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To use the following program you need to have the Magic User Interface installed on your system. Without it you will not be able to run any MUI pro gram. MUI is available from any good PD house. EvenMore Author: Chris Perver Workbench 2.04 It is strange that, with the Amiga being in a seemingly constant state of liquidation, the place you have to turn to for quality replace ment programs is the public domain. One program that reaily needs replacing is the More program - the standard text reader that every Read Me file should use. Unfortunately it has not changed once for what, the last ten years, and it is an utterly dire program. People with Workbench 3.0 are better off as the much more capable MultiView can be used, but even this for text viewing is not perfect. EvenMore is another in the long line of replacement More programs and even though this is an early version is very good. It is fast, small, you can save the position of the text window and you can select a public screen for it to run on as well. Simplicity itself, EvenMore is a fast straight forward text viewer These are really two separate archives but are both from the same people and MysticView requires the Render Library to work anyway. Render Library is a new Amiga library that is available for program mers to easily manipulate images that are up to 24 bit in depth. As an example the small program MysticView gives you a DataType based image viewer that will display a scaled and dithered picture in a scale-able window in the Workbench, and gives you an idea of the power behind the Render library. There is even support of Ham screen modes. SysSpeed v2.1 Author: Alien Design Workbench 3.0 Ifs true when people say benchmarks are meaningless, just com paring how many instructions a CPU can process in reality means nothing. What is important is how fast do actual real life process es perform, like image processing or file crunching. SysSpeed has taken the most widely used PD and commercial programs on the Amiga and produced a set of benchmarks for them based on pre-set images and text files that can be run by these programs using ARexx. The end result is a set of benchmarks that can measure both the processing, graphics, hard drive, mem ory and over all system performance. MyFormat Author: Daniel J Andrea Workbench 2.04 Seeing as how I was bitching about the Amiga's system software, I might as well carry on. This is a replacement for the sadly lacking format command. Thanks to the comprehen sive interface, every type of file system is available for you. If you rename the program to just format, drop it in your System drawer you can replace the old version so if you pick format from the Workbench menu the this new version will automatically pop up. IS ■ ,..,..1 p Replacing system software is my favourite past time AVID Author Lasilo Torok Workbench 3.0 An AVi file is a PC movie file, similar to Quicktime on the Mac or CDXL files on the Amiga. They are animation files that have a sound track, usually Amiga owners will never come across these files, but with wider Internet and CD-ROM access for Amiga owners, you are more and more likely to bump into one of these files at some point. RenderLib & MysticView Author: Captain Befat Workbench 3.0 Providing the best dithered displays, all your pictures look great with MysticView Amiga Computing MARCH 1997 ^ « era DGraph e. L/^jii; CO I" Author: Chris Underwood Workbench 3.0 Ever had the urge to plot complex mathe matical equations in three dimensions? Of course you have, and finally here is the pro gram to let you do it, and save the results off as an IFF file. Everything is fairly straight for ward, you can select the quality from the steps slider and the angle to plot at, and if you select the dynamic switch you can pro duce animated equations. Speccylator Author: Richard Carlsson Workbench 2.04 1 have seen a few Spectrum emulators in the past The first few were quite nasty, taking over the system and doing horrible things with the CPU that made things crash on certain machines. Then ZXAM came along and gave you a good Cadtools interface and multitasked so you could get on with other things. Speccylator takes things a little bit further and gives you everything you would want from a spectrum emulator. It is fast supports the normal spectrum snapshot files, runs on a promotable Intuition screen and has the normal Amiga pull down menus when in use. There are specific 68000 versions to try and get every last bit of speed out of your prehistoric processor. VlDEOb Drivers Author: Dan Kovacs Workbench 2.04 You may know that the Amiga supports a screen mode called HAM or Hold And Modify. This is a unique screen mode that, with only a small number of bit planes, lets your Amiga display thousands of colours. Workbench has never directly supported HAM screens even though there's no reason why it should not. Normally the only two ways to get access to HAM screen modes is to either hack existing screen pre-sets or use MUiScreenMode. For people without MUI this is a suite of pre-sets for the screen mode preference program to let you access HAM6 and HAM8 screens.
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Unsuitable for most Amiga screen modes 14" £215, 15" £265, 17" £539 On - Site Warranty - Specificalions Available AU PR/CM JNCUUDE VAT AmigaVision NaiiLinear :■--? MuttlMedia Software Few Left At Only £ 20.00 UTOCFU, FAST SCSI-II CONTROLLER. IGb [-AST SCSI-1! DRIVE AND 2Mh + 4 Mb RAM. SEflVICC. AND SFTEH SALES BACKUP THAT IS SECOND TO NONE & IDE HARD DRIVES O! The DraCo Wo'kslsHon. Aio Now Available By Prior I rflngonianl ■ Plnnsa Call GENLOCKS RENDALE 9402 Y/COnly E 295 RENDALE 8802FMC comP. £ 14s HAMA 292 Composite 8 Y/C £ 295 HAMA 290 Composite & Y/C £ 679 LOLA J500Comp. + Dissolve etc £ 175 LOLA 2000 Y/C & Comp. Quality £ 349 LOLA Video Options Card for A4000 Gives UHF, 3xComp & 1xY/C out C 149 External SCSI Be 1.2Gb Quantum 2.1Gb Q/HP/IBI\ 4.2Gb MicropA1 A purpose built, professional, non-linear video and audio editing system which can operate at up to full broadcast quality. The DraCo Is a 50MKz 68060 based computer, running the Amiga OS 3.1, and housed In a "Cube" style case. It has a built In 4Mb high speed 24-Bit graphics card, Fast SCSI-2 controller and Quad Speed SCSI-2 CDROM drive. 5 Zorro II (Amiga compatible) slots and 3 DraCo Direct 32-Bit expansion slots are provided (1 free). The DraCo is supplied wiih 24Mb ol RAM {exp. to 128Mb on-board), a Jog / Shuttle unit, and the DraCo Direct VLab Motion (DraCo Motion}, successor to the award winning Amiga Vlab Moilon card. The DraCo Motion has built-in 16-Bit Stereo, OAT Quality Audio, and is supplied with NEW MovieShop V4.1 video, and Samplitude MSV3.0 audio, editing software. One 2Gb SCSI-2 drive Is used to hold audio samples, application programs and user data. A single 9Gb Mlcropolis AV, Fast SCSI-2 drive, holds the video data. An optional Amiga compatible Parallel port kit Is available, which allows the use of Amiga LIGHTWAVE 3D V4 and so on. Future upgrade options include a DEC Alpha Co-Processor (allowing near real-time rendering ol video transitions and effects), machine control, CMX EDL's and Tlmecode. Options available now, or imminently, are as follows :- Component YUV7RGB (Beta SP) in and out, D1, plus a P1394 DV (FireWire) Interlace. The system can already handle totally uncompressed video, but current drive speeds limit the minimum compression to 4:1. Output is up to Broadcast Quality with suitable Input/output options. Although DraCo Is designed as a Non-Linear Editing workstation, it runs many Amiga programs. FREE with the DraCo : An Department Professional, Morpb Plus, Professional Conversion Pack, Scanner-Drivers & Xi Paint. PERSONAL ANIflMTION RECORDER PAR (Amiga PC) £1,949 PAR Capture Card £1,049 PERCEPTION VIDEO RECORDER PVR PC/Alpha PCI £ 2,339 PVR Capture Card £ 1,169 SPEED RAZOR III NT Only Non-Linear Software E 1,399 PAR / PVR Details On Request ixtiiKmiv AboM OenlfliB An AwttBal hRcquetf REMOVABLEARCHIVE STORAGE MEDIA 9.1Gb MicropA' 1 with utiiK'tt vuliic - System ,499 +VAT (£8, Call For An Information Pack, Or To Book A Demonstration JeoR 100MB SCSI External ZIP Drive E 159 100MB ZIP CARTRIDGES (Pack 5) £ 85 MISCELLANEOUS HARDWARE I I/O CARD - 2 Serial & 1 Parallel Port. Zorro II, Suits BBS's £ 79 1GB SCSI Exl. JAZ Drive + 1 Disk £ 479 1GB SCSI I n 1. JAZ Drive + 1 Disk £395 DraCo OKTAGON SCSI-2 CONTROLLER CARD Internal & External Ports. Zorro II. £ 99 1GB JAZ CARTRIDGES (Single) £ 89 1GBJAZCARTRIDGES(Packof 3) £249 111".I I II --I'lTM i 1GB JAZ CARTRIDGES {Pack of 6) £ 489 NETWORKING AMIGANET Ethernet for DraCo, A2/3/4000 E179 ARIADNE Ethernet for DraCo, A2/3/4000 E179 NEW PCMCIA Ethernet Card For A1200 £ 149 Envoi EolM.Novell4 fCMPNtmarl Saftwm Available CYBERSTORM MK2 For A3000/T and 4000/T 060, 50MHz Expandable to 128Mb of 32-Bit RAM £ 539 Our Sister Company "DraCo Systems UK Limited" Distributes MacroSystem Products to the Video Trade. 2Gb DDS, 4Gb DDS2 & NEW 24Gb DDS3 Type. SCSI2 Int. & Ext. Drives Tapes C Call 040,40MHz As above, Upgradable to full 68060 £ 339 SCSI-II Controller - For Cyberstorm MK2 only £ 95 BACKUP SOFTWARE AMIBACK 2 Ullimale Backup Utility £ 39 BLIZZARD 1260/1240 For A1200 & Tower Cased A1200's 060,50MHz Exp. to 16Mb + 32Mb on SCSI-2 card £ 455 DIAVOLO PRO Also Backs-Up MovieShop Projects For VLab Motion Users £ 85 ART EFFECT New Amiga Package E 149 MAINACTOR BROADCAST For Animalion £ 165 TVPA1NT3.6 (RcqijTesCytwrGtfiphX drive*) E 749 SCALA MULTIMEDIA 400 {AGA) £ 199 SCALA MM 400 + ECHO 100 £ 299 Consumer Non Linear Video & Audio Editing System - Simple to use, and very powerful - Connects to Camcorder, VCR & Television. 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Exp. lo 128Mb £ 549 DraCo Non-Linear Video & Audio Editing Workstation Full 68060, 11 Gb Workstation from £ 7,499+VAT = £ 8,811 APPLE/ EQUIVALENT SCSI-2 (Internal). 4x Speed, Multi-Session (tray load) E 99 White Knight Technology 01920 822 321 TOSHIBA / PANASONIC SCSI-2 (Internal), 8x Speed, Multi-Session (tray load) £ 159 GOLDSTAR/Equivalent ATAPI (Internal), 4x Speed, Multi-Session (tray E 59 Note: OS3.1 Is Highly Recommended For 2060 £ 89.95 040, 40MHz As above, Upgradable to full 68060 £ 319 9.30-5.30 Monday'Friday P.O. BOX 38, WARE, HERTS, SG11 1TX, UK HITACHI / Equivalent ATAPI (Internal), 8x Speed, Mulli-Session (tray load) E 95 UPGRADE ANY PHASE 5 40MHz 040 CARD TO JLY E 299 (INC. 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