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To: Amazing Computing/Amiga Readers
From: David A. Ziembicki CEO-QuikPak Corporation
Re: Amiga Technologies products and service
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to QuikPak Corporation. QuikPak is currently providing distribution services and support tor all Amiga Technologies products in North America. Back in June 1995, QuikPak received the contract from Amiga Technologies to manufac ture the A 4000 T computer in North America. In late October, we completed the first production of the A4000 T and these units were introduced at several trade shows around the world. Worldwide acceptance of the A4000 T has been good although we have been told that availability in North America has been a problem. We at QuikPak were surprised by this. We have shipped thousands of board sets to Amiga in Germany for European sales and we have finished computers in stock here in the U.S. since December, waiting for end users like you.
Most of you probably have not heard of QuikPak. We are a relatively young company but our background and experience with the Amiga dates back to the first A1000’s produced in the mid 1980s. Many of our management and workforce came from GVP and prior to that, some worked for Commodore in engineering, manufacturing, or service. Our ability to manufacture and support both Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthe A4000 Tower as well as any other Amiga products released in North America is unsurpassed.
Our goals are quite simple.
1. The end user is our top priority. We will provide high quality products, backed by the best factory technical support and service.
2. Our distributors and dealers are our partners. We will establish a strong distribution and dealer base, and then directly support our products at our factory, quickly and professionally.
3. Third party developers will make the new Amiga a success. We will encourage and support the efforts of all third party hardware and software developers as well as user groups in their efforts to support and promote the Amiga.
The efforts of engineers, user groups, and third party developers, are what originally made the Amiga market a success. To this end, QuikPak is currently supporting the A4000 T and is now announcing repair services for all G VP products. We are encouraging all third party hardware and software developers to contact us so we can coordinate our tech support programs with theirs to be sure we best serve the A4000 T user community. Ail of us at QuikPak are dedicated to the contin ued rebuilding of the Amiga computer as an alternative to the “compatibles" in the applications where the Amiga is superior. This market launched several successful peripheral companies in the past, and because the Amiga remains a technologically competitive computer today, we expect to see that history can repeat itself.
Our thanks to all of you-past, current, and future Amiga owners-for your support. Where to find the Amiga!
The Computer Image Centennial Video Systems Thalner Electronic Labs Birmingham, AL 205-933-8970 Miami, FL 305-633-2200 Ann Arbor, Ml 313-761-4506 Pro Music, Inc. Creative Equipment, Intl. Computer Link, Inc. Fairbanks, AK 907-456-1994 Miami, FL 305-266-2800 Garden City, Ml 313-522-6005 The Micro Shop, Inc. Miami Picture & Sound Company Slipped Disk Little Rock, AR 501-568-8023 Miami, FL 305-666-4055 Madison Heights. Ml 810-546-3475 SoftWood, Inc. A ccess Media Group Spectrum Computer Product Phoenix. A2 800-247-8314 North Palm Beach, FL 407-845-2379 Prudenville, Ml 517-366-8569 Troxell Communications, Inc. Computer Video Associates Alpha Video Phoenix, A2 602-437-7240 Pinellas Park, FL 813-576-5242 Edina, MN 800-388-0008 Wentek Apogee Technologies A/V Solutions Scottsdale, AZ 602-483-7200 Sarasota, FL 813-355-6121 SI. Paul, MN 612-698-1175 Hank Winter & Associates Discount Computer Sales Raymond Commodore Amiga Tucson. AZ 520-888-2040" Sunrise, FL 954-797-9402 St. Paul, MN 612-642-9890 Transdata System s Co., Ltd. Audio Video Design, Inc. Valiant, Inc. Anaheim, CA 714-630-8711 West Palm Beach, FL407-966-3565 Stillwater, MN 612-439-6743 Connecting Point Showcase Video Data Grafix Calabasas, CA 818-222-3822 Atlanta, GA 404-325-7676 Springfield, MO 417-882-1899 Visionsoft ACS Computer & Video VIP System s, Inc. Carmel, CA 408-626-2633 Norcross, GA 770-263-9190 Chapel Hill, NC 919-968-9477 Concord Computer Solutions Hawkeye Communications Magic Page Products Concord. CA 510-680-0143" Coralvilte, !A 319-354-3354 Winston-Salem, NC 910-785-3695 Computer Gates Computer Advantage Amicom Computer Technology Costa Mesa, CA 714-444-4232 Des Moines, IA 515-252-6167 Omaha. NE 402-556-6160 Century Systems Commodore Computer Center System Eyes Computer Store La Habra. CA 310-697-6977 Boise. ID 208-342-3401 Merrimack, NH 603-424-1188 The Lively Computer Maxxitnum Video Creations Sir Render A/V La Mesa, CA 619-589-9455 Boise, ID 208-322-3091 Mays Landing, NJ 609-625-0472 HT Electronics Blackrock Computers Plus KB1 Systems Milpitas, CA 408-934-7700 Pocatello, ID 208-232-0012 Mountainside, NJ 908-654-3600 Applied Computer Systems Digital World Integrated Teknologies, Inc. North Highlands. CA 916-338-2000 Addison, IL 708-543-9000 Roselle. NJ 908-245-1313 IS Computers Trend Port U.S. Amiga Lynx Network Co. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMNorth Hollywood, CA 818-760-4445 Algonquin, IL 708-854-9671 Saddle Brook, NJ 201-368-0153 Alex Electronics MicroTech Solutions Electro-Tech Paradise. CA 916-872-0896 Aurora, IL 708-851-3033 Las Vegas, NV 702-435-3201 La Bine Productions Micro-PACE, Inc. Mystical Rose Software & System Rialto, CA 909-355-9756 Champaign, IL 217-356-1884 Buffalo. NY 716-893-3632 Wave Systems Select Solutions The Microworks San Diego, CA 619-495-9283 Champaign, IL 800-322-1261 Buffalo, NY 716-873-1856 TGGH Inc. Ring Video Systems Mr, Hardware San Jose. CA 408-977-7030 Riverside. IL 708-442-0009 Central Islip, NY 516-234-8110 Sur-Tech Keyboard Studio Microbyte Computers & Video Santa Clara, CA 408-496-6664 Urbana, IL 217-328-3975 Churchville, NY 716-293-3365 Megagem Digital Arts Area 52, Inc. Santa Maria, CA 805-349-1104 Bloomington, IN 812-330-0124 Coram. NY 516-476-1615 Anti Gravity Products R.C. Instruments Amigo Business Computers Santa Monica, CA 310-393-9747 Cicero, IN 317-984-9400 East Northport. NY 516-757-7334 Amiga Exchange CPU Inc. Better Concepts, Inc. Torrance, CA 310-534-3187 Indianapolis, IN 317-577-3677 Garnerviile, NY 914-786-1711 Compuhelp Computers Desktop Video Systems Armato’s Pro Video Van Nuys. CA 818-901-0280 Lenexa, KS 913-782-8888 Glendale, NY 718-628-6800 The Computer Room Mission Electronics, Inc. Revels-Bey Music Aurora, CO 303-696-8973 Lenexa, KS 913-894-8480 Hempstead, NY 516-565-9404 Davis Audio-Visual, Inc. Video Lab One Man and a DreamProductions Denver, CO 303-455-1122 Shawnee, KS 913-631-0045 Jamaica, NY 917-427-8722 Softown, Inc. Smith Audio Visual, Inc. CTL Electronics Danbury, CT 203-797-8080 Topeka, KS 913-235-3481 New York, NY 212-233-0754 Computer Source Expert Services Tri-State Camera. Inc. Fairfield. CT 203-336-3100 Florence, KY 606-371-9690- New York, NY 212-633-2290 Derrick Electronics Icon Computers & Software Seismic Business Systems Hamden, CT 203-248-7227 Bridgewater, MA 508-697-6060 Poughkeepsie, NY 914-462-4518 Videology Crimson Tech T .j.'s Unlimited Newtown, CT 203-270-9000 Cambridge, MA 617-868-5150 Rochester, NY 716-225-5810 Infotronics The Camera Company Copperhead Technologies Woodbury, CT 203-263-5350 Norwood. MA 617-769-7810 Schenectady, NY 518-346-3894 DeVine Computer Sales Kipp Visual Systems Tronix Micro Systems Newark, DE 302-738-9046 Baltimore, MD 410-732-5870* Sloan, NY 716-668-8176 Encore Computer Corporation Kipp Visual Systems Paxtron Corporation Ft. Lauderdale. FL 954-587-2900 Gaithersburg, MD 301-670-7906" Spring Valley, NY 914-578-6522 Eagle Computers & Video EMH Systems Software Link, Inc. Melbourne, FL 407-951 -9732 Auburn, ME 207-784-2048 White Plains, NY 914-683-2512 Harddrivers Co. Amiga Crossing Bartha Visual, Inc. Merrif Island, FL 407-453-5805 Cumberland, ME 207-829-3959 Columbus, OH 614-291-4585 Compuquick Media Center Productive Computer Systems Computer Express, Inc. Columbus, OH 614-235-1180 Kirkland, WA 206-820-6440 Mississauga, ON 905-672-5595 Weather Realm Software Envision PC Consulting Amazing Software & Accessories Cuyahoga Falls, OH 216-928-1738 Lynnwood, WA 206-469-6775 Mitchell, ON 519-393-6270 Weingarten Gallery Omni International Trading Amiga North Dayton, OH 513-435-0134 Seattle. WA 206-217-0607 North Bay. ON 705-495-3605 B&J Video Systems Zipperware APIX Systems Findlay, OH 419-424-0903 Seattle, WA 206-223-1107 North York. ON 416-750-9909 Industrial Video. Inc. The Great Escape National Amiga Canada Lorain. OH 216-233-4000 Spokane, WA 509-928-4244' Oakville, ON 905-845-1949 Penguin Music Store ttZ JW ’s Lil Shoppe Sascom Marketing Group, Inc, Toledo, OH 419-882-0961 Walla Walla, WA 509-525-5582 Oakville, ON 905-469-8080 Magix Computer Products Camera Corner, Inc. Media Direct Tulsa, OK 918-459-2500 Green Bay, Wl 414-435-5353 Oriilia, ON 705-327-7583 Media Graphics & Design Images in Motion, Inc. CineReal Pro Video Beaverton, OR 503-649-0709 Waukesha, Wl 414-798-9400 Ottawa, ON 613-798-8150 Clackamas Computers Sate Harbor Valley Soft Clackamas, OR 503-650-0379 Waukesha, Wl 800-544-6599 Pembroke, ON 613-732-7700 Magic Box, Inc, Taylor Pro Audio / Video Atlas Computers & Consulting CorvailiS, OR 541-752-5654 Wauwatosa. Wl 414-778-0944 Sudbury, ON 705-522-1923 The User's Corner Computer & Supply Co., Inc. OBY's Amigo Computing Shop Medford, OR 541-773-8868' Charleston, WV 304-345-3490 Sudbury, ON 705-524-5826 Digitai F/X, Inc. Electronics 2000 North Bend, OR 541-756-6693 CANADA Thunder Bay, ON 807-577-1759 SevMer Computer Systems Computer Shop of Calgary. Ltd. Filer-Tel Electronics Portland. OR 503-288-2016 Thunder Bay, ON 807-622-0100 Computer Users Calgary, AB 403-243-4356 DayKris Corporation Comspec Communications Springfield, OR 541-726-8500 Didsbury, AB 403-335-4448 Toronto, ON 416-785-3553 Computer Discount Center Videalink, Canada A 1 Computers Erie. PA 814-899-6437 Edmonton, AB 403-448-0632 Toronto, ON 416-690-1690 New York Camera & Video Software Supermart Randomize Computers Feasterville, PA 215-322-9743 Edmonton, AB 403-425-0691 Tottenham. ON 905-939-8371 British Magazine Dist., Inc. Desktop Computing AFE Electronics Hermitage, PA 412-962-1218 Red Deer. AB 403-342-4444 Winchester, ON 613-938-0758 The Lerro Corporation Centre Maxi-Mini TVI Interactive Systems, Inc. Norristown. PA 610-650-4100 Burnaby, BC 604-298-5657 Amos, QU 819-732-6464 CDR Systems VFX Video, Inc. Informatique Richard Lamond Pittsburgh, PA 412-351-1700 Richmond. BC 604-244-3000 Lac Des 16 lies, QU 514-226-7506 Mega Bytes Gfx Base Electronics Richmond Sound Design, Ltd, Pittsburgh, PA 412-653-9050 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMVancouver, BC 604-664-5860 LaSalle, QU 514-367-2575 J&C Repair J.L. Fotovideo Camera Ctrs. Electromike, Inc. Rockton. PA 814-583-5838 Winnipeg, MB 204-475-8730 Quebec, QU 418-681-4138 Electronic Connection Corey's Computing Le Groupe Powerland West Reading, PA 610-372-1010 Winnipeg. MB 204-654-3194 Rosemere. QU 514-893-6296 Kasara Microsystems Info Plus Interactive Computer Sys., Ltd. Hilton Head. SC 803-842-5058 Fredericton. NB 506-458-8858 Trois-Rivieres, QU 819-373-0894 Via Video interaction AIDPME-AMIGA Young Monkey Studio Knoxville, TN 423-687-4328 Fredericton. NB 506-459-7088 Vanier, QU 418-688-4646 Opus 2 Audio & Video Animax Multimedia, Inc. Memphis, TN 901-684-5467 Dartmouth. NS 902-468-2629 JAPAN Computer Ease Simply Software System Compbac, Inc. Corpus Christi, TX 512-882-2275 Greenwood, NS 902-765-2534 Tokyo 81-3383-7868 Metropolitan Computer Products Atlantis Kobetek, Inc. Dallas, TX 214-702-9119 Halifax. NS 902-422-6556 On Video. Inc. NEW ZEALAND Legendary Design Technologies Dallas, TX 214-406-9292 Community Communications Brantford. ON 519-753-6120 Microsearch Christchurch 64-3384-5024 The Game Guru Houston, TX 713-988-2818 Chatham, ON 519-354-7882 Computer Wise, Inc. The Computer & You PI Logan, UT 801-752-2500 Etobicoke. ON 416-231 -0205 JTJTi interactive Digitechnix Forest Diskasaurus Makati City 63-2844-5731 Blue Ridge, VA 540-982-1672 Forest, ON 519-786-2454 Dewberry's Computers & Supplies Visual Vision Danville, VA 804-799-0502 Georgetown, ON 905-873-4959 HHH Enterprises Want To Be A Dealer? Videomation Media Corp. Hartwood, VA 540-752-2100 For information on becoming a dealer of Gloucester. ON 613-567-1974 Whitlock Group, The J.L. Fotovideo Camera Ctrs. the Amiga, please contact the following Richmond, VA 804-273-9100 Hamilton, ON 905-575-3000 distributors: Spectral Multimedia, Inc. Altair Electronics, Ltd. Bellevue, WA 206-451-4075 Kingston. ON 613-384-3876 Micro-Pace Amiga Northwest Studio Zen Computing Bothell, WA 206-488-5664 Champaign, IL 217 356 1884 Leamington, ON 519-322-5893 Software Hut Computer Concepts D.F. Technologies Bothell, WA 206-481-3666 London, ON 519-439-3181 Philadelphia. PA 610-586-5704 MS Digital Media Innovations Creative Equipment Edmonds, WA 206-742-7051 London, ON 519-434-3210 Miami, FL 305-266-2800 Tape Duplication Supply Cancom Audio Visual Inc. Kent, WA 206-852-1074 Markham, ON 905-470-0466 AC Exclusive k 1 I 1 a'U IK P A K | An 1 0 New Products Interview & Other neat stuff Nova Design acquires Aladdin 4D, with SofTalk Programmer kit available, 'Professional' 3D glasses, and much more. QuikPak's David Tripp Lite’s new TouchMasfer™. P.10 1 2 DPaint Tiled Backdrops by R. Shamms Mortter Ziembicki Creating 3D space in a 2D environment. Amiga Technologies has Among its specialized features, DPaint has selected a new sales organiza intuitive tools for created perspective tiles. tion for the Amiga in North Learn how to utilize one of the hidden America. Meet the person talents of the Amiga's well known paint chiefly responsible for program. The process is simple. marketing the Amiga as well as developing future Amiga 1 8 A Truly Brilliant Idea! markets on these shores.— page 48. by R. Slunimis Mortier TrueBrilliance's capacity to address and incorporate ANIMbrushes gives it Web Warning! Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COManother plus as a tool for the creation of digital artwork on the Amiga.
2 6 On-Line by Rob Hm/s Amiga multitasking advantages and three new Web programs: AmiTCP/iP, 3D Imagery from 2D Software, P. 12 IBrovvse, and AWeb. Learn how to maximize the best feature of the Amiga while you are working on-line.
3 0 This Old WorkBench Episode One by Dmv MntheWi Tired of a lackluster performance from The same Home Page can yield your current Amiga WorkBench? Try the decidedly different results. Start creating a Web page with TrueBrilliance and ANIMbrushes, P. 18 techniques and programs in Dave's new series. From performance to beautification, the Amiga that everyone will Dave is ready to improve your “window" be able to read.—page 36. on the Amiga.
3 6 Web Typesetting Part 2: Basics DEPARTMENTS by Rniuly Finch Editorial 4 Creating a Home Page with your Amiga requires a little knowledge of the FeedBack 6 intricacies of HTML Index of Advertisers 40 Improve your WorkBench, P.30 m i g a itorial XAmazing JKCOMPUTINtrO^ A As discussed Inst issue in Petro So, advertising is unimportant to AC, Amazing Compulittg/AMfGA ™ Tyschtschenko's interview with AC, Amiga and there are no problems, right? Welt, not ADMINISTRATION Technologies has restructured their exactly. Publisher: Joyce Hicks distribution channels in North America to Assistant Publisher: Roben J. Hicks provide a better platform to market the Advertisers Intern: Nicholas H. Pacheco Amiga. The current North American Let's be brutally honest, this magazine Circulation Manager: Doris Gamble manufacturer of the Amiga -iOtttl Tower, survives by its dependance on renders and Traffic Manager: Robert Gamble QuikPak, will now be responsible for the advertising. In order to be on the newsstands Production Manager: Ernest P. Viveiros marketing and distribution of the Amiga. as weil as to remain a forum for Amiga This ties the responsibility for performance news, the Amiga user, and Amiga market of the Amiga onto the back of the company enthusiasm in the North America, AC cannot EDITORIAL that lias the most to gain bv its success. After exist without both. However, no magazine Managing Editor: Don Hicks Hardware Editor: Ernest P. Viveiros all, if QuikPak can increase the sales of can allow its judgement and editorial content Illustrator: Brian Fox Amiga 4000 Towers, they will be able to clear to be subjugated by advertising, if any Contributing Editor: Merrill Callaway current inventories and revamp production. magazine loses the confidence of the readers, Contributing Editor: Shamms Mortier The more Amigas they sell, the better their then they will eventually lose the readers. financial result. This means advertisers who successfully Now, with the future of the Amiga manipulate editorial content eventually lose AMAZING AUTHORS firmly in the hands of a North American the audience they wish to influence. Keith Cameron Randy Finch company who has more to gain by the From time to time (more often than William Frawley Rob Hays Amiga's return than just a few dollars, it either the magazine or the advertiser would Jelf James John Steiner became imperative to discover who these like), an advertiser will be late and the Henning Vahlenkamp Dan Weiss people were and what they had in mind for advertiser may need to send tile ad directly Doug Nakakihara Jason D'Aprile our computer. During my first conversation to the printer. Most often, a copy of the ad is with QuikPak, I suggested an interview for checked for objectionable material. AC has 1-508-678-4200,1-800-345-3360, the magazine which they were receptive to always reserved the right to refuse advertis FAX 1-50B-675-6002 and they discussed advertising. 1 told them ing for any reason and this check insures that http://www.pimpub.com that i stayed away from the advertising AC will not print ads that are obscene or portion of our business and directed them to otherwise offensive to our readers. Amazing Computing/Amiga™ (ISSN 1053-4547) is our advertising department. However, ad or In the past, this system lias worked published monthly by PiM Publications. Inc,, P.O. not, we wanted to interview their President, fairly well. However, a sequence of events Box 2140, Foil River. MA 02722-2140. Phone 1-508- David Ziembicki, for our readers. occurred in last issue which permitted an 678-4200. 1-800-345-3360. and FAX 1-508 675-6002. Mr. Ziembicki and his staff were advertisement to be published which I feel U.S. subscription rate is S29.95 for !2 issues. Subscrip Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMextremely helpful. While it was still too early should have been changed. The advertise tions outside the U.S. ore as follows: Canada & to discuss all of their plans (.Mr. Ziembicki ment was the effort of a long time advertiser Mexico 538.95 (U.S. tunds) one year only; Foreign was talking to us even before lie had a to AC and I sincerely believe there was no Surface 549.97. All poyments must be in U.S. funds complete agreement with Amiga Technolo on a U.S. bank. Due to erratic postal changes, all malice or attempt to deceive in anyone's foreign rates are one-year only gies), it is nice to know that the North actions. American future of the Amiga is in the grasp The advertiser was running iate and Second-Class Postage paid at Fall River, MA 02722 of a group of people who not only know the supplied the ad on disk directly to the and additional mailing offices. machine and its capabilities,but believe in it. printer. Being a longtime advertiser, no one POSTMASTER Send address changes to PiM Publi QuikPak has a three page advertise asked for a copy of the ad. While over 95% of cations Inc.. P.O. Box 2140. Fall River. MA 02722- ment in the front of this issue and I would be the ad was extremely tame or only mildly 2140. Printed in the U.S.A. Entire contents copy less than candid if i said this did not make suggestive, the balance of the ad contained right© 1996 by PiM Publications, Inc. All rights re me feel a little uneasy. However, QuikPak's served. No part of this publication may be repro wording that was, in my opinion, a step- duced without written permission from PiM Publica advertisement did not influence the over-th e-line. tions, Inc. publication of Mr. Ziembicki's interview for While we feel the advertiser had no two important reasons. intention to insult or harm anyone, this has Additional First Class or Air Mail rates available upon request. PiM Publications. Inc. maintains the right to First, we would have ran the interview resulted in a serious restructuring of our ad refuse any advertising. if there had been no ad. Obviously this is policies. We have asked our advertisers to true, we have run three interviews or self-police their ads and to provide their PiM Publications Inc. is not obligated to return unso speeches by Petro Tyschtschenko in the past licited materials. All requested returns must be re adult only customers with a telephone ceived with o self-addressed stamped mailer. and Amiga Technologies has never number for more information. advertised. We hope that, in this way, we will be Send article submissions in both manuscript and Second, the interview is important to able to maintain your trust in this publica disk format with your name, address, telephone, the Amiga community. For a long time, the and Social Security Number on each to the Associ tion. While AC bears no responsibility for the ate Editor. Requests for Author’s Guides should be North American Amiga market has been contents of the ads (this is a legal phrase directed to the address listed above. running on thin assurances that their Amiga placed in every AC), we are genuinely will be supported and marketed. Since well concerned if anv of our readers are offended AMIGA™ is a registered trademark of Amiga Technologies Gmbh before Commodore's liquidation, the Amiga by anything they have found in the pages of community has had to take a back sent to the AC. Distributed in the U.S. & Canada by more powerful Amiga markets in the UK International Periodical Distributors and Germany. While this may still be the 674 Via de la Valle. Ste 204. Solona Beach. CA same in most matters, the introduction of 92075 QuikPak to provide North America with & Amigas and Amiga marketing, establishes a Don Hicks Ingram Periodicals Inc, 1226 Heii Quaker Blvd., La Verne IN 37086 counter balance with some of the European- Managing Editor first opinions we have met with at Commo Printed in U.S.A. dore and now, for some part, at AT. Amazing A m ig a torial ConletJ J- -M-t OMI'L I l\( . L s f
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ADMINISTRATION This is no April Fool Publisher: Joyce Hicks Assistant Publisher: Robert J. Hicks Petro Speaks! Intern: Nicholas H. Pacheco Circulation Manager: Doris Gamble It is always a danger doing the April Unfortunately, ESCOM has spoiled Traffic Manager: Robert Gamble issue. Many people wonder whether they their investors. According to Petro, ESCOM Production Manager: Ernest P. Viveiros are being tricked with an April fool joke or has never reported a loss. What is ironic is, not. In our April issue of 1994, we ran an if all things are equal, ESCOM should be article about a proposed Amiga Pad with worth more this year than last. True they EDITORIAL artificial intelligence, built in programming lost capital (cash), but did they gain equity. Managing Editor: Don Hicks Hardware Editor: Ernest P. Viveiros and video capabilities, as well as the Bv purchasing the British retail chain, Illustrator: Brian Fox thev needed to spend money to realign the futuristic marketing techniques to be used Contributing Editor: Merrill Callaway stores to ESCOM's business. They probably to introduce it. Contributing Editor: Shamms Mortier I have always been proud of this had to dear out older merchandise, dean article. Many of the things we discussed up and redecorate the stores. All of this have actually occurred in one way or requires cash. AMAZING AUTHORS another. In one place we discussed the Wc are well aware of the capital Keith Cameron Randy Finch possibility of the voices of deceased actors expenditures required to reconstruct the William Frawley Rob Hays being used to promote the product in voice Amiga. They had to create two production Jeff James John Steiner overs. The ink wasn't dry on the issue when procedures—one for the A120Q and one for Henning Vahlenkamp Dan Weiss the Beatles announced that long forgotten the A4l)l)l) Towers. They were forced to dig Doug Nakakihara Jason D'Apriie demo tapes by John Tenon were going to be through old material to see what they could used with the voices of the three remaining reconstruct of the previous development 1-508-678-4200, 1-800-345-3360, Beatles to create new songs. and production work. These and more were FAX 1-508-675-6002 http://www.pimpub.com Since an April issue is ripe with the all front end, dead expenses, Certainly they opportunity to do this type of mischief, it is will get their money back, but it will take always a danger when you need to present time. Amazing Computing/Amiga™ (ISSN 1053-4547) is an actual, for real, honest-to-goodness As far as the PC business taking a published monlhly by PiM Publications. Inc., P.O. noise dive, it seems the acquisition of the Box 2140, Fall River. MA 02722-2140. Phone 1 -508- story—especially about the Amiga and 678-4200,1-800-345-3360, and FAX 1-508 675-6002. Amiga Technologies. Amiga technology was a good way to hedge against the same problem occurring U.S. subsenption rate is $29.95 for 12 issues. Subscrip Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMagain. ESCOM's ownership of the Amiga tions outside the U.S. are os follows: Canada & Petro Tyschtschenko Mexico S36.95 (U.S. funds) one year only: Foreign I am very proud that we were able to means that they have the exclusive rights to Surface $49,97. All payments must be in U.S. funds get the interview with Mr. Tyschtschenko a proprietary system. The fact that the on a U.S. bank. Due to erratic postal changes, all into this issue. Mr. Tyschtschenko had been Amiga remains to be the system that most foreign rates are one-year only. other manufacturers are trying to put on a attempting to make the trip to the US for Second-Class Postage paid at Fall River, MA 02722 over a month, and when he finally had the PC is a clear indication that ESCOM's and additional mailing offices. opportunity, he was more than generous ownership is wortli a great deal. Unfortunately, this means that the POSTMASTER; Send address changes to PiM Publi with his time. cations Inc.. P.O. Box 2140. Fall River. MA 02722- We spent several hours with Mr. Amiga is still fairly far down the food chain 2140. Printed in the U.S.A. Entire contents copy Tyschtschenko that Sunday afternoon. He and Petro will need to continue to fight for right© 1996 by PiM Publications. Inc. All rights re was direct and extremely honest with us. 1 any portion of marketing and development served. No part of this publication may be repro funds. This is why I believe it is important duced without written permission from F*iM Publica may not always agree with every decision tions, Inc. he has made or lie is going to make, hut to hear the plans of AT directly from their Petro does tell vou why lie has made the president. Additional First Class or Air Mail rates available upon request PIM Publications. Inc, maintains the right to decision. refuse any advertising. I was upset about the marketing (or Other Matters lack of marketing) that we have seen in With Petro's article, we were forced to PiM Publications Inc. is not obligatedto return unso North America. Petro explained that adding postpone our Amiga in Business column for licited materials. All requested returns must be re ceived with a self-addressed stamped mailer, any more marketing would be exception this month. This is only temporary, we have ally difficult at this time with tire current already received several letters of praise for Send article submissions in both manuscript and concerns of the head company, HSCOM. the new feature. disk format with your name, address, telephone, ESCOM's problems are real and they Take a look at the Hot Web Sites on and Social Security Number on each to the Associ ate Editor. Requests for Author’s Guides should be should concern us, but not overly so. page 48, If you are not currently in touch directed to the ctdcress listed above. ESCOM does DM 2.3 billion per year. Their with the web, you should be as soon as losses were DM 125 million, or less than possible. Not all of the growth on the web is AMIGA™ Is a registered trademark of Amigo Technologies Gmbh 5.5% of their sales. Last year they acquired with the PC. Amiga users have utilized the Commodore and began Amiga Technolo Web lo get their story out too. 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The world of digital painting has moved along since Electronic Arts marketed its last Deluxe Paint version (number five). Amiga users should realize however that DPaint is still an awesome electronic painting tool, with some utilities of which other paint programs are still envious Among its specialized features, Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMDPaint has intuitive tools for created perspective tiles. These tools, if indeed even a part of other paint programs on the Amiga or other platforms, are nowhere as easy to use as they are in DPaint. The process is simple:
Building 3D from 2D
The basic shape (above) was drawn in DPaint 5 in HAM f. Simple elements were used with the freeshape tool and gradient fills. More complex shapes would have made the tiling too busy.
Using the stenciling sption (right), the background was turned into the painting surface. A nu m b er of gradient filled circular shapes were added to contrast wi th the fore ground image. 1. Create a graphic in DPnint or im port it. 2. Pick up the graphic, or any part of it, as a Brush and save it (saving is just a precautionary measure). 3. Go to the menu and select Effects/ perspective/Do while the selected Brush is attached to your cursor. 4. A perspective box is now attached to the graphic Brush. Alter its XYZ angles in 3D space with the numeric keypad keys (the exact process is explained in detail in the DPaint manual). 5. Once you think you have an interesting angle, move the brush around the screen without clicking the image down (this allows you to see how the brush will look at different 3D distances). 6. Select either "fill screen" or click/ paste versions of the brush down on the screen.
As an aside, it is well known that Electronic Arts ported their DPaint software to both the PC and the Mac, but the results were less than encour aging. DPaint, as much an animation program as a raster painting program, Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMcould never do what it did (and still does) on the Amiga in a non-Amiga environment. For one tiring, DPaint was ported as a 256 color paint program, though it really shines on the Amiga when used as a HAM8 (AGA) piece of software. There is no such thing as HAM8 except on the Amiga. DPaint's animation features, a central ingredient in its success on the Amiga, are mostly absent from non-
Amiga versions. Other machines still Again remaking the stencil, the background was filled with another color gradient fall far short of the Amiga's animation (top). A frame was added (bottom) around an area of the graphic in order to set it capabilities. off from its neighbors when filed. So, Amiga users, even though you may think you are "stuck" with a version of DPaint that may not be Whether your tiles are pictures or upgraded for awhile, think about the positive side as well. DPaint has simulated bricks, the effect is the features that are as important for doing digital art work today as they same. You can even use were when the software was first perspective graphics as an m arketed. inexpensive background for Tiled Reality Why bother with perspective animations, all created in DPaint. tiling? What does it provide that is so The framed area was cut out and saved as a brush (right). A number of smaller clones w ere generated just to see how the image would hold up when reduced.
In DPainf, perspective mode was turned on and “Do” selected (left). This allows you to use the numeric keys to adjust the perspective In 3D Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMspace. When a suitable angle was found, the screen w as filled with the perspective brushes.
To ach ieve this effect (right), the separate perspective brushes were painted with the m ouse instead of doing a screen fill. High antialiasing was selected to produce cleaner images.
You don’t have to stop exploring when the perspective paint is down. We have flipped a section of the perspective painting (left) horizontally and married it back to the image. Notice that we now have a perspective "corner" to look at.
A m a z i n g C o m p u t i n g To the left is the sam e figure on the bottom of page 14, but we have added a window at the focal point where the perspective lines meet, giving a surrealistic complexity to the image.
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Adding more anom alies (right) provides a more interesting backdrop.
Using your favorite 24-bit paint program with a DPaint im age as a backdrop (left) can produce interesting results not possible without the DPaint tiling routines. important? Perspective tiling allows us to set up a 3D world without ever having to use real 3D software. A perspective, as has been known for hundreds of years, is one of the visual cues the eye looks for when it encounters a believable 3D environ ment. Parallel lines perpendicular to the eye seem to come together at the horizon line when we perceive 3D space. This point is called the "vanish ing point" of those lines. DPaint's perspective operator allows us to create a simulation of that effect, an enforced vanishing point. If you use 3D software, you can texture a "floor" plane with tiles and appreciate the same effect. With DPaint's perspec tive routines, you never have to leave the 2D environment (which saves time and money) to achieve the same effect. Whether your tiles are pictures or simulated bricks, the effect is the same. You can even use perspective graphics as an inexpensive background for animations, ail created in DPaint. A ball, for instance, could be placed w here the parallel lines seem to meet, which the eye will define as "far Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMaway". A larger version of the ball could then be cloned in a step-by-step fashion to points that show the same lines as farther apart. You will wind up with an animation of a ball that flies at you from a distance, without ever using a 3D program. Change the ball to your favorite logo graphic, and you have the potential of creating a 3D logo flyup while in a 2D environment. Look at the graphics that accom pany this article to see examples of what is possible. Take these ideas and alter them as you explore your own discoveries in the world of pseudo-3D creativity.
Adding a grouping of lens flares (fop) in your 24-bit paint program gives drama and more depth to the DPaint tried im age. Even a simple perspective tiled plane (middle) may be the perfect foundation for a complex painting, like that shown here with the two metallic heads rendered in Lightwave and integrated into the final piece. Users of Utilities Unlimited's Emplant board may even use an Amiga DPaint backdrop with non-Amiga created elements (bottom), as the Fractal Design '‘Poser” figure shows here. V | IBP
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The Am iga is as good an anim a V / tion engine as you can get in its price f range. Oilier than higher level ma / chines like Silicon Graphics worksta tions and up, the Amiga still kicks the I pants off every other platform in its \ / neighborhood. The A m iga, how ever, is not thought of first when it comes to digital painting. That cup usually goes to the MAC for two reasons. One is that painting software has had a longer history, and therefore a longer time to develop and mature on the MAC. Because the MAC has a wider commu nity of users (maybe twenty times that of the Amiga, thanks to Commodore's bungling), the developers of the MAC paint programs were reticent about These crayons were rendered in Lightwave and saved as a 24-bit graphic, ready to marketing an Amiga specific version. be m ad e into an ANIMbrush and used in the picture at the top of the page. There are ways to do things on the Amiga that allow us to squeeze every bit of creative juice out of the hardware.
The second reason that MAC paint wares are ahead of their Amiga counterparts is because Amiga 24-bit boards have been, and still are, too expensive. The Amiga has always opted to support video resolutions anyway, and these screen sizes (752 x 480 etc.) are not near as useful to a digital painter as they are to a video Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMartist and animator. You could probably add a third reason at this point, that of raw processing power. A PowerMAC at 100MHz makes it hard to wait while the effect paints down in a 68040 realm. So, what is this, an advertise ment for a MAC? No, just the intro duction to a pure Amiga tutorial.
Doing More There are ways to do things on the Amiga that allow us to squeeze every bit of creative juice out of the hard ware. You see, on the positive side of this MAC/Amiga discussion is the fact that the Amiga is capable of so much without the RAM overhead required by other systems, sometimes as much as 16MB. In comparison the Amiga At the top is a collection of egg shapes textured with a series of procedural applications in Aladdin4D. Since I was planning to use only a sampling requires a pittance for operating of them, I blindly applied the textures without too much deliberation. A4D has a system overhead, about 512k. If you great list of procedural choices, e a c h of which ca n b e varied almost infinitely. can be shown ways of doing things For variety, the middle picture is the same scene as the top picture, with your present Amiga system that except that we are looking down on the egg shaped objects. Since they are wrapped with textures in specific viewplanes, changing the rendering viewplane fit your creative needs, perhaps you provides altered texture elements. Seen from the top, the egg shapes become will hold onto your Amiga a while, or spheres. even keep it forever as a platform that In the bottom picture, 1 have imported the A4D screens into TrueBrilliance serves your special needs. and selected the elements I will use when 1 create my first painting ANIMbrush tool. features that also give it potential as a fairly high end paint program. They are...
1. Its ability to read in and write out 24-bit graphics, as long as you are working on an Amiga that addresses AGA/HAM8. True Brilliance displays 24-bit graphics in HAM 8 when you import them. This means that you can work in 24-bit color even though you may not have a resident 24-bit board.
2. its price is very reasonable, somewhere around $50.00 at this point. This means that you can get awesome creative digital painting power without having to mortgage any family mem bers.
3. It has painting effects that rival many of the tools found in non- Amiga painting software.
4. Painting sizes. As long as you have the RAM to support larger Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMscreen sizes (up to 32,000 x 32,000 pixels), TrueBrilliance will allow you to paint on a much larger canvass than the lower video screen sizes. Should you choose to get a large print of your work for display, larger
The top ANIMbrush painting shows the A4D shapes sprayed effectively on screen sizes are necessary. the digital canvass, forming a pebble-like foreground for a scene. TrueBrilliance, however, does A tangled matt of grass (bottom) weaves a frame for a misty seascape not have the capacity to allow for while two rock columns [serenade the sky. The matted underbrush and the rocks are changes in the DPI (Dots Per the results of this same ANIMbrush technique. The grass was created by simply inch) of the output, so that any drawing a line of color at different angles on each frame of a sequence, Ihen grabbed as an ANIMbrush. The rocks were originally part of a Cinema 4D rendering, requirement you might have for translated to an ANIMbrush. excessive DPI in order to achieve a clearer picture at even a small There are, in my opinion, three third program on my short tist, physical size has to be accom paint programs on the Amiga that are TrueBrilliance from Play, Incorpo plished outside of this software. capable of high end professional rated. output. There is Alpha Paint, a Toaster I am not listing DPaint because it 5. As far as what we will cover in specific video paint program. There is is too slow, even on an AG A '040 this article, TrueBrilliance's TVPaint, which can address some of system, for higher end digital paint capacity to address and incorpo the best Amiga 24-bit boards around, ing. As for Toaster Paint, it too is rate A N IM brushes gives it and as long as your monitor supports geared to video in its approaches, and another plus as a tool for the it, allows you to work in larger besides, you have to purchase a creation of digital artwork. graphics output related screen sizes, Toaster to take advantage of it. though I still feel it is far more geared Although TrueBrilliance is quite The ANIMbrush concept to its name ("TV") than to painting/ capable of helping you create ani If you have any experience as an print output. And then there is the mated output for video, it has several Amiga artist and animator, you will VisionSoft 800- 735-2633 P.O. 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painting use. Go to a separate screen in TrueBrilliance, and importing the ANIMbrush just saved, start to paint with it (left mouse button held down). Don't be afraid to experiment. The purpose of art is discovery through controlled and remembered risk.
M ethod #2 Use the Line Tool in TrueBrilliance to create a series of lines at different angles, with each line being on a separate frame of a sequence but in the same place. Grab the lines as an ANIMbrush, save it, and load it in again to paint with. You can use the "cycle" effects choice to give the line Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMmultiple colors if you like. Paint with it. You should be able to create matted grass, perfect for a PS myriad of nature paintings. You can * vary this process infinitely, saving out a whole library of ANIMbrush natural media with which to paint.
M ethod #3 P aint a detailed leaf, or scan one in from hard copy (or even from a real sample in the yard). Take the leaf and turn it at different angles, painting each one down in the same area on a sequence of animation frames. Grab and save as an ANIMbrush, and save to your library. Now you have the perfect elements to populate your digital trees, or to indicate where leaves have fallen on the Autumn ground.
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Amiga multitasking advantages and three new Web programs— AmiTCP/IP, IBrowse, and AWeb
If asked to name the single best multitasking you do everyday, For example, while you wait for feature of the operating system of our running simultaneous modem AMosaic to load and display a page of favorite computer, most of us would connections takes advantage of the fact graphics, you could be reading email unhesitatingly choose multitasking. that not all tasks are equal. with napsaterm (included with The ability to do more than one thing Even a casual Web surfer has AmiTCP/IP), and using a program at a time is not a feature that one gives found sites that are slower than such as GUI-FTP to transfer a file from up lightly once you have become average, either because of usage loads, a third server. Look closely at Figure 1 accustom ed to it. W ith A m iT C P /IP or hardware restrictions at the site. and you will see just such a multiple installed, we can now extend With TCP/iP, you can leave the slow session. The top left image is AMosaic multitasking to our telecommunica task to finish while you start another 2.0 connected to its home page, the top tions practices as well. task at a different site. The total right is GUI-FTP transferring files from Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMLike multitasking other processes, number of bits per second going an amateur radio site, and in the lower the number of tasks that can be through your modem is limited by its image I'm browsing the handled depend on the resources rating, but there is no reason those bits comp.sys.amiga.games newsgroup. available on your Amiga. And like the all have to go to the same destination. There are many different pro grams available that work with
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Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM AmiTCP/IP to handle tasks such as multiple windows, allowing simulta Yvon Rozijn. AWeb is different from FTP, mail, newsgroups, and more. In neous connection to multiple sites. The the previous Web browsers available coming months we will take a look at latest version of IBrowse is available for the Amiga in that it does not some of these, but in the meantime, be at: require MUI. sure to check out the comm/tcp http: //ww.om nipresence . com/ibrowse/ Many users have long disliked subdirectory on Aminet. MUI for various reasons ranging from Requirements include Amiga OS program size, to a reluctance to add to IBrowse 3.0 or above, and MUI 3.2 or above. Be the standard operating system. This Speaking of multitasking connec tions, there is a new Web Browser M any users have long disliked MUI for nearing release. Being developed as a commercial product by some of the various reasons ranging from program same programmers that did AMosaic, size, to a reluctance to add to the IBrowse (Figure 2) is currently in open standard operating system. beta testing. This means you can download the current beta version to try. These test times are lime-limited to sure to read the warnings before has also prevented them from using about three weeks, bv which time the downloading, and remember that this Web browsers until now. next release is usually available. is a beta version, and still has some Programmed using the same types Look closely at the lower right bugs to work out, but it looks very of gadgets included with OS 3.0 in corner and you will see four little impressive at this point. addition to some customized ones, squares. The demo versions of IBrowse AWeb promises lower memory usage allow four simultaneous network It Must Be Spring and generally quicker performance. connections, with the full version to Maybe it's the season, but new Flexible configuration options, and the allow eight. Among some of the other Web browsers are popping up all over. ability to utilize your existing hot lists features promised for the full release is Just released is AWeb (Figure 3) from from AMosaic are strong pluses. h i - l p - '/ / t t f . aJks^/, —'/& ///?& £. &-
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Currently at version 1.0a, AWeb is of connect time included. For more W here To Find M e Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMfreeware, although you are encour information, call Genie Client Services [email protected]. aged to register with a suggested at 1-800-638-9636. R.Hays5 on Genie donation of $35. Registration gets you RHAYS on Delphi a personalized keyfile, and some Who Ya Gonna Call? 72764,2066 on CompuServe enhancements. The author anticipates Here are some more Amiga BBS's Rob Hays on Portal future versions will be shareware or you might want to call. possibly commercial, with the keyfile NAME: Boreal Visions For U.S.Mail: remaining valid for future shareware PHONE: 403-282-5238 Rob H ays versions. SPEEDS: Up to 28,800bps P.O. Box 194 AWeb can be found on AmiNet, HOME PAGE: Bloomington, IN 47402 or at the authors home page: http:// www.cuug.ab.ca:8001 / Please include a SASE if you need http://www.xs4all.nlZ-yrozijn/aweb/ ~lindenbl/amuc.html a personal reply. CONTACT: Ron Sibbald If you run an Amiga specific BBS, Updates send me the information callers will You will recall the mention of the NAME: MECCA BBS need to access your system. Phone new rates at Genie last month, and PHONE: 602-545-6162 number{s), modem speeds, software how the action had upset a lot of users. SPEEDS: Up to 14,400 bps settings, etc. As a service to the Amiga The new owners have taken a second CONTACT: Rob Pigford community 1 will include the informa look at the rate debate, and changed tion 1 receive in this column from time die structure again. As of March 15 NAME: The Nostromo to time. there are now four subscription plans PHONE: 407-220-4075 If you come across any World to choose from. While there are too SPEEDS: Up to 28,800 bps Wide Web sites you feel would be of many details to go into here, they CONTACT: interest to the Amiga community, pass range from $7.95 to $29.00 per month, [email protected] them along for inclusion in the Hotlist with various privileges and amounts of the Month. Send the info to any of my addresses above. That's all for now. 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After a long and trying past two years, it feel of Workbench. Before we get started, I Finally, if you find yourself annoying appears She Amiga is finally on the move want to note a few cautions. friends and family with slideshows of again. While the Amiga's OS and First, almost everything covered here your Workbench, if talk at a party turns to Workbench is one of the most sophisti requires at least OS2.04, and some items current events and vou begin to discuss cated and user friendly OS packages require or appreciate 3.0+. If you are still the merits of Newlcons vs. MagicWB, if available, it is good to know that we can using 1.3, now is the time to upgrade to you are at a museum and you can only look forward to enhancements and 3.1. While it may seem price)’, 3.1 is a judge the artwork by whether it would upgrades again. While we are waiting, huge step from 1.3, and is well worth it. look nice on your Workbench or not, or if nowr is a good time to look at just what Second, every program, patch, utility, you are ready to engage in fisticuffs when Workbench offers today, and w hat is commodity etc., uses some RAM, and anyone mentions the word MUI, perhaps available now to enhance it. some CPU time. It is entirely possible that, it is time to take a break from Workbench Luckily, the Amiga has a talented upon completion of the Workbench of renovation. Neither Amazing Computing and motivated crew of users and your dreams, you are left with no system nor the author can accept responsibility developers, many of whom have released resources to run applications. Be espe for GUI addiction. excellent software to add to the function cially careful with chip RAM! While fast Next month's article will cover the ality of the Amiga's OS, the appearance of RAM can be expanded to 128MB (or opportunities for art and beauty in the Workbench, or both. In this series of more) drip RAM is (at most) a measly GUI aspects of Workbench renovation, articles, 1 will present some of the most 2MB. but, for now, I will cover the more popular additions to the Amiga's bag of Aiso, be aware of conflicts and buggy practical side of things, utilities which tricks.Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM Most of these programs are either programs. Even programs that work make using the Amiga easier and more free or shareware, and should be obtain perfectly alone can conflict with each productive. able on Aminet, CDROM, or your favorite other. In general it is best to start slowly, BBS. Part one will focus on enhancing the adding one program at a time, and Filenam es— actual operation of the Amiga, while part checking for crashes, conflicts with other Downloaders Beware two will focus on improving the look and programs, or other odd behavior. A word about filenames of some of the utilities. I specified the filenames as I found them on-line. Unfortunately, sometimes during distribution someone will change the filename. For instance, I have seen KingCON listed as KingCON_t.3.11m (Aminet) and as kingconl3.1ha on The Techno Mages Guild BBS where I downloaded my copy. Many BBS's must cater to both Amiga and PCs and some, unfortunately, subject even Amiga programs to the MSDOS filename limitation of 8.3 (eight main letters, a dot, and a three letter extension). One such board had KingCON 1.3 listed as simply kingcon.lha. So if you can't find a program as I have listed it, try looking for the file under slightly different names. If you have not looked in your Tools/Commodities drawer, you are missing out on a few handy programs.
Figure 1: New Ways to Run Programs as seen in this screen shot showing Clicktofront, which brings any window to AddTools, ToolsDaemon, ToolManager and WBAIias. the fore simply bv double clicking, is a 11 — | _ JSmettorWBSiarlup/Swazlnfa AMIGA REPAIRS A500 $49 • A600 $89 • A1200 $129 A2000 $89 • A3000 $119- A4000 $169 Blocks i 61 S c rip , □ CDTV $69 • CD32 $119 Bytes 30924 E o r e Q A1080/4/4S $69 MultiScan (NO IS 60'S) $99 parts addif tonal Stack | A rch iv e □ AMIGA P R O D U C T S Last changed Q5*Mar-96 0 8 :57:46 prices starling at - availability varies (CENTERED=FALSE) Readable j^/j (CLIPBOARDUNIT=0) A500 $169 A 10S0/4/4S $149/169/199 A 600 $239 KEYBOARDSCALL (CREATE I CONS=YES) i^riteable A 1000 $ 99 CD ROM DRIVES CALL C X POPUP=NO Executable ~ j\ HARD DRIVES CALL DONOTWAIT A 1200 $399 A 2000 $299 TOASTERSCALL (DROPACTION“ASK|CANCEL]LOADIMAGES O eietable A 3000 FLYERSCALL (FONT=Thin711 12) $599 A 4 000 $1799 MEMORY CALL (MULTIVIEW=SYS:Utilities/MultiView) Owner (NOCHECKOWNER) AMIGA PARTS A520 m s b -rf S19 2/530 WD SCSI-04 Chip 512 M i irei, *■» 2.04/05 ROM $30/535 WD SCSI-08 Chip 525 2.04 ROM A3000 $49 C o m m e n t i T ° 9 9 , e 68881/68882’S CALL ■— S w itch AMBER A3000 539 68020/3 0/40/60‘S CALL I MB AGNUS 525 CRYSTALS CALL 2MB AGNUS -19 539 20MB 2.5 IDE HD 519 — 8520 CIA 524 Modify | g a n c e T TAPE DRIVES CALL BUSTER A2000 519 CDTV CD DRIVE S19 BUSTER SUPER JOYSTICK (a 59 pr 515 Figure 2: Swazlnfo and CycletoMenu in action. rev 6 S15 rev 7 519 RGB CA BLE!080/4 525 rev 9 529 rev 11 5 6 9 AUDIO Y Cable $ 3 DENISE 519 AUDIO S Cable S 5 must when you have a number of icon, and Unpacker docs the dirty work S-DENISE 539 MONITOR Cables CALL GARY 519 DS/DD 100 519 windows open on the workbench. FKey is for you. Unpacker comes pre configured PAULA 519 DS/HD 100 -NEiv- 539 a handy commodity which lets you create for LHA, ZIP, and a variety of other DMAC 529 SCSI Cables Ini &. INI CALL SUPER DMAC 559 SQUARE DIN'S 5 4 hotkeys to manipulate windows, run formats, though if you w ant to use LZX, 7.0 ROMS A2Q91 525 AMIGA LOGO’S 5 10 7.0 ROMSA2620/30 535 Parnet Cahlc 12’ 529 programs and scripts, and perform other you will have to add this tooltype to the WD SCSI-02 Chip 57 w/free Software actions with the stroke of a key. icon (using the Workbench ICONS/ AutoActivate may also interest you. This Information menu item): LZX=C:lzx -m x. ORIGINA L A MIGA FLOPP Y DRl VES activates any window automatically when Before 1 go any further, we absolutely A500 DD ,880 MB Internal 'R e fu rb s' S 39 A600 DD .880 MB Internal ’R e fu b s ’ 5 59 the mouse pointer is over it. have to STOP THAT INFERNAL FLOPPY A t000 DD .880 MB Internal ’R e fu rb s’ 5 39 CLICKING! ARGGGH! On this point, I A1010 DD .880 MB Internal ’R e fu r b s ’ S 39 AL200 DD .880 MB Internal ’R e fu rb s’ S 69 LHAHi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM an d LZX have to wonder what the Amiga's A2000 DD .880 MB Internal ’N e w ' S 69 The files on most B13Ses or Aminet creator's were thinking. Luckily, there are A2000 DD .880 MB Internal ’R e fu rb s’ S 49 are compressed using Stefan Boberg's many utilities to address this "feature." A2000 HD 1.76 MB Internal ’R e fu r b s ’ S109 A3000 DD .880 MB Internal ’N e w ’ 5 79 LHA program. LHA was shareware, but One such program is Norbert PoscheTs A3000 DD .880 MB Internal 'R e fu rb s' 5 59 apparently Stefan Boberg no longer DOSPrefs (DOSPREFS22 .LHA, freeware), A3000 HD 1.76 MB Internal ’R e fu rb s’ 5119 intends to support LHA, and has which not only can shush tire clicking, but A4000 HD 1.76 MB Internal ’R e fu rb s' $129 new dri*M h*vc "dust d»or»“ no! found on original A m ljn suggested he might release a final also offers MSDOS style star wildcards, freeware version. LHA can generally be and UNIX style directory functions, A500 & A2000 2MB AGNUS BOARD found either simply as LHA138, or as (for current dir) and (to 'backup' one & Chip Removal Tool ONLY$149. LHA138.run (a self extracting archive). A directory level.) NEC MULTIS YNC II MONITORS new contender has recently appeared, REFURBS W/CHOICE OF CABLE called LZX. LZX (LZX120.LHA, Start Me Up ONLY $219 shareware), by Data Compression After you have filled your hard drive 1.06 GB SCSI Hard Drive Technologies, is similar to LHA in w ith program s, you m ay find it tedious to ONLY $309 operation, but in many cases produces point and click your way through smaller archives. The registered version of numerous disk, drawer, and program ALTEC LANSING CS31 MULTIMEDIA SPEAKER SYSTEM LZX and it also handles LHA files, though icons to run them. Ironically, i have spent AMP - SUB WOOFER - 2 SPEAKERS the evaluation version cannot. hours customizing and creating icons and REFURBSONLY$99 If you find using LHA or LZX from backdrops to perfect the aesthetics of my the shell tedious, one of your first Workbench, only to spend more hours W IE IBUJ'ff & 'iTIRAUDlE lE IA IilB W A E lS installing and configuring utilities which 90 Day P& L Services «£ Products Depot Warranty acquisitions should be a utility to prices Jc availability subject to change without notice unarchive files using a GUI. There are allow me to run programs without ever IF YOU DON'T SF.K IT CALL \VH M A Y H A VE IT O R RP. AB L E T t i c.v.r IT - ALLEKIC Efi CA5U * M I N I M U M QJtDER SIS. quite a few of these, or you could also use opening any windows cir looking at any ORDER UNDER SlOQADl) S* H A N D L I N G SYC a directory utility like Directory Opus. icons at all. p iio n e m u its Unpacker (UNPACKER180.LHA, Perhaps the easiest solution is to use MON & FRI I - r> PM WED 1 - 8 PM freeware), by Erik Sagalara, is a simple yet the "leave out" function in the Workbench P A X U S ANYTIME effective utility for this purpose. Once Icon Menu. This works well for Work Integrated Teknologies Inc installed, it displays an icon on the bench programs, and has the advantage of 1101 Chestnut St * Suite A • Roselle • NJ 07203 Workbench. To unarchive a file, you no additional software being required. FAX 908 245-9409 FON 908 245-1313
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M a y 1996 3 1 programs, your Workbench can become Computer Advantage quite cluttered. For a more flexible, (though more involved) approach, we can A m igans, We ship your order freeW turn to several third party utilities. G et (yA'vC^ Amiga Games Alien Breed 3D AGA/CD32 $41.77 Improving AppMenultems C onnected! Breathless AGA $46.05 You may have noticed that WB has a Dungeon Master II AGA $46.05 menu item called tools. You may also have World Wide Web Fears AGA/CD32 $38.56 noticed that some programs added items Pinball Illusions AGA/CD32 $38.56 (these are known as AppMenultems) to www.micrord.com Sim City 2000 AGA $29.95 this menu when they were run. Wouldn't Super Stardust AGA/CD32 $38.56 it be useful if you could add your favorite Subscribe to our Theme Park ECS/AGA $48.19 programs as AppMenultems? Well, the email list by email to: Virtual Karting AGA $28.50 good news is, you can. While the Work [email protected] Amiga Productivity bench itself offers no provision for mere users to add items to the Tools menu, there Asim CDFS 3.5 $63.17 are a variety of programs that will handle We are also available toll free at Brilliance 2.0 $87.25 this for you with a number of different (800) 527-8797, (308) 745-1243, Checks & Balances $32.14 and F A X at (308) 745-1246. Cross DOS Pro Version 6 $41.24 approaches. AddTools, ToolsDeamon, and ToolManager (I use all three) can all be Disk Magic $54.34 Circle 110 on Reader Service card. Easy Ledgers 2 $142.34 used to extend the Workbench Tools Final Calc $127.91 menu. specify the stack and arguments for each Final Data $57,82 AddTools (ADDTOOLSJ .20.LHA, program. Final Writer Release 4 $103.83 freeware), by Alessandro Sala, was one of Stefan Becker's popular Toolmanager ImageFX 2.1a $221.53 the first programs to let ordinary non- (TOOLMANAGER2JB1N.LHA + Llnk-ltl $39.36 programmer type mortals add items to the TOOLMANAGER21 A.LHA, freeware) On The Ball $40.43 tools menu. AddTools is somewhat less offers the ability to add items to the tools Photogenics $83.50 extensive than some of the olher pro menu, to create Applcons, and both text Squirrel Zip Tools $27.75 grams, but has features that makes it quite and image based "Docks," Docks were a Studio II 2.1 $101.42 useful. Addtools allows you to run both notable feature of Steve Job's NeXT Termite $41.24 workbench and shell programs, and it can computers. While the NeXT computers Twist 2 $94.19 accept multiple arguments. It can run Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMnever became a big hit, Docks have Amiga Hardware programs using either synchronous or become popular on many platforms, asynchronous mode. 1,76MB Dell Externa! Floppy $113.46 including, of course, the Amiga. A dock is 850MB Quantum SCSI2 Drive $201.20 Synchronous mode works like this: a group of items that can perform actions, CD1401 14“ M ultisync All Modes $ 5 1 6 . 8 4 you select a bunch of icons, select the launch programs, and open other docks. Cobra 40MHz 68030 A1200 $189.43 desired program from the tools menu, and With a dock, rather than opening window DataFlyer 500 SCSI $139.68 Addtools runs the program, passing the after window to run a program, one DataFlyer SCSI+ 1200/4000 $84.04/92.60 first icon as an argument. When tiiat Derringer 030/33 A500/2000 $412.79 operation is complete, the program is run mouse click can do the trick. MegAChip 2000/500 $221.53 again, with the second icon, and so on. Toolmanager's Docks are very Megalosound $55.41 Asynchronous mode, on the other hand, flexible. These can be either image based MultiFaceCard III $78.15 starts simultaneous copies of the program, (including icons, IFF brushes, and even Oktagon2008 SCSI2 Controller $131.65 one for each icon selected. Synchronous animbrushes) or text based. They can be Sanyo 4x Int. CD-ROM Drive $161.61 mode is desirable when you want to always visible, or hidden, and pop up at a Squirrel SCSI A1200/600 $103.56 perform the same operation on multiple keystroke. In addition to the program A4000T 25MHz 68040 w/6MB RAM, files. For instance, see the script examples menus, docks, and icons, ToolManager has 1GB Hard Drive, Software $2683.60 GIFtoPNC and Imngelcon later in the network support. article for examples that take advantage of Finally, Frank Workner's WBAIias Computer Advantage Addtools synchronous mode. (WBALIA51.0.LHA, freeware) is another 888-795-0677 Toll Free! Nico Francois (well known for his interesting way to run your programs, based on an idea familiar to Mac users. 515-252-6167 Phone/Fax many excellent Amiga programs) offers Instead of opening window after window 7370 Hickman Rd Des Moines, IA 50322 ToolsDaemon in search of programs scattered over your Internet email: [email protected] (TOOLSDAEMON21 A.LHA, freeware), a We pay shipping in the U.S.! more advanced approach. With this hard drive, why not create aliases for those programs, and have these aliases for your (Via UPS Ground on orders over $25.) program, you can create new menus for We accept prepaid orders (Visa/MC. Certified Workbench, including submenus, favorite programs in one drawer? You can Check/Money Order) and, for an additional separator bars and keyboard shortcuts. open that one drawer, and run these S4.75, COD Cash Only orders in U.S. You can specify whether programs are programs by clicking on their aliases' Defective items will be- replaced. launched from Workbench (just as if you icons, no matter where on your hard drive V Call for items not listed! j clicked on the icon) or CLI, and you can the programs actually are. Circle 103 on Reader Service card. 32 Amazing Computing Odds and Sods Hey, it’s in the Script! A very handy menu related utility is Michael Barsoom's So far, 1 have focused on additional software available to Rekey it (REKEY1T2_4-LHA, shareware, requires MU1 for enhance the Amiga's operation. However, there is a lot of preferences program). Rckeyit allows you to change the Work productivity hidden away in Amiga DOS itself. Learning die bench Menu keyboard shortcuts and add new ones. For instance, 1 Amiga's script language can provide you with a wealth of custom have added shortcuts to use the SI IOW ONLY ICONS, SI IOW tools, without anv addition software. Note, this isn't intended as a ALL, VIEW BY ICON, VIEW BY TEXT and SNAPSHOT ALL DOS script tutorial, since that is beyond the scope of this article. menu items. This way, I can quickly switch between viewing These should give you some idea of what you can do with scripts, modes when copying or moving files on the Workbench. however. David Swasbrook's Swazlnfo (SWAZINFOISB.LHA, Before diving into Amiga DOS scripts, let's have a look at shareware) is an enhancement for the Amiga's INFO menu AmigaGuide. While most will be familiar with AmigaGuide by command. SwazINFO has a number of nifty improvements, way of AmigaGuide based documentation included with most including the ability to drag an icon into the window to replace programs, it can also be handy for other uses. One such use is a the current image. Other features make tooltype editing easier. universal data index. While not a tutorial on AmigaGuide, the One of my favorites is the ability to toggle tooltypcs between following bit could serve as a starting point for your own project: active and inactive with a single click. CyclctoMenu (CYCLETOMENU-21.LHA, cardwarc) by ^DATABASE
Federico Giannici, is a real productivity booster. Instead of @NQDE main "Documentation Contents’* clicking through the innumerable items In a cycle gadget, using Click on document to read: CycletoMenu provides a pop-up menu, with ali the cycle gadget's @(" Anime " link HELP:English/Anime. guide/main"} items instantly available. See Figure 2 for a screen shot showing intuition menus for many of drawer. Some twisty little tricks were pulled to make this work, KingCON's features, and an iconify option. since working with directories is somewhat more complicated The name completion is very handy when typing long than files. If you tried to use the above Image Icon script (with complicated pathnames or command sequences. For instance type defJLBM changed to def_Drnwer) along with AddTools, to copy in SYS:ut and hit the TAB key, and KingCON will complete the a drawer icon to say, RAM:Clipboards, you would end up with a path with SYS:Utilities. If more than one directory matches the .info file inside the Clipboards drawer. To get around this, the dir letters you typed, KingCON will present a filerequester, with all icon script uses the echo command, along with redirection, to the appropriate choices. create a new script file, which then properly copies the drawer The review buffer is a major plus as well. Often, when using icon: the shell, the output might scroll off the screen before you can read it. With KingCON, any text that appears on the screen is ;Dir Icon placed into a buffer, and you are armed with a scroll bar, so you ,-Copy def_Drawer icon to a drawer. can browse through this buffer, rather like a text reader. .key NAME/A I appreciate the iconify feature, which leaves the shell always .bra { .ket ) available (and preserves the review buffer and command history), but takes up little screen space. echo >T:0ldDir “CD " NOLINE cd >>T;OldDir If Schoice eq "0" Cd >NIL: "(NAME)" Quit echo >T:xblah "Sec blah " NOLINE Endlf cd >>T:xblah execute >NIL: T:xblah If SChoice eq "1" Set DriveName DFO: C:Copy >HIL: EHV:Sys/def.Drawer.info "$blah.info" Endlf
Execute >NIL: TiOldDir If SChoice eq "2“ delete >N1L: Tixblah T:01dDir quiet Set DriveHame DF1: unset >KZL: blah Endlf
;END Dir Icon RequestChoice >ENV:Choice "Dred Menu" "Select FileSystem:" "SFSIFFSI Cancel"
This next script will open a shell window on the selected If SChoice eq "0" Quit directory. It could be used in a menu or assigned a hot key. Note Endlf that the newshell command is customized here for KingCON. A If SChoice eq "1" simple newshell with no arguments could also be used as a Set FileSystem SFS starting point: Endlf
If SChoice eq "2" fOpen a shell and CD to selected directory Set FileSyBtem FFS ;BEGIN DirShell Endlf
.key NAME ./a Dred -v -c $DredSource $Drivename $FileSystem .bra { .ket } ;e n d Dred Front End
cd >NIL: "{NAME}" Well, there you have it. While I can't cover every available Newshell WINDOW CON:0/150/568/200/Shell.^N/CLOSE utility for the Amiga, I hope this gives you some idea of wealth of ;2ND DirShell "plug in" power available to enhance your Amiga. I would like to take a few moments here to acknowledge Ray Click once on the desired drawer, then execute this script. Ward for supplying the basics of many of the scripts 1 use, Ray The path of the drawer will be passed to this script, the CD also is primarily responsible for introducing me to the joy of command will change the current directory to the supplied path, wasting hours keeping my Workbench neat and tidy, and and the NewShell will open a shell. infecting me with his obsession for keeping all icons nicely You can also use scripts to enhance the ease of use and aligned and snapshot into place. Gee, thanks Ray! operation of CLI programs. For instance, to add batch capability I would again like to thank Stace Cunningham for supplying to GIF2PNG (a CLI program which converts pictures in GIF many of the files I've covered, via The Gateway BBS: Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMformat to PNG format), I use the following: The G atew ay : e e o in c i m s c Location: Biloxi, Mississippi
.key NAME/a Run On: Excelsior! . bra { Supports: Am iga, MS-DOS .ket } Features: FIDOnel,Internet, AmigaNet, ElNei and local msg
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Circle 102 on Reader Service card, Part 2: Basics
by Randy R indi
Creating a Home Page with your Amiga requires a little knowledge of the intricacies of HTML
As 1 mentioned last issue, Web State of HTML elements, but leave it up to the reader pages are created in HTML HTML is based on SGML (Stan software (such as a Web browser) to (HyperText Markup Language). dard Generalized Markup Language), decide how these elements should be HTML files are in ASCII format which a large document processing system. displayed on the computer monitor. makes them portable across computer SGML is used to describe the general Thus, different Web browsers may platforms. An HTML file contains the structure of documents, not their display the same HTML document text that will appear on the Web page actual layout as does a word process differently. It is always a good idea to along with special tags for formatting ing file or a Postscript file. SGML and look at your HTML files with several the text, referencing graphic files, and HTML focus on the content of the different browsers to make sure they creating hypertext links to other document rather than its appearance. look acceptable. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMdocuments. While this is exactly the They assume that there are common The HTML specification is now at way AmigaGuide help files work, elements in all documents such as version 2.0. A much more robust AmigaGuide uses tags that are titles, headings, paragraphs, etc. Version 3,0 is being discussed, but is different from HTML tags. The codes embedded within an not yet finalized. Some of the more HTML document identify these advanced browsers already support features from this version, however. If a .- : - ' it ■■ , s $ i fit i* W* &• C you want to be sure that most brows ers can read your documents, only use Randy Finch's Home Page the features of HTML 2.0. Welcome to ibj hucnlile World Wide Wtfc abode. Some browsers support features iiuU n u n n r r t *: 2rfij< t * 1 ITv AAIt t I that are not in any version of the Yvuarr v.: i. r r - • rce F,j ru rf 5. YA* HTML specifications (although they Y n . due b « pKftrr .! >tu«» Iruty Sc (Jr- )t6 h ii Sir ccfy -pttXmr me £ud hat jfic x tS - a could be added at a iater time). tbr ifrt amAfiaex IL.n^TIHE ;*NEW:T3fi=£X tc PEOPLE FJt&tt, AMAZING c m n m s G f o r t h e axetobOBE a m i c a ■ t,** ^ * * 5* & - Netscape Navigator is the most 1m sntrsi yean A meat -at the XSpetf J D (wSach it I ten w rxvea tit i Tits ktUis *it * 4c Jaf lYf* an t TVrt a t&nt Afeifrwfe* fcetaw *tc« trsl arw>; CWsk 1 ct*t notorious for this. Its additional 1 * 2 * xfpijT I tu*t ujorvmtutt atfodtfq cotifUttn, wrtri*. pM>tofihjr, features are know as Netscape tctfiue. vi.-i ttwrce ficte* At *£»' t*xnt ttt *13? 1, tsNt k-i* *il be *£i*4 la fos f t f Chech Ufk (tvm few to tee extensions. Microsoft's Internet [SftTE: a j-. aliti ■* t* > t *v j ■rrr-'tf l Explorer has upped the ante by adding LINKS Tt> MY OTHER PACES its own custom extensions. Other * '“nr * c b w A my otjc!^ ttjt f-m AM4W G COMfVTTHG FOR WECQMh&DOREAWGA browsers might support their own ■ Cxtgw*3 * * * •*» f»e£ tr j 1 Lc* vnCtr. * rtliyW iss Std'-fflMhtx. ataU A TH AK XlE Tft i* *e t d v . t „ ts f «fe af-dlft:**' l extensions. However, it takes a very * Kwuof) Or«jad fccfrvful tV't? tttif I :w yw# r#*fev; wvk « i «h ■ P^ftRf'Onpntf F<-nAe Ssrartroe* ‘ fftm ftt i popular browser for the extensions to * M < tt a j h t f p q b , c.ftjf 'jtfj ffctets AVIt. -tr ever be used.
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JijM C« Netscape is by far the most Figure 1. Randy Finch’b Home Page as viewed with Netscape Navigator under popular browser and should be used Windows 95. for testing your HTML files. Microsoft's Internet Explorer is ! *t I*: (Ken^v r'lnch's Hone fw # " becoming popular since it is very 1 h o * t > R f f r : 0 1 o s « / Q i o i * * e f i ' / W o w i c J T 5 I N ««rP .~577R15Rr7HTRr powerful, yet free. NCSA Mosaic is the father of Web browsers and is a good one for testing. It is also free, AMosaic is the Amiga incarnation of NCSA M osaic. There arc also non-graphical browsers such as Lynx. You can usually find Lynx on the Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer if it is Unix based. If you want to make sure your HTML page also looks good Randy Finch’s Home Page
without any graphics, try Lynx or turn W elcome to m y humble World Wide W eb sb o ic. off graphics in your graphical browser if it supports this feature. There are many other Web browsers on the market and most of l.-CiE31le : the on-line services such as America I i t I*■: / i II ( h ’ . Mane e, yc Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy 'j" I I f I ( r : ^ /1 of ., I hu» » /!tO U in : w .1 / H M u * l c 1 2/Mu i ,« l „1 . ? M o H r t rylTori t , M t m have brow'sers with their connect H .M U H *VKt F lim s y 5,1996 software. Many of these other brows Y « , That 1* f JHcPrre of jnwr* tnrty the left it is rh* a& Jym cm * c* n .i th at h a; « tu d iy antMjrnS i-.. Ovt i c v t f af a r?ia/»z,nt tJo ers are variations of NCSA Mosaic. T*! TILE NEWSWEEK * PEOPLE Rvho, AMAZING COhOuriNG l^RHiKCOMMDJJORP: AMIGA. 3 Iravr ■-•nur. am dts k i tfcb QMgie&ie avtiihe last se v tiii y |a » A it& M wm aboet the X S p r« 3D (vtocb is v*hat I am There is no way to test your pages on wwangBitUfittisftj .Ini* *z&4« w w n b a -h z t 1995 a pm *n» « t u ‘d-bow .-ay t n & c s . each of these because there are simply i uitend t© piewJe several uate/ifOflf topics endas ‘vbtrspect p*f.e I have caeay ait treats tadfl-Jift* tejnpctm, phoiogrefhy. pJukscphy. idttvt, asA ititiv t fi-tiaa A*newhbuaj mi ad^td. J&ert & u willit® v.- ihispftgf too many. Just pick two or three that Clicik li d , from Uuae to fujife you specifically want your Web pages [NOTE: 7h$$*'Kf if v>ig^c )
to look good on and use them. It is a LINKS TO MY OTHER PAOES good idea to test your HTML files on a • ; : uThe fK iay« rey wades th R b v t «ppt«ed at AMAZING COMPUTING FOR TICE COMMODORE AMQA Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMlocal drive before uploading them to • P; ./On^ixl
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tag can r V.l j-%-, t~ * , -n’t • under Unix. be used. This causes the text after the tag to appear on a new line. My home don't care if these tags are included or The image will appear as a tiled page does not use this tag, but it can not, as long as the document contains watermark in the document area of the come in useful in many cases. The valid HTML tags. However, it is a browser and the document will be
tag has one HTML 3.0 attribute, good idea to include these tags for the displayed over it. Be careful when CLEAR="...", that directs the browser persnickety browsers. It also helps using the background attribute. to move below any images next to the people viewing the document source Certain color combinations can render text before continuing. When text is a to easily identify the file as HTML. the document unreadable. Other heading as described in the previous An HTML document contains two allowable attributes of the
and tags, and the only be usable by Netscape and other tag is needed. body, enclosed by and tag to BODY> tags, The header allows non-standard extensions. All of these separate paragraphs, but there is a several tags to reside inside. The most extensions deal with setting the color paragraph tag,
, available for this common is the title (