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The Nem e % c piliCe c t truth l e a P about — croUnk Br r t 112"c5 2 no 0 on lele . c 4 ' Dril e t But why use Telex? TELEX Fos detail 0321 6 4 2 9 5 e a t . 2 ADVERTISERS' INDEX 6 9 2 17 Bit Software A-Z Computer Services Ace Repairs 1 4 4 Alternative Image Applied Research Kernel Armor 2 0 Ashcom Audition Comp Services Bitcom Devices Bruce Everiss Calco Software Castle Computers Checkmate Digital Commodore Computer Lab Computer Shopper Store Computerwise Brighton Cumana Database Publications Date) Delta PI Software Diamond Computers Dig icom Digita 8 8 104 18 145 18 68 64 147 144 142 72 40 108 114 26-27 145 104 132-133 34-35 109 100-103 33 How much does it cost to go Oft Telex? You could go Me conventional way and buy a dedicated Telex machine. The cheapest will cost you E1,604 (the \ILthisper), Me dearest E2,892 the Cheetah). You will also need a separate telephone line, costing E101 to install, plus E404 a year rental, That's a total outlay over the first year of a minimum of E2,109 lAil prices include VAT.) Or you could do what more and more Amiga Computing use are doing — use your computer to double as a Telex machine. And Just use your ordinary telephone! How do I turn my Amiga Into a Telex machine? All you need is a modem and appropriate communications software isee the adverusements in this issue), a telephone, and a subsCription to MicroLink. Telex is just one of a growing number of senfices available to Amiga Computing users On Microlink. With MicroUnk you can also read the news as it happens, go teleshopping ,create your own closed user group, send telemessages and electronic malt right round the wo(ld, download free programs directly into your micro and much more Because it's a standard means of instant communication been businesses Today there are 150,000 Telex machines in use in Britain - and more than 2 million worldwide Telex dramatically speed up business communications — it's just as quick as using the phone but far more efficient, because you have a hard copy of every "conversation- for your records. But there's a big bonus you get when you use MicroLink for Telex that the conventional way doesn't offer. With Microtink you don't HAVE to be in your office to send or receive Telex messages, You can just as easily use your computer at home or even a portable) ,So now you can check whether there are any Telex messages waiting for you - anywhere, anytime. How's that for your business efficiency? 23 Dowling Computers P Dorn PD Amiga 9 2 Electra PD 144 Power Computing 1 1 0 - 1 1 3 Entertainment International 2 Proton 64 European Peripherals 4 3 Rambo 49 Evesham Micros 128-129 02 Systems 109 Sagittarian PD 1 4 4 School Software 143 Golden Image 99 Gordon Harwood 1 4 - 1 7 Silica Shop 87 Greater London Computers 118-119 SK Marketing 4 6 Hampshire Micros 145 Soft Machine 25 Home Based Business 98 Softsel lets 85 YTS Public Domain 144 Softville PD 6 8 Kad soft 80 Solid State Leisure 13 Kosmos 143 53 Special Reserve LCL 143 Tam Marketing 142 MD Office Supplies 58 Track Computer Systems 1 4 8 Media Direct 5 0 Merlin Express 56-57 Trilogic 7 5 Micro API 1 0 9 Virgin 6 Microdeal 79 Virtual Reality 1 4 2 Monumental Music 80 Voltmace 80 M usic Matrix 144 West Midlands Amiga 145 New Dimensions 8 0 Wizard 1 0 9 Overseas Media 3 WU Electronics 91, 144
THE AMIGA 500 PC/XT IS HERE Of course, because of rts superb graphics, music and animation capabilities, However if you want to get serious, you soon realise that it is distinctly lacking in memory and professional software You! In your own home can transtorm your Amiga 500 into a real IBM compatible with Amiga memory expansion up to one and a half megabytes. It's simple - no screwdriver, no soldering iron and no technical knowledge required. Just turn your Amiga over, open the cover, slide the Power PC Board into the connector, close the cover and your Amiga PC5(T is ready. fin other words, no loss of guarantee) You are now ready to use a wealth of professional MS DOS software at speeds faster than a PCPXT (id. review), and in colour, with compatibility thanks to Phoenix-Bios. You can also rely on the correct date and time at any moment in Amiga and MS DOS mode. Video support: monochrome, Hercules and Colour Graphics Adaptor (CGA) (4 and colourS) Disk support: internal 3.5 A590 in pipeline) - external Including MS DOS 4.01, MS DOS shell and GW Basic (market value approx £13000) 3Including _ 5 English Microsoft books + KCS manual - Further exciting software upgrades in the pipeline e l x t e r n a 5 5 , 2 ;1 - 1 1 El \\\\\%\\ \1\1111111 11111 \\NM\ 11 M 11111 sta D 1 11 11 111 1 4.* 111 1 1 11 Why Cdid you buy an 1Amiga 500? Well they said it could never happen — but it's here at last! S Run Professional MS DOS Software on your Amiga 500 at a price you can afford • * Available memory: 704KB + 64KB EMS in MS DOS mode, 1 megabyte + 512K0 RAM (disk) buffer in Amiga mode * No extra power supply necessary thanks to the most modern CMOS and ASIC technology * OK with TV. No special monitor required * Price. 020_00 including VAT. Access and Visa accepted_ * For export price please contact us * Trade enquiries welcome (UK - Scandinavia - and all English language Compatibility is excellent but no-one can guarantee every single program available. therefore II your purchase depends on a particular program. please ask us hrst or send in a copy et Me program. (WA suitable S.A.E. it to be returned, Pyre subject to change without notice. DI TYNE & WEAR. NE8 1 RS ENGLAND. BITCON DEVICES LTD. 88 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, Tel: (091) 4901919/4901975. Fax: (091) 4901918
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