Amiga Computing - Commodore Is Awesome

111 AMIGA SCENE •
Kosmos are two educational
quiz programs called
Answer Back Junior Quiz
and Answer Back Senior
Quiz. Including large
databases of general knowledge,
each program contains
750 questions spread over
15 topics.
For the six to 11 yearolds,
topics cover such subjects
as nature, music, word
fun, sums and spelling. The
11 and over topics include
history, geography, astronomy,
inventions and sport.
Answer Back programs
cost £19.95 and are backed
by supplementary quiz files.
Factfile 500, at E9.95 each.
Is there a
doctor in the
house?
THAT well-known producer
of music software, Dr T, is
moving house. The new
address - still in the US
we're afraid - is Suite 1B,
100 Crescent Road,
Needham, MA 02192, telephone
617 455 1454.
That's where to go if you
want to hassle them about
any of their products,
including the intelligent
music system "M" and the
forthcoming SMPTE synchroniser
Phantom. The
SMPTE device is especially
interesting, as it will interface
with software such as
the imminent Showmaker
from Gold Disk.
Faster
by Fourier
HERE
-real
programmers may fi nd
useful - A full mathemati-
S
cal library written in C.
s o
If you have need to make
muse e of Fast Fourier
tTransforms, h i matrix opera-
ntions g or statistical analysis
win
your programs but have
no desire to re-invent the
h
mathematical wheel. the
i
NAG C Library could be the
cunique
solution to your uni-
hvariate
estimations. (Or, in
English, a Good Thing.)
Map on to their set by
calling 0865 511245.
Big names
THE Computer Shopper
Show - the event which
smashed all previous
records for pre-Christmas
computer exhibitions in
1989 - is all set to retain its
title of the UK's largest
Amiga event when it opens
at Wembley Conference
Centre on December 6.
Leading suppliers in the
Commodore Amiga world
will be on hand with more
than 100 of the 280 stands
offering Amiga related
products to ensure that
Shopper lives up to its reputation
as the ultimate onestop
shopping venue for
both hardware and software
Christmas bargains.
Household names in the
Amiga market who have
already committed to the
show include Anco
Software, CDS Software,
Database/Mandarin
Software. Delta Leisure,
Digita International,
Dowling Computers,
Time for a
green re-ink
THERE are two things you
should think of every time
you throw away a printer
ribbon. The first is that you
are not throwing it away
because it is worn out,
merely because it has run
out of ink.
The second is that consequently
you are wasting
energy, resources and being
a bit unfriendly towards
mother nature.
The fi rst of these problems
has been solved
before. Re-ink your ribbon.
The fabric is good for several
complete re-inks
depending on your printer
and exactly what you use
it for. Needless to say that
compared to the price of a
new ribbon a bottle of reinking
fluid is virtually free.
Unfortunately. up until
now the re-inking fl uid on
the market has been manufactured
into ozone-depleting
aerosols. This is a Bad
Thing.
But now help is at hand.
line up for THE show
Evesham Micros, Hi Soft,
CFA Data Media.
Impressions, Mindscape.
Ocean, Real Things:
Rombo, US Action and
Virgin Mastertronic.
The 1990 event will also
feature a major advice centre
from where experts.
including leading Amiga
exponents, will dispense
free unbiased guidance to
visitors seeking to acquire
the most relevant software.
hardware or peripherals to
suite their needs.
Organised by Blenheim
Database Exhibitions and
sponsored by Computer
Shopper magazine, the
show runs from December
6 to 9.
The move to Wembley
from its original venue of
Alexandra Palace and the
addition of an extra day follow
the unprecendented
success of last year's inaugural
event.
It attracted a total of
1
-
The h new product goes by
ithe
catchy and imaginative
name of "RE-INK" and
-
employs a pump action
i
process to deliver the ink to
nwhere
it is needed.
k A can of this wonder
'potion
can bring back to life
s more than 30 ribbons, leav-
c
r
e
a
26,658 visitors, a figure verifi
ed by the Exhibition
Audience Audits Company
and featured special offers
estimated to be worth in
excess of E1,000.000. Up to
40,000 visitors are expected
at this year's show.
Computer Shopper will
also be used to raise money
for t h e Starlight
Foundation, the charity set
up to help seriously ill children.
It is open on Thursday
and Friday. December 6
and 7 from 10am to 6pm:
on Saturday, December 8
from 9am to 6pm and on
Sunday. December 9 from
10am to 5pm.
Admission is £5 for
adults. E3.50 for children
under 16 with E1 off
advance tickets. A pre-paid
family ticket covering two
adults and two children is
available for £12. lIcket hot
line for credit card bookings
is 051-357 1736.
ing them looking as good as
new and depriving the local
land-fi ll site of a few miles
of perfectly servicable ribbon
fabric.
To find out more, or just
to congratulate these fellows,
contact Office 21 on
0202 669777