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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 of COMPUTE's Amiga Resource, for his input. Here we go!... DateLine: July 31, 1992 This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -* Late-Breaking BULLETIN! -* AmigaWorld Names New Editor-in-Chief 1. Commodore Tangles with Knight-Ridder Columnist 2. Quantum Unveils New Low-Cost Drives 3. AirMouse Remote Control for Presentation Computers 4. Next Week's *StarShip* Amiga Conferences 5. Designing Minds Announces Amiga Business Front 6. Letter to SunRize AD1012 Owners about 16-bit AD516 Board 7. MegaFortress: Big, Bad, and Armed to the Teeth! Late-Breaking BULLETIN Added Friday Night 7/31/92 ______ AmigaWorld Names New Editor-in-Chief (__ __) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / / / (_/echMedia Publishing, Inc., publishers of AmigaWorld, has just announced the appointment of Dennis Brisson as editor-in-chief. In his new role, Brisson will oversee the editorial direction and quality, manage the budget and supervise the editorial staff of the monthly publication. Brisson will continue his duties as editor-in-chief of RUN, a position he has held since the magazine's inception in 1983. The appointment, which goes into effect immediately, recognizes Brisson's performance and contribution to the company over the years, according to TechMedia president Dale Strang. Dennis has excellent management skills, as well as a broad knowledge of the Commodore market, which were evident in his tenure at RUN and will be carried over to his role at AmigaWorld. He helped to establish RUN as the sole remaining magazine dedicated to the Commodore eight-bit market. His increased responsibilities will greatly benefit the TechMedia unit," Strang said. Brisson, who brings over 14 years of editorial management experience to the position, replaces former editor-in-chief Doug Barney, who has accepted a position with the InfoWorld bureau based in Massachusetts. AmigaWorld, the leading magazine for Amiga computer users, is a publication of IDG Communications, the world's largest publisher of computer-related information with over 150 computer publications in more than 50 countries. RUN and InfoWorld are also IDG publications. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 1st of 7 Stories Commodore Tangles with Knight-Ridder Columnist ____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) A Letter From Commodore ( (__ \__ \ ___) )everal Knight-Ridder newspapers across the country published Phillip (____/ Robinson's column this month in which he declared that the Amiga is dead. The following is Commodore's response: Commodore is aware of the activity on computer networks in response to the "Amiga/Slow Death" article written by Mr. Phillip Robinson. Commodore wants to assure all you who are concerned that we are not taking this lightly, and would appreciate your help in responding to Mr. Robinson and to newspapers who have reprinted the article. Therefore, we are providing the information that follows. It is a version of a correspondence sent to dealers in market areas where the article has appeared. All of us at Commodore share your concern about this story. The Commodore marketing and communications staff agree that this story is one-sided, contains several inaccuracies, and does not communicate the current thrust of our emerging, dynamic and leading U.S. business presence in multimedia and related applications. Specific Actions And An Update We've had two conversations with Mr. Robinson since his article first appeared. We communicated to him all of the reasons why suggesting that "Amiga is dying a slow death" couldn't be further from the truth! We have one additional interview scheduled with Mr. Robinson next Wednesday (July 29th). He will be writing a follow-up article after the interview. The follow-up article will appear first in the San Jose Mercury News and then will be distributed through the Knight Ridder distribution channels to your local paper. That process usually takes up to two weeks. Mr. Robinson reports that the feedback he's currently receiving from the "Amiga/Slow Death" article is the heaviest he's experienced in the eight years of doing this column. He reports that some of the more virulent negative feedback has included threats of violence. We of course do not endorse violent feedback of any kind. But you can take constructive steps to channel your negative reaction to Mr. Robinson's article. You can help manage the negative public perception Mr. Robinson's article has created by taking action with your local broadcast and print media. Please consider doing the the following: 1) Write a letter to the editor of the newspaper that ran the Robinson article. Correct the record. Use some of the message points we've provided. Voice your strong objection to the one-sided and ridiculous suggestion that Amiga and Commodore have no future. 2) Send a copy of your letter to the editor directly to Phillip Robinson. His address is P.O. Box 1357, Sausolito, CA 94966 (as printed in the San Jose Mercury News). 3) If you wish, voice your opinion to Mr. Robinson by leaving a voice-mail message for him at (415) 289-9498. Do this in the next seven days so you have impact on his follow-up article. Here are the primary message points that Commodore hopes to get across to Mr. Robinson. Perhaps you can include some of them in your letters to the editor: * Commodore is a one billion dollar company. * There are more that three million Amigas installed worldwide. * Phillip Robinson's recent article, which talks about a "slow death" for the Amiga, was written with no input from Commodore. * Commodore is not "killing" the Amiga. In fact, the company, and its developer network, currently are working on several enhancements to the Amiga product line. Significant product announcements are planned this Fall at the World of Commodore show in Pasadena. * Approximately 1000 dealers distribute the Amiga in the United States. * Commodore recently signed a sole national distribution agreement with Merisel, Inc., the world's largest publicly held distributor of microcomputer hardware and software products. * Commodore recently signed a strategic product reseller agreement with Digital Equipment Corporation. * Commodore, its shareholders, its dealers, its developers, and its end-user base continue to have a long-term commitment to the Amiga and its future as a multimedia, business and consumer microcomputer. * Commodore (and the Amiga) is a pioneer in the emerging multimedia market. The company and its independent developers actually are helping define multimedia. Many companies say they are "in" multimedia without really knowing what that means. Commodore has a strong end-user base executing a wide variety of multimedia applications today. * Multimedia is not a single market or application. Multimedia is a method of designing and integrating computer technologies on a single platform that enables the end-user to input, create, manipulate, and output text, graphics, audio and video with a single user interface. * Commodore is focusing on four key business markets, for professional applications, in the United Sates: videography, professional training, kiosk information systems, and presentation systems. The company has significant market share in each of these business markets. * The company recently launched an aggressive marketing and advertising campaign to support and increase its leadership position in these four key business markets. In addition, Commodore is updating industry trade editors and reporters about the company's U.S. business strategy against these four key professional markets. * Commodore has added new senior management to the consumer side of the business. The company plans to extend current strengths of the Amiga into consumer channels with a variety of product announcements and new consumer applications during the next 12 months. * NewTek is a valued developer. The Video Toaster is a great Amiga peripheral. But the Amiga is much, much more than just a power supply for NewTek's Video Toaster. In fact, to say that the Amiga is "just a power supply for the toaster" is a totally wrong and misguided depiction of the Amiga. And, NewTek's Video Toaster is dependent on the Amiga's custom chip technology. * The Amiga offers the best "price/performance" for multimedia computing solutions available today. In addition, the Amiga provides "traditional" office computing applications and a wide variety of entertainment packages. The Amiga also provides options to read and write MS-DOS and MacIntosh files. * This is the most exciting time in the history of Commodore and Amiga computing. The company's visibility in the microcomputer industry should increase significantly during the next year as new programs, products, strategies and applications mature. Final Thoughts We are taking specific steps not only regarding this incident but also to ensure that we regain more leverage and positive coverage in the general media and reporting environment going forward. To that end, we're planning some specific press events at both World of Commodore and Fall Comdex. We've also begun an intensive telephone contact campaign to strengthen our ongoing relationships with hundreds of editors, reporters, and freelancers who write about Commodore and the Amiga. We are committed to increasing the flow of accurate information to these important and influential media audiences. In the meantime, please help us with the impressions precipitated by the Robinson article; follow through on the recommendations we've made in this correspondence. Please consider faxing Mandi Griffies, in our corporate communications department, copies of any correspondence you generate on behalf of this effort and report subsequent media feedback and results directly to her. Her fax number is (215) 431-9465. Thank you for your concern and partnership. P.S. "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." -- Mark Twain, 1897 -*- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IMPORTANT Upcoming Trade Shows! * * ******************************* * * * * World of Commodore/Amiga Fall COMDEX * * September 11-13, 1992 November 16-20, 1992 * * Pasadena, California Las Vegas, Nevada * * Convention Center Convention Center * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you just can't be there, catch the *StarShip* 5-MINUTE * * Weekend News for live, on-the-scene Coverage! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 2nd of 7 Stories Quantum Unveils New Low-Cost Drives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _ _ Family of no-compromise 3 1/2-inch drives / \/ \ targets growing price-sensitive systems market / \ / /\ /\ \ (_/ \/ \_)ilpitas, Calif, July 27, 1992 -- Quantum Corporation (PTC:QNTM) today announced a family of one-inch-high, 3 1/2 inch form factor drives that delivers the highest reliability and best value in its class. The move marks Quantum's strategy to serve a major segment of the personal computer market: entry-level, low-cost desktop systems. Quantum's new ProDrive ELS(tm) drives for IBM-compatible and Macintosh [*StarShip* News Note: and Amiga] systems feature the broad capacity range (42, 85, 127, and 170 megabytes), very high reliability (projected field MTBF of 250,000 hours), and high performance (seek times as fast as 17 milliseconds) required by today's newly affordable 386/486-class PCS. With these features, the IDE-AT and SCSI drives offer the best value in their class with pricing at or below $340 for the 170 MB evaluation units. As such, they represent the first no-compromise drive solutions for one of the largest segments of the personal computer industry. "Low-cost systems have emerged as one of today's most important PC market segments with many suppliers contending for a share of the market," said Michael A. Brown, Quantum executive vice president. "Now, even the largest OEM companies are focusing on this segment, and Quantum is there with the drives they need." According to Brown, Quantum designed the ProDrive ELS drives in direct response to the demands of this market. "We worked closely with several major manufacturers and our leading distribution customers to determine exactly what capacities and features these drives should offer," said Brown. "As a result, the drives combine the high quality Quantum is well-known for with price points appropriate for price-sensitive systems. This, in turn, will be a significant plus for Quantum in the high-volume, low-cost systems marketplace." There is significant market opportunity for ProDrive ELS-class products according to industry analysts. Market researcher, Dataquest, predicts that shipments of low-cost ($1,000-$3,000) 386/486-class systems will make up nearly 80 percent of the 1993 systems market, with those desktop machines offering 80-200 MB of disk drive capacity seeing the strongest demand. No-Compromise Reliability and Performance for Today's Affordable Systems Quantum specifically designed the ProDrive ELs family to deliver the combined benefits of high reliability, high performance, and low cost. The new drives feature a lower-parts count than competing products, contributing to a 250,000-hour projected field MTBF -- the highest of any drives in their class. Other factors contributing to reliability, performance, and affordability include: * a high level of component integration to achieve a single-sided printed- circuit board, with only 11 ICs; * an integrated motor and base casting to eliminate parts and simplify manufacturing * and leveraging of successful designs and mature, proven processes and technologies found in other Quantum products. As with Quantum's earlier ProDrive products, the ProDrive ELS drives provide both DisCache(R) and WriteCache(TM) firmware to deliver significant improvements in data throughput during both read and write operations. In addition, Read/Write Multiple firmware is available in the IDE-AT drive and allows the transfer of data to and from the drive in block sizes larger than one sector, also improving data throughput rates. The ProDrive ELS drives' low power consumption (less than 2.5 watts during idle mode) allows system manufacturers to use smaller power supplies, permitting further cost reductions for entry level systems. In addition, the drive's low acoustic noise (less than 36 dBA during idle mode) provide for a quieter system. The ProDrive ELS drives are offered with an embedded IDE-AT or SCSI controller. Availability and pricing Evaluation units of the new ProDrive ELS drives are available now for OEM customers and early this Fall for distribution customers. OEM evaluation unit pricing for IDE-AT drives is $170, $230, $280, and $320 for the ProDrive EL 42, 85, 127, and 170 MB versions, respectively. (OEM evaluation unit pricing for SCSI drives is $180, $240, $300, and $340.) The drives offer a one-year standard warranty with a two-year extended option for OEMS purchasing directly from Quantum. For distributor and reseller customers, Quantum offers a two-year standard warranty on these products. About Quantum Quantum Corporation is a leading independent manufacturer of mass storage systems for a broad range of computer systems including desktop work- stations, personal computers, and advanced notebook computers. The company markets its drives directly to OEMs through a broad range of distributors to value-added resellers and smaller OEMs, and through dealers and retail outlets in more than 40 countries worldwide. Quantum also markets its products direct to end users through its direct marketing subsidiary, LaCie Ltd. Quantum ranked among the Fortune 500 for the first time in 1991 and reported sales for its 1992 fiscal year, ended March 31, 1992, of more than $1.1 billion. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 3rd of 7 Stories ______ AirMouse Remote Control for Presentation Computers (__ __) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / / / (_/he AirMouse Remote Control developed and manufactured by Selectech, Ltd., of Colchester, Vermont, is the simplest solution to the complexity of today's interactive presentation equipment. This revolutionary device operates like a computer mouse, yet has no wires and requires no hard surface. The presenter (involved in business, educational, or training purposes) can control his equipment from up to 10 meters (32 feet) away from a tiny base station that sits near the projection system. The AirMouse is compatible with IBM and IBM-clones running DOS and Windows, Apple Macintosh, Commodore Amiga, Commodore CDTV, Philips CD-I, and most recently, OS/2. The Typical Problem for Today's Presenters: Make a presentation to 50 people while operating numerous pieces of interactive equipment which are run by an equal number of tethered control devices. Result: The equipment runs the presenter. AirMouse Remote to the Rescue: The AirMouse point-and-pick technology puts the presenter back in control. With the wave of one hand the user pulls down menus, selects specific menu items, clicks and drags, opens and closes files and more. All with one device at the touch of just two buttons. Selectech, Ltd. received the First Place 1991 Achievement Award from the International Communications Industries Association (ICIA) for the AirMouse Remote Control. The award was presented during this year's INFOCOMM trade show in Washington, DC. This distinction represents the ICIA'S highest recognition for contribution to the communications industry. Selectech follows previous recipients including NEC Technologies, Inc., JVC Products Co., and Compaq Computer Corporation as a company "which has developed and marketed a specific innovative and effective communications product." AirMouse Remote Control Specifications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REMOTE CONTROL Linear Range 10 Meters Angular Range +/- 30 degrees Vertical +/- 60 degrees Horizontal Pointing Angle +/- 20 degrees of Arc (+/- 10 degrees of arc by special order) Power Requirement 9 Volt Alkaline Battery Detector Sensitivity Automatic IR Pulse Power Automatic On-Screen Detection Automatic Ambient Light Rejection Automatic Primary Pick Switch Momentary Secondary Pick Switch Momentary Low Battery Indicator Red LED On-Screen Indicator Green LED Packaging Molded Plastic BASE STATION Power Requirement External AC Adapter Reporting Rate (14) X,Y Packets/sec IR Pulse Power Automatic Power Switch Rear Panel Slide Power Indicator Red LED Remote Recognition Green LED Packaging Molded Plastic Serial Connector 8-Pin Mini-DIN Female ACCESSORIES 10' 8-Pin Mini-DIN Male to 9-Pin D Female 10' 8-Pin Mini-DIN Male to 8-Pin Mini-DIN Male AC Adapter with 12VDC Output @ 300mA DOS Driver for Microsoft Mouse Emulation Windows 3.0 Driver OS/2 Driver Macintosh 6.0X Driver AmigaDOS 1.3 Driver User's Manual 9 Volt Alkaline Battery AirMouse Remote Control for Presentation Computers is available immediately. Suggested retail price: $595.00. Call or visit your dealer or call 800/655-9600 for a dealer near you. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 4th of 7 Stories ___________________________________________________________________________ | | | Next Week's *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| |__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________| | 2Hardware 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |6PM:CLINIC| | o/~ | AmiGames | | New | Amiga | |5-MIN News| DeskTop | |with Zach!|v-v-Video!|*StarShip*|Party Time| | 3PM-3AM |Publishing| Mikey's | ------ | with | 5-MINUTE | -*- | |10:Chrispy|with Mike | Music |Programing| Yury & | Newscast |5-MIN News| | Graphics |& COLORBAT| Night |at Pro/Am | Guests | 6PM-3AM | 3PM-3AM | |__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________| 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 EDT for live, on-the-spot help. *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 5th of 7 Stories ______ Designing Minds Announces Business Front / __ ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / ) / / /__/ / (______/esigning Minds Software announces the release of Business Front, professional accounting software for the Amiga series of computers. A company spokesperson described the software as a complete business accounting program featuring GL (General Ledger), AR (Accounts Receivable) and AP (Accounts Payable). General Ledger Features Include: - User definable chart of accounts - Account numbers have sub-account numbers for job-costing - Standard built-in financial reports - Flexible report formats through Top Form Accounts Receivable Features Include: - Alpha-numeric customer numbers for easy recall - Automatic interest calculations for overdue accounts - Complete aging reports with or without details - Complete customer information - User definable terms of sale (Cash, COD, Net 30, etc.) - Automatic discounts available based on payment terms Accounts Payable Features Include: - Alpha-numeric vendor numbers for easy recall - Complete aging reports - Bills due reports - Mark bills for payment, partial or full - Maintains check register of transactions - Search payments by invoice number or vendor number System Features Include: - Modularized programs. Customize system by selecting only modules needed. - 32,500 records per file, i.e. Transactions, Accounts, Vendors, Customers, etc. - Periodic and Fiscal Compaction available to maintain workable file size. - Carry balance from year to year. - Password Protection System Requirements are Amiga 500/2000/3000 with 1 Meg RAM; hard drive recommended for greater ease of use. Shipping September 1, 1992! Retail priced at $129.00 per module. Available through all major distributor channels. For more information, contact Designing Minds Software, 3006 North Main, Logan, Utah 84321, or call 801/753-4947 Mon-Fri MST 10AM to 6PM. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 6th of 7 Stories Letter to AD1012 owners... SunRize Industries 2959 S, Winchester Blvd., Suite 204 Campbell, CA 95008 Telephone 408/374-4962 15 July 1992 Dear AD1012 Owner: I am writing to give you first shot at upgrading to our revolutionary new 16-bit audio card. We've spent a long time working on this next generation board, and it was worth it! Not only is it STEREO and 16-bits ("CD quality"), it's 8 TRACKS! You can't get that anywhere else, on any computer platform, at any price. Plus, the AD516 comes with version 2.0 of Studio 16. This feature-packed upgrade adds many enhancements to the editor, cue list, open list, and other modules. For example, unique "drag & drop" technology lets you drag names from the open list and drop them into the cue list. But before I get into the details, I want to mention that demand for the AD516 is far outstripping our first production run. If you want one of these first boards, be sure and get your order in today. AD516 To increase the number of tracks on the AD516, we had to add extra hardware. This special circuitry quadruples the data transfer efficiency over the AD1012. With the AD516, a stock 68000-based Amiga 2000 can now play four simultaneous tracks at 44.1KHz. An accelerated Amiga can play 8 tracks. Plus, we bumped the card's RAM from 64K to 256K. This extra RAM allows more tracks and will be used in future software upgrades for special effects. The AD516 sounds great! Its 16 bits improve the dynamic range to 85 decibels and the frequency response to 22KHz. The AD516 uses the latest "delta sigma" technology in the playback and record circuitry which also features 64 times oversampling. Compare that to most CD players that are only 4 or 8 times oversampling. The AD516 offers 14 standard sampling rates from 5.5KHz to 48KHz. Each rate is crystal controlled for accuracy. Also, on chip digital input gain adjustment is provided for easy level setting. As well as two "audio in" jacks and two "audio out" jacks, the AD516 includes an LTC SMPTE time code reader similar to the AD1012's. Used with the cue list, you can synchronize stereo sound to video tape. Studio 16 version 2.0 Shipping with the AD516 is Studio 16 version 2.0. This new software has features added to most modules, support for stereo, and usability improvements. Most modules now use menus along with keyboard shortcuts. New "drag and drop" technology allows you to drag entries from the open list, and drop them in the transport or the cue list. The new open list allows up to eight different working directories. These can all be on one or multiple hard disks. So now you can play sounds from different hard disks at the same time. For example, this is useful when a single hard drive is too slow or small. Or when you have common samples on an internal drive and project-specific sounds on a removable Syquest drive. The editor includes many improvements, just some of which are listed here. You can now play the display, loop, change the sampling rate of a sample ("resample"), zero a range, insert silence at any point, invert a range, or echo a range. A new grid provides a visual reference on the display. And a new FFT function will graph the frequency components of sound. You can now define multiple ranges inside a sample and give these "regions" a name. Regions can be triggered in the cue list, allowing you to trigger part of a sample without making a copy. Many enhancements to the cue list have also been made. Samples can now be easily entered by dragging them from the open list. The start time code will automatically set if time code is running while recording. A new stop button makes it easy to stop playback. When entering time codes, you can leave out the colons and leading zeros. You can now merge two cue lists, or enter a global time code offset. You can quickly create new entries with the current time code by pressing a key. In addition to the cue list changes, Studio 16 version 2.0 allows you to specify time code points to start and stop recording. Also included is a complete ARexx port for interfacing with third-party software. Reserve Your Card Now! The new AD516/Studio 16 combo is the most advanced audio system available for the Amiga. And it's completely compatible with your AD1012 recorded sounds. I'm so confident that you'll love it that I'm offering a no questions asked, 60 day money-back guarantee. In addition, since you own an AD1012, you can receive a FULL credit upgrade. The AD516 has a list price of $1495. Your credit for returning the AD1012 will be the price you paid (as indicated by your receipt) or $500, whichever you prefer. In the case of the latter, your special AD516 upgrade price is $995. If you order by credit card, we will send your AD516 without waiting for your AD1012. You can then return the AD1012 at your convenience (within 15 days of receiving the AD516). The first production run of AD516s will ship on August 15th, 1992. The initial run will be FULLY PRESOLD. To reserve one of these boards, you must order within the next 15 days. Call today at 408/374-4962 for Visa/Mastercard or COD orders. If you don't take advantage of this offer, you may have to wait several months for the AD516! Call today! Best regards, Anthony J. Wood President P.S. Don't forget; the AD516 is the ONLY 8 track sound board available anywhere. And, you get a full 60 day money-back guarantee. P.P.S. Due to demand, you MUST reserve your AD516 in advance. -*- *StarShip* Amiga *Flash* 7th of 7 Stories MegaFortress! ____ Big, Bad, and Armed to the Teeth! / ___) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / / (__ (_____)ampbell, Calif, July 27, 1992 -- Forget the run-of-the-mill flight simulators you're familiar with. MegaFortress is the enemy's worst nightmare! Three-Sixty, Inc. has released MegaFortress, a nearly invisible attacker which carries enough firepower to destroy the most heavily defended targets in the word. Now, for the first time, Amiga users can test their skill at long range strategic air assault. Based on Dale Brown's best-selling novel "Flight of the Old Dog," MegaFortress features the modified B-52H Stratofortress aircraft loaded with state-of-the-art sensory apparatus and weapons systems. The arsenal includes the latest air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, anti-radar missiles, air mine rockets, high-explosive "iron" bombs and infra-red guided glide bombs. In addition, the program includes state-of-the-art radar and 3D terrain mapping screens. MegaFortress's 31 missions take place in three theatres: Desert Storm, Eastern USSR, and the USA Red Flag training area in Nevada. In each mission the user will play the role of pilot, copilot, navigator, electronic warfare and offensive weapons officer simultaneously. Along with confronting numerous threats from enemy fighters and SAM's, the user must master the art of resource management. MegaFortress is available NOW and is distributed exclusively in North America by Electronic Arts Distribution under its Affiliated Label program. Category: Military Simulation Suggested Retail Price: Amiga - $59.95; also available for IBM - $39.95. Amiga 500, 1000, 2000, 2500 and 3000; requires Kickstart 1.3 or 2.04. 1 MB of RAM required. 3D VGA graphics. AdLib and Sound Blaster sound compatible. Three-Sixty, Inc. is a privately held developer and publisher of personal computer entertainment software for IBM PC's and compatibles, the Commodore Amiga and the Macintosh. -*- We have them ALL! 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. Most are available separately! _______________________________________________________________ | | | | | 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). | | * /\ / | |_________________________________________________ ___/ \___ _| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \ oo / ~ . \ \__/ / _ (*) We would like to know about it / \ if you do, and you can tell us \ /\ / *FREE* by leaving Feedback to / \/ \/ \ the SysOps on GEnie Page 555. *StarFish* Librarian The August July issue of ViewPort, the *StarShip* newsletter, will be available SOON on GEnie*Basic! Open your buffer and select Menu #9 on Page 555. (Back issues are available from the Software Library.) ViewPort is FREE --- Don't miss it!