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Specrkabons and prices e select to pHgngf •itbout notxe al are aWXMlecgfC All oW i <i wrrtrg or O, tSerene wJ be *c«r*C 0«V fctKO !C . cepes ct *e a-aiaOe fee cf charge <r reo-eit 107 N e x t Day £ 5 . 0 0 POWER COMPUTING LTD 2 -3 D ays £ 2 . 5 0 S aturday £ 1 0 . 0 0 !'(J‘ 44a/b Stanley St. Bedford ^K 4I 7RW Deliveries are subject to stock availability w m Tel 01234 273000 Fax 0 1 234 352207 Allow up to 7 days for cheques to clear TELEPHONE 01234 273000 m a VIPER 68030 ■ 1208 6 8 0 3 0 4 0 M H z R C o r 5 0 M H z R C • A1200 RAM board with MMU, RAM upto 128MB, • P C M C IA friendly VIPER FPU-PGA only. • Uses 1x32 S IM M Bare 40MHz ................ £ 2 2 9 . 0 0 • A m iga F o rm at G o ld aw ard 4 0 M H z -4 M B ................ £ 3 7 9 . 0 0 • E x p an d u p to 8M B 4 0 M H Z -8 M B ................ £ 4 9 9 . 0 0 Bare 50MHz ................ £ 2 4 9 . 0 0 2 M B .................................. £ 1 3 9 . 0 0 5 0 M H Z -4 M B ................ £ 3 9 9 . 0 0 4 M B ..................................£ 1 8 9 . 0 0 5 0 M H z -8 M B ................ £ 5 1 9 . 0 0 8 M B ..................................£ 3 2 9 . 0 0 XL 1.7 6 MB The XL Drive 1.76MB measures h alf the height o f a standard external floppy drive and allows you to store a massive 1.76MB on a high density disk. The A4000 internal drive fits perfectly underneath the original Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMd riv e a n d n o case c u ttin g is required. EXTERNAL ...........................£ 8 9 . 9 5 IN T E R N A L ...........................£ 8 5 . 0 0 • RAM Up to 8MB (Viper 1)/128MB (Viper 2 ) A 4 0 0 0 I N T . ..............................£ 8 5 . 0 0 • Full Kickstart Remapping POWER DRIVE ■ • Optional SCS1-II adaptor • On-board battery backed clock/68882 Co-processor The Power Drive now includes Blitz • Instruction and data burst modes Amiga and Floppy Expander, free. Floppy Expander allows you to 4Hz Viper-1 33-42MHz compress files on floppy disks by up PGA/PLCC, FPU upto 50M Hz PGA/PLCC. FPU upto 50MHz to 50%. O ther features include: Anti- Bare Board ...£115.95 Bare Board ...£169.95 Click, Anti-Virus, Isolation Switch, 2 4MB Viper £249.95 4MB Viper £299.95 Year Warranty, Thru’port, Cyclone 8MB Viper ... .£399.95 8MB Viper ... .£439.95 Compatible Chip, Backup Hardware a n d Blitz C o m p a tib le feature. 128MHz Viper-2 40MHz EC EXTERNAL ...........................£ 4 9 . 9 5 PLCC only, FPU upto 40MHz PLCC only, FPU upto 40MHz C Y C L O N E S /W O N L Y . £ I 0 . 0 0 Bare Board ...£135.95 Bare Board ...£199.95 4MB Viper £269.95 4MB Viper ... .£329.95 ERNAL DRIVES ■ 8MB Viper £41 9.95 8MB Viper ... £469.95 O ur internal drives use the same drive mechanisms as the Amiga to ensure complete compatibility. 28MHz FPU £25 SCSI-II Adaptor ... .£79 PC88I A500 ...........................£ 3 0 . 9 5 3 3 M H z F P U ..... £ 5 0 4 M B S I M M ............... £139 PC882 A2000 ........................£ 3 0 . 9 5 40MHz FPU £70 8MB SIMM ..............£ 2 9 9 PC883 A600/I200 ............... £ 3 5 . 9 5 5 0 M H z F P U (P G A ) . £ 1 0 0 O t h e r S IM M S . ,£ P O A Cc»r<Me with Crysu* ftizzin) Boirt co<r<mble A ll products have a 12 m onth warranty unless otherwise specified Trade and Educational orders welcome - W orldwide distribution available Al (rien io:L<Je VAT. Sfcaiaccm u>d prices m to ching* wUhot* rtotx* 41 sr*3emirts »* jdroMedgrd Al onMn r wttrg O' tv " I b* orty a£fe<t lo otr to "i md ctx*il>xs o* vadt. COpei <J ve «->laoe frre ef ctarje c*i reQjot CU AMIGA MAGAZINE • MAY 1995 Cover Features Printer showdown 27 Fitting Hard Drives 34 Which is the best printer for you? Hard drives have never been cheaper and Whether you need a printer for DTP, there's never been a better time to fit one to graphics, professional documents or rough your A600 or A1200. Let's face it, very few program listings, there's something on offer Amigas have been sold in the last year, so in our round-up of the best ink jet, dot invalidating the warranty is no longer an matrix and laser printers. But it's more than issue! We show you how it's done on page just a buyers guide. It's got detailed graphic 34. It's a lot easier than you might think. descriptions of the technology behind the various technologies and advice on which type of printer is best suited to your needs. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM • My-Money 74 A new low-cost personal finance planner gets the privilege of playing w ith Andy Leaning's readies. e CD-ROM Round Up 78 Six new CD-ROMs are taken fo r a spin: M ultim edia Toolkit, The Beauty o f Chaos, Imagine Enhancer, A rt Backgrounds Collection 'A', Weird Science C lipart and 3D Arena. e Which Paint Package? 82 We test the four main paint packages for their ability to produce com plete pictures from scratch - no scanners, digitisers or clip art allowed! Photogenics 1.1. Deluxe Paint IV AGA. Personal P a in t 6 .1 a n d Brilliance 2 go head to head.