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!