ­sive coverage. In add ition , g raph ic dem os would give lirst-time users a be t­ter u n d e rs ta n d in g o f what genlocking with a 2000s is all about.

O n the h a rd w are side, I would like to see the 2000s accom m odate Y-688 d u b ­b ing an d also fully su p p o r t Beta com p o­n en t fo rm at a n d au tom atic te rm ination . (R um ors are c ircu la ting that Digital C re ­ations is a lready w ork ing o n the first two.) Finally, inco rp o ra tio n o f GPI trig ­gering would m ake ed iting m ore convenient.

Digital C reations has given us a glim pse o f a fu tu re in which eng ineers no longer struggle beh ind racks with tiny screwdrivers a n d flashlights. T hanks

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By M ichael Hanish

IT HAPPENS IN the world o f software as well as in the world o f peop le an d pi­geons: Parents p ro d u c e offspring that re ­semble them . Recently it h a p p e n ed in the Amiga music software com m unity ; M aster T racks Pro gave birth to T rax , an d to Music-X was b o rn Music-X J r . Both “kids" a re healthy, solid, an d hug- free. Sadly, however, they have no p e r ­sonalities o f their own; they are only w atered-dow n reflections o f their parents.

Because sequencer p references a re largely a m a tte r o f personal style, we'll profile both p rog ram s, looking at how well they accom plish sim ilar tasks, in­clud ing their com m on goal o f welcoming new com ers to the world of MIDI se­quencing. [For a look at the p a re n t p ro ­gram s, check the reviews o f M aster T racks Pro 3.0 (p. 62, Ja n . ’90) an d Music-X (p. 18, Nov. ’89).]

T h e C u t e s t L i t t l e

B a b y T r a x

T ra x opens on to a four-color screen co n ­ta in ing m ultiple windows for the se­q u en ce r controls, track nam es and assignm ents, tem po , a n d track an d song editing. All a re clear, readab le an d easy to u n d e rs ta n d . 'The sequencer 's controls em ula te those o f a tape reco rder , a n d in­clude an au to-rew ind bu tto n that speed ­ily re tu rn s you to the last place the sequencer s tarted from . A nice add ition

Trax's Track Sheet window, Conductor window, and transport controls.

to the usual co u n te r (which reads the c u r re n t song location in m easures, beats an d clocks) is an e lapsed-tim e counter. Next to the tran sp o r t contro ls is the C o n d u c to r window, with a slider for set­ting tem po , beat an d m eter. T h e C o n ­d u c to r track can hand le both ab ru p t an d g radua l changes in tem p o , as well as m ultip le m eters.

T h e ce n te r o f the w ork screen is u su ­ally occupied by the T rack Sheet win­dow. wherein you can keep an eye on the 64 tracks to which the p ro g ra m can record . T h e display is clear, unc lu tte red , an d easily readable . T ra x does not su p ­po rt the A m iga’s in ternal sounds, so the w indow’s options a re lim ited to control o f M IDI channels, p ro g ram -ch an g e m es­sages (to tell the synthesizer which voice to play), looping (you can m ake each track loop independen tly ), an d a play/ reco rd /m u te selection for each track. R ecord ing a track is a sim ple process: Select a track , click in the Record Enable box in the T rack Sheet window, a n d click on the Record bu tton in the T ra n sp o r t window. T h e M IDI d a ta is autom atically sen t back out on the channel th ro u g h which it cam e in.

O n e a t a T i m e

T rack ed iting an d step en try are d o n e in the Step window. O ne w indow is used for ed iting all tracks; its con ten ts a re d e ­te rm in ed by which track is at the top o f the list on the T rack Sheet. U n fo r tu ­nately, this se tup p reven ts you from w orking on several tracks s im ulta­neously. N ote events a re displayed on a grid o f pitch (which is re p re sen ted by the p iano keyboard) a n d time. All ed it­ing is d o n e graphically: Select a d u ra -

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don , po in t to a tim e/pitch location, and click to paste the no te down. You can zoom in for m o re precision. A lthough t he display is clear, it is lim ited to note events only.

To the d e tr im en t o f T ra x , ed iting is a p p a ren tly o n e o f the m ain features the designers cut back on. Editing even such a sim ple th ing as the d u ra tio n o f one no te is a clumsy, m ultistep process, in ­volving m ouse clicks, m enus, an d r e ­questers. Dealing with velocity or dynam ics is even worse, as those values a re no t even displayed. Global changes are easier to accom plish: A section o f notes is h igh ligh ted an d changes are m ad e by answ ering to a requester. Cut, copy, paste a n d mix features a re avail­able from the Edit m en u ; a ltera tions to velocity, du ra tio n , pitch, an d quan tiza ­tion a re allowed th ro u g h the C h ang e m enu . T ra x su p p o rts the C lipboard , but for only on e clip at a time.

T h e Song E d ito r w indow provides g raph ic m eans for shap ing the overall form an d a r ra n g e m e n t o f a piece. Each m easu re o f each track is re p re sen ted by a small box, which ap p ears o p en if the m easu re is em pty an d filled if it contains data. Editing is d o n e in m u ch the sam e way as in the Step Editor: You highlight areas to be ed ited a n d p e rfo rm action by m aking selections from the Edit o r C h an g e m enus. All features function as p rom ised , but the tasks seem to take sev­eral m ore steps than they shou ld . For exam ple , m oving a m easure from one location to an o th e r involves cu tting the data , dele ting the m easure , inserting a m easu re , an d pasting the da ta down.

You can filter selected M IDI events from the incom ing d a ta s tream for re ­co rd ing , thus conserv ing large am ounts o f m em ory. Similarly, you can strip ce r­tain con tro lle r d a ta from the selected po rtion o f any track.

Overall, 1 found T ra x to be a b reeze for re co rd in g a n d playback. T h e screen layout is clearlv readab le from the dis-

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tance to your M ID I keyboard , a lthough the p ro g ra m does no t su p p o rt rem ote contro l. It is file-compatible with both M aster T racks Pro a n d the s tan d a rd M IDI file formats. T h e m anual is clear an d to the point, a n d should be m ore th an sufficient to get the M IDI novice up an d ru n n in g .

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m ethods. I th ink beg inners will find T r a x ’s ap p ro ach to ed iting confusing, an d in te rm ed ia te users will find it in ­com plete, A nother draw back is die p ro ­g ram 's lack o f su p p o r t for any form o f synchronization.

A C h i p o f f t h e O l d X

Music-X J r . (Junior) offers a very d iffer­ent realization o f the sam e basic tape-re­co rd e r m etaphor, W indows a re rep laced by pages, o r by separa te screens for the m ajor functions: Sequencer, B ar (se­quence) Editor, Filters, Keym ap E dito r an d Sam ples. J u n io r opens o n to the Se­q u en ce r page, which is loaded with in ­form ation . T ra n s p o r t controls, coun ter, locater bu ttons, a n d tem po in form ation are housed in the upper-left q u a d ra n t o f the screen . T he lower half o f the screen shows sequence inform ation , including length , channel, nam e, an d o u tp u t as­s ignm ent. In the u p p e r-r ig h t c o rn e r is the track display (conceptually similar to T ra x ’s Song window), showing which se­quences a re playing a t any given time.

While m any o th e r sequencers use the te rm s “sequence” an d “track in ter-

You can edit all the track data displayed in Muslc-X's Bar editor.

changeahly, J u n io r m akes a clear distinc­tion. A sequence may be o f any length g rea te r than one m easu re , contain data for one o r m any in s trum en ts , and even con tain events tha t tr igger o th e r se­quences. A track, on the o th e r h an d , is used to sequence sequences, or, to quo te J u n io r ’s com prehensive m anual, “A track is som eth ing that plays a sequence.”O nce you get the h an g of it, this d u a l­level app roach m akes for g rea t flexibility

in com posing an d a rrang in g .Clicking on a sequence highlights it

for editing, an d selecting a b u tto n below the tran sp o r t controls sends you to the B ar E d ito r page. Viewing this page for the first tim e is a bit like looking in to a fireworks display. Most o f the page is filled with a busy, editable g raph ic dis­play o f track data. Pitch, on the vertical scale, is re p re sen ted by a p iano key­board ; tim e is on the horizontal. Each in­dividual note ap p ea rs as a rectangle, the length o f which d ep e n d s on the n o te ’s d u ra tio n . T h e bo ttom half o f the display shows any o r all o f the p a ram e te rs o f the note event, such as attack a n d release ve­locity, contro l changes, pitch b en d , and p ro g ram change. In fo rm ation re la ting to the dynam ics o f a note, such as velocity, is show n in colum ns, whose height r e p ­resents its intensity.

T h e Display m enu is used for selecting which events will be visible, so you can start by displaying only pitches, for ex ­am ple, to avoid visual overload. You can ad d o r insert events using the m ouse an d gadgets. T h e p ro ced u res a re consis­ten t a m o n g all the p aram eters ; once you

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arc familiar with the way it works, ed it­ing becom es a p re tty sm ooth process. J u n io r su p p o rts bo th step-tim e an d real­time record ing . You can replay the track solo from the B ar Editor page, o r re tu rn to the sequencer page to hea r it in context.

T h e Filters page can block certain types o f incom ing events from being re ­co rded , change one type o f event to a n ­o ther, o r echo the events to the in ternal voices o r to any channel(s) at M ID I O ut. I t works in conjunction with the Keym ap editor, transla ting on e type o f event into another.

W h e r e I s T hat S o u n d C o m in g F r o m ?J u n io r supports the use o f Amiga sam ­ples a n d M IDI in s tru m en ts for playback, both of which you “m an ag e” on the Sam ples page. M anagem en t consists o f assigning each voice to o n e o f 16 c h a n ­nels, which a re not to be confused with M ID I channels. You can then assign each voice to a particu lar sequence from the S eq uen cer page.

Sam ples in IFF an d Sonix for •mat can

be loaded, used an d even ed ited to a lim ited extent. A small g raph ic display at the bo ttom o f the page provides access to 16 movable po in ts on the sam ple’s enve­lope, as well as a slider to tu n e the sam ­ple. T h is fea tu re m akes J u n io r ’s pow er available to those w ithout M ID I, bu t at a price: Samples can consum e huge a m o u n ts o f m em ory an d only four can play a t a time. W hen J u n io r saves a p e r ­form ance file (all the data , p a ram ete rs an d variables associated with the piece), it also saves the samples, m ak in g for a very large file a n d po ten tia l p roblem s for those w ithout high-capacity systems.

J u n io r can save an d load files for each o f the pages. It can also load an d save pe rfo rm an ce files in the fo rm at it shares with Music-X as well as SM US-form at an d s tan d a rd M IDI files. Files o f the lat­te r type requ ire the use o f ex ternal co n ­verte r p rogram s, supp lied on the Music- X disks. T hey w ork reasonably well.

T im in g can be e ither in ternal o r ex te r­nal, with su p p o r t for M ID I Song Posi­tion Pointers, bu t not SM PTE T im e Code. T h a t is o n e o f the few features re ­served for the original Music-X. T he

lengthy m anual, com plete with glossary an d index , does a respectable jo b o f ex ­plain ing synchronization, tim ing, an d all o ther p ro g ra m features.

O nce I was able to wade th ro u g h the som etim es confusing an d busy graphics display a n d get familiar with the abbrevi­ations u sed to label bu ttons a n d sliders, w ork ing with J u n io r was reasonably sm ooth. It becam e difficult, however, when I h a d to flip betw een the Se­q uencer an d B ar E d ito r pages, as I often lost my place in the sequence. I certainly apprec ia ted the ed iting features, which are m o re com plete than those in T rax .

O n t h e R ig h t T r a c k ?B oth T ra x an d J u n io r p e rfo rm all the basic functions, b u t I find T ra x lacking in too m any ed iting areas. N either p ro ­gram is copy-pro tected , and both ru n politely on a one-m egabyte system. If yo u r in terest in M ID I m usic-m aking grows d eep er , you’ll be in te rested to know that the developers o f bo th p ro ­g ram s offer u p g ra d e paths: If you p u r ­chase the “ch ild” p ro g ra m , you can u p g ra d e to the p a re n t for a fee. ►

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By Loren Lovhaug (with Frank Hudson)

T H E SO V IETS K N O W it; the Czechs know it; an d Amiga desk top publishers know it: C om petition b reeds excellence. While b e tte r ideas finally prevailed in Eastern E u ro p e an d the Cold W ar m elted away, the rivalry am o n g Gold Disk (Pro Page), Saxon (Publisher), an d Soft-Logik (PageStream ) is b eg inn in g to heat up as each com pany feverishly u p ­grades its p roduc t. Successful results could raise Amiga desk top publish ing to new he igh ts—even ap p ro ach in g the state-of-the-art as defined on the M acintosh.

W ith PageStream 2.0’s pow er an d flex­ibility, Soft-Logik has leap-frogged its Amiga com petition a n d is poised to com ­pete with the b es t—on any platform . T h e u p g ra d e includes all o f the obligatory text a n d graph ics m an ipu la tion tools necessary to m ee t this m ultip latform

challenge, with em phasis on features d e ­signed to redu ce tim e-intensive tasks.

P l a y in g T a g

W hile both PageStream and Pro Page su p p o r t m aster pages (d ocum en t ele­m en ts you use to create left- an d right- h a n d pages) an d tem plates (reusable struc tu res for pages o r series o f pages tha t canno t be overw ritten), PageStream

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alone provides the equally powerful tag an d style-sheet functions.

A tag is a set o f fo rm atting styles tha t controls no t only font size, style, an d at­tributes, bu t also spacing, inden ta tion , justification, b o rd e r styles, a n d text-box fill. W hile the concep t m ay sound co m ­plicated, im p lem en ting it is not. You can construc t tags via an intuitive reques te r simply by clicking on the options you want. From then on, you r saved choices will a p p e a r in a tag m enu .

For exam ple , if you define a tag for subheads as “T im es ro m a n boldface cen ­tered ," you can set the sam e subhead a t­tribu tes for an o th e r piece o f text by selecting this tag from the m enu . I f you change you r m ind and wish to m ake your subheads Palatino flush left, then al­te r in g the tag changes all the tagged sub­heads in the docum en t. As you go th ro u g h a d o cu m en t therefore, you can assem ble en tire style sheets by com bin ing the various tags you have defined along the wav.

PageS tream ’s global search-and-re- place function lets you a lter font types an d attributes, line spacing, inden ta tion , an d justification—en masse. T h e p ro ­g ra m ’s requ es te rs allow you to access these features w ithou t m em orizing a r ­cane fo rm atting codes.

.Another PageStream highligh t is the

p ro g ra m ’s flexible tools for m an ipu la ting graphics a n d text. W ith them , you can ro ta te (three-dim ensionally in increm ents o f 1/100 o f a degree), g ro u p , u n g ro u p , an d align b itm ap p ed graphics, struc- tu red -d raw ing objects, an d blocks o f text in any im aginable com bination. O nce these e lem ents look ju s t right, you can lock objects in their locations so you won’t accidentally move them .

.As with most full-featured page-Iayout packages, 2.0 offers tools for d raw in g rules a n d boxes on the screen page. T he p ro g ra m ’s s true tu red -d raw in g tools are so com plete tha t they could be legiti­mately considered as an object-oriented d raw ing p rog ram . T h e p ro g ra m includes s tandard line, box, an d circle tools, as well as the m ore exotic Bezier-curve and closed-polygon tools. T h e capability to specify the beg inn ing an d en d in g angles of arcs to 1/100 o f a d eg ree is par ticu ­larly impressive.

PageStream is capable o f using g ra p h ­ics c rea ted in o th e r p rogram s, as it can recognize a n u m b e r o f different g ra p h ­ics-file fo rm ats—even som e from o ther platforms. .As sh ipped , PageStream 2.0 supports any k ind o f IFF b itm ap p ed graphics, as well as several n o n s ta n d a rd b itm apped-g raph ics form ats c rea ted in p ro g ram s ru n n in g on M acintosh, Atari, and MS-DOS m achines. In the fu tu re , as new form ats a re developed , Soft-Logik plans to a d d m o d u la r im p o rt filters, o r "drivers," that will enable PageStream to recognize the new form ats a n d to use graphics crea ted in p rog ram s tha t su p ­po rt them .

In add ition , the p ro g ra m su pp o rts s tru c tu red graphics via both the Aegis Draw form at a n d the p o p u la r cross-sys­tem s ta n d a rd EPS (Encapsulated Post­Script). (You m ust, o f course, have a PostScript p r in te r in o rd e r to use EPS graphics.)

W hile PageStream su pp o rts excel­lence!, P ro W rite, a n d W ordPerfect text form ats, it strangely offers no im p o r t o p ­tions for Pen Pal (Softwood Files) an d Scribble! (Micro-Systems Sofhvare). T he only nonA m iga w ord-processing form ats the p ro g ra m supp o rts a re Atari-ST-com- patible. I strongly u rge Soft-Logik to add im port filters for such nonA m iga p r o ­g ram s as W ordPerfect 5.1, Microsoft W ord, an d MacWrite, for it is qu ite com ­m on for Amiga desk top publishers to re-

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John comes in with a picture o f the company’s prototype o f a new product. “Can you use that new Amiga o f yours to show me what this would look like in r e d h e asks. “Or maybe green."

“No problem,”you say, ready to test your hard drive and three megabytes o f memory with some real work. But where do you start?

T h e easiest way to get the p ic tu re into y o u r com ­p u te r is to use a video cam era an d digitizer. For d ig i t iz in g s p e e d , I r e c o m m e n d Framegrabber ($799.95, Progressive Peripherals 8c Software), which works from a color video cam era an d hand les o ver­

scan in all bu t hi-res m ode. O r you can em ploy Digi- View ($199.95, NewTek), which uses a m o re time- consum ing process with a b lack-and-w hite video cam ­e ra a n d th re e color filters to c rea te y o u r im age. Digi- View, however, can c rea te overscan im ages in all resolutions, as well as c rea te 2 1-bit files (for over two million colors).

To its credit, F ram eg rab b e r can cap tu re stills o f m oving im ages (digitize in real time), whereas Digi- View can h an d le only s ta tionary objects an d images. W hile this m akes no difference for the p ro jec t at h an d , real-tim e digitizing could com e in h a n d y for m o re elaborate p rod uc tion s in which you n eed to g rab an im age from tap ed o r live video.

After you digitize y o u r p ic ture , load the resu lt into a p a in t p ro g ra m th a t su p p o rts HAM (H old a n d M od­ify m ode), such as Photon Paint 2.9 ($149.95, ►

Microillusions), D elu xe PhotoLab ($149.94, Elec­tron ic .Arts), o r D igi-Paint 3 ($99.95, NewTek) an d change the color. I f you are com fortable with the software, the en tire project shou ld take only an h o u r o r two. (Consult “ Digital Reprise,” p. 39, Oct. ’88, for som e valuable digitizing tips.)

John loves the colorized products, and raises his expec­tations. “I'd like to show these color choices in my presentation to the marketing department,7' John says. “Can you put the pictures together into a slide show?''

W ith the bulk o f y o u r w ork (m aking the screens) done , this step is a breeze. T h e sim plest p ro g ra m for

the jo b is Elan Performer 2.0 ($59, Elan Design). It lets you assign each p ic tu re to a d ifferent key on you r Amiga keyboard an d switch am ong them . I f you r m eeting room is e q u ip p ed with a video m o n ito r o r p ro jec tor, J o h n can connect the Amiga via an en cod er (a device tha t translates the c o m p u te r ’s RGB o u tp u t into a com posite-video signal) o r a genlock (which translates an d also syncs the c o m p u te r ’s signal to incom ing video) an d show you r work directly from the c o m p u te r by pressing the p ro p e r keys.

I f he is m ore com fortable with a trad itional slide show, you have th re e options. You can send your disk o f IFF files to a slide-m aking service an d have it transfer the im ages to film for you. (See “ ‘P ro ­jec t in g ’ Your Best Im age,” p. 75, Dec. ’89, for a list o f services an d advice on slide shows.) While relatively inexpensive, service charges will ad d u p over several projects. P h o to g rap h in g directly from the screen is a cheaper, bu t m o re hit-and-m iss process. For best results, use a slightly long lens to m inim ize screen cu rv a tu re an d bracket you r shots. An easier solution is to invest in a Polaroid Palette film re c o rd e r ($1495) an d Im print software ($495, Am erican L iquid Light) o r a h igh-reso lu tion film re c o rd e r an d pull the screens straight from m em o ry o n to film.

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N ot only can you show the p ro d u c t w orking , you can also let J o h n a n d his finance pals use it. You probably already have a digitized p ic tu re (preferably no t in HAM m ode) o f the p ro d u c t’s fron t panel from you r colorizing episode. Use an a u th o r in g system, such as CanDo ($149.95, INOVAtronics), Amiga- V ision ($149, C o m m odore) , o r D eluxeV ideo III ($149.95, Electronic Arts), to com bine it with o ther e lem ents into a sim ulation o f the p roduc t.

W ith the fro n t pane l as a b ack g ro u n d screen, use y o u r a u th o r in g system to specify which bu ttons you wish to tr igger b ru sh an im ations o f displays (CanDo, DVideo), pane l lights, an d m eters, an d which to cal­culate n u m b ers (CanD o, AmigaVision), display text, tr ig g er digitized sounds, an d otherw ise sim ulate what the real p ro d u c t does. To create b rushes an d b rush a n im a t io n s fo r th e s im u la t io n , D elu x eP a in t III ($149.95, E lectronic Arts) is indispensable. To sam ple a p p ro p r ia te sounds, (key clicks, music, so und effects) you need a so u n d sam pler, such as Perfect Sound ($ 9 9 .9 5 , S u n R iz e In d u s t r ie s ) . A u d ioM aster III ($99.95, Oxxi) is a good ed ito r for tw eeking your sam ples. (For a com parison o f sam plers, see “Sizzling Sounds,” p. 48, Oct. ’89.)

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sou nd en g in ee r to pull this off, a l th oug h p ro g ra m ­m ing experience will help you u n d e rs ta n d Can Do’s scrip ting language, a n d a know ledge o f digital re ­co rd ing an d so und processing will help you get the best results from yo u r sam pler. (C onsult “ Now H ea r This!” p. 20, Mar. ’90, for sound-d ig itiz ing tech­niques.) AmigaVision’s icon-and-requeste r m ethod m akes scrip ting even easier. If you p re fe r a time- b a s e d a p p r o a c h to p r o d u c t i o n o v e r s c r ip t in g , DeluxeV ideo will be m o re y o u r speed . Expect to spend from one day to over a m o n th on the project, d e p e n d in g on the p ro d u c t’s level o f com plexity an d your familiarity with the a u th o r in g software.

John was impressed and, more importantly, so was the finance department. Now, they want him to put together a video o f the product and his presentation. John, o f course, turns to you to make him look good.

D ep en d in g on his budge t, you can take th ree routes. T h e lowr-cost ap p ro ach is simply to reco rd som e o f your sim ulation from the Amiga to a vid­eo tape . A m id-range solution is to use you r Amiga to p rod uce a m o re e labora te ed ited p roduc tion . If the m oney’s there , you can outfit an ed iting studio an d crea te a top-no tch video.

PENNY PINCHERI f you need only o n e copy, you can reco rd directly to VHS tape, o r w hatever fo rm at y o u r com pany uses for v ideo playback. Because you are send ing the p roduc tion live from the co m p u te r to the reco rder , you w on’t have to d o any editing.

For additional equ ipm ent, all you n eed is a video deck, a genlock or encoder, an d a m icrophone. C o n ­nect the genlock to the Amiga, the genlock’s video o u tp u t to the video inp u t o f your video deck, an d the m icrophone into the video reco rd e r’s m icrophone jack. I f the video deck lacks a mic inpu t, you will need to connect the mic to an aud io m ixer an d hook the m ixer’s line ou tpu ts to the re c o rd e r’s aud io inputs.

To give the video a polished look, use DeluxePaint to create som e o p en in g title screens, a closing screen, a n d a black screen to a d d to J o h n ’s original p re s­en tation . Now, start the tape reco rd in g an d call up the o p en in g screens, a long with any music you may have crea ted an d digitized. While the tape is rolling, have J o h n work with the sim ulation a n d describe what he’s doing. W hen h e’s done , call u p a closing screen for five seconds o r so; then b r in g u p the black screen a n d let the tape ru n a few m inutes so J o h n ’s p resen ta tion is not rude ly cu t o ff by video noise. You should be able to w rap u p this v ideo in a day.

need to do som e video editing. If you d o n ’t have any video experience, I highly reco m m en d w orking with a professional v ideo-production com pany. A full-ser­vice com pany can prov ide writing, p ro d u c in g , on- cam era talent, d irec ting , shooting, lighting, music, graphics, an d editing. Choose what you can do, and work with professionals to do the rest.

I f you feel confiden t o f you r skills b u t a re go ing to do only a few p roduc tions, you will get m o re bang for you r buck by ren tin g time in a professional ed iting suite than by p u rchas in g less capable equ ipm en t. Look for a s tud io with an Amiga so you can easily incorpora te graphics an d titling c rea ted on your of­fice Amiga into the final p roduc tion . I f you p lan to do a lot o f videos, however, y ou ’d be b e tte r o ff in ­vesting in som e cam eras, ed iting decks, an d edit contro llers o f y o u r owrn. For industria l p roduc tion , 7.| sp, Hi-8, SVHS, o r V4-inch form ats a re adequate . (For specific m odel suggestions, see “T h e S tudio B uilder’s R eference Guide,” p. 30, Oct. ’90.) You will need to ad d a genlock to you r c u r re n t se tup , as wre!l. For best results with SVHS o r Hi-8, use a genlock that separa tes the lum inance an d ch ro m inance sig­nals. (For a com parison o f genlocks, see “W ho’s In Sync,” p. 54, Special Issue ’90.)

For this an d m o re involved projects, you should p lan y our video’s script, p ro p an d person ne l re q u ire ­m ents tho rough ly before setting to work shooting o r crea ting graphics. T h e ex tra tim e you spend in p re - p rod uc tio n will pay off la ter in d ram atic ways. You can wrrite your scripts an d lay o u t s toryboards in a graphics w ord processor (I use ProWrite 3.0 from New’ H orizons, S175, because o f its parallel co lum n m ode), track the b u d g e t in a spreadsheet, a n d keep tabs on y o u r crew with a database.

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ou ts ide sources, know what you a re getting an d who owns the rights. (For gu idance as to copyrights, see “C opy Rights an d W ro n g s ;’ p. 41.) T h e safest bet is to create you r ow n o r license p ro d u c tio n music from a studio . I f you w rite music, you will find M usic-X ($299.95, M icrolllusions) a n d Bars and P ipes ($250, Blue Ribbon Soundw orks) to be un iq ue an d powerful Amiga M IDI sequencers. Bars an d Pipes’ real-tim e ARexx su p p o r t a n d op tional M ultim edia Toolkit(S59.95), set it a p a r t for m ultim edia use. Both p ro ­g ram s will also synchronize with SM PTE tim e code. (See “ M ID I an d SM PTE Compatibility,” p. 76, Jan . ’91 for m ore inform ation .)

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Through the Video Toaster’s main control screen, you can add special

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The Amiga plays a key role In RGB Computer & Video’s editing suite.

ready have the basic tools, a lthough a character- g e n e ra to r p ro g ram would com e in handy. O nce again , use Perform er, D eluxeV ideo III , o r Amiga- Vision to pull toge ther all the elem ents.

Now it’s tim e to assem ble all the pieces on to video tap e in the p ro p e r o rde r . In add ition to you r decks a n d controllers, the V ideo Toaster ($1595, NewTek) is a valuable tool. You can use it to m ix a m o n g four ex ternal video sources, its two 24-bit (16-million- color) fram e buffers, an d the background-co lo r g e n ­erator. T h e ex ternal sources m ust be genlocked to a com m on source o f video sync, however, a n d all tape m achines m ust have tim e-base correctors . U n fo r tu ­nately, the T oaster does no t have sep ara te lum inance an d ch rom inance processing for SVHS an d Hi-8.

O n the software side, the T oaster includes a m o d ­erately fea tu red charac te r g e n e ra to r with good-look­ing o u tp u t , an im pressive 3-D re n d e r in g en v iro n ­m en t with 24-bit o u tp u t (but no d irec t s u p p o r t for real-tim e playback o f anim ations), an ad eq u a te 24- bit p a in t p ro g ra m , real-tim e colorizing effects, instant 24-bit fram e g rabb ing from video, an d som e spiffy digital transition effects. Take note , however, that the Toaster works only with Amiga 2000s a n d 2500s, an d to use all o f its features, 1 highly reco m m en d a 68030 accelera tor ca rd , a t least seven m egabytes o f RAM, a n d a large h a rd drive. (See “Amiga Video: Done to a n r ,” p. 21, Oct. ’90, for a th o ro u g h description.) O nce you have ed ited the video, you can m ake dubs from the m aster tape to the form at you r com pany uses for playback.

PRACTICALLY PROI f you r video needs that ex tra sizzle, shoot it in a h igher-quality fo rm at like B etaC am o r M2, a n d edit to one-inch o r D2 tape. Sizzle costs a lot, however, so expect to spend a m o n th o r m o re w orking and several th o u san d dollars p e r finished m inute . You can still use Amiga graphics a n d anim ations, an d in a fram e-accura te ed iting suite, you can take 24-bit an im ations re n d e re d to a fram e buffer a n d record them one fram e at a time to v ideotape with Micro- I l lu s io n s ’ P h o to n V id e o T ra n sp o r t C o n tr o lle r ($299.95) for sm ooth , high-quality results.

To save m oney in the ed it suite (typically $100 to $500 p e r h o u r in these tape formats), tho rough ly d o cu m en t your cam era tap es’ scenes an d time code, a n d do an "off-line" edit using a less expensive form at. M icrolllusions’ TCRG 102 tim e-code re a d e r /g e n e r­a to r ($799.95) lets you stripe tapes with tim e code a n d log SM TPE tim e-code n u m b ers directly into your w ord processor o r database, an d it works with any genlock to create window dubs (superim pose the SM PTE nu m b ers on you r screen) for y o u r ro u gh cut.

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The West Coast is thrilled and John has the go ahead to train the sales staff. “Can you whip up some kind o f inter­active video?" he asks. "Vd like a sales training program that emphasizes closing skills.”

A little tired o f John getting all the glory while you do the work, you still say, "No problem."

A lthough you can buy p re reco rd ed video discs for interactive use, this situation calls for original p ro d u c ­tion. .After research ing the sales process, you can p ro ­duce video vignettes o f com m on sales situations and shoot alternative end ings that show the likely ou tcom e o f different sales techniques. T ran sfe r your footage to a video disc (see "M astering M ultim edia,” p. 66 in this issue, for details).

U sing an A m igaV ision-supported video-disc player

such as the Pioneer LDV-2200 (S895), c rea te an AmigaVision u se r interface for you r interactive tra in ­ing p rog ram . Show the b eg inn in g o f a sales situation, let the tra inee choose from a list o f different closing techniques, an d instruct AmigaVision to pull u p the p ro p e r vignette from disc.

AmigaVision can also play anim ations, b r in g up IFF graph ics with built-in transitions, tr igger IFF samples, and play M IDI instrum ents . I f you do not have the b u d g e t for the video disc, you can create vignettes using text, still im ages, an d an im ations, and set up the sam e kinds o f choices for the tra inee . O nce all you r research a n d video w ork is done , you should be able to pull the project to ge ther in u n d e r a week.

The program is a success, and John gets a big raise. You get a well-deserved vacation, during which you can read up on sophisticated animation programs, 3-D modeling programs, and 24-hit graphics boards that will jum p your presentations to an even more impressive level o f complexity and quality. ■

Jamie Krutz is a freelance writer, editor, composer, and multimedia producer. Write to him c/o Amiga W orld Ed­itorial Dept., 80 Elm St., Peterborough, N H 03458.

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M A K I N GM U L T I M E D I A - 2

Replace That Interface!When it comes to interactive multimedia, it

may be better to set a trap fo r your mouse and

give your keyboard a kick in the keester—as

this survey o f alternative interfaces will

demonstrate.

A LTH O U G H M OUSE AND keyboard have becom e/alm ost second n a tu re to m ost Amiga users, o ther ways to in terac t with the co m p u te r often p rove m ore effective in m ultim ed ia situations. T h e re a re m any occasions w here being "co rd -b o u n d ” by m ouse o r keyboard seriously h in d ers the How o f interactive presentations. G re a te r freedom o f m ovem ent, longer distances, m ore precise control, m ore intuitive a p ­proaches for inexperienced users, potential d am age o r vandalism —these a re ju s t som e o f the reasons for c rea to rs o f m ultim ed ia p resen ta tions to ex p lo re al­ternative user interfaces.

M i c e W i t h o u t T a il s

An in fra red m ouse works m uch like a television re ­m ote control, free ing the u se r from being cord- b o u n d . P ra c t ic a l S o l u t i o n s ' C o r d l e s s M o u s e ($129.95) sports a small in fra red receiver, p lugged into you r m ouse p o rt , at which you then aim the m ouse to op era te . T h e th ree -b u tton m ouse sends both m ouse m ovem ents an d b u tto n clicks. W hile the m ouse m ovem ents have a very different feel that takes a little getting used to, they d o no t seem sluggish o r inaccurate.

A lthough this cordless m ouse allows you to move ►

B y G e o ffr e y W illia m s

only abou t five feet away from the receiver, you can achieve long-range o pera tion by ob ta in ing a re p ea te r that b roadcasts an in fra red signal to a re m o te loca­tion. DAK In d u s tr ie s ’ Infrared Receiver/RF Trans­mitter (S50) tu rn s the in fra red signal in to a broadcast signal that lets you place the m ouse u p to 125 feet away from the com puter . M oreover, unlike an in ­fra red signal, you do not have to place the tran sm itte r in line o f sight with the rece iver—you can even set it u p in an o th e r room .

We use the in fra red m ouse in shows w here the p re se n te r holds it in his o r her h a n d an d uses it ju s t like a slideshow rem o te contro l. O n e bu tton advances the show, the o th e r bu tton goes to the previous slide o r event. A cordless m ouse clearly allows for m uch g re a te r convenience a n d m aneuverability . (While w e're at it, m aybe som eone shou ld m ake a wireless, han d h e ld keyboard substitu te for the A m iga—they a lready exist for the Mac an d IBM.)

C onventional mice a re nice, hut, while they seem/

pre tty intuitive to reg u la r c o m p u te r users by now, it

“A cordless mouse clearly

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convenience and

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is am az ing how m any people try ing them for the first tim e have dilliculty ge tting the knack. M oreover, a m ouse a n d its m ousepad a rea take up valuable space, an d if used in a kiosk situation, the m ouse is v u ln e r­able to d am ag e an d vandalism . W hen you r multi- m edia p resen ta tion w arran ts a d ifferent k ind of interface, consider a trackball, which is like an upside- dow n m ouse with the ball on top. For the trackball to o p e ra te , only the ball needs to m ove, not the whole assembly.

M icroSpeed’s AmTrac Trackball (S99) has a ball that sits in the m idd le o f the box with large bu ttons s u r ro u n d in g it 0 1 1 th re e sides. Easy to use an d very intuitive, the trackball m easures only 4 x 7 . 5 inches, a n d you can m o u n t it pe rm anen tly , as it does not have to m ove physically (a decided advan tage in a sta tionary p resen ta tion env ironm ent). T h e large b u t­tons can be labeled to explain what they do, a n d there is p len ty o f room to p u t a label on the box instruc ting users to "roll the ball to m ove the po in te r on the screen ,“ In add ition , the A m trac seems p re tty d u ­rable, which is im p o rtan t because any th ing left ou t for u n a t te n d e d public use is go ing to take a lot o f p un ish m en t.

Kraft Systems, m akers o f trackballs for the IBM PC, has recently p ro d u ced an Amiga m odel called Tripletrack, which com bines bo th m ouse opera tions an d trackball/joystick-type opera tions. In addition to the s tan d a rd m odel ($99.95), the com pany offers a

“The trackball . . . does not

have to move physically

(a decided advantage in a

stationary presentation

environment).”

MicroSpeed’s AmTrac Trackball

u n iq u e MFootpedal“ version ($119.95), in which a floor pedal replaces the left m ouse bu tto n in m ouse m ode. Pedal presses substitu te for finger presses in d ra g g in g operations.

L o o k , a n d D o T o u c h

T h e ultim ate interface for a kiosk is the touch screen, which lets users touch the im ages 0 1 1 the screen —in effect, substituting their fingers for the m ouse. T ouch­ing the screen acts as a m ouse click at th a t position. For most interactive m ultim edia presentations, this is the easiest a n d m ost intuitive u se r interface. T h e tran s­p a ren t touch screen is a ttached directly to the fron t o f the m onito r screen. Touch screens for the Amiga in ­clude AccuTouch (S630, Elographics), M icroTouch ($795-895, Micro Touch Systems), an d Future Touch ($895—1495, Amigo Business C om puters).

“The ultimate interface fo r

a Kiosk is the touch

screen, which lets users

touch the images on the

screen.”

A1950 Monitor with Touch Screen

Elographics’ 13" AccuTouch has a 3 0 0 0 x 3 0 0 0 pixel resolu tion an d uses resistive technology. 'I'he advan tage he re is th a t unlike capacitive touch screens, you can activate resistive screens with a gloved h an d o r a no nm eta l stylus. AccuTouch attaches to the fron t o f the m on ito r with double-stick velcro. To use AccuTouch, you will need the C o m m o d o re d river tha t is supp lied with AmigaVision.

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includ ing the C o m m o d o re 1950, with prices ran g in g from S795 to $895. Its capacitive touch screens have a resolu tion o f 1024 x 1024, an d , like the AccuTouch, they have single-pixel precision. T h ese units em ploy the sam e technology used in interactive displays at retail stores for the California Lottery, so they are very durab le . T h ey fit d irectly over y o u r m on ito r p ic tu re tube (a lthough you will have to o p en u p the m o n ito r to p rop e rly place the glass touch-screen panel); all you need d o is install the supp lied Amiga device d river an d p lu g in the cable.

M icroTouch also m anufac tu res a device called the U nM ouse ($235), a touch screen built in to a flat 3- x 5-inch clear tablet. In s tead o f a ttach ing to the fron t o f the m onitor, it lies flat on a table, m aking it possible to p u t a tem pla te u n d e rn e a th it to show users which parts o f the tablet to press to create d ifferent actions. T ouch ing the tablet allows you to move the p o in te r a ro u n d , while pressing yo u r finger dow n acts as a m ouse click. This allows you to contro l a show withouL in te rfe ring with the on-screen action; for exam ple , a p re se n te r could easily ru n a show

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Vidi Mice set-up screen

simply by touch ing icons o r text on a tem pla te placed u n d e rn e a th the panel.

Amigo Business C o m p u te rs offers F u tu re Touch touch screens as p a r t o f an all-in-one package with a m onitor. A 13-inch C o m m o d o re m on ito r with touch screen goes for $1195, while a 19-inch, open -fram e m on ito r an d touch screen sells for $1495. T h e com ­pany also offers—u n d e r certa in cond itions—a F u tu re Touch kit to modify y o u r existing m on ito r for S895.

A light pen allows a u se r to in terac t with the screen in som ew hat the sam e way as does a touch screen, b u t the costs are a lot less. By b rin g ing the light pen up to the screen a n d clicking the bu tton on the side o f the pen , you can sim ulate a m ouse click on that p a r t o f the screen. Light pens offer a low -hudget solution for kiosks w here you w ant the users to in­teract directly with the screen. T hey do, however, rep resen t on e m o re piece o f eq u ip m en t subject to d am ag e o r vandalism .

J u s t a little la rge r than a ballpoin t pen , Inkwell System ’s Amiga Light Pen ($129.95) plugs into your co m p u te r hu t leaves y o u r m ouse p o rt free so that you can use you r m ouse an d the light pen at the same time. It also has a second bu tton for m enu choices.

A lthough we have so far discussed only m echanical

substitu tes for the m ouse, th e re a re also entirely soft- w are-driven m etho ds to m ove the m ouse. Several public-dornain p ro g ram s allow you to reco rd both m ouse m ovem ents a n d keystrokes an d to play them back in exact sequence. Journal, M a c h lll, an d

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Scrip lt (all available on Fred Fish disks) p rov ide som e p re tty sophisticated in terac tion capabilities. M ac h ll l even has an ARexx p o r t so tha t ARexx-com patible m ultim ed ia p ro g ram s can send it messages to control any aspect o f the co m p u te r o r o ther m ultitasking software. It is possible via ARexx to send a message to M a c h ll l from yo u r m ultim ed ia p ro g ra m that could , say, b ring a D eluxePaint 111 screen to the front, then call J o u rn a l to play hack the d raw in g o f a p icture , an d finally re tu rn contro l to the m ultim ed ia p ro g ram . T h is is an easy way to add ex tra capabilities to you r m ultim edia software.

A n d H o w A b o u t t h e U s e r As U s e r I n t e r f a c e ?Still an o th e r way to interact with you r co m p u te r is th ro u g h your own voice, with devices such as Im ­p u l s e ’s v o i c e - r e c o g n i t i o n s y s t e m , V o R e c O n e ($159.95). .Although it cu rren tly has limited applica­tions—you have to teach the p ro g ra m to recognize the w ords you w ant it to learn, an d it is possible that it may confuse w ords that sound sim ilar—VoRecOne is capable o f getting the job done , re spon d ing instantly to the com m ands you tau g h t it. You can assign indi­vidual keys o r a series o f keystrokes to any w ord you want, a n d you can even move the m ouse an d trigger m ouse clicks with yo u r voice. It does a very good jo b with soun d effects, w here confusion is m uch less likely than with words. You can even use it to synchronize im ages from a second co m p u te r based on specific sound effects. This is a very inexpensive way to syn­chronize two com puters in a m ultim edia show.

A nother, even m o re offbeat interface possibility is a variation on o n e o f the m o re exciting p ro d u c ts from the early days o f the Amiga: T h e M andala from Very Vivid. Using A -Squared D istributions’ Live! digitizer ($450 for the A2000 version) a n d a video cam era , it tracked y our body m ovem ents a n d re sp o n d ed when your body crossed o ver certain hit areas on the screen. T h a t technology has been unavailable since Very ►

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Vivid pu lled T h e M andala from the genera l m arke t, but, than ks to J o e Shen o f T en so r P roductions, it is possible to develop s im ilar—an d even m o re a d ­v an c ed —techniques o f this kind.

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tizer an d a video cam era , bu t it works interactively with any software. You can establish areas on the screen that, when you r video im age touches them , p ro d u ce the sam e results as pressing a specific key on the keyboard o r clicking the m ouse. W ith Vidi Mice, you a re allowed m ore than 80 different virtual bu ttons on the screen. You can also have you r video im age touch the m ouse p o in te r a n d have it follow y our body o r you r h an d .

At a m ajor m ultim ed ia conference, we used it with TV *Show 2 ($99.95, Zum a G ro u p ) to tr igger the left (forward) an d righ t (reverse) m ouse buttons. T he p re se n te r could go fo rw ard o r backw ard in the show m erely by ges tu ring to the right o r to the left. We also set several function keys to tr ig g er specific images simply by having the p re se n te r reach up an d to the left o r right. You can even tr igger key com binations for hotkeys (such as Right Amiga-M). You can use Vidi Mice to con tro l with you r video im age any o p ­era tion you can p e rfo rm with the m ouse o r keyboard.

Your body im age appears as a single-color solid shape on the Vidi Mice set-up screen so that you can easily see w here to set up the bu ttons. You can invert yo u r im age o r flip it horizontally o r vertically. Your im age is norm ally invisible when you go in to a p ro ­g ram to contro l it, b u t you can ex p o r t you r im age to any b itp lane o f any screen you choose. I f you want yo u r live im age to a p p e a r on , say, a D eluxe Faint screen, you can do it very easily. You can even paint with y o u r image. T h is is really exciting stuff!

.Assuming tha t you have a genlock an d tha t your body im age is set at color 0, you can even m ake your body im age t ra n sp a re n t an d genlock your real im age th ro u g h it, thus c rea ting a sort o f p seu d o chrom akey. .Although you a re som ew hat lim ited by the quality o f the Live! d igitizer o u tp u t , this still can p ro d u c e a very strik ing effect.

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Music, V i r t u a l R e a l i t y , a n d B e y o n d . ..M IDI (Musical In s t ru m e n t Digital In terface) offers a n o th e r op tion in the a rray o f interface possibilities. Most o f the p resen ta tion p ro g ra m s I have w orked with do not offer full M IDI synchronization . M idi M ice ($85), also from T en so r P roductions, does offer som e in teresting solutions to th a t problem . It listens for specific M IDI events to tr ig g er keys o r m ouse m ovem ents.

Instead o f basing you r m ultim edia p re sen ta tion on time, you can have it contro lled by specific notes in the music played live from yo u r M IDI keyboard . If you have two Amigas, you can use o n e to p ro d u c e M IDI note in fo rm ation (done with D eluxeV ideo III a n d AmigaVision), which can th en be sent ou t to

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With Midi Mice, you can base p o in te r m ovem en t on pitch value, velocity value, pitch-wheel p a ra m e ­ters, o r con tro l-change param ete rs . You can, for ex ­am ple, set a specific channel n u m b e r to tr igger keyboard events using M ID I pitch values on that channel. R em em ber, too, th a t you have ARexx ports available, which o pens u p still fu r th e r possibilities with M IDI.

M oving closer to the cu tting edge, even m o re ex ­citing user-in terface activity cen ters a ro u n d virtual reality (VR), which is the rage at a n u m b e r o f com ­p u te r labs across the country. Mattel Toys b ro u g h t VR to the h o m e front with its Power Glove for the N in ten d o system, which allows the user to w ear a ►

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In ta lk ing with o n e o f the designers o f the Power Glove, however, 1 was told th a t a simple, inexpensive m odification could greatly increase the resolu tion an d accuracy o f the Power Glove. T en so r m ay be able to offer this modification in the fu tu re so tha t m ore accura te Power Glove control is available for the Amiga. Stayed tu n ed .

T en so r does seem to be a t the fo refron t o f a l te r­native interfaces, an d the com pany has a n n o u n c ed an o th e r in teresting p rospec t in CyberScape (sched­uled to retail at S245), which has m any o f the neat features p resen t in T h e M andala , a long with qu ite a n u m b e r o f new fea tu res o f its own. It is re p o r ted to be an entirely v ideo-triggered m ultim edia package. Besides su p p o r t for images, brushes, a n d anim ations, it shou ld also o u tp u t M ID I, IFF sounds, a n d syn­thesized speech. It is slated to s u p p o r t ARexx m es­sages an d to send o u tp u t th ro u g h bo th the serial an d parallel ports.

For purposes o f interactivity, it prom ises collision detection, m otion control, object hold an d release, and ob ject hierarchies. It is even supposed to su p p o rt scorekeeping an d interactive gam es. I f you have lusted to play N ickelodeons Fat A Bug gam e at hom e, you may soon be able to do so. T h e re is a lot o f possibility here, an d CyberScape could rep resen t a kind o f interactive n irvana for clever m ultim edia p ro ­ducers. Im agine w hat som eth ing like this m igh t m ean if used in conjunction with NewTck’s V ideo T oaster. W e re talking about real-time quality digitizing that could also trigger events an d allow users to interact with objects on the screen, while all the tim e the T o aster is p ro d u c in g broadcast-quality video. New- Tek, take note!

As we have seen, there a re a g rea t m any alternatives to the o ld m ouse a n d keyboard interfaces. W hat the fu tu re holds is h a rd to fo resee—ultrasonics, large- scale panels, a n d , p e rh a p s in California, even the tr iggering o f events based on e a r th q u ak e m agn itude? For now, we have p len ty to play with an d keep us busy for quite a while. ■

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MAKI NG M U L T I M E D I A - 3

And WrongsIn selecting images fo r multimedia production,

make sure you don’t infringe on others’

copyrights. By the same token, you need to

guard your own creations from unauthorized

copying.

IF YOU ARK a m ultim edia p roducer, the chances are that you frequently n eed to incorpora te in your pro j­ects a variety o f pre-existing sounds, pho tog raphs , music, an im ation, video, and text from a wide range o f m edia sources. T hese m ay well form the core of y o u r m ultim edia experiences, bu t tagging along in the shadow s may he a host o f copyright problem s. Not only a re you responsible for p ro tec ting yo u r own cre­ations, h u t you m ust en su re that you are legally en ti­tled to use w hatever you borrow from others.

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'Fhe old saw th a t "ideas a re a d im e a dozen" is c e r­tainly applicable to copyrigh t law. A ccording to the c u r re n t rules, while ideas canno t be copyrigh ted , the ir tangible expression can. In o th er words, the idea to v ideotape y o u r u n d e J im ’s w edd ing isn’t eli­gible for copyright, b u t a v ideo tape of the cerem ony is. W ritten stories, re co rd ed songs, a scu lp tu re , o r even a sim ple sketch all qualify for p ro tec tion , re ­gardless o f their level o f sophistication—a child’s d raw ing is as eligible for copyright as is the cover of Time m agazine.

M oreover, a work is autom atically copyrigh ted at the lowest level the m o m en t it is created . T h is is called p ro tec tion an d righ t "by creation ,” bu t the pro tec tion ►

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against in fr in gem en t at this level is actually slight. To gain the fullest p ro tec tion , the a u th o r o r artist should also reg is te r the work with the US C opyrigh t Office.

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If you are a m ultim edia artist, it’s all too easy to use an im age w ithou t first checking its copyrigh t status. If you a re em ployed by a T V news organization , a new spaper, o r a m agazine, the “fair-use” provisions (see below) o f the copyright act m ay cover you. If, on the o th e r h an d , the copyrigh ted w ork is used com m ercially (even if not necessarily for profit), then its use w ithout perm ission is p robably an infringe­m en t o f an existing copyright. In fr ingem en t can oc­cu r in m any situations, includ ing in ternal use such as co m p an y newsletters an d video p rog ram s, “e d u ­cational" m ultim ed ia p roduc tions, and even trade show dem onstra tions .

If the copyrigh t h o ld e r discovers an d objects to yo u r u n au th o r ize d use o f his o r her p roperty , you m ay receive a notice to d iscontinue its use (a lthough not m anda to ry , this is com m on), often followed by a lawsuit. I f the suit succeeds, you can be b a r re d from using the p ro p e r ty in y o u r p ro d u c tio n , fined as m uch as S 100,000, an d req u ired to pay the p la in tif fs legal fees a n d share any incom e derived from its use.

O b ta in ing rights to use a copyrigh ted w ork need not be com plicated. A sim ple letter, signed by both parties, that outlines y o u r project, explains how you plan to use the p roperty , a n d states the fees to be paid (if any), is usually enou gh for the legal eagles. Dealing with Jo in t o r Collective copyrigh t ho lders (see discussion below) is a little m o re tricky. O w ners o f such m ateria l m ay no t have all the rights they th ink they do. So you shou ld indem nify yourse lf with a clause in the w ritten ag reem en t that relieves you o f responsibility in case the ow ners have in fringed on som eone else’s copyright.

U sing works that you know to be in the public d om ain is one way to m aintain you r sanity in the copyrigh t ju n g le . Because copyrights cover finite p e ­riods, all p ro tec ted p ropertie s a re eventually free for the public to use (see the s idebar “How Long Is a C opyrigh t?” for tim e periods u n d e r c u r r e n t law). You a re free to use an y th in g in the public dom ain w ithout restriction. C lip-art books a re a good source o f copy­righ t-free images, a n d used book stores a re a trea su re trove o f public-dom ain images, as old p ic tu re books a n d m agazines a b o u n d with freely usable art. Al­though not free, stock pho to houses a re a good source o f m o re c o n tem p o ra ry scenes; for a fee, you can secure perm ission for a one-tim e use o f th ousands o f p h o tog raph s , illustrations, an d even films.

Is It I n f r i n g e m e n t o r Fa ir U s e ?T h e only significant constra in t on the rights of a copyrigh t h o lde r is the fair-use clause o f the copyright act. T h e intent of the ru le is to balance the c rea to r’s need to preserve his o r her interests in the work and the public's reasonab le right to use it. T h e fair use ru le allows som e u n au th o r ize d use w ithout fear o f in fringem ent, including critical reviews, co m m en ­tary, news, teaching, scholarship , an d research . Any­th in g else may constitu te in fr ingem en t a n d entail legal problem s.

T h e adven t o f electronic digital m edia a n d the tools to m an ipu la te them has crea ted havoc in the graph ic- arts com m unity . It has suddenly becom e easy to d ig­itize an image, stretch it, b en d it, an d w arp it until it is all but unrecognizable . Using small clips o f ex­isting artw ork is com m onplace, b u t is it legal? Did you bo rrow m o re th an you’re en titled to w ithout perm ission? How m uch do you have to change som e­th ing before it becom es yours? T hese questions have not yet been settled for m ultim edia , m uch less for the digital g raph ic arts. Until they are , you will have ►

How Long Is a Copyright?C O P Y R IG H T LAW WAS stable for many decades following its inception. T h e last ten years o r so, however, have seen rap id changes in the rules, p ro m p ted by co rre ­sp o n d in g changes in technology. T h e last m ajo r revam ping o f the law o ccurred in the C opyrigh t Act o f 1976. T h e new law, tak ing effect on Ja n u a ry 1, 1978, re d e ­fined the term s o f new an d old copyrights. C urren tly , the copyrigh t periods are:

• For an indiv idual au tho r: the a u th o r ’s life, p lus 50 years;

• For jo in t au tho rsh ip : 50 years after the d ea th o f the last surviving au tho r;

• F o r w o r k s - fo r -h i r e o r a n o n y m o u s works: 75 years from publication o r 100 years from the da te o f creation , which- ever is sho rte r;

• For works copyrigh ted befo re J a n u a ry 1, 1978, the pe r io d o f p ro tec tion was 28 years, with renew al for a n o th e r 28 years. T h e 1976 Act, however, p rov ided for a longer renew al period , with the result tha t any work reg is te red—an d with reg ­

is tra t io n p r o p e r ly re n e w e d —p r io r to J a n u a ry 1, 1978, is copyrighted for a m ax­im um o f 75 years. T h is m eans that, as o f Ja n u a ry 1 o f this year, any th ing copy­righ ted before Ja n u a ry 1, 1916, is now in the public dom ain .

• A ny th ing c rea ted before 1978, a n d no t p roperly copyrigh ted , 7nay be in the p u b ­lic dom ain .

• A nyth ing c rea ted by the US g o v ern ­m en t is in the public dom ain , n

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P r o t e c t in g Yo u r O w n C r e a t io n

C opyrigh t protection , o f course, works both ways. W hile m ultim edia artists m o re often may find th em ­selves in a q u a n d a ry ab o u t in fring ing u p o n the copy­rights o f o thers, they shou ld also pay a tten tio n to p ro tec ting the rights to their own creations.

A lthough the C opyrigh t Act o f 1976 autom atically protects any w ork c rea ted after J a n u a ry 1, 1978 (the d a te it went into effect), the re a re m any benefits to form al reg istra tion that do not o therw ise obtain . For exam ple , it is only th ro u g h registra tion that the copy­right ow n er secures the right to file a lawsuit for in fringem ent. Registration also establishes the date you r work was crea ted , m akes it a m a tte r o f public reco rd , an d is also essential if you plan to sell o r license y o u r p roperty . .Although the reg istra tion p ro ­cess is sim ple en o u g h to do yourself, consult an a t­to rney before selling rights to y o u r work.

T h e following is the p ro c e d u re for reg is te r ing the copyrigh t o f y o u r creation. Place in the sam e envelope the a p p ro p r ia te application form (original only, no t a photocopy), p ro p e rly com ple ted , a long with a S10 check o r m oney o rd e r stapled to the form an d a deposit copy o r copies o f the work, an d mail to T h e Register o f C opyrights, C opyrigh t Office, L ibrary of C ongress, W ashington, DC 20559. W rite the In fo r­m ation a n d Publications Section o f the C opyrigh t Office at the sam e add ress for instructions a n d a p ­plication forms.

T h e re a re several categories o f forms, g ro u p e d by creative m ed ium . T h e most im p o rtan t d o cu m en t for m ultim edia p ro d u ce rs is Form PA, form erly the sole province o f com posers, film m akers, aud io /v ideo p ro ­ducers , a n d playwrights. Form T X is used for any n o n d ram a tic literary w orks—w hether published o r n o t—such as books, pam phle ts , poetry , co m p u te r p rog ram s, advertising copy, a n d so on , except that m agazines, new spapers , jo u rn a ls , o r any publications o f a serial n a tu re a re reg istered with Form SE. T h e line artist, g raph ic designer, sculp tor, an d o th e r p ra c ­titioner o f the visual arts will need Form VA, while perfo rm in g musicians p ro tec t their reco rd ings with Form SR. You can m ake application for registra tion at any tim e d u r in g the life o f the original copyright, the r igh t tha t exists im m ediately u p o n creation o f the work. /Vs a m ultim edia p ro d u ce r , you need to he familiar with all these copyrigh t categories.

W hile the ub iquitous copyrigh t notice p r in te d on a w ork is no longer m an d a to ry u n d e r the Act o f 1976, you shou ld nevertheless consider includ ing it on all your works. It serves to identify you as the c rea to r/ i 4and to re m in d poten tia l in fringers that the work is p ro tec ted by law. T h e notice is, how ever, m and a to ry on works c rea ted before J a n u a ry 1, 1978, an d any such p ro p e rtie s w ithout it ru n the risk o f en te r in g the public dom ain . T h e accepted form for the copy­

righ t notice includes th ree elem ents: the © symbol, the w ord “C opyrigh t,” or the abbreviation “C o p r ” ; the d a te o f publication; an d the n am e o f the copyright ow ner. For exam ple: © 1990 G ene Brawn.

Do not m ake the m istake o f assum ing that your reg is te red copyright is in effect worldwide. In te r ­national rights a re d e te rm in ed by trea ty an d are subject to the signatory co u n try ’s rules a n d regu la ­tions. Be aw are tha t a lthough a coun try is party to a treaty, that does not m ean it m ust accept all the trea ty ’s provisions. Be su re to check the ta rge t c o u n ­try ’s laws to d e te rm in e y o u r rights.

C o p y r i g h t C l a s s if ic a t io n s

T h e copyright application requ ires that you disclose w hether o r not the con ten t o f y ou r p ro p e r ty is original with you o r w hether its source is an o ther , possibly copyrigh ted , work. You also m ust indicate if the p ro p ­er ty is the result o f a collaboration. If vou a re the * /sole c rea to r o f you r work an d it is all original material, you will enjoy clear sailing th ro u g h the regu la to ry ju n g le .

It is true , however, that the typical m ultim edia p ro jec t is g row ing so large that its creation is often beyond the capabilities o f a single artist. If no a g ree ­m ents a re m ade b efo rehand , a m ultim edia p ro p e rty with m ultip le con tr ibu to rs is known as a Jo in t C re ­ation, with each c rea to r ow ning 100 percen t o f the work. Beware! Any such jo in t ow ner can g ra n t non­exclusive rights to re p ro d u c e the jo in t p ro p e r ty to anyone, at any time, w ithout ob ta in ing the consent o f the o ther creator(s). T h e only favorable th ing 1 can say abou t this provision is that the p a r tn e r must share the p roceeds from such a sale with the co­creators. O n the o th e r h an d , the sale o f exclusive rights m ust be ag reed u p o n by all parties to the copyright.

I advise you to avoid the Jo in t C reation type of copyright at all costs; it is n o th in g bu t a legal can of worm s. W here the re a re several au thors , jo in t o w n ­ersh ip is au tom atic unless ag reed otherwise. By all m eans, take the option an d “a g ree o th e rw ise” In ­stead, use w ork-for-hire contracts (m ore on this be­low) o r o ther written ag reem en ts to establish your position as the “sole c rea to r” o f the p roperty .

If you r crea tion is som eth ing like an anthology, com posed o f previously copyrigh ted works, the p ro p ­erty is a Collective W ork for pu rposes o f copyright. T h is category does not relieve you o f the necessity to secure perm ission to use w hatever you inco rpo ra te into the work. In fact, those portions o f the p re se n ­tation used illegally will be exc luded from the copy­right (and you m ay be sued), a lthough , interestingly e n o u g h , any portions o f the work that you c rea te a re still covered by the registration.

Yet an o th e r classification is the Derivative Work. T h is is an original p roperty , based on o r con ta in ing parts o f an o th e r copyrigh ted work, but different en o u g h in form an d expression to w arran t a separa te copyright. Both the a u th o r o f the original w ork and

the a d a p te r share the copyright. Be su re to obtain sufficient rights from the original copyrigh t ho lder to allow you to fully exploit you r new creation.

W o r k f o r H ir e

O f concern to the p ro d u c e r as well as the in d ep en d e n t con trac to r is the nebu lous an d con ten tious subject o f w ork for h ire. T h e p rob lem cen ters on the question o f who owns a copyright for a creative work, the em ployee/crea to r o r the em ployer? T h e nod goes to the em p loy er in those cases when the c rea to r is a lull- time em ployee an d the p ro p e rty is c rea ted within the scope o f his o r her em ploym ent.

T h e status o f the free-lancer’s rights is cloudier. T h e c u r re n t law, a lthough m ore definitive than be­fore 1978, is still fuzzy on the exact d ividing line betw een an em ployee a n d an in d ep en d e n t con trac­tor. T h e courts have defined som e guidelines in try ing to resolve this question. A m ong them are: the location w here the work was perfo rm ed ; the source o f the

creato r 's tools; the tax an d benefit status o f the free ­lancer; the m e th o d o f paym ent; the ex ten t o f the free ­lancer’s au to n o m y in choosing w ork ing h o u rs an d in engag ing ex tra help; a n d the skill re q u ired to co m ­plete the job . R ather th an getting caugh t u p in a legal maze, he su re to get these questions settled in writing before work on the jo b begins.

T h is article has covered , o f course , only the essen­tials o f what you m ay need to know to pro tec t yourse lf from suit an d y o u r work from in fringem ent. T h e source books in the accom pany ing list p rov ide a wealth o f fu r th e r detail, so by all m eans consult them . But now, a t least, you have a fram e o f reference out o f which you can ask som e in telligent questions. ■

Gene Braum is an interactive multimedia producer and contributing editor to Amiga World. Write to him c!o Amiga W orld Editorial Dept., 80 Elm St., Peterborough, N H 03458 .

Resource MaterialsThe Desktop Publishers legal Handbook by Daniel Sitarz Nova Publishing C om pany C arbonda le , Illinois, 1989

Legal Guide fo r the Visual Artistby T ad C raw ford/All w orth PressNew York, New York, 1989

Make It legalby Lee WilsonAll w orth PressNew York, New York, 1990

The Multimedia Producer’s legal Survival Guide

by S tephen Ian M acin tosh T h e M ultim edia C o m p u tin g C o rpo ra tion Santa C lara, California, 1990

The Writer’s Legal Companion by B rad B unn in an d Peter Beren Addison-W esley Publishing C om pany R eading, Massachusetts, 1988

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A THREE-PART GUIDE TO UPGRADING YOUR A500

Part 1: Revving Up With RAMTo make it around this grueling course, you’ll

need sound strategies fo r expansion. A t our first pit stop

here in Part 1, let’s pull in fo r a R A M supercharge.

By John Wolfskill

W hen the checkered flag goes dow n an d you ’re ru n n in g with all you ’ve got, a n d you Find tha t yo u r c u r re n t RAM supply limits your software op tions, it’s tim e to u p g ra d e . T h a n k s to the a b u n d a n t stock o f RAM boards available for the A500, you have m any avenues to

exp lore before you p a r t with y o u r h a rd -e a rn e d cash. You can attach RAM to the AoOO’s ex terna l system bus, install it inside the system case, o r fit it into the A501 expansion slot on the u n d e rs id e o f the case.

D epen d ing on the u p g ra d e path you choose an d the expansion devices you have already ad d e d to you r system, you may need to rep lace yo u r A500’s tiny 35-watt pow er supply with a m o re pow erful m odel. An A500 e q u ip p e d with ju s t 512K of RAM a n d one ex te rna l disk drive draws abou t 2 am ps o f electrical c u r re n t from the m ax im u m 4.3 am p s (at + 5 volts) the stock supply can safely deliver. To avoid p roblem s, the total cu r ren t load o f all fu r th e r expansion devices m ust be less than 2.3 am ps.

I f a 512K card is yo u r only add-on device, the re is no need to replace y o u r pow er supply. Greater-capacity up g rad es a re an o th e r m atter. I f y o u r new board does not have its own pow er supply, you can use this ru le o f th u m b to de te rm ine if you will need to sp ring for a new p ow er supply before you begin: 1MB RAM = roughly .75 amps. (Som e kinds o f chips d raw less pow er than others. If you want to obtain m ore inform ation on types o f chips, a n d on m em ory in general, see “ M em ory to the Max,” p. 85, Dec. ’89. .Also refer to the sidebar “Are You G oing Fast?” la ter in this article for a discussion o f the different RAM types.)

If you’re p lann ing to install you r new RAM board vouself, you should know that there a re two revisions o f the A500’s m o therb oard (5 an d 6A) that m ay requ ire different expansion hardw are . To avoid d isappoin tm ent, make sure you specify your m o ther­board version when you o rd e r the card. (You’ll find the revision n u m b er s tam ped on the bo ttom right co rn e r of you r m otherboard .) Also, re m e m b e r that when you open your A d O O ’s case, you re n d e r null an d void C o m m od ore’s system warranty. ►

CATCHING UP

ALTHOUGH IT HAS always had the same soft­ware capabilities as the A2000, the A500s ar­chitecture makes it inherently more difficult to expand. For this reason, fewer types of hardware expansion devices have been available for the A500 than for the A2000. As a result, the Amiga's potential has often been just out of reach for A500 owners. For example, although the A500 can run CAD software, previous lack of a flicker- reduction device (such as MlcroWay's flicker- Flxer for the A2000) has made working with CAD undesirable on the 500. Lately, however, third- party developers have discovered ways around many of the A500’s design limitations.

You can now do almost anything with an Amiga 500 that you can with a 2000. You can attach super high-capacity storage devices. You can show interlaced displays without flicker. You can run MS-DOS software. You can add an ac­celerator to speed up applications, and you can expand memory to the full 9MB that the A50G’s (and A2000's) architecture can address. Finally, with the addition of an expansion box containing Zorro-2 and IBM-compatible slots, you can add cards that were designed to work only with the A2000 and, theoretically at least, match all the capabilities of the 2000, save for those options that require the video slot.

In this three-part series, we will explore the ways In which you can add on to your A500. We'll determine which are the most convenient methods for expansion and which leave you the best options for possible future additions. We'tl also expose any limitations hidden in promised end-all solutions. In the final Installment of the series, we’ll assemble the '‘ultimate” A500 hot rod—a fully-expanded machine with our recom­mended components for high-power use.

We've limited Part 1 of the series to memory- only expansion devices. Although many manu­facturers now supply RAM sockets in their A500 hard-drive models, we will save discussion of those units for Part 2 of the series, In which we’ll focus on hard-dlsk systems. Finally, In Part 3, we'll evaluate accelerators that speed up op­erations, card cages that accommodate A2000- style cards, and some miscellaneous peripherals that provide specific enhancements. □

—Barbara Gefvert

46 February 1991 *

1 tested ten A500 RAM expansion devices, ra ting them accord ing to ease o f installation an d the quality o f the ir docum en ta tion a n d assigning each o n e a g ra d e (Poor, Fair, G ood, Excellent, S u perio r) for overall value. T h e g ra d e takes into considera tion the retail price, soundness o f design, h a rd w are co m p a t­ibility, a n d c o m p o n en t quality. I tested all the boards using bo th revisions 5 an d 6A o f the A500 m o th e r­board . Unless o therw ise stated, all boards w ork co r­rectly with both m o th e rb o a rd revisions.

AdRAM 540T h e AdRAM 540 provides u p to 4MB o f expansion RAM a n d a battery-backed h a rd w are clock. With the add ition o f [CD’s A560D piggyback d au g h te rb o a rd , the 540 can prov ide up to six m egabytes. T h e basic kit includes a RAM card, a small secondary b oard that p lugs into the m o th e rb o a rd ’s Gary chip socket, an d a ten-p in ribbon cable. For the most p a r t, the do cu m en ta tio n is clear.

Installation is simple: O pen the case, relocate the A500’s Gary chip to a socket on the secondary card , an d then connect the cards with the ribbon cable. Your A500 can recognize m ost o f the new RAM, and I DC provides a p ro g ram to a d d to y o u r s tartup- sequence file that lets you r system recognize the rest.

T h e AdRAM 540 is well-designed, easy to install a n d w orks as it should . Even if you ’re not thrilled by the slim 90-day w arran ty on the chips (the b oard itself is w arran ted for one year) you will find the Ad RAM 540 a good choice for a serious RAM u p g rad e .

AdRAM 540 ICDCapacity: 4MB Type: A501 slot Super Agnus kit: Yes Price: $159.95 (unpopulated)Expansion options: 2MB A560D

($259.95)Warranty: One year Ease of Installation: Excellent Documentation: Good Overall value: Good

BaseboardB aseboard is a n o th e r device designed for those who n eed a m uscle-beach RAM u p g rad e . Like the AdRAM 540, it ad ds a battery-backed clock and , in com bi­nation with an optional d a u g h te r card , up to 6MB o f RAM. T h e kit com es with a small circuit board that p lugs into the A500’s G ary chip socket, a 4MB RAM card , an d a 20-pin cable that connects the two. You can also a d d E xpansion Systems’ O verboard d a u g h te r card to prov ide an add itional 2MB o f RAM.

Installing the B aseboard is m o re com plex than ad d in g o th e r A 50l cards, bu t no m o re difficult, thanks to a clearly w ritten, deta iled m anual. O pen

y o u r A500’s case, rem ove the G ary chip a n d replace it with the circuit b oard , insert the RAM ca rd into the u n d e rs id e A 50l connector, an d then a ttach the 20-pin cable betw een the cards. D ep en d in g on which A gnus chip you r A500 uses, you will also need to reset a few ju m p e r plugs on both cards an d ad d a p ro g ra m to y o u r s ta rtup -sequence th a t configures the boards once you r A500 boots.

T h e Baseboard RAM card is a high-quality, four- layer ca rd that shou ld help e lim inate p rob lem s when you a ttem p t to m ix RAM chips with d ifferen t access speeds (or chips from differen t m anufac tu rers) on the sam e card . .Although the clock battery is not rechargeab le , you can rep lace it w ithout soldering.

I f you want m o re than the essential 512K RAM u p g ra d e for your A501 slot, o r if you n eed S u per Agnus suppo rt, the Baseboard system is the way to go.

Baseboard Expansion Systems Capacity: 4MB Type: A501 slot Super Agnus kit: Yes Price: 5159.95 (unpopulated)Expansion options: 2MB Over­

board ($139.95 with 512K)Warranty: One year Ease of Installation: Superior Documentation: Excellent Overall value: Superior

Half-Megabyte Memory With Clock-Calendar

A spitting im age o f C o m m o d o re ’s A501 RAM card, this full-size b o a rd comes with 512K RAM on 16 (256K x 1 bit) chips a n d a clock, all housed in a s tu rdy metal case. T h e clock is po w ered by a 3-cell, 3.6-volt N iC ad battery. Both the b o a rd an d its com ponen ts a re construc ted o f high-quality m aterials tha t should p rov ide years o f dep en d ab le opera tion .

D ocum enta tion consists o f a small booklet with good instructions, an d the two-year parts-and-labor w arran ty is a plus. Looks like a solid value.

Half-Megabyte Memory with Clock-Calendar

Skyles Electric Works Capacity: 512K Type: A501 slot Super Agnus kit: No Price: $79.95 Expansion options: None Warranty: Two years Ease of installation: Excellent Documentation: Excellent Overall value: Excellent ►

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M 5 0 1 - S MinimegsT h e M 5 0 1 - S provides 512K RAM expansion an d a battery-backed dock . T h e small 4.3 x 3.5-inch hoard is similar to C o m m o d o re s A 5 0 1 m em ory h oard , but the M 5 0 1 - S also provides a m in ia tu re slide switch that lets you disable the hoard for the benefit o f ill-behaved gam es and o th e r p rog ram s that balk at the sight o f RAM expansion . T h e 3-volt L ith ium clock battery has a life expectancy o f th ree o r m ore years.

I found the installation instructions accurate and clearly written. Despite its low price, this hoard uses quality com ponen ts th ro u g h o u t. A bargain for those who need a quick 512K RAM u p g ra d e , the M 5 0 1 - S is available only th ro u g h Amiga dealers.

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MicroboticsCapacity: 512KType: A501 slotSuper Agnus kit: NoPrice: $80.95Expansion options: NoneWarranty: One yearEase of installation: ExcellentDocumentation: GoodOverall value: Good

MicromegsM icrom egs wins the prize for the m ost com pac t RAM expansion card . T h e tiny 2 x 3.25-inch h o a rd p ro ­vides 512K o f RAM —using only fo u r CM OS (4 hit x 2 5 6 K) ch ip s—an d a clock, whose 3-volt L ith ium b a t­tery is so ldered in place. A toggle switch allows you to disable the card w ithout rem o v ing it from the system.

T erse instructions cover the d o ’s an d d o n ’ts o f installation, hut do not fully explain the c a rd ’s fea­tures. C onsider this inexpensive, low-power h o a rd if you have already installed e n o u g h ex tras to place a strain on y o u r A500’s pow er supply.

MicromegsMASTCapacity: 512K Type: A501 slot Super Agnus kit: No Price: $69Expansion options: None Warranty: One year Ease of installation: Good Documentation: Fair Overall value: Fair

If you want to ad d 2MB o f t ru e fast RAM to your* /system, you w on’t find a sim pler solution than Mini­megs. MAST prov ides a p u re an d sim ple solution for those who d o n ’t m ind giving u p the ir C PU slot for m em ory expansion; the un it p rov ides no pass­th ro u g h bus extension . T h e m odu le com es with up to 2MB o f SIP (Single In line Package) RAM chips so ldered on to a m etal-encased hoard . Simply rem ove the h oard from its w rappings, p lug it in to the CPU expansion slot, an d tu rn on y o u r A500. C onsidering the task at h an d , the docum en ta tion is adequate .

MinimegsMASTCapacity: 2MB Type: CPU slot Super Agnus kit: No Price: 5269 (sold fully populated

only)Expansion options: None Warranty: One year Ease of installation: Excellent Documentation: Good Overall value: Good

RamWorks 500Ram W orks 500 com es with 16 (256K.X 1 hit) RAM chips tha t p rov ide 512K o f RAM an d a 3.6-volt N iCad battery-driven clock. T h e Ram W orks 500 uses all high-quality co m p o n en ts an d com es with a well-writ­ten , illustrated m anual tha t p rovides clear, step-by- step instructions. T h e com pany offers a w hopp ing five-year w arranty. My pick o f the 512K A501 litter.

RamWorks 500 Applied Engineering Capacity: 512K Type: A501 slot Super Agnus kit: No Price: $79Expansion options: None Warranty: 5 years Ease of installation: Superior Documentation: Superior Overall value: Superior

RC-500T h e RC-500, a two-layer b oard , uses fou r (256K.X4 hit) RAM chips to supply 512K o f RAM. A small toggle switch allows you to disable the b o a rd if necessary. ►

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RC-500Konyo International Capacity: 512K Type: A501 slot Super Agnus kit: No Price: $89Expansion options: None Warranty: One year Ease of installation: Excellent Documentation: Fair Overall value: Fair

SIN500-2T h e SIN 500-2 RAM card replaces the 68000 CPU with an in ternal RAM ca rd that can ad d 2MB o f m em ory to you r system w ithout tying up your CPU o r A501 slots. T h e handsom e, seven-inch-square bo ard com es with its own 68000 CPU a n d 16 sockets in which you can m o u n t up to 2MB o f t ru e fast (2 5 6 K x 4 bit) RAM. T h e shea f o f instructions p ro ­vides a good step-by-step tu to ria l you will need to follow in o rd e r to install an d test the c a rd —although installation is relatively simple. O p e n the case, rem ove the existing CPU chip , insert the board , install a p a ir

o f nylon standoffs to hold the ca rd in place, an d then reassem ble the A500.

If you are concerned about the SIN 500-2 o ver­loading your A500\s pow er supply, the com pany has thoughtfu lly p rov ided a way to attach an optional DC pow er supp ly that can p ow er the b oard directly.

Spirit Technology also provides a p ro g ra m to check y o u r new RAM chips for flaws. I can attest th a t the p ro g ra m w orks as advertised , an d tha t the com pany does not test each board before sh ipp ing it. W hen I ran the test p ro g ra m , it po in ted to a pa ir ofbacl RAM chips. U pon investigation, I found bo th problem s w ere caused by pins no t p ro p e rly inserted in their socket holes. Nevertheless, the SIN 500-2 is a well- designed board tha t deserves yo u r a tten tion . I f you p re fe r an in ternal RAM u p g ra d e , this b o a rd offers possibilities.

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Are You Going Fast?W H E N READING A B O U T m em ory-ex- pansion devices, you 've p robably e n ­co u n te red the term s “fa s t” “slow-fast," an d “slow” o r “ch ip ” RAM. Confusing? Yes. But if you ca re ab o u t system p e r ­form ance, it helps to know the difference before you invest in a new RAM card .

Both the Amiga’s 68000 CPU an d the custom an im ation chip (Agnus) can gen ­era te RAM addresses, which they use to access the m em ory in your system. T he CPU can access all RAM in the com puter, while the Agnus chip can access only a designated portion ( 5 l2 K o r 1MB) o f the total RAM available. Fast RAM is m em ory that can opera te at the same speed as the CPU. You can install this type o f m em ory only in designated areas o f the C P U ’s a d ­dress space that have been set aside for the C P U ’s exclusive use. Slow RAM an d so-called slow-fast RAM can be accessed by both the Agnus chip an d the CPU.

Because it would be a d isaster if both ch ips were allowed to access the sam e RAM ad d ress sim ultaneously, there are times w hen p e rfo rm ance -robb ing “wait states” m ust be inserted in the tim ing cycle to keep the two chips from setting a collision course. Regardless o f what som e m an ufac tu re rs claim, RAM chips installed in the u n d e rs id e A501 slot p ro ­vide only slow-fast RAM for the system. T h e CPU canno t access it as h igh-speed fast RAM. I f you want a t ru e fast-RAM u p g ra d e , you need to p u rchase a card th a t attaches to the A500’s CPU e x p a n ­sion connecto r, o r an in ternal ca rd that p lugs directly into the CPU socket.

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Som e RAM b o a rd m anufac tu re rs p ro ­vide a kit tha t allows users o f la te-m odel A500s w ho have installed a S u p e r A gnus chip to p e rfo rm an advanced installation

p ro c e d u re tha t assigns a po rtion o f the new m em ory as chip RAM. T h is u p g ra d e boosts the A500’s chip RAM u p to its m ax im um capacity o f o n e m egabyte, an d , in the process o f do in g so, allows you to pe rfo rm at top capacity with graphics- intensive applications.

You know you r A500 has a S u p e r Ag­nus chip if the p a r t n u m b e r s tam p ed on its ceram ic case is 8372 o r 8372A. I f the n u m b e r s tam ped o n the chip is 8370 o r 8371, you have a s tan d a rd A gnus chip a n d need to buy an d insert a S u p e r Agnus chip befo re you can p roceed with the advanced installation, which is no walk in the park . I t involves m in o r so ldering skills an d requ ires cu tting a trace path on your AoOO’s m o th e rb o a rd . I f you have n ever tackled a jo b like this, have yo u r local Am iga d ea le r p e rfo rm the u p g ra d e for you. n

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T h e S u p raR am 500 b o a rd prov ides 512K RAM (4 bit x 256K) expansion an d a battery-backed clock on a com pac t five-chip circuit board . A 3-volt battery provides u p to th ree years o f clock power. T h is bigh- qualitv bo ard comes with a single sheet o f clearly w ritten instructions.

SupraRam 500 Supra Corp.Capacity: 512KType: A501 slotSuper Agnus kit: NoPrice: $99.95Expansion options: noneWarranty: One yearEase of installation: ExcellentDocumentation: ExcellentOverall value: Good

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T his full-size A50I-sIot card com es with 512K RAM on 16 (256KX t bit) chips in two m odels, o n e with an d on e w ithout a ba ttery -pow ered clock. Phe two- laver circuit bo ard p rov ides a toggle switch that allows you to disable the card.

D ocum enta tion consists o f a single sheet o f p a p e r with installation instructions on one side an d a sche­matic d iag ram o f the board on the other. A lthough

the card is reasonably priced , its overall value is offset by the slim 90-day w arran ty period .

Switchable 512K RAM Expansion BoardRlo/DatelCapacity: 512KType: A501 slotSuper Agnus krt: NoPrice: $49.99 ($69.99 with clock)Expansion options: None Warranty: 90 days Ease of installation: Excellent Documentation: Good Overall value: Good

C on sid er you r fu tu re expansion plans carefully before you buy a m em ory device for y o u r A500. Keep in m ind that w hen you ad d m em ory to yo u r A50l slot, you give u p the ability to use o th e r cards (such as Pulsar’s Pow er PC Board) that requ ire the A501 connector. Also, w hen you a d d an ex te rna l RAM board w ithout a pass-th rough connec to r for the bus (such as Minimegs), you m ay give up m uch m ore, such as a d d in g a h a rd drive o r a box to hold A2000- style cards (unless they have pass-th rough bus ports).

I f you d o n ’t a lready own a h a rd disk bu t plan to buy o n e shortly, you may w ant to pu t o ff a RAM- only pu rchase an d consider ad d in g bo th up g rad es in o n e box. Jo in us next m o n th for o u r second lap a ro u n d the Ami 500 course, when we will look at various hard -d riv e op tion s—both with a n d w ithout m em ory . ■

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HAM CompositingPhoto-compositing in HAM mode can help artists

increase their mastery of computer painting.

AS W E SAW in the N ovem ber ’90 install­m ent o f "Accent,” pho to com positing o p ens up a whole world o f in teresting a n d often playful possibilities. W hile that co lum n focused on pho to-com positing m ethod s in D eluxePaint III (Electronic Arts), this m o n th 1 will exp lo re HAM pho to -com positing techniques using Digi-Paint 3 a n d Digi-View (both NewTek), an d P IX m ate (Progressive Peripherals). D eluxe PhotoLab (Elec­tron ic Arts) also possesses excellent HAM com positing tools, as does Photon Paint 2.0 (Microlllusions).

T h ese techniques apply to digitized m aterial as well as co m p u te r pain tings. If you are no t a skilled co m p u te r artist, you may find com positing to be o f p a r ­ticular in terest, I will em phasize m ethods th a t modify the digitized m aterial in pa in te rly ways. T h e e n d result is in ­te n d e d to be m o re an artistic im age than an illusion o f reality, as was the case in N ovem ber.

C h o o s i n g t h e R i g h t S t u f f

1 dec ided on a space them e for the im ­age tha t would becom e the illustration accom pany ing this co lum n. B eginning with a NASA p h o to o f an Atlas lift-offan d a n o th e r o f a M ercurv as tron au t, I/

digitized bo th black-and-w hite images with Digi-View—setting S harpness dow n to its lowest poin t an d tu rn in g D ither off. T h is softened the images, bu t, m ore im portan tly , it b roke the detail up into solid value areas. T h is k ind o f simplifica­tion o f detail is one o f the stylistic s tra te ­gies I frequently em ploy in the co m p u te r m ed ium . I saved the Atlas p ic tu re in 16 colors to p rese rve all the transitions in the flame an d smoke.

T h e a s tro n au t was to be the focus of the finished piece. 1 w anted him to s tand ou t from the rest o f the im age with s tro n g con trast in his shadow areas. My

first step was to select 32-color m ode from Digi-View’s C on tro l panel an d re ­display the image. Because it had been a red scan, the im age now becam e a 16- color red p ic tu re . Switching to the Pal­ette controls, I red u ced the colors to eight, forcing a fu r th e r simplification o f the image.

I find it most effective to do this re ­duction a t the digitizing stage because calculations a re based on original 24-bit data . O nce you save the image, that d e p th o f im age in fo rm ation is no longer available. It is still possible to reduce the n u m b e r o f colors afterw ards with P IX ­mate, DeluxePaint, o r o th e r p rogram s, but the delineated value areas will differ from those Digi-View can calculate be­fore the 24-bit da ta is lost. This can p rove im p o rtan t with such details as eyes. I redisplayed a n d then saved the eight-color as tron au t image.

I ran bo th im ages th ro u g h P IX m ate to color an d fu r th e r process them before com positing an d touch-up . Loading the as tronau t, I p e r fo rm ed a Sort Colors o p ­eration from the m en u an d then b ro u g h t up the Palette controls, I m ad e the high- en d reds yellow-orange for a h ighlight effect. W ishing to simplify the detail even m ore, I selected an AVG averag ing o p e r ­ation from the Im age Process controls. T h is p rese rved the palette b u t red u ced detail to m ake the im age bolder. I saved this im age a n d loaded the Atlas p ic ture . Using Palette, 1 gave it a fiery ran g e o f colors, with p u re sa tu ra ted yellow at the h igh end , an d o ra n g e -re d at the low end . K now ing that the a s tro n au t was on the righ t side o f his im age area, 1 w ent

to the Display controls to p e rfo rm a h o r ­izontal flip o f the Atlas im age to position the rocket a n d g an try on the left side o f the screen. Saving this im age. I quit PIX m ate.

In Digi-Paint, I loaded the Atlas im age first, electing to load its palette as well. H itting the j key to b r in g u p the spare screen, I loaded the a s tro n au t there , keep ing the Atlas base palette. Both im ­ages loaded cleanly with few HAM a r ti ­facts, even th o u g h I had forced them to sh are the sam e base pale tte for the sake o f clean com positing opera tions. I was now ready to begin ex p e r im e n tin g with d ifferent effects.

T h e first an d m ost obvious choice was to try a simple m erg ing o f the two screens. (You will find M erge u n d e r the Swap subm enu o f the Picture m enu.) M erge opera tes with the en tire spare screen an d follows the m ode an d trans­parency settings for its effect. With N o r­mal m o d e an d no transparency , the swap screen simply replaces the c u r re n t screen.I tried 50% transparency an d m erged the screens. T h e effect was c lu ttered . T h e con­centration o f detail on the left side o f the astronau t image becam e confusing when m erged with the gantry detail.

B a c k t o t h e D r a w in g B o a r d

I ex p e rim en ted with o th e r m odes, still at 50% transparency . Colorize m ode p ro ­duced in teresting results: T h e hot yel­lows o f the Atlas im age co lored the shadow areas o f the a s tro n au t while p re ­serving detail. T h e re was no focal point, however, a n d again the im age was too c lu ttered . O n the o th e r h a n d , the And m ode w orked quite well: W onderfu l ab ­stract shapes em erg ed on the left o f a s trong com position. I saved this im age as reference for a fu tu re acrylic pain ting .

m e finished mam im age aoove is tne resuii 01 black-and-white im a g e s —the Mercury astronaui

g round left)—and then further p ro ce ss in g the c

For this co lum n, however, 1 con tinued to ex p e r im e n t with the original concept for the illustration. I w anted to preserve the im age o f the Atlas lift-off in the final com posite. I selected Digi-Painfs Filled F reeh an d tool an d a single-pixel b rush . W orking on the a s tro n a u t im age, I kept the Atlas on the swap screen. I set the H otspot tran sparen cy slider all the way lip an d the Edge slider a t the halfway point. 1 then selected R ub-T hrou gh m o d e from the m en u . (R u b -T hro ugh places part o f the swap screen on the c u r re n t im age accord ing to the tool, m ode, an d settings you have chosen.)

I carefully d rew a ro u n d the fron t ol the helm et an d p re ssu re suit, across the bo ttom of the screen, up the left side, an d back across the top. W hen the shape filled in, the Atlas had rep laced the c lu t­te red detail on the left, a n d the overall result looked pre tty good to me. I drew quick shapes a ro u n d a few areas I w an ted to em phasize a bit m ore , b r in g ­ing them m o re solidly into the com posi­tion. 1 then selected D arken m ode an d knocked the right side o f the im age back in to shadow. In Colorize m ode, I se­lected b righ t yellow an d 50% tra n s p a r ­ency, an d d rew highlights on the helm et to pick up som e yellow light.

Loading the im age back into PIX m ate,

eground right) and the Atlas lift-orf (back-

I d id a final average process on the HAM im ag e—both to get rid o f the a r ti­facts an d fring ing tha t had c rep t in and to soften the look. As im ages always p rin t d a rk e r than they a p p e a r on screen, 1 then loaded it into Digi-View’s o r T ra n s fe r 24 ’s 4 0 9 6 + m ode an d raised the b righ tness five notches before se n d ­ing it to the editors.

E x p er im en t with som e of these m e th ­ods as a s ta rting poin t for yo u r own il­lustrations. You can ob ta in w onderful results from any two ra n d o m im ages you load for com positing. R em em ber also when using com positing techniques that after you have com ple ted you r “finished” picture, you can always load a new swap screen to co n tin u e y o u r com positing ef­forts in to still fu r th e r realm s o f im age explora tion . ■

Joel Hagen's credits include work in art, as­tronomy, science fiction , and software develop­ment. Write to him at 10512 Sawyer, Oak­dale, CA 95361. Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope fo r a reply.

Inform ation and Ideas on Amiga Program m ing

Fax It with ARexx!By Tim Grantham

BECAUSE AREXX SCR IPTS can talk to several p ro ­g ram s at once, they can act as software coord ina to rs , enab ling p ro g ra m s to work to g e th e r to p e rfo rm an au to m a ted task. An illustration o f AR exx’s co m m u ­nication process is the exam ple below, called fax.rexx.

Fax.rexx uses H an d sh ak e V2.20, Eric Haberfell- n e r ’s fine sharew are V T100/220 term inal em ula to r, a n d C om p u S erv e’s fax capabilities. Besides H a n d ­shake 's ARexx su p p o rt , fax.rexx takes advan tage of H an d sh a k e ’s invisible m ode: W hen invoked with the — n switch, H an d sh ak e loads an d runs, but does not o p en a screen. In this m ode, it can sit quietly in the back g ro u n d , acting as a serial com m unications server for any p ro g ra m tha t speaks ARexx.

ARexx and com patib le application p ro g ra m s com ­m unicate th ro u g h messages. W hen an ARexx p ro ­g ram wishes to invoke a co m m an d o r call a function in a su p p o r t in g p ro g ram , it m ust explicitly state the p ro g ra m with which it w ants to talk. T h e line

address 'HANDSHAKE1'

for exam ple, causes the ARexx in te rp re te r to send all subsequen t messages to the first ru n n in g instance o f the p ro g ram H andshake . A message selecting a H an d sh ak e (or any program -specific) co m m an d does not re q u ire a reply message, but a m essage calling a H an d sh ak e function does need a reply.

W hen an ARexx p ro g ra m calls a H an d sh ak e func­tion, the ARexx in te rp re te r sends a m essage co n ta in ­in g th e fu n c t io n r e q u e s t e d to th e H a n d s h a k e p ro g ra m , plus any add itional d a ta requ ired by H a n d ­shake to execu te the function. In fax.rexx, for ex ­am ple, the line

H S_STR IN G (‘+ + + ATZ’cr)

causes the ARexx in te rp re te r to send a message i n s t r u c t i n g H a n d s h a k e to t r a n s m i t th e s t r in g + -I- +ATZ a n d a ca rriage re tu rn ou t o f the serial p o r t , exactly as th o u g h you had typed it from the keyboard . T h e line

r = H S_G ET ST R (‘OK')

instructs H andshake to m on ito r the s tream o f c h a r ­

acters com ing over the m odem for the s tr in g OK. T h e previously issued co m m an d

HS_TIM EOUT 40

tells H an d sh ak e to look for the s tring for no m ore than 40 seconds. W hile H an d sh a k e is d o in g this, the ARexx in te rp re te r susp end s execution o f the ARexx p ro g ram . W ithout the tim e-out, the Arexx p ro g ram m ight be su sp en d ed forever!

II H an d sh ak e finds the s tr ing before the allotted tim e expires, it r e tu rn s a m essage tha t contains the m atched s tring to the ARexx in te rp re te r , which then assigns the s tr ing to the variable r an d restarts the ARexx p rog ram .

II H an d sh ak e does not find the s tring before time runs ou t, it stops looking an d sends a m essage back to the ARexx in te rp re te r con ta in ing the s tr ing HSERR T IM E O U T . T h e ARexx in te rp re te r also assigns that s tr ing to the variable r an d restarts the ARexx p ro ­g ram . I t ’s u p to the p ro g ra m m e r to see w hethe r the s tr ing was found.

T h e following lines p rov ide an exam ple o f how an ARexx p ro g ra m m ediates this dialog betw een the ARexx in te rp re te r a n d H andshake:

cr = ‘Od'xH S_STR IN G (‘ + + + ATZ’cr) r = H S_G ET ST R (‘OK') if r = ‘OK’ then

H S_D IA L(‘C IS (2400)’) else do

say "Couldn't reset modem. Quitting."exit 20end

T h e first line assigns the ca rr iag e -re tu rn ch a rac te r to the variable cr, so you can include the ch a rac te r in a string. T h e second line tells H an d sh ak e to send the s tr ing 4* 4- +ATZ, plus the carriage re tu rn . T h is causes Hayes com m and-com patib le m odem s to reset, f i le second line tells H an dshake to look for the string OK, which is issued by the m o d em upon com pletion o f a reset. T h e next two lines instruct H andshake to dial the n u m b e r for C om puS erve , but only if it has ►

i i aMM*** ' * sf -i **• < *

Q a I :

Iwo.

l i ^ ? \ z Z\ I ------------------ ' - - - — ~ i - ' : : ' , I I IRON GUTS MQRLft T 1

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received the s tr ing O K before the tim eout. Otherwise, the ARexx p ro g ra m assum es the m o d em co u ld n ’t reset properly , a n d it the re fo re exits.

In add ition , fax .rexx uses the following H andshake functions a n d com m ands, p rov id ed specifically for ARexx p rog ram s:

F unctions:• HS—DIAL dials a n u m b e r from the H andshake

te lep h o n e list.• HS—T R A N S M IT starts transm ission o f a file.

Commands:• H S—PR O TO C O L sets the file-transfer type.• HS—H A N G U P tells the m o d em to h a n g up.• H S _ Q U IT shu ts dow n H andshake .

O th e r te rm ina l em ula to rs tha t su p p o rt ARexx (e.g., Online!, ATalk I I I , a n d VLT) p rov ide sim ilar com ­m ands. You shou ld be able to ad a p t fax.rexx to work with y o u r own p ro g ra m quite easily.

To ru n fax.rexx, you m ust have s ta rted the ARexx residen t p ro g ram , Rexxm ast, b e fo rehand . T h e n , at the C LI, e n te r the following com m and:

rx fax.rexx filename phone_number subject : name

w here filenam e is the nam e o f the file con ta in ing the text o f the message, an d p h o n e _ n u m b e r is the n u m ­ber o f the destination fax m achine. (Note: C o m p u ­Serve requ ires the a rea code.) S u b je c t : n am e consists o f the m essage’s subject h ead in g a n d the ad d ressee ’s nam e. You canno t use spaces in the filenam e o r tele­p h o n e n u m b er. While the subject an d n am e a rg u ­m en t can con ta in m ultip le w ords a n d spaces, the two elem ents m ust be separa ted by a colon.

For exam ple, if fax.rexx resides in the REXX: log­ical device, the invocation could be:

rx fax myfax.txt 609-555-5555 Project estimate : Ms. Paula Manning, Director

I f you forget the form at, simply en te r rx fax, and fax .rexx will p ro m p t you for the re q u ired in fo rm a­tion. T h is m e th o d , however, p reven ts you from launch ing the p ro g ra m as a separa te process via A m igaD O S’s Run com m and . I f H an d sh ak e is not a lready ru n n in g , fax .rexx loads an d ru n s it in invis­ible m ode. I f H an d sh ak e is ru n n in g , fax.rexx leaves it ru n n in g w hen fax.rexx exits.

Fax.rexx uses the com m unications settings con­ta ined in file s :h an d sh ak e .p a rm s to com m unicate with C om puS erve (baud ra te , n u m b e r o f stop bits, te lep h o n e n u m b er, an d so forth). I f you wish to use o th e r settings, then these m ust be loaded from a p a ram ete rs file specified w hen you first ru n H a n d ­shake, e ither from within fax.rexx o r from the CLI.

If you would like to watch fax.rexx in action, ru n H an d sh ak e in its s tan d a rd visible m ode before r u n ­n ing fax.rexx. After s ta rting fax.rexx, switch to the H an d sh ak e screen to view the in terac tion am o n g ARexx, H andshake , an d C om puServe.

You can use fax.rexx as a fram ew ork to begin w riting you r ow n scripts. For starters, you could try im prov ing this p ro g ra m so that it could accept fax filenam es with spaces in them , o r so it could let you know the cost o f y o u r fax.

Tim Grantham was formerly Editor o f T ra n sac to r and is now a freelance writer. Write to him c/o AmigaW orld Editorial Dept., 80 Elm St., Peterborough, N H 03458.

Ustlng 1. This fax.rexx program automates faxing a text file via CompuServe and Handshake v. 2.0.

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r x f a x . r e x x f i l e n a m e p h c n e _ n u m b e r s u b j e c t : n a m e* rv f x

* B e s u r e t o i n s e r t y o u r o w n C I S I D n u m b e r a n d

* p a s s w o r d i n t o t h e s o u r c e c o d e b e f o r e y o u r u n t h i s* p r o g r a m , a n d a l t e r t h e a r g u m e n t t o t h e H S _ D I A L

* f u n c t i o n t o t h e l a b e l y o u u s e f o r t h e C o m p u S e r v e

* t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r .

O c t o b e r 2 6 , 1 9 9 0 , C o p y r i g h t ( c > 1 9 9 0 T i m G r a n t h a m T h a n k s , B i l l H a w e s ! T h a n k s , E r i c H a b e r f e l l n e r !

'/

c t r l c = ' 0 3 ' x c t r l o = ' O f ' x

cr = '0dr x

r u n n i n g = 1

/ * g e t t h e a r g u m e n t s f r o m t h e c o m m a n d l i n e * /

p a r s e a r g f i l e n a m e t e l e p h o n e s u b _ n a m e

i f f i l e n a m e * " " t h e n d os a y " E n t e r n a m e o f f i l e t o f a x . . . " p a r s e p u l l f i l e n a m e

e n d

i f t e l e p h o n e - " " t h e n d o

s a y " E n t e r p h o n e n u m b e r , w i t h a r e a c o d e ( s ) . . . "p a r s e p u l l t e l e p h o n ee n d

i f s u b _ n a m e => " " t h e n d o

s a y " E n t e r s u b j e c t : n a m e . A s i n . . . "3a y " P r o j e c t e s t i m a t e : M s . L o i s L a n e , D i r e c t o r "

p a r s e p u l l s u b _ n a m ee n d

/ * c h e c k t o s e e i f t h e f a x t e x t f i l e e x i s t s * /

i f - o p e n ( f a x _ t e x t , f i l e n a m e , r R ' ) t h e n d o s a y " C o u l d n ' t a c c e s s f a x t e x t f i l e . " e x i t 4 0

e n d

/ * e x t r a c t t h e s u b j e c t a n d n a m e * /

l e n g t h = i n d e x ( s u b _ n a m e ,

s u b j e c t = l e f t ( s u b _ n a m e , l e n g t h - 1 )

n a m e = 3 u b s t r ( s u b ^ n a m e , l e n g t h + 1 ) n a m e = s t r i p ( n a m e , " B ” )

/ * c h e c k i f H a n d s h a k e i s r u n n i n g . I f n o t , r u n i t . * /

a d d r e s s c o m m a n d

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d o f o r e v e r

r *= s h o w { p o r t s r * HANDS HAKE 1 ' ) i f r = 1 t h e n b r e a k r u n n i n g - 0

' h a n d s h a k e - n - p s : h a n d s h a k e . p a r m s 'e n d

/ * b e g i n t a l k i n g t o H a n d s h a k e * /

a d d r e s s ' H A N D S H A K E 1 '

H S _ S T R I N G ( ' + - + A T Z ' c r )

r = H S _ G E T S T R ( ' O K ' )

i f r = ' O K ' t h e n

H S _ D I A L ( ' C I S ( 2 4 0 0 ) ' )

e l s e d o

s a y " C o u l d n ' t r e s e t m o d e m . Q u i t t i n g . . . " i f r u n n i n g = 0 t h e n H S _ Q U I T e x i t 2 0

e n d

H SJT IM EO U T 40

H S _ S T R I N G ( c t r l c )

r = H S _ G E T S T R ( ' I D ; ' )

i f r = ' I D : ' t h e n

H S _ S T R I N G { ' 1 2 3 4 5 / 6 7 8 9 \ m y _ p a s s w o r d ' c r )

e l s e q u i t I ( " C o u l d n ' t c o n n e c t t o C I S p r o p e r l y . " , )

r = H S _ G E T S T R ( ' C o m p u S e r v e ' )

i f r = ' C o m p u S e r v e ' t h e n

H S _ S T R I N G { c t r l o ' g m a i l ' c r )

e l s e q u i t l ( " C o n n e c t e d t o C I S b u t c o u l d n ' t l o g o n . " )

r = H S _ G E T S T R ( ' K a i l ! ' )

i f r - ' M a i l ? ' t h e n

H S _ S T R I N G { ' u p l o a d ' c r )

e l s e q u i t 2 ( " L o g g e d o n b u t c o u l d n ' t g e t t o C I S M a i l . " )

r = H S _ G E 7 S T R ( ' P r o t o c o l : ' )

i f r = ' P r o t o c o l : ' t h e n

H S _ S T R I N ’G ( ' x m o d e m ' c r )

e l s e q u i t 3 ( " C o u l d n ' t i n i t i a t e u p l o a d i n C I S M a i l . " )

r = H S _ G E T S T R { ' T y p e : ' )

i f r = ' T y p e : ' t h e n

H S _ S T R I N G ( ' a s c i i ' c r )

e l s e c u i t 3 ( " B e g a n u p l o a d ; c o u l d n ' t p i c k p r o t o c o l . " )

r ■ H S _ G E T S T R { ' c o m p l e t e d . ' )

i f r = ' c o m p l e t e d . ' t h e n d o

H S _ P R O T O C O L ' x m o d e m / c r c '

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T H E F IR ST T IM E I considered p ro d u c ­ing a video disc, I th o u g h t the project would be a cinch. After all, isn’t a video disc ju s t a flat, ro u n d videotape? W rong. A lthough the final p ro d u c tio n is assem ­bled on v ideo tape an d then tran sfe rred to disc, the con ten t an d process a re very d ifferen t from the typical linear video p roduc tion . As p ro o f o f this, try viewing an interactive disc from beg inn ing to end: Scenes ju m p from subject to sub­ject, scores o f still fram es whiz by u n ­recognizably, a n d s trange sounds em erg e from y o u r speakers.

Obviously, an interactive video disc is m ore than your average T V show. Still a black art to m any w ould-be p ro d u ce rs , “voodoo video" is a com plex m ed iu m that incorpora tes both hi-tech video and co m p u te r control. T h e following g u id e ­lines shou ld demystify the process an d give you a p re tty c lear idea o f som e o f its complications.

V i d e o D isc F o r m a t s

T w o form ats d o m in a te the video-disc m arketp lace. At 60 m inu tes p e r disc side, the p o p u la r CLV (C onstant L inear Velocity) fo rm at is the consum er 's choice

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for simple, linear fare such as theatrical films an d how-to shows. T h e CAV (C on­s tan t A ngular Velocity) form at, giving you 30 m inutes p e r side, is reserved for in teractive video p roductions.

CAV m achines (and discs) com e in four flavors, o r “ levels." In Level I, the simplest, the user navigates the video disc by e n te r in g choices from a h a n d ­held rem o te control. T h is fo rm at is lim­ited by the sim ple set o f contro ls in ­c luded with co n su m er players. T h e typical Level II disc is des igned for a m o re advanced industria l p layer with built-in c o m p u te r control. It comes com ­plete with a digital script em b ed d e d on the disc, a n d it is com m only singled ou t for sim ple educational an d tra in ing tasks. Level HI units rely on ex ternal co m p u te rs to p rov ide their instructions. Your Amiga is very good at g en e ra tin g m enus, bu ttons, text blocks, an d sounds. W ith it a n d the Level III player, you can m ake room on vou r video disc for m ore

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includes all o f the features o f Level III , p lus digital da ta enco ded on the video disc th a t’s accessible to an ex te rn a l com ­p u te r . T h is elim inates the floppy o r h a rd disk req u ired by Level I I I hardw are , a n d is ideal for point-of-sale systems.

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P roducing an interactive video disc is

norm ally a five-step process. First, you create the individual pieces (m odules), using live an d still v ideo /pho tography , text, an d audio . Next, write the in te rac­tive scrip t o r p ro g ra m that contro ls the presen ta tion . T h ird , test the p ro g ra m and you r interface. Fourth , assem ble and reco rd the m aster v ideo tape th a t the m an u fa c tu re r will use to create the “ m o th e r” video disc. Finally, p re p a re a d o cu m en t for the m aste ring facility that describes the final form o f y o u r disc. Keyed to time code, y o u r script should indicate the first an d last video fram es, chap te rs , an d still frames.

Regardless o f the interactive level o f you r p roduction , you r m aster v ideotape must contain a few standard ized elements. A few o f the most com m on a re listed be­low, hut none o f these a re chiseled in stone; always check with your m astering facility before you finalize your plans. (For extensive discussions o f requ irem en ts and term inology definitions, call 3M, Pioneer, i

A N e w D im e n s io n f o r T i t l in g

At last, the power of a professional titling workstation comes to the Amiga. Full 3D rotation of text, exciting new fonts, amazing effects and more make VidaoTitler 3D the perfect solution for desktop video and graphic presentation needs.

Using VideoTltler 3D's simple to understand 3D text handles, titles can be spun, stretched, rotated, tilted, put into perspective, and much more. Add to this the 3D extrusion capabilities, huge number of special effects, and ability to use any standard Amiga font, and you have the ultimate information presentation system.

VideoTltler 3D offers a large number of included fonts, such as sampler styles from Kara Fonts” and Zuma Fonts” , even new PolyFont technology based on outline fonts! This new PolyFont format brings a number of standard type styles to the Amiga for the true professional look that you demand.

But V ideoTltler 3D doesn't just create still images. Bring your text to life with the incredible animation capabilities of V ideoT ltler 3D.

Animations are created by specifying the beginning and ending frames and the number of intervening frames. VideoTitler will automatically generate the intervening frames. Save the final result in an ANIM format file which can then be edited or shown using many popular Amiga programs!

Create spectacular special effects for text using VideoTltler 3D’s powerful effect editor, or use one of the built-in effects such as star, neon, glow, embossed, and balloon. VideoTltler 3D can also mirror, skew, resize, and distort fonts from a variety of sources, control shadows and 3D effects, even use IFF picture files as backdrops and fills.

P a i n t i n g W ith S o u n d

A u d ioM aster 111 is the next generation of Amiga sound sampling software for the Amiga. Using the most advanced technique for real-time sound sampling, AudioMaster III gives you sample rates up to 56K in stereo on a standard Amiga! All current sound sampling hardware is supported for sampling from sources such as a microphone, CD player, video system, or anything you can plug into your sampler.

Special effect tools allow you to visually alter the waveform in a true interactive editing environment. Add echo to your sound, backmasking, low pass filtering, flanging, alter pitch and playback speed and much more! Effects such as echo, digital delay, and flange can all be accomplished in real time as well!

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That's not all AudioMaster 111 has going for it! The author, Peter Norman of RamScan Software, has an affinity for compact discs. Thus we have included the Aegis CD Player Simulator for your listening pleasure. Load up to 20 songs or samples to play in the background via a fully-simulated compact disc player. Since it’s fully multi-tasking, the Aegis CD Player can bring a whole afternoon of music to you while you work on other projects!

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• Pay p a r ticu la r a tten tio n to y o u r in ­te n d e d delivery system. C onfirm with the m as te r in g facility th a t w hat they p ro ­duce will play correctly o n y o u r system. (Despite w hat you m ay th ink , v ideo discs a re n o t s tan d a rd iz ed in all th e ir particu lars .)

• Use b ro a d c a s t-s ta n d a rd , o ne-inch , type C v ideo re c o rd e rs (H i-b an d is re c o m m e n d e d ) .

• A lm ost all v ideo m asters beg in w ith two m in u te s o f co lo r b a rs a n d a 1000 K H z a u d io tone . T h is is followed by 40 seconds o f v ideo black w ith n o a u d io , then th e s ta r t o f the in te rac tive p ro g ra m m ateria l. Finally, the last active v ideo is followed by 40 a d d i t io n a l seco n d s o f v ideo black w ith o u t au d io .

• Always re c o rd in n o n d ro p - f r a m e m o d e . I f v o u r v ideo com es f ro m a th ird -

p a r ty source over which you have no con tro l, d o n 't worry. Most m an u fac tu re rs can fix the tap e for a conversion fee.(See the acco m pany ing c h a r t for m o re details.)

• Be su re th a t you m a in ta in consistent fie ld -dom inance in y o u r ed iting . Every v ideo fram e is m a d e u p o f two fields, a n d ed ito rs choose which to use for a cu t. Always pick o n e field a n d stick with it th r o u g h o u t the e n t i re tap e . To e n s u re consistency, re -ed it an y th i rd -p a r ty v ideoto co n fo rm to y o u r s ta n d a rd ./

• S u b m it a w rit ten d esc r ip tio n o f y o u r in te rac tive o p u s , consis ting o f the s ta r t a n d e n d o f th e active v ideo seg m en ts on y o u r disc, keyed to S M P T E tim e code./ r j

Also use the t im e co d e to ind ica te the positions o f an y still f ram es o r c h a p te r s tops on the disc. M any m a n u fa c tu re s o f ten re q u ir e a w ri t ten d e sc r ip tio n o f the first v ideo f ra m e o n v o u r disc. T h is e n ­

sures th a t you b o th synchron ize y o u r watches an d ag ree w h ere the im p o r ta n t stuff starts.

L e a r n fr o m O u r M is t a k e sT h e following tidbits, in no p a r t ic u la r o r ­d e r , a re courtesy o f T h e School o f H a rd Knocks. (T h an k s to fellow g ra d u a te s Scott Roy S m ith o f M edia L ea rn in g Sys­tem s a n d R obert E d g a r o f C o m m o d o re for sw ap p ing tales o f woe w ith me.)

• B ecause y ou p ro b ab ly d o n 't have a o n e - in c h v ideo s tu d io in y o u r b e d ro o m , you will have to r e n t t im e fro m a p r o ­d u c t io n h o u se to c re a te y o u r m a s te r v id ­eo tap e . K eep th is t im e to a m in im u m , o r it will quickly b e c o m e the m o s t exp ens ive p a r t o f y o u r p ro d u c t io n . For e x a m p le , d o n ’t w aste t im e a n d m o n ey p u t t in g m e n u s , b u t to n s , a n d o th e r c h a n g in g e le ­m e n ts o n the v id eo disc. Y our A m iga can easily g e n e ra te a n d overlay these , a n d ►

C om p arison o f d isc -p ro d u ctio n costs .Manufacturer Mastering Fees (3heck Disc I Replication Fees Formats I Special Services/Notes

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3M Optical Recording 1425 Parkway Dr. Menomonie, Wl 54751 715/235-5567

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/«", 1", D2 I Restriplng $100; same-day turnaround I $6000; 1 tree remastering with check I disc; storage service; Alpha Disc I $450; 5-day turnaround (extra copies I $250); 1-day turnaround $950.

Disc Manufacturing, Inc. 1120 Cosby Way Anaheim, CA 92606 714/630-6700

$1800 $2300 $2550 $750 All amounts $12 3/4m, 1", D2, Restriplng tree; digital audio capabil- OMDR disc ity; glass LaserMaster disc $900; 6-

day turnaround (additional copies | $600); $1900 same-day turnaround.

Phlllps/DuPont Optical Co, 1409 Foulk Rd Suite 200Wilmington, DE 19803 800/433-DISC

$1800 $2900 $900 1-100 101-500 501-1000 1000 +

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Pioneer Communications of America, Inc.

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NJ 07458 201/327-6400

$1900 $2600 $2800 $3800 $400 1-499 500-999 1000 +

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$1800 $2500 $3000 $4000 $300 1-99 100-499 500-999 1000 +

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W i n g s

By P eter O lafson

C inem aw are’s best gam e yet, W ings casts you as a W orld W ar I f igh ter pilot. T h e cen­terp iece o f this quasi-role-play­ing ad v e n tu re is a th ree- d im ensional en v ironm en t, seen from ju s t b eh in d the pilot, in which dogfights and ballon-busting missions are played ou t. You cruise, dive, an d stall above the low hills an d plains o f the F rench co u n ­tryside looking for re d silhou­ettes on the horizon.

T h e cinem atic perspective lives on in scene cuts. Som e­times that m eans a re a r sh o t— a m ini-gam e in which you have to shake a G erm an ace off y o u r tail. If you collide with a n o th e r p lan e in mid-air, the view shifts to an ex ter io r shot o f the two o f you going dow n, then switches back to the cockpit to give you a chance to pull out.

I could go on a n d on about dam age , chan g ing light cond i­tions, an d anti-aircraft fire. T h is p a r t o f W ings is essen­tially a versatile, action-filled flight sim ulator, with n o n e of the b u rd e n so m e learn ing curve o f o th e r sim ulators. Flying by joystick an d p u re in ­stinct is h a rd to resist, espe­cially with 240 missions.

Lots o f am enities a ttend Wings. It installs on a n d plays from h a rd disk. T h e so und ef­fects a re solid, the m usic is som ber, a n d the w riting (in the form o f a sq u ad ro n log) is a lternate ly though tfu l and gung -h o corny.

T h e a rcade sequences for

Fire or be fired upon.

bom bing (from an overhead perspective) an d strafing (from the perspective o f a spo tte r p lane above an d to the far left a n d re a r o f y o u r plane) a re professional an d polished.T h ev cou ld easily s tan d alone/ /as a rcad e gam es in their own right. W ings m ight have been even better, however, h ad these sequences been in co rp o ­ra ted in to the 3-D m ode.While perfectly p leasant in themselves, they Ye far r e ­m oved from the feel and m ind-set o f the do g fig h tin g — you can’t be killed in them , for in s tance—a n d I som etim es felt as th o u g h I were playing th ree different games.

W ings is also missing the tru e c o m p u te r role-playing th a t w ould give it m o re replay value. W hile you set fo u r criti- cal stats for you r pilot, which im prove a n d decline acco rd ­

ing to mission perfo rm ance , the gam e is u tterly linear. Re­gardless o f how well you do , yo u ’re assigned the sam e mis­sions in the sam e o rd e r , with no discernible b ranches in the story. T he only variation com es when you do well (win­n ing p rom otions an d medals) o r foul up (a d ishonorab le dis­ch a rg e o r a free p in e box).

Be aw are, too, tha t the saved-gam e fea ture isn’t m uch o f a parachu te . I f you d ie on a mission, your saved charac te r is e rased , an d you’ll need to regularly back up the pilo t.dat file on Reel 2. I t ’s w orth it to do so, I p rom ise . W ings’ s tro n g points m ake it an es­sential pu rchase . ($49.95, Cine- maware, distributed Iry Electronic Arts, 1820 Gateway Dr., San Mateo, CA 92109, 415/571- 7171. One megabyte and joystick required.) ►

Crib Notes

By P eter O lafson

SO MANY QUESTIONS, and so little space

• Some folks are stuck in the Mem Santi Temple maze in K ee f the Thief (Electronic Arts, $49.95), and I can see why. This Is not a conventional labyrinth; the passages descend and climb, so when you think you're back where you started, you're actually im­mediately above it or below it. Add the teleports and secret and one-way doors, and you have a proper mess. Map it first without entering the doors.

• Pascal Pilon of Charlemagne, Que­bec, Is having a time getting past the purple tentacle guarding the labora­tory In M aniac M ansion (Lucasfllm, $44.95). The solution could vary a bit depending on the way you’ve played the game. If the Meteor Police have appeared, check out the dungeon floor for a useful Item. (First there’s the matter of the dungeon door com­bination. You'll need to wait until Dr. Fred gets in a playful mood, and then check the results.) Another item that might be useful Is the contract—pro­vided It has been edited correctly.

• Questions have been coming in, slowly but consistently, about how to deal with the elf girl by the stream in Jo u r n e y (In focom , $29.95). You should know a few Elvish words by now, and a couple of them happen to be the right ones. Use your connec­tions; you have a friend whose name she might recognize. (After she cures Minar, however, don’t immediately fol­low her off to elf-land. Praxix has found something interesting.)

• Jeremy Brown of Carmichael. CA, wonders if there’s more to the insides of the giant robot Mog on planet Phleebut in Sp ace Q uest III (Sierra ►

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Four strange worlds make up the park. But unlike your average lands of amusement, where friendly characters make kids laugh with glee, the gremlins in Magic Canyon's Dragonland, Dreamland.Futureland and Yesterdayland will make you laugh all the way to the asylum.

To enter each warped world you'll board the Monorail of Fear and travel into dimensions that will enlighten you, terrorize you, confound you and challenge you.

In Dragonland, you'll be transformed into a bar­baric warrior who must destroy a barrage of sinister evils, such as psycho birds, mad apes and a crazed lack in the Box. In Dreamland, you'll doze off into a world of surreal creatures engaged in a nightmarish chess game

where you’re the pawn.When Futureland

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And on your return trip to Yesterday­land. you'll encounter the keeper of your destiny—Zoltan. who will dispense valuable dues, essential tickets and life saving magic.

Throughout the mystery, you'll also be tested by games of chance, like Bagatelle and the Grabber.Each of these ancient gambling devices will force you to execute supreme strategy. Of course, if you fail to locate secret keys, spare parts for rides and

supernatural potions which are hidden throughout the park, all the luck In the world won t save you.

So add Theme Park Mystery to your agenda of must visit hot spots. But be prepared for a long stay.Because It's a game that will drive you to the brink. And from there, there's no return.

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G A M E P R E S E R V E

T h e K i l l i n g G a m e S h o w

If the HALFs don’t get you, the DOLL will.

By G ra h a m K insey

In the Killing G am e Show (KGS), you are a crim inal th a t’s forced to en te r ta in a T V aud ience by try ing to climb o u t o f e igh t Pits o f Death (each con ta in ing two parts).

T h e pits are filled with HALFs (Hostile Artificial Life Forms) an d all sorts o f nasty traps an d puzzles. I f you try to pace yourself th ro u g h the ob ­stacles, you ’ll no t last long, b e ­cause each pit also contains an ever-rising a m o u n t o f D O LL (Deadly to O rgan ic Life Liq­uid) tha t forces you to think a n d act fast! You can collect n u m e ro u s tools an d w eapons a long the way to use against the HALFs. Each w eapon an d som e o f the tools have a p len ­tiful supply o f am m o/charges, b u t you can use an d carry4 *only one o f each at a time.

In KGS, you get five lives plus the use o f an innovative Replay feature. Each time you die, the next life starts with a rep lay o f every th ing you did in the last a ttem pt, an d you m ay take control at any point a long the replay. T h is m akes it m uch easier to com plete the m o re difficult pits.

T h e gam e's p resen ta tion con tinues the Psygnosis trad i­tion. T h e m ain soun d track is

T h e I m m o r t a l

B y P e te r O la fs o n

I t ’s h a rd to know w here to be­gin a review o f the exquisite d u n g e o n ad ven tu re , T h e Im ­m ortal. I could s tart with the graphics: th ree d im ensions in exacting detail, r ig h t dow n to the rivets in the doors an d the tau t muscles in a gob lin ’s shou lders . T h e maze u n d e r

ou ts tan d ing , fea tu ring m any h u m an voice sam ples ( inc lud­ing one from a fo rm er p re s i­dent). D u rin g the gam e, you m ay choose to h ea r e ither soun d effects o r a sound track , b u t not both. T h e o p en in g a n ­im ation sequences a re nicely done , bu t you can bypass them , if you wish, by pressing the joystick bu tton . In ad d i­tion, Psygnosis is finally s ta r l­ing to su p p o r t various Amiga configurations. KGS ru n s fine on accelerated Amigas, an d it even su p p o rts a second drive.

T h e only m ajo r com plaint I have is tha t it lacks a password system that would allow you to

the ru in ed city o f E rinoch has a vivid an d lively existence, a n d your Amiga seems like a window overlooking it.

W here would the graphics be, however, w ithou t the an i­m ation? N ever have I seen co m p u te r-g am e torches an d candles flicker with such real-

skip previously com pleted pits. While you can press the a p p ro ­pria te function key to skip fin­ished pits d u r in g gam e play, y o u r progress is not saved when you quit the game. No thanks to the m anual, I also discovered that pressing the Help key shows you a rough preview o f a p it’s layout.

You will app rec ia te every bit of assistance. T h e Killing G am e Show is a well-done a r ­cade/p la tform gam e that chal­lenges even ja d e d gam e jocks. ($44.99, Psygnosis, 29 Saint Mary's Court, Brookline, MA 02146 , 617/731-3553 . Joystick required.)

ism, spells exp lode in such soft fireworks, o r characters go dow n with pain so e tched on their faces. All this is com ple­m en ted by som e o f the most beautiful music ever heard in a co m p u te r gam e.

T h e n again, m aybe theContinued on p. 84.

On-Line, $59.95). The ropes on the second level aren’t for climbing, Je r ­emy. They're one of at least three ways to knock off the assassin who's tracking you. Because you already did that elsewhere, Mog Is just for color; move on to the burger joint. (Or you may want to restore and experiment with the other deaths.)

• You can wipe out Electronic Arts' corporate headquarters In F/A-18 In ­terceptor (Electronic Arts, S19.95). ("Another IBM port? Here’s a Side­winder In your office window, Trip Hawkins!") It’s the northern of the twin buildings west of the San Mateo Bridge.

• A rare question on The B a rd ’s Tale I (Electronic Arts, $19.95): Shawn Tag­gart of El Toro, CA, asks ihe meaning of the magic mouth in Kylearan’s Tower that requests "the one of cold, foretold twofold." Oh, all right It's "stone golem." Remember, Shawn: Map every square In every dungeon, and write down everything you hear. In addition, you'll need to have explored Skara Brae to answer the riddle com­ing up.

• Everybody seems to want to know what to do after they’ve liberated the remote control and magnetic card from the drunk monk In Future W ars (Interplay, $49.95). Well, the options are pretty limited, and one spot In the monastery begs for further explora­tion. Have you ever seen a computer- game wine cellar that d idn ’t have a secret door?

Tom Smith II of Poland, OH, can’t even get his foot In the front door before monks in the lobby are all over him. Well, Tom, I suspect you’re get­ting ahead of yourself. Notice how the monks all look and behave the same way, and become enraged at anyone who doesn't. Someone trying to sneak in might want to imitate them in order to be inconspicuous. You've taken a good first step by visiting the castle. The lord's at the mall or something, so talk to the guard and show off the pendant you've found. Also, explore the area behind the castle. Looks like a monk's robe up In that tree, doesn't it? That should get you started.

Continued on p. 84.

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T H E AM IGA IN VIDEO Instructor: Oran J. Sands III VI DEO 1 10-1, Friday and Saturday

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VIDEO 11 2-5, Friday and Saturday• Continuation of Video I • Optimizing Video Output• Video Toaster • Pro Video Post • Genlock Comparison

A M IG A G R A P H IC S Instructor: Bradley Schenck GRAPHICS I 10-1, Friday and Saturday

• Basic Graphic Concepts • Anti-aliasing • HAM Painting• Palette Selection • Brush Painting • Stencils

GRAPHICS 11 2-5, Friday and Saturday• Advanced Graphic Displays • Image Processing• Animation Planning • Beyond Bitmaps • Going to Print

A M IG A A N IM A TIO N STA TIO N Instructor: Steve Segal. ANIMATION I 10-1, Saturday and Sunday

• 2D Character Animation • Digitized Animation• Storyboarding • Character Design • Recording Your Work

ANIMATION II 2-5, Saturday and Sunday• 3D Animation • Character Modelling • Frame Requirements• Texture & Bump Mapping • Solid Modeling • Ray Tracing

A M IG A 31) Instructor; Tony Dispoto | 3D 1 1 0 - 1 , Saturday and Sunday

• 3D Concepts • Modeling • Rendering Engines • Lighting• Scuplt-Animate 4D • Turbo Silver • Imagine

3D 11 2-5, Saturday and Sunday• Continuation of 3D I • 24 Bit Rendering • Use of Paths• Optical Disk Recording • 3D Animation *

P R E S E N T A T IO N T E C H N IQ U E S Instructor: Curt Kass PRESENTATION I 10-1, Friday

• Professional Art and Design Applications• Presenting for Education * Presentable Hardcopy

PRESENTATION 11 2-5, Friday• Finished Artwork Production • Pre-press Approval Proofs• Package Design Mock-ups • Product Design and Presentation

A M IG A M U L T IM E D IA Instructor; Steve Gillmor M ULTIM EDIA I 10-1, Sunday

• Multimedia Defined • Hardware Options and Requirements• AmigaVision • Foundation • CanDo * Hypermedia

MULTIMEDIA 11 2-5. Sunday• Commercial Applications • ARexx Connectivity• Multimedia Design • CDTV and CD-Rom Development

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HOTEL ACCOM ODATIONS: The New York Hilton & Towers is the show site and headquarters hotel and is located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas between 53rd and 54th Streets. Rooms are available for a special Amiga World Expo discount rate: S i 55 Single or Double. To make a reservation, call the Hilton directly at 212-586-7000. H O TEL DEADLINE IS FEB R U A R Y 20. 1990.AIRLINES: American Airlines, the official carrier for AmigaWorld Expo is pleased to offer a 5% discount off any fare to New York City. To qualify, just call American at (800) 433-1790 and give them this ID number, Star File # 07Z14K.

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A 1000 A 50044M B /Syquest Supra Drive Fkg $1029 5969 105M B/Quantum Supra Drive Pkg $989 $929

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And the Super(>en from Digital Creations is often the perfect solution. It touts broadcast quality RS-170A composite output, two independent dissolve controls, dual video outputs, and is software controllable. It has key output and a selectable 3.58Mhz Notch Filter. We test it before we send it and offer a 180-day warranty. P rice $669.

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T here’s a time to work and a lime to play and the Amiga is still the best gam e machine out there. W e do carry the hottest entertainment and educational titles so call.

Exciting video creations begin with a solid genlock. But the market is changing so fast, i t’s not an easy choice. The issues o f signal quality, tape format, and even the basic genlock options needed are lough to resolve. A dead end choice can be costly. YVc help you solve the mystery and offer a toll-free TcchLinc to help you get it running.

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Courier HSTmodem speed is suddenly a w ise choice. With the

size of I lies going up and the price-perfomumcc ratio coming dow n, slow modems just don 't make sense. Raw speed is imponant but don’t forget about effective through-put. And w hat about data compression? If you have any questions, w e'll be glad to help. And when y o u ’ve made your choice, we’ll pre-test it and include the cables you need to make it work.

The C ourie r HST is a real screamer w ith effective baud rates of up to 38.4(H)! And it’s intelligent too. It makes automatic data- rate adjustments even as phone line conditions change so that you get the file intact the first time. It offers MNP S en ice Class 5 data compression increasing effective throughput up to 80%. It has a superset o f the "AT" commands, auto dial and auto-answer. 2 phone jacks lor voice/data, and 12 front-panel LED indicators.Briwall warranty is 2 years. Price $635.• *

Baud Bandit 2400 with MNP levels 2-5 and V.42bis S139 SupraModem 24(H) Plus with MNP levels 2-5 and V.42bis $190

D esk to p p u b lish in g is an art form . A n d ge t t ing the right p ic tu re p laced perfec t ly in to y o u r p u b l ica t io n is an ex ac tin g ta len t . M ake it e a s ie r by ge t t ing the scan n e r tha t m akes sen se for you. A nd you can coun t on us to h e lp you get it up and runn ing .

The S h a r p J X 1 0 0 c o lo r s c a n n e r w ith S c a n L a b 100 from A SD G is an o u ts ta n d in g c o m b in a t io n . W ith it you can p rocess up to 18-bit im ag es in s izes as large as 1280 by 8 0 0 pixels . A n d s iz in g y o u r p ic tu re s p e rfec t ly is easy using the v a r ia b le im age re d u c t io n con tro l . S ix d i th e r in g tech n iq u es arc in c lu d ed and w ith its spec ia l A -R E S m ode you can d isp la y 4 .0 9 6 c o lo rs in H I-R E S ! All IFF fo rm ats a rc s u p p o r te d . P r i c e $ 7 9 9 .

T h e M igraph H an d S c a n n e r o f fe rs up to 4 0 0 d o ts per inch and in c lu d e s ex ce l le n t to u c h -u p softw are.P r i c e $360 ,

Like the new Dicnnix C o lo r 4 inkjet printer from Kodak. It produces beautiful results! And it uses plain paper to d o iE. Using the black, magenta, cyan, and yellow four-color approach with a resolution o f up to 192 by 192 dots per inch the results are stunning. It handles cut-sheet or tractor-feed, prints on transparencies, uses non-sm earing ink. and is surprisingly quiet. It’s HP PaintJet com patible. From Briwall the warranty is 2 years. P r ice $1149.

C it izen (JSX -140 24-pin w ith o p t io n a l C o lo rk i t $419 C it izen <iSX-20D 9-p in w ith o p tio n a l C o lo rk i t $275

Diconix from Kodak

You want your good ideas to look good too so you need a printer that show s them off. But print resolution, available printer drivers, and the software y o u ’re using all affect which one is best for you. Tell us your needs and w e’ll be happy to help.

Q u a n tu m P ro D r iv e

Q uantum 's 105 meg ProD rive is the centerpiece o f their fourth generation. 3 1/2-inch drives. It's quick, quiet, and tough enough to travel. It sports the proprietary DisCache buffer management system for faster access limes and the patented A iR L O C K automatic shipping lock. It has a 30,000 hour M T B F rating and it carries a full 2-year warranty. P rice $599

Q uantum 's 52 mug ProD rive is the most popular from their line of fourth generation. 3 1/2-inch drives. It's got all that you see above, including the warranty, in a 52 meg package. Price 5380.

Syquest 44M B Rem ovable $519Seagate 3.5-ineh, 84M B $415

Blistering speed is a 68030 running at 33 Mhz. But to you, it's more than just speed, it's satisfaction because when you hit return or double-click, results happen, right now. W e want you to experience this satisfaction. So we ask which applications you w ill be using and on what system because it makes a difference. And when you receive the board, it s ready to plug in because we've fu lly tested and configured it.

How about the G V P 3933 with its 68030 nestled next to a powerful 68882 floating point processor both running at 33 M il/? Now that's satisfying. Add 4 or 8 megs of 32 bit w ide, high performance 80ns nibble mode D R A M and you’re really flying. And this board lets you take lull advantage of the 6S030‘s B U R S T mode. It's a zero slot solution and from Briw all it carries a 2-vear warranty. Price including 4 M B of R A M -- $1,699,

The G V P 3001 is hot too. It touts a speedy 28 Mhz 68030 and carries an 80M B Quantum A T drive to boot. From Briw all the warranty is 2 years. P rice with d rive and 4 megs -- $2,149.

You 've realized that I meg just doesn’t cut it anymore. Bu t do you know the issues invo lved in adding m em ory? W ith a purchase from B riw a ll, you don’t have to w orry because the chips o f your choice are installed for you. Not only that, but your board is then tested on your Am iga model to assure that each chip is in perfect working order.

Take a look at the four-layer 2 meg board from Supra. It has zero wait states w ith hidden refresh and is expandable from 2 megs to 4. 6. or 8. And w ith 8 megs your applications have plenty o f room to m ove! It comes w ith a fu ll 180-Day warranty when you purchase it from B riw a ll. P r ic e w ith 2 mugs is ju st $244. W ith 4 megs, $359. And w ith 8 megs, $567.

O r check out the 8-Up! from M ieroboties, a zero-wait state, autoconfiguring, "fa s tR A M " memory hoard. It ’s availab le fu lly tested with 2, 4, or 8 megs for just $250. $365, or $569 respectively and from B riw a ll it has a 240-day warranty.

A p p lied En g in eerin g R a m W o rk s 2000 w ith 8 M B $559 G V P R A M 2000 w ith 4 M B $375

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Why buy from Briwall?

/ . T echn ica l expertise to help yo u m ake the righ t decision .B u y in g the right product isn ’t easy. The broad selection makes it tough enough but new er versions, com patib ility problem s, and functionality issues make it even tougher. N o w you have one more place to go for good advice.

2. P re tested p ro d u c ts to help ensure tha t yo u r purch a se w orks.Y o u r purchase o f any o f the products in this ad, or any product included in this program, w ill be pre-tested 011 the A m ig a model yo u ’re using to elim inate the frustration o f receiving defective products. W h en you get it, it works.

5. T echn ica l expertise to help g e t yo u r purch a se up a n d ru n n in g . Hardw are peripherals are not a lw ays easy to gel running. So we w o n ’t abandon you after the sale. W e offer a free technical installation service for all hardware items. I f you need us, ca ll us and w e ’ll w a lk you through the set-up.

4. W arran ties a n d guarantee .B u y in g m ail order can be intim idating but w e make it easy and safe. W e guarantee that i f yo u r purchase doesn't run on your system , w e ’ll exchange it or g ive you your m oney back. And we double the m anufacturer’s w arranty period up to tw o fu ll years on the products mentioned. W e also o ffer an extended w arranty so call fo r details.

O u r p e rso n a l se rv ices he lp you p ick the r ig h t p ro d u ct and get it ru n n in g on y o u r system q u ick ly .

1. T o ll- free T e c h L in e . W e offer a free technical installation service. W e include the num ber w ith you r purchase.

2. P re te s t P ro g ra m . W e set-up and pretest your hardware purchases so that when you get it, it works.

3. B r iw a l l W a r r a n t y , Y o u 're covered for tw ice as long because we double the m anufacturer’s warranty up to two years on the products mentioned. C a ll fo r our extended warranty.

4. P L U S , we o ffer loaner hard drives, w e do not hold personal checks, we ship your order in packaging that keeps it safe, and we o ffer a form atting and partitioning service for hard drives.

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105 megFloppies are a pain and you've had enough. You need the freedom and safety of a spacious hard drive. Say goodbye to disk swapping with the perfect choice from Briw all. W e offer the best hard drives available with the controllers that make sense for your system and we include all the cables and mounting hardware you need. Your selection w ill arrise to you ready to run because we partition and format it to your specifications.

Decipher puzzles and mazes to save the wizard.

From p. 78.game p lay deserves top billing. You use you r joystick to direct a bearded fellow w ith a staff through eight levels o f in ter­locking puzzles and brawls in his search for his w izard m en­tor. Com bat can take some getting used to— in this 3-D world, you r character may be facing you as he fights— but you ’ll often find creative ways to use you r inventor}'. T h e bank-camera perspective and smooth, multi-directional scrolling will put you in m indo f T h e Faery Tale Adventure ./

U n like that classic game, how­ever, this is not a real role- p laying game; character en ­hancem ent seems to be mostly a happy accident.

T h e gam e is actually fairly small as dungeon games go— only 50+ rooms. D on ’t be fooled, though; it’s hard. You will die regularly. M ercifu lly, the m anual doubles as hint

P o w e r P i n b a l l

By Graham K insey

Pinball addicts rejoice; Power Pinball is here. W ith it, you can play several ready-made pinball machines, m odify them, o r build you r own from scratch.

To create your own, design the walls in the w irefram e edit­ing mode, add bum pers from the parts screen, and edit the shapes o f existing bumpers. W ith the parts assembled, you add graphics to your machine from a paint program . You can change not only the back­ground image, but also the wall, bum per, scoreboard, and title-area images. For sounds, von can assign digitized effects to each bum per, special events, and such standard occurrances as the ball falling between the flippers to the out hole.

P inball machines a ren ’t

book, w ith a walk-through o f Level 1 and tips on six o f the other seven.

T h e Im m orta l has a few in ­firmities. It takes ages to load its two disks. T h e music, while lovely, almost drowns out the sound effects. (At least you can turn it off.) Also, (here ’s no re­treat once combat is under w ay— not too realistic, guys—

Build your own pinball heaven.

m uch fun unless they’re com ­plex. Pow er Pinball lets you im plem ent drop targets, sp in ­ners, rollovers, holes (which

and every fight is to the death.A lthough the old kill-the-

dragon-save-the-vvizard theme was grow ing fungus two years ago, The Im m orta l is so v i­brant it makes the genre feel new. Go out and get this one now. ($49.95, Fleet tonic Arts, 1820 Gateway Dr., San Mateo, CA 92109 . 415/571-7171. One megabyte and joystick required.)

capture the ball and shoot it back in a different d irection), and one-way gates. You then assign each bum per to an ►

From p. 78.Future Wars is proving a short

game for Steve Preston of Richland- town, PA, who can’t get past the map In the office at the start Steve has the right idea about using the little flag on the map, but he may want to look closely at the map first, and re­member that objects are often tiny.

• Some people report trouble getting into the final castle (the desert pyra­mid) in Drakkhen (Draconian, $59.95) even though they’ve done everything correctly up to that point. It’s really a simple problem. Just try coming from a different direction.

A different class of Drakkhen ques­tions comes from people who’ve left the pyramid and are wondering what to do with their lives. You’re just about done. Be sure you’ve read all four passages in castles of the four ele­ments. (If you don’t know what I mean, then you’re not ready. Even if you do know, you may have missed one. It’s well hidden.)

David Norton of Redding, CA, may be ready for the final plunge. He’s been instructed to meet a dragon lord in a ‘blind alley,” but he’s uncertain where to go. Don’t bother looking in the castles, Dave. Do you recall seeing anything that looked remotely like an alley (or path)?

A coup le of other Drakkhen items.. For David McLeod of New York: The ring that leads you to the Princess of Air’s castle isn’t a ‘lake- able” item. If you’ve been offered it, you already have It, and it will work without being invoked. Have you no­ticed the arrows on the ground that mark the roads leading away from the castles? See anything similar?

Eric Bezanson of Prior Lake, MN, is a bit off track. You can’t enter the Princess of Earth’s castle; it’s just a static graphic. The castle you want is dlrectty east of the Prince’s. Make a detour north or south around the fire­stones and get back on the road again.

• I’d hoped to tackle a backlog of Dungeon M aster (FTL, $39.95) mall this time, but I have room for only the promised solution to a common prob­lem down on Level 5. Last time we

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T h e Options screen allows you to set other variables, such as the m achine’s play speed and gravity, the color o f the flippers, the num ber o f balls per game, and Tom m y M ode (which allows you to emulate Tom m y the Pinball W izard by tu rn ing off the display so you can ’t see the m achine). Those wrho long for a true-to-life feel in a com puter p inball game will love the Shake option. D on ’t “ push” the m achine too hard to the left or right; Pow er Pinball has a T ilt mode, too!

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A vast, futuristic arcade adven ­ture, T u rrican has almost everyth ing fans o f the genre could want, and a few things they m ight not even expect. You pilot a silver-armored sprite-killer through five worlds (each with two or three large sub-levels) in search o f the three-headed M orgul, whom the docs identify as the source o f all m ank ind ’s nightmares.

T u rrican is the Pentagon o f platform games; the levels, de­lightfully, seem to go on for­ever, and they’re not as om n i­directional as in some games. T h e re are little side trips to make into bat-filled caves, up stairways to the sky, dead ends that tu rn out not to be dead ends and dead ends that do. T h e re are h idden extra lives

ball is fa irly stable, but not perfect (especially with acceler­ated Am igas). You can some­times freeze the m achine by using the Shak ing feature and h itting the flippers at the same time, so be careful. Pow er P in ­ball's biggest problem is what it doesn’t do. T h e game's logic portion is rather crude, m ak­ing it hard to add com plexity when program m ing you r own machines. N o r does Pow er Pinball support some basic op ­tions such as multiple-ball play and m ore than two flippers in a m achine.

T h e developer is com m itted to im proving the game, how ­ever, and is already w orking on version 2.0. Un til its re ­lease, you 'll have p lenty o f fun w ith Pow er P inball. . .just don ’t shake the m achine too much. ($39.95, Karma Soft, PO Box 1034, Golden, CO 80402, 303/277-1241. 1 M B o f RA M recommended.)

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A long the way, yo u ’re m en­aced by everyth ing from stum py robots and bazooka- w ie ld ing fat boys to lightn ing bolts and mashing metallic fists. A ll are desperate to rub up against you and run down you r poor little supply o f life. O n yo u r side are the usual va­riety o f w eapons— with some clever methods for extending ►

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their range— and the ability to tu rn into a gyroscope, which looked m ore like a buzzsaw blade to me. I f you have a two-button joystick, you ’ll find it is supported as well.

O n the down side, the C o n ­tinue option is a real dog for a game this big. In arcade terms, a "con tinue” is the ab il­ity to resum e play where you left o ff in yo u r last game. In

T u rr ican , it seems to mean you restart from scratch— which you could have done anyway. Perhaps you have to com plete a full world first. I f so, that’s tough. T h is one's not that easv.M

From p. 84,dealt with the three puzzle rooms off the main corridor at the start of the level. The trouble begins two doors later In the little maze on the hall's right branch. You'll quickly find a switch at the top of the maze that opens a secret room at the bottom, but how to keep it open? Find the other secret room, with two switches of its own. It's in the lower left-hand corner.

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F o n t s f o r S c a l e

Previous versions o f PageStream utilized Soft-Logik’s own scalable-font scheme, which created very nice prin ted output, but produced on-screen representations that were often crude and inaccurate, detracting seriously from PageStream ’s otherwise excellent W Y S IW Y G operating environm ent. Som e o f the p rogram ’s critics further com plained that these fonts were unprofessional in appearance and did not render well in the sm aller point sizes.

W ith version 2.0 o f PageStream , Soft- Logik has alleviated the on-screen prob­lem by rendering text in the smaller point sizes d irectly from font outlines used for printed output, where the ad ­justed screen height convention helps compensate for the coarseness o f sm aller point sizes in the cru d e r screen bitmap system. T h e outline-rendering approach is slow, however, as it requires a great deal o f com putational time.

As a com prom ise, Soft-Logik com ­bined the older scalable system writh the outline approach in o rd e r to shorten rendering time. High-quality, on-screen rendering is most im portant when you zoom in on text to position objects or fine-tune your layout. W h ile the com bi­nation o f methods is a valid com prom ise, there are times when I would like my fonts d raw n on-screen in the highest possible quality— regardless o f the speed penalty. Conversely, there are other times when I would sacrifice on-screen quality for speed.

Perhaps Soft-Logik could p rovide a so­lution to this conflict by adding an ad ­justable, oudine/nonoutline, on-screen height threshold, sim ilar to the way the program lets you determ ine on-screen greeking (the substituting o f facsimile text— often m erely a gray bar or lin e — for actual text when you are w ork ing be­low' a certain point size).

To address font-scaling shortcomings, Soft-Logik licensed A FG A , Com pugraph- ic’s highly-regarded font-scaling system (also available w ith Professional Page), for use alongside the com pany’s own. In addition, Soft-Logik added support for Adobe T yp e 1 PostScript fonts, regard ­less o f whether you own a PostScript ►

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prin ter or not. T h is means that with PageStream 2.0, Am iga desktop publish­ers can utilize the best o f what these three scalable-font technologies have to offer, ( I f you wish, you can com bine all th ree in the same docum ent.) T h e re are hundreds o f Com pugraph ic and Adobe T yp e I typefaces available.

W h ile PageStream ’s last release (ve r­sion 1.8) proved to be m ore o f a m ainte­nance upgrade, PageStream 2.0 is clearly a feature-intensive offering. A couple o f new problems, however, have crept into the blend. A particu larly nagging one in ­volves a false, interm ittent “ out-of-mem­o ry " e rro r message when changing view modes. A lthough this pseudo e rro r will not crash your system or wipe out data, you must force PageStream to redraw the screen in o rder to view you r image again. A nother problem is that while PageStream 's tag operations work prop ­erly in object mode, when applied to text mode, they have a tendency to act upon entire units (blocks, articles, o r docu­ments) rather than only upon tagged items.

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macros to autom ate almost any repetitive action, their usefulness is ham pered by in ­adequate docum entation. W h ile much im ­proved over that o f the previous version, the manual devotes only two pages to ex­p laining macros. Also, you are lim ited to having only ten active macros at a time, with each one linked to a function key. You can load a new set o fte n macros at any time, however, so I was easily able to make PageStream imitate the command-

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Let’s take a tour through Gold Disk Office, a package o f five separate and powerful business program s that are as easy to use as they are to buy.

W r it e O n !T h e package’s m ultifeatured word p ro ­cessor, Office Write, goes beyond the basics. It allows you to create indexes, define macros, and place “ bookm arks” w ith in a docum ent. You can convert in ­d ividual letters o r even entire words to upper- o r lowercase sim ply by h igh light­ing the text and either executing the com m and from the keyboard o r select­ing it from the m enu. In fact, all o f W r ite ’s m enu com m ands are fully acces­sible from the keyboard o r via the m ouse— now that’s flexibility.

W ith single-keystroke operations, you can also m anage m ultiple w indows sim ­ply and effectively, a llow ing you to select different page and text colors to keep documents separate. Furtherm ore , you can assign icons to w indows to make them easier to identify. O ffice W r ite even comes with a built-in spelling checker to guard against em barrassing errors.

A lthough well designed, W r ite does have a few shortcomings. It provides no on-screen m argins o r page indicators and displays auto-hyphens only in p re ­view mode. These omissions make for­m atting com plex docum ents difficult. In addition, scrolling (contro lled by a single gadget at the bottom o f the screen) oc­curs in a way that makes it difficult to keep track o f the cursor. These com ­plaints are m inor, however, in view o f the extra features the p rogram does provide.

T h e layout program , Office Page, en­ables you to create professional-quality newsletters, brochures, and ad designs w ith relative ease. T h e program allows you to select a standard or interlaced w ork screen, as well as to choose from a variety o f layout tools such as grids, ru l­ers, and columns. Any page can be viewed at magnifications up to 200 percent.

Page’s own W Y S IW Y G word processor is best suited for creating short blocks o f text o r for m aking quick changes. B e ­

cause o f the delays caused by screen re­freshes and font caching, long docum ents should instead be prepared with Office W rite. B y runn ing W r ite si­multaneously, you can edit existing blocks o f text via a pop-up window.

Page displays text in a variety o f fonts, sizes, and styles, and allows you to com ­bine results w ithin any box to achieve impressive effects. You can also incorpo­rate graphics into you r text. In addition

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to letting you im port bitmap graphics and Professional D raw clips, the p ro ­gram provides tools for creating struc­tured graphics. Text may also be w rapped around any graphic w ithout overlapping. Page supports both dot-ma­trix and PostScript printers and is capa­ble o f some im pressive output.

C reating a flat-file database with Office File is as simple as designing a template and then add ing data. You can easily m anipulate records with indexes, filters, sets, and reports o f yo u r own design. Special Office F ile features worth noting include Q u ickCalc, which perform s sta­tistical calculations on a num eric field in a range o f records; Form ula Substitution, which changes the fields in m ultip le rec­ords based on a calculated mathematical expression; and Bu ilt-In Functions, which provides prewritten expressions for filters, searches, and form ula substi­tutions. File also supports ARexx.

You can use files created in other O f­fice m odules— includ ing W rite , Calc (spreadsheet), and G raph (chart genera­tio n )— with database files you create with Office File, m aking it a very useful tool.

R o u n d in g U p t h e F ig u r e sOffice Calc, the spreadsheet program , records your hom e o r business finances. ►

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For specific tasks such as taxes o r m ort­gage repaym ents, you can use the professionally prepared spreadsheet tem ­plates included on the distribution disk, or you can create customized versions to suit you r own needs.

To elim inate repetitive keystrokes, Calc lets you design macros for, and attach ARexx scripts to, ind iv idua l cells. L ike Office File, Calc provides a series o f built-in functions for use in w riting expressions.

To im pro c the appearance o f your spreadsheets, you can m anipulate cell widths, r.tign decimal points, and even assign d ifferent colors and styles w ith in you r text. These text attributes can also be m odified based on the results o f cal­culations. For example, if you are w ork ­ing on a profit-and-loss statement, you can enter a form ula that will display all negative num bers (losses) in red and all positive num bers (profits) in black.

Calc is not confined to using data cre ­ated in Office program s; it also allows you to load Lotus and Maxi Plan files (w ith some lim itations) and to export L o ­tus files. You can also use Calc with W r ite (to edit/read cells o r add nota­tions), Page (to include actual spread­sheet values as rows o r colum ns in you r publications), and G raph (to generate charts and graphs).

I f you intend to m ake a business pres­entation o r w ould like visually appealing reports, Office Graph's charts and graphs do the job nicely. T h e program opens to a spreadsheet w indow you can use to a r ­range you r data in rows and columns. A lthough identical to Office Calc in ap­pearance, the G rap h spreadsheet is un ­able to recalculate the values in the cells according to formulas. You may enter data d irectly or im port figures from Calc. A fter doing so, choose which data you wish to plot and the type o f chart or graph you wish to use. T h e re are ten choices, includ ing 3-D pie and bar, some o f which you can fine-tune for special display. For exam ple, using the “ all ex­p lod ing” com m and separates the in d i­vidual slices in a pie graph.

For superior printed output o f your work, you can im port files from G raph into the Office Page layout program . You can save G raph files as bitm ap graphics ( IF F ) or as Professional D raw clips, but, as bitm ap graphics often appear jagged when printed , you would probably find

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thought into this package. B y going the extra mile, the com pany has created a com fortable w ork ing environm ent for both mouse and keyboard users. O ffice’s well-written tutorials guide you effort­lessly through each program . W h ile those with a 512K system are lim ited to ru nn ing the program s separately, Gold Disk Office is still a bargain.

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T H E F IL L - IN form has become an es­sential part o f W estern civilization. B e ­tween bank slips, cred it card forms, and the like, rare ly does a day go by that you don’t use a form. I f you a rc engaged in any type o f interactive com m erce, the chances are that you will occasionally need to inflict forms o f your own upon others. Top Form , from Designing M inds, is a general-purpose, forms- creation program you can use to generate custom forms.

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quires, you must download them into the p rin te r’s R A M as custom characters. You are not likely to have to do this, how ­ever, as these characters are standard on all printers that ofher Epson or IB M em ­ulation. Nevertheless, the Top Form disk provides eight downloadable fonts that cover 75% o f the printers on the market.

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Although it is possible to fill out com ­pleted forms using Top Form , it is not a good idea. Top Form cannot distinguish fill-in data from the underly ing structure of the form. It is entirely too easy to type the fill data over parts o f the form and thereby obliterate the form itself. F illing out forms either by hand o r by using Top Fo rm ’s file-merge facility is a better approach. Top Form ’s M erge files are sim ply sequential files m ade up o f struc­tured blocks. You can easily create ap­propriate files to im port and m erge with these using a text ed itor or database pro ­gram that supports A S C I I . U n fo rtu ­nately, I was unable to get Top Form ’s M erge feature to function; even the sam­ple file on disk would not work.

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Text attributes such as italics, u nd er­line and bold are not visible on the w orking display. To see their effects, you must invoke a Preview mode, which dis­

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I found another problem . Draft-mode prin ting worked fine, but no matter what I d id, I was unable to p rin t more than a single form in near-letter-quality mode without restarting the program .

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Manuscripts: C o n tr ib u t io n s in I he fo rm ol' m a n u ­sc rip ts w ith d raw in g s a n d /o r p h o to g r a p h s a re wel­c o m e a n d will be c o n s id e re d for possible p u b ­lication. Amiga World a ssu m es 110 responsib ility for loss o r d a m a g e to a n y m ateria l. Please enclose a se lf-addressed , s ta m p e d en v e lo p e with each su b ­mission, Paym en t for the use o f any unsolicited m ateria l will be m a d e u p o n pub lica tion . All c o n ­tr ib u t io n s a n d ed ito r ia l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e ( ty p ed a n d d o u b le -sp aced , p lease) sh o u ld be d ire c te d t o .4 wiga- World Editoria l, 80 Elm St., P e te rb o ro u g h , N H 03458 ; te lep h o n e : 603-924-0100. Advertising In­quiries sh o u ld h e d ire c te d to A dvertis ing Offices, ID G C o m m u n ic a t io n s /P e te rb o ro u g h , Inc., 80 Elm St., P e te rb o ro u g h , N H 03458 ; te le p h o n e : 800-441- 4403. Subscription problems or address changes: Call 1-800-525-0643 (in C O , 1-303-447-9330) o r w rite to Amiga World, S u b scr ip tio n D ept., PO Box 58804 , B o u ld e r , C O 80322-8804 . Problems with advertisers: S end a d escr ip tio n o f the p ro b le m a n d y o u r c u r r e n t a d d re s s to: Amiga War hi, 80 Elm St., P e te rb o ro u g h , N H 0345 8 , A 1T N .: M argo t L. S w an­son, C u s to m e r Service R epresen ta tive .

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98 ASDG, 85 32 American Liquid Light, 9372 AmigaWorld EXPO, 80-81* AmigaWorld

Tech Journal, 65 AmigaWorld Videos, 71

352 Ampex Systems. Inc., 102Applied Engineering. 31

68 Blue Ribbon Soundworks Ltd., 16 132 Briwall, 82-83

4 California Access. 224 California Access. 234 California Access, 25

143 Central Coast Software, 957, 83. 114 Coast to Coast Technologies, 55-57

53 CompuServe, 93148 Computability, 90-91253 Computer Basics. 89199 Creative Computers, 72-75233 Data East, 6134 Datamax Research Corp., 51

398 DevWare, Inc., 11729 Digital Creations, 1135 Dr. T's Music Software, 43

183 Fuller Computer Systems, Inc., 99 150 Gold Disk. Inc., 1316 Golem, Inc., CHI164 Grapevine Group, The, 98

Great Valley Products, Inc.. 4 265. 36 Great Valley Products, Inc.. 5145. 62 Great Valley Products, Inc.. 7

245, 127 Great Valley Products, Inc.. 35234 ICD. Inc.. 49303 JE K Graphics, 11925 Konami, Inc., 77181 M.A.S.T., 109287 Memory World, 119301 Michaelangelo Productions. 119

Microway, 53Montgomery Grant, 112-113

38 New Horizons Software, 9102 NewTek, Inc.. CM119 NewTek. Inc., CIV

8 Oxxi, Inc., 67123, 310 Psygnosis, 12-13

259 Pulsar/Oxide Industries. Inc.. 69 267 Ramco Computer Supplies, 11986 ReadySoft. Inc., 245 Roctec Electronics, Inc., 39

248 Roger Coats, 107275 Safe Harbor, 8640 SAS Institute. 70

238 Sideline Software, 8766 Sir-Tech Software. Inc., 63

340 SMC Software Publishers, 119

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211 SoftLogik Corp., 17175 Software Concepts, 106128 Software Discounters Int’l, 97 261 Software Hut, 119226 Software Support InfI, 111

19 Spirit Technology Corp., 101Supra Cap.. 18-19

* Supra Cap., 2161 The AAmiga Center, 100

151 The Hunter Group, Inc., 105 134 The Software Shop, 103270 The Sterling Connection, 88

17 Titus Software Corp., 7974 Utilities Unlimited. 115

170 Vidtech Int'l, Inc., 37346 Virtual Realities Laboratory, 94 304 Visionsoft, 119

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I f you h ave a n y q u es t io n s o r c o n c e rn s a b o u t ad v ert ise rs in AmigaW orld, p lease con tact: Margot L. Swanson, Customer Service Representative, A m ig a W orld Magazine, 80 Elm Street, Peterbor­ough, NH 03458. As a service to its re a d e rs , AmigaW orld will period ica lly pub lish the n a m e s o f co m p a n ie s w ho a rc h a v in g difficulties m e e tin g the ir c u s to m e r ob liga tions o r w ho h ave g o n e o u t o f business. ’T h ro u g h o u r c u s to m e r service rep re se n ta t iv e , Amiga World assists r e a d e r s w ith p r o b ­lem s they m ay have w ith advertise rs . H ow ever, AmigaWorld d o es n o t a ssu m e any liability for a d ­v e r t ise r ’s claims. R eaders a r e adv ised to con tac t AmigaW orld be fo re d e a l in g with these com pan ies : Micro Computer Services; Computer Mart, C Ltd. a n d Ingenuity, Inc. a re o u t o f business.

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B A C K T A L KCANDID RESPONSES TO AMIGAWORLD REVIEWS

The Doctor Is In

I am concerned about the negativ­ity o f your review o f Dr. Am i.. (F ree Sp ir it’s disk and m em ory diagnostic and repa ir software), which ran in yo u r N ovem ber 1990 issue. So far,Dr. Am i., has saved me twice.

T h e review seemed to com pare Dr. Am i., to Disksalv, a very useful but to­tally d ifferent piece o f software. Th is is unfair, for Disksalv, like D iskdoctor and other disk utilities, does nothing to attempt rep a ir o f a dam aged disk. These utilities on ly allow you to copy the data to another disk. T h is is great for diskettes, but a real pa in with hard disks. D r, .Ami., is one o f the very few disk utilities that will go out and repa ir a hard d rive with the data intact. (D r. A m i runs fine with Am iga­D O S 2.0 on my A3000.)

I have called Free Sp ir it ’s technical support and found them to be very helpful.

W h a t really concerns me, and should concern others, is that if I did not a lready own and use D r. Am i.., I certain ly would not buy it after read ­ing yo u r review. T h e loss would have been mine.

John RosnerWarrenton. VA

W e wish to respond to an unfair “ Your T u rn ” com m ent regard ing our custom er service in you r review o f Dr. Am i.. (N ov. '90, p. 104). S ince ou r in ­ception seven years ago, wre have a l­ways m ade custom er service a top priority. W e respond to every cus­tom er inquiry. Requests for technical assistance are handled either by m y­

self o r a staff m em ber (a form er ed i­tor o f Com m odore Magazine). W hen necessary, we involve the ind ividual p rogram m er(s) in resolving a problem .

In the particu lar instance noted in “ Your T u rn ,” we spent a considerable am ount o f time with the customer trying to resolve the issue. H e was trying to use Dr. Am i., to diagnose board-level problem s on the com ­puters he was servicing. These were problem s far beyond the capabilities o f a software m ethod o f detection, and hence were an inappropriate ap ­plication o f the software.

W e w ill continue to produce, sup­port, and upgrade Dr. Am i.., because a large num ber o f Am iga users have found it to be an indispensable tool.

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H a m P a i n t e rA eg is Sp ectraC o lo r ($ 149.95) is a fourth-generation, 4096- color H A M paint and an im a­tion system for the Am iga. A c ­cord ing to the com pany, the program is the first H A M paint program to support full anim ation o f HAM -style A N IM brushes. Based on the com pa­ny’s popu lar Photon Paint, SpectraC o lo r comes with a rad ica lly new user interface and p rop rie to ry co lor m an­agem ent that elim inates H A M co lor “ fringing.” T h e program also supports key-frame ani­mation, provides brushes you can rotate to any angle, and enables you to flip on any axis, resize, bend, twist, o r im part a special 3-D tilt effect. Brushes

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A nother feature is Panto­graph, a d raw ing tool that a l­lows you to create art by tracing an on-screen object. O ther standard features in ­clude brushes, erasers, fills, spray paint, lasso, marquee, straight lines, rectangles, ovals, and more. (Oxxi, 1339 E . 28th St., Long Beach , C A 90806, 213/427-1227.) R S # 504.

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Progressive Peripherals 8c Soft­ware recently took the wraps o ff the V id eo B len d e r, ( S I 295) a video sw itching system that works with all Amigas. D e ­signed with the video profes­sional in m ind, the B len d e r provides video switching, luma-keying, gen locking, local­ized screen-color generation in 16 m illion colors, and a host o f video fades/wipes. It also in ­cludes a stereo sound mixer.

T h e B len d e r can mix and m anipulate composite video, N T S C R G B (w ith external synchronization), and .Amiga R G B video inputs. .An internal co lo r generator produces background screens with up to 16 m illion colors. External de­vices such as video cameras and 24-bit fram ebuffers can also be assigned (slaved) to the N T S C R G B video channel to produce special video effects. T h e B le n d e r’s in ternal c ircu it­ry is designed to synchronize

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The Product That Amazed Visitors To Our Booths At The L.A. & Cologne Ami ExposY E S ! E v e r y s i n g l e p i x e l o n y o u r A m i g a s c r e e n c a n b e a n y o f 1 6 . 8 million colors. N o w y o u c a n h a v e c o l o r e q u a l t o t h a t o f a M a c and m o r e f l e x i b i l i t y . C o l o r b u r s t i s n o t H A M o r Y - C m i x i n g , it i s pure 24 bit RGB - t h e r e i s n o b l u r r i n g o r l o s s o f d e f i n i t i o n w i t h c o l o r b u r s t .Colorburst plugs into every Amiga a n d g o e s b e t w e e n t h e R G B c o n n e c t o r a n d t h e s t a n d a r d A m i g a m o n i t o r .* Broadcast Quality V i d e o f o r P A L & N T S C* R G & B Oynamic White Balance c o r r e c t i o n .’ T h e T w o A m i g a h a r d w a r e p l a y f i e l d s c a n b e s e t o n T W O 2 4 b i t

p l a y t i e l d s f o r a t o t a l o f FOUR Playfields. T h e t r a n p a r e n c y o f e a c h p i x e l c a n b e s e t p i x e l b y p i x e l .

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d o real time animation o n 4 0 9 6 c o l o r s o u t o f a 1 6 m i l l i o n p a l e t t e .* R e a l t i m e Horizontal and Vertical Scrolling.

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C o l o r b u r s t h a s m a n y a p p l i c a t i o n s - o n e i m p o r t a n t v i d e o a p p l i c a ­t i o n i s a s a Professional f r a m e b y f r a m e V i d e o P a i n t b o x , E d i t i n g a n d S p e c i a l E f f e c t s M a c h i n e . I t s low price m a k e s it a f f o r d a b l e t o m o s t A m i g a o w n e r s . The Toaster i s a n e x c e l l e n t a c c e s s o r y t o u s e w i t h C o l o r b u r s t , a l t h o u g h t h e r e a r e m a n y m o r e u s e s t h a n a s a f r o n t e n d V i d e o P a i n t b o x t o T o a s t e r t y p e e f f e c t s . Call for our free color brochure or send $10 (refundable with pur­chase) for a Video of this spectacular product. J

B L I T Z B A S I CThe Program To Control Your

Custom AM IGA HardwareITS NEW! IT’S ULTRA FAST! ITS EASY TO USE! The ideal toot for anyone from beginner to profes­

sional to get the Amiga to do graphical gymnastics* Lightning fast compiler - up to 16,500 tines of code a minute* Rewrite of Am iga G raph ics Libraries* Integrated Editor/Compiler* Spec ia l Effects e.g. Fade In/Fade Out* Com m ands to handle IFF and Anim Brushes, and Sound* Direct a ccess lo, and control of, Sprites, Blitter, Audio Hardware* Supports DuaJ PlayfieJd, H AM and EH B* Queue system m akes Blits very sim ple to use* Unlim ited screens - memory dependent’ Vertical interrupt com m and for smooth animation f t “I A Q ’ Double buffering, page flipping with ease* Includes Sound Sequencer* M ach ine language sub-routines can be added* Spectacu lar graphics can be generated with m inimal commands

Now anyone can produce Q U ALITY C O M M E R C IA L CO D E . O rder your demo for $5 show ing V E C T O R B A L LS C A LC U LA T E D IN R E A L TIME. Th is program alone should convince you of the P O W E R O F BLITZ BASIC . The source listing will convince you of the SIM PLICITY .Demo a lso availab le through M .A.S.T. B B S (702)359-0132/0137

brainSTormft had to happen and here it is!

The MAST ATARI EmulatorMake your Atari friends envious - now your Amiga emulates yet another computer, this time the ATARI, brainSTorm is a software/hardware combination from MAST Germany that runs 98% of Atari software (approx.), including MIDI support. It even emulates the Atari Keyboard click! All programs should run except the very small percentage that do direct DMA or program the M FP. It supports:* 8mb Fast RAM, 2mb chip ram ^ Q Q* all ST resolutions including color ^* full page monitor emulation with scrolling.* Amiga serial & parallel ports.* all Amiga drives (df0-df3) simultaneously* two ST's at same time in one Amigal* almost ST speed, text is 120% faster, disk 108%.* hardware emulates the ST custom chips, has

sockets for Atari Roms, and does addr. translation.* Atari PD support on our BBS.

Atari is a TM of Atari Computers.

STARBLAZER A500/1000external RAM+SCSI+Accelerator box

This com pact unit fits snugly beside your A500 or A 1000. Don’t let its tiny s ize deceive you * it conta ins a mighty powerhouse of peripherals. The Starblazer base unit includes an 8 bit SCSI Inter­face rated at 450K for $129. W hen you need memory you can add up to EIGHT Mega­bytes. The memory is ex­

panded 2M b at at time using tiny 1"x1" memory boards that use the iatest technology Four Megabit R AM Chips. S tarb lazer memory can be configured as 16 or 32 bit wide. Each 2 Mb module lists at $199. If 8 bit S C S I isn’t fast enough, simply replace the interface with our 16 bit WordMASTer interface • another plug-in module that g ives transfers in e xce ss of 950k Byte9 - for only $89. A 14 Mhz 68000 ac­celerator can be added that has lu ll speed access to the 8 M b RAM, almost doubling Am iga performance - $89. A 16 Mhz($299) or 25 MHz{$399) 68030 accelerator module w ill shortly be available. 68040 support is a future option. S tarb lazer pa sses the bus through for those of you with unusual requirements not taken care of by this am azingly flexible little product

8 or 16 bit SC S I

8 MB of 0 wait state fast RAM using 4MB chips

CONTROL LOGIC

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SM PTE Time Code Reader and MIDI Interface.

This economically priced unit features a SMPTE to MIDI Time Code Converter with SMPTE IN & SMPTE OUT. Some competitors tie up your favourite com­puter by having it do most of the work, leaving less time for multitasking and requiring special software support. In contrast SAM has its own dedicated microcontroller with none of these disadvantages. This Professional product has many features:* B e c a u s e it c o n v e r t s t o i n d u s t r y s t a n d a r d M I D I T i m e C o d e it

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p a n e l s w i t c h !* D e d i c a t e d m i c r o - c h i p r e d u c e s A m i g a o v e r h e a d .4 2 4 , 2 5 , 3 0 & 3 0 d r o p f r a m e .* R e a d s a n d W r i t e s T i m e C o d e b o t h F o r w a r d s & B a c k w a r d s .* C a n h a n d l e t a p e s p e e d s 0 . 2 5 % n o r m a l s p e e d t o 2 X ( + 2 0 % )

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AND THEN SOMEW H A T W O U L D Y O U s a y t o a n e x p a n s i o n b o a r d t h a t c o m b i n e s a S C S I d i s k i n t e r ­f a c e , a m e m o r y e x p a n d e r , a n d a m a t h c o p r o c e s s o r o n a s i n g l e c a r d t h a l f r t s i n ­s i d e y o u r A 5 0 0 ? S p i r i t T e c h n o t o g y n o w o f f e r s t h e f n - M a t e ( $ 5 4 9 ) , a m u l t i f u n c t i o n c a r d p r o v i d i n g j u s t t h a t . Y o u ' l l f i n d a n a u t o - b o o t i n g S C S I i n t e r f a c e , s o c k e t s f o r u p t o 8 M B o f R A M e x p a n s i o n , a n d a p l a c e t o p a r k y o u r f a v o r i t e M o t o r o l a 6 8 8 8 1 m a t h c o p r o c e s s o r c h i p . S i n c e t h e b o a r d a l s o w o r k s w i t h t h e A 2 0 0 0 , it m a y b e j u s t t h e t i c k e t f o r t h o s e w h o n e e d t o f r e e u p a n e x p a n s i o n s l o t . ( S p i r i t T e c h ­n o l o g y , 2 2 0 W . 2 9 5 0 S o u t h . S a l t L a k e C i t y , U T 8 4 1 1 9 , 8 0 1 / 4 8 5 - 4 2 3 3 . ) RS#506.

B l u e R i b b o n S o u n d W o r k s ( f o r m e r l y B l u e R i b b o n B a k e r y ) i s r e a d y t o p r o v i d e p r o f e s s i o n a l m u s i c i a n s , M I D I e n t h u s i ­a s t s . a n d e d u c a t o r s w i t h a w h o l e n e w w a y t o p l a y . Bars & Pipes Professional ($379) i s t h e f i r s t A m i g a M I D I s e q u e n c e r t o f e a t u r e i n t e g r a t e d n o t a t i o n . R e c o r d e d n o t e s a r e d i s p l a y e d o n s c r e e n i n s t a n ­d a r d n o t a t i o n . T h e a s s e m b l e d n o t e s c a n t h e n b e e d i t e d d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e n o t a t i o n d i s p l a y . O t h e r n e w f e a t u r e s i n c l u d e a n e v e n t - l i s t e d i t o r a n d M i x M a e s t r o , a n o p ­t i o n t h a t a l l o w s y o u t o g r a p h i c a l l y m i x M I D I t r a c k s w i t h c o n t r o l o f v o l u m e , p a n ­n i n g , a n d o t h e r c o n t r o l - c h a n g e p a r a m ­e t e r s . E x i s t i n g B a r s & P i p e s u s e r s c a n u p g r a d e t o t h e n e w v e r s i o n f o r S 9 9 . ( B l u e R i b b o n S o u n d W o r k s , 1 2 9 3 B r i a r - d a l e , A t l a n t a . G A 3 0 3 0 6 . 4 0 4 / 3 7 7 - 2 2 7 7 . ) RS#507.

S p e a k i n g o f f i r s t s , A m i g a u s e r s n o w h a v e a c o m p l e t e b a r - c o d e s c a n n i n g s y s ­t e m w i t h w h i c h t o m a n a g e a n d m a s s a g e t h e i r i n v e n t o r i e s . T h e BarPro s y s t e m ( $ 8 9 9 . 5 0 ) i n c l u d e s a n R S - 2 3 2 C - c o m p a t - i b l e , m l e l l i g e n t b a r - c o d e s c a n n i n g w a n d w i t h i t s o w n e x t e r n a l p o w e r s u p p l y . T h e f u l l d e c o d i n g s c a n n i n g - w a n d h a r d w a r e s u p p o r t s U P C , E A N , 3 9 . 2 5 . 2 5 . 9 3 , 1 2 8 , M S I , a n d C o d e a b a r f o r m a l s . B a r P r o s s o f t w a r e c r e a t e s b a r c o d e s o n s c r e e n i n f o u r s i z e s . Y o u c a n s a v e t h e m a s I F F i m a g e s , a n d y o u c a n a l s o p r i n t t h e m , o r e x e c u t e t h e s c a n n e d b a r c o d e s a s A m i g a D O S c o m m a n d s . ( M e g a g e M , 1 9 0 3 A d r i a . S a n t a M a r i a . C A 9 3 4 5 4 . 8 0 5 / 3 4 9 - 1 1 0 4 . ) RS#508.

R e l i e f f o r t h e n o n - p r o f e s s i o n a l d e ­s i g n e r h a s a r r i v e d . Graphic Designer ( S 1 2 5 ) i s a p o w e r f u l , y e t e a s y - t o - u s e s t r u c t u r e d d r a w i n g p r o g r a m f o r t h o s e w h o d o n ’t h a v e t i m e t o l e a r n c o m p l e x C A D p a c k a g e s , b u t n e e d a c c u r a t e d r a w ­i n g s . N o t a b l e a m o n g i t s f e a t u r e s a r e ‘ ' s m o o t h a b l e ” B e z i e r c u r v e s , m u l t i p l e

l a y e r d r a w i n g s , a n d a f l e x i b l e t e x t - h a n ­d l i n g s y s t e m t h a t a l l o w s y o u t o u s e a n y A m i g a f o n t . T h e p r o g r a m a l s o i n c l u d e s a n A R r e x p o r t w i t h a c o m p l e t e m a c r o l a n g u a g e .

F o r I h o s e A m i g a u s e r s w h o d o n ' t o w n t h e m o r e s o p h i s t i c a t e d h a r d w a r e r e q u i r e d t o r u n a h i g h - e n d w o r d p r o ­c e s s o r , t h e r e ’s Quick Write ( $ 7 5 ) . T h e b a s i c w o r d - p r o c e s s i n g p a c k a g e i n c l u d e s a “ W h a t y o u s e e i s w h a t y o u g e t " ( W Y S I W Y G ) d i s p l a y , a m a i l - m e r g e f a c i l ­i ty , a 5 0 . 0 0 0 - w o r d s p e l l i n g c h e c k e r , m a c ­r o s . f i l e i m p o r t a n d e x p o r t o p t i o n s , a n A R e x x p o r t , a n d a u t o m a t i c t i m e a n d d a t e m a r k e r s . ( N e w H o r i z o n s S o f t w a r e , PO B o x 4 3 1 6 7 , A u s t i n . T X 7 8 7 4 5 , 5 1 2 / 3 2 8 - 6 6 5 0 . ) R S# 509.

AudioMaster III ( S 9 9 9 5 ) i s a n a d ­v a n c e d d i g i t a l , s o u n d - s a m p l i n g , e d i t i n g a n d m a n i p u l a t i o n s o f t w a r e p a c k a g e t h a t o f f e r s I n t e r a c t i v e V i s u a l W a v e f o r m E d i t i n g , a p r o c e s s t h a t l e t s y o u l o a d a s o u n d f i le o r d i g i t a l s a m p l e a n d t h e n d i s p l a y t h e w a v e f o r m o n s c r e e n t o a d d s p e c i a l e f t e c t s , i n c l u d i n g e c h o , b a c k m a s k i n g , a n d l o w - p a s s f i l t e r i n g O t h e r f e a t u r e s i n c l u d e m u l t i ­l o o p s e q u e n c i n g a n d a w a v e f o r m t u n e r . ( O x x i , P O B o x 9 0 8 0 9 . L o n g B e a c h , C A 9 0 8 0 9 . 2 1 3 / 4 2 7 - 1 2 2 7 . ) RS#510.

D r a w it b e t t e r a n d f a s t e r w i t h Maxi- Sketch ( $ 4 9 9 . 9 5 ) , a 1 0 0 0 - D P I d r a w i n g t a b l e t t h a t y o u c a n a t t a c h t o y o u r A 5 0 0 , 1 0 0 0 . o r 2 0 0 0 , T h e a u t o - c o n f i g u r i n g t a b ­l e t r e q u i r e s n o s o f t w a r e a n d e m u l a t e s a v a r i e t y o f o t h e r t a b l e t s , i n c l u d i n g S u m - m a g r a p h i c s , G T C O . H i t a c h i , H I P A D , C A L C O M P . t h e A m i g a k e y b o a r d , o r t h e u b i q u i t o u s M i c r o s o f t m o u s e . ( C e n t a u r S o f t w a r e , 4 4 5 1 - B R e d o n d o B e a c h B l v d . , L a w n d a l e , C A 9 0 2 6 0 . 2 1 3 / 5 4 2 - 2 2 2 6 . ) RS#511.

W o u l d y o u l i k e t o s e e 3 0 0 - D P I , f u l l - c o l o r p r i n t i n g o n y o u r H e w l e t t - P a c k a r d D e s k j e t p r i n t e r ? Y o u c a n if y o u u s e t h e Inkum Color Ink Kit ($48). W i t h t h e I n k u m k i t , y o u s i m p l y p r i n t y o u r d o c u ­m e n t i n f o u r s e p a r a t e p a s s e s , u s i n g a d i f f e r e n t c o l o r i n k c a r t r i d g e f o r e a c h p a s s . T h e r e s u l t i s a n i m p r e s s i v e , f u l l - c o l o r p r i n t o u t . ( I n k u m I n k s , 9528 L a n g ­s t o n S t . , C u c a m o n g a . C A 9 1 7 3 0 . 7 1 4 / 9 4 8 - 2 2 4 3 . ) RS#512.

H o p e f u l l y , y o u ’ll n e v e r b u r n t h e t o a s t if y o u u s e T e l e g r a p h i e s I n t e r n a t i o n a l n e w s e r i e s o f v i d e o c a s s e t t e t r a i n i n g t a p e s f o r N e w T e k ’s V i d e o T o a s t e r . T h e t u t o r i a l s a r e i n t e n d e d t o h e l p v i d e o g r a p h e r s , p r o ­d u c t i o n s t u d i o s , c a b l e n e t w o r k s , o r A N d e p a r t m e n t s w h o i n c o r p o r a t e t h e A m i g a i n t o t h e i r w o r k . S u b j e c t s c o v e r e d i n Vol­ume One ( $ 4 9 . 9 5 ) a r e h a r d w a r e r e q u i r e ­m e n t s . p r o d u c t i o n s w i t c h e r o p e r a t i o n , d i g i t a l e f f e c t s c r e a t i o n , t i p s a n d t e c h ­n i q u e s , f r a m e s t o r e a p p l i c a t i o n s , l i n e a r k e y i n g , a n d m o r e . ( T e l e g r a p h i e s I n t e r ­n a t i o n a l , 6 0 5 D o c k S t . , W i l m i n g t o n , N C 2 8 4 0 1 , 9 1 9 / 7 6 2 - 8 0 2 8 . ) RS#513.

W h e r e c a n y o u e x p e r i e n c e t h e t h r i l l s o f c l i m b i n g t h e W h a t s a m a t t e r h o r n ’s d i z ­z y i n g p e a k s , t h e d i s t r e s s o f e x p l o r i n g m u m m y - i n f e s t e d c a v e s , o r t h e t r i u m p h o f c a p t u r i n g t h e e l u s i v e S a u s a g e L y n x o n f i l m ? A s k S c r o o g e M c D u c k — h e ’s e n ­t e r e d a c o n t e s t t o c i r c u m n a v i g a t e t h e e a r t h s e e k i n g s u c h a d v e n t u r e s i n Duck- ta le s : The Q uest For The Gold ( $ 4 4 . 9 5 ) . H i n t : Y o u m u s t l e a r n t o b e d i s ­c r e e t i n o r d e r t o p r o t e c t S c r o o g e ’s i n ­t e r e s t s f r o m h i s a r c h - e n e m y , G l o m g o l d . ( D i s n e y C o m p u t e r S o f t w a r e , 5 0 0 S . B u e n a V i s t a S t . , B u r b a n k , C A 9 1 5 2 1 , 8 1 8 / 5 6 7 - 5 3 6 0 . ) RS#515

It s t h e A r a b i a n n i g h t s a l l o v e r a g a i n — b u t t h i s t i m e y o u g e t t o b e V a l e n t i n o . I n t h e Prince of Persia ( $ 3 9 . 9 5 ) , y o u a r e a y o u n g a d v e n t u r e r f r o m a f a r - o f f l a n d . C o u r a g e , r e s o l v e , a c r o b a t i c a g i l i t y , a n d b r a i n s a r e y o u r b e s t w e a p o n s w h e n y o u e n t e r t h i s e x o t i c a n d t r e a c h e r o u s w o r l d t o e x t n c a t e t h e S u l t a n ’s d a u g h t e r f r o m a n a s t y p r e d i c a m e n t . ( B r o d e r b u n d , 1 7 P a u l D r . , S a n R a f a e l . C A 9 4 9 0 3 , 4 1 5 / 4 9 2 - 3 2 0 0 . ) RS&516

O K g e a r h e a d . i t ’s t i m e t o p l a y Street Rod ( $ 3 9 . 9 5 ) f r o m C a l i f o r n i a D r e a m s . A f t e r y o u b u y y o u r f i r s t s e t o f w h e e l s , y o u ’v e g o t t o b o r e a n d s t r o k e t h a t e n ­g i n e a n d c h o p a n d c h a n n e l t h a t b o d y u n t i l y o u ' r e r e a d y t o c r u i s e . Y o u b u i l d y o u r r e p u t a t i o n b y d r a g o r r o a d r a c i n g u n t i l i t ’s t i m e t o i s s u e t h e u l t i m a t e c h a l ­l e n g e — t o t h e K i n g h i m s e l f . C h o o s e b e ­t w e e n 2 5 d i f f e r e n t c a r s , o v e r 3 5 p e r f o r m a n c e p a r t s , f i v e p a i n t j o b s , a n d o t h e r r a d i c a l c u s t o m d e s i g n s .

S t r a t e g i c S i m u l a t i o n s s a y s it m e a n s w a r . I n t h e Second Front ( $ 5 9 . 9 5 ) , a W o r l d W a r II r e - c r e a t i o n s p a n n i n g E u ­r o p e t r o m B e r l i n t o S t a l i n g r a d , y o u c o m ­m a n d o v e r 1 5 0 G e r m a n a n d 2 0 0 S o v i e t d i v i s i o n s . A l o n e o r w i t h a f r i e n d , y o u d i r e c t l a n d o r a i r o p e r a t i o n s b y e x c e r - c i s i n g c o m p l e t e c o n t r o l o v e r p r o d u c t i o n f a c i l i t i e s o r , if y o u p r e f e r , y o u c a n s u c ­c u m b t o t h e c o m p u t e r ' s w h i m s .

Overrun! ( 5 5 9 . 9 5 ) , a m o d e r n , l a n d - w a r f a r e s i m u l a t i o n , p i t s E u r o p e a g a i n s t t h e M i d d l e E a s t . C h o o s e f r o m e i g h t p r e ­p r o g r a m m e d s c e n a r i o s o r c r e a t e y o u r o w n m a p s , t r o o p s , a n d m i s s i o n s w i t h t h e t o o l s p r o v i d e d . ( E l e c t r o n i c A r t s , 1 8 2 0 G a t e w a y D r . , S a n M a t e o , C A 9 4 4 0 4 . 4 1 5 / 5 7 1 - 7 1 7 1 ) RS#517

D i r k t h e D a r i n g l i v e s o n ! B e t h e f i r s t o n y o u r b l o c k t o p l a y t h e n e w a n i m a t e d a d v e n t u r e b a s e d o n t h e o r i g i n a l a r c a d e g a m e . Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp ( $ 5 9 . 9 5 ) f e a t u r e s f u l l - s c r e e n a n i m a t i o n a n d d i g i t i z e d s o u n d , w i t h m o r e s c e n e s t h a n a n y p r e v i o u s a n i m a t e d a d v e n t u r e

g a m e . ( R e a d y S o f t , 3 0 W e r t h e i m C o u r t , U n i t 2 , R i c h m o n d H i l l , O n t . , C a n a d a L 4 B 1 B 9 , 4 1 6 / 7 3 1 - 4 1 7 5 . ) RS#518.

S w e a t y p a l m s a n d n e a r m i s s e s a r e t h e o r d e r o f t h e d a y i n Highway Patrol II ( $ 4 4 . 9 5 ) , a d r i v i n g s i m u l a t i o n t h a t p i t s y o u a g a i n s t f u g i t i v e s f r o m j u s t i c e o n t h e o p e n r o a d . T h e a c t i o n g e t s f a s t a n d f u ­r i o u s o v e r w i d e - o p e n d e s e r t s a n d c r o w d e d c i t y f r e e w a y s . ( T i t u s S o f t w a r e , 2 0 4 3 2 C o r i s c o S t . , C h a t s w o r t h , C A 9 1 3 1 1 , 8 1 8 / 7 0 9 - 3 6 9 2 . ) RS#519.

C o n q u e r a l i v i n g w o r l d w i t h Power- Monger ( $ 4 9 . 9 5 ) , t h e l a t e s t w o r k f r o m B u l l f r o g , t h e U K a r t i s t s g r o u p t h a t b r o u g h t y o u t h e m e g a - h i t , P o p u l u s . T h e v i v i d l y r e n d e r e d 3 - D g a m e c a s t s y o u a s t h e l e a d e r o f a d i s p l a c e d t r i b e n e w l y a r r i v e d i n u n c h a r t e d t e r r i t o r y , w h i c h y o u c o n q u e r b y a n y m e a n s ; k i n d n e s s , f o r c e , n e g o t i a t i o n , o r o u t r i g h t b r i b e r y . S o u n d s l i k e t h e r e a l w o r l d t o m e . ( E l e c t r o n i c A r t s . 1 8 2 0 G a t e w a y D r . , S a n M a t e o . C A 9 4 4 0 4 . 4 1 5 / 5 7 1 - 7 1 7 1 . ) R S# 520.

H e r e w e g o a g a i n ! B r o d e r b u n d ' s l a t ­e s t i n t h e C a r m e n s e r i e s , Where In Time is Carmen Sandiego? ( S 4 4 . 9 5 ) , s h u t t l e s y o u b a c k a n d f o r t h i n t i m e a s y o u p u r s u e t h e w i l y l a d y a n d h e r g a n g f r o m 4 0 0 a .d . t h r o u g h t h e 1 9 5 0 s . D u r i n g t h e c h a s e , y o u g e t t o k n o w m a n y o f h i s t o r y ' s m o s t f a m o u s p e o p l e , e v e n t s , a n d i n v e n t i o n s . T o h e l p y o u u n r a v e l t h e c l u e s , t h e r e ’s a l s o a c o p y o f t h e 1 3 0 0 - p a g e N e w A m e r ­i c a n D e s k E n c y c l o p e d i a . ( B r o d e r b u n d S o f t w a r e , 1 7 P a u l D r . , S a n R a f a e l , C A 9 4 9 0 3 , 4 1 5 / 4 9 2 - 3 2 0 0 . ) RS#521.

P i c t u r e y o u r s e l f i n t h e y e a r 2 2 3 8 , l iv ­i n g o n a p l a n e t r u l e d b y T V n e t w o r k s a n d d e f e n s e i n d u s t r i e s . I n Thunder- strike ( $ 3 9 . 9 5 ) , t h e w i n n e r o f t h e D e ­f e n s e O l y m p i c s r u l e s t h e w o r l d . Y o u f ly a s l e e k j e t f i g h t e r a s y o u p a r t i c i p a t e i n a d e a d l y c o m p e t i t i o n f o r p o w e r a n d g l o r y . ( U V E S t u d i o s , 3 0 1 5 1 B r a n d i n g I r o n R d . , S a n J u a n C a p i s t r a n o , C A 9 2 6 7 5 , 7 1 4 / 6 6 1 - 8 3 3 7 . ) RS#522.

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AIR DRIVE Internal Drivefor A-3000....................................$85AMIGA 1000 Memory& Accessories.................AVAILABLEAMIGA 300032 Bit Memory.................AVAILABLEAMIGA Appetizer Software (Word Process, Music, Paint,Game, Tutorial Program)...............$39AMIGAVISION Software $89AMIGA 1.3 ROM (8850)............... $39AMIGA 1M8 Fatter AgnusChip (8372AL................................$94AMiGA 500 Power Supply $66AMIGA 2000 Power Supply(w/Trade-in)..................................$99A-MAX Mac Emulator for Amiga....S 109A-MAX Emulator 2.....................$134A-MAX ROM.............................. $149CUTTING EDGE Mac CompatibleDrive for A-MAX........................ $149AMIG-A-TOSH PLUS................ $239APPLIED ENGINEERING 1.52MB Hi-Density Drive $189

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THE PD PROSPECTORA quick look at what’s new, interesting and exciting

on the major nets.

Com piled by Tim Walsh

W in te r days are here again, and there’s no better time to check out the Files listed below with File num bers and lib rary locations.

People/Link

A IB R 2 0 1 .L Z H (Am igaZone Section 4, File #25424) Version 2.01 o F A IB B — an In tu ­ition-based program for benchm ark ing system perform ance.

F IX D IS K 1 .2 .L Z H (Am igaZone Section 4, File #25408). Disk-salvaging utility that serves as a handy com plem ent to both D iskSalv and D iskDoctor.

L O C K D E V IC E .L Z H (Am igaZone P ro Sec­tion 5, F ile #2645) Avoids loss o f data by preventing the hard disk from being ac­cidentally formatted.

B O O T C A C H E .L Z H (Am igaZone Pro Sec­tion 5, F ile#2625 ) BootCache disables p ro ­cessor caches on 68030-equipped ma­chines for program compatibility.

Scann ing P/L ink ’s vast Am iga libraries re­veals an all-time high o f up load ing activity o f quality program s, thanks in large part to H a rv Laser.

CompuServe

F IL E M A .L Z H (Am igaTeeh, L ib rary I ) S u ­per Filem an Version 1.11. A rch ive, sort, copy and catalog are but a few o f the options provided by this shareware disk utility.

L I S T X . L Z H (Am igaTeeh, L ib ra ry 1) Re ­placem ent for the A m ig aD O S List com ­m a n d th a t p ro v id e s an in fo rm a t iv e breakdown o f directories.

P P M O R E .L Z H (Am igaUser, L ib ra ry 7) Enhanced text reader that’s sim ilar to ihe program M ore.

G R A M M A .L Z H (Am igaUser, L ib ra ry 7) D iscover how your g ram m ar com pares to that o fSte inbeck , Hem ingw ay, and a m ajor com puter publication.

Recent e-mail from assistant sysop Betty C lay reveals that the most popular File in C om p u Se rve ’s Am igaTeeh area has been N E W A L E .Z O O (L ib ra ry 11) which in ter­prets gurus.

GEnie

D E K 1 1 1 .L Z H (A m ig a L ib r a r y 4, F ile #9514) Disk and File editor. Use it to Fix erro rs and recover deleted files.

T A P R 1 S K A .L Z H (Am iga L ib ra ry 4, File #9513) Version 1.1 o f T A P R IS K A . Lists background tasks for both identification and modification.

J O Y _ M O U S E —S W A P .L Z H (A m ig a L i ­b rary 4, File #9502) Th is unique C L I- based routine toggles between ports so that you can control w ith either a mouse o r joystick.

H D —F L O P P Y .L Z H (Am iga L ib ra ry 11, F ile#9499 ) Use this device d rive r to m ount a sim ulated floppy-disk d rive on yo u r A m i­ga’s hard-disk drive.

G E n ie is now offering a service whereby e-mail messages can be forw arded to friends and relatives stationed in Saudi Arabia. Log on for specific details.

Prospector’s Perch: Got a modem? Become a telecom m ie power user!

THERE’S A LOT to be said for tele­communications. If you’ve hesitated to explore networks with your Amiga for fear of Invading the domain of elite groups of Amiga enthusiasts, then you’ve been misinformed. The nets are not composed of techies sharing obscure programming techniques and complex video and computer Interfac­ing. Rather, most of the so-called tele- commles In the Amiga areas on the nets are Amiga users ol average lev­els of expertise. You should really en­deavor to view their domain as a fast, easy and truly useful resource of freely-dlstributable files that make life

more pleasant with your Amiga.Suppose you inadvertently delete

an important directory on your Amiga at 10:30 on a Sunday night. Your boss needs that report at 7:30 sharp on Monday morning. If you're equipped to do so, you fog on to your favorite network, find a dlsk-salvage utility, and In a matter of minutes you've re­covered the lost Information. If you don’t have a modem, well, maybe you can call in sick and say the blister on your mouse finger flared up.

Or let's say that you’re putting to­gether a multimedia or video pres­entation and need a crucial piece of

clip art or a background to make the graphic complete. Again, log on and find some terrific art work to down­load. Best of all, there are always plenty of friendly folks willing to help out on the nets.

Over the years, the nets have saved me countless hours of research, and I’ve made friends, sent files to and from other telecommies and generally simplified nearly every aspect of my computer life. Time and again I've turned to one of the networks to find that elusive file. True, you may find the same files offered by PD disk collections, but when time is of the

essence, telecommunicating is the answer.

If you’re interested In establishing an account on any of the above net­works, here are the voice numbers to call to get under way:

CompuServe: 800/848-8199 614/457-8650 from Ohio

American People/Link: 800/524-0100

GEnie: 800/638-9636

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AMI-II SOFTWARE UP-DATENow Available 1.0 Software* Copier files that allow 60 second backup for most programs.* Easy to use instructions.* Save those programs onto the copier files for future use.* Join our automatic up-date list, and never miss another up-date.

AMI SUPER TRACKERHave you ever wanted to know where problem tracks are located? Now, with super tracke AMI you can tell! This beautiful digital track display simply plugs into the last drive in your Amiga system (all Amiga computers will work). The head location (track) side NOW(top or botton head) and where write protect position are all

AMI ALIGNMENT SYSTEMA memory and drive diagnostic utility foriritj /Minya imtj uipersonal computers. Test your speed and align your drives.

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DOCTOR AMIAllows you to test the integrity of system RAM (including expansion) and both floppy and hard disk media. Errors are located, identified and mapped out. Doctor AMI uses a full intuition interface and is quite simple to use.

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Q: I have three questions: Can the Amiga 500 use the new EC'S chips? Can the Amiga 500 use the new Amber chip to de-interlace its display? If the Amiga 500 cannot use Ant­her, would the Rejuvenalor board allow it to do so ?

T, Fear manFlin Flan, Manitoba

A : T h e answer to yo u r first question is certainly, the A500 could use the E C S , but the real question is w ill it? T h e re is no technical difficulty in the issue, for the A500 is really the same com puter as the A2000, d iffering essentially on ly in the design o f its box and the ease o f ex­pansion. Bo th can use the new chips.

R um or has it that some discussion is going on at Com m odore about this. A few people there believe it would be better to keep the m ore advanced Am iga 2.0 O p e r­ating System (Am iga O S ) and the E C S for the professional series o f Am iga (the A2000, A2500, A3Q00, and so on) and to let the A500 line use 1.3 and the existing chip set. T h e ir argum ents are that this will ensure com patibility for the large line o f entertainm ent products for the A500 while help ing to differentiate the high end machines from the low.

Based on w hat I have heard, however, this “ separation o f product lines” will not come to pass. As soon as Am iga O S 2.0 is com plete and in R O M , 2.0 enhancer packages will appear at dealers for both the A500 and the A2000 series, complete with the new E C S and 512K R O M S .

T h e answ er to yo u r second question is not as encouraging. T h e A m ber ch ip was designed for creating de-interlaced dis­plays for the A3000 and was used in the new A2320 display enhancer for the A2000. As far as I know, Com m odore plans no such device for the A500.

By Louis R. Wallace

Don't despair: T h e Rejuvenator board could use the A2320 card (which has A m ber on it). T h e A2320 is on ly for the A2000, however, not the A500. At the re ­cent A m i E X P O in Anaheim , CA , I C D (1220 Rock St., Rockford, 1L 61101, 815/ 968-2228) dem onstrated an internal de­interlacer that would w ork on the A500, A 1000 and A2000 line. W ith one o f these in ternal cards and a multiscan monitor, anyone can enjoy de-interlaced displays.

H i s t o r i c a l D igQ : Where can I get a Version 1.1 Kickstart and Workbench fo r my A 1000?

J, Barzkowski San Francisco, CA

A : H nun in . 1 guess you want to use some o f the o lder software that doesn’t run p roperly u nd er the 1.2, 1.3, or 2.0 operating systems. First, check with the Am iga dealers in your area. I also rec­om m end that you find and jo in a user group (San Francisco has several good ones). T h e re you are bound to find someone who has the 1.1 operating system.

U n e n h a n c e dQ : Help! I just bought the A 2500 genlock fo r my A 3000 and am having some problems. When I have the monitor (an A 1950 multi­scan monitor) connected to the genlock, it works fin e as a N TSC display. Doing this, however, / can't take advantage o f the display enhancer, because the monitor is connected to the genlock output and not the VDE output. Again no problem, all 1 have to do is discon­nect the monitor from the genlock and connect it to the VDE output when I want de-inter­laced displays, right? Wrong! M y screen is scrambled when I do that. If I use the .42300 genlock, does it prevent me from using the

display enhancer as long as the genlock is installed?

F. HollingsTampa, FL

A : Not at all. You can still use the dis­play-enhanced video in the A3000 when the genlock is installed, but there is a lit­tle trick to getting it to work. W h en you are not using the genlock, ju st switch the m onitor cable from the genlock to the V D E display port. Next, connect a synced video source to the genlock. As long as the genlock is getting video in, the display enhancer in the A3000 will work fine. T h e trick is to keep video com ing in to the A2300, even when not using it.

A note to A3000 owners with A2300 genlocks: T h e re is a m odification re ­qu ired to o lder A2300s before they are fu lly A 3 000-compatible. I f yours has not been m odified, see a service center about it. T h ey should have received informa- tion and instructions from Com m odore on m aking the change.

’V i s i o n P r o b l e m sQ : I just got AmigaVision (version 1.53G), and I am having a hit o f a problem using the Text Icon. According to the manual (page 4.42), to make the text window scroll, I use a Response o f page up, page down, line up, or line down. I have tried these, and they don't work. However, quit works just fin e . Solution, please?

S. D eBoiseDallas, TX

A: T h e reference on that page o f the Am igaV ision m anual is incorrect. T h e correct Response should be pageup, pagedown, lineup, o r linedown, all w ith ­out spaces. You will find it explained correctly on page 6-107. ■

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EAR TO THE WALLLapsing laptop. Many months ago, we reported that the German-based com­pany, Gigatron, was developing an Amiga laptop. The latest information reveals that the combination of technical prob­lems and legal hassles from Commodore in Germany has apparently closed the lid on the project.

Legal lollygagging. We are bearing ru ­mors o f legal wrangling over Atari-ST emulation for the Amiga. As expected, Atari is reportedly trying to block the project.

Golden opportunities. Productivity soft­ware developer Gold Disk has announced a contest to promote its latest offering, HyperBook, a graphic presentation pro­gram. A presentation disk created with HyperBook is being made available free with Gold Disk products, through both

dealers and mail order. At the end of the presentation, a screen appears that indi­cates whether that disk is a winner and what the prize is. Prizes include Sony Disc- mans, posters, tee-shirts and more.

Speaking o f Gold Disk, we misstated the price of ProDraw 2.0 in our Decem­ber '90 review. The product's correct re­tail price is now $199.95.

How's your rdsumA? In the December issue o f AmigaWorld, we reported the ex­odus of several key Commodore mar­keting executives and product managers. As of press time, there is still no word on possible replacements or whether Com­modore plans to reshuflle the deck.

Fame? What's your name. . .? We keep hearing of more celebrity Amiga users. Apparently country stars Alabama and rock-legend Robert Plant both use Ami-

gas for onstage M ID I and visual work.

Where art thout Unix? Commodore, which has been demonstrating Unix for more than a year, has overshot its prom­ised fall announcement. A T & T s slug­gishness in finalizing Unix 5.4 code and Commodore’s own marketing and sup­port stumbling blocks are blamed for the setback. 1 he firm is, however, shipping pre-release systems to educational cus­tomers. and reportedly is building a beef­ier Unix support group within GATS.

Editor's note: Last month, we inadvertently n ed /ted the Soap liox illustration to the wrong artist. Hie credit should have gone to M ichael Klein.

SOAP BOXE D IIT )R 'S M OTE: Each month in this new department, we will present an opinion piece— an essay, really— that we hope will provide food fo r thought fo r members o f the Amiga community. Essays w ilt come from a variety o f d ifferent members o f that community: AW editors and readers, Am iga users and developers, or even a spokes­person from Commodore on occasion. We welcome feedback from all quarters: perhaps some o f the responses may become the basis fo r fu tu re “Soap B o x ' essays. I f you would like to reply to any opinions expressed here, please write to J a n Jackson, "Soap Box," AmigaWorld, Elm St., Peterborough, X H 03-158.

Homing in on the FutureA p o r tr a i t: Everyone was busy at the Sm iths' house when Bob

got home from work. While Johnny waged interactive-video w ar on his Amiga 9000 , Susie stared rapturously into her latest boyfriend's eyes on her networked A 9500 's visual phone. Passing on to the kitchen, Boh clearly heard M ary and a strange man speaking in tongues— French perhaps?— something about preparing sauce bear- naise. R ealizing it was only C hef Pierre's Interactive Haute Cuisine video disk playing on M a n 's countertop A 5000 , Bob punched "p" to pause Pierre in mid-whisk, pecked his wife's cheek and headed fo r the living room and his wall-mounted A 10000.

Shutting down the French Provincial M ansion image left over from last n ight’s dinner party. Bob hooted the Hawaiian lagoon optical disk. Instantly, the living room was transformed into a lush, tropical paradise with a waterfall cascading into a clear, blue pool. “Real soothing," he thought, kicking o f f his shoes. "Now where’s that video editing p ro g a m ? I ’d like to polish up that tape o f Johnny’s last Little League game before M a n 's parents come over this weekend

A c h a r m in g do m estic p ic tu re o f th e fu tu re , b u t the .Amiga’s ro le in th is scen a r io is in se r io us j e o p a r d y . T h e h o m e has lo n g b e e n the so u rc e o f m ost C o m m o d o r e US sales, m ain ly b ecau se IBM n e v e r c o n s id e re d it im p o r ta n t . M u lt im ed ia , h o w e v e r has c h a n g e d th a t k in d o f th in k in g . Now, IBM is m o v in g in to the h o m e m u lt im e d ia ba ttle w ith all g u n s b lazing . .And if C o m m o d o re d o e s n o th in g , A m iga sales m ay cease a lto g e th e r . T h a t m ean s n o m o r e new softw are o r h a rd w a re .

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a lesson from Apple about carving out some special territory for the Amiga. When Apple launched the Mac, it realized the futility ol trying to compete with IB M on all fronts. So the company focused on one key area, desktop publishing, and devoted more resources to it titan IB M was willing to do. Apple thus established a foothold and built it up from there. That’s exactly what Commodore must do with video.

A m erica is rea d y fo r a h o m e -v id e o c o m p u t e r —j u s t look at the success o f h o m e -v ideo sh o w s— a n d C o m m o d o r e sh o u ld r e a p th e benefits . R e m e m b e r , the .Amiga has a h e a d s ta r t . We a lr e a d y h a v e h ig h -e n d video-effects dev ices a n d h igh ly s p e ­cialized a n im a t io n p ro g r a m s a n d e d ito rs . But t h a t ’s not e n o u g h . C o m m o d o r e m ust focus all its e n e rg ie s now, b e fo re the c o m p a n y loses its edge .

We can help C o m m o d o re . I f you w o u ld like a f u tu re version o f y o u r favorite so f tw are to r u n o n th e A 10000, a d v a n c e to the ba ttle fie ld now a n d fire a sho t. Ask local v ideo dealers , "D o you c a rry th e A m iga c o m p u te r f rom C o m m o d o r e ? ” I f they d o , ask for a d e m o n s tra t io n . I f you d iscover th a t you kn ow m o re th a n they d o , teach th e m . I f they d o n ’t c a rry it, s im ply say, “Well, 1 h e a rd it was a v id eo c o m p u te r ! ”

T h e fu tu re o f h o m e v ideo is a lm o st h e re . I f y o u ’re like me, you know the A m iga d ese rv es a p lace r ig h t in th e m id d le o f it. H e lp m a k e it h a p p e n .

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Just The FacteWhat Makes Digi-Paint 3 the Ultimate Paint Program?

“Finding the best paint program for your Amiga can be confusing, but once you have the facts its simple."

Laura Longfellow Sales Manager NewTek Inc.

“Why is Digi-Paint 3 better than DeluxePaint I I I™ ? ”

“ What technical support does NewTek offer?’'3 has one other thing you won’t find in any ordinary' paint program:

help line. If you should have any questions while using'Digi-Paint 3, you’re not on your own. Call NeWTek’s technical support team at 1-800-736-7617 Monday through Friday, 8 am -7 pm Central Time.

Digi-Paint 3, Digi-View. and Transfer 24 are trademarks of NewTek Inc. DeluxePaint III is a trademark of E lectronic Arts.All brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

Digi-Paint 3 works in the Amiga’s powerful Hold And Modify (HAM) mode, which allows you to paint using all 4096 colors simulta­neously By comparison, Deluxe Paint III (by Electronic Arts) oper­ates in less sophisticated modes, restricting you to a maximum of only 64 colors. Advanced features available in Digi-Paint 3 -including Colorizing, Variable Transparency, Shad­ing, Lighten, Darken and Range Painting- are simply not possible in Deluxe Paint III due to its 64 color limitation. AMIGAWORLD warns, "Competitors may want to head back to the drawing board, because Digi-Paint 3 is hard to beat!”

“What makes Digi-Paint 3 belter than other HAM paint program s?”

Digi-Paint 3 is the only Amiga paint program written in 100% assembly language. Although challenging to program (taking up to 10 times longer than other computer languages), it’s the only way to achieve the incredible speed found in Digi-Paint 3- AMIGAWORLD calls it "the fastest HAM paint program yet” and AMIGA SENTRY estimates it’s, "6-10 times faster" than the nearest contender.

Other advanced features found only in Digi-Paint 3 include: anti­aliased texture mapping, anti-aliased fonts, ARexx support, 1024 x 1024 super bitmaps with auto-scrolling and dithering to 30 bits per pixel (over a billion colors internally, giving you tens of thousands of apparent colors). COMPUTER SHOPPER magazine reports "Digi-Paint 3 is without a doubt the most advanced HAM paint program to date!”

“But is Digi-Paint 3 easy to use?”I’ve learned that no matter how powerful a program is, if it’s

not friendly it’s not worth my' time. We designed Digi-Paint 3 with all users in mind-from the beginner just starting out with computers, to the "power user" who demands the most advanced features possible. The spiral-bound manual contains a step-by-step Guided Tour, 11 hands-on tutorials, a color coded reference card, and almost one hundred example photos.

Digi-Paint 3’s intuitive user interface was created by Digi-View designer (and NewTek Founder) Tim Jenison and renowned Amiga artist Jim Sachs. It features innovative "Dashboard” controls which AMIGAWORLD regards as "a joy to use" and "very easy to learn and understand”. INFO MAGAZINE says the new interface "looks great and works logically”.

“What is the Transfer 24 program included with Digi-Paint 3?”

Transfer 24 is a separate program disk included in the Digi-Paint 3 package, allowing you to alter any picture’s bright­ness, color saturation, contrast, hue and sharpness, almost as easily as adjusting the controls on your television set. Transfer 24 also lets you modify the size, palette, and resolution of any picture. These powerful features, known as "Image Pro­cessing", give you incredible control over your final artwork. You can also save your image in any of the Amiga’s 24 resolution modes (up to 768x480) making it com­patible with all Amiga graphics software. AX MAGAZINE notes that "Transfer 24 gives you even more options as to the final appearance of your work”. AMIGAWORLD declares, “Transfer 24 is great for making overall changes.”

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