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Path: menudo.uh.edu!usenet From: teler@cs.huji.ac.il (Eyal Teler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews Subject: MINI-REVIEW: Amiga Computing, issue 71, March 1994 Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc Date: 2 Mar 1994 16:30:10 GMT Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett Lines: 134 Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2l2eui$p5j@menudo.uh.edu> Reply-To: teler@cs.huji.ac.il (Eyal Teler) NNTP-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Keywords: magazine, issue, coverdisk, commercial PRODUCT NAME Amiga Computing, issue 71, March 1994 BRIEF DESCRIPTION This review contains a list of articles and coverdisk programs available with this issue of AC. Three of the coverdisk programs are reviewed in separate reviews. AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION Name of publisher: Europress Enterprise Ltd. Address: Europa House Adlington Park Macclesfield SK10 4NP UK Editorial E-mail: amigacomputing@cix.compulink.co.uk LIST PRICE #3.25 (British Pounds) Overseas price #3.50 ($10 in the US, to my knowledge) Hfl 15.95 REVIEW This is a description of Amiga Computing issue 71, March 1994. This review includes a list of the articles in this issue, and is followed by initial reviews of the programs on the coverdisk. It is intended to help you decide if you want to buy this issue, and should be especially useful for those non-British readers (like myself) who need to order it from their newsagents. This issue is 164 pages long, and includes one coverdisk. COVERDISK PROGRAMS JcGraph - Graph program. Create 2D and 3D graphs from ASCII data files. FastJPEG - Fast JPEG viewer. DocDump 3.6 - Prints several pages on one physical page using small print. Icon Editor v4 - 16-colour icon editor, requiring Workbench 2.04 or higher. SuperDuper 3.0 - Disk copier, requiring Workbench 2.04 or higher. DataTypes - PCX, BMP, Windows icons, MacPaint. Three of these programs -- JcGraph, FastJPEG, and DocDump -- are reviewed separately in the comp.sys.amiga.reviews archives. CONTENTS OF MAGAZINE News (highlights): Warp transputer board Picture of famous anti-Sega ad board Features: Computer porn - includes examples ;-) (some censured) Babylon 5 - an interview with Ron Thrnton of Foundation Imaging Amiga video walls in football (soccer) stadiums Monitors - how they work, survey - 1940/42 vs 1084st vs Microvitec 1440 Reviews: Vidi Amiga 24 RT Emplant - Mac emulation (v3.7?) review, Apple II emulation preview Humanoid - human objects for Lightwave and Imagine Canon BJC-600 bubblejet colour printer A2A font conversion MA36 MIDI analyser Panasonic KX-P2123 dot matrix colour printer Upper Disk Tools Ink refills AGA VideoMaster Amiga A1200 Beginner's Pack (Book, video + PD disks) Updates - ImageFX 1.50, Clarity 16 Oldies: DCTV, Caligari 24, Understanding Imagine 2 (book) Digitisers: VideoMaster/AGA, Vidi 12/24 RT, VLabY/C & VLab Games reviews: Star Trek Jurassic Park Fantastic Dizzy Cool Spot Pirates Gold (CD32) Skidmarks F1 The Labyrinth of Time (CD32) Tornado Campaign II CD32 Shorts: Arabian Nights, Alfred Chicken, John Barnes European Football Cheaps: Kings Quest 1, Cruise for a Corpse Cheat/walkthrough: The Addams Family Tutorials (most are ongoing): AmigaGuide Beginners - installing software ARexx - ARexx libraries, especially RexxARPLib Video - general problems in a video production AMOS - requesters Publishing - colour publishing VENDOR SUPPORT Free replacement for faulty coverdisk. I tried this once - it takes some time, but you do get a working replacement disk. CONCLUSION A nice issue, with an average coverdisk containing no commercial programs. COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright 1994 Eyal Teler. All rights reserved. --- Daniel Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews Send reviews to: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu Request information: amiga-reviews-requests@math.uh.edu Moderator mail: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu Anonymous ftp site: math.uh.edu, in /pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews