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Summary: Index of all reviewed products, plus list of new reviews
Keywords: monthly posting, index


    This is the index of all products that have been reviewed in
comp.sys.amiga.reviews, and all of the administrative articles which
are posted at the beginning of every month.

This document was last modified:    January 2, 1993

------ New Reviews This Month ------
A530 Turbo accelerator and hard drive
AD1012 12-bit direct-to-hard-disk audio board (MINI)
AsimCDFS 1.1 (followup)
Civilization
Derringer accelerator board for A500/A2000
Final Copy II
Final Copy II
One Stop Music Shop (MINI)
PhonePak VFX 1.01 FAX and Voice Mail system
Sportster modem
Tom Landry Strategy Football
World of Commodore-Amiga, Toronto (December 1992)

    The following is a list of all products that have been reviewed in
comp.sys.amiga.reviews.  These reviews are available for anonymous FTP from
math.uh.edu in the directory pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews.  If you
cannot use FTP, you may request copies of these reviews by e-mail.  To
request one or more of the reviews, simply send e-mail to

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Ask for the reviews by NAME and AUTHOR, and please include your own
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    If you would like to write a review, read the monthly "Introduction
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it by e-mail, as above.

    NOTE:  The word "(MINI)" after a product name indicates that the
review was a "mini review", not a full review.

------ Index of Reviewed Products ------

4D Sports Driving
 Vendor:   Mindscape
 Keywords: game, arcade, driving, stunts, commercial
 Date:     May 14, 1992
 Reviewer: Mark Sachs <[e-mail]>

A530 Turbo accelerator and hard drive
 Vendor:   Great Valley Products (GVP)
 Keywords: hardware, A500, accelerator, 68030, commercial
 Date:     Dec 3, 1992
 Reviewer: Lynn Winebarger <[e-mail]>

AD1012 12-bit direct-to-hard-disk audio board (MINI)
 Vendor:   SunRize Industries
 Keywords: hardware, audio, sampling, hard disk recording, commercial
 Date:     Dec 22, 1992
 Reviewer: Brian T. Cheek <[e-mail]>

AdIDE
 Vendor:   ICD Inc.
 Keywords: hardware, interface, hard drive, ide, commercial
 Date:     May 23, 1991
 Reviewer: Adam Benjamin <[e-mail]>

Amiga 3000T
 Vendor:   Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
 Keywords: hardware, system, 3000T, tower, commercial
 Date:     Apr 19, 1992
 Reviewer: Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

Amiga 3000T (followup)
 Vendor:   Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
 Keywords: hardware, system, 3000T, tower, commercial, followup
 Date:     Nov 11, 1992
 Reviewer: Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

Amiga 4000 (MINI)
 Vendor:   Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
 Keywords: Amiga, computer, hot topic, commercial
 Date:     Oct 5, 1992
 Reviewer: David Lebel <[e-mail]>

Amiga 4000
 Vendor:   Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
 Keywords: Amiga, computer, hot topic, commercial
 Date:     Oct 26, 1992
 Reviewer: Steve Koren <[e-mail]>

Amiga 4000
 Vendor:   Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
 Keywords: Amiga, computer, hot topic, commercial
 Date:     Nov 24, 1992
 Reviewer: John Lindwall <excalib!flooby![e-mail]>

Amiga Accelerator System (68000) 14MHz hack
 Vendor:   Livio Plos and Joerg Richter
 Keywords: hardware, accelerator, hack, shareware
 Date:     Sep 21, 1992
 Reviewer: Janne Siren <[e-mail]>

AmigaDOS Manual (3rd Edition)
 Vendor:   Bantam Books and Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
 Keywords: manual, documentation, AmigaDOS, 2.0, commercial
 Date:     In the AMReport online magazine
 Reviewer: Charles Hill/InfoTrak <[e-mail]>

AmigaUtil II
 Vendor:   Marc Lafontaine (Shareware)
 Keywords: utility, disk, file manipulation, shareware
 Date:     In the AMReport online magazine
 Reviewer: Charles Hill/InfoTrak <[e-mail]>

AmigaTEX
 Vendor:   Radical Eye Software
 Keywords: application, page layout, tex, commercial
 Date:     Oct 15, 1991
 Reviewer: Stewart Russell <[e-mail]>

AMOS 3D and Compiler
 Vendor:   Mandarin Software
 Keywords: language, basic, amos, commercial
 Date:     by Andrew Farrell in the AMReport online magazine
 Reviewer: Charles Hill/InfoTrak <[e-mail]>

AMOS: The Creator
 Vendor:   Mandarin Software
 Keywords: language, basic, amos, commercial
 Date:     In the AMReport online magazine
 Reviewer: Charles Hill/InfoTrak <[e-mail]>

AMOS Professional (MINI)
 Vendor:   Europress Software Ltd.
 Keywords: programming, games, commercial
 Date:     Oct 29, 1992
 Reviewer: Paul Dale <[e-mail]>

AmTRAC Trackball
 Vendor:   MicroSpeed
 Keywords: hardware, controller, trackball, commercial
 Date:     Jan 22, 1992
 Reviewer: Greg B. Eanes <[e-mail]>

Armour-Geddon
 Vendor:   Psygnosis
 Keywords: game, arcade, strategy, flight simulation, commercial
 Date:     Aug 12, 1991
 Reviewer: Steve Koren <[e-mail]>

AsimCDFS CDROM Filesystem
 Vendor:   Asimware Innovations
 Keywords: CDROM, filesystem, driver, multimedia, commercial
 Date:     Oct 1, 1992
 Reviewer: Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

ATonce
 Vendor:   Vortex Computersysteme GmbH
 Keywords: hardware, emulation, ibm compatibility, commercial
 Date:     Mar 09, 1991
 Reviewer: Todd Lowe <[e-mail]>

Birds Of Prey
 Vendor:   Argonaut Software, published by Electronic Arts
 Keywords: game, flight simulation, commercial
 Date:     Jan 30, 1992
 Reviewer: Steve Koren <[e-mail]>

Black Crypt
 Vendor:   Electronic Arts
 Keywords: game, dungeon, adventure, role-playing, commercial
 Date:     Nov 15, 1992
 Reviewer: Ken Sequeira <[e-mail]>

CDROM survey
 Vendor:   Various manufacturers
 Keywords: CDROM, hardware
 Date:     Sep 3, 1992
 By:       Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

Christmas Lemmings  (MINI)
 Vendor:   Psygnosis
 Keywords: game, strategy, arcade, lemmings, freely distributable
 Date:     Dec 26, 1991
 Reviewer: David Gilbert <aeshq![e-mail]>

Civilization
 Vendor:   MicroProse Software
 Keywords: game, simulation, conquest, strategy, commercial
 Date:     Dec 17, 1992
 Reviewer: Jeffrey Grimmett <[e-mail]>

ColorBurst
 Vendor:   Memory and Storage Technology (MAST)
 Keywords: hardware, graphics, display, 24 bit, commercial
 Date:     Aug 07, 1991
 Reviewer: Donald Richard Tillery Jr <[e-mail]>

Comeau C++ v2.1  (An update to the following review)
 Vendor:   Comeau Computing
 Keywords: programming, language, c++, compiler, commercial
 Date:     Apr 17, 1992
 Reviewer: Kenneth Jamieson <[e-mail]>

Comeau C++
 Vendor:   Comeau Computing
 Keywords: programming, language, c++, compiler, commercial
 Date:     Apr 09, 1991
 Reviewer: Kenneth Jamieson <[e-mail]>

Computer Shopping Network (mailorder company)
 Vendor:   Computer Shopping Network
 Keywords: vendor, mailorder, commercial
 Date:     Nov 10, 1992
 Reviewer: Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

Curse Of The Azure Bonds
 Vendor:   Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI)
 Keywords: game, adventure, role playing, commercial
 Date:     Mar 19, 1991
 Reviewer: George Jorgensen <mdcsc![e-mail]>

DCTV
 Vendor:   Digital Creations
 Keywords: hardware, graphics, video, commercial
 Date:     Dec 11, 1991
 Reviewer: Brian C. Wright <[e-mail]>

Derringer accelerator board for A500/A2000
 Vendor:   Computer System Associates (CSA)
 Keywords: accelerator, 68030, hardware, A500, A2000, commercial
 Date:     Dec 10, 1992
 Reviewer: Chris Pappe <[e-mail]>

DesignWorks
 Vendor:   New Horizons Software, Inc.
 Keywords: application, graphics, structured drawing, cad, commercial
 Date:     Jul 13, 1991
 Reviewer: James Kummer <[e-mail]>

Distant Suns 4.0
 Vendor:   Virtual Reality Labs, Inc. (VRLI)
 Keywords: application, education, astronomy, commercial
 Date:     Oct 15, 1991
 Reviewer: Steve Koren <[e-mail]>

Domino 24-bit graphics board
 Vendor:   X-Pert Computer Services
 Keywords: hardware, graphics, 24-bit, Zorro card, commercial
 Date:     Nov 3, 1992
 Reviewer: Oliver Eichhorn <[e-mail]>

Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
 Vendor:   ReadySoft, Inc.
 Keywords: game, arcade, commercial
 Date:     May 23, 1991
 Reviewer: Joe B Reeves <[e-mail]>

Epic
 Vendor:   Ocean for Digital Image Design
 Keywords: game, arcade, 3D, space, commercial
 Date:     May 17, 1992
 Reviewer: Jarno Kokko <[e-mail]>
           additions by [e-mail]

excellence! (comparison with Final Copy)
 Vendor:   Micro-Systems Software
 Keywords: word processor, commercial
 Date:     Sep 11, 1992
 By:       [e-mail] (Ken Sequeira)

Final Copy (comparison with excellence!)
 Vendor:   SoftWood Incorporated
 Keywords: word processor, commercial
 Date:     Sep 11, 1992
 By:       [e-mail] (Ken Sequeira)

Final Copy II
 Vendor:   SoftWood Incorporated
 Keywords: word processor, graphics, commercial
 Date:     Dec 14, 1992
 Reviewer: Clare Chu <[e-mail]>

Final Copy II
 Vendor:   SoftWood Incorporated
 Keywords: word processor, graphics, commercial
 Date:     Dec 18, 1992
 Reviewer: Calum Benson <[e-mail]>

Flow version 3.1
 Vendor:   New Horizons Software
 Keywords: text editing, outlines, commercial
 Date:     Oct 5, 1992
 By:       Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

Fusion Forty 68040 accelerator for A2000
 Vendor:   RCS Management
 Keywords: hardware, accelerator, 68040, A2000, commercial
 Date:     Nov 5, 1992
 Reviewer: Teddy Wang <[e-mail]>

GFA BASIC 3.5 Interpreter/Compiler
 Vendor:   GFA Data Media (UK) Ltd.
 Keywords: programming language, basic, commercial
 Date:     Mar 06, 1991
 Reviewer: Stewart Russell <[e-mail]>

GfxBase X11 R4 Server
 Vendor:   GfxBase, Inc.
 Keywords: application, x11, server, unix, commercial
 Date:     May 31, 1992
 Reviewer: Andre T. Yew <[e-mail]>

Global Effect
 Vendor:   Millenium
 Keywords: game, strategy, war, simulation, commercial
 Date:     Jun 09, 1992
 Reviewer: Jarno Kokko <[e-mail]>

Heimdall
 Vendor:   Core Design, Ltd.
 Keywords: game, adventure, graphic, commercial
 Date:     Jan 29, 1992
 Reviewer: Don Rhode <[e-mail]>

Impact Vision 24
 Vendor:   Great Valley Products
 Keywords: hardware, graphics, 24 bit, color, video, commercial
 Date:     In the AMReport online magazine
 Reviewer: Charles Hill/InfoTrak <[e-mail]>

Jaguar XJ220
 Vendor:   Core Design Ltd.
 Keywords: game, arcade, car, racing, commercial
 Date:     Jun 19, 1992
 Reviewer: Norman St. John Polevaulter <[e-mail]>

Jazz Through MIDI
 Vendor:   New Sound Music
 Keywords: jazz, MIDI, music, sequence, commercial
 Date:     Sep 17, 1992
 Reviewer: Guy F. Klose <[e-mail]>

Kwickstart II ROM board for Amiga 1000
 Vendor:   DKB Software
 Keywords: A1000, ROM, hardware, commercial
 Date:     Oct 11, 1992
 Reviewer: Daneil Barrett <[e-mail]>

Microbotics VXL 68030 Accelerator
 Vendor:   Microbotics, Inc.
 Keywords: hardware, accelerator, 68030, commercial
 Date:     Oct 03, 1991
 Reviewer: David Gilbert <aeshq![e-mail]>

Monkey Island II
 Vendor:   Lucasfilm Games
 Keywords: game, adventure, graphical, commercial
 Date:     May 24, 1992
 Reviewer: Jarno Kokko <[e-mail]>

Monopoly
 Vendor:   Leisure Genius (?)
 Keywords: game, board, classic, commercial
 Date:     May 23, 1991
 Reviewer: marty hoffmann <[e-mail]>

Multiplot XLNd beta
 Vendor:   Alan Baxter
 Keywords: application, graphics, graphing, freely distributable
 Date:     Feb 06, 1991
 Reviewer: Markus Buchhorn <[e-mail]>

Music notation software survey
 Vendor:   Various companies
 Keywords: music, notation, printed music, MIDI
 Date:     Sep 3, 1992
 By:       Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

Nightmare
 Vendor:   Mindscape
 Keywords: game, adventure, role playing, commercial
 Date:     Jan 26, 1992
 Reviewer: P A Dale <[e-mail]>

Night Shift
 Vendor:   LucasFilm Games
 Keywords: game, arcade, commercial
 Date:     May 23, 1991
 Reviewer: Dave Lowrey <[e-mail]>

NoteBook
 Vendor:   Black Belt Systems
 Keywords: text editing, ideas, sketchpad, graphics, commercial
 Date:     Oct 9, 1992
 Reviewer: David Ingebretsen <[e-mail]>

OmniKey Ultra
 Vendor:   Northgate
 Keywords: hardware, keyboard, commercial
 Date:     In the AMReport online magazine
 Reviewer: Charles Hill/InfoTrak <[e-mail]>

One Stop Music Shop (MINI)
 Vendor:   Blue Ribbon Soundworks
 Keywords: hardware, audio, synthesizer, sampler, board, commercial
 Date:     Dec 22, 1992
 Reviewer: Brian T. Cheek <[e-mail]>

OpalVision (MINI)
 Vendor:   Centaur Development
 Keywords: hardware, graphics, 24-bit, commercial
 Date:     Sep 7, 1992
 Reviewer: Carmen Rizzola

The Perfect General
 Vendor:   QQP quantum quality productions
 Keywords: game, strategy, war, commercial
 Date:     Sep 27, 1991
 Reviewer: Michael R Charbonneau <[e-mail]>

The Perfect General
 Vendor:   QQP quantum quality productions
 Keywords: game, strategy, war, commercial
 Date:     Oct 30, 1991
 Reviewer: Mark D. Manes <[e-mail]>

PhonePak VFX 1.01 FAX and Voice Mail system
 Vendor:   Great Valley Products (GVP)
 Keywords: FAX, voice mail, hardware, Zorro, commercial
 Date:     Dec 10, 1992
 Reviewer: Tony Campbell <[e-mail]>

Pool of Radiance
 Vendor:   Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI)
 Keywords: game, adventure, role playing, commercial
 Date:     Jan 27, 1991  (The first review!)
 Reviewer: Keith (K.P.) Hanlan <[e-mail]>

Predator 2  (MINI)
 Vendor:   Konami
 Keywords: game, arcade, commercial
 Date:     Dec 26, 1991
 Reviewer: Malcolm "Mao Xiansheng - Mr. Hair" Pon <[e-mail]>

Project X
 Vendor:   Team 17
 Keywords: game, arcade, commercial
 Date:     Jun 01, 1992
 Reviewer: Michael Richards <[e-mail]>

Protext v5.5
 Vendor:   Arnor, Ltd.
 Keywords: application, word processor, commercial
 Date:     Oct 27, 1991
 Reviewer: Stewart Russell <[e-mail]>

ProWrite v3.1.3
 Vendor:   New Horizons
 Keywords: application, word processor, commercial
 Date:     Jan 28, 1992
 Reviewer: Chris Colohan <[e-mail]>

RailRoad Tycoon
 Vendor:   MicroProse Software
 Keywords: game, strategy, simulation, commercial
 Date:     Jul 09, 1991
 Reviewer: Mark D. Manes <[e-mail]>

Red Baron
 Vendor:   Sierra Online/Dynamix
 Keywords: game, flight simulation, commercial
 Date:     Feb 12, 1992
 Reviewer: Mark D. Manes <[e-mail]>

SAS C Compiler Version 6.00
 Vendor:   SAS
 Keywords: C compiler, development, programming, commercial
 Date:     Oct 1, 1992
 Reviewer: Gregory M. Stelmack <[e-mail]>

Scenery Animator  (compared with Vista Pro)
 Vendor:   Natural Graphics
 Keywords: application, graphics, 3d, rendering, landscape, commercial
 Date:     Jan 07, 1992
 Reviewer: Steve Koren <[e-mail]>

Scrabble brand Crossword Game  (MINI)
 Vendor:   Leisure Games (Virgin)
 Keywords: game, strategy, board, classic, scrabble, commercial
 Date:     Dec 26, 1991
 Reviewer: Malcolm "Mao Xiansheng - Mr. Hair" Pon <[e-mail]>

Smart-UPS 400
 Vendor:   American Power Conversion
 Keywords: hardware, UPS, commercial
 Date:     Sep 2, 1992
 By:       Daniel Barrett <[e-mail]>

Solid State Leisure A5000-16 68020 Accelerator
 Vendor:   Solid State Leisure
 Keywords: hardware, accelerator, 68020, commercial
 Date:     Oct 30, 1991
 Reviewer: Barry McConnell <[e-mail]>

Sportster modem
 Vendor:   US Robotics
 Keywords: modem, hardware, telecommunications, datacomm, commercial
 Date:     Dec 16, 1992
 Reviewer: Christian Almgren <[e-mail]>

Tom Landry Strategy Football
 Vendor:   Merit Software
 Keywords: game, sports, simulation, strategy, football, modem, commercial
 Date:     Dec 18, 1992
 Reviewer: Michael Mantino <[e-mail]>

Trumpcard 500 Professional
 Vendor:   Interactive Video Systems (IVS)
 Keywords: hardware, hard disk, controller, scsi, commercial
 Date:     Oct 15, 1991
 Reviewer: Steve Snodgrass <[e-mail]>

Ultima 6
 Vendor:   Mindscape/Origin
 Keywords: game, adventure, graphic, ultima, commercial
 Date:     Apr 29, 1992
 Reviewer: Kai Hortmann <[e-mail]>

Utopia
 Vendor:   Gremlin Graphics (written by Celestial Software)
 Keywords: game, strategy, commercial
 Date:     Dec 26, 1991
 Reviewer: P A Dale <[e-mail]>

Vista Pro  (compared with Scenery Animator)
 Vendor:   Virtual Reality Labs
 Keywords: application, graphics, 3d, rendering, landscape, commercial
 Date:     Jan 07, 1992
 Reviewer: Steve Koren <[e-mail]>

Wings Of Fury
 Vendor:   Broderbund Software
 Keywords: game, arcade, commercial
 Date:     Jan 05, 1992
 Reviewer: Chuck McManis <[e-mail]>

WolfChild
 Vendor:   CORE Design
 Keywords: game, arcade, commercial, spoilers, mini
 Date:     Jan 22, 1992
 Reviewer: Michael Richards <[e-mail]>

World Of Amiga (April, 1991)
 Keywords: miscellaneous, convention, trade show
 Date:     Apr 10, 1991
 Reviewer: Kenneth Jamieson <[e-mail]>

World Of Commodore-Amiga, Toronto (December 1992)
 Keywords: trade show, commercial
 Date:     Dec 21, 1992
 Reviewer: Scott Withington <[e-mail]>

WShell 2.0
 Vendor:   Wishful Thinking Development Corporation
 Keywords: utility, shell, CLI, commercial
 Date:     Dec 21, 1991
 Reviewer: Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer <[e-mail]>

Zool
 Vendor:   Gremlin Graphics
 Keywords: game, arcade, action, commercial
 Date:     Oct 2, 1992
 Reviewer: Michael Richards <[e-mail]>


------ Index of Administrative Postings ------

    These articles are updated regularly, and are kept in the "0admin"
subdirectory of the FTP site.

Introduction
    Introduction to comp.sys.amiga.reviews, including submission
    guidelines, instructions for obtaining old reviews, disclaimers, and
    other general information.

Charter
    Charter information for comp.sys.amiga.reviews.

Index
    Index of all reviewed products.

Template
    A "fill-in-the-blanks" form to help you write a full review.

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