AmigaShopper59-Feb96.pdf

The essential magazine for Amiga enthusiasts

Supertest

Issue 59 February 1996 £4.25

10 new printers are

tested, reviewed and

rated in our essential

buyers’ guide.

Money Matters 4

Plus much

more - see flnHflffl

back cover U «4£

Cinema 4D and Imagine 4

head-to-head inside!

ShopperFeatures

• Amateur film makers

LightworX turn

professional using the

Amiga and LightWave,

• At last, we bring you a I ^ '' '

comprehensive guide to

the Amiga’s Shell that

everyone can understand. 1 •

• Asim CDFS 3: Is this the ultimate set of tools for CD

drive owners or an overpriced luxury?

• Xi Paint: The modular paint package finally debits in

the UK released on compact disc!

• F1 Licenceware and Phase 2 CD-ROMs reviewed.

ShopperTutorials

Create your own private universe. All you need is a

copy of LightWave and some advice from Mojo.

Comms

Last month we looked at the basics of MIME, now we

explain how to customise MIME for any Amiga file type,

We give you tips on the best ways to print your DTP

document. Plus, win the DTP package of your choice!

AMOS

We tell you how to write a complete utility called AS

Disker in our AMOS tutorial this month.

From the makers of

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The Multi-Data Machine gives you a 4X CdRom plus a

650M removable in one half height drive. The Fourth Level

software includes the advanced tools for removable media

which have until now, only been available on the

Mo-Miga (FLIT s top of the range 1.3Gb M.O. system).

Ami-FileSafe - the new filing 's\stem which has taken

the Amiga market place by storm - is also included

along with with Full CDRom support.

Prices: Internal SCSI2 £5IO.OO+VAT = £599.25

Options: External add £ 45.00+VAT = £ 52.87

Oktagon Card

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NEW THIS MONTH

Books - Connect your Amiga

A Guide to the internet, Lans & BBS & online Services

by Dale L.Larsen - This is by an ex C= member of the Amiga

Networking Group. Well written comprehensive, this is a must

254 pages £11.95.

add £ 95.00+VAT — £111.62

Warning if you use a hard drive using FFS then if j

your maehine crashes or you reset whilst writing to

disk then your drive will most likely be invalid.

Get protected now with AFS.

All our HARD DRIVES are shipped with AFS

New LOW Prices

Phone for details - SCSI, IDE all types available.

Envoy £45.00 incl VAT

Amiga Envoy is the standard Amiga peer-to-peer

Play safe. Dealers can supply AFS as standard.

AFS protects your hard drive from invalidation. Choose a

dealer who can supply your new A 1200 & A4000 with AFS as

standard. Get safety and vastly improved performance.

REMEMBER THE MOTTO -

NO AFS!!-NO DEAL!!

networking software developed by Commodore's

Amiga Networking Group.

"Cool" -

Dave Haynie, Ex C= Senior Hardware Engineer

We are Sole European Distributors

Commodore Death Bed Video £ 14.00 Inc Vat

And NOW ZIP rives shipped with AFS

A i o r p f

By the master — Dave Haynie

Brilliant personal video shot by Dave Haynie. Over

two hours of recollections, stories & action by

the C= people. This is a video you must not miss.

The Christmas present for every Amiga fan

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This enhanced version is a result of the

the most reliable and user

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ot only are Power PCs on their

way (although they may take

longer than we would have

hoped), but Petro Tyschtschenko

has hinted at a new A1 200 for

early 1996. Plus, the World Of Amiga Show is

booked for April. I know we reported that it was

in January, but that was the information we were

given by Amiga Technologies at the time. Now,

however, they have actually booked the venue

and there’s even a ticket order line - turn to

page 14 to find out more.

Meanwhile, we have another

stunning issue for you - well, I would

say that, wouldn’t I?

First up, if you are wondering

why we have seashells strewn

around throughout the mag, well,

David has written a feature on

getting to grips with the Amiga's

system and using the Shell. I'd like to

see you try illustrating that one!

Second, we have a Supertest of

10 new printers on the market, the follow-up to

the printer Supertest in our July issue. There are

some excellent, value for money printers out

there. Read what Larry has to say about some of

them on page 26.

The reason we have a couple of boxers on

our cover becomes clear when you turn to page

36. Cinema 4D is a German 3D package that

has been

popular over

there for ages.

Now it has a

translation for

the UK market.

Will it knock

Imagine 4 out of

the ring?

Then we have a

competition for you to try

your luck at. Ten lucky readers could win five

CD-ROMs each. Just answer the

questions on page 46.

I know we're a

little short on

reviews in this

issue, but that's

because we had

so many other

things we

wanted to put in

- including our

printers Supertest which is one

big review, really. However,

we have a review special

planned for next month,

with pages and pages

on programs like

Datastore 2, Ami-Link,

AMOS Pro Compiler; and

hardware such as a new

SyQuest drive and a new

hard drive - as much as we

can fit in, in fact. Find out

what else we will feature on the

last page of this issue.

Back to this month, we have

another great 3D tutorial from Babylon 5 creator

Mojo, plus more on Comms, DTP and AMOS.

Don't forget to book your W OA tickets - we

will see you there! H

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February 1996

Issue 59 I

ShopperContents

February 1 9 9 6

Issue 5 9

The e s s e n tia l magazine for Amiga enthusiasts

Shoppe rTutorials

3D 60

Create your own personal Universe. All you

need are a copy of LightWave and Mojo’s 3D

tutorial series. Here he explains how to make a

truly realistic-looking planet.

C o m m s ________

Our Comms expert, Darren Irvine is back

with part two of his MIME tutorial. This month

he explains how to customise MIME for any

Amiga file type.

ShopperFeatures

DTP___________.

In the last DTP tutorial for the moment,

Larry Hickmott talks about the best ways to

present your documents for printing. Plus, you

could win the publishing program of your choice

- if you enter our competition on page 68.

Shell suits 22

We've had so many readers asking us to explain

how to use AmigaDOS that we decided to write

a feature all about it. David Taylor solves all

your problems and shows you how Shell can

improve your housekeeping tasks.

AMOS _____________70

Our AMOS tutorial continues with Steve Bye

of F1 Licenceware explaining how to write a

complete utility called AS Disker. You'll find

some AMOS code on the Coverdisks.

Looking to buy a printer? Turn to page 26 for

advice on which one to buy.

Shop per R e g u la rs

ShopperReviews

Cinem a 4D and

Im agine 4 _____

Coverdisks 6

We have a special time-limited version of the full

program Money Matters 4. Plus loads more!

News

3 6

A MIGA The latest version of the rendering

A picture o f a seashell. To go with our feature on

the A m iga’s Shell. Geddit?

program Imagine now has a new

challenger from Germany.

We talk to Amiga Technologies’ Jonathan

Anderson; the World Of Amiga Show dates; an

AMOS offer; Amigas in police stations

nationwide and loads more!

Amiga Answers 5 2

Win £25 if your image is printed here, so keep

your work flowing in! Plus, our experts are at

hand to help you solve your Amiga problems.

Printers S u p e rte s t_2 6

Buying a printer is one of the most important

purchases you can make after your Amiga.

Larry Hickmott assembles the best line up of

printers currently available for the Amiga and

puts each of them through some rigorous

testing. He then rates them all on their

performance and price.

C om petition. 4 6

We have another competition for you this month.

This time 10 readers can win 5 CD-ROMs each.

Interview 4 8

Two amateur film makers are using Amigas

to set themselves up in business.

Anna Grenstam talks to Gareth Collins

and Andrew Dymond of LightworX.

John Kennedy puts Imagine 4

and the new program, Cinema 4D

head-to-head on page 36.

Asim CDFS 4 2

Graeme Sandiford reviews Asim CDFS, a

new CD-ROM filesystem that has been popular

in the States for some time.

X iP a in t v3.2

4 4

Public D om ain__

Another collection of new PD programs. And an

excellent one at that!

L e tte rs ___________ 8 6

Win 25 quid for letter of the month.

Next month________9 0

On sale, Tuesday, 6th February 1996.

A brand new paint package arrives on the

market. But can it outperform Photogenics?

John Kennedy reviews MacroSystem's new

XiPaint version 3.2.

CD-ROMs

4 5

£500 of software for £30 and

legally! The F1 CD is a welcome

release as is Phase 2 from EMC.

David Taylor gives you the details.

ShopperServices

Reader Ads.

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Mail Order

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M arket Place

Ad Index

Mojo is back with his 3D tutorial. This month:

create your own Universe!

The Am iga rendering programs, Cinema 4D and

Im agine 4 are review ed on page 36.

Issue 59

February 1996

A M K S A S H O P P E R

February 1996

ShopperContents

Issue 59

ShopperDisks

We’ve done it again! We’ve found you

5Mb of the most useful programs and

utilities around and put them on our two

Coverdisks this month:

Money Matters 4 6

Digita have given us a special time-limited

version of their new finance package

Money Matters 4. Our version is fully

functional and will last for three months.

LicenceWare

We have two'excellent programs for you

this month. There's a special version of

Magic Paint Box (rated 96 per cent) and

the Lottery predictor Pro-Lottery 96.

Cinema 4D and Imagine 4

fight it out for first place!

ApplicationZone

You no longer have any excuse to be

disorganised - all you need is Epoch

Organiser, an organiser program (what a

surprise!) and QuickFile 3, a handy

database program. We also have the

excellent Morse Code Trainer which we

reviewed last month.

Page 36

Utility Zone

There s the brand new version of Virus

Checker 8.3; the audio CD player

InterPlay 4.Ob and then there's the Icon

Convert utility!

TechnicalZone

We have three utilities designed for the

more experienced Amiga user. There's Arc

and Arcbit, Clip Handler and Req2key.

InformationZone__ 12

We give you our comprehensive listing of

PD Houses and User Groups here.

Prog ram mirigZone _12

There's some more AMOS code in the

ProgrammingZone that goes with our

AMOS tutorial on page 70.

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February 1996

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