Christmas ■ 1996 ■ £4.50 Overseasprice£4.50 Hfl2O "' . ;o dieskies ■■' i: ".:- incredible (lightsimfrom Vulcan From the creators of imageStudio an awesome structureddrawingprogram Including: Worms, Director's Cut t Draco Update t Golden CD * Apple One day we may see the rebirth ofthe Amiga with a PowerPC Only Apple can otferyou both desktop and portable computers processorand other new features to enable it to compete again that truly match the ease ofuse the Amiga brought to yourdesktop. with today's systems. Sadly though, more than two years since Affordable Apple Macintosh systems have PowerPC RISC processors Commodore's demise, very little ofsubstance has happened. with thousands ofoff-the-shelfprograms available in areas where We've seen prototypes and promises, but that's about it... the Amiga was previously so strong. Perhaps some can wait forthe final outcome, but ifyou need And. ifyou need to have the most compatible ofall computers. more performance, without paying the earth - and you need it Macintosh is currently the only system that can run MacOS. DOS today - there's one real alternative to consider now... and Windows applications via optional DOS Cards or SoftWindows. Why Macintosh? TheInternet&Communication: AllMacsarePowerPCbased(exceptPowerBook | AllMacsareInternetready; manyinclude «fc$ AppleistheWorld'sNo. 1 Multimedia j 190s).Evenentrylevelsystemsrun;ii 1OO.M1I/. a 28,800bpsmodemwithfullsend/receive PCvendor. ■.'■ or 120MHz,with2QGMH2powerhousesand 180MHz faxandanswerphonemanagementfacilities. AlldesktopMacshaveafastCD-ROMdrive multi-processorsystemsatthetopoftherange. Industrystandardwebbrowsers, Netscape a.sstandard(portablesgetinternalCD.soontoo). i Appleistheonlymainstreamcomputercompany W XavigatorandMicrosoftInternetExplorer. In 1995,42ofthetop50sellingCD-ROMtitles H. whohasbeenabletomakethetransition weredevelopedfortheMac. Bothgivelullaccess worldwideweredevelopedontheMacintosh. )_, fromtheolderCISC(complexinstruction.set j toallWebsiteswithnewInternet pagelayout ManyMacintosheshavebuilt-inTVwitliteletext MiiC ■ computing)processorsu>thenewerandfaster ■ Featureslikeauto-tablesandon-screenmovies. .soTVclipscanlierecordeddirectlytodiskas RISC[reduced instructionsetcomputing)processor TheInternet'sstandardformalforvideofiles,called QuickTimemovies. technology-whilslstillretaininglullbackward QuickTime(orQuickTimeforWindows),wasan ManyMacintosheshavebuilt-invideo compatibilitywithprevioussoftware. Appledevelopment.Ofcour.seitcomesasstandard inandout,fordirectrecordingtoVCRs. Remember486, Pentium;Pro&680X0aremerelyCISC! witheveryMac. SomeMacintosheshaveinternaldigital videoeditingfacilitiesasstandard, Connectivity&Expandability: otherscan\\-upgradedtoinclude Over l,H00nativesoftwarepackages(written AllMacintosheshavenetworkingbuiltinasstandard, thisfacilitywithc-ase. • speciallyforPowerPCMacs)havebeen soconnecting.systemstogetherandaddingshared Nmt>540Q-BlackMat shippedsincePowerMacintosheswere printersetc.couldn'tIx-easier. Idealforyourhome. launchedin 1994-plustherearethousands All MacintosheshaveanexternalSCSIconnectoras Recreation&Games: ofexistingprogramswhichcanalsobeu.sed. standard(exceptDuosi-addingexternaldrives. ■ TopgameslikeTheUltimateDoom. Industrystandardprograms.suchasWord, cartridgedrives,scannersetc.reallyisPlug-and-Plaj Myst, RebelAssaultII,Dark Forces, Palestream,WordPerfect,PageFileMakerPro, I.ow-costdigitalcamerascanbepluggedinto Descent, Afterlife, LostEden, Legend Excel,QuarkXpress, Photoshopandmany theMacforinstantrealimageinput, ofKyrandia, FullThrottleandTheDig othershaveallbeendevelopedfortheMac. InexpensiveindustrystandardPCIcardscan ■• haveallbeendevelopedforMacintosh. beusedinallMacsystemsfromthe5400upwards Macintosh.stilldominatesthecreative Education&Edutainment: worldwithanBOHmarketsharein ManyqualityMacintoshtitlesarewidelyavailable. Output&Presentation: colourpublishing. DorlingKindersleyoffersuperbtitleslikeTheUltimate Connectingandusingcolourprinters(from (n%ofpost-productionvideoeditingisonMaes, HumanllodyandHistoryoftheWorldwhilstMicrosoft Epson, 1IP,Appleandothers)toMacsisso Macintosh isthemostwidelyusedsystemforthe publishEncarta.CinemaniaandDinosaurs. easyandtheresultsaretrulyoutstanding. creationo! Internetwebpages. BecauseMacintoshisthepreferredsystem Manysoftwarepackagesareavailable Mustmagazines(probablytheoneyou'rereading withinmanyeducationalestablishments, offeringimagemanipulationand rightnow)arecreatedonMacintosh, highqualitysoftwareisassured. superbphotoqualityoutput. Interested? 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EZ FLYER A50(}4420mbHard Drive AllpricesincludeVAT.Postagezr,tipsdiing willbertwgptf31£3.50psrorderOj.((.;, £7.50Europe,-jntl£3.2.50rcsioftireworid, Cybercafes: Old H@t? Ohe phenomenon oftheCybercafe i discusses whether Cybercafes is unique and unprecedented. Why is it that cafes built around are a unique new culinary communications the premise of computers have arisen?You'd scoff at any other communica tions based eatery - a telephone cafe, or a concept or the haunt of those who'd prefer to fax'n'foodjointforexample,would be about as marketable as a good marriage guide by hammer away at a keyboard in tragic solitude O.J.Simpson. When it comes down to it, the computer and the Internet possess one basic feature thatallowthemtobeavalidandusefuladdi tentiousquestion,thebarwould belinkedto line.Youcan'tseethem laugh,frown, grin or tiontoa socialestablishment.Viacomputers other cafes and bars and a real-time debate shrug.Thewholeexperienceisneitherfulfill andthenet,communicationisn'tlimitedtoa involving hundreds of people could be ing norsatisfying. one-on-one debate and discussion can be staged. Perhapsitsjustme, butI don'twanttogo heldvia theWeb.This istheonlywaycyber Questions e-mailed days before could be toabaroracafewhereyouspendyourtime cafescanmakethemselvesworkonanything read outand answered.This istheCybercafe typing away exactly like you did at work or otherthan mere noveltyvalue - by recognis ideal.Aplace much likethe old coffeeshops banging away on computer games like you ingthisuniquefacetofthe Net. of centuries ago where topical issues were areinsomearcade.TheonlywayaCybercafe Look for example at the best Cybercafes; discussed. Obsolete, also in London, lives up canworkisiftheyusethetechnologytoadd TheVibe Barin London hasdesigned itscafe tothisidealtoo;artistscandisplaytheirwork to the sociability of the place, not detract sothatthe computers are used forsociable, on the netand getfeedback from acrossthe from it.Acomputeratacafetableorinabar not solitary purposes. The computer termi UK. could be brilliant, if there's a group of you The main problem is there are too many debatingasubject,you havethemeansright nalsare arrangedsothere is a computerter lazyCybercafeowners.Tome,theprospectof in frontofyou to investigate the matter fur minal to every sofa rather than chair - even goingintoacafeand hammeringawayatthe ther and make your discussion more thisbasicchangemeansmaybethreepeople keyboard is about as interesting and appeal informed. canhaveanIRCconversationwithsomebody ing aswatching a 2000 metre slug race. The Cybercafes have to re-organise them ratherthanjusttheone. very reason for cafes and bars is so thatyou selves, in the way they are laid out and the On this level, a normallyfairlydull activity canenjoyreallife,genuine,facetofacesocial events that go on, or face the fact that they isturnedintosomethingmuchmoresociable interaction with somebody else - you can may just be some trendy, Gibsonesque fad and fun. On a more fundamental level, the haveachatanda laugh.Thisisnotthesame thatwill be ridiculed bythose discussingthe baruses its computersto stage live debates. as typing garbage to somebody on an IRC subjectinthe barsand cafesofthe future. An author for instance, might pose a con- The AC team EDITOR TinaHackett WeregretAmigaCompilingcannotoffer ARTEDITORS GrahamParry technicalhelponapersonalbasiseitherby CIRCULATIONDIRECTOR DavidWren JimEagers.TymLeckey phoneorinwriting.AJireaderenquriesshould DEPUTYEDITOR NeilMohr MANAGINGDIRECTOR IanBloomlield besubmittedtotheaddressinthispanel. MEDIA PRODUCTIONEDITORS Justine-Bowden, DISTRIBUTION COMAG(01895)44405S AmigaComputingaanindependentpub/icction AlanMeLacMan andVIScorpisnoiresponsiblefaanyofrfieorticles USReaders-AmigaComputing(ISSN0959- SUBSCRIPTION 0151-3572961 P4SGUY AndrewMsddock intfesissueorforon/oftneopinionsexpressed. 9630)ispublishedmonthlybyIDGMedia, STAFFWRITER HughPoynton England,asubsidiaryoftheIDGCorp.Periods! REGULARCONTRIBUTORS DaveCusick MemberoftheAuditBureauofCirculations ©1996IDGMedia.Nomaterialmaybe postagepaidpendingatBoston.MAandaddi KatherineNelson reproducedinwholeorinpartwithoutwritten tionalmailingoffices.Sendenquiriesto: PaulOveraa 22,051 permission.Whileeverycareistaken,thepublishers IDGHacclMficld. PhilSouth cannotbeheldlegallyreponsibleforan/errorsin CONTRIBUTINGEDITOR GarettiLofthouse Jan-Jun1996 articles,listingsoradvertisements. 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