AmigaShopper49-May95.pdf

The essential magazine for Amiga enthusiasts

r a t Awards

1994’s best Amiga

software and hardware

ROMs

ShopperDisks

Packed with complete

programs, utilities

and more!

Why you need a CD-ROM

drive and how to make sure

you choose the right one

ShopperReviews

• Produce stunning 24-bit images with the ETTff

new Piccolo-SD64 graphics card.

Amiga Shopper takes it through its paces.

• Three brand new databases tried and

tested. Find out which one is best for you.

e Video DAC 18, Blizzard III Turbo and two bu

more CD-ROMs reviewed.

e Plus! Produce your own

multimedia and other

' i applications with ease - use

SIBSter”"

Inovatronics’ authoring

■1

program, CanDo 3.

ShopperTutorials

Assembler

Make your lottery program more friendly!

Comms

We take a look at all the Amiga software archives

available on the Internet.

DICE

We had a special version of DICE 3.0 on the AS47

Coverdisk. Now we tell you how to make the most

of your program.

Photogen ics

The second part of our image processing tutorial

shows you how to create text effects.

Amiga Answers

Expert advice on all your problems

Public Domain

The best business programs and utilities

From the makers of

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C O M P U T T N G T

SuPe r f°st 1 V34*288°°bPs + 1 mooFax

Phone for more details only £233.99

X A W A R D E

A l^ U G A J C Q M ^ U T II'

I Canon BJI Osx

£189.99

I Laser quality output. Large buffer ASF £49.99

N EW Canon BJ200ex

s u p r a g -M M M o d e m 1 44LC

V.32 bis (14400 baud')

Low cost version of the classic V32Bis Fax modem. Features

as below but class I fax only and LED display

now only £99.99

Supra modems are not BABT approved, however they per

form as well & often out perform BABT approved modems.

Supra Modems have a 5 year limited warranty

I The amazing new graphics tablet for the Am ij

I developed with the help of First Computers. 94

I rated in Amiga Shopper August issue! Requirt

| 2.04 WB or above Q f | | y £ 5 9 9 9

£269.99

I 3 page/min speed, 720x360 DPI

I Canon BJC4000 Colour

S upra^rm M M odem v,52bis

£345.99

This modem has full 14400 baud, includes V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis,

V22, V2I, MNP2-S, V.42, V42bis, Class I & 2 commands, 9600/

14400 Group 3 Fax. Includes free modem comms (not Fax)s/w

& cable

I Canon BJC600 C olour

£434.99

I New colour bubble jet from Canon

CITIZEN

ROMBO PRO DUCT ;

VIDI 24 RT NEW £139.9'

I Real tim e colour digitising from any video sourc

Full AGA support. Inc. 12 Volt PSU.

I VIDI 24 RT PRO £209.9

24 b it quality real tim e colour digitising from at

video source. Full AGA support. Inc. 12 V o lt PSU.

I VIDI I 2 AG A £59.9'

I Full support for AGA chipset. Colour images captured

I less than a second, mono images in real time with ai

I video source. Multitasking s/w, cut & paste.

VIDI 12 AGA Plus Take 2 only £69.99

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features V34, 28,800 BPS,

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If you thought V32bls was fast try V 34 (28,800 bps).

S portster 2496+Fax

I C itizen p rinters have a 2 year guarantee

| ABC Colour printer £154.99

simple (as easy as ABC) to use 24 pin printer. Comes as

standard with SO sheet Auto sheet feeder. Tractor feed

optional at £27.99

only £134.99 if bought without the colour option

I NEW! Projet II C olour £269.99

I new inkjet printer with built in auto sheet feeder

I Swift A uto Sheet feeder

DISK DRIVES

AMITEC

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only £54.99

Cumana 3.5" drive only!! £49.99

I m b ext. drive, the best name in drives.

Power Drive X L 1.76 ext. £64.99

Power Drive X L 1.76 int. £59.99

A600/1200 internal drive £39.99

A500 internal drive

£79.99

EPSON

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Epson LX300 £129.99

I Parallel/Serial interface as standard, Colour upgradeable.

LQ 150 C olour

MICE&TRACKERBALL

Alpha Data Mega Mouse £ 13.9

400 Dpi 90% rating

Zydec Trackball £29.99

Alfa Data Crystal

Trackball only £34.99

£209.99

£104.99

I 24 Pin Draft 2l6cps, LQ79cps

I Stylus 800 + £239.99

H 48 Nozzle inkjet 360 x 360 dpi (max) 100 sheet feeder

I Stylus Colour £439.99

1 Colour Inkjet, 360 x 360 dpi, 720 x 720 (on special paper)

HEWLETT

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I HP 320 portable £234.99

I HP 320 A uto sheet feeder £69.99

NEW! HP540 m ono £275.99

HP 320/540 C olour upgrade £36.99

I NEW! HP 660 C olour

S portster 14400 Fax

£157.99

£39.99

A4000 internal D/drive

£99.99

W o rld P o rt 2496 +Fax

W o rld P o rt 14400 +Fax

£181.99

£205.99

/^m azing price reduction on

C ourier Dual Standard V34 Fax

Now only £327 .99

Modem cable forSportsterand Courier£9.99

USR modems come with a 5 yearwarranty&

are BABT Approved

Zappo CD Rom drive

£209.99

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B uilt in power supply, allows up to 6 SCSI devices ti

be attached. Full SCSI com patibility. C om plete w ith 1

PRIMA Shareware Volum e I.

PRIMA TRIPLE SPEED £245.99

PRIMA QUAD SPEED £345.99

PRIMA SCSI case only £74.99

Squirrel SCSI PCMCIA interface

only £40.00, when bought with drive £54.99 separate.

A l 200 OVERDRIVE CD-ROM

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Microvitec Autoscan 1438

Stereo/Speaker System

Aerospace Deluxe £47.9

ZyFi-2 Stereo System £33.9'

IzyFi Pro Stereo System£57.9

£429.99

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I Star LC100 C olour £ 124.<

I Star LC90 9 pin m ono £ I 09.1

I S tar LC24024 pin m ono £125.1

I Star LC240C24 pin Colour £144.1

Star SJ144 C o lo ur £239.9

I Stunning affordable colour printer. 3 PPM, low run

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■ Panasonic KXP4400 £35^

H O ki 400ex £351

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I W o rd w o rth 2 A G A w ith P rint M gr & I

I Day T o Day Planner £ I 9.99 I

I Squirrel interface £54.99 f

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• 150Ms Access tim e*660KB transfer rate

I Oktagon 2008 S C S I - II card £124.991

Personal Paint V4

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tilt and swivell stand only £9.99 when

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MUSIC/SOUND

A ura 12 b it sam pler £74.9

D eluxe M usic C o n stru ctio n S et v2 £59.9

Pro M idi Interface by M icrodeal

GVP A4008 SCSI-II controller £ I 24.99 |

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Techno Sound Turbo 2

£28.9

Tecno Sound Turbo

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PROGRAMMING

Am os Professional £47.9

A m o s P rofession al C o m p ile r £24.9

N E W U G a m e sm ith £74.9

Devpac 3 £50.9

PUBLIC DOMAIN Top 21

National Lottery Predictor (PDA040) I diski I.

Clipart 10 Pack (PDAC2S) I diski 12.

Clipart Disk I (MacArt) (PDACOI) 1 diskii.

Clipart Disk 9 (Garfield) (PDAC09) I diskii

Clipart Disk 4 (Food) (PDAC04) I diskii.

Ami Base Pro v 1.8 (PDACOI) I diskii,

9 Fingers Demo (PDA033) 2 diski2.

Edword Pro V4 (PDA005) I diskii.

Easy Calc Plus (PDA006) I diskii,

Klondyke AGA (PDA0I3) 3 diski2.

Mindwarp AGA Demo (PDA0I5) I diskii.

Motorola invaders AGA (PDA0I6) 2 disk.£2.

Magic Workbench Utils (PDA0I7) I diskii.

PC Task Emulator (PDAOIf) I diskii.

Spectrum Emulator version 1,7 (PDA027) I diskii.

Spectrum Games Disk. (PDA028) I diskii.

Fit Chicks AGA (PDA030) 2 disk.£2.

Mega Ball AGA (PDA050) I diskii.

Relokick 1.3 (PDAOI I) I diskii.

Andys W B 3 Utils (PDA03I) I diskii.

First Fonts Disk 2 (PDAF02) I disk.£2.

First Fonts Disk 1 (PDAFOI) I disk.£2.

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hama A-CUT Video Editor £185.99

GVP Genlock £289.99

features professional SVHS output

Rocgen Plus £ 164.99|

Includes dual control for overlay and keyhole effects, e

RGB pass thru. Check for compatibility

Rendale 8802 FMC £164.991

Rocgen Rockey £ 164.991

For creating special effects in video production v

VIPER68030 TURBO SERIES

68030 accelerator running at 28Mhz

expandible to I 28 M b 32 Bit RAM (see RAM

prices) O ptional SCSI adaptor.

Viper 28 EC £114.99

Viper 28 MMU £134.99

Viper 33 MMU £179.99

SUPRA 28 ACCELERATOR

fo r th e A 5 0 0 /A 5 00 + & A I 500/2000

28 M hz, uses A 500 side p o rt so

th e re is no in te rn a l fittin g

now only £127.99!

K N E W L O W

V PRICES!

PRIMA A500 512k RAM (no clock) £19.99

I PRIMA A500 Plus I Mb RAM £34.99

PRIMA A600 I Mb RAM (no clock) £39.99

M E M O R Y M O D U L E S

1 M b 72 Pin S IM M £39.99

2 M b 72 Pin S IM M £99.99

4 M b 72 Pin S IM M £149.99

8 M b 72 Pin S IM M £284.99

16 M b 72 pin SIM M £439.99

I M b 30 pin S IM M £24.99

4 M b 30 pin S IM M £ I 45.99 I

256 by 4 DRAM (D ILs) (each) £5.99

I Mb by 4 ZIP S (l/2 M b) £32.99

256 by 4 ZIPS (each) £5.99 |

P a rt exchange available on yo u r

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DS/DD DISKS Branded DS/DD

10 £3.49 £4.99

30 £9.99 £13.99

50 £15.99 £19.99

100 £29.99 £37.99

200 £54.99 £69.99

500 £134.99 £162.99

1000 £259.99 £299.99

All disks are guaranteed 100%. All branded disks come with labels

Disk labels 500 £6.99

1000 £9.99

R ib b o n s

Citizen Swift mono ribbon

Citizen Swift col. ribbon

Star LC 10/100 mono

Star LC 10/100 col.

Star LC240c col.

Star LC240c mono

Star LC240 mono

S tarLC 24-10/300/200 C o lo ur £11.'

Re-Ink Spray fo r m ono ribbons £11.'

C O V E R S

Star printer covers £5.9

Citizen printer covers £5.9

H.Packard printer covers £5.S

Star p rinter covers £5.9

P R E M IE R Ink Refills

e a fortune in running costs with your ink/bubble jet.

Compatible with HP, Canon, Star,Citizen & many other

Single re fills

MISCELLAN

A m iga 500/600/1200 PSU £34.99

Am iga 500/500 Plus keyboards £45.99

A m iga 500 Plus M otherboard £29.99

A m iga 500 Plus cases £5.99

Q U A L IT Y M O USE M A TS £2.99

10 C A P A C IT Y D IS K B O X £0.99

50 CAP LOC KABLE DISK B O X £3.49

100 CAP LO C KABLE DISK B O X £4.49

*90 CAP STAC KABLE B A N X B O X £9.99

*150 CAP STACKABLE POSSO BOX £17.99

*add £3.00 delivery if purchasing just one Posso or Banx box.

Normal delivery when purchased with other product or when

buying 2 or more.

A M IG A A 500 D U S T C O VER £2.99

A M IG A 600 COVER £2.99

A M IG A 1200 COVER £2.99

14" M O N IT O R D U S TC O V E R £5.99

Keyboard M em brane C overs £14.95

A M IG A T O SC AR T CABLES £9.99

STD 1.8 M TR PRINTER LEAD £2.99

M O D E M /N U LL M O DEM CABLES £9.99

AMIGA CONTROL STATIONS

A500 or 1200 VERSION

SCA N N ERS

Alfa Scan 800 £ I 15.99

256 greyscale scanner up to 800 Dpi

I Alfa Data Alfa Colour Scan |

| 18bitscannerwith256Kcoloursinccolourcorrection

only £325.99

Alfa Scan 256 £135.99

1 256 greyscale scanner, includes Touch Up, Merge It and II

£23.99

£30.99

£26.99

£18.99

£13.99

£10.99

£34.99

£44.99

£79.99

£89.99

£99.99

PRIMA CO-PRO & RAM

■ Realise the full potential o f your A1200 w ith thi

I trapdoor expansion, inc real "

K ickstart 1.3

K ickstart 2.04

K ickstart 2.05 (fo r use in A600)

I F atter Agnes 8375

Super Denise

6571-0326 Keyboard controller

C IA 8520A I/O co ntro lle r

68882 Co Pro 25m hzPLC C

68882 Co Pro 33m hzPLCC

68882 Co Pro 40m hzPLC C

68882 Co Pro 40 m hz PGA

68882 Co Pro 50m hz PGA

(22m l)

£6.9

£59.9

Tw in refills

(44m l)

£12.9

GP FA X 2.3 software

£49.9

T h re e co lo u r k it (66m l)

£19.9

Full colour k it

(88m l)

£27.9

XC opy Pro V2 plus hardwarwe £24.9

VIDEO & GRAPHICS

N EW !! Deluxe Paint 5

Make Path fo r Vista

Special offer !! Lightwave

V ista Pro 3 (4M b req uired )

B ulk re fills

(1 2 5m l)

£24.9

C a r t r id g e s

Canon BJ 10 cart. £19.9

Canon BJ 200 cart. £19.9

HP Deskjet D/life m ono cart. £24.9

HP Deskjet col. cart. £26.9

Star SJ 144 mono o r colour (3 pack) £21.9

M is c e lla n e o u s

Printer Switch Box 2 way £12.9

Printer Switch Box 3 way £17.9

Printer Stands (Universal)save on space £4.9

3 M etre printer cable

£69.9

£8.9

£399.9

£29.9

WORD PROCESSING/DTP

Final W rite r D TP N E W !

C opy V2 U K..New L o w P ric e !

P agestream 3 U .K . ve rsio n

W o rd w o rth 2 A G A inc Print Mgr

Wordworth 3.ISE

W ordw orth 3.1

Penpal

full OCR software. Min. requirements I mb Ram, (2Mb ||

Ram and Hard Disk to use OCR software)

‘ "

lock

EPSON GT6500 Colour Flatbed

New low price only!! £499.99

P hone fo r in fo rm a tio n pack.

A r t D e p a rtm e n t P ro

Scanner software £99.99

compatible with Epson GT6500 & GT8000

I M B RAM

£ 9 0 .9 9 I

2 M B R AM

£ 1 2 9 .9 9 1

£69.9

£48.9

£174.9

£19.9

£54.9

£84.9

£29.9

4 M B R AM

£ 1 9 4 .9 9 1

8 MB R AM

£3 I 9 .9 9 I

2 M B & 33 M H z C O PRO

£ I 49.99 |

£6.9

£36.99

4 MB & 33 MHz CO PRO

£219.99

5 M etre printer cable

£8.9

A600 VERSION

£29.99

8 M B & 33 M H z C O PRO

£334.99 1

10 M etre printer cable

£12.9

Editorial

opperWelcome

Who’s Who

The essential magazine for Amiga enthusiasts

Editor: Sue Grant E-mail sgrant@futurenet..co.uk

Consultant Editor: Nick Veitch

A rt Editor: Nick Aspell

Production Editor: Anna Grenstam

Technical W riter: Graeme Sandiford

Contributors:

Richard Baguley, Toby Simpson, R Shamms Mortier,

Jason Holborn, Larry Hickmott, Gary Whiteiey, Darren

Irvine, John Kennedy, Tim Tucker, Paul Overaa.

Photography: Pete Canning

Group A rt Director: Matthew Williams

You can also contact us, or browse through a selection of Amiga

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Hello again! Even with the future of Commodore still in the balance, we

have no trouble at all in filling another issue of Amiga Shopper...

you m your

choice and so

we put some of

the best CD-

ROM drives

through a series

of tests to find

out which one

came out

on top.

Starting on page 34, you'll find the usual

batch of reviews, including a comparison

between three new databases - two of which

earn Amiga Shopper Star buy awards - and a

review of the Blizzard III Turbo

(which is pictured above).

We have the second of

Graeme's six-part Photogenics

tutorials and a new face to Amiga

Shopper, Darren Irvine, is our

Comms expert this month. He steps

into Wavey Davey’s shoes and takes

a look at Aminet and all the Amiga-

related stuff you can access.

We featured a special version of

DICE 3.0 on our issue 47 Coverdisk

and now Toby Simpson raves about

the program and then tells you how best to use

it in his new DICE tutorial.

Another new face in the mag this month is

Larry Hickmott, who is a DTP enthusiast and

has joined our panel of experts. He will be

answering all your DTP-related questions in

Amiga Answers, so keep them coming in!

We've kept Jason Holbom busy again this

month with the Public Domain pages. He

focuses on the business packages available to

help you manage your finances and keep track

of your records and appointments.

If that isn’t enough to keep you busy for

the next month, I'll eat my boxing gloves! H

A r e y o u g e t t i n g s i c k a n d t i r e d

o f h e a r i n g a b o u t t h e s a l e o f

C o m m o d o r e ? W e l l , y o u m a y

s t i l l b e i n t e r e s t e d t o r e a d

o u r n e w s s t o r y o n p a g e 1 2

w h i c h r e p o r t s o n f u r t h e r d e v e l o p m e n t s i n

t h e l o n g - r u n n i n g s a g a .

Do you remember filling in the Amiga

Shopper Reader Awards forms back in issue

46? Richard Baguley has

compiled the results and

discovered which of the Amiga

products you thought were

outstanding in 1994. Turn to page

18 to find out if your

favourite product won.

All you hip and

: groovy dudes (oh dear,

that docs reveal my

age, doesn’t it) will be

thrilled with the fabulous music

package that we have crammed on

to Coverdisk 1 this month. Boom

Box is aimed at just about anybody,

from the complete beginner, to the

musical genius and should give you

hours of fun.

On the ShopperChoice second Coverdisk

are a whole host of handy programs and

utilities which will all make your life that bit

easier. You will also find some Wordworth

drawing tools to use in conjunction with

Amiga Formats April issue Coverdisk.

And as CD-ROM drives have become so

popular recently, the Supertest this month is

all about them. There are quite a few already

on the market, but would you know which one

was best for your needs? Well, we aim to help

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A M IG A S H O P P E R

Issue 49

May 1995

Shoppe r Contents

May 1995

Issue 49

The essential magazine for Amiga enthusiasts

ShopperTutorials

DICE 74

We had a special version of DICE 3.0 on our

Coverdisk for the March 1995 issue. Now Toby

Simpson shows you how to make the most of

it with a brand new tutorial on DICE.

Photogenics

In the second instalment of Graeme

Sandiford’s series of Photogenics tutorials, he

teaches you how to use alpha channels to

create text-based images and shadows.

ShopperFeatures

ShopperReviews

Assembler___________

You may still be in with a chance to win the

National Lottery with Toby Simpson’s Lottery

prediction program. You can find the source

code on our ShopperChoice disk.

Reader Awards

Piccolo-SD64 40

Is your old A2000 or A3000 in need

of a makeover? Gary Whiteley

recommends adding a graphics card

like the Piccolo-SD64.

A M IGA

In the February issue of Amiga Shopper

Richard Baguley asked you which Amiga

software and hardware you thought was the

best released in 1994. He also asked you who

you thought the Amiga person of the year was.

Now he brings you the long-awaited results.

Comms 80

Another new face in Amiga Shopper, Darren

Irvine looks at the best Amiga resources to be

found on the Internet.

0 Aminet Set

If you can't get on the fantastic

Aminet itself, this CD-ROM is the

best way of sampling its delights, or

so Graeme Sandiford reckons.

Supertest

John Kennedy helps you choose the right

CD-ROM drive for your particular needs by

explaining the most important features to look out

for and testing some of the best drives around.

ShopperRegulars

Imagine 3.0 Enhancer_43

Graeme Sandiford reviews another CD-

ROM for the graphics freak - Imagine 3.0

Enhancer, best used with Imagine naturally.

Coverdisk instructions_6

Tim Tucker and Graeme Sandiford make

sure that you don't have any problems with your

Boom Box and ShopperChoice Coverdisks.

Amiga Answers.

We have a new DTP and word processing

expert joining our panel of Amiga experts this

month, Larry Hickmott.

Video DAC 18 47

Is the only way to improved graphics on your

Amiga via an expensive graphics board?

Graeme Sandiford looks at a real alternative

in Video DAC 18.

News________________

The latest update from Commodore. Plus, what’s

new, hot and steaming in the Amiga market at

present. Remember, you saw it here first!

Public Domain________84

Once again Jason Holborn trawls the PD

libraries to find you the best programs and

utilities on offer. This month he has netted a

shoal of useful business stuff.

CanDo 3 __________

Graeme Sandiford reports on one of the

most powerful and easy-to-use authoring

packages available for the Amiga - CanDo 3.

Straight talk______

Our man in the States, R Shamms Mortier,

talks to Ben Williams of Black Belt Systems.

ShopperReviews

Letters______________102

You could win £25 for sounding off.

Databases 34

Can’t you ever find the information you

need? Graeme Sandiford looks at

three databases that could make your

life a lot easier - Twist, Final Data and Datastore.

Blizzard III Tiirbo 53

Do you dream of an Amiga fast enough to whiz

through your little projects in no time at all?

Graeme Sandiford looks at a ridiculously fast

accelerator, named Blizzard III Turbo.

Next month________ 106

Another packed issue of Amiga Shopper will be

hitting the streets on Tuesday, 2nd May.

18 So, who didyou all vote for? Who were

Everyone wants a CD-ROM drive, but do

you know which one to choose?

Ben Williams ofBlack Belt Systems knows

his Tae Kwon Do andAmiga graphics.

the Amiga creme de la creme of 1994?

4 A M IG A S H O P P E R

ShopperContents

May 1995

Issue 49

agazine for Amiga enthusia

ShopperServices

Books_______________38

Mail Order _______ 44

Reader A d s__________57

Subscriptions________ 60

Back Issues__________82

PD Houses__________ 94

User Groups_________ 98

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Market P lac e________ 96

Ad Index___________ 104

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Program,

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the whiz-kid you’ve always dreamt of.

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Imagine 3.0 Enhancer is one o f the CD-

ROMs we review this month.

ShopperDisks - turn to page 6 for full instructions

On Coverdisk 1 we have

the full version of Boom

Box, a great interactive

music program for people

of all abilities. No previous

experience is needed, just

a love for music and fun!

On ShopperChoice we

have, amongst many other

programs, Archandler,

Imagine 3.0 textures and

the usual source code files

that make following our

tutorials that much easier.

The Piccolo-SD64 could perk up your

flickering displays and flat graphics.

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