Tony's Techie News
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Tony, here are two news 'stories'. Please feel free to
convert them into English. It's been a while since I wrote
news pieces and I'm a little rusty.





Amiga C Club
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When learning to program the Amiga in C you need all the
help you can get - and help is exactly what the Amiga C Club
offers.

It was all started by Anders Bjerin who wrote a disk based C
Encyclopedia, now into it's third edition.  The encyclopedia
is now available on disk from most shareware and public
domain libraries, but it can also be obtained directly from
Anders himself.  

Now the C Club has opened a comprehensive library of disks,
each one crammed with hard-to-obtain information on
programming and debugging. There are also disks containing
text editors, compilers - even the Rom Kernal Manuals in
electronic form.

The club has just opened it's own Bulletin Board, running on
the Xenolink system on an Amiga 2500.  The board is open 24
hours a day to help with those late-nate programming
sessions, and can be reached on Sweden 46 8 765 45 85. 

For more information on joining The C Club, or for more
details on the library, or the colour photograph digitising
and sound sampling service, write to: Anders Bjerin, The
Amiga C Club, Tulevagen 22, 181 41 LIDINGO, Sweden.







Sound improvement
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HiSoft, who recently took incorporated Microdeal into their
fold, have announced two items of interest to Amiga sound
and music fanatics.


The first concerns the upgrading of the Clarity 16-bit
sampling software.  As it uses the parallel port, Clarity
can sometimes get confused when used with Amigas fitted with
a 68020 or better processor.  This is especially unfortunate
as some extra processing welly is needed to make the most of
the 16 bit multi-sample playback features.

The new version 1.5 software finally solves these problems
for good, which means all Amigas, from the humble A600 to
the top of the range A4000 can benefit from Clarity's 16 bit
sound.




Potentionally even more interesting is the information
released regarding a brand new sound sampling package.  As
yet unnamed, the new hardware connects via the PCMCIA slot
on the A1200 and A600 to offer 12 bit stereo sampling, with
a direct to disk option.  When used properly, 12 bit sound
can be almost as good as CD quality 16 bit so all would-be
hifi sample fans should be prepared to rush out and buy in
March.  The best news of all is the price:  provisionally
set at only £79.95, this kit costs only a little more than
standard 8 bit samplers.  Stay with CU Amiga for a full
review. 


Finally, those interested in VideoMaster (reviewed this
issue) will be pleased to learn that the IFF/ANIM conversion
software has been finished and is now being included on the
same disk as the standard VideoMaster software.  The stand
alone utility will convert VideoMaster films into
Amiga-standard ANIM files which can be played back with most
animation players.


HiSoft: 0525 713716