Info (September 1990)

Source: Info – Issue Number 32 – September 1990

At this point in time, this magazine was actually titled “.info for Amiga Users”. In the past it had covered both Commodore 8-bit machines like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga but by late 1990 it was focused on the Amiga. Info was notable for being entirely produced on Commodore machines. The September 1990 issue includes:

Features

Computer Magic – Photography with the Amiga. The art of digitizing photos and adding digital effects.

Interview – An interview with Laurence Gartel, an artist known for his computer artwork and how he enjoys working with the Amiga more than million dollar systems.

Multiplayer Games on GEnie – GEnie was an early online pre-Internet service similar to CompuServe, Delphi, and others. This article looks at some of the multiplayer games that can be played via GEnie as well as some of the specialized Amiga front ends for the service.

CDTV – A look at the new CDTV (Commodore Dynamic Total Vision). Essentially, this was an Amiga 500 in a different form factor and including a CD-ROM drive. It was meant to be a “set top box” similar to the Philips CD-i for example. It did not fare well but I guess you could say the idea evolved into the smart TV.

The Amiga Pro

Brush Mapping in Turbo Silver – A guide to using the 3D renderer of Turbo Silver.

.info Preview: Power PC Board – A preview of an expansion board that plugs into the memory expansion slot of the Amiga 500 and provides both memory expansion and an IBM PC clone featuring a NEC V3 CPU @ 8.0 MHz and 1 MB of RAM. It allows your computer to boot in Amiga mode and use the expansion RAM or to put in PC mode which basically transforms your Amiga into a PC.

.info Review: PageStream 1.8 – A review of this desktop publishing program for the Amiga from Soft-Logik.

Video – A look at a VHS video tape tutorial series for the Amiga.

.info Tech Section – A detailed look into the various graphics modes of the Amiga and what format you should be using for your goals.

Departments

Editor’s Page – Thoughts on the new CDTV.

Reader Mail – Readers write in about Info’s new monthly format, dropping 8-bit coverage, playing PC games on the Amiga using a bridgeboard, and more.

New Products – A brief look at new products including The Art Department (image manipulation), Saxon Publisher (page layout software), Professional Draw 2.0, TSSNet (ethernet networking), TV*Show Version 2 (allows you to combine animation and sound into a presentation), Tiger Cub (music), Digital Landscape (wireframe landscape generator using real data), and much more.

News & Views – New products from Commodore including the A2065 Ethernet Adaptor, A2060 ARcnet Adaptor, AS220 Amiga Client for Novell Netware, TCP/IP and NFS software for the Amiga, educational Amiga 3000 bundles, and more; Broderbund celebrates 10th Anniversary; Compute! merges titles; and more.

Rumor Mill – Disney might become top software developer for Amiga; new product from NewTek called LightWave 3D; IRS buys Amiga 3000 systems through Sears; C65 development still active; and more.

Public Domain – A brief look at tons of recent public domain software available for the Amiga on GEnie, American People/Link, and via various disk collections.

Show Reports – Reports from the World of Amiga Show at Pier 92, New York, and CES Chicago.

Cyberplay

Adventure Road – This column was formerly published in Commodore Magazine and features adventure games. This month there is discussion of Starflight on the C64, Amiga and MS-DOS.

17 New Diversions – Reviews of a bunch of games including Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess (Data East), Tunnels of Armageddon (California Dreams/EA), Aquanaut Miles Computing/EA), Day of the Viper (Accolade), The Game of Harmony (Accolade), ChronoQuest II (Psygnosis), Infestation (Psygnosis), TV Sports Basketball (Cinemaware), Jugsaw Puzzlemania (Artworx), Courtroom (FairBrother & SoeparMann), Pipe Dream (Lucasfilm), Breach 2 (Omitrend), Iron Lord (UBISoft/EA), Leisure Suit Larry III (Sierra On-Line), Hoyle’s Book of Games (Sierra On-Line), Hero’s Tale I (Sierra On-Line), and Manhunter 2: San Francisco (Sierra On-Line).
Player Tips – Tips and tricks for Drakkhen, Infestation, Batman, Sim City, Indiana Jones, Space Ace, Forgotten Worlds, and Chop N’ Drop.

Coming Soon – Tons of games are listed as coming soon from Accolade, Avatar, Broderbund, Data East, Eagle Tree, Electronic Arts, Electronic Zoo, Innerprise, Interplay, Konami, Media Technology, Microprose/Microplay, Origin, Psygnosis, Sierra, Software Toolworks, Spectrum Holobyte, Tengen, Tiger Media, and Virgin/Mastertronic.