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An Amiga U ser g ro u p o f 32 peo p le b rin g to g eth er a co m p u ter sh o w th at attracts A m iga users an d v en d o rs from a ro u n d the w orld a n d revitalises an in d u stry ,
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history, and a sense of u n p red ictab ility by d o in g w h a t every h u m a n d o es best, being im perfect.
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This m o n th w e w ill try to w o rk som e m agic on the e-m ail problem .
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T his O ld W orkB ench: E p iso d e 7
Boot Camp, GUI Wars, and Teaching Old D ogs N ew Tricks by Dave Matthews
E xpand y o u r A m iga's versatility w ith a few utilities such as a m u sic a l/p ic to ria l boot sequence, a variety of G U I a u th o rin g utilities, in d iv id u alized color on y o u r screens, and m ore.
32 This Old WorkBench, P.28
Translucent Shapes
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A m iga d ev elo p e rs m eet to d e term in e co o p erativ e strateg ies to co n tin u e A m iga d ev elopm ent.
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How To Organize Your Life
by Steve Yankee
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The Gateway C om puter Show, held March 15 and 16 at the Harley Hotel in St. Louis, (see page 42) was one of the most invigorat ing events for Amiga users this year. Show coordinator and Gateway Amiga Club member, Bob Scharp, stated that early counts of attendees was over 900. This figure did not include the exhibitors and it could not begin to state the dedication of the Amiga users who attended. There were groups who had driven to St. Louis from as far away as Denver, New Orleans, Pennsylvania, Eastern North Carolina, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, and Chicago. Some exhibitors and other users had flown in from France, England, Germany, as well as points in the US and Canada. In a market that has had a barrage of new s ranging from indifferent to bad, it was am azing to see people enthused about their Amigas and actively searching for w ays to im prove it.
"This is a great time if you are an Amiga user. Things I w anted a while ago I could not afford, but now I can get some things I can really use." This w as not an unusual senti ment as users bought memory, hardw are, program s, drives, and just about everything in the Compuquick, National Amiga, and other booths. Not everything w as sold by the end of the show, but no one I talked with w as sorry they had come. One major factor for everyone's high spirits was the association w ith other people who shared a comm on interest. Amiga users w ere able to speak w ith each other about program s, fixes, and new techniques where as they possibly had no one to speak with at home. The other main factor could be that these Amiga veterans have already been hardened in this type of battle and under stood that to keep their head w as the best way to achieve a good outcome. N o Sale, N o Q uikPak
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In a session held Sunday morning from 8:30 to 10:35, Kermit Woodall of Nova Design m oderated a meeting of developers and interested parties (see page 46) on w hat was required to keep the Amiga grow ing even while there was no ow ner of the Amiga technology. C onsidering the early hour and the fact that most developers were also exhibitors at the show and needed to check out of their rooms before the show started, it was a fantastic standing room only crowd. Bob Scharp w ent out twice for more chairs. The general consensus from this meeting was that Amiga developers needed to w ork together to establish the standards that w ould allow the Amiga to continue to develop over the next few years. M undane matters such as co-op advertising, coordinated direct mail, and better comm unication for vendors and users was also a key elem ent of the discussion. However, no one discussed quitting. Everyone in that meeting w as focused on w hat it would require to keep the Amiga an active platform and w hat changes could be made to assure its continued growth. A m ig a Enthusiasm
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Unfortunately, another 'deadline' created by the trustees for the purpose of pushing along the Amiga sale had passed and no one w as the current holder of the Amiga technology. Many attendees were upset that QuikPak had not appeared as had been first advertised. According to Q uikPak's Dan Robinson, this was a m isunderstanding. QuikPak had stated that they w ould come if there w as a sale. Since there was no sale, they had no clear new s to tell people. A Utile D e d ica tio n
The Amiga is back w as the theme of this year's event. Exhibitors and attendees wore bright yellow smile buttons as dozens of helium-filled balloons floated throughout the show area. The show organizers were creating a look of optim ism and it worked. The G ateway Amiga Club is an organization of just 32 people. In any other m arket, no one w ould expect a club of this size to effectively create and organize a show like this one. Their effort dem onstrates just how powerful a force a well focused group can be. I hope we have the op portu nity to do more show s as meaningful as C AC's and I hope we all realize how much the future of the Amiga platform is literally in the hands of its users.
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“ We need to support the new buyer with purchases of existing technology and of the new techn o lo gy when it finally does co m e out.” D ear AC,
u p g r a d in g o f a n a g in g tec h n o lo g y ,
h a s u se rs th a t h a v e th e k n o w le d g e th a t
a n d I k n o w th a t a lot o f u s h a v e
th e u se rs o f th e A m ig a d o . T h e ea sy
th in g o n th e A m ig a situ a tio n th a t w e
A m ig a s b e c a u se th e y a re a c tu a lly a
w a y to p ro v e th is is ju s t lo o k a t all th e
a re c u rr e n tly e x p e rie n c in g . I am
c h e a p e r w 'ay to g e t in to th e
s h a r e w a re a n d o th e r p ro g r a m s y o u
c u rre n tly w o rk in g as a P ro d u c e r a t
c o m p u te r m a rk e t. N o w I h a v e
fin d u p d a te d d a ily o n A m in e t. Y ou
M a rc u s M ed ia in W a u s a u , W I. I also
se e n o n th e w e b c o m p la in ts a b o u t
ca n a ls o tell ju s t b y th e d a y to d a y
h a v e a s tu d io o f m y o w n w ith a
th e p ric e s th a t o ld e r A m ig a s still
su rv iv a l o f th e p la tfo rm . M o st o f u s
T o a ste r 2000 w /4 .1 s o ftw a re fro m
c a rry , b u t th e y d o n 't re a liz e th a t
h a v e n 't h a d a n A m ig a d e a le r in th eir
w h ic h I p r o d u c e d a L ocal R eal E state
e v e n th e A 1000 is still b asically
area fo r y e a rs a n d h a d to le a rn to d o
sh o w w h ic h a irs in 86,000 h o m e s. I see
(o th e r th a n th e A G A c h ip se t) the
th in g s fo r o u rse lv e s.
so m a n y le tte rs te llin g w h o e v e r e n d s
s a m e c o m p u te r a n d fo r th e m o st
u p w ith th e A m ig a , w h a t th e y feel
p a r t ca n r u n c u r r e n t p ro g r a m s th a t
s h o u ld b e d o n e w ith it. W ell h e re 's m y
a re n o t A G A d e p e n d a n t.
I w a n t to sa y a little so m e
tw o c e n ts w o rth .
I a m a lo n g tim e A m ig a
I also h a v e to sa y o n e m o re th in g ...th e d e a le rs o u t th e re h a v e to le a rn to b e m o re c u s to m e r b a se d . A lot o f tim es, w h e n I call th e d e a le r, th ey
u s e r th a t g o t in tro d u c e d to the
act lik e I m u s t b e th e p ro b le m , c o u ld n 't
p e o p le re a liz e h o w lo n g it w ill tak e fo r
m a rk e tp la c e th r o u g h v id e o . M y
be th e m . W ell I k n o w tim e s a re to u g h
th e new ' o w n e rs to g e t n e w te c h n o lo g y
A m ig a b ir th d a te w 'as Ju ly o f '89. I
fo r th e re m a in in g A m ig a d e a le rs. B ut
o u t to th e m a rk e tp la c e . E v en if the
s ta rte d w ith a n A 500 a n d a S u p e r
h e y it's to u g h fo r u s too! T o o m a n y
I h o p e th a t m o s t o f th e se
A m ig a is p u rc h a s e d b y Q u ik P a k in th e
G en , a n d th e v e ry first e d itio n of
tim e s I'v e c a lle d to talk to a d e a le r
n e x t c o u p le of d a y s it's g o in g to b e a
Jeff K arlin es JDK Im a g e s p ro g ra m .
a b o u t s o m e th in g a n d g o tte n a p e rs o n
lo n g h a r d ro a d . W e n e e d to s u p p o r t
W e fo llo w e d Jeff th r o u g h m o s t of
o n th e o th e r e n d w ith a p re tty b a d
th e n e w b u y e r w ith p u rc h a s e s of
th e u p g r a d e s th a t h e h a d to offer.
a ttitu d e .
e x is tin g te c h n o lo g y a n d of th e n ew
T h e n c a m e th e V id eo T o a ste r a n d
te c h n o lo g y w 'hen it fin ally d o e s co m e
la te r th r o u g h m a n y re v isio n s a n d
s a y a b o u t th e D ra c o is th e ir c u s to m e r
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM T h e b ig g e s t th in g I h a v e to
o u t. B ut w ith o u t th e s u p p o r t o f th e
d iffe re n t jo b s I now ' u se th e Flyer. I
serv ice. W h e n I c a lle d Eric K lo o r a t
c u rr e n t te c h n o lo g y , e v e n if Q u ik P a k is
p u rc h a s e d m y F ly er in M a rc h of
D ra c o s y s te m s a n d to ld h im h o w I felt
u n b e lie v a b ly fin a n c ia lly sta b le , th e y 're
'96. I a lso p u rc h a s e d a D raco
a b o u t th e D raco a n d h o w I felt it
g o in g to n e e d m o n e y to p ro d u c e the
sy s te m w h ic h fo r m e p e rs o n a lly
w a s n 't g o in g to w 'ork for m e h e w a s
d id n 't w o rk o u t. In p la c e of the
VERY g o o d a b o u t m e re tu rn in g it a n d
D raco I g o t a n o th e r 4000 w ith a P ar
g e ttin g m e m y m o n e y back . I feel th a t
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M e g a g e M AV8RPro MegageM has announced a new version of their popular AV8R controller hardw are and software, AV8RPro! AV8RPro has all of the features of AV8R plus dozens of new features. If you are already using AV8R, then the AV8RPro upgrade is just w hat you will need to take AV8R to new heights of Flyer editing support convenience. AV8RPro not only accesses Flyer projects and clips, but AV8RPro now is linked to the T oaster/Sw itcher/Flyer system as well! The new features in AV8RPro includes: fast autom atic timeline update, quickly access clip in /o u t 'm atch' frames, quick 'trim ' buttons for + /- 2 or + /-1 0 fram e edits, edit Still & Framestore durations, direct access to F lyer/T oaster screen, instant freeze/ lo ad /sav e of Flyer video to/from IFF and Toaster DV1 framebuffer for CG overlays, complete Amiga menu support, m ore hotkeys, timecode displays for AV8R's unique auto-sync edit tools, im proved tim eline/ED L interactions, extended functions for the AV8R hardw are edit controller, and MORE! AV8RPro complete w ith controller is $599.95. AV8RPro softw are only is $349.95. U pgrade from AV8R to AV8RPro for $100.00 (FREE VideoGems CD-ROM through M arch 17,1997). U pgrade from AV8R to AV8RPro WITH Controller for $349.95 ($50 off controller). Free shipping in the US. CALL MegageM to arrange your upgrade! I lie p re ss releases a n d n e w s a n n o u n c e iu c u ls in N ew P ro d u c ts a re from A m ig a v en d o rs a n d others. W hile A m a z i n g C o m p u t i n g m a in ta in s th e rig h t to e d it these a rtic le s, the s ta te m e n ts , etc. m ade in th e se re p o rts a re those o f the v en d o rs a n d no t A m a z i n g C o m p u t i n g .
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Impulse Announces Special Offer for A m ig a Im ag in e 5.0 Im pulse Inc., the makers of Imagine, have recently released the 5.0 version of Im agine for the Amiga. They are offering a special one-time offer for all Amiga users to order the 5.0 version of this 3D software complete w ith ARexx and Cybergraphics support for $100.00. This special offer will make you a registered user. If you live in the USA or Canada you may call 1-800-328-0184 to place your order for Imagine 5.0. If you live outside these areas you may call 1-612-425-0557. FAX orders to 612-425-0701 or e-mail
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Figure 1 (Top). The ball in the background displays a smooth procedural texture, while the more d a m a g e d ball in the foreground has a bitm ap ap p lied to it with a bum p m ap. Which one appears to have a real personality? Figure 2 (Bottom). Bump maps are used on all objects here to give them depth and a strange dream like believqbility.
a b le p e rs o n , h a s to h a v e s o m e w rin k le s a n d scars. P e o p le w h o a re too " b e a u tif u l" , ju s t lik e objects th a t a re to o s m o o th a n d s y m m e tric a l, h a v e n o p e rs o n a lity a n d re m a in s u s p e c t. P e o p le a n d o b jects w h o r u n w ith th e to o -b e a u tifu l c ro w d g iv e th e a p p e a ra n c e of a ir h e a d s , w ith n o m e a n in g fu l s u b s ta n c e to d is p la y o r sh a re . I h a v e n o p e rfe c t b e a u tifu l
frie n d s, a n d I o w n n o p e rfe c t b e a u tifu l th in g s. M y b e s t frie n d s a re lik e m y m o s t c h e ris h e d to o ls, h e ld to g e th e r w ith d u c t tap e. B abylon 5. Yes! G iv e m e o m in o u s sp id e r-lik e craft, m a r re d a n d tw is te d fro m jo u r n e y in g to a th o u s a n d sy s te m s a n d ac ro ss th e w re n c h in g m o u th s o f a h u n d r e d w o rm h o le s . G iv e m e a sp a c e v e h ic le th a t h a s b e e n p a tc h e d a n d je rry -rig g e d w ith g u m , w h o s e d o o rs so m e tim e s stick. G iv e m e in h a b ita n ts th a t a re th e re fu se of th e g a la x y , th a t s p o r t m issin g lim b s fro m b a ttle s of in c o n s e q u e n c e in so m e o u t o f th e w a y sp a c e b ar. G iv e m e th e M ille n n iu m F alcon, a g o o d r u n n e r w ith d e n ts a n d b a rn a c le s. D o n 't g iv e m e a s h ip re s p le n d e n t w ith c h ro m e , lik e th e o b n o x io u s b u m p e r s s p o r te d b y a fiftysix B uick. G iv e m e s o m e re ality .
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c re a tu re s in J a b b a 's p a la c e in R e tu rn of th e Jed i eith er). T h e s e c o n d w a y to e m u la te re a lity fo llo w s th e w a y of S p ie lb e rg ia n c a rto o n ism , D a lie sq u e c o m p o s itio n s , a n d re m in isc e n c e s of th e b u lk y ro c k e ts fro m th e F lash G o rd o n se ria liz e d a d v e n tu r e s o f th e 1930's.
Zen Dents T h e Z e n a rtis t a p p re c ia te s th e d e n ts th a t c o m e w ith re a lity . In the p ra c tic e of Z e n p o tte ry m a k in g , it is su g g e s te d th a t a d e n t o r in c o n g ru ity be c o n sc io u sly a d d e d to a p ie c e b efo re it is fire d . T h is b re a k s th e m a c h in e -lik e s y m m e try o f the p o tte ry , a n d a t th e
Figure 3 (Top). Here, the background colors ad d a d eg ree of mystery and Zen Denting to the array of contrasting reflective spheres. Green is not a "normal” color to incorporate into a sky, an d emphasizes the effect. Figure 4 (Bottom), This is a cartoony vehicfe. Instead of all metallic surfaces, a near plastic look is ac h ie ved by utilizing bright primary colors in the construct.
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Take a look at tha row of buttons above That la the speedbar On the l e f t end o f that speedbar are the fu n ctio n buttons fo r s a n ip u la tin g the fo ld e r and its eessages In order, there are Q uit Voodoo, Ic o m fv . Open new fo ld e r, Send new ■ a il D e lete aessage. Save to fo ld e r . Reply to th is aessage S e lect previous aessage and Select next aessage I f you can not see a l l buttons, take the window w ider or s c ro tt the bar by holding down e ith e r s h i f t key and the l e f t aouse b u tto n , and dragging the souse around
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A fte r these functio n buttons are bultons fo r each of the p a rts o f the c u r r e n tly aeleetad aessage The f i r s t of these is now depressed, since you are reading th is f i r s t p a rt o f the aessage Each o f the aessage p a rt buttone has an icon that soaehow represents the contents o f that part C lic k now on the
V oodoo is a bit different from the
that it does not do the actual retrieval or p ro v id es a user interface for you to read an d w rite y o u r em ail. To send and receive m ail from y o u r in tern et account requires additional p ro g ram s, such as A m iPO P, Sabot, or IN etU tils. All of these are available from y o u r favorite A m iN et m irror. Installation is h an d led by the Installer utility, and the do cu m en tatio n is in A m igaG uide form at. R equirem ents are OS 3.0+, 2MB of RAM, and an in tern et connection. O nce installed, V oodoo w ill w ork w ith any T C P /IP stack, su ch as M iami, A m iTC P, or T erm ite TCP. It is a m u ltith read ed p ro g ram , allow ing m u ltip le m essages to be w ritten and read sim ultaneously. Internal MIME (M ulti p u rp o se In tern et M ail Extension) disp lay in g using the OS 3+ D atatypes. C oncerned about security? If you have PG P (Pretty G ood Privacy) installed, you can en cry p t y o u r files, and d ecry p t those you receive.
Figure 1 (Top). The main message window of Voodoo. Figure 2 (Bottom). Composing messages are a snap, and file attachments just a click away.
The m ain interface (Figure 1) show s the list of available m essages in the
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the w id e s p r e a d p o p u la r ity of M U I. See F ig u re 3 for th e C lass A ct P referen ces.
BGUI ja n v a n d e n B a a rd /J a b a D e v e lo p m e n t A m in e t N am e: d e v /g u i /b g u i ! 2 .I h a (D e v e lo p e r p ac k a g e , lib ra ry is n o r m a lly in c lu d e d w ith p ro g r a m s th a t u se BGUJ)
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h a s o n e lib ra ry . A p ro g r a m u sin g B GU I can b e se e n in F ig u re 4.
h a s b e e n (a n d still is) s o m e w h a t c o n tro v e rsia l, F irst, it is fr u s tr a tin g to a c q u ire a n ew p ro g ra m , o n ly to find
Teaching Old Dogs New
y o u c a n 't ru n it w ith o u t th e re q u isite
Tricks
M U I lib raries. O n c e y o u h a v e th e M U I
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(using the new Am iga User questionnaire), d o il Now! You can request a questionnaire by mail: AC ’s Guide— User Groups PiM Publications Inc. P.O: Box 9490 Fall River, MA 02720 by phone: 1-508-678-4200, by FAX: 1-508-675-6002 or by email: DonHicksffflaol.com.
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM p ac k a g e , o f c o u rse, this p ro b le m is
so lv ed . M U I is s h a re w a re , a n d m a n y
B exch an g e
h a v e o b jected to p a y in g th is fee, w h e n
D ouget Em m anuel
th ey m a y h a v e a lre a d y p a id th e
A m in e t n am e: U t i l / c d i t y /
s h a r e w a re fee (or e v e n b o u g h t th e
B exch an g e.Ih a
c o m m e rc ia l p ro g ra m ) fo r th e m ain
G iftw a re
p ro g ra m . A lso, M U I can b e re so u rc e
T h e A m ig a 's C o m m o d ity sy ste m
C o p p e r D e m o n is a n e a t little p ro g r a m th a t c an a d d a s p la s h of color to a n y screen . C o p p e r D e m o n w o rk s like M ag ic C o p p e r, in th a t it p ro v id e s a
h u n g ry , a n d on slo w e r m a c h in es, can
p ro v id e s a p o w e rfu l a n d flexible
2 4-bit color g ra d a tio n (o n A G A
b e ra th e r slu g g ish . Still, M U I is
sy ste m fo r e x te n d in g th e A m ig a 's OS
A m ig a s). U n lik e M ag ic C o p p e r,
u n a rg u a b ly th e m o s t p o p u la r o f the
w ith a d d o n u tilities. A fte r in sta llin g
C o p p e r D e m o n can w o rk o n a n y
G U I e n h a n c e m e n t p ro g ra m s for the
m a n y su c h c o m m o d itie s , y o u m ig h t
p u b lic screen , n o t ju s t th e W o rk b e n c h .
A m ig a, a n d m a n y s h a r e w a re a n d e v e n
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Y ou select th e b e g in n in g a n d e n d
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E n te r B exchange.
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T h is p ro g r a m p ro v id e s a m o d e rn ,
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Class A ct
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P h a n to m D e v e lo p m e n t
G U I (it u s e s B G U I) fo r c o n tro l of all
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u se class a c t n o rm a lly c o m e w ith all
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The Amiga user has several options when it comes to displaying text over graphics. Nick walks us through a few of them. by Nick Cook Y ou w a n t to c re a te a la y o u t in
m issin g . W h a t to d o? A d d in g a
s h a p e s fo r " P h o to s h o p " o w n e rs (n o t
w h ic h tex t o v e rla y s a p h o to g r a p h . Y ou
tr a n s lu c e n t s h a p e to th e la y o u t a c ts as
s u r p ris in g , g iv e n th e p u b lish e r).
h a v e y o u r p h o to , y o u h a v e y o u r text.
a " c o n ta in e r" for th e tex t w ith o u t
L u c k ily , A m ig a o w n e rs h a v e th re e
P u ttin g th e tw o to g e th e r c a n b e trick y ,
o b lite ra tin g th e p h o to u n d e r it.
w a y s, a n d a t least d o u b le th e n u m b e r
th o u g h . T h e te x t m a y b e h a rd to re a d if
C o h e n , B ro w n , Je a n s a n d
o f p ro g r a m s , to p e rfo rm th e s a m e
y o u se t it d ire c tly o n to p of th e p h o to .
W e n d lin g 's e x cellen t b o o k "P ro fe s
te c h n iq u e . S elect o n e b a s e d o n w h a t
O n th e o th e r h a n d , if y o u a d d a
s io n a l S tu d io T e c h n iq u e s: D esig n
p ro g r a m s re s id e o n y o u r h a r d d riv e .
c o lo re d so lid s h a p e in b a c k o f th e text,
E sse n tia ls" (A d o b e P ress, 1992) g iv e s
th e p h o to m a y lo o k like it h a s a c h u n k
o n e m e th o d to c re a te tra n s lu c e n t
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Figure 2. A grizzled sea captain, miles from the o cea n in Sacramento, California, provided the background for this layout created in PageStream 3.2. The rectangle was drawn in DeluxePaintV and com posed with the photograph in AdPro.
Figure 1 (Left), Photogenic* created the translucent rectangle under the title text.
Figure 3 (Right). The translucent rectangle in this view of the English university city was simply an area m ade brighter with BME.
METHOD ONE: If y o u o w n a p ro g r a m w h ic h
METHOD TWO: T ra n s lu c e n t s h a p e s can be c re a te d
BME w ith th e G a ry 's E ffects ex te n s io n (F ig u re 3):
in c o rp o ra te s b o th p a in t a n d im a g e
w ith s e p a ra te p a in t a n d im ag e
1. L o ad th e p h o to g ra p h .
p ro c e s sin g fe a tu re s, su c h as Im a g e F /
p ro c e s sin g p ro g r a m s (F ig u re 2).
2. S elect th e m a rq u e e tool a n d
X, Im a g e M a ste r R /T , o r P h o to g e n ic s,
1. D ra w a filled re c ta n g le in a
c re a tin g a tr a n s lu c e n t s h a p e is a
w h ite , o ff-w h ite, o r c re a m co lo r
o u tlin e a n a re a o f th e p h o to g ra p h . 3. G o to th e E ffects m e n u a n d ch o o se
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM d o d d le (to u se so m e B ritish slan g ). For e x a m p le , w ith P h o to g e n ic s (F ig u re 1):
1. L o ad th e d e s ire d p ic tu re . A " p a in t la y er," w h ic h flo ats a b o v e the
in th e p a in t p ro g ra m .
2. P ick u p th e re c ta n g le as a
b ru s h a n d sa v e it as a file. 3. E x it th e p a in t p ro g r a m a n d
B rig h tn ess. Set th e s lid e r to +35%
a n d click O K.
4. E n la rg e th e se lected a re a slig h tly , so th a t th e d a s h e d re c ta n g le falls b a re ly o u ts id e o f th e lig h te r area.
p ic tu re , is a u to m a tic a lly c re a te d a t
la u n c h th e im a g e p ro c e s sin g
th e s a m e tim e. Y ou ca n p e rfo rm
p ro g ra m . W e w ill u se A d P ro in
5. R u n th e B lur effect.
th is in stan ce.
6. S av e th e file o u t, th e n im p o rt it
o p e ra tio n s o n th e p a in t la y e r w ith o u t a ffectin g th e p ic tu re u n d e rn e a th . 2. Select a color. W h ite, o ff-w h ite, o r c re a m w o rk b e s t as th e b a c k g ro u n d fo r text. 3. C lick o n th e b r u s h icon to o p e n p re fe re n c e s. Set th e tra n s p a re n c y s lid e r to 35% a n d click O K . 4. C lick tw ic e o n th e s q u a r e icon for
4. L o ad th e re c ta n g le b r u s h a n d a p p ly th e b lu r filter. S to re the
in to P a g e S tre a m , F in al W rite r o r W o rd s W o rth to a d d th e text.
re s u lt w ith th e T e m p sav er. 5. L o ad th e p h o to g r a p h . S w itch
T h e re a re v a ria tio n s p o ssib le w ith
to C o m p o s e m o d e a n d lo a d th e
a ll o f th e s e m e th o d s . F o r e x a m p le , th e
re c ta n g le fro m th e T em p
tra n s lu c e n c y d o e s n o t h a v e to b e 35%.
b u ffer.
E ffective re s u lts can b e h a d w ith
6. U se th e C o m p o s e screen to
tra n s lu c e n c y s e t u p to 60%, so g o
p la c e th e re c ta n g le b ru s h in the
a h e a d a n d e x p e rim e n t. U se d iffe re n t
d e s ire d lo catio n . Set the
c o lo rs fo r th e s h a p e s (a lth o u g h b e
5. D ra w th e re c ta n g le .
o p a c ity to 35% a n d d ic k th e
c a u tio u s n o t to m a k e y o u r w o rk h a r d e r
6. T o so fte n th e tra n s itio n b e tw e e n
c o m p o s e b u tto n .
a filled sh a p e .
th e tw o e le m e n ts , w e w ill b lu r the
7. S av e th e file o u t, th e n im p o rt it
to re a d b y u s in g a n e y e -p o p p in g s h a d e ). T e x tu re s c o u ld b e a d d e d to the
re c ta n g le . G o to th e A lp h a /P a i n t
in to P a g e S tre a m , F inal W rite r
tra n s lu c e n t s h a p e , p a rtic u la rly if a
L ay er m e n u , a n d a p p ly e ith e r B lu r
o r W o rd s W o rth to a d d th e text.
p a in t p ro g r a m is m a k in g th e s h a p e . A tra n s lu c e n t s h a p e fu n c tio n in g as
fu n ctio n . 7. Fix th e im a g e b y c lick in g on the h a m m e r icon.
METHOD THREE: A n im a g e p ro c e s sin g p ro g r a m
a tex t c o n ta in e r a d d s a p ro fe ssio n a l to u c h to y o u r d o c u m e n ts , a n d is
a lo n e can c re a te a p a s s a b le tra n s lu c e n t
s o m e th in g d iffe re n t fro m th e u b iq u i
in to P a g e S tre a m , F in a lW rite r or
sh a p e . F o r e x a m p le , u sin g
to u s " g r e y b o x w ith te x t on to p o f it"
W o rd s W o rth to a d d th e text.
P a g e S tre a m 's c o m p a n io n p ro g ra m ,
fre q u e n tly u sed .
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series, This O ld Workbench. D u rin g
d iffe re n t p ro g r a m s fo r v a rio u s
th e w ritin g o f th a t series, I h av e
c o m p u te r p la tfo rm s, a n d m o s t left a lot
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to be d e s ire d . R e m a rk a b ly , th e b e st
p ro g r a m s , b a c k d ro p im ag es, icon
su c h p ro g r a m I e v e r fo u n d w as
sets, a n d v a rio u s o th e r files. I also
S u p e rC a t, fo r th e v e n e ra b le C64.
h a v e m a n y p ro jects, a rtw o r k s , 3D
U n fo rtu n a te ly , th a t d o e s n o t h e lp
objects a n d te x tu re s I h a v e c re a te d
m u c h w ith m y A m ig a o r PC files.
m y self, as w ell as files I h a v e g o tte n
F o rtu n a te ly , th e A m ig a h as a p ro g r a m
fro m o th e r so u rces. A ll in all, I h a v e
th a t d o es.
o v e r 5,000 files s to re d o n flo p p ie s,
M cF iler, by R o b erto B izzarri, is
It’s Not in There- Yet!
a n d e v e n m o re o n v a rio u s C D R O M s.
o n e of th e b e st c a ta lo g e r p ro g ra m s
It is all v e ry nice to h a v e all th is stu ff,
a v a ila b le o n a n y p la tfo rm . M cF iler is a
b u t w h a t h a p p e n s w h e n y o u w a n t to
s im p le y e t p o w e rfu l to o l fo r b u ild in g
n e e d to d o is to g e t all th e file in fo rm a
fin d a p a rtic u la r file? U n le ss y o u
a n d m a in ta in in g a d a ta b a s e for y o u r
tio n , n a m e , size, c o m m e n t, d a te , etc.,
h a v e a p h o to g ra p h ic m e m o ry (an d
files. V ery e a sy to u se , y et w ith m a n y
in to th e d a ta b a se . T h is is th e b a n e o f all
sa d ly , I d o n 't) y o u w ill n e e d so m e
m o re fe a tu re s th a n m o s t o th e r c a ta lo g -
su c h in fo rm a tio n m a n a g e m e n t ty p e of
w a y to k e e p tra c k o f all y o u r files.
ers. S ee F ig u re 1 fo r a sc re e n sh o t of
p ro g r a m s , b u t M cF iler m a k e s th is a
M cFiler.
re a s o n a b ly p a in le s s p ro c e ss. In s e rt a
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM O f c o u rse , th e first th in g y o u w ill
d is k , click th e R ead b u tto n , a n d all the in fo rm a tio n o n th e files o n th e d is k a re re a d in to the d a ta b a s e , in c lu d in g file n a m e s, s to ra g e d a te , file size, a n d a n y c o m m e n t a file m ig h t h a v e . B etter y e t is M c F ile r's a u to re a d ab ility . W ith th is tu r n e d o n , y o u sim p ly in s e rt a d is k , w a it fo r M cF iler to re a d it in, in s e rt th e n e x t o n e, a n d so on. T h is is a v e ry c o m fo rta b le w a y to re a d in a lot of files. N o r is M cF iler lim ite d to flo p p y d isk s. M cF iler, w ith a few lim ita tio n s, ca n b e u se d to c a ta lo g a lm o s t a n y m e d ia , C D R O M s, H a r d D riv es, Z ip D riv es, y o u n a m e it. O n c e y o u h a v e a file e n te r e d in to th e d a ta b a s e , y o u c a n a d d a c o m m e n t to th e file, o r m o d ify a n e x istin g A m ig a D O S file c o m m e n t. A file c o m m e n t in M cF iler c a n b e in te rn a l to Figure 1 (Top). McFiler’s Main Interface Figure 2 (Bottom). The Single Fit Tool
th e d a ta b a s e , o r y o u c a n sa v e the
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c o m m e n t to th e file as a n A m ig aD O S
W ell, M cF iler can h e lp d e a l w ith th is
this, so c a ta lo g in g a C D R O M (for
filen o te. Y ou can a ls o select a ca te g o ry
s itu a tio n as w ell. M cF iler a llo w s
in s ta n c e ) is p o ssib le , b u t it's s o m e th in g
fo r y o u r files. M cF iler o ffe rs a n u m b e r
d e fin in g e x te rn a l c o m m a n d s to be
o f a k lu d g e .
o f d iffe re n t c a te g o rie s , s im ila r to th o se
a s s o c ia te d w ith p a rtic u la r file e x te n
u se d by A m in e t. See F ig u re 1 for th e
sio n s. F o r in sta n c e , y o u can h a v e
d is p la y fo rm a t. Y ou ca n d is p la y th e
c a te g o ry list.
M cF iler call m u ltiv ie w to v ie w a
file n a m e s, th e d is k n a m e s , o r th e file
p ic tu re o n th e d isk , o r L H A to list th e
c o m m e n ts , b u t n o t a t th e sa m e tim e.
Redundant; See also R edundant
c o n te n ts o f a n a rc h iv e. See F ig u re 3.
M cF iler h a s a p o w e rfu l to o l to ch eck for d u p lic a te files. Y ou can e ith e r check fo r d u p lic a te s as y o u re a d
A n o th e r lack is a r a th e r in flex ib le
You c a n click o n a file n a m e , for in s ta n c e , to se e th e d is k it is o n , th e file
Your Export License F in ally , w h e n y o u h a v e y o u r files
size a n d c o m m e n t, b u t th e re is n o w a y to see a list o f files w ith d is k n a m e , file
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM in th e d isk s, o r d o so later. W h e n a
all c a ta lo g e d , y o u c a n e x p o rt th e
siz e a n d c o m m e n t all d is p la y e d a t the
d u p lic a te file is fo u n d , y o u h a v e the
d a ta b a s e as e ith e r a n A SC II te x t file,
sa m e tim e. T h e b e s t w a y to c u rr e n tly
o p tio n o f ig n o rin g th e file, d e le tin g it
w h ic h can be p rin te d o r lo a d e d in to
d o th is is to s a v e th e d a ta b a s e a s a text
fro m th e d is k , o r h id in g it. H id in g a
o th e r p ro g ra m s , o r as a n A m ig a G u id e
file, a n d v ie w it th a t w a y . It w o u ld be
file re m o v e s it fro m th e d a ta b a s e , b u t
d o c u m e n t.
h a n d y to h a v e th is a v a ila b le in th e d a ta b a s e , p e r h a p s th e a u th o r w ill a d d
d o e s n o t d e le te it fro m th e d isk . In a d d itio n to re a d in g in files, M cF iler h a s se v e ra l tools to h e lp y o u
N ow the b a d news
th is in a la te r u p d a te .
L ike a n y p ro g r a m , M cF iler is n o t
To Sum Up
s to re y o u r files efficien tly . T h e S ingle
p erfect. O n e ra th e r se rio u s b u g o c cu rs
F it tool h e lp s y o u s to re a sin g le file by
w h e n u p d a tin g d is k s th a t h a v e a lre a d y
se a rc h in g th r o u g h th e d a ta b a s e for a
b een c a ta lo g e d . U n le ss y o u m a n u a lly
tra c k o f e v e n a m o d e r a te file c o llectio n
d is k w ith e n o u g h ro o m . Y ou ca n also
re s o rt th e d a ta b a s e , y o u r u n th e risk of
is a n ig h tm a r e . If y o u h a v e m a n y files
s to re a w h o le sle w o f files u s in g the fit
c o r r u p tin g th e d a ta b a s e w h e n you
a t all, p a rtic u la rly s h o u ld y o u a c tu a lly
d is k tool, w h ic h w ill sc a n th r o u g h a
sa v e it. It is sim p le e n o u g h to d o ,
n e e d to fin d o n e of th o se files, I
d ire c to ry o f files, a n d u se a b e st-fit
s im p ly ico n ify th e w in d o w , a n d
re c o m m e n d M cF iler h ig h ly .
a lg o rith m to sto re as m a n y as p o ssib le
re s to re it. T h is is n o t a p ro b le m w h e n
on a d isk . V ery h a n d y fo r c o n se rv in g
a d d in g n e w d isk s. H o p e fu lly th e re w ill
A s a lw a y s, y o u can c o n ta c t m e via
be a fix fo r th is so o n . In lig h t o f this, I
e m ail: dm 0 5 4 3 8 @ n av ix .n et
h a v e th e B ack u p D ata file o p tio n
o r by m a il c a re o f A C .
m e d ia . See F ig u re 2.
S eek, Locate, Enjoy M cF iler also h a s h a n d y ab ilities fo r fin d in g sp ecific files. A search
c h e c k e d , a n d re g u la rly b a c k u p th e
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d a ta file to disk. M cfiler a ls o h a s a few d e sig n
m o d e a llo w s e n te r in g all o r p a r t of a
lim ita tio n s. O n e o f th e m o s t a g g ra v a t
filen am e, a n d all files m a tc h in g a re
in g is th e in a b ility to re c u rsiv e ly lo ad
th e n d is p la y e d .
files in su b -d ire c to rie s. O n ly th e files in
H a v e y o u e v e r lo o k e d th o u g h a
W ith o u t a g o o d c a ta lo g e r, k e e p in g
th e ro o t d ire c to ry o f a d ev ic e w ill b e
d is k o f files w ith c ry p tic n a m e s, a n d
c a ta lo g e d . T h e M cF iler p a c k a g e
w o n d e re d w h a t the h e c k th e y w ere?
c o n ta in s e x te rn a l to o ls to w o rk a ro u n d
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used in everyday account m anagem ent on the com puter screen. Additionally, when using M oneySmart, you deal w ith accounts and their contents. With MoneySmart you can: w rite checks, m em orize checks, print checks, reconcile your bank statem ent, edit income and expense categories, set up a yearly budget, split categories, get reports, and handle credit cards and cash accounts. Rene stated that the next upgrade will include the ability to im port and export data from Quicken, Microsoft Money, and other program s. The new feature will use ASCII text files so you can edit your data in a text editor.
Jason C om pton w ho is know n for his Amiga Report on-line magazine (as well as a short tenure as press officer for VIScorp) announced a new magazine produced on video tape, Legacy. Legacy is dedicated to the Amiga - its hottest products, its coolest tricks, and its future direction. Offering new s reports, tutorials, and review's, the 90 m inute Legacy will be available 5 times a year (3 in 1997). Single issue $14.95 each (+2.05 S&H), 1997-3 issues $12.95 each (+2.05 S&H per issue) or 1997-98 - 8 issues $11.45 each (+2.05 S&H per issue). S&H price is for US only. Legacy, P O Box 60711, Chicago, IL 60626, or wiWlv.xnet.com/ -jcom pton/legacy .html
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G rafica Software's Rene Am ador was busy throughout the show demonstrating his financial software, MoneySmart,
ARCUG (Am iga Response Crew Am iga Users Group) of Indiana was represented by (Irom Left to right): Bryant Pedigo, Andrew Gray, and J.R, Wilson.
prom ises to recover data from a disk in
netw orking w ith all PC drives m ounted on
severe trouble and to fix a num ber of disk
Amiga, uses fast SCSI netw ork with
problems directly on the problem disk, or it
suitable SCSI interfaces, R ead/W rite on any
can locate valid partitions on a disk with an unknow n layout or a dam aged rigid disk
drives, full ARexx support built in and
block. Undeletes can often be perform ed inplace. A new filter mechanism, supports pattern m atching on full pathnam es, file notes, dates, file sizes, a n d /o r protection bites. Requires AmigaOS 2.04+ and 1MB RAM. MRBackup 2.5 is the latest version of a
PC drive at speed including netw orked m uch more. The Siamese Pack includes an ISA Electronic Video, switcher, cables and comprehensive Siamese m anual, plus PC and Amiga software. A n ti Gravity Products, 1649 16th St., Santa Monica C.A 90404, Sales Order Line:
all major search engines. (Web-site address: h ttp ://w w w .in fin e t.c o m /-com puquick, email address: compuquick@ infinet.com). C om puquick supports the Amiga w ith pride and is dedicated to custom er service and prom ptness of supply of Amiga products going out of their w ay to make available items custom ers w ant. Com puquick Media Center, 3758 Town & C ountry Rd, Colum bus, OH 43213, T /F: 614-235-1180, Tel: 614-235-3601.
800-7-GRAVITY, Sales FAX Line: 310-399-
backup program which has been available on the Amiga for ten years. MRBackup will
N ova Design, Inc. Nova Design show ed their ImageFX 2.6. This upgrade features: complete NewTek
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM protect your available files, remove rarely used files to free up needed space, and transfer very large files betw een systems.
Video T oaster/F lyer 4.1 support, updated
CyberGraphX previewing, new Fargo FotoFun support, Hewlett-Packard Scanjet IIc/3c/4c support, new wireless program ,
Features: graphical user interface, complete ARexx interface launched separately or from the Macros m enu, Amiga m ulti
updated effects, and new effects. The
tasking compliant, optional data com pres sion, saveset catalog files to make retrieval
upgrade price is only $34.95 plus shipping and handling, ($5.00 US, $7.00 elsewhere)
of individual files easy, and it uses speech
for registered ow ners of ImageFX2.0 and
capabilities of the Amiga to present prom pts. MRBackup w orks w ith a wide variety of media: floppy disk in AmigaDOS format, floppy disk in special "fast" format,
higher. Contact their order lines at 1-800image-69 or 804-282-1157 to place your order.
any sequential file or device (local or netw orked) in "fast" format, and SCSI tape. O ptional speech requires DEVS:narrator.device and LIBS:translator.device.
Directory was touring the floor.
8262, Service Center: 310-399-7446, Customer
Also featured w as their A laddin 4D upgrade for only $99.95. M any new features
C o m p u q u ick M e d ia C enter
are involved and current ow ners of any version of A laddin 4D can upgrade to A laddin 4D 5.0 for this price plus shipping. Retail on this package is $349.95. As a
Service: 310-399-7782.
Randi Jesrani w as all sm iles as his booth
bonus A laddin 4D owners can also
Ormond Ave, Drexel H ill, PA 19026-2604,
w as constantly busy. His store w as opened
crossgrade to the current ImageFX version
Voice (orders only) 610-853-4406, Fax 610-853-
in Colum bus, O H in A ugust of 1990 and rem ains com m itted to the Amiga com m u
for only $124.95 (retail is $349.95). Bonusx2!
nity. They not only sell Amiga systems
get the all new A laddin 4D for only $99.95
(both new & used), but are an authorized
as well.
Intangible Assets Manufacturing, 828
3733 or visit them at http://wmv.iarn.com.
Anti Gravity The Anti Gravity booth w as show ing
Amiga service center. In addition to the
ImageFX ow ners can also crossgrade and
Nova Design also distributed a video
the Siamese Systems. This program makes
Amiga systems, Com puquick carries a full
dem o tape of ImageFX and A laddin 4D.
it possible to integrate Amiga, PC and Mac
range of Amiga products, and will p u t
The tape features footage from videos and
systems. Features include: single m onitor
together "special orders" of Video-Toaster
films using ImageFX and A laddin 4D and
autom atically switches to PC if Amiga screen, single keyboard and mouse
and Flyer systems. On the internet a simple Yahoo search on Com puquick will bring up
O ther segm ents of the tape feature specially
operation across all platform s, built in serial
a link to their site and they are also listed on
comm issioned sequences show off all the
dem onstrates their pow er and possibilities.
By Hook or By Crook The G a tew a y A m iga Club Inc. garnered publicity for the G a tew a y Com puter Show A m iga 97 by a variety of methods. Bob Scharp (right), G A C show coordinator, was featured on station WEW 77 AM on an hourlong radio broadcast called Com puter Time. Com puter Time was hosted by Joe Balserratti (left), owner of Software To G o in Clayton Missouri. This live call-in talk show was heard throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Fast Frames records the Framestore sequence in "real time", as fast as the Flyer can play. Designing sequences is easy since
new est features of ImageFX. Animated fires, blue screen composites, lightning,
continental US, that covers our m anufactur ing costs and shipping charges. Those
distorts, m orphs, liquid effects and much more! The dem o w as created by Bohus
interested in ordering their own copy MUST call 1-800-1MAGE-69, or (804) 282-
Blahut of The Vantage Point and uses the
1157, M onday through Friday between 1pm
also has options to let you quickly repeat
contributions of many professionals in the
and 4pm eastern time, to place their order.
effects, replace cuts w ith fades, and butt
video and film w orld. The video tape is free to all Amiga dealers, Video T oaster/Flyer dealers, or
Nova Design, Inc, 1910 Byrd A venue Suite 214, Richmond, VA 23230, Custom er
effects together. O ther tools help create titles that type on the screen like a type
support: 804-282-6528, Business: 804-282-
w riter, or autom atically build a CG list w ith
stores carrying Amiga software. User groups may get a copy of the dem o tape by
5868, Fax: 804-282-3768
each line of text coming quickly w ith its own effect.
contacting Nova Design, Inc. and then putting Nova on their subscriber list for their newsletter. The tape may be freely
NewTek N ew Tek's booth w as packed with a variety of their products. Shown w as The Video Toaster: "Television-Studio-ln-A-Box which
all loading times are irrelevant. Fast Frames
A ussie's Fast Frames w orks w ith every version of NewTek's Video Flyer nonlinear editing system. It will also share hard drive
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM copied and given aw ay to anyone. Dealers should call to order a copy of the tape.
Others w ishing a copy can get one for $10, $5 more if shipping outside the
provides the user w ith all the tools necessary to produce broadcast-quality
video at a price affordable to home users,
resources w ith O Zw are's Co-Pilot series of high speed editing tools, also featured at
the show. A ussie's Fast Frames is available from N ew T ek/A m iga dealers or you can
the Video Toaster Flyer which is their
order directly from O Zw are at (360) 805-
broadcast quality, nonlinear editing system allowing users to edit video and audio w ithout the complexity of an analog videotape-based system, and last but not least LightWave 3D w hich is a powerful
0148. O Zw are is located at 21230 Meadow Lake Road, Snohomish, WA 98290. Send email to [email protected] and check out their web page at w w w .vionline.com /ozw are for
anim ation system in a price range for everyone offering features such as ray tracing, motion blur, depth of field, variable
m ore detailed product descriptions. Aussie also w rites a monthly colum n of tutorials and tricks in the free Third Part Web M agazine (w w w .vionline.com /new tek).
lens settings and much more. NewTek, Call 1-800-TOASTER, outside the
Visual Inspirations
US call 913-228-8000 or check out their web
Visual Inspiration products w ere being
site at: www .newtek.com
show n in the O Zw are booth. The title M erlin's Software takes the mystery and
O Zw are A new program from O Zw are was
hassle out of Internet presence by providing you with: design, set up and m aintenance
show n w hich brings the Toaster's powerful
of your web site, prom otion and m arketing
Fram estore sequencing capabilities back to
of your internet site, graphics, anim ation,
life. A ussie's Fast Frames (available
music and video clips to meet your needs,
im m ediately for $69) records any sequence
ability to set up your e-mail account and
of Framestores, Effects and CG pages into a
custom er database as well as internet
d evice ap p ea red first in the HiSoft Booth on Saturday (none ot their materials arrived) and then it was seen
Flyer video clip but leaves out ALL
program m ing for customized services.
in the user group a rea on Sunday. No further information is currently
per second, and video effects triggering
The Topolino (arrow points to device a b o v e ) is an a d ap ter to use PC-style mouse devices on the Am iga. This
availab le.
"loading time" delays. Run the clip to see Framestores and titles playing as fast as 15 im m ediately one after the other.
Their other title Visual fx allows you to harness all of the pow er of ImageFX and begin to turn out top notch images and video sequences. No previous ImageFX
experience is needed. Each volum e comes w ith 20 effects, each of w hich has a full 30 frame preview anim ation attached. Volumes for LightWave are also available. Visual Inspirations, 809 W Hollywood, Tampa, FL 33604, T /F: 813-935-6410, or http://w w w .vionline.com
ProW ave, Inc. ProWave, Inc. featured Render FX and ProMix at their booth. Render FX with an SRP of $129.95 plus S&H has developed a w ay to render any toaster effect directly to a flyer drive, w ith no loss. Once the effect is a clip, you can use ProMix Tools to create audio cross-fades and join the clips into a single A /V clip. W hat this m eans is that you will never see that "not enough time to load effect" message again. In fact, you can even layer effects. ProWave has also built an envelope editor for effects and transitions. With this you can execute a partial transition and return back to the original clip. This m eans that those 20% layered dissolves you used to do m anually w ith the T-Bar will once again be at your fingertips. ProMix, w ith an SRP of $99.95, will mix your selected audio clips dow n to a single clip, while preserving audio levels, pans, balance, fades, and timing. You can layer, and layer, and layer audio - with digital accuracy. ProMix is a set of four audio tools. In addition to mixing you can: add /rep lace audio on a video clip or animation; replace/m ix audio from one video clip to another for those multiple camera shoots; join video clips or audio clips to make a single clip; or insert a section of audio into an existing clip w ithout disturbing the audio before or after the insert. O rder either by calling 1-800-930-anim (orders only); international orders call (205)-551-7710 or call (205) 830-2767 for more information. ProW ave Inc, 7950 H ighw ay 72 W est Unit G102, M adison AL 35758.
the Paws 1200 Portable Amiga W orkstation; and the Gecko Converter which is an external video converter that allows a user to utilize any standard VGA or SVGA m onitor in most Amiga modes. Silent Paw Products, P O Box 1825, Manassas, VA 22110, Tel (703)-330-7290, FAX (703) 330-5752 or on the internet: [email protected], or Compuserve:GO SPAW (Amiga Vendor Forum)
Y /C Plus Inc Todd Kroeker of Y /C Plus w as show ing a few new products. The first is the YCP-VTT Toaster Calibrator. This product eliminates the "Toaster Not R esponding" or "Toaster Will N ot Genlock" and "Toaster Will Not A uto H ue" mes sages. The YCP-VTT includes an easy to read LED for testing the pow er supply in the Amiga or PC. The bright LEDs will not light if the voltage drops under 0.2 of a volt of the listed voltage. The kit comes w ith a simply instructional VHS tape. Y /C Plus also show ed a new line of color m onitors for Amiga Com puters, RGB, Video and more. The line includes a YCP20M 20" (SRP $599.00), YCP-25M 25" (SRP $799.00) & YCP-27M 27" (SRP $899.00). This new series of color m onitors also offers a solution for basic 15.75 kH z RGB video requirem ents. The chassis is m anufactured by Philips. Y /C Plus adds additional electronics for a crisp clean RGB input from any Amiga com puter or other RGB video source. YCP m onitor features include: six foot 23 Pin Female to 9 Pin Female, Y /C (svideo) Input (4 pin micro din), Composite Video Input (BNC), RGB Input, cable optional, direct audio input via RCA connector, 181 channel cable ready tuner, on screen control menu, mono audio input, closed captioning compatible w ith all FCC recognized modes, a u d io /v id eo m utes with loss of signal, 120V AC, 60 Hz. An optional remote control sells for $38.00 and an optional RGB (9 pin to 4 BNC) cable is $44.95. Also introduced w as a YCP-13M 13" color m onitor w ith an SRP of $439.00. This monitor has true RGB input and operates in the sam e m anner as the former C om m odore 1084. The YCP-13M displays NTSC H ires monitor mode from the Amiga com puter. It also accepts standard Red, Green & Blue inputs with optional cable. It also has composite video, Y /C and mono audio inputs. As an added bonus the YCP-13M also has a 181 channel cable ready tuner and rem ote control. Of course the monitor is designed to operate w ith the NewTek Video Toaster and Flyer systems. Because the m onitor is true RGB there is no dot crawl or flicker in the Hires non-interlaced mode.
Y /C Plus Inc, 310 SW 6th Ave, Topeka, KS 66603-3109, Tel (913) 235-5014, Fax (913) 235-3485, or call toll free anyw here in the USA and Canada 1-800-586-1700, e-mail: ycplus@ kspress.com.
ProvTech ProvTech is a home-office-based small business specializing in niche hardw are for the Amiga com puter. Their first product, the SIMM adapter for the A3000 has done well w orldw ide. ProvTech is now putting the finishing touches on another adapter, the AmiFAST-11. This adapter is designed for the A2386SX Bridgeboard, the PC em ulator for the Amiga, and also for a predom inantly European card, the AlfaData 2008-1DE. In addition, a pair of AmiFAST11s can be installed into the A3000T system. In both cases these products allow Amiga 3000 users to sw itch from hard-to-find ZIP chip mem ory to standard 72-pin PC SIMM modules, providing a more cost-effective solution for mem ory expansion. ProvTech has plans for expanding its product line to include a new keyboard design that will incorporate many new and innovative features. This keyboard design will find a much broader audience by filling the needs of PCs and Amigas.
O reg o n Research The Oregon Research booth w as m anned by G ateway Amiga Club members. U nfortunately Bob Luneski, President of Oregon Research , was unable to come. He had sent a letter to the club and attendees explaining that current Amiga situations make it impossible for him to attend. He called for a support of Amiga developers and prom ised to continue Oregon Research's com m itm ent to quality software and solutions. Am iga Termite TCP & IBrowse dem o disks w ere available as well as sales sheets and order forms on the variety of software directly available through O regon Research.
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Silent Paw Productions New from Silent Paw Productions is PUMA and LEAP Projects. This is Silent Paw 's new line of PowerPC (PPC) based systems. C urrent Prototypes include a desktop and a laptop. These systems include support for m ultiple PPC proces sors and will utilize BE OS, p-OS or LINUX. Support for AMIGADOS will be covered w ithin the PRODAD p-OS or future versions of AMIGADOS. Release date for the PUMA laptop and LEAP desktop are currently set for the third quarter of 1997. Silent Paw also produces the PAWSTRAC trackball which is a palm sized, high precision pointing device; the CUB, a stand alone LCD panel for use w ith a desktop video suite which comes w ith Active Matrix LCD, LCD Panel driver, and pow er supply;
Soft-Logik Publishing Corp. Soft-Logik w as show ing their PageStream 3.1/3.2 for the Amiga w hich w as released in October 1996. A version of PageStream for W indow s is in develop ment. A new Amiga and M acintosh version is also planned for late Spring 1997. In addition, Soft-Logik had O rganize (a Personal Information M anager) and the W ordw orth w ord processing package on display.
N ational A m ig a National Amiga w as selling a show room of m erchandise. They were also focusing on their new keyboard adaptor. National Amiga and MicroBit Research have developed a new solution that will allow Amiga users to place a 104-key PC keyboard with an Amiga 2000/3000 or 4000. They have m apped a PC104 key keyboard
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A Ne Amiga developers meet to determine cooperative strategies to continue Amiga development. O n S u n d ay m o rn in g , M arch 17, 1997, a t 8:30 AM K erm it W oodall o f N ova
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Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM M icro R&D Micro R&D had several products in their booth. M ouseM aster ($49.95) products allows the Amiga to use two joysticks on one port. Slingshot Pro ($59.95) lets A500 users m ount up to 3 A2000 style slot on their com puter. The W izard 3-button mouse ($39.95) w as also on display. MicroR&D, P.O Box 130,721 O Street, Loup City, NE 68853, TEL: (800) 527-8797 or (308)-745-1243, FAX: (308)-745-1246, Web Site: www.microd.com
D esign Inc, h o sted a v e ry inform al
stressed th a t these w e re su g g estio n s a n d
m eeting of d e v e lo p e rs and interested
a rea s th a t im m ed iately cam e to m in d , b u t
p a rtie s a t the G atew ay C o m p u te r Show .
ev ery o n e w a s free to su g g est o th e r areas
T h e p u rp o s e of the m eetin g w as o u tlin e d
o f need.
in a p re p a re d a g en d a and d istrib u te d to the atte n d ee s. T he m eeting called for A m iga d e v elo p er interaction via the in tern et w ith a w eb site and FTP site.
W orking Together The m ain p u s h a t the m eetin g w as the need for e v ery o n e to w o rk to g eth er. A
W W W .A m ig a .o rg /d e v e lo p e r w as
n ew D eveloper d irecto ry sh o u ld be
ev en tu ally selected as the n a tu ra l site for
e stab lish e d so that m em b ers could
this w ork.
c o n tin u e to contact one an o th e r.
S tressing n o form al voting,
D ev elo p ers could sh a re a n n o u n ce m e n ts
c o o rd in a tio n by m em b e rs in areas o f their
a n d offer each o th er p ro d u c ts o r special
e xpertise, a n d a h a n d s-o n ap p ro ach to
rates o n p ro d u c ts a n d services. A po in t
so lv in g .p ro b lem s, Mr. W oodall a d
w as m a d e that the d ev elo p ers could sh a re
It Is Not Over!
dre sse d the need for the A m iga d e v e lo p
in a m ass d irec t m ailing to A m iga users.
The GAC did a great job and the entire Amiga com m unity is indebted to them for this effort. The often heard question was, "W hen can we do this again?" With only hours available to create this piece in time for this m onth's press run and only a small (5 pages!) am ount of space to cover everything, we know w e have left some user groups and other com panies off the list. We will follow-up this article next m onth w ith a coverage of anyone we have m issed (as well as more pictures). If you are not in this article and your product and service w as offered, please give us a call. Everyone deserves an enthusiastic slap on the back for the outstanding job they did in this show and w e do not w ant to leave anyone behind. »AC*
e rs to w ork together. H e noted th at the
T hey c o u ld also join to g eth e r in like-
o riginal A m iga d e v elo p ers b ro u g h t
m in d ed a d v ertisin g , b o o th sh a rin g at
p ro d u c ts to m ark e t w ith o u t a C o m m o
tra d e sh o w s, a n d lead sh arin g .
d o re ru n o rg a n iz atio n to g et in the w ay, T he effort th ro u g h o u t the m eeting w a s on the ability of the A m iga d ev elo p ers to h elp them selves.
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The Amiga Sale: Round Two Amiga Technologies’ President, Petro Tyschtschenko, breaks a long silence ' to tell the Amiga community what has happened and his expectations. In late February, Petro Tyschtschenko, the
the tru ste e n o t to sm ash A M IG A for the
h ig h est offer is decisive, p ro v id e d th a t it
president o f A m iga Technologies in
p resent.
is financially secu red . Please be su re that
G erm any, placed a statem ent on the A m iga Technologies web site in G erm an. A fter
Since b a n k ru p tc y on July 15th 1996, w e co n tin u e d o u r b u sin ess u n d e r the
w e are looking fo rw a rd to so m e w eek s full o f tension.
several attem pts by users to tran slate the
sam e co n d itio n s as if the b a n k ru p tc y has
text into English, on M arch 10 M r.
n e v e r h a p p e n e d . In fact, o u r d istrib u tio n
Tyschtschenko placed an E nglish version of
n e tw o rk has g ro w n . N ew AM IGA
his statem ent in the E nglish portion o f the
d istrib u to rs a re selling o u r p ro d u cts
A T web site.
successfully in R ussia an d in M alaysia.
tained by th ree em ployees: Axel
O u r price stru c tu re of o u r p ro d u c ts is on
K raem er an d A n d reas Steep located in
How a re w e handling our current business? O u r c o m p an y is cu rre n tly m ain
Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM STATEMENT BY th e sam e level as before the b an k ru p tcy .
PETRO TYSCHTSCHENKO, PRESIDENT OF AMIGA TECHNOLOGIES, BENSHEIM. D ear A M IG A com m unity: It has been a long tim e since you
W ith o u r sales, w e can keep
B raunschw eig an d m yself. M ean w h ile I
h av e m o v ed m y office into the form er
o u rselv es easily alive a n d this is g reat
ESCOM AG b u ilding. F rom h ere I try
u n d e r these difficult circum stances.
m y b e st to keep A M IG A alive. Please
T hanks to all A M IG A fans w h o actively
refer to the em p lo y ee p ag e for fu rth e r
h e lp ed to keep o u r c o m p an y alive by
details.
b u y in g o u r products! Since V IScorp is o u t of the race, the
A s soon as th ere is a decisio n ab o u t w h o is the successful b id d e r a n d fu tu re
received the last m essage from o u r
tru ste e received a n u m b e r of very
A M IG A o w n er, you can be ab so lu tely
H o m ep ag e. Since O cto b er n o th in g
in terestin g tak eo v er offers for A M IG A.
su re th at 1 w ill p ro v id e you w ith details.
h ap p e n e d ? So it seem s at least. B ut this
H e d id n o t com m it h im self yet, b u t how
is n o t entirely true.
I assess the situ a tio n is that there w ill be
First of all, I w ish to say th an k you
a decision at sh o rt notice.
to ev ery o n e for the n u m e ro u s em ails I received. O f course, I got criticism for m y long silence, b u t in m ost cases I
See you soon. Y ours, P etro T yschtschenko,
W ho a re the bidders? T hese a re co m p an ies involved in
P re sid e n t A m iga T echnologies
received m o tiv atin g en co u rag em en t! For
the b id d in g process w h o w a n t to
these, I th an k y o u v ery h eartily. It is
co n tin u e A M IG A a n d are also able to
really a g reat feeling to know that you
g u a ra n te e a fu tu re for AM IGA. O f
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CD32 Original / Factory (110 volts)...................... $21.95 CD32 Original / Factory (220 volts)..................... $14.95 CD32 Big Fool (200 Wall) Micro R /D ................. $74.50 A2000 1KV220V. internal original........................ $89.95 A2000 Big Fool (300 Watt) Micro R /D .............. $144.50 A3000 internal ( 110/220 v o lts )........................... $ 110.00 A3000 Big Foot (250 watts) Micro R/D $144 50 A3000 Tower........................................................ $124.00 A4000 internal (110 v o lts)...................................$119.00 A4000 int. 300 Watt Big Fool (exchange)......... $169.95 1084S Phillips Ffybaek Transformer only............ $34.95 1084-Dl Phillips/Daewoo Flyback o n ly ...............$38.50 1084-D2 Daewoo Flyback Transformer o n ly ......$38.50 1084S new Motherboard/Flyback........................ $69.95 1084S power supply board (refurbished)............ $29.95 G64 nonrepayable................................................. $14.95 C64 repairable........................................................$ i9-95 C64 5.2 amp Heavy Duty (also 1750 R E U ).......$39.95 C65 110 Volt...........................................................S21.95 C 128 external 5.2 am ps........................................ $39.95 1541 .11/1581..............................................................$7.50 K E Y B O A R D S ( F a c to r y N e w ) A500 (limited quantity).......................................... $39.95 A600 ........................................................................$26.50 C128D (limited quantity)....................................... $24.95 A 1200............................................... $34,95 A2000 (Amiga Technologies)...............................$74,50 A30Q0 (Am»ga Technologies)................................$74.50 A4000 (Ami-ga Technologies)................................$74.50 A2000 keyboard adapter to A40O0........................ $8.95 A D D ON B O A R D S ( F a c to ry N e w ) 68020-030 (A4000).................................................. $67.95 A2058 (0K) (A2000) Expansion board 8K........... $69.95 A 50I original Ram Exp- —512K (A500).............. $17.95 Microway Flickerlixer...........................................$224.00 Slingshot Pro/pass thru (Micro R /D )....................$37.50 A 1050 RAM Expander (A 1000} 256K ..................$10.95 A P O LLO ACCELERATO RS 1230 Lie 25MH: 6*030 W/MMU+FPU Jo: A1200 axnpuiers $144.95 123O/50MHZ 68030 for A 1200 computers........$239.00 1240/25MHz 68040 for A 1200 computers........$369.95 1240/40MHZ 68040 for A 1200 computers........$459.95 126O/50MHz 68060 lor A 1200 computers........$729.95 1200 SCSI Module for Apollo A 1200 accelerators $ 129.00 2030/25MHz 68030+68882+SCSI-2 for A2000S299.95 2030/50MHz 68030+68882+SCSI-2 for A2000S389.95 2040/25MHZ 68040+SCSI-2 lo r A 2000............ $449.00 2O4(V40MHz 6804G+SCSI-2 lor A 2000............$529.00
2060/50MHZ 68060+SCSI-2 for A2000............ $849.95 3060/50MHz 68060+SCSI-2 (or A3000 Desktop .$829.95 3040'40MHz 68040+SCSI-2 for A3000 Desktop .$559.95 4040/40MHz 68040+SCSI-2 for A3000T & A4000(T) $559.95 406Q/50MH2 68060+ SCSI-2 lor A3000T & A4000(T) $819.95 Mini Meg 2Mb Chip RAM Board........................ $185.00 SX32......................................................................$299.00 PHASE 5 AC C ELER ATO R S Blizzard 1260 Turbo Board................................. $749.95 Blizzard 1230-1V Turbo Board........................... S289.95 optional Blizzard 1260 or 1230 IV SCSI K it. $169 95 Blizzard 2060 Turbo Board . $849 95 Cyberstorm Mark II 060/5CMHz . $849 95 Cytwrsiorm Fast SCSI-2 Module...... S179 95 CyberV sion 64/3D 2Mb Caii Cyt*?rVis*on 64-30 4Mb $389 95 CyberVision 64/3D MPEG Module .. -Ca«l CyberVision 64/3D Scar Doubter/Monitor S w ich Ca-i CyberGraphX Software..........................................$49.95 M O U S E C O N T R O L L E R S (F a c to r y New) Amiga 1352.............................................................$22.50 Wizard 3-button (for all A m igas).......................... $22.95 A 4000 ..................................................................... $26.85 Amiga CDTV...........................................................$15.95 Amiga A 1200 mouse port replacement kit S7.95 CD32 con tro lle r.....................................................$11.75 D IA G N O S T IC S Advanced Amiga Analyzer (see below) ............. S59.95 Final Test diagnostic disk by Am iga.......................$7.95 Amiga Troubleshooting G u id e ............................... S7.95 Commodore Diagnostician I I ................................. $6.95 Complete Service Manuals: A500, A500+, 590, A 1000, 1230 printer, 1802, 1902, 1902A, 1934, 2002, 2091, 2300, 2630, CDTV, 1581, C65............................. $19.95 A500 schematics. A600, 1064S, 1084S-DI, 1084ST, 1936A, I960, A 2000..............................................$ 2 4 .0 0 A 1200, A3Q00, A3000T. A4QO0, CD32.................$39.95 C LE A R A N C E SALE A500 Computer (NTSC) with P/S...................... $119.95 A520 (N ew ) Video M odulator A d a p te r $12.50 2.04/3.1 ROM Switch - (Switch 111) with speaker...$ 17,50 15-23 pin adapter c a b le ....................................... $19.95 Monitor Cables - 30 Different types.......................CALL Monitors: 1O04S. 1802. e tc.....................................CALL Laser printer memory board OK (All HP unils)....$24.95 Sony OD6150 data cartridge..................................$7.50 Joystick - Captain Grant (for all Amigas)...............$2 99
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$ 5 2 4 . 9 5
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A m ig a A 3 0 0 0 C o m p u te r (in kit form) Includes: • A 3 0 0 0 /1 6 M H z (factory refurbished) motherboard with 2 megs of RAM (25M H z version, add $35,00), • New A 3 0 0 0 Power Supply (1 10 or 2 2 0 volts). • New A 3 0 0 0 Floppy Drive. •
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