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ISSUE 2
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AUGUST
1988
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FORMAT
T h e c o m p l e t e p a c k a g e for Atari S T and C o m m o d o r e A m i g a o w n e r s
0 STARS!
ST and Amiga beam in on CDs,
laser disks and animation
Power survey of
top software
and Atari laser
Explosive reviews of
Captain Blood and Corruption
ST AMIGA
FORMAT
ISSUE 2 • AUGUST
1988
PUBLISHED BY
FUTURE PUBLISHING LTD
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T h e c o m p l e t e p a c k a g e for Atari S T and C o m m o d o r e A m i g a o w n e r s
CO-EDITORS
Ben Taylor
Simon Williams
TECHNICAL
E D I TO R
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GAMES R E V I E W S
Andy Storer
ART E D I TO R
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ADDITIONAL
DESIGN
Dean Wilson
Angela Neal
ADVERTISING
MANAGER
Nora Lawton
NEWS
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ESC
LETTERS
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GAMES
All that's new and vital on the ST and Amiga -
goings on at the recent Commodore Show and
first sightings of up and coming games.
Will we publish your bouquet or brickbat? Or
answer that question you've puzzled over for
months? You only have to flip to these pages to
find out.
FUTURES
ESCAPE
SEQUENCE
It's video, Jim, but not as we know it. All you've
been dying to ask about interactive video. CD-
ROMs and the exciting world of CD-Video.
The page where all those ridiculous PR stunts
are exposed to public scorn. Your company
name in this section ensures success -
Superheroes included.
061-474 7333
GAMES
ADVERTISING
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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Photography, Bari
PRINTERS
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DISTRIBUTORS
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All the programs you'll ever need are already out
there, waiting to be claimed. We explain how to
get at them.
SPECIAL
OFFERS
More cut price goodies from the wide boys on
the ST Amiga Format market stall. And why not
take out a subscription while you're there?
GOLD DUST
Steve Gold has his ear to the wires - rumours
abound of a new ST operating system, writs,
counterwrits and other good news for lawyers,
DISK EXTRA
Demos of Power BASIC, Dogrcalc and StarRay
punch their way onto this month's cover disk, plus
a host of utilities for ST and Amiga owners. Get
that disk drive whirring!
e Future Publishing
Ltd 1988
ST,Amoga Format is an
independent publication
and has no links
whatsoever with Alan or
Commodore.
We we u n s o l i c i t e d
S C R E E N P L AY
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contnbutions from
Only the true stars make it into our monthly Star
Chamber. The patent Format review system
highlights the best in Captain Bto0d, Corruption,
Sentinel and many more.
readers. Please enclose
an SAE with material if
you want it returned
Payment for accepted
items is made 4 weeks
after publication.
No part of this magazine
may be reproduced in
any form without
permission
GAMESUSTERS
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Tips and tricks to put the colour back in your
cheeks. You won't be sitting still for long with
this month's game gazumpers.
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grnoiNTILESS
ARGUMENT
DELUXE VIDEO
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Despite the irresistible summer lure of
sun-soaked foreign beaches, hundreds of
you have found the time to fill in issue l's
questionnaire - thanks, and keep those
letters rolling In too.
Among the opinions slowly emerging
is a strong brand•loyalty among owners
of STs and Amps. Not surprising, and
sure to warm the hearts of Atari and
Commodore, but it's not all that useful if
the cause of 1 6 bit computing is to
advance. The more software available in
both formats, the larger the potential
audience; the larger the audience, the
more machines will be sold and the more
software will be produced for them. So
the snowball roils, crushing chickens and
eggs in its path (!?9, until there's enough
variety in the market to satisfy all tastes.
Amiga owners often quote t h e
machine's high quality graphics and
synthesizer-style sound chip a s f a r
superior try the ST. ST owners counter
with their machine's MIDI interface, mono
screen option and operating system in
ROM. These old chestnuts continue to
bounce back and forth, but there's a lot
more in common between the two
machines than there is separating them.
OK, so a little competition is a good
thing, but here at ST Amiga Format we're
committed to both machines. We think
the St and the Amiga are both superb
computers which offer home and busi-
ness users the best value-for-money deal
that there has ever been in the micro
marketplace. We'll continue to point Out
the strengths and weaknesses of each
machine for specific applications, but
together they leave the rest standing.
A full review of this hot Amiga video package,
plus who's doing what in the world of computer
animation, and a look back at cartoon history.
REVIEWS
DESKTOP
PUBLISHING
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Both Atari and Commodore are making inroads
into this burgeoning market. A survey of the best
available on both machines.
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INTO THE MIDI
The music standard which has tied together
instruments from all sorts of manufacturers - a full
survey of the scene, where to go and what to buy.
K—SCOPE
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Why stop with software for your Si? Kuma would
like you to use it as an oscilloscope as well.
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TECHNOPHILE
BASIC
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DIGICALC
Get programming with HiSoft's Power BASIC, as
seen on this month's cover disk, and Amiga
BASIC too.
What do spreadsheets do and does Digita's
Digicalc come up to spec on the ST?
QUICKIES
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DEVPACS ON
HiSoft aim to ease the burden for programmers
We check out Devpac Amiga and the brand new
enhanced ST version, Devpac 2.
A rare thing - primary school software for the
ST tested by primary school children, and an
Amiga typing tutor tested by a trainee typist.
WRITE AND
FILE
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DESKTOP
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FORMAT • 3
WP and database for the Amiga. See
how well they integrate in our full-feature review.
The best tips and wrinkles you're ever likely spot
for your ST. Nothing whatever for Amiga users in
these pages - sorry folks.
BOOK LOOK
WORKBENCH
Ever wondered who invented computers?
Portraits in Silicon interviews the pioneers.
Tips, tricks and Intuition to speed the use of
your cuddly Amiga. Not suitable for St users -
sorry again.
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QUICK LIST PLUS &
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Directory Database
Compiler with customised
format and copy protect prog
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DTP Software.
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This kind of quality service does cost a little more but in the long run
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Major business push
for Atari
BASIC 3
f r o m G FA
GFA's new BASIC 3 interpreter
for the ST is due to hit the
streets in mid-July. Version 2
has already established itself
as a major contender for the
most popular alternative t o
standard ST BASIC, and BASIC
3 opens up the language with
additional structures, improved
editing and error correction,
and many more graphics com-
mands including better control
of GEM.
The new interpreter, mar-
keted i n t h i s country b y
Glentop a t £ 6 5 , boasts a
whole stack o f new features
and keywords. These include
new commands like CASE and
ENDSELECT, and extensions to
existing commands, such a s
ELSE IF and OTHERMSE. Mufti-
line funtions are now also sup-
ported.
On the editing side, revi-
sions t o the editor, tracing
functions and the addition of
DUMP (which lets you dump
the contents of variables and
arrays) all aid program cre-
ation and debugging. New data
types, borrowed f r o m t h e
world of Pascal and Module 2,
help to tie down data struc-
tures, and there are also new
commands for direct bit level
manipulation.
The graphics side of the
program has also been upgrad-
ed with new Logo-style turtle
graphics commands and bet-
ter access to GEM for manipu-
lation o f windows, pull-down
menus and dialogue boxes.
Version 3 is claimed to be fully
compatible with version 2 and
should run earlier programs
without change.
A Version 3 compiler and
an Amiga version of the inter-
preter are also being written,
but won't be available for some
months to come.
Glentop, 1 Bath Place,
Barnet, Herts EN5 5YE (01-
441 4130)
Atari are set for an onslaught on the micro business
market with the launch o f seven new products
squarely aimed at the serious user. The new range
will be coming Out under the 'Hyper' banner, and is
geared up for launch before the end of September
this year, Three quarters of them are UK-originated
products.
Bob Katz, Atari's Technical Director comment-
ed, -We're aiming these products particularly at the
Mega ST user, but they'll all work on the 520 up.
All the products are designed to run directly under
GEM, making full use of features like multiple fonts
and common device drivers to try for a 'Mac-like'
user interface. They will be marketed directly by
Atari.
The first two products, both of which should be
available by the time you read this, are Microsoft
Write (the only one not under the Hyper- label) and
HyperPaint. Write is a top flight word processor with
a full spell checker and the ability to import graph-
ics. HyperPaint is described as a professional paint-
ing program with some revolutionary features:
among these are the ability to zoom and edit a pic-
ture at 300 dpi resolution (that's the quality of a
laser printer), t o automatically filter 'noise' from
scanned images, and to handle a picture of any
size, limited only by the amount of memory in your
ST. Presumably a 4Mb Mega ST can easily handle
billboards! Anti-aliasing is used to smooth the edges
of lines and objects.
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Other hyper products close t o completion
include HyoerChad, a port of Davrelle's award-win-
ning chart creation program from the PC and
HyperD raw,
an object-oriented drawing program similar t o
EasyDraw but with an improved user interface.
HyperPlan is a spreadsheet which was first shown
at the Hanover fair to much acclaim. It is compati-
ble with the industry standard Lotus 1-2-3, but with
an improved working style close t o that o f
MicroSoft's Excel.
The final t w o products planned a r e t h e
HyperSomething database (no finalised name!) and
HyperProrect project planner. HyperSomething will
offer similar functions to Superbase Professional,
and will be able to store graphics and sounds in its
records. Now if it can interface to MIDI that will be
interesting....
• Atari, Railway Terrace, Slough.. Berks SL2 5BZ
(0752 33344)
The Edinburgh Festival is not all Joan Bakewell and
Tattoos this year. In amongst the standard fare of
African drummers and Balkan poets The Amiga
Centre Scotland will be hosting the first Edinburgh
Festival Computer Animation Competition, from 1 lth
to 20th August.
The competition, to accompany a workshop and
exhibition, is to find the best animation generated
using an Amiga. The first prize is being provided by
Commodore themselves, a n Amiga 5 0 0 o r
Commodore hardware to the same value. Other
sponsors include the Disc Company, who'll be
giving away various software products such as
Imagine, a new 3D animation package, and Kind
Words, their word processor.
There are no pre-defined categories and
entries can be made on disk or PAL video tape.
You don't have to travel to Edinburgh in person,
*though if you don't you'll be missing a cultural
bonanza!
Animation competitions are big business in the
States - t h e curiously named Badge Killer
Competition held in October last year at Stanford
University resulted in some truly amazing demos for
the Amiga turning up. Now is the chance for you to
help prove that UK programmers can beat the best
the US has to offer any day!
Among the names who have expressed interest
are Eric Graham, author of Sculpt-3D, Animate-3D and
the classic Juggler demo; Martin Hash, author of ani-
Amiga animation
competition
• Can you beat Juggler. Eric Graham's classic Amiga
animation?
mator Apprentice; and Joel Hagen, winner of the
aforementioned Badge Killer contest. The fudges will
be professional graphic designers and animators
from the world of TV and films,
Closing date for finished entries is 1st August, so
you'd better hurry. There's no entry fee.
Further details from lain Anderson, Animation
Competition, The Amiga Centre Scotland, 4 Hart
Street Lane, Edinburgh El 3RN 1031-557 4242)
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