Welcome to the ____ / ___) *StarShip* 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast / (_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) / (__ very weekend the *StarShip* on GEnie presents a new 5-MINUTE Weekend (_____) Newscast in Communications Room 10 in the Real-Time Conference Area. Featuring late-breaking stories from the Amiga community, these dynamic, scrolling newscasts cycle every 5 minutes, so you can stop by between 6PM and 3AM Eastern time on Friday, or 3PM and 3AM Eastern time on Saturday or Sunday and learn everything that happened during the preceding week. Industry news, product announcements, upgrades, rumors, special *StarShip* activities, trade show reports, GEnie usage tips, humor, recommended files to download... ... the works -- and it ONLY takes 5 minutes! Each 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast is available on *StarShip* Menu #10 during the following week. Periodically, newscasts are combined and made available for downloading from the *StarShip Library. ____________________________________________________________ // \ || -*- 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. Here we go!... DateLine: December 4, 1992 This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Amigans Buy Commodore Stock 2. Progressive Peripherals Products Update 3. The GoldenGate II Bridgecard 4. Next Week's *StarShip* Amiga Conferences & Special December Events 5. Lightworks Graphics Synthesizer 6. MegageM Announces ScapeMaker Version 3.0 7. AmiTrix' SCSI-TV -- CDTV SCSI controller 8. SAS/C (R) Maintenance Release V6.1 9. LucasArts Presents: Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 1st of 9 Stories _ _ Amigans Buy Commodore Stock / \/ \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ Atlanta, GA - December 1992 / /\ /\ \ (_/ \/ \_)embers of the Atlanta Amiga Users Group (Amiga Atlanta, Inc.) have embarked on a campaign to "wake up Wall Street" to the relatively untapped potential of our favorite computer company - Commodore Intl. Ltd. We hope to do this by encouraging a major move in the stock (symbol:CBU) on Friday, December 17th, resulting in extensive positive publicity in the worldwide financial press. It just so happens the final "triple witching hour" for the year takes place that day as equity, options and futures contracts on stock indexes expire concurrently. Triple witching takes place only four times a year - always the third Friday in March, June, September and December. It is historically a turbulent day on Wall Street and almost always mentioned on the nightly network news. We encourage all interested parties to participate with us by purchasing CBU stock at the opening bell on December 17th. The procedure for participating in this activity, which we have dubbed "Commodore Day" is as follows: 1) Establish an account at a brokerage firm if you do not already have one. 2) Call your broker on the afternoon of Thursday, December 16th, after 4 PM. Tell him that you want to buy 10 shares (or more in multiples of 10) of CBU "AT THE MARKET" as soon as the market opens Friday morning. 3) Watch the evening newscast December 17th to see if this worldwide campaign had an impact on Wall Street and gave Commodore the attention it deserves. If you have any questions or comments concerning "Commodore Day," please do not hesitate to contact us: Amiga Atlanta, Inc. Post Office Box 49103 Atlanta, GA 30359-1103. AAi BBS: 404/962-8789 E-mail Address: Lamar_Morgan@Vortex.Amiga.Atl.Ga.US Amiga Atlanta, Inc. is a non-profit organization of Amiga Computer users. Its purpose is to educate Amiga users in the latest innovations in Amiga Computer hardware and software. Although the club has prepared this memo from sources which it believes to be reliable, it cannot guarantee its accuracy in all respects. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 2nd of 9 Stories ____ Progressive Peripherals Products Update / ___) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( (__ Lakewood, CO -- December 1992 \__ \ ___) ) (____/uggested Retail Price List 10/1/92: Computer Video Suggested Accelerators Item-# Format(s) Format(s) U. S. Retail ------------ ---------------- --------- ------------ Mercury 28MHz+4MB/80ns 1060 Amiga 3000 NTSC/PAL $2,395.00 Mercury 35MHz+4MB/60ns 1091 Amiga 3000 NTSC/PAL $2,995.00 040/3000 25MHz 1115 Amiga 3000 NTSC/PAL $995.00 040/500 28MHz+4MB 1500 Amiga 500 NTSC/PAL $1,295.00 040/500 28MHz+8MB 1501 Amiga 500 NTSC/PAL $1,495.00 040/500 33MHz+4MB 1510 Amiga 500 NTSC/PAL $1,695.00 040/500 33MHZ+8MB 1511 Amiga 500 NTSC/PAL $1,995.00 040/2000 28MHz 0MB 1016 Amiga 2000 NTSC/PAL $1,995.00 040/2000 33MHz 0MB 1400 Amiga 2000 NTSC/PAL $2,595.00 Zeus 28MHz+4MB/80ns 1050 Amiga 2000 NTSC/PAL $2,595.00 Zeus 33MHz+4MB/60ns 1030 Amiga 2000 NTSC/PAL $3,295.00 Video Hardware MiniGEN NTSC 1254 Amiga (ALL) NTSC $224.95 MiniGEN PAL 1253 Amiga (ALL) PAL $279.95 Rambrandt Personal 1025 A2000/3000 NTSC $2,495.00 Rambrandt Personal PAL 1026 A2000/3000 PAL $2,495.00 Networking and Memory Expansion DoubleTalk 2000/3000 1100 A2000/3000 NTSC/PAL $449.95 ProRAM 3000 0MB 1285 Amiga 3000 NTSC/PAL $449.95 Software 3-D Professional 2.0 3013 Amiga (ALL) NTSC/PAL $399.95 Baud Bandit 2.0x 3002 Amiga (ALL) NTSC/PAL $59.95 DiskMaster 2.04 3036 Amiga (ALL) NTSC/PAL $69.95 IntroCAD Plus v3.2.6 3011 Amiga (ALL) NTSC/PAL $99.95 Prices are subject to change without notice. Discontinued or Out of Print Products ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computer Video Product Name Item-# Format(s) Format(s) Retail 3D-Professional PAL 3009 Amiga PAL $299.95 3-D Professional 3012 Amiga NTSC $299.95 Animation Station 3008 Amiga NTSC $49.95 Baud Bandit 2400 Ext. 1221 ALL ALL $149.95 Baud Bandit MNP-5 1222 ALL ALL $199.95 BobsTermPro 128 3020 C64/128 NTSC $59.95 BobsTermPro 64 3030 C64/128 NTSC $49.95 DiskMaster v1.4 3032 Amiga ALL $49.95 DoubleTalk 500 1105 Amiga 500 ALL $499.95 Dunlap Utilities 3003 Amiga ALL $59.95 EXP 1000 (0MB) 1276 Amiga 500 ALL $199.95 EXP 8000+ w/2MB 1270 Amiga 500 ALL $299.95 FrameGrabber 1272 Amiga NTSC $499.95 FrameGrabber 256-B/W 1280 Amiga NTSC/PAL $724.95 FrameGrabber v2.0 Software 3007 Amiga NTSC $49.95 IntroCAD 3076 Amiga ALL $49.95 Math Amation 3033 Amiga NTSC $79.95 MicroLawyer 64/128 3074 C64/128 ALL $59.95 MicroLawyer Amiga 3070 Amiga ALL $59.95 MicroLawyer Macintosh 3073 Mac ALL $59.95 MicroLawyer MS/DOS 3071 PC ALL $59.95 Pixmate v1.1 3039 Amiga ALL $69.96 QicTape 1009 Amiga ALL $599.95 UltraDesign v1.1 3077 Amiga ALL $199.95 Video Blender 1000 Amiga NTSC $1,495.00 Video Blender PAL 1005 Amiga PAL $1,495.00 Limited quantities may be available. Some are without packaging; please inquire if interested. For details contact Progressive Peripherals Inc., 938 Quall Street, Lakewood, CO 80215-5513, telephone 303/238-5555 or fax 303/235-0600. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 3rd of 9 Stories ______ The GoldenGate II Bridgecard (__ __) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / 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. Also available from vortex are GoldenGate 386SX and 486SLC Bridgeboards and accessories. For more information, contact: vortex worldwide 3835 Richmond Ave., Suite 138 Staten Island, NY 10312 Telephone: (718) 967-1509 FAX: (718) 948-0893 All company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Golden Gate is a registered trademark of vortex Computersysteme GmbH. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 4th of 9 Stories __________________________________________________________________________ | | | *StarShip* Amiga Conferences | | _ | | _____ / ) | | / __ )____ ____ ____ _ _ / /_ ____ ___ | | / / / // __ )/ ___) / __ )/ \/ \ / )/ __ )/ __) | | / /_/ // __ // (__ / ___// \ / /) // ___// / | | (_____/(____)(_____)(____)(_/\__/\_)____/(____)(_/ | | | | | | Except where noted, Conferences begin at 10PM Eastern Time in the Amiga | | Conference Rooms at Page 555. Amiga Programmers meet Wednesday nights | | at Pro/Am on Page 670. Amiga/GEnie HelpDesk EVERY Night at 9PM Eastern. | |__________________________________________________________________________| | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Humpday |Thursday | Friday | Saturday | | Help@9EST| Help@9EST|Help@9EST| Help@9EST|Help@9EST| Help@9EST| Help@9EST| |__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|__________| | 6 | 7 Amiga | 8 | 9 |10 | 11 |12 See the| |5-MIN News|Poker Nite| | AmiGames | | New |*StarShip*| | 3PM-3AM | | Special | TRIVIA |vv-Video!|*StarShip*| in FedII | |10PM:Guest| DeskTop | Guest: | ------ | with | 5-MINUTE |5-MIN News| | GVP with |Publishing| Keys To |Programing| Yury & | Newscast |9:Hardware| | *Prizes* | Night | Music |at Pro/Am | Guests | 6PM-3AM |10: Party!| |__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|__________| DON'T MISS THESE EXCITING DECEMBER *StarShip* EVENTS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday Dec. 5: SingAlong Christmas Carols & ASCII Art Gallery by the *StarShip* at Santa's Workshop in the National RTC on GEnie Page 500, 6PM to 9PM Eastern Time. FREE! Sunday Dec. 6: Special Guest Kermit Woodall on ImageFX and CineMorph from GVP! Software and Online Time *Prizes*! Tuesday Dec. 8: Special Guest Ray Mylnczak presenting Electric Theater's NEW Keys To Music Amiga Software! Wednesday Dec. 9: Play AmiGames Trivia! Win *Prizes* & Free Time Online! Hosts Zach Meston and Peter Olafson. (Delayed from December 2nd.) Saturday Dec.12: Visit the *StarShip* (yes! a real ship!) in Orbit in GEnie's multi-player game Federation II. Thursday Dec.17: v-v-Video! Special Guest, Ron Thornton of Warner Bros. Babylon 5 to be televised in Feb. 1993. Learn how special effects were produced using the Amiga! Remember! Holiday rates (non-prime) on GEnie 24 hours a day from Christmas Eve through New Year's Eve -- all DAY December 24th through December 31st! HelpDesk *EVERY* NIGHT @ 9PM Eastern Time! Got a problem? If you have questions about learning to use your Amiga, the *StarShip* or GEnie, we have answers! Stop by Conference Room 4 ANY EVENING from 9 to 10 EST for live, on-the-spot help. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 5th of 9 Stories New Product Announcement... _ Lightworks Graphics Synthesizer / ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / Sebastopol, CA -- December 1992 / / / (_ (____)ightworks Graphics Synthesizer has redefined computer graphics to include live performance. For the first time, computer graphics can be composed and performed like music. Just as a music synthesizer manipulates and controls sound, Lightworks Graphics Synthesizer manipulates and controls computer graphics. Graphics compositions can be created and performed solely as visual pieces or they can be used in conjunction with music. Besides the wipes, fades, and palette manipulations of conventional graphics presentation software, Lightworks is: INTERACTIVE. All interaction in a Lightworks performance is instantaneous, allowing the artist to actually "perform" graphics just as a musician performs sound. Your visual compositions can be completely interactive, completely predetermined, or a combination of both. CONTINUOUS CONTROL. Not only can you control "when" a graphic event occurs, you have ongoing continuous control over such things as palette color, palette shifting and cycling, wipe and stripe speeds, etc. during the performance. MIDI COMPATIBLE. Any MIDI compatible instrument or sequencer can be used to control dynamic visual effects. MIDI notes or song pointer can trigger events. MIDI controllers, key velocity, key pressure, pitchbend, etc. can be used for continuous control. STEREO AUDIO INPUT. Stereo audio input, separated into its bass, midrange, and treble components, can be used to trigger events or used for continuous control. MULTIPLE CONTROLLERS. Other controllers include the Amiga mouse, the Amiga keyboard, eight internal timers and the Lightworks' hardware module which includes eight sliders and stereo/audio inputs. All controllers can be used interchangeably, encouraging creative exploration. ANIMATION. Complex, random access animations can be created interactively and in real-time allowing the artist to quickly produce sophisticated computer animations. VIDEO COMPATIBLE. Since all Amigas are video genlock compatible, Lightworks Graphics Synthesizer can be combined with video to create unconventional visual effects from titling to overlays of computer graphics. This further extends the creative possibilities from simple visual compositions to full blown visual/audio pieces. GRAPHICS PRESETS. Lightworks includes graphics performance presets just as a music synthesiser includes voice presets. The artist can use these presets as is or use them as a basis to create unique and original visual effects. POWERFUL PALETTE MANIPUTATION. Lightworks has two color palettes with eight color ranges which can be blended, shifted, cycled, oscillated, and ramped independently during a performance. The color effects alone can comprise an exciting visual composition. EASY SCRIPT CREATION. All special effects are determined by means of a Script which consists of simple, English language sentences. Script creation and Script editing are done via carefully planned menus and prompt messages so that the artist does not have to learn a script language. This facilitates rapid refining and testing of scripts so that the artist can "work in the moment." Lightworks Graphics Synthesizer was conceived as a means of giving the computer graphics artist the same degree of creative control of computer graphics that an acoustic or electronic musician has over music. Musicians not only have interactive, real-time control of the notes they play, but have control which goes far beyond that. For instance, a saxophone player can alter the attack of a note, the timbre, and how loud it is played, all while the note is being played. A synthesizer player can adjust key velocity, key pressure, the modulation wheel, and pitchbend, all while the sound is being played. With Lightworks Graphics Synthesizer, the graphics artist enjoys a similar kind of creative control over computer graphics. Besides interactive, real-time control of graphics presentation (wipes, stripes, fades, etc.), the artist has continuous control of the form, color, texture, luminance, etc., all while the graphic is being displayed. Just as a musician controls the dynamics of a note, an artist controls the dynamics of a graphic, interactively and in real-time. No other program for the Amiga computer offers such complete creative control over all aspets of computer graphics. The Lightworks Graphics Synthesizer package includes a program disk, two graphics presets disks, a GS-100 control box and cable, and an instruction manual. Retail price is $599.95. To order, or for information, contact Euphonics at 2685 Burnside Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472 or call 800-892-3325. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 6th of 9 Stories MegageM Announces ScapeMaker Version 3.0 _ _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \/ \ Santa Maria, CA -- November 1992 / \ / /\ /\ \ (_/ \/ \_)egageM is pleased to announce ScapeMaker Version 3.0. ScapeMaker is the only convenient tool for converting Amiga IFF images into VistaPro DEM format for 3D rendering in VistaPro and Scenery Animator. ScapeMaker converts drawings, digitized images, scanned images, topographic maps, and more into VistaPro DEM format easily and rapidly. Version 3.0 of ScapeMaker is more powerful and easier to use. ScapeMaker has been completely rewritten for the 3.0 release. ScapeMaker 3.0 now can create and process both 258x258 and 514x514 point DEM files. ScapeMaker 3.0 is compatible with AmigaDOS 1.2, 1.3, 2.0x and 3.0. Best of all, ScapeMaker 3.0 lets you see all your DEM creations and processing results right on screen with two independent DEM buffers shown in 16 gray shades. New Features of ScapeMaker 3.0: - ScapeMaker 3.0 has its own screen with two DEM buffers displayed in 16 shades of gray - All DEM operations (creation, processing, loading, and saving) can use either visible DEM buffer - Triple user interface "2.0 type, 3D-beveled look" push button user interface Menus with keyboard shortcuts ARexx and AmigaDOS script remote control of all features - Uses 2.0 File Requester under AmigaDOS 2.x - Loads/Saves/Creates/Processes 258x258 and 514x514 point DEM files - Improved DEM generation from HAM images - Improved variable symetric smoothing - Improved accuracy and speed (still 100% FAST assembly language) DEM processing functions (with WYSIWYG display of results) include: - Add DEMs/Subtract DEMs/Clear DEM/Smooth DEB (variable) - Add/Subtract constant value (controlled by slider) to/from a DEM - Multiply/Divide a DEM by a constant value (controlled by slider) - Logical operations on DEMs - AND, OR, EOR, NEG, NOT (via ARexx or AmigaDOS scripts) DEM creating functions include: - Load most IFF images (320x200 up to 768x592, including HAM) - Outline image region up to 258x258 or 514x514 pixels - Load existing 258x258 or 514x514 DEMs for processing into new combinations - Inset function to insert a new partial DEM into an existing DEM - Create DEM by a pixel's color palette number or 12-bit color value - Create DEM as positive (extruded) or negative (carved) elevations List Price $64.95 ($3.00 shipping in North America). Available NOW! Upgrades: Registered owners of ScapeMake 2.0 - Send $25.00 with original ScapeMaker 2.0 disk. Registered owners of ScapoeMaker 1.0 - send $35.00 with original ScapeMake 1.0 disk. All orders to California must add 7.75% tax. Upgrades shipped free in North America. For more information or to place orders contact Daniel Wolf at MegageM at 805/349-1104 or write to 1903 Adria, Santa Maria, CA 93454. -*- *StarShip* Amiga *Flash* 7th of 9 Stories _ AmiTrix' SCSI-TV -- CDTV SCSI controller / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / - \ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- December 1992 / ___ \ (_/ \_)miTrix Development of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, announces their upcoming product, SCSI-TV -- a CDTV SCSI controller. - DMA device. - Supports all devices supported by the Commodore A2091. - Supports the Amiga AUTOCONFIG standard. - Autobooting capability with Rigid Disk Block support. - Supports SCSI-direct protocol. - Includes easy to use installation software. - Mounts internally using the expansion connector accessable at the rear of the CDTV. Your warranty is still valid since the case is not opened. - Interface uses the CDTV power supply. - Internal and external SCSI connectors provided. - Can mount a 2-inch laptop drive on the board. Suggested retail price is $150 US, $190 Canadian. Official release date is January 15th, 1993. AmiTrix Development is a group of registered Amiga developers. SCSI-TV is our first entry in the mass market, though if anyone needs a pipeline inspection system we've got one of those, too. For more information contact: AmiTrix Development 7011 93 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6B 0W7 Fax: (403) 929-5356 -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 8th of 9 Stories ____ SAS/C (R) Maintenance Release V6.1 / ___) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( (__ \__ \ ___) ) (____/AS Institute announces a maintenance release (version 6.1) which patches the Version 6.0 release of the SAS/C Development System for the Amiga. Patches are installed via Commodore's Installer, and the original 6.0 disks are required during the installation process. The patch archive is named SC6_1.LHA and is available for downloading from the Pro/Am Software Library on GEnie. It contains both text and AmigaGuide documents describing all patches made. Many pieces of the compiler package are patched with this release. Though most of the patches are bug fixes (such as fread() not setting the EOF bit, so that feof() wouldn't work), a few patches add extra functionality (such as Public Screen support in SCMSG etc.) This patch is freely-redistributable. Please, pass the file as far and wide as possible, that all SAS/C owners may benefit from this release. The following files will be modified during the 6.1 patch installation process: Drawer Files ------ ----- SC: read.me SC:C smake, slink, se, scopts, scmsg, cpr, cprx, cprk, scompact, omd, dumpobj, hypergst, asm, oml, lstat, lprof, sc5, tb, lctosc SC:LIBS sc1.library, sc2.library, schi.library, scpeep.library, sekeymap.library, scdebug.library, sclist.library SC:ENV se.dat SC:LIB all .lib files and startup modules SC:INCLUDE fcntl.h, stat.h, dos.h, mffp.h, mieeedoub.h, m68881.h, stdarg.h, sys/dir.h, proto/all.h, proto/layers.h, pragmas/intuition_pragmas.h SC:REXX findsym.se, showcli.cpr, showprocess.cpr SC:HELP sc_prob.guide, sc_lib.guide, sc_change.guide, scmsg.guide, sc_util.guide, sc.guide, cpr.guide SC:SOURCE autoopenfail.c, _main.c, _oserr.c, intuitlib.c, _cxferr.c, c.a, cback.a SC:EXTRAS TTX/instructions, CED/rexx/ced/Compile.ced -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 9th of 9 Stories LucasArts Presents an Original Indy Adventure for Amiga: ____ Indiana Jones(R) and The Fate of Atlantis(tm) / _ ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___/ San Rafael, CA -- December 1992 / / (_/laying at a sofware store near you: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, an original, thrilling graphic adventure for your Amiga from LucasArts Games. Starring Indiana Jones and introducing Madame Sophia Hapgood, Fate of Atlantis is an exciting worldwide race to find the potent magic of Atlantis -- before the Third Reich unleashes the Lost City's power for evil. "Indiana Jones is one of the most engaging characters ever to appear in the movies," said Hal Barwood, Fate of Atlantis designer and himself a movie maker. "Lucasfilm has no plans for another Indy film, but we weren't ready to retire everyone's favorite professor. So, LucasArts Games is sending him on a new archaeological adventure -- an adventure as engrossing, mystical and laden with historical significance as his search for the Art of the Covenant or the Holy Grail." Fate of Atlantis is the largest and most complex game ever published by LucasArts Games. It has over 200 rooms, and artists rendered more than 100 pieces of original background art. The game also features vivid 32-color art, advanced animation techniques and many special-case animated sequences. Fate of Atlantis animators used video rotoscoping to make character movement more realistic. Rotoscoping involves videotaping live people in a variety of activities -- sitting, walking, shifting their weight -- and feeding the tape through a computer paint program. "The animators literally draw the game's characters right over the video images," said Barwood. "Rotoscoping allows us to incorporate nuances into a character's posture and gestures." Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis also features LucasArts Games' exclusive iMUSE(tm)(C) interactive music and sound effects system. The game is designed with three playing paths. Based on choices players make early in the game, they are led down either a "wits," "fists" or "team" path. Further enhancing replayability are complex puzzles with alternative solutions. Fate of Atlantis reflects enhancements to LucasArts Games' point-and-click interface. The game has an icon inventory, and the verb selection is streamlined. "There are so many activities in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, we have seven different interfaces in the game to accomodate them all, including a German submarine, steering a hot air balloon and operating a mysterious Atlantean machine." "The technological enhancements and the brand new adventure are coupled with everything Indiana Jones fans have grown to love," said Barwood. "We maintained the integrity of Indy's character, and once again he's pitted against the Third Reich in a worldwide race to save civilization." Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis emerges from a myth grounded in historical documentation. Plato contemplated Atlantis and wrote about its potent source of energy called orichalcum, and early twentieth-century mystics postulated about the power harnessed by Atlanteans. Fate of Atlantis takes place during the late 1930s, a time when Germany and the United States were racing to develop the first atomic bomb. In the context of Fate of Atlantis, the Nazis believe discovering Atlantis' power source will lead them to victory in the race and domination over the world. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is available for Amiga models 500, 1000, 2000, 2500 and 3000, with a suggested retail price of $59.95. The game can be played off of floppies or hard drive (at least 1 megabyte of memory required), and supports NTSC and PAL monitors. Fate of Atlantis works under Kickstart versions 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0. LucasArts Games creates interactive entertainment for personal computers, video game systems and CD-ROM systems. Games is a division of LucasArts Entertainment Company, a diversified entertainment company located in San Rafael, California. LucasArts is dedicated to quality, innovative entertainment and educational experiences. Its products and services include Academy Award-winning visual effects and sound, television commercials, licensing, public space entertainment, audio systems and educational multimedia products. -*- Over a GIGABYTE of Amiga files in our Library! Catch your limit of Fred FISH Disks from the *StarFish* Library. If you are after a SINGLE PROGRAM on a Fish Disk, SEARCH for it before downloading the disk. 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Among other fine holiday-oriented presentations, enjoy the *StarShip*'s collection of Sing-Along Christmas Carols illustrated with some of the best ASCII Art you've EVER seen! Complete schedule available now on page *SANTA. At Santa's *FREE* Workshop.... _____________________________________________________________________ / \\ | || | March to the beat of your own drummer... || | ___ || | | | || | | | Illustrated || | | | Sing-Along Christmas Carols || | |___| brought to you by the || | \___/ || | : @ @ : || | `. - .' || | ___[o]___ *StarShip* || | ///\ o /\\\ _ _ __ ___ _ || | ~|~ \\o// ~|~ /\\ |\\ /| || // \ /\\ || | | : > < : | / \\ | \\ /|| ||(< ___ / \\ || | | ://o\\: | /--- \\| \X || || \\_||/--- \\ || | \[=====]/ /_______________________________\ || | (__/^\__) || | | | RoundTable on GEnie || | | | | _____ Dec. 5th in National RTC on Page 500 || | | | | (_____) 6-9PM Eastern Time || | | | | |\\_//| || | | | | | \./ | || | |__|__| | /_\ | With thanks to many fine ASCII Artists || | (` | ') |// \\| on GEnieUS Bulletin Board || | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Category 10 Topic 43 || | || \____________________________________________________________________// -*-