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commands.commands. ThroughoutThroughout thethe program,program, ExperiencedExperienced usersusers willwill appreciateappreciate WordStarWordStar offersoffers aa tremendoustremendous degreedegree MIRROR IR 2.0 thethe varietyvariety ofoffile-transfer file-transfer protocols,protocols, ofofflexibility, flexibility, allowingallowing youyou toto customcustom­ 1112.0 includingincluding XMODEM,XMODEM, YMODEM,YMODEM, izeize itit accordingaccording toto youryour likeslikes andand Softklone'softklone's originaloriginal MirrorMirror waswas Kermit,Kermit,Crosstalk, Crosstalk, Hayes,Hayes, Compu-Compu­ needs.needs. designeddesigned toto bebe aa cloneclone ofofCross Cross­ Serve-B,Serve-B, andand CommPressor.CommPressor. SupportSupport CleverClever memorymemory managementmanagement talk,talk.a a popularpopular businessbusiness commucommu­ forfor ZMODEMZMODEM isis includedincluded throughthrough aa keepskeeps WordStarWordStar fast,fast, despitedespite itsits greatgreat nicationsnications program.program. TheThe latestlatest sharewareshareware programprogram ($20($20 toto register)register) versionSof Mirror, although complete that's provided with the package. size.size. ItIt residesresides inin memory,memory, andand ififyou you version of Mirror, although complete­ that's provided with the package. havehave enoughenough memory,memory, thethe spellingspelling lyly compatiblecompatible withwith CrosstalkCrosstalk XVI,XVI, Mirror'sMirror's PRISMPRlSM scriptscript languagelanguage checkerchecker andand texttext filesfiles cancan runrun RAMRAM offersoffers aa numbernumber ofofsubstantial substantial imim­ isis anan expandedexpanded versionversion ofofCrosstalk Crosstalk resident.resident. WithWith enoughenough memory,memory, youyou provements:provements: additionaladditional file-transferfile-transfer XVI'sXVI's scriptscript languagelanguage andand isis upwardlyupwardly cancan printprint oneone filefile whilewhile editingediting anothanoth­ protocols,protocols, MNPMNP support,support, aa built-inbuilt-in compatible.compatible. PRISM'sPRISM's mostmost significantsignificant er.er. AA RAMRAM usageusage displaydisplay helpshelps youyou texttext editor,editor, aa backgroundbackground mode,mode, improvementimprovement overover Crosstalk 'slan's lan­ makemake thethe bestbest useuse of the the program.program. mousemouse support,support, andand much more. BestBest guageguage isis itsits abilityability toto runrun scriptscript propro­ IfIfyou you workwork withwith longlong documentsdocuments ofofallall., MirrorMirror IIIIII costscosts lessless thanthan Cross ­ gramsgrams inin thethe background.background. andand dreaddread navigatingnavigating longlong filesfiles andand talktalk XVIXVI ($($149149 ratherrather thanthan $$ 195).195). There are manymany otherother features,features, waitingwaiting forfor savessaves or finds,finds, you'llyou'll lovelove MirrorMirror Ill'sIll's status screen letslets youyou includingincluding thethe abilityability toto capturecapture allall oror thethe nestingnesting and chainingchaining feature.feature. It viewview parameterparameter settingssettings and includesincludes partpan of an an onlineonline session toto memory, tiesties togethertogether several small files and a commandcommand line for enteringentering two-two­ disk,disk, or printer.printer. A backscroll comcom­ providesprovides continuous pagination; thisthis letterletter mnemonic commands,commands, such as mandmand letslets you recall text thatthat hashas feature has saved me untold timetime and NU (NUmber),(NUmber), CA (CApture), RX scrolled off the screen. A host mode effort. WordStar alsoalso letslets you place (Receive(Receive XMODEM),XMODEM), and EM letslets other computers call youryour comcom­ markers in files and specify a particuparticu­ (EMulate).(EMulate). puter,puter, leave messages,messages, and down-dO'wn- and lar page to move to so that youyou won'twon't upload files.files. You cancan also redefine waste time creeping paragraph by youryour computer's function keys. 1 5931 11 ■ " " . ivmmm

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MS-DOSMS-DOS ToTo accomplishaccomplish this,this, youyou havehave aa choicechoice ofof threethree characcharacters:ters: Vanigg,Varrigg, aa powerfulpowerful mutemute whowho reportedlyreportedly onceonce DRIVE IT slaggedslagged aa wholewhole bandband ofof KejeksKejeks single­single- handedly;handedly; Jakka,Jakka, aa shivvyshivvy slicerslicer whowho DRIVE IT cancan downdown aa buzzarbuzzar atat 4040 pacespaces withwith aa blastblast fromfrom her eyeeye beambeam;; oror Dekker,Dekker, thethe onlyonly humanhuman everever bornbora toto thethe mutes.mutes. SetSet outout from the village ofMardokof Mardok andand traveltravel throughout thethe plainsplains,, in­in teractingteracting with mutes fromfrom surround­surround inging villages and battling the numerous beasts of the Plains along the way. FortunatFortunately,ely, thertheree are plenty ofweap­of weap ons and ammo available on the PlainsPlains,, including nadesnades,, sodofTssodoffs., buzooksbuzooks,, cazeesoozees,, clubsclubs,, and vibrabladesvibrablades.. As you play Bad BloodBlood,, a detailed overhead view of your character ap­ap pears on the screen of an ancient tele­tele vision set abandoned on the Plains. RRaceace through loop-the-looploop-the-loops,s, ccorkscreworkscrew jumpjumpss and other ddeaih-defyingeath-defyin g obobstacles.stacles. CompetCompetee aagainstgainst the world'world'ss ttopop drivers in your Illrho-chargturbo-chargeded Corvene.Corvette. IfIf yyou'veou 've played ththee nnewew STUNT DRIVERDRIVER™' >! oorr VE'ITE!VETTE!™'>! from Spectrum HoloByte, you know the ononlyly thing more thrilling than our ssimulationsimulations is the real experiellceexperience......

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Bad BloodBlood is a first-rate role-role­ Use an ancient television in BadSad Blood to playing game with appealing graphics HOME LAWYER make choices forfor your character. and a terrific musical soundtrack LAWYER (which can be toggled off once you'veyou've anyany of the most important dede­ The TV's knobs describe your had enough ofofaa good thing).thing). Up toto cisions you'llyou' ll makemake requirerequire choices—Talk,choices-Talk, Inventory,Inventory, Examine, threethree games can be saved in progress, expert legal assistance. UnforUnfor­ Use,Use, and Options (Pause,(Pause, Save,Save, Load,Load, butbut unfortunately, beginning a new tunately,tunately, legal advice can be exex­ and so on). To the right of the TV is a M and so on). To the right of the TV is a gamegame erases all of your previously pensive andand hardhard toto understand. To greengreen bottle filledftIled with water.water. The wawa­ saved games.games. This isis thethe only faultfault inin the rescue comescomes HomeHome LawyerLawyer fromfrom terter levellevel serves asas a visual indicatorindicator of anan otherwiseotherwise veryvery playableplayable RPG.RPG. MecaMeca Ventures,Ventures, a user-friendlyuser-friendly expert your state of health. Finally, message program that helps you create simple your state of health. Finally, message BOBGUERRABOB GUERRA program that helps you create simple windowswindows belowbelow thethe televisiontelevision setset concon­ legallegal documentsdocuments andand specialspecialletlers.letters. taintain importantimportant texttext andand dialogue.dialogue. BadBad PlayabilityPlayability . . . . ••••**** HomeHome LawyerLawyer generatesgenerates docudocu­ BloodBlood usesuses a menu-driven conversaconversa­ DocumentationDocumentation . .... ****** mentsments inin plainplain EnglishEnglish fromfrom youryour rere­ tiontion systemsystem thatthat letslets youyou choosechoose fromfrom OriginalityOriginality . . . . •••*** sponsessponses toto simplesimple questions.Questions. YouYou cancan aa rangerange ofoftopics topics appropriateappropriate toto youryour GraphicsGraphics ...... •••• **** respondrespond directlydirectly onscreenonscreen oror firstfirst printprint progressprogress inin thethe game.game. SoundSound ...... ••••**** aa paperpaper workwork sheetsheet andand thenthen transfertransfer TheThe gamegame comescomes withwith aa 20-page20-page informationinformation fromfrom thethe workwork sheetsheet toto manualmanual thatthat includesincludes aa mapmap ofofthe the thethe screen.screen. ToTo helphelp youyou out,out, thethe propro­ PlainsPlains andand aa listlist ofofMutant Mutant ChatChat gramgram offersoffers responseresponse choiceschoices (some(some­ IBM PC and compatibles; 512K RAM terms, a reference card, and a copy of IBM PC and compatibles; 512K RAM times samples); these appear on the terms, a reference card, and a copy of (640K for VGA); CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA times samples); these appear on the Thale's Comprehensive Guide to the (640K 'ex VGA): CGA. EGA. MeGA. VGA Thale's Comprehensive Guide to the (256-color),(25Ek:01or).Tandy Tandy 16-color;16<:o1or:joystick joysticl< op0p­ screenscreen andand inin thethe veryvery clearclear andand BeastsBeasts && SavagesSavages ofofthethe Plains.Plains. ThisThis tional;tional; supportssupportsTandy Tandy 3-voice,3-voice, Roland,Roland, completecomplete manualmanual providedprovided withwith thethe Ad Lib. GameBlaster (CMS), Innovation, foldoutfoldout notnot onlyonly describesdescribes thethe beastsbeasts Ad Ub, GameBlaster (eMS). Innovation, program.program. andand CovoxCovox soundsoundboards—$49.95 boards-$49.95 you'llyou'll encounterencounter onon thethe plains,plains, butbut itit WithWith HomeHome Lawyer,Lawyer, youyou cancan crecre­ alsoalso servesserves asas copycopy protectionprotection forfor thethe ORIGINORIGIN SYSTEMSSYSTEMS ateate simplesimple legallegal documents,documents, includingincluding program.program. BeforeBefore starting,starting, forfor instance,instance, P.O.P.O.Box Box 161750161750 wills,wills, powerspowers ofofattorney, attorney, residentialresidential Austin,Austin,TX TX 7871678716 youyOll must answer a question such as leases, promissory notes, bills of sale, must answer a Question such as (800)(BOO) 999-4939999-4939 leases, promissory notes, bills of sale, WhereWhere doesdoesa aBushbug Bushbug usuallyusually hide?hide? andand independentindependent contractorcontractor agree-agree-

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MS-DOS ments.ments. SpecialSpeciallenersletters thethe program intricateintricate gray-scaledgray-scaled American scenes helpshelps youyou write include demands forfo r and patterns matchingmatching thethe set of faces moneymoney owed,owed, bad-checkbad-check notices,notices, andand used in each of the ten levels.levels. TheThe requestsrequests for creditcredit reports.reports. Thehe RussianRussian game-makinggame-making mastermaster vanityvanity boardboard and several sign-on TheThe public hashas always had thethe Alexey PajitnovPajitnov isis at itit again.again. The screens useuse the fullfull VGA color palette,palette, rightright toto createcreate legallegal documents withwith­ creator of thethe now-legendarynow-legendary Te-Te­ asas do the faces themselves.themsel ves. outout attorneys; but the legalese that trisIris and itsits standoutstandout follow-up Faces isis a good game with excelexcel­ comprisescompri ses mostmost laws,laws, forms,forms, and inin­ WelltrisWelliris hashas written another one—one­ lentlent andand entertainingentertaining graphics and structionsstructions makesmakes writingwriting legal docudocu­ Faces...Faces . .. TrisTris III.III. enoughenough challenge to makemake itit worthwonh mentsments anan arduous—andarduous-and sometimessometimes ' HavingHaving exhausted,exhausted, in hishj s two playing.playing. It facesfaces an uphill battle,battle, howhow­ dangerous—task.dangerous-task. HomeHome Lawyer'sLaw)ler's earlierearlier games,games, thethe dimensions in ever,ever, in itsits unenviableunenviable position as the greatest strengthstrength isis thethe fact that it'sit's whichwhich to manipulatemanipulate falling blocks,blocks, third in the TetrisTetris series.series. What maymay be useruser friendly.friendly. It allowsallows you to do for Pajitnov brings forth a newnew concept.concepl. moremore compellingcompelling than thethe game itself yourselfyourself much of whatwhat youyou onceonce reliedrelied In Faces,Faces, blocks still fallfall against a is anticipating whatwhat Pajitnov will onon lawyers to do for you.you. graphic mural background. TheThe differ ­ accomplish thethe nextnext time around—around­ Consequently,Consequently, HomeHome Lawyer carcar­ enceence isis that eacheach blockblock containscontains oneone of especially ififhehe abandonsabandons falling blocks. ries variousvarious disclaimers,disclaimers, including an fivefi ve piecespieces ofofaa face.face. Your job isis toto pilepile RICHARDRICHARD O.MANNO. MANN initial comprehensive one whichwhich up a chin, lips,lips, a nose,nose, eyes,eyes, and a toptop Playability . *** statesstates that the manufacturer does notnOl of the head in thethe right order.order. You get Playability ...... *** guaranteeguarantee that thethe program isis valid moremore pointspoints if theythey happen to be fromfro m Documentation .... ••**** whenwhen used,used, willwi ll leadlead toto the desired rere­ thethe same person,person, but mixedmixed faces areare Originality . •••* Graphics . .•••***** sult,sult, or willwill carry out the intentions of OK, too.too. A face constructedconstructed outout of oror­ Graphics .. **** the user.user. It alsoalso includes a directory of der turns intointo a marblemarble block, whichwhich StateState Bar AssociationsAssociations and notesnotes obstructsobstructs furtherfunher progress.progress. whenwhen to consultconsult anan attorney.attorn ey. IBM PC and compatibles:compatibles; 512K512K RAM HomeHome LawyerLawyer allowsallows no customcustom­ (WOK(640K forto<" VGA);VGA): CGA,CGA. EGA,EGA. MCGA,MCGA, VGA,VGA. izing of documentsdocuments other than in rere­ Hercules, or Tandy 1000;1000; supports Ad LibUb and SoundBlasterSound Blaster boards and TandyTandy sponse to its questions. I found this sponse 10 its questions. I found this 1000 sound;sound; joystick optional—$39.95optional-S39.95 particularlyparticularly frustratingfrustra ting becausebecause itsits durable power of attorney provides SPECTRUMSPECTRUM HOLOBYTEHOLDBYTE 2061 ChaSiengerChallenger OrDr.. consent for medical and personal care. consent for medical and personal care. Alameda, CA 94501 PowersPowers of attorney for medical care (415)522-3584(415)522-3584 are valuablevaluable documents that should be leftleft foforr babysitters,babysitters, neighbors,neighbors, and schoolsschools responsibleresponsible for children wwhenhen thethe parents aarere unavailable. HoweverHowever,, HomeHome Lawyer's versioversionn incorporates CIRCUIT'S EDGE the right ttoo make decisions regarding In the Budayeen, a quasi-Middle See how your skills stack up in Faces. n the Budayeen, a Quasi- Middle personal cacare,re, ssupport,upport, maintenance,maintenance, Eastern environment surrounded aandnd lilivingving aarrangements,rrangements, as wellwell—vir- vir­ byby walls, rough tradetrade flourishesnourishes in tually giving cuscustodytody ttoo the cacaretaker.retaker. It sousoundsnds simple—andsimple- and it is. Sim­Sim aalleys,lleys, oonn back sstreets,treets, and along At a lilistst priceprice of$119,of $119,1 I would'vewould've plicity and elegance are Pajitnov's Ithe main thoroughfare, known only as plicity and elegance are Pajitnov's the main thoroughfare, known only as expecexpectedted more choices or more ability trademarkstrademarks.. But whereas hihiss twotwo earli­earli ThThee Street. ThiThiss iiss a cricriminalminal nneigheigh­ tolo ccustomize.ustomize. Perhaps ffutureuture versionsversions eerr hits resemblresembleded interactive ccreativereative borhood,borhood, seamy aandnd dangerousdangerous.. This wiwillll correccorrectt ththeseese problems by expand­expand puzzlespuzzles,, FacesFaces too often rresemblesesembles an is the sesettingtting oofflnfInfocom'socom's Circuit's ing th thee ttypesypes of documents which can animated jigsaw puzzle without ththee Edge. be created. ThThenen yoyouu cocoulduld truly say intinteractiveernctive vvarietyariety ofofTetris Tetris oorr Weiliris.Welltris. BasBaseded oonn ththee Audran sstoriestories of that yoyouu had a lawyer in youryour Pc.PC. The 60 faces ththemselvesemselves are a de­de GeoGeorgerge Alec Effinger, the game iiss SUSAN PPARATOARATO lightful mimixx of historical figures (Na­(Na played from the perspective of Au­Au poleon),poleon), wwhimsicalhimsical monstmonsters,ers, holidaholidayy drandran,, an aaddictive,ddictive, not really likable . . . •**• Ease of Use ...... **** faces (Sa(Santanta CClaus,laus, UUnclencle Sam)Sam),, and a sort, whose taltalentsents and ininclinationsclinations ••*• DocumDocumentationentation .. . . **** vavarietyriety of cultural images (Mona Lisa, ccontinuallyontinually bring him to ththee edge of . . •• Features ...... ** ShakShakespeare).espeare). Only 1166 oftheof the faces are disadisaster.ster. The momostst successful plaplayersyers . . •* InnInnovationovation ...... ** idenidentifiedtified in the manual as pan part of the will learn how ttoo see the worworldld documentation-based cocopypy protection. through Audran'Audran'ssjaujaundicedndiced eyes. 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ousDllS placesplaces ofofbusiness, business, ororskulk skulk throughthrough darkeneddarkened alleysalleys wherewhere anyany­ thingthing cancan happen.happen. OnscreenOnscreen mappingmapping FLY IT helpshelps youyou getget aa feelfeel forfor thethe game'sgame's lolo­ cale. The Budayeen isis the story, in t---=:.....LY IT ca le. The Budayeen the story, in manyman y ways,ways, althoughalthough there'sthere's naturallynatu rall y aa problem-solvingproblem-solving plotplOl toto navigatena vigate through.through. The game'sgame's manualman ual includesincl udes aa mapmap of the th e Budayeen.Budayeen, completecomplete withwith a directory'directory and addresses ofof variousvarious businessesbusinesses andand establishments. Three pagespages ofof hintshints helphelp youyo u throughthrough thethe toughertougher problems.problems. ListsLists of characterscharacters andand a glossaryglossary also contain hintshints and tipstips thatthat canca n be exploitedexploi ted during play.play.

Command youryour own squadronsquadron andand feelfeellhethe awesome powerpower of theIhe afterburners,afterburners, the thrillIhrill of mixing itIt up with a MiGMIG and thethe totaltotal satisfactionsatisfaction of an accomplishedaccomplished mission.mission. ExperienceExperience SpectrumSpeclru m HoloByte'sHoloByle's FLIGHT OFDF THE INTRUDER™,INTR UDER"', andand theIhe newnew FALCONFALCON 3.0™3.0'>1 andand A-10A-IO AVENGER™,AVENGER' " , theIhe mostmost realisticrealislic air cocombatmbat simulationssimulat ions evereve r created. It usedused to10 behe ifif you wantedwanled more authenticaUlhentic thrills,thrill s. youyou had to10 enlist. Not allanymore...ymore ... Spectrum HdoByteHoktByte'" A Division of Sphere, Inc. In the seamy setting of Infocom'sI"facorn's Cir­Cir A Division of Sphere, Inc. 22061061 Challenger Drive,Drive, Alameda,Alameda, CACA., 94501,94501 , ((415)415) 5522-010722-0107 cuit's EdgeEdge,, there are many dangers.

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MS-DOS compatibility. ItIt must bebe friendlyfriendly withwith The MC-400MC-400 isis unique,unique, butbut for Visitor mode,mode, hehe feltfelt lessless threatenedthreatened PCs withoutwithout undue additional efforteffort about thethe same amount of money money youyo~ by thethe typestypes of questions asked onon thethe and expense. can getget a lightweightlightweight PC compatible SAT. The MC'sMes built-in software looks withwith more memory and standard keykey­ The Visitor mode allows youyou toto great but lacks power. The text proces ­ board,board, connectors, keys,keys, and floppy browse through the questionsQuestions asked sor doesn't count words, check spell ­ drive. ItIt may not havehave thethe MC-400's on thethe SAT without actuallyactually takingtaking a ing,ing, or display the current line and visual appeal, batterybattery life,life, touch pad,pad, test.test. It's a nonthreatening way to dede­ character position. The diary isis useful,useful, and futuristic memory disks,disks, but itit velop a feelfeel for the kinds ofofquestionsquestions but the monthly calendar displays will runrun far more software and offer asked, and learning how toto approach Monday through Sunday (instead of easier data exchange via floppies. Add certain kinds of questions isis as valuvalu­ Sunday through Saturday). The alarm a desktop tools package,package, and you'll able as mastering thethe content areasareas of function works but lacks a snooze feafea­ have more powerful and flexible soft ­ an exam. If youyou choosechoose the wrong anan­ ture.ture. The free-form database isis simple ware than the MC-400's—andMC-400's-and you'llyou'll swer, you'reyou're told why the answer isis but not very powerful. be able to get helphelp from PC users and wrong.wrong. PickingPicking the rightright answer computer dealers.dealers. prompts an explanation of whywhy the answer is right. J.BLAKEJ. BLAKE LAMBERTLAM BERT answer is right . Included with the program is a Ease of Use/InstallationUse/lnstanation ...... •••*** companion book called HowHow toto TakeTake DocumentationDocumentation ...... *** the SAT,SAT. which includes several pracprac­ Features ...... ** tice exams. After everyevery practice exerexer­ Compatibility . . * cise, you can look at the answers and explanations in the book. The Assess ­ ment option in the program lets you evaluate your progress. You'll get a PsionPslon MC-400—$1,795Mc-4OD-S1.795 evaluate your progress. You'll get a Optional SSDS$D drive for a PC or compatcampat­ score and a personalized analysis of ible—$300Ibkl-$300 each test. Then you can get a personalpersonal­ ized training schedule based on your PSIONP$ION ized training schedule based on your 118 Echo Lake Rd.Rd. strengths and weaknesses.weaknesses. Watertown,Vtotertown, CT 06795 The training scheduleschedule recomrecom­ The Psion MC-400 accepts up to four The Psion MC-400 accepts up to four (203)274-7521(203) 274-7521 mends sseveraleveral methods for building sotid-statesolid-state disksdisks aatt ononee time.time. strengths and minimizing weaknesses,weaknesses, methods such as making flash cardscards for vocabulary words or math prob The MC is hurt by a general lack PERSONAL for vocabulary words or math proir lems missed. Your training may in of standardization. Although it includes lems missed. Your training may in­ clude reviewing a specific topic on a a standard parallel port, you have to clude reviewing a specific topic on a page in the book, or you may need to provide the instructions that let your TRAINER page in the book, or you may need to printer take advantage of special capacapa­ work through one of the training aacc­ bilities, such as bold or italic print.print. (A FOR THE SAT tivities using the programprogram's's onsonscreencreen company spokesman says that a word hints and the glossary. processor to be sold separately will e expect athletes to hone their I won't know for sure whethwhetherer contain printer drivers. -Ed.—Ed.) ) It in­ talentalentsts through practicepractice,, yet thisthis training has helped my son until ccludesludes an RS-232 serial port and file­file- we throw our kids to the he takes the SAT latlaterer in the yearyear,, but transfer software for sending files to a wolves when it comes to help­help I plan to make sure he completes the PC, but you must use a noncompati- ingWthem prepare for the Scholastic entire training schedule. I'I'llll keep rere­ PC, but you must use a noncompati. ing them prepare for the Scholastic ble cable with a roundround,, miniature seri­seri Aptitude Test (SAT). Davidson's minding him of what a football coach aall plugplug (not included). Your PersonalPersonal Trainer forJor the SAT ttellsells his players:players: Games are won or The MC uses solid-state disks package offers students a way to10 prepre­ lost on the practice field.fi eld. (SSDs), which are really just memory pare for this all-important exam. JJOYCEOVCESSIDESIDES but which emulate disks. The MC ac­ac The program builds vocabulary cepts up to four SSDs at onceonce,, avail­avail and reading skills as well as areas of Ease of Use ...... **,>*** able in several styles and sizes: RashFlash math covered in the SATSAT.. IfstudentsIf students Documentation ...... **** EPROM and RAM (each up to 5512K)12K) adhere to the 6-7 hour weekly train­train Features ...... *** and ROM (2MB). Psion offers an SSD ing schedule suggested in the manualmanual,, Innovation ...... ****•* drive for a Pc.PC. they should be able to tackle SAT The fullfull-sized-sized keyboard has a problems and considerably increase good feel and layout but isn't exactly their chances for success. IBM PC and compatiblcompatibles:es; 512K; CGACGA,. like a PC keyboard; some of the sym­sym Since II'm'm not planning to take EGA. MCGAMCGA., VGAVGA,, Tandy 16-a>1or16-color,, or bol keys are swapped. A numeric key­ the SAT anytime soon but my 15- HercuHercules:les: hard ddiskisk optiona1-S49optional—S49.95.95 pad is part of the alphabet keys. year-oyear-oldld son will take it this yearyear,, I let DAVIDSON & ASSOCIATES At first the touch pad is fun, but him use the program to hehelplp in his PP.O..O. Box 2961 it can be difficult. ItIt's's easy to move preparation for the test. After running TorranceTorrance., CA 90509 (800)(800) 545-76n545-7677 the pointer but hhardard to be accaccurate.urate. tthroughhrough a few practice sessions in the

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Alameda,Alameda, CA,CA , 94501,94501, (415)(415) 522-0107522·0101 tem.tem. It'sIt's designeddesigned to help peoplepeople with no programming experienceexperience put to­ so thatthat usersusers of youryour presentation cancan box atatlhthee bottombollom ofof thethe screenscreen to a gethergether interactiveinteractive audiovisualaudiovisual presenpresen­ controlcontrol it interactively.interactively. AmigaVisionAmigo Vision large,large, scrollablescrollable grid above. It'sIt's on this tations,tations, theth e componentcomponent partspans of which presentationspresentations cancan alsoalso accept input grid that youyou arrangearrange the iconsicons in logilogi­ have beenbeen produced with other tools.tools. from theIhe keyboard.keyboard. cal groupsgroups (called(called parentparelll and child),child), ItIt helps youyou putpUltogethertogether things likelike AmigaVisionAmigaVision helpshelps you do allallihisthis tying themthem to youryour componentscomponents with touchscreentouchscreen informationinformation systems,systems, corcor­ with surprising ease.ease. InIn general,general, after specific parameters entered throughthrough porateporate business presentations,presentations, educa ­ you'veyou've createdcreated youryour componentscomponents and requestersrequesters and pull-downpull-down menus. You tionaltional reports,repons, quizzesquizzes andand documendocumen­ decideddecided howhow youyou wantwant toto presentpresent mustmust know what youyou wantwant toto do andand taries,taries, andand eveneven animated ChristmasChri stmas them,them, youyou selectselect appropriateappropriate Amiga-Amiga­ whichwhich icons do what,what, b\x\but Amiga-Amiga­ cards withwith MIDI-producedMIDI-produced backback­ VisionVision iconsicons byby draggingdragging themthem fromfrom aa VisionVision comescomes withwith oneone ofofthe the bestbest groundground music.music. ItIt doesdoes thisthis byby combincombin­ manuals I'veI've ever seenseen andand twotwo tutoritutori­ inging datadata storedstored on floppyfloppy andand hardhard alal disks.disks. disks,disks, videocasettes,videocasettes, andand videodiscs.videodiscs. II mademade anan interactiveinteracti ve presentapresenta­ This techniquetechnique isis calledcalled multimu/ri­ tiontion incorporatingincorporating thingsIhings II foundfound lyinglying mediamedia (the(Ihe industry'sindustry's latestlatest buzzword)buzzword) aroundaround mymy househouse andand hardhard drive.drive. II andand involvesin volves meldingmelding componentscomponents usedused AmigaVisionAmiga Vision onon mymy A2000A2000 withwith fromfrom variousvarious sourcessources intointo aa singlesingle prepre­ 3MB3MB ofofRAM. RAM, theIhe newnew SuperAgnus,SuperAgnus, sentation.sentation. You'llYou'll needneed paintpainl andand aniani­ WorkBenchWorkBench 2.0,2.0, aa VCRVCR andand genlock,genlock, mationmation programs,programs, digitizers,digitizers, andand andand aa MIDIMIDI musicmusic synthesizer.synthesizer. MyMy musicmusic compositioncomposition andand wordword processprocess­ presentationpresentation consistedconsisted ofofthree three primaprima­ inging softwaresoftware inin orderorder toto createcreate thosethose ry'ry parts:partS: aa homehome videovideo ofofthe the kids,kids, aa presentations.presentations. 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[fyouIf you have an Amiga and need to TTADAD is related to ASDG's soft­soft The documentation is adequateadequate,, use Macintosh softwaresoftware,, the A-Max II ware for the Sharp scanner. As suchsuch,, it but only so. Although its descriptions is a wise investment. I've found that performs many of the same image­image- are reasonablereasonable,, it lacks step-bystep-by-step-step all the Mac software [I need to use (Al­(Al processing functions as NewTek'sNewTek's tuttutorials.orials. dus PageMaker 4.0, MiMicrosoftcrosoji ExcelExcel DigiViewDigi View software. UnfortunatelUnfortunately,y, Although I am happhappyy with ThThee and WordWord,, and Silicon BeachBeach's's Super­Super- TAD is missing a fewfew ofofDigiView's DigiView's Art Department,Department, I'd like to see an up­up Paint) runs perfectly.perfectly. With the added bells and whistles. [I especially missed grade that allows you to ssaveave in ananyy use of my Amiga hard disk and the control over color saturationsaturation.. On the format you can load. I'd also like to sounds emanating from my monitor, plus sideside,, TAD has a new controlcontrol,, see saturation control and genuine im­im the only clue tbatthat I'm not using a real GammaGamma,, and a variety of dithering al­al age-processing capabilities such as Mac is the larger Amiga screen-andscreen—and gorithms. The Gamma control allows those in Progressive PeripheralsPeripherals'' PIX-PI X­ the money [I saved by not buying a you to compensate for the fact that the Mate.Mate. UnfortunatelyUnfortunately,, the memory rere­ second computer. visual intensity of the Amiga's 16 quirements for this program make it brightness levels are not linear. Using unusable for the great majority of BOB ELLER brightness levels are not linear. Using Gamma can help yyouou bring out hid­hid Amiga ownersowners.. I would not recom­recom Ease of Use/Installation . . . **** den detail in yyourour images. mend The Art Department to an Documentation ... *** TTADAD does a very nice job ooff con­con Amiga owner with less than two Features ...... ***** verting screens from one Amiga megabytes of memory and a hard Compatibility ***** screen resolution to another. It does drivedrive.. ASDG recommends four megamega­ an especially nice job converting to bytes. ((Editor'sEditor'S note: ASDG recently colorful images in HAM and EHB announannouncedced The Art Department Pro­Pro into high-resolution 16-color screens. fessional, which adds the capability to AmlgawithAmiga with 1MB-$1491MB—$149.95.95 into high-resolution 16-color screens. fessional, which adds the capability 10 (Upgrade from A-Max-$49.95)A-Max—$49.95) savesave illin nnon-IFFformats,on-IFF jormals,Jullfull ARexx support, external effeffectsects modules, 8-bit REAU\'SOFTREADYSOFT rendering, and multiple palette sizes. 30 Wertheim Ct.Ct #2 rendering, and multiple palelle sizes. Richmond Hill,Hill. Ont. The upgrade should be available tthishis Canada L4BL481B9 189 fall;fail; cocontactntact ASDG forjor ddetails.)etails.) (416)(416)731-4175 731-4175 RRHETTHETT ANDANDERSONERSON Ease of Use ...... ** Features ...... **** THE ART Value ...... , ...... *** THE ART Documentation ...... *** DEPARTMENT Match palettes using The Art Department AmlgaAmiga with 2MB2MB,, 4MB recommended­recommended- ASDG'sSDG's The Art Department and combine pictures on one screen. S89$89.85.B5 (TAD) is a 24-bit image-process­image-process Art Department Loader ddisksisks are avail­avail ing program for the Amiga. This The user interface is attractive able for $19S19-95-S39.95.95-$39.95 Ameans that each screen pixel is but difficultdifficult.. [I found a few procedures ASDGASOG represented by three bytes (24 bits) of tortuous. One advantage of TAD over 925 St8'NartStewart St. memorymemory,, allowing a palette of 16 mil­mil DigiView is that you can reserve part MadMadison.Ison, WIWl 53713 ((608)608) 27:>8585273-6585 lion colors instead ofjust 4096. TAD of the palette and let TAD automati­automati can use this extra information when cally make tbethe best selection for the converting pictures from other com­com rest of the palette. TAD makes the puters or when choosing colors to dis­dis task difficultdifficult,, thOUgh.though. Converting a play the best possible Amiga picture. picture from HAM to EHB with a re­ PIRATES The Art Department loads S Sculptculpt served palette of 20 colors took a PIRATIS 4D, Turbo Silver, DigiVi&v,DigiVielV, and all friend and me the better part of an icroProse's PiratesPirates puts you in IFF mes,files, including Sliced Ham and afternoon. Though we now have the the boots of a pirate captaincaptain.. [nIn NewTek's Dynamic modes. It can procprocedureedure memorizedmemorized,, it's a laborous this combination adventure save in 24-bit [FFIFF and standard [FFIFF process that takes numerous mouse game and simulation, you modes (including DynamicDynamic,, but not clickclickss and even a bit of typingtyping.. amass yyourour ill-gotten fortune by sail­sail Sliced Ham). SeparatelSeparatelyy available Although manmanyy of TADTAD's's features ing around the CaribbeanCaribbean,, trading disks allow you to import GlF GIF,, have been seen before, it has one with merchantsmerchants,, plundering citiescities,, and DeluxePaint HelIe for the IBM PC, that's been missing from Amiga pro­pro attacking treasure-laden vessels. PCXPCX,, TIFFTIFF,, TargaTarga,, and Rendition im­im grams for a long time: the ability to UUsing sing the detailed paper map age files.meso UnfortunatelyUnfortunately,, while you can scale an image to any sizesize.. This is es­es providedprovided as a guideguide,, you sail your fleetneet load images in these formatsformats,, you pecially handy for importing GIF and from citcityy to ccity,ity, taking advantage of cancan't't save them in these formatsformats.. You Targa files that were created on the wind currencurrentsts and avoiding shoals cancan't't use TAD as a image processor screens with a higher resolution. This that could sink your ships. Using a for VGA or Targa screens. makes TAD worth its price.price. crude astrolabe, you can approximate

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Pirates will you seselectlect the fonfont,t, style, size, align­align broadsbroadsideide pospositionition and fire yoyourur can­ ppleaselease both tthehe aarcadercade gamer and the mentment,, and line spacispacing.ng. Next,Next, use the nononsns wwhilehile aatt the same ttimeime avoiding simusimulationlation llover.over. WYSIWYG ttextext editor in a selected area on the screen, called the text box. rereturnturn fifire.re. If you make enough good STEVE KlNGKJNG area on the screen, called the text box. shoshots,ts, the enemy will surrendesurrenderr or Digital Artist automatically wraps the sink. If you prefer a more personal PPayabilitylayability ...... **** **** last word on a line to tthehe beginning of form of combat, pull alongside the en­en DocDocumentationumentation ***** the nnextext lineline.. You can ususee the arrowarrow,, emy ship and board it. You can then OOriginalityriginality ...... **** **** Insert/DIn sen/Delete,elete, aandnd CClear/Homelear/ Home keys challenge the enemy captain to a win- GGraphicsraphics ...... **** **** to edit your text. SSoundound ...... **** **** Many program featufeaturesres help yoyouu vviewiew images in detail on ththee drawindrawingg page. Several levels of magnificatimagnificationon Amiga with 512K512K,, 1MB1 MB recommended­recommended- let you perform detailed graphic ededitit­ $44.95 • $44.95 ing. Except for texttext,, color, and spray can,can. yoyouu can useuse all graphic tools unun­ MICROPROSE der magnification. Scrolling up or 180ISOLakefrontDr. Lakefronl Dr. der magnification. Scrolling up or Hunt Valley, MD 21030 down the page is accomplished man Ju lft Zijfuf il mr Bit* Xftk Hunt Valley, MD down the page is accomplished man­ (301)771-1151 uallyually by uusingsi ng the page-scrollingpage-scrolling ar­ ar frf !*»(■. fi£ nit t rows or automatically by uusingsing ththee pagepage guideguide.. Since the 64 is limitedlimited in memomemo­ ry,ry, onlonlyy part ofaof a file can be displadisplayedyed Follow the news closelcloselyy and you can 64/128 on ththee screen at a given lime.time. ThuThus,s, capturcapturee tthehe TrTreasureeasure Fleet in PiratPirates.es. ththee pagepage guide iiss a usefuusefull feature,feature, since it allows yoyouu to quickly go to and ner-take-allner-take-all duel. You use the joystick woworkrk on otherother parts ofaof a file. Drawings toto control your animaanimatedted character as are available in threethree different sizes, you take on your foe in a deadlydeadly depending on whether yoyouu planplan to DIGITAl ARTIST view graphics on the screen only, sword fight. If you win,win, you can take DIGITAL ARTIST view graphics on the screen only, his ship as your own or plunder and Doesoes anyone needneed a powerful printprinl oonn a llow-resolutionow-resolution graphic ssinkink it.it. IfIf you lose,lose, you're likelylikely toto be drawing program for thethe 64 or printer, or print oonn a high-resolutionhigh-resolution thrown in the brig and lose all of your 128? DigitalDigital Artist is a fast,fast, powpow­ graphic printer. possessions.possessions. erfulerful,, easy-to-use,easy-to-use, menu-driven When you approach a port city, Ddraw package designed specifically for t :.:\ When you approach a pon city. draw package designed specificall y for 7: : St.t<:~ _ft. ~J1 ...... you cacann sail intointo port or attack and youryour computer. plunder the town. If you choose to alat ­ DigitalDigital Artist hashas many great feafea­ 'lii'1 tack, you cancan bombard the city and tures that let you produce a wide vari­vari storm thethe fortressfortress or land near thethe etyety of images and artwork usingusing a I towntown and proceed over land to fightfigh t mouse or joystick.joystick. You havehave I8draw-18 draw­ I the locallocal army.army. ing tools100is from the tool palette, along You maymay decide to sail peacefully with eight graphics-editinggraphics-cditing functions. intointo the harbor. Once in town, you The tooltool palette'spalette's 1818 drawing can visit the merchant to buybuy and sell tools100is include the capturecapture box,box, fillet, goods (whose prices vary from port to10 spray can, line,line, arc,are, text,text, color, brush, port) and repair youryour vessels.vessels. YouYou can polylines, and right-angleright-angle lines.lines. also visit the tavern to recruit rowdy Shapes,Shapes, such as triangles,triangles, rectangles, Digital Artist is a8 fastfast and powerfulpowerful crew members and buy important ellipses, oror parallelograms, can alsoalso be drawingdrawing andand paintingpainting program.program. information. Finally,Finally, you should visit created and cithereither filled oror not filled thethe governor;governor; he can make you special with colors or patterns.patterns. As mentioned earlier,earlier, youyou cannot offers and bestow awards upon you. The eight graphics-editing funcfunc­ see the wholewhole filefile on thethe screen at once He might even introduce you to his tions work with thethe capture box, because ofoftbethe 64's64's memorymemory limitalimita­ beautifulbeautiful daughter. You continue youryour which selects the graphic area for the tions.tions. However,However, theth e preview function travels untiluntil you're captured or you graphics-editing functionfunction to10 be perper­ letslets youyou viewview the placement of imagesimages decide toto divide the booty,booty, disband formed.formed. These functions includeinclude cut,cut, on the fullfull page before printing itit out.out. youryour crew, and start over. paste,paste, copy, move, clear,cl ear, inverse,inverse, mirmir­ The images appear as shadows on thethe MicroproseMicroprose did an excellentexcellent jobjob ror,ror, and rotate.rotate. Digital ArtistArtis! hashas an screen. While youyou cannot view the ex ­ portingporting thisthis game to the Amiga.Amiga. 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You can even cre­cre AnoAnotherther advantage is its eerrorrror when using musimusicc sysynthesizersnthesizers where ate yoyourur own pattpatternserns or brush shapes. handlinghandling.. ItIt's's nnearlyearly impoimpossiblessible to the cartridge port iiss occupied with a Another special feature ooffthethe pro­pro makmakee a ffatalatal erroerrorr with this programprogram.. MIDI interfaceinterface.. It'It'ss also ideal when gram is the Digital PParameterarameter DisplDisplayay If yoyouu do make a mistakemistake,, yoyouu will get used with cartricartridgedge word proprocessorscessors (DP(DPD).D). This feature updates your an ererrorror message ththatat tells yoyouu wwhathat ttoo and modems that titiee up the parallel drawindrawingg pparametersarameters right on ththee ddo.o. FForor exaexample,mple, I had ththee wrong disk port. screescreen.n. CoordinaCoordinate,te, dimensiondimension,, llength,ength, in the drivedrive,, and aann error mesmessagesage Installation is quiquitete simplesimple.. It is and aanglengle parameters aarere displadisplayedyed in alerted mmee to insert the cocorrectrrect oone.ne. aided by the clearest and most cocomm­ One major drawback of this pro near-accurate measurements. One major drawback of this pro­ prehenprehensivesive sesett of instructions ththatat I'I'veve You can build yoyourur own clip-art gram is its inability to display ththee full seen, and ititss manumanualal is a model of library wiwithth Digital Anis/.Artist. Once ppageage of imagesimages.. FFirst,irst, yoyouu can't view a clarity. ThThee installation process took you've createcreatedd a graphic image, use full ppageage of images exacexactlytly as ththey'reey're me 90 minutminutes.es. ThiThiss iincludedncluded ttestingesting the cacapturepture box to select iit.t. A dialog ssupposedupposed to appear. SecondSecond,, it's hard and iinstallingnstalling defeat switcswitcheshes forfor both box appears after yoyou'veu've selected ttoo draw a full-pagfull-pagee imimageage if yoyouu can't the 64 and 1541 disk drives. The most CUT from ththee EDIT menu. Just type see the full image on the screescreenn as yoyouu challenging task was drilling holesholes for in a filename and save the iimagemage to a ddraw.raw. HHowever,owever, as mentioned earlierearlier,, thethe two switches. I actactuallyually uusedsed mmyy disk fforor future use.use. When yoyouu nneedeed this is due to the 6464's's memmemoryory Jimilimitata­ sosolderingldering iron to burn ththee hholesoles thethe clip-art image, seselectlect PASTE from tiontionss aandnd is not a flflawaw in the software through thethe plasticplastic case. ththee EDIT menu and pastepaste the imagimagee program.program. One notenote of caution! CCheckheck first anywhere on the page.page. It'It'ss that easy! Overall, I raterate this program high­high before buyingbuying JiflYDOSJiffyDOS to see if yoyourur Graphic ccreationsreations cacann be printedprimed lly.y. It has eenoughnough features to mamakeke it ROM cchipships are soldered into theirtheir useful and productive. If you're look on severalseveral CoCommodoremmodore and 000-non- useful and productive. If you're look­ socketssockets.. lfthiIf thiss is ththee case, ddoo notnot at­at Commodore dot-mdot-matrixatrix graphic ing for a great dradrawingwing program for tempt the conversionconversion.. I1 hhaven'taven't eenn­ printers.printers. The programprogram providesprovides yoyouu thethe 64,64, wwhyhy not considerconsider Digital counteredcountered thisthis ssituation,ituation, but it is a with 1717 printer driversdrivers.. Four of thethe Artist?Artist? good ideaidea to open youryour 64 and check printer drivers are desdesignedigned for low-low­ CCHRISHRISSTASTAWASZWASZ frrsfirst.t. resolutionresolution printers (480 dots horizhorizonon­ As wiwithth JiJiffyDOSflYDOS 5.0,5.0, versversionion 6.06.0 Ease of Use **** tal resoresolution).lution). This means images Ease of Use ...... • .... **** includes programmed function keys,keys, a Documentation +*** willwill notnot print in their proper shapes. Documentation ...... **** listinglisting freezefreeze,, and an OLD command. Features *+** There are also 10 drivers for high-high­ Features ...... **** MaMajorjor enhancementsenhancements with 6.0 are Innovation *** resolution printersprinters (640 dots horizonhorizon­ Innovation ...... *** uuser-programmableser-programmable function keys,keys, an tal resolution),resolution), as well as three that enhanced list freezer/stepper,freezer/stepper, a built-built­ work with colorcolor printers. These printprint­ in two-drivetwo-drive file/diskftle/disk copier,copier, and the ersers present a muchmuch higher qualityquality of Commodore 64 or 128—$69.95128-$69.95 ability ttoo setset sector interleaves.interleaves. This output. At first, I experienced some last feature permits you to achieve output. At first, I experienced some ODIGITALIGITAL TECHNOl.DGYTECH NOUDGY difficulties in printingprinting becausebecause of an 135 CollinsColllns StSl throughthrough experimentationexperimentation thethe ultimateultimate incompatible printer.printer. However,However, I did San Francisco,Francisco. CA 941189411 e disk access drivedrive speed forfor a particularparticular print withwith an EpsonEpson printer without a (415)346-5249(415) 346-5249 program on youryour model disk drive.drive. problem. IfIf youryour printerprinter isis not listed,listed, Two of these featuresfeatures require experiment with thethe diffferentdiffferent drivers.drivers. comment. VeryVery rarely do thethe function If you havehave any questionsquestions concerningconcerning JIFFYDOS 6.0 keys comecome programmed the way I likelike printers andand compatibility,compatibility, I'd advise B.O them.them. JiffyDOSJiflYDOS is probably thethe excepexcep­ you to callcall Digital Technology. JiffyDOSiffy DOS 6.0,6.0, a worthy successor tion.tion. (The(The keys are configuredconfigured differdiffer­ Digital ArtistAnist isis a powerfulpowerful propro­ to an excellentexcellent version 5.0,5.0, isis a setset ently inin versions 5.0 andand 6.0.) You can gram overall. OneOne of its greatest of ROM chips for thethe 64 or 128128 configure them any way you wish inin strengths isis itsits fast operatingoperating speed,speed, and diskdisk drive. The 128128 set concon­ the new version,version, withwith unlimitedunlimited char ­ which results from the program code's Jtains three chips; the 64 set contains acters per function key. A welcome which results from the program code's tains three chips; the 64 set contains acters per function key. A welcome being written in assembly language.language. two.two. JiffyDOS speeds up disk access addition to thethe documentation isis a Digital ArtistArtist also includes a feature for all functionsfu nctions except FORMAT and function-key templatetemplate for both the 64 calledcalled Turbo DOS. This letslets you perper­ VALIDATE and offers an enhancedenhanced and 128.128. form functions,functions, whichwhich include save,save, wedge thatthat worksworks inin conjunctionconj unction withwith The bad newsnews isis that youyou havehave toto load,load, andand format,format, in significantly lessless anan onscreenonscreen directory. JiffyDOSJiflYDOS create, load,load, and run a programprogram toto time thanthan usingusing thethe 64's traditionaltraditional ROMs areare availableavailable for all CommoCommo­ loadload thethe customcustom functions. A shortshort disk operatingoperating system.system. dore and most compatible drives.drives. modelmodel in BASICBASIC isis given in the manman­ AnotherAnother strength isis itsits wide vari ­ JiffyDOSJiffyDOS offers thisthis increasedincreased ual,ual, and no particular programmingprogramming ety of featuresfea tures andand functions.fu nctions. The propro- speedspeed withoutwithout tyingtyi ng up any ports,ports, and skill isis required to make the modifica-

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