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TF01 3,MAIL ORDER 4, We are now proud to offer a small mail order service for all INFINITE FRONTIERS productions. For ordering details and the postal address, see the end of this file. THE FINAL FRONTIER -------------------- At last, you can now order THE FINAL FRONTIER direct from the producers! The prices are: Issue 1 - September 1991 - £3.00 (2 disks) Issue 2 - March 1992 - £4.00 (3 disks) Issue 3 - August 1992 - £5.00 (4 disks) Issue 4 - January 1993 - £5.00 (4 disks) Issue 5 - June 1993 - £5.00 (4 disks) Issue 6 - November 1993 - £5.00 (5 disks) Free extra disk! Issue 7 - May 1994 - £5.00 (4 disks) Issue 8 - August 1994 - £5.00 (4 disks) PROVISIONAL DATE inclusive of postage and packing anywhere in the world!! No profit is made on the sale of the magazine. All of the profit made is put back into the magazine to cover costs such as providing free issues for contributors, prizes for competitions, adverts etc. Also, as we have broken even, we will hire top artists/musicians to do exclusive work for the magazine and money will be invested in the mag's future development as well as the production of new INFINITE FRONTIERS releases. However, feel free to copy it for your friends as it IS freeware. If you wish, you can also subscribe to future issues. From issue 3 onwards, the size of THE FINAL FRONTIER has been fixed at 4 disks per issue. Although we do not have a regular release schedule (I feel that it is more important to release a mag when it is ready rather than rush a disk out to meet a deadline), if you subscribe, your copies will be sent to you as soon as they are released. To subscribe, simply send enough money to cover the number of issues you want and tell us which mags you would like. E.g. if you want Issues 8 - 15, send us the appropriate amount (worked out from the table below) and tell us in your order that you want THE FINAL FRONTIER Issues 8 - 15. Simple! Subscription Rates ------------------ 1 Issue - £4.75 (must be ordered 2 weeks in advance) 2 Issues - £4.50 each 3 or 4 Issues - £4.25 each 5 or more - £4.00 each Again, all of the above prices INCLUDE postage etc. for ALL orders. In case you have missed any of our earlier issues, here's a brief summary of their contents: ----------------------------- First Six Issues - Highlights ----------------------------- Issue 1: Convention talk by Richard Arnold (former Research Consultant for STAR TREK at Paramount) 2 ray-traced HAM pictures by Tobias Richter A 790K animation with sampled music/speech 3 pieces of music by UK musician - Echo/LSD Exclusive demo written for the magazine Issue 2: Tribute to Gene Roddenberry with photos Convention talk with Guy Vardaman (Stand-in/extra on TNG and former Research Consultant) 2 pieces of Interlaced, ray-traced HAM art from Tobias Richter 2 pieces of music from Bjorn Lynne 3 pieces of music from Echo/LSD Selection of convention reports with over 830K of digitised photos Exclusive demo written for the magazine (with ORIGINAL music from Bjorn Lynne) A trilogy of Star Trek parodies in our fiction section Issue 3: Star Trek VI special with reviews, articles and photos from the film 2 Convention talks with John de Lancie (Q) and Carel Struycken (Mr Homn) both from The Next Generation 3 pieces of music from Bjorn Lynne Convention Reports with over 1MB of digitised photos 4 Star Trek parodies The start of our new series featuring the best Trek articles/fiction from various Bulletin Boards all over the world. Issue 4: Convention talk with George Takei (Sulu) -- printed IN FULL! 6 pieces of music by Bjorn Lynne 4 pieces of art featuring the Classic Trek Enterprise by Tobias Richter. A TNG story entitled "The Ghosts Of Yesteryear" - a script that was actually submitted to Paramount, but later rejected (pity, really!). Issue 5: Convention talk with James Doohan (Scotty) -- printed IN FULL! 4 pieces of music by Bjorn Lynne. DEEP SPACE NINE special with reviews, articles, and art. 7 pieces of art from Tobias Richter. Issue 6: 9 pieces of music including two from Allister Brimble. Art from Gary Moffat and Mark Platts. The start of the STAG Collection - two re-printed Classic Trek zines from the club Star Trek Action Group. Full colour convention photos from Warp One! All back issues also have the following regular articles:- Book reviews Video reviews PD reviews News Trivia / Questions + Answers section Updated listing of ALL Trek fan clubs in the world! Merchandise guides Convention news/reports Reader's adverts section -------------------------------------------------------- THE FINAL FRONTIER - PHASE II ------------------------------- Yes, the paper version of TFF is almost with us and we are now taking advance orders! The mag will be a 64 page A4 zine with a glossy cover and the first issue will feature a selection of re-prints of some of the best articles from TFF, along with a few new ones with all new art and photos. Issue 1 should be out in early to mid '94 for just £2.95 inc. postage. If sales go well, we promise that we will either increase the size or reduce the cover price. To order your copy of Issue 1, send your cheque/postal order to us as soon as possible and be amongst the first to read this new 'zine. -------------------------------------------------------- THE FINAL FRONTIER SPECIALS ----------------------------- This is a series of disks being released to compliment the TFF range. Each disk (or disks as the case may be) in the series will cover a different topic related to Trek. All the titles in this series will, initially, only be available from INFINITE FRONTIERS and the disks are copyrighted to us (that means you CAN'T copy them to your friends), so the only way you can legally obtain these disks is by purchasing them from us or from any authorised stockists. All the people working on these disks receive royalties from every copy sold, so please support them by buying these titles and encouraging your friends to buy them instead of copying them. You never know, your software could be here next! All of the prices below INCLUDE postage etc. ANYWHERE in the world. TFF SPECIAL 1 - "THE FINAL FRONTIER DEMO" - 2 DISKS --------------------------------------------------- This is a 2 disk rolling demo of the magazine that we created as part of the TFF Live roadshow and it features almost 40 pieces of art and photos, including 4 pieces from Tobias Richter, taken from the first four issues, along with a few brand new photos never seen before. All of this is accompanied by a piece of music from Bjorn Lynne. ("Now What 2" as heard on Issue 4 of TFF.) This set is ideal for anyone who has ever wanted to look at the art from the mag, or see any of the convention photos, but didn't want to go through the hassle of loading the mag itself. Great value for only £2.50. 1MB memory required, 2 drives recommended. Works on ALL Amigas, including the A1200! This demo is also available EXCLUSIVELY from CYNOSTIC PD. No other PD library may sell this slideshow. -------------------------------------------------------- OTHER SOFTWARE ---------------- ILLUSIONS - 2 DISKS ------------------- This is a brand new slideshow featuring two packed disks full of science fiction and fantasy related artwork, all brand new and never to be re-used in any other Infinite Frontiers release. The disks contain over 20 pictures from most of the artists in the group including selections from Tobias Richter, Anthony Carpendale, Gary Moffat, Sven Harvey and many more. All this is accompanied by a choice of music from either Bjorn Lynne or Allister Brimble! 1MB required and two drives recommended. Only £3.00 including postage and packing anywhere in the world. Available SOON! HOLODECK - 2 DISKS ------------------ A stunning new ray-traced Star Trek slideshow with over 20 pieces of art from Mark Platts and music from Bjorn Lynne. All the usual art you'd expect to see in a Tobias Richter slideshow, but on this you can expect to see plenty of Klingons, Romulans, the Excelsior, Cardassians and much, much more! Look for the reviews in AMIGA USER INTERNATIONAL, CU AMIGA and AMIGA FORMAT! 1MB required and two drives recommended. Only £3.00 including postage and packing anywhere in the world. Available NOW!! HOLODECK - HIGH DENSITY EDITION ------------------------------- This is a brand new special edition of Holodeck for those of you lucky enough to own either an A4000 or a high density drive. We have taken the original version of Holodeck and re-written it to run from a single high density disk. We weren't content with just porting it over though. There are a few enhancements to the disk including the ability to leave the slideshow to run automatically (the normal version needs a mouse button to be pressed between images) and there is even some EXTRA art on the disk from Mark. 1MB required and Kickstart 2.0 or higher plus a high density drive. Only £2.00 inclusive of postage and packing. HOLODECK II - "ENTER WHEN READY" -------------------------------- Already proving to be as successful as it's predecessor, this is a follow-up to the already popular Holodeck, again featuring some stunning art from Mark Platts and great music from Bjorn Lynne. Again this is on two disks for £3.00 including postage and packing. Rated 95% by Amiga User International!! HOLODECK II - HIGH DENSITY -------------------------- Again a high density edition of one of the highest rated slideshows ever in Amiga User International. All of the art and music from the original two disk version, along with extra artwork and faster loading. Requires Kickstart 2.0 or above and a high density drive. £2.00 inc. postage. HOLODECK 3 - "SPANNING THE GENERATIONS" --------------------------------------- The latest and probably greatest in the Holodeck series, Holodeck III features a vast array of art covering all eras of Star Trek (hence the title) by not only Mark Platts but Tobias Richter and Gary Moffat as well along with a toe-tapping tune by Paul Draaisma. Using the new fast trackloader slideshow routine written by Phil Inness-Chaytor, this is a slideshow that looks and sounds fabulous. Requires Kickstart 2.0 or above (Kickstart 1.3 version available soon). 2 disks - £3.00 inclusive of postage etc. HOLODECK 4 - "FUTURE CONFLICTS" ------------------------------- Yet another blockbuster slideshow packed with some more stunning images from Mark Platts and Gary Moffat. Mainly concentrating on TNG, this slideshow has some of Mark Platts best work to-date and is a must for Trekkers everywhere. Requires Kickstart 2.0 or above (Kickstart 1.3 version available soon). 2 disks - £3.00 inclusive of postage etc. -------------------------------------------------------- BEYOND REALITY ---------------- BEYOND REALITY is INFINITE FRONTIERS's FREE semi-regular newsletter. Each 1 or 2 sheet newsletter is packed with up-to-date information on all INFINITE FRONTIERS releases, behind the scenes news, details on our plans for the future and much more. The first four issues have already been released, but we do have stocks available of these still if you want back editions. To prevent us from obtaining a massive overdraft, please send us a stamped addressed envelope for us to send you the newsletter. Alternatively, send us several in one go and you will automatically receive the appropriate number of newsletters as they are released i.e. if you send 6 envelopes, you will receive 6 months worth of the newsletter. Just send your SAE's to the regular address and include a short note saying what you want. Subscribers to any INFINITE FRONTIERS productions (or AM/FM) will automatically receive the current edition of BEYOND REALITY with their software. If you, as a subscriber, send several SAEs, instead of using an SAE when an Issue of TFF is due so you would receive two letters from us one month, we will hold your SAE back extending your BR subscription even further! -------------------------------------------------------- THE AGATRON COLLECTION ------------------------ There can't be many PD collectors who don't own any of the incredible slideshow/animation disks produced by Tobias Richter under the Agatron label. Well, we have now arranged rights to distribute these disks with Tobias (we currently have the FULL range of 87 disks) and a MINIMUM royalty payment of 10% from the sale of EVERY disk will be paid to Tobias. Prices are: 1 - 5 disks - £1.50 each 6 or more - £1.25 each And those prices INCLUDE postage and packing anywhere in the world! We know that you can get these cheaper from many PD libraries, but how many libraries can claim to pay royalties to Tobias on the sale of every disk? As far as I am aware, INFINITE FRONTIERS are the only group to offer Tobias such payments. Also, most stockists DON'T have the full range as we do! Unless otherwise stated, all the disks below will run on a standard 1MB Amiga. We haven't tested them all for compatability yet, although we would be only too happy to try to resolve any problems with individual disks/offer replacement titles. If you order any disks and they DO work, we'd be really grateful if you could let us know so we can keep our records up-to-date. The disks we currently have are (all of them to date, but we haven't managed to write descriptions for them all as yet - these will be added in time):- ANIMATIONS ---------- A01 - Animation Disk 1 A02 - Animation Disk 2 A03 - Animation Disk 3 A04 - Animation Disk 4 A05 - Animation Disk 5 A06 - Animation Disk 6 A07 - Animation Disk 7 A08 - Animation Disk 8 A09 - Animation Disk 9 A10 - Animation Disk 10 A11 - Animation Disk 11 A12 - Animation Disk 12 A13 - Animation Disk 13 A14 - Animation Disk 14 A15 - Animation Disk 15 A16 - Animation Disk 16 This disk, "Star Trek", is the only DPaint animation in the entire Agatron range and is an animation featuring art, ships and animation from Tobias's Star Trek game, including a sequence showing a fleet of ships flying past on the viewscreen on the bridge of the Enterprise. A17 - Animation Disk 17 A18 - Animation Disk 18 Two short animations on this disk, both "inspired" by scenes in the Trek movies. The first is "The Wrath Of Khan" and is a rather bland animation featuring an overhead view on the Enterprise flying above the Reliant. The other is much better, seeing the scene from Star Trek III where the Grissom flies through space and approaches the Genesis planet. A19 - Animation Disk 19 This is Tobias's James Bond animation! It features the famous Lotus driving down a cliffside road, whilst avoiding being shot at by gunfire from a helicopter flying overhead. Looped to give the impression of a continuous chase sequence. A20 - Animation Disk 20 Still dealing with helicopters, "Huey" features a short animation of a Huey copter taking off from a landing pad and flying towards a range of mountains. A21 - Animation Disk 21 "Enterprise Docking" - Tobias's interpretation of the visually stunning scene from Star Trek III where a battle-scarred Enterprise returns home and enters the mammoth orbitting Starbase. The Enterprise approaches slowly, the doors begin to open...! A22 - Animation Disk 22 A23 - Animation Disk 23 Probably Tobias's most famous animation, this is the legendary "Fleet Maneuvre" - a superb animation featuring the flight of a shuttle as it flies in and around a small fleet of about a dozen assorted Starfleet vessels, including the Enterprise. A24 - Animation Disk 24 A25 - Animation Disk 25 This disk features a single animation - "The Run", which is one of Tobias's more well-known animations, following a police car chase down a very busy street. Very fluid movement and looped to give the impression of a continuous chase. A classic! A26 - Animation Disk 26 A27 - Animation Disk 27 A28 - Animation Disk 28 A29 - Animation Disk 29 A30 - Animation Disk 30 A31 - Animation Disk 31 Entitled "The Porsche", this is the first ray-traced animation in the Agatron range, and is a promotional animation created by the author of Reflections (the software that Tobias uses), Carsten Fuchs. It features a Porsche 911 rising up through a table top covered in an assortment of household objects. Very impressive. A32 - Animation Disk 32 A33 - Animation Disk 33 A34 - Animation Disk 34 A35 - Animation Disk 35 A36 - Animation Disk 36 A37 - Animation Disk 37 A38 - Animation Disk 38 Just one animation this time, "In Memorium Gene Roddenberry". This is a superb ray-traced animation dedicated to the late Gene Roddenberry featuring fly-by views of both the film and TNG Enterprises, along with a shuttlepod from the first movie. Simply magnificent! Requires 2MB. SLIDESHOWS ---------- S01 - Slideshow 1 Tobias's first slideshow is a collection of hand-drawn images, obviously looking crude when compared with his more familiar ray-traced work. The disk features a short anim of the Agatron logo, sound in the form a short 2/3 second looped sample and 22 NTSC-sized images, covering all aspects of sci-fi and fantasy including Star Trek and Star Wars. Two of the pictures also feature simple animation created using colour cycling techniques. Nothing spectacular, but there is quite a good picture of a Klingon Bird Of Prey in flight. S02 - Slideshow 2 More of the same. This disk only features 16 pictures, again in NTSC format, although 5 of these are colour cycling, some of which create some stunning effects. Another short looped sample accompanies the art (8 or 9 seconds from the theme to the TV series "The A Team"). Highlight of the disk is a superb image of an AT-AT under attack from the Star Wars movies. S03 - Slideshow 3 This is Tobias's first ever ray-traced slideshow, created with the German package Reflections. There is no sound to accompany the art, but as there are 15 HAM images, all in a PAL format (some using full overscan as well) I can't see any reason to complain! Mainly of a sci-fi/space theme, although there is only 1 Star Trek related picture. S04 - Slideshow 4 Tobias's second ray-traced slideshow is yet another journey into the world of science-fiction and it features a selection of 16 HAM images, many of which are in overscan mode, and almost half of them are devoted to Star Trek! S05 - Slideshow 5 Not as many pictures this time (only 10) as the images are all interlaced HAM meaning that they are twice as detailed as in previous slideshows. Unlike his previous slideshows, these images have also been compressed to fit even more onto the disk, offering even better value for money. Half of the images are devoted to Star Trek, the others catering for a general sci-fi audience including a couple of Star Wars pics. Note that for users of Kickstart 2.04 or higher, the overscan images may appear to be slightly off-centred, although this doesn't spoil the slideshow! S06 - Slideshow 6 Only 7 pictures on this disk, but there is the welcome addition of a rather slow, melodic piece of background music. All of the pictures are of a sci-fi nature, with two Trek pics, and one of the general pics is a stunning image of a ship flying over a fractal mountain range with a planet in view in the background - and it's all ray-traced! Tobias's utility for incorporating fractals into Videoscape and a few other packages as objects for raytracing, called McFrac, can be found on Agatron Program Disk 6. S07 - Slideshow 7 S08 - Slideshow 8 S09 - Slideshow 9 S10 - Slideshow 1 S11 - Slideshow 11 S12 - Slideshow 12 S13 - Slideshow 13 ANIMATION SPECIALS ------------------ AS1 - STAR TREK (15 DISKS) AS2 - 2001 (9 DISKS) The second Agatron Animation special to have been created with Videoscape, this animation set follows the voyage of a shuttle from the movie 2001 - A Space Odyssey as it travels from it's orbit around the Earth and it's subsequent approach and docking with the space station. Some very impressive animation, and all accompanied by sampled sound, but the story lacks any real "bite". The loading time can be pretty unbearable for anyone with a single drive! AS3 - LANDING (4 DISKS) This is the only ray-traced animation in the Special series, and it features the flight of a cargo transporter which flys towards a space outpost, lands on the planet, deposits its cargo and flies off. Stunning HAM images, although the animation is jerky on 68000-based Amigas. Needs 4MB! PROGRAM DISKS ------------- Please note - as many of these disks contain software that was written primarily for Tobias's own personal use, the instructions are in German and I (Simon) don't know how to use them! P1 - Program Disk 1 P2 - Program Disk 2 P3 - Program Disk 3 P4 - The Ultimate Star Trek Game - Disk 1 This needs no introduction and this is generally hailed as being the BEST Trek game on the Amiga. Miss it at your peril. Unfortunately, the instructions are in German, but it's fairly easy to figure it out! Enhanced sound for Amigas with 1MB or more. Amigas with even more ram than that have the option of loading the entire game into ram! The second part of this game can be found on Program Disk 5. P5 - The Ultimate Star Trek Game - Disk 2 Disk 2 of the above. P6 - Program Disk 6 I don't know the full contents of this disk, but it does include a selection of IFF brushes that Tobias has used in many of his ray-traced images. Now you can see how some of his art was created! Also is a utility called McFrac - a fractal landscape generator that creates landscapes and saves them in a format that can be loaded into a variety of ray-tracing packages as objects!!! MISCELLANEOUS ------------- M01 - Star Trek Megademo (1MB, 2 DISKS) This is a two disk collection of art, music and animation from Tobias, featuring a Trek based piece of music, 4 ray-traced HAM animations and about a dozen pieces of ray-traced art. Superb! -------------------------------------------------------- AM/FM ------- We have been official dealers for this top, highly acclaimed disk magazine created by Bjorn Lynne for musicians and music lovers everywhere for some time now and we are now pleased to announce a drop in price to just £2.25 a disk (more on this later)! For full details about AM/FM, see the regular adverts section, although briefly the magazine is a single disk mag released approximately every 2 months with articles, discographies, reviews, tutorials, some of the best PD music utilities, MIDI arrangements of well-known and original songs, and between 2 and 5 original pieces of music on every issue! The magazine is written BY music lovers FOR music lovers everywhere. If you have any interest in music on the Amiga, be it just listening to the sounds the Amiga can produce or if you are interested in composing your own masterpieces with a host of MIDI-controlled synthesisers, then AM/FM is for YOU. We currently have issues 1-18 available for only £2.25 each including P+P. Also, as with THE FINAL FRONTIER, if you wish to subscribe to future issues of AM/FM, then tell us what issues you want when you order and send the appropriate amount. We also stock the AM/FM sample disks, a series of disks that accompany the magazine, each packed with sampled instruments for use in Protracker, MED and similar music utilities. All samples are of the highest quality possible and are grouped in "themes" i.e. a percussion disk etc. These disks are also £2.25 and again, we have the first 18 disks. However, if you buy the sample disk and the appropriate issue of AM/FM together (e.g. AM/FM #9 and Sample Disk #9) then you can have both for only £4.00. These discount prices also apply to subscriptions. There are also now six AM/FM specials available, each on a single disk, for the same price as a standard issue of the magazine. They are:- SPECIAL 1 - MIDI Music Extra - Vol 1 A collection of 41 assorted MIDI files for use with Music-X, MED and a host of other MIDI packages. A great way to get the most out of your synth and there's something on here for all musical tastes. SPECIAL 2 - MIDI Music Extra - Vol 2 More of the same - another packed disk of assorted MIDI files. SPECIAL 3 - ProTracker 3.10 This is the latest version of this stunning music creation package, completely re-written exclusively for AM/FM. I'm no musician, but if you are then this is THE tool to own (the music on this mag was written with ProTracker). Comes complete with full instructions and a selection of demo songs. This disk is NOT PD and may not be copied. It is only available through AUTHORISED AM/FM dealers such as INFINITE FRONTIERS etc. SPECIAL 4 - Bjorn "Dr Awesome" Lynne's Defunct Projects Vol 1 A selection of music from Bjorn Lynne from various projects, demos, games etc. that never reached the final production stage. Bjorn was left with a large quantity of unused modules, so here they are in the form of two full disks of music featuring Bjorn Lynne at his very best. If you like his music for TFF, you'll love this! SPECIAL 5 - Bjorn "Dr Awesome" Lynne's Defunct Projects Vol 2 Another selection of songs from the maestro! SPECIAL 6 - Assorted Music Utilities -------------------------------------------------------- ORDERING DETAILS ------------------ To order anything from this list, write to us telling us what you want and enclose the appropriate amount (cheque/PO/Int. Money Order/ Cash) in UK funds only and send it to: INFINITE FRONTIERS - Mail Order P.O. Box 8966 Great Barr Birmingham B43 5ST ENGLAND Please make all cheques/Postal Orders payable to "INFINITE FRONTIERS" and please allow up to 28 days for cheque clearance/delivery. UK orders should normally be despatched within 7 days (usually within 48 hours), although please allow a little longer for orders of AM/FM as we have to obtain special labels from Bjorn Lynne in Norway to allow us to sell the magazine, and if we have run out at any time, then we can NOT sell you a copy of AM/FM. However, wherever possible we will try to maintain a stock of labels at all times to prevent this from happening. However, these will only take 7-10 days from the time of ordering to their arrival, so most AM/FM orders can be sent out within 2 weeks. Also, for UK orders only, add £0.50 to your total order and we will send it by Recorded Delivery. It won't reach you any quicker, but it IS safer! Note - this does NOT apply to subscriptions/orders for forthcoming releases. In these instances, please add £0.50 per parcel i.e. if you order 5 future issues of AM/FM, please add £2.50 to cover Recorded Delivery postage on ALL 5 issues, as they will all be sent under separate cover. This does not apply to back issues as they are always kept in stock. Finally, if you are planning on placing a fairly large order, if you call us on (021) 358 1213 between 7:00 and 9:00 pm weekdays and ask for Simon, I'm sure we can arrange some sort of discount for you! If you run a PD library/fan club/shop etc. and you are interested in selling any of the items listed above, please get in touch with us! Obviously, if you want to stock AM/FM, you'll need to contact Bjorn Lynne directly.