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LI ZONE #1 Produced by: Professional PO Available from: Professional PD Another compilation of handy little utilities, in the mould of the Vark disks, Most are accompanied by ReadMe files, and those which aren't are, for the most part, relatively easy to get to fltiPs with. There are plenty of useful inclusions: there's Cachefont, which creates a file listing everything in your Fonts drawer, allowing programs to scan its contents far more quickly; ClickNot, which stops the floppy drive from making that irritating clicking noise when there's no disk inserted; and CPalette, which brings up a palette requester on any screen. DoubleX forces mode promotion on AGA machines, even on programs which normally refuse to be affected. Embedder is a superb AGA downgrading utility that runs as an Applcon, so AGA-unfriendly programs can simply be dropped onto its icon and run instantly. Fakernem is for Al200 owners, and converts all but 512k of RAM into FastRAM, and apparently this makes it possible to run certain applications such as Caligari, which otherwise would refuse to run. GIFlist displays useful information about Gil Mot me it! NO It koolo to mood it mll wool Ild OP 11 N a l -- • t l o f N 11 C U Zone s Incore dibiy use ful but not really like ly to provide e xciting gra bs files and can add little notes for future reference. IdleLED turns the power light into a CPU load indicator, so that it's possible to tell when your machine is working hard. Nuke is a 'secure' deletion program - it physically removes a program rather than simply telling the machine to forget about its existence. This means the file cannot later be undeleted by some curious individual. SystemSpeed, unsurprisingly, can tell you how swift your machine is, whilst Stonecracker is a crunching utility in the Powerpacker mould which squishes programs down whilst leaving them fully executable. Snoopdos, although included in v1.5 as opposed to the vastly superior v3, should be on everyone's hard drive. It's excelent for finding out exactly why a stubborn program is refusing to work correctly, There are many more too, although in some cases it may take a bit of work figuring out how the authors have compressed the documentation - PPmore won't recognise several ReadMe files. The chances are that long time owners will already own a fair few of these utilities, but with so many to choose from, it's a fair bet that everyone will find at least a couple of new gems. A AMIGA COMPUTING FEBRUARY 1996 OWEROIDS Produced by: Matthias Bock Asteroids is the sort of classic that has spawned many imi- Available from: 17 Bit Software tations, probably the most famous of which is Disk No: 3920 Bloodhouse's Super Stardust which boasted stunning graphics and a difficulty factor which made the legendary hard Rick Dangerous games seem like a doddle. Poweroids doesn't offer the same drop-dead gorgeous graphics - in fact, the visuals are somewhat disappointing. However, there is the added bonus of multi-player blasting action, because up to four players can participate simultaneously with a four-player adapter. If you don't own one of those little gizmos, it's at least possible to enlist the help of one chum to help destroy wave after wave of asteroids. There's also an excellent battle mode where players try to blast the living daylights out of one another. Unfortunately though, you'll only get the chance to blast a couple of screenfuls of asteroids into oblivion with this particular version, because Poweroids is shareware. The full version, with scores more levels, costs 20DM. Somewhat strangely, Povveroids requires a 68020 and l meg 0002 S slicioa.22to .10000000UP of chip RAM, but it does IN000 G o o o L I e a I i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e 1 P multitask happily (so don't t D o get worried if the starlield starts to fade, it's just MCP's screen saver kicking in). • • • • Produced by: Professional PD AUNTED BY YOU Available from: Professional PD MI Prior has struck again. The latest in his long line of gambling prediction titles is Pro- Greyhounds. This arrived in the office in a sizeable box, accompanied by a bottle of 'Mans Best Friend', an allegedly alcoholic product which in fact turned out to be a bottle of Fruits Unlimited. The program itself features the same friendly interface as its predecessors, and whilst I won't claim to have any idea as to its effectiveness, it does have all the hallmarks of a quality product. MOS AGA EXTENSION Programmed by: Michael Prince Available from: Ft Licenceware Disk No: F1-113 It's flna fly possible to display a ttra ctive AGA picture. in Amos Let's see, the Amiga Al200 has been around for, what, three years now? And Amos, infamous for refusing to run on any new machine until a patch is released for it, has never been upgraded to take advantage of the AGA chipset Until now, that is. Formerly available for f 10 from the now deceased AmigaNuts PD, this extension can now be obtained for (3.99, and whilst it's still far from completion, it does finally offer keen Amos programmers some AGA effects. AGA screens can now be opened, the full range of colours is now available, and a host of enhanced versions of standard Amos commands are included. There are plenty of demonstration programs too, so getting used to the new (and well documented) commands shouldn't be too much of a chore. Fully compatible with both 'Classic' Amos and Amos Pro, this has been eagerly anticipated by many for a very long time. Poweroids a llows you to bla st a frie nd into submisa ion, Of if you haven't got a ny frie nds, you ca n a t le a st blow up some rocks SOMETHING HOT IN A COLD DV 1st Floor , / 8 Ma StreetflAtaimik 17 litl d. Wept i Yorkshire Ail 1DHIC1,8 Tel: 01924 366982 r Fox.4111111 00943 tFl Lican ware 31 iWain d . Ex D 9 D U 41=# rol Mir fhva „, al %dr PrItrzito 1 ' rk 1 10 . Lovell P — Vikkeeds A ....i - T e l : 4 0 1 . 2
SCANNER FOR AMIGA 1200 TO 4000 COMPUTERS WITH SCSI CONTROLLER C (AVAILABLE NOW FOR Al200 USERS). OKTAGON 4008 SCSI CARD True SCSI ll controller for your Amiga 1500 to 4000, upgradeable to 8MB using Zipp Ram allows you to connect H-Disk, Syquest CD Roms etc. E99.00 MULTIFACE III ADDS 2 SERIAL & 1 PARALLEL PORT TO ANY AMIGA 1500 TO 4000 E79.00 NEW!!! Artec Colour Scanner £399.00 COMPLEIE IMTH CARD CABLE AU SOFTWARE TO ENABLE YOU TO ALSO CONT , OR IblACtaDSH COMPUTER ECTIOAP THE FASTEST AND MOST VERSATILE DOUBLE SPEED CD ROM PLAYER FOR AMIGA CAN ALSO BE USED AS A tures: PORTABLE AUDIO CD PLAYER SCSI 2 DOUBLE SPEED, 10MS PORTABLE CD ROM HARD DRIVES & RAM FOR AMIGA Nobody Undersells USIIIII AMIGA A6001A500IA500+ RAM CARDS A600 1MB Ram E 2 0 . 0 0 A600 1MB Ram & Clock E33.00 A500+ 1MB Ram E 2 0 . 0 0 A500 1/2MB Ram E15.00 Al200 RAM CARDS PCMCIA compatible (With Clock & FPU socket) OMB E49.00 2MB El 09.00 4MB El 59.00 8MB E239.00 ZIP RAMS 2MB E99.00 MEMORY 30 6 4 7 2 Pin P i n P i n 1MB 2MB 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB E25 E89 E109 E239 E389 EN/A EWA EN/A £199 EWA EN/A EN/A E35 E69 E109 E239 E389 E699 EXTERNAL SCSI HDISK with 45W PSU FOR ALL AMIGA COMPUTERS 340MB E199.00 540MB E 2 2 9 00 850MB E269.00 1GIG E 2 9 9 . 0 0 2/4/9GIG E P O A SQUIRREL E54.00 SPECIAL OFFER 2,5a DRIVES FOR AMIGA A600/1200 COMPLETE WM-I SOFTWARE. CABLES & INSTRUCTIONS 40MB 120MB 340MB 510MB 850MB E40.00 E79.00 El 65.00 11229.00 E399.00 EP.O.A PAT1BLE vani PC AND APPLE MACINTOSH 3.5" HARD DRIVES MCLUDES KODAK PHOTO STEREO CD READY HEADPHONES, CARRY CASE, AC ADAPTER IDE SCSI 270MB E99 INCLUDES SOFTWARE FOR MAC OR PC £109.00 340MB E119 E119 420MB E119 E129 EXTERNAL FLOPPY E39.95 FOR ANY AMIGA OR ACCELERATOR CARD 540MB El 39 El 69 ANTI-CLICK •ANTI-VIRUS EXTERNAL CD ROM(SCSI) 810MB El 89 E229 MONITORS - FOR AMIGA A600 & Al200 1-GIG El 99 E229 WITH FREE!!! SQUIRREL INTERFACE Microvitek THRU 14PORT A ? t o E2150 DOUBLE SPEED E159.00 38 Microvitek F O 1440 R E399.00 QUAD SPEED E239.00 Samsung E 2 5 9 15" . E319.00 SIX SPEED E P O A Samsung A L17" L £599.00 A ?t60 PORTABLE CD EPOA 0 0 Samsung " J20" AEPOA E2450 M A FPU 420MB E199.00 ACCELERATORS S Increases the performance of your machine when 810MB E269.00 adding these FPU's, suitable for all Accelerator & 1 GIG E299.00 Viper 68030128Mhz OMB E119.00 Ram cards for Al200 and Amiga 4000 Computers Viper 68030/40Mhz OMB E189.00 28Mhz (PLCC) E 2 4 . 0 0 Int. Ext. Viper 68030/50Mhz OMB E199.00 33Mhz (PLCC) E 3 9 . 0 0 88MB £219 E269 40Mhz (PLCC)oLK E59.00 105MB E229 E279 rum " 50Mhz (PGA) E 8 9 . 0 0 200MB E339 E389 ", I WITH FREE FPU E199.00 WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS!!! 270MI3 E349 E399 BOTH THE ZIPP & SYOUEST A ' AMIGA A600 ACCELERATOR WE WILL MATCH OR BEAT ANY DRIVES NEED SCSI 68020 P CONTROLLER ON ALL A 28MHZ UPGRADEABLE TO GENUINE QUOTED PRICE. AMIGA COMPUTERS 8MB P RAM ONLY 1209.00 IN STOCK O P L O EZ135 AMIGA MA G IC 1 L SYQUEST O L AVAILABLE AMIGA Al200 ) (BASIC UNIT) £359.00 6 O FFER OF E NOW!!! AMIGA Al200 (WITH 170MB HARD DISK) E469.00 AMIGA 8 6 MONTH !!! Al200 (WITH 260MB HARD DISK) £489.00 AMIGA Al200 ::1 (WITH 340MB HARD DISK) E539.00 0 8 260MB 2.5" HDISK AMIGA Al200 (WITH 540MB HARD DISK) E559.00 2 COMPLETE WITH CABLES AND AMIGA 0 SOFTWARE Al200 (WITH 850MB HARD DISK) E699.00 0 3 E99.95 ORDER NOW TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT FOR CHRISTMAS / 0 LIMITED QUANTITY REFURBISHED AMIGA A4000 030/040 IN STOCK EP.O.A 2 AVAILABL / ACCESSORIES 8 5 • AMGAA530600/120DPSU int95 M 0 Gasteiner DELIVERY CHARGES = ALL PRICES D e m m e VAT. SMALL CONSUMABLES AND mocv1200 VT FLOPPY DRIVE DELO h SOFTWARE ITEM S UNDER THE VALUE OF E59 PL EASE M A HOG< CABLE ADD E3.50 P&P OTHER ITEM S EXCEPT L ASERS. NEXT z DAY COURIER SERVICE E10 PER BOX OFFSHORE AND h 5 25"71) 35 HDI% CABLE KIT HIGHLANDS. PL EASE CALL FOR A QUOTATION. IN ADDI- PARALLEL PRINTER cietE O TION WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING EXPRESS SERVICES z 0 AMGAVGAADAFTOR SATURDAY DELIVERY NORMAL RATE PLUS E15 PER BOX, M MORNING, NEXT DAY NORMAL RATE PLUS E 10 PER BOX, 0 AMIGATRACKBALL O E&OE PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT B PRIOR NOTICE ALL TRADEMARKS ACKNOWLEDGED I AUTOJOYST)CKSWICH M MOUSE MATS E B 126 FORE N STREET,UPPER E D M O N T O N , L O N D O N , N 1 8 2 X A 9 TEL: 0181-145-6000 FAX: 01 81-345-6868 E-MAIL: gasteln@dircon.co.uk T 9 F 100MB ZIP DRIVEE199.00 ALFA-POWER HARD DISK FOR NA I GA A500/500+ 120MB E179.00 SYQUEST DRIVES
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