Volume 1 Number 7 December 1988 £1.95 A Database Publication OMPUTING AMIGATALKER Phonemes, the easy way to make Amy laugh, sing and giggle AMIGASTORE Microfiche Filer, a database which thinks it is a photograph A star is born We reveal the secret drama behind the creation of the miracle machine THE AMAZING AMIGA . . . Pack Includes: ASOflCPU, Mouse, P.S.U.,T,V. Modulator, Very First Tutorial, Workbench 1>3„ Basic, Extras and Manuals, PLUS POSTRONIX BONUS PACK WORTH OVER *2?U which includes 10 Blank Di^ks. Disk Storage Box, W Excellent Games.. Mouse Mai, Moust: Bracket (Mouse Holder) Deluxe Pa int. £399.00 + iS.M [HK1 siitd packing AMIGA 500 + 1084S STEREO/COLOUR MONITOR £649.00 {including the above items) + CHMKI pnst and packing COLOUR MONITOR 1084S STEREO/COLOUR MONITOR nZQ 00 Compatible wilh PC\ WJ/iVV Amiga, CMe. C 1 2;s + £5,00, posl and packing mps 1200P £229.99 i- £5 .Ml post ;ind packing The QimnKidorf MPSUKHiP pcinicf present ibe state of Ihe art in den matrix printers, *iifo all the features of a printer that woiild msl much more. The MPS12H0P is desient d to he like thiee printers in one. El can adjust like ;n; I >on I \ jirmrer. oi fliith ihe flip of :l s^ itch, il can act just like an IBM Graphic* Printer wilh JBM Group ][-[ duuartci scM Danish/Nun* ctiini character set) support, ltcanalso print all the characters available *"hhthe Amiga in ihe Amiga confipraiion.The MPS1200P is capable d all ihe printing functions you would expect, & weB as sonic additional fcaiures you may not especi. MPS 1500C COLOUR PRINTER £1 OO OO Lm HM< U rHABAtTERISTlCS + £J,(ilr^ and packing PRINTING TEC H % IQL 1: I m part dm mai ris (^needle print head I . DRAFT MODE . -matrix: 9 vertical dots 1 (5 H-IJliorfctmtaild^; pfiilspttd: l20char.'"s.aL IHutuifiii TABULATION SPEED . .2char^ rkiM'INCi IHkLCl'lON , faMbficticmL wi ih opi imiscd heiid mo^meiiT PRINT FTTH EM LOchar/ii lo24/diaifn programmable from line, and inSIfT-UPmodc LINE FEED - Lftn(4 23 mm), 1/8(3,17 nil) and TO in |2.J mmi: ■• d/216 aland nfl2 in, rHAKACTEKSO ASCD characters aid special characters M \\. mi NT I . INE I .ENGTH » 40 to-p 1 42 characters, aomrrJng to prim pitch selected. AMIGA 1010 DISK DRIVE Amiga ,1.5" external drive. Capacity 880K PLUS FREE DISK £1 IQ (JO STORAGE BOX & dUl^T^*^^ 10 BLANK DISKS + £S.W post and packing A501RAM f 1/100 Q PACK H45F.W S12K for the Aung. +*' ' " ,| " ki " ( ...AND MORE BESIDES! FANTAVISIDN He magic muiior special effceis Eeneraior. Use "Fantavisions'" simple cools Eo mak ■niiaKdfi^rv- ciealuresirccp, clouds sail, or lightning flash in anwi mi detail. Even create your own sonrucl tratk with out library of reaJbLic sounds. Ilea capiuie [ill (he .magic of 'Tama vision" on a show disk. £39.95 FH#T#N PHOTON PAINT Ai last, a powerful Lo and Hi Rcsoluiion, hold and modih paim program with overran and special effects bribe Amiga computer £69.99 £uroa peats' ^ VcJ. TV SHOW Special effect slide show, incredible screen transiiions. supports all IFF graphics formal* arid includes powerful script cdiior. All these facilities make producing anim aicd presenlalions of your graphics* snip. £69.95 TV TEXT TV Text Dfinjp the capabilities of expensive- video character generators to you and your Amiga, Create professional quality lettering and backgrounds for presentation gjnpJilcsor ^'ideo applications. Bui Id io<ur palette from 4096 colours and n-ike exiting lilies wiih automatic rendering atiributes. DICI- ^niNT o N ..Ts excellence! £99.99 DIGI PAINT Finally you lap the full graphics potential of the Amiga with Digj Paint. Tncfiist full Cnn tured *096 colour paim program. £59.95 EXCELLENCE Grammatical checker for wend processing. Sopru'siicaied enough 10 use in desktop puhlfthifi£. £185.00 ANALYSE Integrated spreadsheet graphics for the Amij^a. £59.99 ORGANISE • Professional Dala Information Manager • Powerful Maikmatical Functions * Reports * Files * Sorts £59.99 SCRIBBLE ■Fuji Featured Word Processor * Spelling Checker * Mail Merge Wraelkryou area heginrKa 1 or aa experienced user. Scribble is the word processor i hat can accommodate vo*i i needs. £59.99 ZING Ovtr 100 enhancements . . . VI .03 the fastest way to access the powerful! Amiga operating sysiem. Execute hundreds of operations without having to type complex commands ai the keyiward. £54.99 ZING KEYS Powerful utility p acta $e which provide* you miih full keyboard and mouse control ZfJMA FONTS HLeJi quality tjpcstylg for your Amiga foni library • Each volume contains I typestyks, each in 6 Ste approximaiery JO to 100 lines useable in 3 serpen resolutions. £34.99 'the Works! THE WORKS £34.99 «r«iE:'% I WRITE AND FILE The integraied word processor and daiabase manager. Because * Write and FOe" has hoth a word processor and database manager in out program, it is easy to do mail merge. _ FLIPSIDE Should you creaie a large spreadsheet, "F]ipside ,B ean easily print ihe^liect as large accessary, thus allowing unlimited columns and column widths £59.99 £65.00 ZING SPELL Check and correct your spelling as VOu lype £54.99 ■■■ii. ::: The Amiga computer starter kit includes X 1 /I] I 1 1 I wordpiocesMr, spreadsneei and database . OW JL M \J * " V * A poweiH electronic spreadsheet module ■V "I .\lz m U * T]lc *' or<3 yr^* US modules come with a spelling checker and ■"J*. V - j|« ■:» m rr ;i i n x rge taci li[y. Si "! mZSll * ^ professional database module helps von colled and ■■" manage information ni data easily . 2£?rXF ORGET - 1F ITS N0T LISTp D IT DOFSNT MEAN WE DONT STOCK IT, RING FOR DETAILS & PRICES OF ANY AMIGA SOFTWARE PRODUCT/ ACCESSORIES (MM) 79177L IF YOU REQUIRE A FREE CATALOGli&PLEASE TICK TJ urr ., ,_., SSBSSf" Managing Editor Derek MealtLn Group Editor Aim McUchlin Editor Simon Rodman Prvductiorr Editor Petel Glover Art Editors Mark Nolan Doug Steele Editorial Assistant: Elaine Rawlins S$ws Editor Mike Cowfey ildrcrfuieiDftrf Manager John Snowden Aifreiffsur; Saiw Winch Colboume AMIGA SCENE ADVENTURES Ofitt £34153 QGHflMi 3*25 87^(1 MK8Tf»68 G14ABB3B3 7 LATEST NEWS What to look for at the Commodore show, news of the BBC emulator and 19 SEAFARING FANTASY Gel lost in the Bermuda Triangle, try to fethom the Legend of the Sword, show news ot the UHL, emulator ana iu wmum u« ^ fi — ^ ~-~ - Srst HAM gam* plus I** gossip ptu. . look Alhe very latest game* from Jim Butild in America. for those with an adventuring bent. EtitnriA AdniiitstnitJHrn: Tdimm, CoH: Fix: PthIeI Mailbox: Published by: Datibra! Puhlfcitions Lid. EurtpiHaiiH. Adlington Park. Adlington, Macclesfield SKlO 4NP. Database Publications is a division of Eurapress Ltd ISSN OfiS2-5B44f Amiga Compiiling ntlconte artlcks far pmbli- citipB, Matefiik sbould be liped ° r eanpwlec- priiNDd, sad prtferibly AaublertpwHL Prep»m Ud- hp slwuid iw KCKApwmd by Jut fbtseackw ritura flf ■uteriil ™ml bf fuarajited. Caatri- kroaii tan only be raceptod for publication by LWbae Pfltatiou Lid on m alkqlrt* tore, (g ifflfl Ditiiw PubliciHraii Lid. Np mrieriil wr be rtpwhod in whole or in ptri wilfciHi wriBea p^aisttoii Wbik fwjt are is liiua. the pu^ liihiKR ciTUkOi be bekS Legilh wpmsibfe (or any antm in sticks, Imttn^ • idnrtflsmflifi. iiri CflfflfliocbF &HBMS5 Mdkinff flJ.fcJ Lti is airfjwpcnsil)*fo*pro/rbeartd=Jii(toiMi»ir for any -af !he opinio as etprrasflf New lr*& distribution: Enrapras Soles and LKsr Iribtrtirm UmjuhL M 1, HiBftss Rotd. lijfeauii Um, Htstinp, &d Subb TN35- 4"NR- T-iil: WW Interchange and Fvncy Fonts Pag* tl GRAPHICS / INTERCHANGE AND J. M FANCY FONTS Two really handy tools to reduce the effort needed to produce good looking ray traced image* by integrating with Sculpt and similar graphics packages. COVER STORY 24 THE AMIGA STORY Fascinating facts: How Commodore came to produce Ike world's best micro, II is a tale which needs to be passed on to new Amiga owners. HOUSE CALL 28 MEET ORIGIN John Minson went to America to meet Richard Garioit and Chris Roberts, two Englishmen who have made flood in the new world by creating Ultima, BUSINESS ~\ £L DIGICALI \J Tt 9 OUT OF 10 The first thing you have to du with a spreadsheet is work out how to repay the loan needed to buy it. Res Last looks at one which costs less than £40. BUSINESS *C g\ ASDG'S |J U CYGNUSED We look at a top quality text and program editor which enhances an American company's reputation for being every programmer* Mend, PROGRAMMING 43 GETTING GOING wrrac Hugh Allen has to write magazine articles to finance his addiction to C. He outlines some of the additional packages you'll need to get started. BUSINESS 46 MICROFICHE FILER Digic&lcj 9 vuiW W. - . P*g* 34 Here's a system based on microfiche which gives rapid access to text and graphics. It's a novel approach that really simplifies using a database. 4 AMIGA COMPIHINO December tasB CONTENTS Game Killer Page 74 PROGRAMMING il cl SOFTWARE f| / AMIGA vr m MCADE Pioneer Plague and Rocket Ranger head a collection of games which prove (hat the Amiga can hi: sin unbeatable games machine. GAME KILLER The com...
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