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December 90

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COVER STORY

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THE DISK

WH• ; WHO

MANAGI NG EDITOR! Derek MeakIn

EDITOR: Nic Vertch

STAFF WRITER: Paul Austin

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Ami ga computing

CONTENTS

REGULARS

REVIEWS

ALMANAC

HI DENSITY

AMIGApeople

The section of the magazine th

has something for everyone

from music to comms. DIP to

graphics. AMOS to machine

code The top experts in their

ﬁeld bring you all the latest news

Meet the people who make the world of Amiga go

round - the people behind the scenes who make it

all possible, and everyday users who've found ways

Of making their Amiga do extraordinary things. PIUS a

ﬁrst look at new Amiga products that ore about to hit

The shops.

If you've been short on sectors, Jolyon Ralph could

have the answer for you - a new device which will

give I.52Mb from a single ﬂ oppy

VIVA

plus hints and tips that will help

you expand your use of ?het

Amigo In ways you may hay

never thought possible.

Ever wanted to master a laserdisk presentation? Well.

now you can. And it doesn't have to be as tricky - or

as expensive - as you might think. us Duncan Evcans

ﬁnds out

MACHINE CODE

121

RAM TEST

Dec iding how much and where to add the necessary

memory boost is tough We look at some of the

options available and review two of the most

advanced expansions on the market today. 107

CODE CLINIC

125

DESPATCHES

REAL3D

When your Arny's in a loop, stuff is really In the soup_

When little things go 'whoopr, you'll ﬁ nd our Ezra Ls no

dupe.

Leaving the real world behind for a while. Nic Vertch

explores the alternative universe of Active Software's

Impressive ray tracing package

MUSIC

129

PORTFOLIO

Just to prove there's nothing your artistic Amiga

cannot do, here's some masterpieces turned out for

Amiga Centre Scotland's annual animation

festival

COMMUNICATIONS

133

GAMES

Badlands, Beast 2,Heiter Skeiter. Loom, Necronom,

Nightbreed. Patadrold. Spy Who Loved Me, Xiphos,

Wings of fury... they're all on test this month..........45

DESKTOP

PUBLISHING

137

114

141

COMPETITION

AMOS

145

MLIGICIAN

Forget speedup boards. Here's your chance to get

your hands on some cutting edge technology And

it's so easy to enter.

With a song in his heart. maestro Paul Austin explores

the latest state of music packages on the Amiga, Do

we mall need to pay for them?

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