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EXPERT ADVICE • BEST BUYS • TOP TIPS • HOT NEWS
• PUBLISHING
IS Pagestream 2 enters the DTP fray - can it
provide anything new?........... page 39
ISSUE 2 • JUNE 1 9 9 1 • THE M A G A ZIN E FOR A M IG A BUYERS
• PROGRAMMING
P Find out which is the best programming
JJJ language for you - we've tested out every
Z single one............................... page 85
1 EDUCATION
III We recommend the
2 software that can
^ help your pre-schoof
and infant children
0 get a head-start
in life..... page 82
= COMMUNICATIONS
Essential step-by-step guide to using
bulletin boards......................... page 47
BUSINESS
Get the full story on how PC emulation
can open up a whole new world of
business software for you........ page 67
We name the paint programs that
can make you a master artist
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Whatever your problem with the
Amiga we will solve it - get in touch
iWith our panel of exp e rts ......page 17
All programs reviewed v Recommended best buys
Comprehensive tests v Informative ratings
• FULL REVIEWS PAGESTREAM 2
COLOURPIC
$ SEQUENCER ONE
KCS POWERBOARD
SCALA future
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BROADCAST TITLER 2
THE THINKER
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Over 50:000 have joined Special Reserve - the club which offers more for less with no obligation to buy.
We only supply members but you
can order at the same time as joining
£6.00 membership includes:
NRG colour magazine, with News, Reviews &
Graphics and featuring the adventures of the Neu-
Real Gamers Cyberpunk street gang. NRG is sent to
ali members bi-monthly and includes the Special
Reserve top ten charts, a release schedule of
forthcoming games and a full catalogue of club offers.
7-Day Sales hot-lines, 9am to 8pm weekdays. 9am
to 5pm Sat. 10am to 5pm Sun. 0279 600204.
Enquiries hot-lines, dedicated to after-sales service.
9am to 5pm weekdays. 0279 600205.
Fast despatch of stock items. Over 40,000 games in
stock. Games sent individually wrapped
Written receipt of order, and we issue refunds on
request in the event of any delay.
Best Prices and Best Service, that's why over
50,000 people have joined Special Reserve.
ANNUAL UK MEMBERSHIP Q C f)[)
UK £6.00 EEC £8.00 WORLD £10.00
INEVITABLY. SOME GAMES SHOWN MAY NOT YET BE RELEASED.
Inter-M ediates Ltd. Reg. Office: 2 South Block,
The M altings, Saw bridgeworth, Herts CM21 9PG.
VAT reg. no. 424 8532 51
SONY 3.5"
DS/DD DISK + LABEL
59p each or
£21.99 for 50
AMIGA A500 COMPUTER SCREEN GEMS
. r 'l MODULATOR. M OUSE. BACK IO THE F U T U R t 2.
DAYS OF THUNDER, BEAST 2, DELUXE PAINT 2 &
NIGHTBREED ........................................................................... 34<
PHILIPS 8833 MK2 MONITOR
COLOUR STEREO W ITH AM IG A LEAD
D l s l osts £14.99 extra but
I > 1 1 V I saves you up to £120
Annual subscription to XS NRG is just £ 14.99 for
Special Reserve members only. The price includes:
si colour review magazine for
Amiga, ST and PC users. Each issue is packed with
reviews of new games (and some of the best older
ones) and utilities. There's more about the NRG street
gang plus cheat modes, bulletin board and club letters.
You get more from the club with XS NRG. ..
in s, redeemable
against items bought from Special Reserve.
of pre-release or latest titles.
That's 18 reasons to buy XS NRG ....heres two more:
OR we’ll give you XS NRG PLUS... all for £ 29 . 99 .
XS NRG + disks + coupons + Populous + Sim City
AMIGA A501 512K RAM UPGRADE
TO 1 M EG. GENUINE ITEM W ITH CLOCK .
TEC HNICAL DEVELO PM ENTS AM IGA
512K RAM UPGRADE W ITH C LO C K ..............
ZYDEC AM IG A 512K
RAM UPGRADE W ITH CLOCK .......................
AMIGA A590 20 MEG HARD DRIVE
(AUTOBOO T W ITH KICKSTART, SOCKETS
FOR 2 MEG O F RAM, SCSI INTERFACE) ...
CUMANA EXTERNAL DISK DRIVE
CAX354 3.5” 880K FOR A500 OR A2000 ...
ROCTEC SLIM DISK DRIVE
EXTERNAL AM IG A DISK DRIVE RF332C,
DUST C OVER FOR AM IG A (CLEAR PVC)
DUST COVER FOR PHILIPS M ONITOR ...
O ^ ^ n t e r T s NRG PLUS at £ 29 .99.
Back row le ft to rig h t
COMPETITION PRO EXTRA G LO GREEN .....................13.49
QUICKJO Y JET FIGHTER JO YSTIC K .............................. 13.99
QUICKSHO T111A TU RBO 2 JO YSTIC K .............................. 8.99
QUICKSHO T130F PYTHON JO YSTIC K .............................. 9.99
TURBO BLASTER JOYSTICK ................................................ 9.99
C OM PETITION PRO EXTRA G LO RED ..........................13.49
F ront row le ft to rig h t
TURBO (RAPID FIRE) JOYPAD ............................................14.99
ROCTEC M OUSE FOR AM IGA ............................................15.99
Q UICKSHO T127 STARFIGHTER REMOTE
CONTROLLER + TW O INFA-RED JOYPADS .................29.99
QUICKSHO T138F MAVERICK 1 JO Y S T IC K.....................13.99
O ther ite m s no t sho w n
COM PETITION PRO 5000 B L A C K .......................................10,99
C OM PETITION PRO 5000 M EAN GREEN .....................10.99
C OM PETITION PRO 5000 RED/W HITE .............................. 9.99
C OM PETITION PRO 5000 W HITE ....................................... 10.99
COM PETITION PRO EXTRA C O M B A T .............................. 12.99
COM PETITION PRO EXTRA C LE A R ...................................13.49
CONTRIVER C820A ATARI ST MOUSE ..........................29.99
FOUR PLAYER AMIGA/ATARI ST JOYSTICK
ADAPTOR (FOR KICK OFF 2 ETC) .......................................7.99
M OUSE M A T .................................................................................... 3.99
NAKSHA MOUSE, BRACKET AND MAT (AM IG A/ST)...24.99
POPULOUS/FALCON LEAD (NULL MODEM) .................7.99
WE ONLY SUPPLY MEMBERS BU ’ YOU CAN ORDFR AS YOU JOIN
THERE IS A SURCHARGE OF 50P PER GAME FOR I r L t uHONED ORDERS
(PLEASE PRIN ' IN 3LOCK CA^I iAuSj
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PLEASE ENTER MEMBERSHIP FEE \£
CITIZEN SWIFT 9 COLOUR PRINTER
TRICTION & TRACTOR. 213 C PS/36 NLQ. COLOUR,
2-i M ONTHS W ARRANTY ..................................
CITIZEN SWIFT COLOUR PRINTER RIBBON ......
PRINTER LEAD AM G A OR ST
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ANTI-RADIATION & REFLECTION FILTER ..
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KIND W ORDS 2 W ORD
PROCESSOR,
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S P R E AD SH EbI AND
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Software Prices include UK or EEC Postage.
W orld software orders please add £1.00 per item.
For non-software items such as joysticks or blank disks
please add 10% EEC or 25% W orld for carriage.
Overseas orders must be paid by credit card.
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CONTENTS
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SHOPPING LIST
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News
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qttick-reference list to everything in
the issue. Just look for the relevant
name of the software, hardware
or subject and it should be here.
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under more than one heading for
ease of use.
AmigoDOS........................... 79
Answers...............................17
Assembly language........ 85&91
Basic language....................85
Bulettin boards......................47
Business................................67
C language...........................85
ColourPic..............................54
Deluxe Paint III......................29
Desktop publishing.................39
Digipaint Hi...........................29
Express Paint........... .............29
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Graphics .. ... .5 4
Hard disk drives..................105
Mouse.................................. 77
Musk...................................70
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Nows ............................. b
Pagestream .........................39
Special US report that keeps you right up to date with
all the new hardware and software launches.
12
Letters
You have your say and the Editor has his.
Desktop Publishing
Can Pagestream 2 take Professional Page 2's crown
as the top Amiga DTP program?
39
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Paint programs revealed in all their glory.
Comms
Find out exactly how to use bulletin boards.
47
Art on Trial
2D paint programs go under the microscope.
21
Graphics
Get into grabbing with the ColourPic video digitiser.
54
Questionnaire
Help make this an even better magazine by telling
us exactly what you want from it.
59
AMOS
More invaluable programming hints and tips.
60
Programming Languages
Find out which programming language is the one
for you and what they can do best.
85
62
Video
Scala and Broadcast Titler 2 put through their paces
REVIEW S
Business
Find out how you can run all that PC business
software on your own little Amiga.
67
Pagestream 2
The latest contender in the DTP program wars.
39
70
Music
Will Sequencer One be music to your ears?
ColourPic
Get some gorgeous grabs with this digitiser.
54
82
Education
All the best software for pre-school and infant kids.
Scala
62
Full review of this exciting new presentation program
Reader Ads
Find a bargain or sell your own unwanted stuff.
99
Broadcast Titler
Can you be without this for your video work?
62
Buyers' Guide
Crucial guide to which floppy or hard disk you neec
105
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Programmmg languages. .85
Reader ads...........................99
Scab....................................62
KCS Powerboard
Get a taste of the world of PC compatibility.
67
Buyers' Advice
Get our advice on buying stuff safely.
108
Sequencer One
70
Time for this one to face the music - but will it dance?
Subscriptions 111
Make sure you get your Amiga Shopper every month.
Thinker
Find out what all this talk of hypertext is about.
73
The Graphics Studio...............29
Thinker..................................73
US news................................. 8
Zy-Fi speakers.......................77
Zy-Fi Speakers
Will your ears be deafened, delighted...or plugged?
77
TUTORIAL s
Assembly Language
77
Truemouse
77
81
AmigaDOS
Check out the latest rodent to join the scurrying race.
C*. CONTACTS
Editorial
S Bob Wade - Editor
30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW
* 0225 442244
Advertising
Margaret Clarke - Advertising Manager
2nd Floor, Rayner House, 23 Higher
Hillgate, Stockport SKI 3ER
O O061-474 7333
Subscriptions
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P U B U C D O M A IN 1
E verything yo u need to k n o w a b o u t fin d in g a n d
using fre e s o ftw a re can be fo u n d in o u r special
section sta rtin g on
W hatever your problem w ith the Am iga we
w ill solve it - get in touch w ith our panel of
e x p e rts ......page 17
Pa ge 113.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 2 • JUNE 1991
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ond INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.
Forget the rest...THIS IS THE FIIGHT OF FANTASY! Over 409,600
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conventional war, 4 grades of opponent, 4 world scenarios.
THE SUPREME AMIGA PACK FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) PLUS SOME GREAT SOFTWARE...
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(or without monitor £699)
The Totally Mew 1 Mb...
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AMIGA NEWS
Digita get up
U SER GROUP NEWS
by Janet Bickerstaff
Are you getting the most from
your Amiga? If not, why not
join o user group. There are
ICPUGs (Independent
Commodore Products Users
Group) in many parts of the
country. One friendly crowd is
ICPUG South West, which
meets at the Queen's Arms
Hotel, Charmouth, near
Bridporf, Dorset, on the second
Sunday of the month at 10 am.
Members take their own
machines dong to the
meetings. All machines are
covered. The organiser, Pete
Miles, is the organiser for the
whole of the ICPUG Amiga PD
software library - around 800
disks in all - which are free to
members. Being a member of a
user group is your chance for
individual help and advice, so
get in touch.
Peter Miles, ICPUG South West
® 0297 60339
in the clouds
W hat masterpieces are about to
be com posed on D ig ita 's new
Wordworth w ord processor?
With the look and feel of Workbench
2 and the ability to use pictures, multiple
fonts and colours in the same document,
Wordworth is likely to raise the
standards in the Amiga's tired word
processor market. It comes with an
impressive list of features: headers and
footers, variable page sizes, extensive
editing tools, speech, and so on.
Output can be sent to any
Preferences-based printer. As well as
reading and writing
ASCII and IFF format
files, Wordworth can
support formats used by
other word processors
such as Protext.
Also included is a
110,000-word English
dictionary and a
thesaurus, both by
Collins. The price is
£129.95 including VAT.
Digita International
« 0395 270273
Wax lyrical with a copy of the new Wordworth word
processor, or should that be prose-setter?
RAM it home
by Cliff Ramshaw
Amiga 500 owners now have
even more ways to increase their
computer's memory, with the
announcement by Supra of their
500RX RAM expansion unit.
It comes supplied with 2Mb
already installed, with the
capacity to take a further 6Mb
internally to bring the 500 up to
its full quota. The unit also takes
zero wait state, fast RAM with
hidden refresh.
With vital statistics of 9.5"
long by 2.5" high by 1" wide, it
should leave plenty of desk-space
free. It plugs into the Amiga's
expansion slot, but includes a
throughport - a major advantage
for A500 owners, since it means
further peripherals such as the
A590 hard drive can be added
afterwards. Also, any RAM in the
A590 can be used in conjunction
with the Supra 500RX RAM (up
to the Amiga's maximum of
8.5Mb], The Supra 500RX with
2Mb is £169 from WTS.
Supra® 010 1 503 967 9075
WTS ® 0582 491949
C AST YOUR
NET WIDE
P l u g i n t o t h e f a s t l a n e
by Cliff Ramshaw
Shift your Amiga into overdrive with two new
accelerator boards from the American firm
Great Valley Computers.
Called the A3050, the first is a revamp of
their older 50MHz 68030 accelerator board.
It comes with 4Mb of RAM as standard, and is
expandable up to 32Mb. An optional extra is
either a 120Mb or half-height 340Mb Maxtor
hard drive unit. All of this can be fitted into the
A2000's CPU slot, leaving the expansion slots
free for further goodies. The base model, with
4Mb, is available for £1995.
The second board, the A2000 Combo,
also uses a 68030, and is available in two
versions: with a clock speed of 22MHz and
1Mb of RAM, expandable to 13Mb; and a
clock speed of 44MHz with 4Mb of RAM
expandable to 16Mb.
Both versions of the accelerator boards
include GVP's Series II autobooting SCSI
controller and come with connectors for
attaching internal and external drives. An
optional hard drive is also available and has a
capacity of up to 340Mb.
The 22MHz version starts at £799 and
the 33MHz version at £1495, but these prices
are provisional at present.
GVP ® 010 1 215 337 8770
Power Computing ® 0234 843 388
Better international
communications are now a
possibility with the
introduction of The Direct
Connection. This allows
anyone with a modem
access to USENET News,
the world's largest on-line
conferencing network.
USENET is different
from ordinary bulletin
boards in that it is not based
on a single computer that
users call up, but is instead
a system whereby messages
are passed across an
enormous network of
machines. It carries
information on many diverse
subsections (eg Amigas,
sports, literature, jobs,
games) and is supported by
many universities and
colleges, user groups and
government bodies.
Normally this
information is only available
to users of large computer
systems, but The Direct
Connection allows a home
user with a modem and
communications software to
get connected for £11.75 a
month. A free on-line
demonstration is available
by dialling:
» 081 853 3965.
The Direct Connection
* 081 853 2283
S w i t c h i n g m a d e s a f e
No more yanking mice
from their homes and
feverishly slamming
joysticks into place
when playing a two-
player game (This is
when I'm out of the
office is it? - Ed).
W ith Josty UK's
new Roboshift
interface, both a
mouse and joystick can
share the same port.
Selection between the
tw o devices is achieved
by pressing either the
left mouse button or
the joystick fire button.
Josty UK
® 0642 769000
A HELLO TO ARMS
Robotics comes to the Amiga
with the Alfred Robot System
from Think. Alfred is a
miniaturised replica of the
industrial robots built by
HadenHill Systems - o
mechanical arm with five axes
of revolution - and is intended
primarily for educational use.
It is also reckoned to
provide some 'stimulating
activities of therapeutic value
for disabled people'.
Software is included that
displays motor positions, learns
and replays robot movements
and allows the student to relate
software instructions to robot
positions. The arm and
software costs £360.
Think ® 021 384 4168
Both your mouse and joystick can comfortably share the same I
hole with Josty UK’s latest two-into-one interface.
AMIGA SHOPPER • ISSUE 2 • JUNE 1991
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