Amiga Computing - Commodore Is Awesome

0/10 FOR
GUILDHALL
Award Winning
Educational Software
1 0/10 Software, makers of many an
educational title, are making their
products available though Guildhall Leisure.
, The Guildhall name may ring a bell amongst
those who browse our games section as the
company have had great successes with
titles such as Gloom from Black Magic and
Super Skidmarks from Acid Software.
The range of software from 10/10 has
been re-packaged and is now available for
E14_99_ Their current titles include Essential
Maths and Early Essentials, but more are on
the way such as Essential History aimed at
the 5 to 12-year old and Essential IT for
all ages.
D32 SOLUTION
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yetech have announced
their plans to make the
best out of the CD32. Disappointed
by the lack of expansion
facilities and input/output connectors,
they are now releasing the
SX32 expansion unit to provide a
portable Amiga solution with builtin
CD-ROM. Claiming to be 'everything
the SX 1 should have been' it
fits in the CD32's FMV slot and
incorporates the Amiga serial, parallel,
video and floppy disk connections.
As well as having a standard
15-pin VGA monitor connector, it
also allows the addition of a 2.5
inch hard disk drive and a 72-pin
BALL FOR ACTION ON PIRACY
A ccording to industry paper, OW, some of the big games firms are calling for a
separate body to fight piracy. Currently, ELSPA (the Entertainment and leisure
Software Publishers Association) have their Anti-Piracy Crime Unit dealing with the problem.
However, following the recent news that the Police and Trading Standards could refuse to
take action against pirates unless the industry actually provides more resources themselves,
some of the major players are suggesting that ELSPA's Anti-Piracy Unit is made into an
independent body.
This, they believe, will make the industry more focused on the problem. ELSPA answered
by saying that the suggestion had not been thought out properly and that the Crime Unit
worked as a standalone organisation anyway.
SIMM within the CO32 Eyetech
believe that as the SX32 only sticks
out 1 centimetre more than the
normal CD32, and because of it's
sturdy attachment, it makes it an
ideal portable, low cost, multimedia
option. The compatible
keyboards and floppy disk drives
are also available from Eyetech.
The 5X32 comes with a Workbench
3 CD which also has various utili-
ties and PD/Shareware programs.
The SX32 is E199.95, the Compact
Amiga Keyboard, E34.95 and
External floppy disk drive E44.95
(UK prices). Contact 01642
713185.
OWERING ABOVE lie
Blittersoft have a new range of Amiga Tower systems and expansion
Shuttle boards available_
The standard Tower has a choice of several front panel designs
and uprated PSUs are available in 230, 250 and 300W ratings
Shuttles available are the Shuttle 2000, 1200, 1200PC1, 3000, 4000
and the 3000PC1 and 4000PC1.
News also from Blittersoft this month is that they are now the
exclusive distributors of products from Canadian company,
AsimWare Innovations Inc. Blittersoft will also be releasing
MasterISO from AsimWare Innovations, a program which allows
the user to create an ISO image which can be written to a
CD-ROM recorder in order to create custom CD-Rom and CD-Audio
discs.
Catch our review of MasterISO next month, with a roundup of
CD-ROM Recorders.
AMIGA COMPUTING
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FREE BEER
Now we have your attention, we just want to
say thanks for the great response we've hod
to our Reader Surveys. Still keep them
coming though - there's no free beer (that
was a cheap trick) but there is E200 worth
of software and hardware tailored to your
computer's needs up for grabs.
We'll put your surveys into a draw and
the lucky winner will be announced in our
100th issue. All your entries must be
received by 6 April, so send them to Reader
Survey, Amiga Computing, Media House,
Adlington Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire
SKIO 4NP.
ON THE MOVE
Amiga distributors SDL have announced
that the company are set to move to new
premises in Woking. SOL, which also incorporates
the retail chain Silica, were recently
saved from financial stri r by a take over by
the Anglo Corporation.
The move will mean expansion for the
company as the new site is around 10,000
square feet bigger than their current premises.
However, although all the current staff
have been offered jobs at the new site, it's
thought that some staff may not wish to
relocate.
LORD OF
THE FLIES
Congratulations to Hen Vast, our Pog-collect•
ing Deputy Editor, who has been promoted
to the role of Editor. Vast was too emotional
to comment at the time but has since been
sighted wearing big black boots and
brandishing a whip
SIGN OF THE
TIMES
A recent article in The Times Interface
computer section hailed the Amiga as the
leading games machine and now one of the
foremost multimedia home computers" in
their recent article announcing The World of
Amiga Show Praise indeed_
SCALA OOPS
While we may have been on the ball in getting
you Scala's new phone number in the
UK, we didn't octualy give you the right
number.
The number you need to phone is actually
01920 484811, and it is their fax number
on 01920 484148, in case you need to fax
k them.
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