Issue 19 £4.00 Winter 2004 8.00Euro Real Photos... From Your Amiga We test the Canon A80 digital camera and i560 printer and find whether the Amiga can cut the mustard as a home photo lab! Also in this issue Features OS 4 on Classic Amiga Reviews AmigaForever 6 CD ShowGirls USB Flash Drive Tutorials Envoy Audio Compression Programming in C Contents News News Opus Guru Bytes... Issue 19 Bytes... Over the years Amiga users announcement, Guru Meditation Ken’s Icons have found Directory Opus an say they have entered into an EditorialWelcome to another packed Recently I was helping my copy of the Amiga Forever 6 CD A new collection of icons has essential tool to help them agreement with a UK based issue of Total Amiga! Thanks to parents choose a new inkjet edition. You can read my opinion been released by Ken Lester manage their files and with specialist software firm who have Winter 2004 several new contributors who printer to use with the their PC of the additional features it offers Algor Gets which uses the 256 colour version 5 it became even more begun work on porting the responded to our request for and we happened to pick the over the download edition in our icon format supported by News pervasive as a “Workbench program to AmigaOS 4 and articles we have more variety Canon i560. We set-up the review. Sam Byford has AmigaOS 4. The additional More Flash replacement”. GP Software, the implementing new features. Editorial ..............................2 than ever in this issue. printer and were very impressed contributed a review of colours allow these icons to E3B have released a new original developers, stopped News Items ........................3 with its performance and print ShowGirls, a very promising Guru Meditation told Total Amiga look more smoothly shaded As well as making contributions, “Pro” version of their Algor updating the Amiga version quality on Windows. Only at that image viewer for MorphOS that that they are keeping a close eye without needing a patch. The several people suggested ideas Zorro II USB/Flash ROM some time ago in favour of the Features point did I think to see if an includes thumbnailing, icon on the classic Amiga and pack, called “Ken’s Icons”, for future articles. One of the card. The new version is Windows release, now at version Amiga driver was available and creation and basic image MorphOS software markets and includes drawer icons for all AmiWest Show Reports .....8 most popular requests was for equipped with an enlarged 8. It was announced some time rather to my surprise the i560 processing among its wide array if there is sufficient demand to the Workbench directories Mick’s Take of Woe ......... 10 interviews with people important Flash ROM offering 1Mb ago that the rights for the Amiga was listed as supported by the of features. justify the development effort and many common Kermit Woodall Interview 12 to the Amiga scene. So in this capacity, additional data can version had been sold to latest TurboPrint release, 7.60. they will consider a port. Guru applications too. The icons issue we have two interviews for Another reader suggestion was a be stored using the integrated Hyperion but we understand that Bill Panagouleas Interview Just how well does the printer Meditation hope to have more can also be used on earlier you to enjoy and we plan to for a tutorial on Commodore’s compression support. The agreement fell through. The ........................................ 14 work on the Amiga? Find out in details on the new features they AmigaOS versions if you run make an interview a regular Envoy Amiga file and printer purpose of the ROM is to prospects for a future Amiga Open Video Toaster........ 16 our full review. plan in time for our next issue. the PowerIcons patch. feature of the magazine from sharing package. This is allow software modules such version looked bleak. Their first release of Opus for OS AmigaOS 4 Update......... 18 now on. To accompany my audio especially useful now that many as the Poseidon USB stack Download the pack from: Because Opus 5’s Workbench 4 is expected in the new year. AmigaOS 4 on Classics .. 20 compression tutorial, Anthony Amigans have and AmigaOne or and OS3.9 Kickstart modules http://www.os4depot.net On the AmigaOS 4 front, the first replacement mode is closely tied The full press release is Hoffman has submitted a Pegasos in addition to their to be available directly at boot pre-release update is out now to the underlying operating available on: Reviews detailed review of the Philips classic Amiga. I’m pleased to up without requiring disk giving early bird AmigaOne system having the application EXP 431 a handy, pocket-sized say that Simon Archer has access or additional reboots. http://www.gurumeditation.se/ Canon A80 Digital Camera users a very usable OS while under development is particularly machine that can play your stepped into the breach and The Algor is also compatible press ........................................ 24 they wait for the final release. important as the existing version Amiga encoded MP3s (or any provided us with an excellent with AmigaOS 4 and allows Canon i560 Printer.......... 26 We have details of the update, is unlikely to work if the OS has other for that matter) recorded article, you’ll be swapping files the new Kickstart modules further developments and a been updated. This is already Amiga Forever 6 CD ....... 28 onto 8cm CD-ROMs. Finally between your Amigas in no time! (kmods) to be located in round up of some of the OS 4 the case with AmigaOS 4, Opus Philips EXP431 ............... 30 Mick Sutton has reviewed his FlashROM for faster booting. native applications in Also in the “Support” section is 5 does not currently work on the ShowGirls........................ 31 EasyDisk USB flash drive which Of course the Algor Pro still development in our regular “OS my audio compression tutorial new OS and even if it did it is great for file sharing between features the excellent USB EasyDisk USB Flash Drive 4 Update” feature. which covers creating MP3s on would not support new features platforms. 1.1 controller with 3 ports ........................................ 34 your Amiga in various ways. We such as more colourful icons. On Most issues of Total Amiga seem driven by Chris Hodges’ In the fast moving world of round off with the fourth part of MorphOS DOpus does work, to end up having a theme, and Poseidon USB stack. consumer technology products DaveP’s fantastic C tutorial. with the exception of not Support this time we have several particular models like these tend For further details visit: displaying PNG icons, but the Audio Compression ........ 36 reviews of technology products So as you can see our call for to get replaced by enhanced http://www.e3b.de platform would still benefit from a Envoy .............................. 43 that can be used with the Amiga. articles and suggestions was a versions very quickly. We will try proper port. success, but we need your help The AlgorPro is available C Tutorial Part 4.............. 46 We start with my review of the to find out the Amiga to keep it up! Please get in touch from KDH Datentechnik at Most of the Total Amiga staff are Canon PowerShot A80 digital compatibility of the current if you would like to write E114.95 (about £80) and staunch DOpus 5.x users so we Next Issue ....................... 50 camera; which has been widely versions when this issue hits the something for the magazine or should also be available from were ecstatic to learn that the Colour screenshots etc. .. 52 praised in digital photography doormats and will post details on have an idea for a future article! other dealers: world wide exclusive rights to magazines and on the web. I the “Current Issue” page of the http://www.kdhshop24.de Directory Opus Magellan for the cover the camera itself from my Total Amiga web site. Enjoy the mag, Amiga platform have been point of view as a very amateur Opus Magellan may be beginning to look a little long in the tooth but True to their word (as always), Robert Williams acquired by Guru Meditation, a photographer and the ways it it still offers many features and options not yet found in Workbench. Cloanto have supplied us with a [email protected] Swedish Amiga dealer. In their can be used with the Amiga. It will be a valuable addition to OS4. About Total Amiga Legalese Total Amiga is published quarterly Contact Us Only Amiga Software Photogenics 5 by Paul Nolan Fonts The views expressed in this If you wish to contact a contributor by South Essex Amiga Link. 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