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VOLUME
6, NUMBER
8
AUGUST 1990
.
•
FEATURES
DEMOCRATIC
'
DE
VELOPMENT':
AMIGA
PROGRAMMING IN THE
NEW
AGE
By
Louis R
.
Wallace
.
.....
.
.......
.
..
\Vilh the
grap
hics-oriented
,
icon-ba
sed
approaches found
in
Amiga Vision
and
other auth
orin
g-system
packages
,
pro-
gramming
lhe
Amiga isn't
ju
st
for
"pr o-
grammers
"
an ymore.
Lou
Wallace takes
you on a tour of
where Amiga
program
-
ming ha
s
been-and
wher
e
it's
likely
to
go
in lhe future
.
..
REVIEWS
18
ULT
RADESIG
N
(Pr
ogressive
Periphe
rals)
.
.
. . . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
. .
A
long-awaited entry
in the CAD market.
AUlOSCRIPT
(Computerall
Seroices)
. .
.
2-0
to
3-0 with a
PostScript
twist.
SERIAL SOLUTION
(Checkpoint )
. . .
.
.
It may
not
pro
vide sailors "a girl
in
every
po rt," but
it
will
give
Arniganau
ts
a
port
for
eve
ry
serial
per
ipheral.
12
14
16
CLUES
10
PROGRAMMING
THE
AMIGA
By
Sheldon Leemon
.
. .
. .
. .
.
.
. .
.
.
.
But
for
the
more
traditional who
shun
the
"point-a
nd-d ick"
school,
here's
a
nu
ts-and -bolts
gu
ide
to
understanding
and
u
sing Amiga system-so
ftware
rou-
lines to
get
the most
out of your
BASIC
and C
programm
ing.
22
MA.sTER SOUND
(Microdea/
I
MichTro
n)
.......................
A
bare
-bones
au
dio
digitizer that
rattles
.
T.A
.C.L.
(Micro
Momentum
)
.........
Nifty script-based game-auth oring system.
"Clues
lo Programming the Amiga"-p.
22
Who did
it,
Where, and
How? [See
the
Solulion at
the
bottom of this page.
J
80
81
84
86
89
AzTEC
C 5.0A
(Manx )
...........
Heavy-du
ty
C
compi
ler
upgrade.
..
ARTICLES
HARD
LESSONS: SOLID RESULTS
By
Mike Hubbartt
. .
.
. . .
.
.
. . .
.
.
. .
.
.
.
Hard-disk
users
take
note:
Here
's
a
5-point
cour se- wilh recommen
ded
sup -
port
utilities-i
n
or
ga
nizing
and
main-
taining
your
hard
drive
for maximum
efficiency,
safety, and
performance.
ALF2
(Pre
'spe
ct
Techni
cs)
and
SUPRADRIVE
(Supra )
.
...
.
.
.....
.
..
Two
versatile
hard
-dr
ive
contro
llers
square off
in
head
-to-head
competi
tion.
BACK
TALK
.
..
.
.................
The
last
word
on
Amiga World
reviews.
38
POINTERS
By Robert]
.
Mica/
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
The inimitab le
R .
gives
a
command
.J
performance
in
progra mmin
g style for
exiting programs
gracef
ully
and getting
back
to
the system when tro
uble
arises.
64
GAMES
CRIB NOTES
By Peter
Olafson
.
.
.
..
...
Top-drawe
r
tips
on
improving
you
r
Amiga
ga
mesmans hip
.
PACK IT IN!
By Graham Kinsey
...
..
.
Archiving (file-compr ession)
programs
save valuab
le
disk
space, on
-line
charges
,
and you
r time .
With a heal
thy
bunch ou t
lh
ere
in
th
e
p
ublic
doma
in,
let's
co
mp
are
ut
ilities
for speed , arch
ive
size,
and
suita-
bility for
your
o
n-line
need
s.
46
70
DEPARTME
NTS
REPARTEE
..............
.
........
Two
bits
will
get your
two-cents
worth
in.
NOTEPAD
..................
.
...
In the
news:
Arnigas
invade
prime
App
le
turf
,
link
up
with
T-Men in O.C.,
learn
to
spea
k
Italian
in
Bologna,
more
..
.
HORS D'OEUVRES
.......
..
.
......
More
hints
and tips
from
AW
readers
.
WHAT'S
NEW?
...
.
..........
A
beach-blank
etfu
l
of
new
products.
....
8
10
COLUM
NS
CHIEF CONCERNS
By
Doug
Barney
.
. . .
Th
e
chief has
many
concerns
this
month
,
including ADA
support
,
Amiga
visibility,
fairer copy-pro
tection
scheme s,
and
ju
stice
"at the
end
of a rope
"
for viru s creators
.
ACCENT
ON GRAPHICS
By
Jo
el
Hagen
..
............
....
...
Add powerful
dep th
and dimension to
your
image
s
with a subtle, yet
d
ra
matic
HAM-paint ing techn ique.
DRAKKHE
N
and
THE
CHAMBER
OF
THE
SCI-MUTANT
PRI
ESTESS
(Dracon
ian
I
Data
East)
..
.....
.....
..
A blockbu ster 3-0 adve
nture
and a
cha
l-
lenging puzzle/ad
venture game.
WATERLOO
(SSI
I
Electronic Art
s)
. .
. . .
Send Wellington
to
Elba and
Bonaparte
on
to Westminster-
if
you
like!
NUCLEAR WAR
(New World
I
Electro
nic
Arts
)
.
.
. .
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
. . .
If
you
don't like arm
s
treati
es,
try
this.
DAY OF
THE VI
PER
(Accolade)
.
.
..
...
Get CAR-or else-in
this
sci-fi th
riller.
RISK
(Virgin
Mast
ertroni c)
. .
.
.
. .
.
.
. . .
An
old war-strategy game
-
Arniga
style.
70
72
6
91
94
98
75
76
58
INFO
.PH
ILE
By
Mark
L.
Van
Bill
Catchings
. . .
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Tea
m
info.phi
le
puts the
wrap
miniseries
for new
Amiga
OOS
the
secrets
of
the
Shell.
Name
and
...
.
. . . ..
on
its
users
on
H
ELP
KEY
..
..
...
.
.........
.
..
.
Lou
did n't
tell
us
where
he's
going for
his
vacation,
bu
t
we
hooked up
a fax
ma-
chine
in
his campe
r
so we cou
ld
forward
him
your
technica
l-assistance
quer
ies.
LAsT LICKS
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. . . .
.
. . . .
It's
time
for "Auld
Lang Syne"
for a
friend
of
your
s and
mine
..
.p
lus
other
matter
s of
dubious mer
it.
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