£2.50 PageStream 4 from screen to page Issue 6, Autumn 2000 Gary Peake Interview Accelerators Feature ADSL Monitors and Scandoublers Heretic II Virtual GrandPrix Top Tips What’s new in OS 3.5? Hard Drivin’ Part 2 And much more... CONTENTS By Contents Editor Robert Williams News Welcome to the biggest issue of thank you to all the Clubbed ever! The extra three pages of contributors who SEAL Update ............................... 4 editorial in this issue have been made helped me with News Items .................................. 5 possible by two well known Amiga com- this issue, and to Amiga Update.............................. 9 panies, Eyetech and Analogic, agreeing Sharon who Gary Peake Interview .................. 10 to advertise with us. I would like to reas- checked an MorphOS ..................................... 12 sure readers that this additional adver- avalanche of articles in record time. tising will not bias us in any way, nor Despite the lack of time we’ve got some does it mean Clubbed is turning into a interesting articles in this issue. Mick Features profit making publication. All revenue has been playing Hyperion’s first received from advertising will be used to Acceleration!................................ 14 product, a port of the magical romp improve and enlarge the mag over the ADSL ........................................... 18 Heretic II that will push your PPC and base size paid for by subscriptions. BVision to the limit! I’ve reviewed Reviews Unfortunately you may find this maga- PageStream 4, as used to produce zine isn’t quite a polished as previous Clubbed, and Gary Storm has been PageStream 4.............................. 20 issues. I had to work long days and speaking to Gary Peake, head of devel- Fiasco .......................................... 27 most weekends during July and the oper support at Amiga. New in this issue Monitor and Scandoubler round-up early part of August meaning I didn’t is the Top Tips section, the idea behind ..................................................... 30 have the time or inclination to do much it is to have space for useful ideas and Virtual GrandPrix ......................... 33 to the magazine at the time when I hints that don’t really merit a complete Immortal Music CD ...................... 33 usually do the bulk of the work. As this article in themselves. If you have any Ateo A4000 Tower ....................... 34 issue had to be ready for SEAL-O- tips you think other readers might find Heretic II ...................................... 36 RAMA I couldn’t spend as much time on useful please send them in for inclusion PD Paradise................................. 38 it as I wanted to. I’d like to say a special in “Top Tips”. Support By Mick Sutton Top Tips ....................................... 40 Chairman Back to Basics: OS 3.5................ 42 This quarter I would like to talk about Amiga Users than Hard Drivin’ Part 2 ....................... 44 Amiga shows, with the success of the no show at all, and third Kickstart show and still no firm in fact due to the Back Issues ................................. 46 news on the WoA (World of Amiga), it low table costs Next Issue.................................... 46 got me thinking (along with many other involved, com- Gallery ......................................... 48 SEAL members) that maybe the small panies attending shows are the way to go at the moment are likely to make with low user base and fewer companies considerably better profits . Also the end currently in the Amiga marketplace. user benefits with low entry fee (£1), but still with all the hardware and software Do The Now don’t get me wrong, I love WoA available that might have been at a and all the atmosphere that comes with larger show. a large show, nevertheless, these shows take an enormous amount of planning, Also, I have been surprised at the organising and a lot of finance to response that we have had in setting up Thing materialise, and without major input from this show, with companies such as Write user groups and the like, last years Amiga Inc letting us have a couple of show just wouldn’t have even happened! magic packs and various freebies to We’d like to make Clubbed more “in- So if we can help organise such a major give away as door prizes, Analogic (put teractive” so we need your input! event then we should be able to run a deal details here), Blittersoft hopefully Got a question you’d like answered smaller show of our own. exhibiting the Boxer Amijoe and hope- or an opinion you’d like to share? fully Fusion PPC, Eyetech, Software With the combination of low user base Write to us and we’ll include it in a sales from the likes of Forematt Home and lack of news with this years WoA letters page. Computing and Epic, and of course and the apparent success of K3 Crystal Interactive Software hoping to Got a tip for other readers or even an (Kickstart show 3), we (SEAL) decided release Dark Millennia at the show, I just article up your sleeve? Send it in and that yes, the time was right to do a show can’t wait for the show to start! you could very well see your name in of our own, and if our show is nearly as print. successful as K3 we will be happy So I welcome you to SEAL-O-RAMA Got a suggestion or comment on the bunnies indeed. 2000 on Sunday September 10th at our local venue in Basildon, I hope you can magazine? Let us know and we’ll try In these frugal times it would be better to all attend and enjoy yourselves. and make Clubbed better for you. have a couple of small shows run by Autumn 2000 3 NEWS NEWS Clubbed.info Photogenics Clubbed is published quarterly by South Essex Amiga Link. For subscription details Elbox Brings Version 5 see the back page. Editor: Robert Williams Design: Robert Williams in Beta Contributors: Elliott Bird Update Paul Nolan has released the first beta of Roy Burton Photogenics 5. When this version David Kennedy PCI to the comes out of beta it will be the first to be Jeff Martin released for both Amiga and Linux. The Gary Storm Mick Sutton most important new features in the cur- rent 5 beta are: Proof Reading: Sharon Sutton Printing: Jeff Martin • Batch file conversion. Cover Art: Robert Williams Amiga • A new file format for saving Contact Us Polish hardware maker Elbox have Photogenics projects. • Many new loaders and savers, includ- If you have any queries suggestions or announced the first fully functional PCI want to contact us for any reason please bus board for the Amiga, the Mediator. ing PCD, EPS, Pict, Postscript, RAS, use one of the following: PCI (Peripheral Component SGI, TIFF, XBM, XPM, and XWD. EMail: [email protected] Interconnect) cards are the standard in • Alpha transparency support when WWW: http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk/ the PC world and thus a wide variety of saving PNG files. Post: Clubbed, 26 Wincoat Drive, cards are available at very low prices • A Vignette feature for smoothly blend- BENFLEET, Essex, SS7 5AH, compared to Amiga specific hardware. ing special effects and images ENGLAND. Typical PCI cards include SCSI con- together. Telephone: +44 (0) 1268 569937 trollers, parallel and serial ports, • A much improved New Image reques- (19:00 - 22:00 GMT only please). Ethernet, sound cards and of course ter, with masses of presets, and sup- Only Amiga Made it Possible graphics cards. One slight problem is port for real life measurement units. Clubbed is designed and laid out using: that many PC graphics cards now use • New paint modes such as Remove RedEye, Sepia, Roll Blur, Rub Tiled, Hardware: the dedicated AGP (Advanced Graphics are available so a Mediator/Virge com- Amiga 3000 Port) slot but PCI versions are still avail- bination could well undercut other Amiga Cross Blur, Star Blur, and Plus Blur. • One more feature will also be making CyberStorm PPC/060 Wipeout 2097 from Digital Images, can able in most cases. graphics card options. The 3DFX CyberVision PPC SEAL-O-RAMA it into the final release that isn’t you get the fastest time? Finally there Voodoo 3 while not at the top of the 64Mb RAM, about 8Gb HDD space. Initially two versions of the Mediator will Over the last few months SEAL have heap for PC graphics cards should offer present here. will be the classic Sensible Soccer be available both for towered A1200s. Software: been working hard preparing for our first 3D performance well in excess of any- The Photogenics project file format is PageStream 4 by Softlogik tournament with the chance to win a One version connects to Apollo’s Z4 public Amiga show which we are holding thing currently available on the Amiga particularly interesting as it will allow you ImageFX 4 by Nova Design brand new A1200 courtesy of Amiga Inc. board which will allow PCI and Zorro on Sunday September the 10th at our including the Permedia II based to save a work-in-progress image with Photogenics 4 by Paul Nolan slots in one machine. Also available will Final Writer by Softwood regular meeting venue in Basildon, So far it’s shaping up to be a great C/BVision PPC cards. its layers intact, an extremely useful fea- show, we hope to see you there and if be a stand-alone busboard for those ture. There are also some essential utilities we Essex. The show has been christened you can’t make it we will be posting a who don’t need Zorro. In the future ver- It is unknown whether drivers for other couldn’t live without: Directory Opus SEAL-O-RAMA 2000. In an unrelated move Amiga have selection of photos on the SEAL website sions for big-box Amigas may also be types of card will ship with the Mediator, Magellan II, MCP, Turbo Print 7, MakeCD.