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Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ITHACA.BITNET!LOOMIS X-Envelope-to: i-amiga@rutvm1.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"i-amiga@rutvm1" X-VMS-Cc: LOOMIS Message-ID: <01GSM4J5FJV28WYAPZ@ITHACA.BITNET> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.i-amiga Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:10:00 EST Sender: Info-Amiga List <I-AMIGA@RUTVM1.BITNET> From: Jim Loomis <LOOMIS@ITHACA.BITNET> Subject: GEnie Weekend News - Dateline 921218 Lines: 819 Long post: 800+ lines. May contain product releases which include reference pricing and other information which might be considered promotional or commercial by some definitions. Those who fear such contamination should delete now. JL Seasons Greetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the *StarShip* 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -*- IMPORTANT! -*- As long as individual stories are kept intact and credit is given, this material may be reproduced in ALL or PART on a privately owned BBS or in a user group newsletter. See wording for proper credit at the end of this Newscast. Thanks to Denny Atkin, Editor, COMPUTE's Amiga Resource, for his generous input. DateLine: December 18, 1992 This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Commodore Announces Availability of AmigaDOS Release 2.1 2. The Power of Direct Manipulation: Caligari24 3. E-Mu Proteus SoundEngine from Blue Ribbon SoundWorks 4. The ARexx Cookbook by Merrill Callaway 5. Next Week's *StarShip* Amiga Conferences [DELETED] 6. The GoldenGate II Bridgecard: VENDOR CORRECTION 7. Announcing Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips and Secrets! 8. Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordred 9. Empire Presents: Campaign *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 1st of 9 Stories Commodore Announces Availability of AmigaDOS Release 2.1 ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) West Chester, PA --- December 14, 1992 / / / (__ (_____)ommodore Business Machines, Inc. (U.S.) today announced that it is now shipping AmigaDOS (TM) Release 2.1, an updated version of the Amiga's multitasking operating system. Among the new features of AmigaDOS Release 2.1 are CrossDOS, which provides for the reading and writing of MS-DOS (R) formatted files; localization of programs to different languages and locales; improvements to the versatile Preference Editors; enhancements to the printer drivers, including the addition of a Postscript (R) driver; and an improved multi-level installation program, allowing quicker and easier configuration or updating of Amiga (R) system software. Current Amiga owners using V2.0X of the operating system can purchase the AmigaDOS Release 2.1 Upgrade Kit for a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $49.00. The kit includes six software disks and a set of manuals. Systems with 1.3 or earlier versions will require the AmigaDOS Release 2.1 ROM and Software Upgrade Kit containing ROMs, six disks and the manual set for an MSRP of $99.00. This upgrade must be installed by an Authorized Commodore Service Center to maintain the Commodore Limited Warranty. Both of these upgrade kits can be purchased through Authorized Commodore Resellers. Users requiring only the software upgrade may elect to contact CommodoreExpress (TM) at 1-800-448-9987 to purchase the kit. Commodore Business Machines, Inc., based in West Chester, PA, is the U.S. subsidiary of Commodore International Limited. The company manufactures and markets a complete line of Amiga computers and peripherals for the business, consumer, education and government markets. Commodore (R) and CommodoreExpress are trademarks of Commodore Electronics Limited. Amiga(R) and AmigaDOS are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga, Inc. MS-DOS (R) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Postscript (R) is a trademark of Adobe. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 2nd of 9 Stories The Power of Direct Manipulation: Caligari24 ______ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (__ __) Mountain View, CA -- December 1992 / / / / (_/his time we pulled out all the stops. Until now, 3D modeling, rendering and animation was really 2D, enhanced with three viewing perspectives. Unlike old programs, Caligari's direct manipulation actually mirrors the everyday world. Objects can be moved, rotated and scaled by simply pointing the mouse. No menus to access. Everything happens in real time. In fact Caligari24 operates so much like the real world that you will be able to start creating and manipulating objects in minutes. Not just simple geometric objects. Organic Deformations, Point Editing and Extrusions can generate anything you can conceive. Of course your models are fully hierarchial. As animations go, you can easily animate a battalion of marching soldiers with just a few mouse clicks and present it with 16.7 million colors (plus 8bit Alpha). You want Caligari24 because of what it will do for you.. its 3D interface, its features, its speed, its photorealistic rendering and its compatibility (inlcuding DXF) with other products. You want Caligari24 because of who we are. Since 1986, professional 3D software for the Amgia has been our only business. Our commitments to Caligari and the quality of our customer support is simply umatched by the competition. NEW! Hierarchial Animations, Organic Deformations, 32 bit color, IFF textures and more... /|_________________/////// MFG Suggested List Price: $399.00 < _________________<<<<<<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \| \\\\\\\ Features: Benefits: --------- --------- General Perspective Interface .......... Very friendly, looks and feels similar to the real 3D world Full Perspective Editing ....... All actions are performed in a familiar 3D space, not just in triviews Direct Manipulation ............ User actions similar to those in real life No need to learn any unfamiliar actions Real Time Response ............. Objects follow the motion of the user's hand without any noticeable delay Full Screen Manipulation ....... Large working space for precise editing of many objects Modeling One Step Gluing of Primitives .. Primitives can be combined to create complex ogjects quickly and easily Extruding ...................... Shapes can be drawn by hand and swept into 3D solids Multiple Object Edit ........... Object parts can be combined easily True Hierarchy ................. Creation of structured objects (tricycle) and jointed figures (robot, animals) Single Point Editing ........... Fine manipulation of polygons; quick detail for architectural and engineering objects Free Form Deformation .......... Allows for the easy creation of organic shapes (flowers, animals) Dynamic Subdivision of Polygons When deformed, objects always appear smooth with no silhouette artifacts Animation Hierarchial Animation .......... Allows for the animation of vehicles and jointed figures Multiple Paths per Object ...... Simple motions can be combined to create complex animations Spline based ................... Smooth motion-acceleration, deceleration and motion all conveying gravity effects Real Time Preview .............. Instant feedback leading to a quick creation of the final animation Rendering Quick Render ................... Fast previews of solid representations Broadcast Render ............... Photorealistic representation of scenes, either for slides or video presentations Multiple Lights ................ In 3D, lighting as important in film pro- duction; both local & directional lights 4 Levels of Antialiasing ....... No visible image artifacts regardless of screen resolution Gouraud, Phong, Metal Shaders .. Fast rendition of a variety of materials Texture, Transparency, Shadows . High degree of realism without the ray tracing and memory overhead Multiple Frame Buffers ......... Versatility to meet the user's preference Color Resolution ............... 32 bit allows for 16.7 million colors plus an 8bit Alpha channel Hardware Requirements: Caligari24 will run on all Amiga models with a minimum of 2MB of RAM. 3MB or more is recommended. Hard disk, though not necessary, is strongly recommended as it is required for photorealistic rendering. Also an accelerator for 32 bit and floating point operations is strongly recommended, permitting Caligari24 to operate at substantially higher speeds. Caligari24 outputs up to 736x482 in NTSC video or 736x575 for PAL and up to 32 bits per pixel. Frame buffers supported are Impact Vision 24 from GVP, Firecracker from Impulse, Harlequin from Amiga Centre-Scotland, OpalVision from Centaur Development, DCTV from Digital Creations, as well as HAM (including 8-bit HAM) and HAME. Compatibility: Caligari24 reads and writes Videoscape and Lightwave 3D object formats. Additionally, it reads Sculpt 3D, Imagine and AutoCAD DXF 3D object formats. Rendition, IFF and DCTV images can be used for texture mapping. Several other programs such as Pixel 3D by Axiom Software, Broadcast Fonts by Unili Graphics and AdPro by ASDG support the Caligari format. The Caligari24 package includes a comprehensive manual and a videotape tutorial. "Caligari's window into the world of three dimensions is the finest interface of any design package I've ever seen. The fluid feeling of absolute control over wireframe objects is stunning." Peter Lee - Amiga User International March 1991 "Caligari's modeling module offers a distinct advantage over LightWave by the includion of object primitives... Caligari allows you to load as many complex objects into your workspace as your computer's memory permits." Michael Brown - New Media June 1991 For more information contact Octree Software Inc., 1955 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043 or call 415/390-9600, fax 415/390-9755 -*- | \ | / \ / . :: . .: ` ` :. .. .. .. )\ .. -- -- .. ( ) .. -- -- : . _\/_ . : `()()()` ||'`'| || G | || E | .:: || n | `` :: || i | :: ... || e | :: : ':::. || | ....::" ``:::::::::::::".`` :::::::::::` Season Greetings from the *StarShip* *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 3rd of 9 Stories The One-Stop Music Shop E-Mu Proteus SoundEngine from Blue Ribbon SoundWorks ______ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (__ __) Atlanta, GA -- December 17, 1992 / / / / (_/he One-Stop Music Shop catapults you and your Amiga into the world of professional, CD-quality stereo audio. Once you hear this state-of-the-art soundcard, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. With dozens and dozens of professionally recorded and designed digital samples, the One-Stop Music Shop is the perfect accompaniment to your desktop video or professional MIDI setup. Hundreds of Sounds... Featuring the award-winning E-Mu Proteus SoundEngine, the One-Stop Music Shop includes hundreds of 16-bit linear CD-quality digital samples compiled from vast libraries of sound. Each and every sample has been professionally recorded, looped and edited to optimize the quality and variety of included sounds. From piano to piccolo, trumpet to tambourine, sousaphone to xylophone, these high quality instruments and sound effects are yours for much less than the cost of a professional MIDI setup. Plus, we even threw in an extra MIDI interface. This way, you can use your serial port for genlocks, controllers, modems and SMPTE hardware, to mention a few. Clear as a Bell... You've never heard Amiga music sound this crisp and clear. The One-Stop Music Shop's exclusive signal processing ASIC chip was designed to be used in high-quality digital audio sampling systems. It can handle 32 channels of digital audio decoding and reconstruction in real-time with minimal distortion and artifacts. Now that's state-of-the-art. Just plug it in. It's easy! No extra cables or special hardware required. Write video soundtracks, original music, multi-media scores and more. Design It Yourself... The One-Stop Music Shop even includes special editing software, so you can design your own instruments from scratch. Mix samples. Cross-fade. Change the envelope and delay. Modulate each sound with various sources, such as velocity and LFOs. You'll be amazed at how many instruments and sound effects you can create! Instant Compatibility... Because the One-Stop Music Shop conforms to the General MIDI and Multi-Media PC specifications, you've got instant compatibility with thousands of songfiles. Use the One-Stop Music Shop instead of the Amiga's 8-bit sound hardware in Bars&Pipes Professional and SuperJAM! Or reorganize its instruments banks with The PatchMeister. Endless Variety... Multi-media, pro video, education, composition, recreation. The musical possibilities are endless. After all, at The Blue Ribbon SoundWords, we don't miss a beat! Features and Specifications: Sound Generation: 4 MB SoundFile ROM, E-Mu G1.5 proprietary DSP, 20 Hz - 20kHz frequency response Audio Outputs and Max. Level: 2 (stereo), +4dBm into 600 Ohms Distortion: THD + N less than 0.05%, IMD less than 0.05% Soundfiles: Stored in 4MB of ROM, Over 210 samples and waveforms, Sounds organized into 128 Presets, 64 drum maps, General MIDI compatible Hardware Compatibility: A2000, 2500, A3000, A3000T, A4000 Special Software Integration: Bars&Pipes Professional, SuperJAM!, The PatchMeister, ARexxs-controlled MIDI file player Price: $649 Availability: Now! Please call! For more information, contact Blue Ribbon SoundWorks at their NEW location: 1605 Chantilly Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30324 or call 404/315/0212, fax at 404/321-0213. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 4th of 9 Stories The ARexx Cookbook by Merrill Callaway ______ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (__ __) Albuquerque, NM -- December 1992 / / / / (_/he ARexx Cookbook is a Tutorial Guide to the ARexx Language on the Commodore Amiga Personal Computer. Features: Tutorial Approach -- Not another reference manual, The ARexx Cookbook is a step by step approach to learning ARexx, in graduated lessons from simple stand alone programs to complex interprocess control programs. Along with presenting good programming techniques, a thorough treatment of parsing, string handling and arrays insures that the reader will have the equipment to write any ARexx programs s/he needs. This book makes ARexx easy! Anyone can learn ARexx! Useful Projects -- Real programs that do useful tasks make up all the examples. You will keep the programs you learn on! Beginners, intermediates, and advanced users of ARexx will find useful programs as well as inspiration and ideas here. There are programs to sort your data, pick out a list of words without duplicates, turn your text editor into a full blown word processor with Thesaurus and Grammar checker, scale IFF images to fit your screen, search large text files, and more. Along the way, you'll learn many powerful programming techniques so that you can write any program you need for your own custom environment. ARexx and PostScript -- There are NO other books dealing with ARexx controlling PostScript, but this extremely powerful combination is presented clearly by The ARexx Cookbook. The projects include a slick utility to print envelopes right from the Shell or CLI. Multiple Reference Index -- Page numbers for the Hawes and the Commodore ARexx Manuals, as well as for the manuals of the application software mentioned in the text occur both in the index and in the margins of the text. Every ARexx instruction and function and every application program command is referenced thoroughly. Companion Disks -- All programs in the book, as well as many more are available on two disks: The regular Companion Disk and a new disk just for DeskTop Publishers for creating indices and Tables of Contents using TurboText and any DTP package that will export ASCII text. Purpose -- "The purpose of The ARexx Cookbook is twofold: To bring less experienced Amiga users quickly up to speed in ARexx, and to provide some really useful ARexx programs that can be easily adapted or used as is for real world applications. This book provides some interesting, useful, and fun things to do with ARexx that make learning it fast and painless. ARexx truly is wonderful and, with a minimum of study, is easy to use. Everyone who uses an Amiga computer deserves to become proficient in ARexx, because it opens the real power of the Amiga multitasking system. I wrote this book because I went through some of the same frustrations you may be experiencing trying to start to use ARexx, but I persevered because I sensed it would be worth it. Much sooner than it looked like at first, I reached a level of competence that now allows me to customize my Amiga operating environment in ways I only dreamed of before. The ARexx Cookbook was written to help some of you get over your initial fear of programming and to accelerate your climb up the first hump of the learning curve, and to lead you to the level where you can begin to use the full power of your Amiga. For others, at a more intermediate stage, the book is an immediate source of useful code (and inspiration) that you can use to make your own programs in ARexx to customize your Amiga applications." From the preface by Merrill Callaway. About the Author -- Merrill Callaway is the author of the monthly ARexx Column in Amazing Computing magazine. He holds degrees in Applied Mathematics and Fine Art from Brown University. A former aerospace Logistics Engineer with extensive technical writing and programming experience, he has devoted his full time to the Amiga since 1990. He lives in Albuquerque, NM, where he is currently developing a tutorial work on Art Department Professional and pursuing techniques for making original art on the Amiga. How To Order -- Payable to WHITESTONE. Sorry, no credit cards. Residents of the USA: Send check or money order. $24.95 The ARexx Cookbook $ 9.95 Companion Disk (Programs in book plus extras) $15.00 DTP ARexx Disk (ARexx DeskTop Publisher's Index Builder) $ 5.00 Priority Mail Shipping & Handling in USA (book and 1 or 2 disks) $ 5.00 COD surcharge (UPS - Street Addresses only) Book only: $29.95; Regular Set: $39.90; Deluxe Set: $54.90, postage paid. Residents of CANADA and OVERSEAS: Send International money orders ONLY. $24.95 The ARexx Cookbook $ 9.95 Companion Disk (Programs in book plus extras) $15.00 DTP ARexx Disk $15.00 Shipping & Handling OVERSEAS $ 7.50 Shipping & Handling CANADA Sorry, NO COD's outside the USA To order, or from more information, contact WHITESTONE, 511-A Girard S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 5th of 9 Stories [DELETED] -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 6th of 9 Stories ______ The GoldenGate II Bridgecard: VENDOR CORRECTION (__ __) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / Staten Island, NY - December 1992 / / (_/he GoldenGate II bridgecard lets you lets you use AT-compatible IBM plug-in cards in your Amiga PC slots as Amiga devices, controlled by Amiga software. Software support currently includes drivers for PC serial and printer ports, with more exotic cards supported through the software emulator CrossPC (available with CrossDOS 5.0 from Consultron). PC Hardware Support The GoldenGate II bridgecard will support almost all non-DMA PC plug in boards which are "AT-compatible," i.e. can support 8 MHz bus accesses. This includes such popular items as internal modems, multi-IO boards, non-DMA ethernet boards, VGA boards, A/D boards, etc. Access to the PC cards is at full Amiga Zorro II bus speed unless wait state support is turned on. The following IBM AT bus signals are supported: IO address space from hex $0000 to $7FFF (first 32K) Memory address space from hex $90000 to $FFFFF (448K) 16 bit data bus All AT bus interrupts Wait states (IOCHRDY signal) for both IO and memory access 14.31818 MHz clock (OSC signal) from on-board crystal oscillator 7.2 MHz processor clock (CLK signal) BALE signal Amiga Hardware Details The GoldenGate II bridgecard AUTOCONFIGs as a Zorro II card, and it can be "shut up" off the bus. The autoconfig size is 1 Meg to correctly map all of the PC memory locations. All address and data lines to the PC bus are buffered to avoid loading. On-Board Registers The GoldenGate II bridgecard includes 3 software accessable registers. Register 1 is read-only, and reports the status of all the interrupt lines, the master interrupt enable, and the wait-state control. This is a 16 bit register. Register 2 is read/write; when read, disables the master interrupt enable and returns the same 16 bit value as register 1. When register 2 is written to, it sets the master interrupt enable. Register 3 is read/write, and it toggles the support for wait states. When wait-states are enabled, a default of one wait state (one Amiga clock cycle) is inserted into each bus read or write to maintain IBM bus cycle wait state compatibility. Software Driver Support Due to a lack of standards in the IBM community, there is simply no way to provide Amiga software support for all possible plug-in cards. A small number of standards DO exist, however, and we will provide drivers for some of these, with more coming out whenever possible. The basic software package (compatible with the previous GoldenGate board) is for serial and parallel ports: ibmser.device a replacement serial device for internal modems and multi-IO cards. Includes automatic use of the 16550 FIFO buffer when available. Support for up to 4 serial ports at once, equivalent of COM1-4. SerPrefs set and save the intial settings of the IBM serial ports. ShowSerial prints out what serial chip is hooked to each IBM port ibmprint.device a new parallel output-only driver for printing through IBM LPT compatible parallel ports on multi-IO cards. Support for up to 3 printers at once, equivalent of LPT1-3. IOWedge a wedge program that allows redirection of serial and parallel port information to the IBM ports even from programs that do not alternate alternate device drivers. NewPortHandler this handler lets you use the new IBM ports directly from the CLI, by creating a mountlist entry. For example, you can mount IBMPRT: and then issue a CLI command to copy a file to the IBMPRT: device. Wait this is a small program to toggle wait state support on and off. All programs require AmigaDOS 2.0, and were written by Dan Babcock (thanks Dan!). Details for accessing IBM IO and memory space through the GoldenGate II will be in the documentation. Most boards that do not try to emulate system functions (like ports) will not need device drivers; they can be accessed directly from your programs in C or any other high level language. For more exotic applications, the GoldenGate bridgecard is compatible with the software IBM emulator "CrossPC" sold by Consultron with CrossDOS 5.0. CrossPC will automatically find the GoldenGate bridgecard if it is installed, and map any IO location calls to the GoldenGate card. This allows you to use your IBM driver software directly. Thanks to CrossPC and IBeM author Mark Tomlinson for this! Author Chris Hames of PC-Task has also expressed an interest in putting similar GoldenGate compatibility into his emulator, and this should be available in the future. GoldenGate II System Requirements The GoldenGate II bridgecard occupies one Zorro II slot aligned with an IBM AT slot in an Amiga 2000, 2500, 3000, or 4000. It has essentially the same form factor as an XT bridgeboard. You will need at least one additional open PC-AT slot for your plug-in PC card. The GoldenGate II requires 1 Meg of autoconfig memory space to be available. Availability and Price The GoldenGate II bridgecard is available in two ways: (a) As a kit with all parts and assembly instructions, for US$95 (You should have some soldering experience to assemble this) (b) Fully assembled for US$115.00. Shipping charges will be US$3 within the US, US$5 to Canada, and US$10 to anywhere else. _______________________________________________________________________ / \ | CORRECTION to 12/4/92 *StarShip* Newscast | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | The GoldenGate II Bridgecard is NOT associated with vortex worldwide, | | as stated in the December 4, 1992, 5-MINUTE Newscast. It was developed, | | is being produced by, and may be ordered from: | | | | David Salamon | | Dept. of Physics, UIUC | | 1110 W. Green St. | | Urbana, IL 61801 USA | | | | The *StarShip* apologizes for any inconvenience caused by our earlier, | | erroneous information about the vendor of this product. | \_______________________________________________________________________/ -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 7th of 9 Stories ______ Announcing Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips and Secrets! (__ __) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / Greensboro, NC -- December 15, 1992 / / (_/his new release from COMPUTE Books -- Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips and Secrets -- contains 256 pages of hints, tips, and troubleshooting info for the Amiga computer. Among the topics covered: Tips for AmigaDOS 1.2 through 3.0 Using Workbench 1.2 through 3.0 AGA Amiga tips, covering both the A4000 and A1200 Expanding your Amiga Getting online Speeding up your Amiga Emulating other computers Adding a CD-ROM drive Solving compatibility problems And much more! This book provides hundreds of useful tips for the beginner and experienced user alike. Atkin gathered the tips in the book over seven years of providing Amiga technical support, both as founder of one of the country's first Amiga user groups in 1985 and as a writer and editor for major Amiga magazines. Denny Atkin is editor of COMPUTE's Amiga Resource and the U.S. correspondent for the British magazine Amiga Computing. He's been writing professionally about the Amiga since 1987, with articles appearing in COMPUTE, Omni, AMnews, AmigaWorld, .info, AmigoTimes, AX, Amiga Computing, and Shareware Shopper. Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips and Secrets will be available in bookstores around the second week in January. Many Software Etc. stores should be keeping it in stock, and it can easily be ordered from B.Dalton and Waldenbooks stores. ISBN: 0-87455-275-3. As a special offer to Amiga users on online networks and members of Amiga user groups, COMPUTE is offering autographed copies of the book through direct order. Simply send $19.95 + 2.50 shipping and handling (Check; money order; or Visa/MC with number, expiration, and signature) to: COMPUTE Books -- Orders COMPUTE Publications 324 W. Wendover Ave., Ste. 200 Greensboro, NC 27408 Be sure to let us know the name you'd like the autograph dedicated to, or if you'd rather not have your copy autographed. If ordering more than one book, please include $0.50 shipping and handling for each additional copy. Note that the expected release of this book is January 10, 1993, so orders received before that date will be shipped during the latter half of January. You can also order Sheldon Leemon's AmigaDOS Reference Guide, 4th Edition, which covers AmigaDOS 1.3, 2.x, and 3.0, for $22.95. If ordering alone, include $2.50 Shipping/Handling. If ordering with Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips & Secrets, include $0.50 Shipping/Handling. Autographed copies of this publication are not available. -*- ..,a@@@a,a@@@a,.. .,;*;;@@@@@a@@@@@;;;;,. ;;;;;;;;;a@@^@@a;;;*;;;;; ;;;;*;;;a@@@ @@@a;;;;*;;; ;;;;;;;a@@@@ .@@@@@;;;;;;;; ;;*;;;a@@@@@ @@'`@@@;;;;;*; ;;;;;;@@;;@@ `@ `@;;;*;;;; ;;;*;;@;;;;@;;;;;*;;;;;;;;; `;;;;;;*;;;;;;;;;;;*;;;;' `;;;;;;;;*;;;;;;;' ``````'''''' *StarShip* Amiga *Flash* 8th of 9 Stories Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordred _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ) Richmond Hill, Ontario -- December 1992 __ / / ( (_/ / \___/ust when you thought it was safe... You, as Dirk the Daring, have fought valiantly to save your beloved Daphne from the clutches of Singe the evil dragon who whisked her off to his haunted castle in the original Dragon's Lair. In Escape From Singe's Castle you faced the Singe's demented servant the Shapeshifter. And in Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, you risked everything to save Daphne from marriage to the evil sorcerer Mordroc. Now, in Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread, you must save your family from the evil schemes of Mordroc's twisted sister, Mordread. In revenge for her brother's destruction, the evil witch Mordread has captured ad imprisioned your beloved family. Test your skills as you are thrust into a frantic quest through time to save Daphne and the children before they are trapped forever by Mordread in the Vortex of Eternity. Featuring full-screen animation and digitized sound, Dragon's Lair III pushes the limits of your computer even further than any of the previous Dragon's Lair and Space Ace series. Available NOW for IBM PC and compatibles, Amiga, Macintosh (color) and Atari ST. Suggested retail price: $59.95. For further information contact ReadySoft Incorporated, 30 Wertheim Court, Suite 2, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, L4B 1B9, 416/731-4175. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 9th of 9 Stories ____ Empire Presents: Campaign / ___) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / (_ Richmond Hill, Ontario -- December 17, 1992 / ___) / (_ (____)ast Germany, January 1945... Campaign is the war games simulator designed with Twentieth century warfare in mind. Set during the World War II years of 1939-1945, Campaign features most of the hardware available during this period. You alone control the movements of over 100 different vehicles and 15 guns (including anti-tank and artillery weapons). Plan battles to the last detail using local factories, supply convoys and airforce support, all clearly shown on your game screen. Vehicles and weaponry have been painstakingly recreated to ensure historical accuracy. Each vehicle on the battle field can be driven independantly during a battle. You can choose to inspect your forces, or move them to alternate locations at your discretion. Battles are begun when opposing groups of vehicles get too close to each other on the paying field. The Campaign map uses a quad-tree system to store the map. This means that the memory consumption of a map is dependant upon the detail within it. Maps up to 2000 miles square (large enough to fit most of Europe) are allowed. Available NOW for IBM PC and compatibles, Amiga and Atari ST computers. Suggested retail price $59.95 US. Distributed by ReadySoft Incorporated, 30 Wertheim Court, Suite 2, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, L4B 1B9, telephone 416/731-4175. -*- Permission is hereby granted to quote ALL or PART of this Newscast on a privately owned BBS or in a user group news- letter provided you include the following credit: Reprinted by Permission from the 5-MINUTE Weekend News Network, a *StarShip*(tm) Production on GEnie(R). Disclaimer: My only relationship to GE or its subsidiaries, including GEIS, is as a subscriber to GEnie. Jim Loomis LOOMIS@ITHACA.BITNET GEnie: J.LOOMIS