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Volume 1

Number 8

January 1989

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A full report from the Commodore

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abroad to help you make the most of

using your computer in 1989.

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ORIGIN'S

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Dave Eriksson looks at Ultima IV

from Origin and treads the path in

search of Lancelot's silver grail with

help from Level 9 and Mandarin.

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Graham Wayne lakes some synths. his

Amiga and a recording studio, adds

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•CONTENTSE

GAMES REVIEWS

AMIGA

ARCADE

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Thunder

Blade. Tracker. Hybris, Cybernoid.

Sorcery Plus. Around the World in 80

days, head up our reviews section.

HINTS

GAME

KILLER

A bumper bundle of tips lor ikari

Warriors. Faerv Tale Adventure and a

whole host of top games hints which

have won a Konix Speedking.

Origin's 1ole,s1, Page 12

Digit a Home ,4ccounts , Page 53

RI ISINESS

Urn ISE CALL

DIGITA HOME

ACCOUNTS

Looking after the pennies is a wise

move, but Rex Last has mixed

Feelings about a program which

claims to help balance your books.

ACT OF

ROD

Activision didn't want a visit from

John Minsun, but he went just the

same. He reports that exciting things

are happening out in Reading.

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ADVICE

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AMIGA

ANSWERS

Programming problems solved with

the correct public domain utility.

Hardware sussed. Advice on which

book to buy to aid programming.

THE PLAIN MANS

GUIDE TO CLI

Phil "Snouty" South types EDIT at

the Command Line Interpreter to

make setting up the Amiga's start-up

sequence a really simple task.

II RDWARE

LETTERS

FROM OUR

POSTBAG

Is oiling the ball in your mouse

classed as vivisection? How to ruin

your printer? These and many other

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HARD DRIVE

Instant access to all your ﬁles will

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Cit iz en 24-pre colour printer... Page 39

January 1989 AMIGA COMPUTING 5

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