AmigaShopper60-Mar96.pdf

The essential magazine for Amiga enthusiasts

unmasked!

Issue 60 March 1996 £ 4.25

Amiga and

At last a frank and

honest report on the

Amiga’s secret side

Personal

PC twinned

The power of a PC on your

Amiga with the Siamese System

Exclusive report on page 32

Fonts M aker 2

Over

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ShopperReviews

• EZ-135 drive: SyQuest

have invaded the Iomega Zip

drive’s territory.

• MainActor Broadcast: A

new version of Blittersoft’s

animation editor.

• Money Matters 4: Digita’s new financial package.

• Datastore 2: Digita's excellent database reviewed.

• Spirit Folio Lite: Ideal addition to your DTM arsenal.

• Amiga-Link: Networking your Amiga made easy.

• Green Pen: A mouse shaped like a pen!

• JTS 850: A £ 2 0 0 3.5-inch drive offering 850M b.

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Sh o p pe rT utorials

Microsoft

Music

Our brand new music tutorial begins this month. The

first installment introduces the series; over the next few

months we will talk about every aspect of making

music on your Amiga.

Comms

Thousands of businesses have created home pages on

the Internet, and all of them are trying to sell you

something. Is there a catch?

AM OS

Aminet is a great source of ideas and information

about AMOS. We tell you why.

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John Kennedy, Paul Overaa, Graeme Sandiford and Maff Evans

Photography: Pete Canning

Piracy Artwork: Jason Jordache

There's a new pack from Amiga Technologies

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being organised as we speak; and we have

new products coming out of our ears...

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our printers

Supertest last

month, we now

take a look at printer

enhancement programs to

go with it. Larry explains

what the programs do and

why you need them, then

he reviews three of the

best on page 28.

We also have reviews of

the new networking

software,

Amiga-Link,

the animation

editor,

MainActor

Broadcast, the

new SyQuest drive

and the latest versions of two of

Digita’s products; Money Matters 4

and Datastore 2, plus loads more.

Piracy is a real problem for

the Amiga. We talk to software

developers to find out how badly they are

affected. We also ask some pirates

themselves why they carry on a practice

which surely damages the future of the

Amiga. On page 22.

Dave has also been busy

reviewing over 30 new

programs and utilities for PD

Select this month. As for our

Coverdisks, we have

Cloanto's excellent Personal

Fonts Maker 2, for music

lovers we have a demo of

Aural Synthetica, plus some

rather splendid money off offers for

you which are scattered about the

Coverdisk instructions pages.

That lot should keep you busy

until next month! H

the World Of Amiga show in

April to “mark their commitment

to the future of the Amiga",

according to the press release.

And Amiga Shopper will be there too, to mark

our commitment to the Amiga! Ticket details can

be found over on page 14.

We have had so many new Amiga products,

both hardware and software, sent in that it's

impossible to move in the Amiga Shopper office,

so we are reviewing as many as we can in the

next few issues. Instead of a huge

Supertest, we have pages and

pages of reviews for you!

And one piece of hardware that

has been causing a real stir is the

Siamese System which we

previewed a while ago. Hi-Q have

given us an exclusive, first look at

the system, and pretty

impressive it is too. The

Siamese System

integrates those two

old enemies - the

Amiga and the PC

- and does it well.

Now you have

chosen your new

printer from the

ones we covered in

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ShopperReviews

JTS 850___________ 51

Fast, cheap, with great capacity. David Taylor

takes a look at this new 3.5-inch drive.

Green Pen_________51

David Taylor is on a mission to find an

indestructible mouse. Can this be the one?

Shoppe rTutor ials

ShopperFeatures

M usic____________ 64

The first part of our music tutorial by John

Kennedy introduces the series.

Comms__________ 67

Darren Irvine takes a look at the increasingly

popular trend of doing business on the Net.

Piracy unmasked!__ 22

The darker side of the Amiga. Dave Taylor talks

to software developers and software

A M O S ___________

If you are looking for a source of AMOS

information and ideas, Steve Bye can help.

ShopperRegulars

SyQuest’s EZ-135 drive is direct competition

for Iomega’s Zip drive.

ShopperReviews

Just how damaging

problem of piracy to the

future of the Amiga?

Printer drivers____ 28

Larry Hickmott explains how to improve the

quality of printing with your Amiga. And he

reviews three printing enhancement programs.

Money Matters 4 __ 43

The latest version of Digita’s financial manager

gets the once over from Graeme Sandiford.

Coverdisks__________6

Personal Fonts Maker 2; Aural Synthetica demo;

money off bargains; and plenty more!

News_____________ 14

The new Amiga Surfer pack; Amiga

Technologies move home; Canon launch a new

printer; a free directory for PD developers

announced; plus loads more!

Amiga Answers____ 54

Win £25 if your image is printed here. Our

experts are at hand to solve your problems.

Public Domain_____ 76

Over 30 new Public Domain programs

reviewed and rated.

Letters____________86

Win 25 quid for letter of the month.

Next month________ 90

Find out what we have planned for you next

month. On sale, Tuesday, 5th March 1996.

Datastore 2.

Nick Veitch reviews another Digita product;

this time it's the new version of their database.

SyQuest EZ-135___ 46

Which is best? The Iomega Zip or this new drive

from SyQuest? David Taylor finds out.

Spirit Folio Lite____ 47

Maff Evans tests this method of combining

and recording DTM sound sources.

ShopperReviews

Siamese System___ 32

David Taylor brings you an exclusive review of

the Siamese System from Hi-Q.

Blizzard 1260______ 38

John Kennedy reviews the first 68060 based

accelerator for the Amiga 1 200.

Amiga-Link

Network your Amiga with AmiTrix’s new program.

John Kennedy explains what it’s all about.

CD-ROMs

David Taylor reviews the latest selection of

CD-ROMs to land on his desk.

MainActor

Broadcast______

How does Blittersoft’s new animation editing

program shape up? Graeme Sandiford is

the man to find out.

ShopperServices

Books_____

Reader Ads_

FutureNet

Mail Order__

Back issues _

Market Place

Ad Index___

The Spirit Folio Lite mixer will help you make

music on your Amiga.

Could this be the fastest Amiga ever? The

Blizzard 1260 accelerator board is on page 38.

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Issue 60

March 1996

A M IG A S H O P P E R

March 1996

ShopperContents

Amiga

twinned

ShopperDisks

We have surpassed ourselves this month.

You will find 6.5Mb of great new programs

and utilities on our two Coverdisks:

Personal Fonts

Maker 2 _________6

Cloanto have supplied the complete

version of their bitmapped fonts editor.

This program is the leading tool for

handling fonts in up to 256 colours.

Aural Synthetica_10

We have a demo of this powerful sound

creation program. Try out Blachford

Technologies’ sample editor and then get

money off the full version.

oi BmgaShatt

P S IS sF 5'

You’ll find the complete package of Dialog

Procedures 3.6 on the disks this month.

And we have a special offer price to

upgrade to version 4.

Lice nee Ware_____ 11

We were so excited by Nucleus when we

reviewed in it PD Select last month that

we just had to get you a demo to try out.

You can save money off the full version of

this program too.

ApplicationZone__ 12

We have managed to fit on three programs

from the excellent Navigator 2 package,

rated 99 per cent in PD Select. We

couldn’t resist including it!

TechnicalZone____ 13

Loads of programs and utilities of all types.

W in d o w s

InformationZone__ 13

Our comprehensive listing of PD Houses

and User Groups here.

ShoPpefCholce

Maker 2

March 1996

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