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COVOX'S "VOICE mSTEE"<br />
"CHipWits" frora<br />
OPTIONS<br />
GRE6DUILLE<br />
CHIPUIT COVES<br />
DOOM ROOMS<br />
P€flC€ PflTHS<br />
HEHQRY LONGS<br />
OCTOPUS GORCeN<br />
CCS DEMO<br />
BOOMTOUN<br />
inforunner Riteman C+<br />
MISSIONS<br />
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NEWS & VIEWS<br />
SPECIAL CES EDITION<br />
Pictured here are two very interesting input devices,<br />
also to be reviewed soon: VOICE PIASTER by Covdx inc.,<br />
is a $90 hardware/software system including speech<br />
synthesis, voice recognition, and a 'VOICE HARP1<br />
feature that takes singing or hutning as input and turns<br />
it into written music which can be edited and played<br />
back! A truly amazing product! Also on the unusual<br />
side is SPACE TABLET from Soniture, Inc. SPACE TABLET<br />
is a sonic 3-D input device that handles like a light<br />
pen, but is tracked thru 3-D space by a sonic detector<br />
frame which is made to mount around your monitor. This<br />
rig allows not only X and Y coordinates to be input,<br />
but 1 as well!<br />
[Covox Inc. / 675-D Conger Street / Eugene OR /<br />
503-342-1271 ]<br />
[Soniture Inc. / 2146 Paragon Drive / San Jose, CA<br />
95131 / 405-435-0217 ]<br />
Of course there were Games, Games, Games! Lots of old<br />
themes getting new names and packages. Some new trends<br />
seemed promising, however. Chipblits (Epyx, shown left)<br />
is a fascinating example of fresh thinking and<br />
top-notch execution. Pull-down menus, sharp graphics &<br />
animation, and a challenging, intelligent theme will<br />
probably put this one well up the best-seller list.<br />
Epyx also showed some 'name' software: Ball Blazer from<br />
Lucasfilms, as well as G.I. Joe, and Barbie games were<br />
running. Activision had a few more good looking titles<br />
(COUNTDOWN TO SHUTDOWN looked especially good), but<br />
also a few yawners like UEB DIMENSION & PIASTER DF THE<br />
LAPPS- very dull stuff.<br />
Get ready for a tidal-wave of new low-cost printers.<br />
Everybody has cut their prices, improved their<br />
performance, and come out with new models. Epson,<br />
C.Itoh, Inforunner, Okidata, Star Micronics; all have<br />
very competitive gear for your printing pleasure! The<br />
most original design I saw was Inforunner's Riteman C+<br />
which has built-in legs that make it it's own printer<br />
stand! The C+ is also ready to go with the C-64 and<br />
C-12B computers (no extra interface needed) and prints<br />
all the Commodore graphics characters etc. At $299<br />
list, with Epson code compatibility, it should do well.<br />
[ Inforunner Corp. / Airport Business Center / 431 N.<br />
Oak Street / Inglewood, CA 90302 ]<br />
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