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/ (__ very weekend the *StarShip* on GEnie presents a new 5-MINUTE Weekend
(_____) Newscast in Communications Room 10 in the Real-Time Conference Area.
Featuring late-breaking stories from the Amiga community, these dynamic,
scrolling newscasts cycle every 5 minutes, so you can stop by between 6PM and
3AM Eastern time on Friday, or 3PM and 3AM Eastern time on Saturday or Sunday
and learn everything that happened during the preceding week. Industry news,
product announcements, upgrades, rumors, special *StarShip* activities, trade
show reports, GEnie usage tips, humor, recommended files to download...
... the works -- and it ONLY takes 5 minutes!
Each 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast is available on *StarShip* Menu #10 during the
following week. Periodically, newscasts are combined and made available for
downloading from the *StarShip* Library.
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Thanks to Denny Atkin, Editor,
COMPUTE's Amiga Resource,
for his generous input.
Here we go!...
DateLine: February 12, 1993
This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories:
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1. UK's Rombo Productions' Vidi-Amiga 12 Digitiser
2. PHASAR for 1992 by Marksman Technology
3. Tax Break Returns to Oxxi for Tax Year 1992
4. Next Week's *StarShip* Amiga Conferences
5. SMPTE & Toaster Modules for SunRize Industries Studio 16
6. Bill's Tomato Game from Psygnosis
7. Oxyd (General Edition) Game Available
*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
1st of 7 Stories
UK's Rombo Productions' Vidi-Amiga 12 Digitiser
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/ _ ) Livingston, Scotland -- February 1993
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(_/ \_)ombo Productions Ltd, annouces USA availability of their best-selling
Amiga color digitiser, Vidi-Amiga 12, at a suggested retail price of $179.00.
If you want the ultimate quality images at a price you can afford then there
is only one choice... Vidi-Amiga 12. The video digitiser that all the others
follow!
Compatible with ALL Amigas, the Vidi-Amiga 12 now supports all the new A1200
modes, and software upgrades will be available to existing users.
What's causing all the stir in the UK, is now available in the US.
Yes, you've guessed it! Vidi-Amiga 12 from Rombo Productions is the best and
most affordable color digitiser ever! This isn't just our opinion, it's also
one of every UK Amiga journalist...
"Vidi 12 gives unequalled results or anything within 200 pounds (or $300) of
its price. Forget the competition. If you can afford Vidi 12, buy it. It you
can't aford it, borrow it from someone who can."
Mat Broomfield, CU Amiga, January 1992 issue
"Vidi Amiga 12.. The best value digitizer on the market."
Jason Holburn, Amiga Format, December 1992 issue
"I compared the Rombo and Digiview digitisers extensively. To summarize them,
I judged the Rombo results to be more consistent and to have the edge on
quality."
Alan Puzey, Amiga User Int., January 1992 issue
Vidi-Amiga 12 is without doubt one of the most exciting peripheral
breakthroughs on the Amiga platform ever. It has brought the world of video
captures and its applications within reach of any Amiga owner and is
compatible with all Amigas.
Version 2.00 supports most new 1200 modes.
For more information, contact your local Amiga dealer or Rombo Productions
Ltd., Kirkton Campus, Livingston, Scotland EH54 7AZ, phone (44) 006 414631,
fax (44) 0506 414634.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
2nd of 7 Stories
PHASAR for 1992 by Marksman Technology
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/ _ ) Brookline, MA -- February 1993
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(_/HASAR 4.0 is the award-winning home accounting system that reviewers and
users consistently find to be the easiest to use and the most logically
organized money manager available. Easily step through account and ledger
windows to complete your transactions with a click of the mouse. Manage your
tax expenditures by viewing your tax liability at any time and take the
hassle out of preparing your tax return at year-end. Easily access all of
your budgeting information with the incorporation of powerful HYPERTEXT
functionality. Minimize your typing with PHASAR's artificial intelligence
parser that predicts input. Plus...
Transactions
Establish up to 999 expense/income categories
Establish up to 250 accounts
Create up to 200 common payees for repetitive entries
Perform up to 1500 transactions per month
Automatically transfer between accounts
Perform split-category transactions for expense and revenue allocations
Use on-line calculator with 5 level memory buffer
Produce checks using extensive check printing functions
Receive instant context-sensitive help
Taxes
Includes 1992 Tax forms
Design your individual tax forms
Calculate final taxes and expected taxes during the year
Generate customized financial reports
Reports and Analysis
Create graphs or easy monitoring of expenses and revenues
Analyze loan/savings plans
Print clearly formatted reports, account summaries, category summaries,
net worth statements, tax calculations and more
Sort all financial information in any order for maximum flexibility
Display and print total income/expenses, monthly or year-to-date
Budgeting
Create and view budgets for any period you define: monthly, quarterly,
year-to-date
See actual and projected budgets side-by-side
Display budget transaction details on-screen
Carry budgeting information from year to year
All information accessed on-line and in real time
Date and Address Organizer
Store up to 250 names, addresses and phone numbers
Print neatly organized full-address list or phone number summary
Store special occasions with automatic reminders
Expert's Choice Award for Personal Accounting
"No contest... Phasar has features that some of the professional-level
packages would do well to emulate." AmigaWorld, January 1992
Available for IBM compatible, Amiga and Atari ST computers. IBM compatible
and Atari ST computers: requires 512K. Commodore Amiga: requires 1 Meg.
Upgrade for PHASAR
Upgrades from versions of Phasar older than version 4.00 (3.9 and older) are
$29.95 and $5.00 shipping and handling ($34.95 total). This upgrade includes
a new manual, the newest version of Phasar (version 4.08), and standard
shipping via UPS ground.
Upgrades from versions of Phasar 4.00 and up are $19.95 and $5.00 shipping
and handling ($24.95 total). This upgrade includes a disk containing the new
executable.
All dollar amounts are in U.S. funds. Checks should be made out to Terrific
Corp. If paying by credit card, don't forget to include your billing address,
your shipping address, the expiration date on your credit card, the name of
the credit card, and your phone number.
To upgrade, please send payment (in the form of check or money order for the
appropriate amount, or a Visa or Mastercard charge number) plus ONE of the
following:
o A photocopy of your disk labels, clearly showing your serial number and
disk format.
o Your original disks.
o The title page of your manual, or the front cover of your manual.
o A photocopy of the title page of your manual, clearing showing the
Phasar logo and version number (or copyright notice, in some manuals).
For more information, contact Terrific Corporation, 29 St. Mary's Court,
Brookline, MA 02146, telephone 617/731-3553, Fax 617/731-8379.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
3rd of 7 Stories
Tax Break Returns to Oxxi for Tax Year 1992
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/ __ ) Long Beach, CA -- January 1993
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(______/atamax Research Ltd. has placed the publishing rights to the Amiga
version of its US tax preparation program with Oxxi beginning with the tax
year 1992. Datamax marketed the program under the name DataTax and will
continue to use that name for the PC version of the program.
Tax Break '92 will continue to utilize the same user-friendly features that
have made DataTax the leading tax preparation program for the Amiga.
Supporting schedules and forms can be opened with a click on the summary line
on the Form 1040. Refund or taxes due are constantly updated and displayed
during data entry. A context-sensitive on-line IRS manual is also available
by press of the Help key.
Registered owners of both Tax Break and DataTax will be eligible for updates
to the tax year 1992. Updates are $29.95 plus $5 postage. California
residents should add $2.47 sales tax. A mailing has been sent to registered
owners outlining updating information.
Tax Break '92 will list for $79.95 and is available at local Amiga dealers.
JoAnn Houston, Vice President of Oxxi, commented, "Tax Break is a joy to use
and we are pleased to welcome this fine product back to our line of
productivity software for the Amiga computer."
Based in Long Beach, California, Oxxi, Inc. is one of the leading publishers
of productivity software for the Amiga computer. In general, business
productivity products are sold by Oxxi, while graphics, entertainment and
sound-related products are sold by Oxxi's Aegis Development division.
To learn more contact Oxxi, Inc., P.O. Box 90309, Long Beach, CA 90809, or
call 310/427-1227, fax 427-0971.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
4th of 7 Stories
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
5th of 7 Stories
SMPTE & Toaster Modules for SunRize Industries Studio 16
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/ ___) Campbell, CA -- February 5, 1993
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(____/unRize Industries has just introduced three optional modules for Studio
16. They include:
SMPTE Output A combination SMPTE generator/monitor that also
outputs LTC time code on the Amiga's audio out.
Toaster Handler - AD1012 Allows you to play one or two tracks while
performing a Video Toaster transition.
Toaster Handler - AD516 Allows you to play one or two tracks while
performing a Video Toaster transition.
SunRize has also shipped their new completed Studio 16 Users Manual to
registered owners of the AD1012 and AD 516. It is complete with diagrams and
screen shots, and all original appendices have been updated. There are
additions to the chapter on trouble shooting and a brand new appendix on
using Studio 16 with Bars & Pipes Professional.
SMPTE Output Module
The first in a line of expansion modules for Studio 16, SMPTE Output is a
software only addition to Studio 16 that provides capabilities not included
in the base Studio 16 package.
SMPTE Output allows Studio 16 to stripe time code onto a tape, or generate
time code in real time. One result of this is that Studio 16 can now act as a
master. Your external VTRs or ATRs can lock to Studio 16 (an external
synchronizer is required to do this). SMPTE Output combines the SMPTE
generator and SMPTE monitor with the ability to generate LTC time code out of
our Amiga's audio out jack.
o Stripe your tapes with SMPTE time code
o Multiple (4) reset/set points for quickly jumping to new time code
o Locks to video sync (requires Amiga genlock or Video Toaster for this
feature)
o Type directly into SMPTE monitor
o Fast forward, rewind, play, and pause buttons
o Drop frame or non-drop frame
o List Price $249.00
Video Toaster Handlers
Although Studio 16 multitasks fine with the Video Toaster, the Toaster turns
off multitasking while performing digial video effects. This will cause
Studio 16 audio to stop playing during the transition. These new Toaster
Handlers replace your existing software device drivers, allowing you to play
one or two tracks while simultaneously performing a Toaster effect. Available
for both the AD516 and AD1012, these drivers configure your card to buffer
more data in the card. This allows the Amiga to disable multitasking for
several seconds while Studio 16 audio plays. The result is that you have
fewer playback tracks (only one or two), but you can play audio during many
of the Video Toaster effects.
The AD1012 Toaster Handler also includes two 128K RAM chips to enlarge the
buffer on the AD1012. The AD516 already has 128K RAM chips standard.
The AD1012 and AD516 Video Toaster Handlers are sold separately. List price
is $249.00.
Special offers through March 31, 1993
Studio 16 / AD516 $1495.00
Studio 16 / AD1012 595.00
SMPTE Output Module (*) 139.00 (Regularly $249.00)
AD1012 Toaster Handler (*) 139.00 (Regularly $249.00)
AD516 Toaster Handler (*) 139.00 (Regularly $249.00)
(*) The SMPTE Output and Toaster Handler offer is available only with the
purchase of an AD516 or AD1012, or to registered Studio 16 owners.
For more information contact SunRise Industries, 2959 S. Winchester Blvd.,
Suite 240, Campbell, CA 95008 USA, phone 408/374-4962, fax 408/374-4963.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
6th of 7 Stories
Bill's Tomato Game from Psygnosis
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_ __ _ Brookline, MA -- January 1993
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\_/\_/hat a pair of tomatoes! Terry and Tracy are two of the hottest
tomatoes in their patch. Freshly picked and off to be canned, they escape to
pursue their dream of marriage and little cherry tomatoes. But as luck would
have it, an evil squirrel has foiled their plan, capturing Tracy and stashing
her high atop his vine-top home. Can love conquer all? It's up to you and
Terry to save the fair Tracy, solve challenging puzzles and brave the many
dangers that lie ahead.
And you thought tomatoes couldn't climb trees!!
Bill's Tomato Game Features:
o Over one hundred levels of Tomato tossing play.
o Tricky Tomato traps and squishers designed to puree the unsuspecting
Terry
o Deadly wasps and flying pigs to pester Terry's progress. Trampolines
that bounce him out of danger.
o The turbulent Tomato fan for guilding Terry through the lethal
labryinths
o Wild and crazy cartoon style graphics
o Wacky, animated intro and intermission sequences
o 45 different toe tapping Tomato tunes
Bill's Tomato Game is pure tomato entertainment!
List price: $49.95
Requires 512K and joystick, Kickstart 1.2 or higher. A playable demo version
of Bill's Tomato Game is available for downloading from the *StarShip*
Software Library, file 18348 TOMATO_GAME.LHA
For more information contact your local Amiga dealer or Psygnosis, 29 St.
Mary's Court, Brookline, MA 02146, phone 617/731-3553, fax 617/731-8379.
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*StarShip* Amiga *Flash*
7th of 7 Stories
Oxyd (General Edition) Game Available
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Special Note: This game is available from the *StarShip*
_ Software Library in File 18452 ONYX.LZH.
/ \ The first 10 levels are freely playable.
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(_/ \_) terrible thing has happened to the world inside your computer:
Overnight the life-supporting Oxyds have closed up. Without the oxygen
emitted by the Oxyds, the unique world of bits and bytes is threatened. Your
help is needed desperately. You're asked to go on a risky expedition into the
mysterious landscapes of Oxyd and open the Oxyds in order to save this
wonderful world from imminent destruction.
The Adventure Begins
What may initially look like a modern version of the classis memory game
turns out to be a gripping challenge in creativity, hand and mind
corrdination. Using the mouse, a black marble is guided through elaborate
mazes. Anytime an Oxyd is touched by the marble it opens up, revealing its
hidden pattern or color. Two Oxyds within a landscape will carry identical
patterns. When the Oxyds of the same pattern are opened sequentially they
remain open. If no match is made, the previously opened Oxyd closes again.
Once all its Oxyds have been opened, a landscape is saved and the player
advances to the next one. In this way, 100 (!) single-player landscapes and
the same number of dual-player landscapes have to be solved. Although the
game mechanics are easiy understood there are no quick fixes or simplisic
approaches to the intricate puzzles presented in Oxyd. Every landscape
introduces new game elements which may be explored and studied in a playful
way. Weeks of fun and many sleepless nights are the likely result.
In the initial landscapes the Oxyds are easily accessible, but they become
more and more difficult to reach as the player progresses. Objects inside the
maze have to be moved and puzzles solved in order to open secret passages to
the Oxyds. Laser beams may be reflacted by mirrors and prisms in order to
touch an Oxyd. One-way streets and traps are frequently encountered as are
the Death-heads and flying rotors that will destroy the marble instantly.
Oxyd offers a fascinating variety of objects and technical effects which may
or may not contribute to the solution of a particular puzzle.
Great fun and excitement comes from the multitude of surfaces encountered
throughout the game. These may consist of tiles differing in texture,
curvature and the amount of friction generated as the marble moves across
them, as well as swampy and icy areas, deep chasms, raised or sunken passage
ways. A number of objects may be pricked up by rolling over them with the
marble. There's a sledge-hammer which lets the player break down certain wall
sections to gain access to adajacent rooms. The hammer may also be used to
create other useful tools, but that's for the player to find out.
Mediation Landscapes
Every tenth level is a mediation landscape presenting the player with
exciting challenges to hand and mind coordination. No Oxyds need to be opened
in these levels, instead there are four steel balls which have to be placed
in pits provided on the game board. The tricky part is that mouse movements
affect all balls simultaneously. Depending on the surface friction
encountered some balls are accelerated more than others and it takes a lot of
practise to keep them all under control. Before you know it, one of them has
fallen off the edge of the board.
Ramps and parabolic surfaces, electrical charges, magnetic fields and black
holes can play havoc with the steel balls but these same effects may be
employed in solving the puzzle.
The Linked Game
Oxyd is even more fun when two computers are linked via MIDI, modem, null
modem cable or Appletalk, and the dual-player mode is used. The linked game
provides 100 additional levels where one player receives the black marble and
his/her partner controls the white one. The two-player landscapes have been
specifically designed for this purpose, giving the players an additional game
at no extra cost. Unlike other linked games, Oxyd requires that the players
cooperate in order to solve levels and ultimately win the game together.
The linked game provides each player with a view of the area surrounding
his/her marble, making it possible for the players to explore different areas
of a particular labyrinth and share the information. Somtimes a marble may
have to be sacrificed if this lets the other player finish the level
successfully.
Technical Realization
In conjunction with the appropriate sound effects, Oxyd achieves a
surprisingly realistic feel for the physical effects like friction,
collision, gravity or magnetism. Super precision mouse controls make pushing
the marble around the different levels an extra-sensory experience.
Dongleware Distribution
The Oxyd game software is distributed as "Dongleware." Anyone may copy and
distribute the Oxyd disk containing the complete game, 100 game levels and
100 dual player levels. The first 10 levels of Oxyd may be played free of
charge. After that, the player will need the 176 page Oxyd Book to continue
playing. The Oxyd Book contains useful hints and information about Oxyd as
well as the secret magic formulas with which the Magic Tokens can be removed
when they are encountered in the game. Magic Tokems have a tendency to appear
in certain bottle necks within a level, effectively blocking the player's
path. When a secret formula is cast at them, the Magic Tokens vanish, thus
opening a passage.
Hardware Requirements
Oxyd "General Edition" is available for the following configurations:
o IBM-PC with HGC (286 and above, 640 x 300), EGA (286 and above,
monochrome 640 x 300) or VGA (386 and above, 2.5 megabyte RAM and
256 KB VGA, 640 x 400, 16 colors), digitized sound output via
internal speakers, centronics port or Soundblaster available with
EMS-RAM only. DOS 5.0 and mouse required.
o NeXt, (680xx systems) monochrome or color (640 x 400, 16 color)
o Amiga (1 megabyte and above, 2 megabytes and above when run from
hard-disk, 320 x 200, 32 colors)
o Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon monochrome or low-res color (320 x 200, 16
colors), TT and Falcon high-res color (640 x 400, 16 color)
o Apple Macintosh monochrome and color on all models.
The linked game can be run on computers of the same family of processors and
using identical screen resolutions. Oxyd may be played in English, French or
German language modes.
Landscape Impressions
While you're in the main meu of Oxyd, pressing the ESC button will start a
randomized slide show presenting Oxyd landscapes.
Prices
The Oxyd Book (General Edition)
ISBN 3-829278-12-6 $39.00
Oxyd Disks (General Edition) 4.00
Available for NeXT (HD), Amiga, Atari ST color, IBM-PC (HD), Macintosh (HD),
Atari ST monochrome, Atari TT/Falcon.
The Oxyd game software may also downloaded from GEnie, CompuServe, Delphi,
Internet, the Boston Computer Society BBS, and other major networks.
Distributors
You may order the Oxyd Book at your local bookstore, your computer dealer,
borrow it at your public library or order direct from Dongleware Publishing:
US & Canada Dongleware Publishing, Inc.
P.O. Box 391829
Cambridge, MA 02139-0018
Phone & Fax 617/497-1130
For toll-free orders call: 1-800-228-OXYD
Add $3.00 shipping and handling (total $42.00)
Massachusetts residents add 5% sales tax (total 44.10)
Australia, Dongleware Publishing, Inc.
New Zealand and P.O. Box 391829
Pacific Rim Cambridge, MA 02139-0018
USA
617/497-1130
Add $6.00 shipping and handling.
Payment by international money order or credit card.
Great Britain CACHET UK, Inc.
P.O. Box 10
Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3NG
0795-435594
France Application Systems Paris
18, Rue Germain Dardan
F-92120 Montrouge
Fon (1)40.92.80.81
Fax (1)40.92.15.97
Germany Dongleware Verlags GmbH
Postfach 1163
W-6903 Neckargemuend
Fon, Fax & BTX 06112 / 8740
Fon 06112 / 72113
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| Amiga Culture |
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| December 1992 The Amiga Users Group |
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| Reviews and Updates |
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| Gaming |
| by Cary Wasserman |
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| Oxyd is a slightly different kind of shareware since the game itself |
| is essentially 10 free levels, with 90 more that can be accessed |
| through a code book ordered for the fee, with ordering information |
| available within the program itself. Oxyd is a game developed over |
| the last ten years by Meinolf Schneider that's available on all |
| major platforms. It's an arcade-style game with elements that |
| suggest Arkanoid and Roll-On at times, pattern and maze oriented |
| with satisfying sound effects. There are laser lights to switch on |
| and off and dynamite and bombs to explode to clear paths. Sometimes |
| the problem with a level is figuring out what the problem is, some- |
| times its a matter of speed and sometimes just a matter of |
| coordination. A responsive trackball can help -- "mouse-trak" is |
| superb. Every 10 levels there is a meditation level that requires |
| an extra degree of muscle control. |
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| Unlike some games with multiple layers, this one doesn't seem to |
| aspire to the impossible, with each level more difficult than the |
| next. Each has a different kind of problem and visual design, and |
| builds on skills and knowledge gained as early as the first layers. |
| Oxyd allows a "quit and save" option which, if you've noted the |
| level number in the past 10, allows for a direct return. Oxyd can |
| also be played as a 2 player game by null-modem or on-line (the |
| screen resolutions must match). |
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| Copies of the Oxyd Book are available from the BCS Amiga PD Library. |
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for downloading from the *StarShip* Library. Search on the
keyword VIEWPORT to get a list from which you can choose.
