.info for Amiga Users (September/October 1991)

Source: .info for Amiga Users – Issue Number 42 – September/October 1991

Info covered various Commodore computers throughout its life, mostly the Commodore 64 and Amiga. By 1991 it was covering exclusively the Amiga. Though not as popular as some of the larger publications, it was fairly widely distributed and had the novelty of being produced on Commodore equipment. The September/October 1991 issue includes:

Focus

Profile – An interview with Fred Wagner, an “Artist-in-Residence” at a school in Rochester who uses his Amiga 1000 for storytelling.

DTP – Comparing the desktop publishing experience on the Amiga, Macintosh and PC.

Networking – Part 2 in a series on networking on the Amiga. This part includes a look at some of the products available, including TCP/IP software for $199, an ethernet board for $349, and much more.

Monster Floppies – Getting the 25MB Quadflextra 25 external SCSI drive to work with the Amiga.

The Amiga Pro

Hardware – A detailed look at the CDTV.

Productivity – A review of ASDG’s Art Department Professional from a desktop publishing point of view.

.info technical support – How multitasking works on the Amiga, the slowness of the 68000 multiply and divide instructions, and writing scripts in AmigaDOS.

Departments

.info Monitor – The editor and publisher respond to comments about the CDTV.

Reader Mail – More letters from readers about the CDTV.

New Products – A look at new products including the Miracle Piano Teaching System, Map Master for Lightwave and Imagine, PowerPacker Professional, StudyWare for the SAT, the AirMouse, Cinnamon Toast Fonts, CDROM-FS, Doug’s Color Commander, and more.

News & Views – Commodore donates Amiga systems to the Smithonian, a look at the Summer CES, and more.

.info Update – Blue Ribbon SoundWorks expands their upgrade policy for Bar & Pipes, Microft Software releases VidGen 2.0, Gramma Software updates products to work with AmigaDOS 2.0, and more.

The Rumor Mill – SyQuest may be developing removeable media drive for the Amiga, 3-million Amigas sold announcement coming soon, Unix may be available on tape for $1295, release of Kikstart 2.0 imminent, Microsoft purchases Amigas for in house use, Amiga 3000T coming soon, and more.

Cyberplay – Reviews of some of the latest games including Stellar 7, Abyss, The Secret of Monkey Island, World Class Soccer, Pro Tennis Tour 2, AD&D: Eye of the Beholder, Interceptor, The Case of the Cautious Condor, and more.