Amiga World (March/April 1986)

Source: Amiga World – Volume 2, Number 2 – March/April 1986



Amiga World was probably the most popular Amiga magazine in the U.S. The March/April 1986 issue was the second publicly available issue and includes:

Features

  • Interactive Videodisc Technology – The laser disc and the Amiga are about to join forces and a new world of interactive video computing will be upon us.
  • VIVA from Knowledge – Creating interactive video software on the Amiga with the VIVA authoring program.
  • Success Story: A-Squared Systems and the Amiga Digitizer – How a small group of people with an idea developed Live!, the Amiga video digitizer.
  • Optical Revolution – There is more than music going on in the world of the compact disk.
  • Amiga Software Market – The flood of software for the Amiga is just starting. We put together a list of over 100 titles to whet your appetite.

Articles

  • Basic Graphics – Show off a little with these ABasiC graphics teasers.
  • Programming on the Amiga: MCC Pascal – Here we take a look at one of the most popular programming languages – MCC Pascal for the Amiga.
  • CD-ROM: The Future of Memory? – Megabytes and gigabytes…CD-ROM is going to change the way we think about memory.
  • Amiga Music Studio – Mimetics Inc. is working on a series of music modules for assembling Amiga arias.
  • Using Your Intuition – Relating to the Amiga should be almost intuitive, and with a few pointers, it is.
  • Enabling Amiga – We talked with people from The Software Group about their Enable/Write word processor for the Amiga.

Columns

  • Avision – Bringing all the pieces together.
  • Zeitgeist – How much is a gigabyte anyway?
  • Reviews – Deluxe Paint from Electronic Arts, The Video RoomMate Powered Speaker System from Bose and MaxiComm from MaxiSoft.
  • The Best of Public Domain – A new series featuring reviews of “freeware” and “shareware” available to the public.

Departments

  • Repartee – More letters from readers.
  • Digital Canvas – Selected Amiga art from selected Amiga artists.
  • What’s New? – Flashes from the front lines in the Amiga product wars.
  • Help Key – Questions about the Amiga, answered by the expers.
  • Coming Next Issue

…and more!