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      ^2A  Q U I C K   G U I D E   T O   P A S T   I S S U E S . 

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^4I S S U E  0.                            S E P T E M B E R  1 9 9 1 .

^5 This  issue  is  now  Public  Domain  and  acts as a sample issue of
^5Totally Amos.

^5 It  contains the now regular looks at at new PD and Licenseware from
^5the Déjà Vu Library and the Top 10 best sellers.

^5 We  take  a  look  at the Amos 3-D Demo and tell you a bit about our
^5first commercial release `Paint Me A Story' released by Genisoft.

^5 There is a program to help you catalogue your disk collection, hints
^5& tips for better programming and graphics, some music, sound effects
^5and  the  first  in  a  series  of  screen  wipes  to use in your own
^5programs.

^5 Ben Ashley is featured in the `Spotlight' article.  This is where we
^5choose  a  programmer who has done good work with Amos, although they
^5might not necessarily have a licenseware title yet.

^5 The  graphic  files  in  Issue  0 are two fonts, two landscape pics,
^5three cartoon pics of teddies for the kids, and two demo screens from
^5FracGen II.

^5The  following  Licenseware disks are reviewed:- Ctext, Cyad, S.B.E.,
^5and Shymer.

^5In  the  commercial releases  section,the  Amos  Compiler  and Shadow
^5Software's TOME are put under the magnifying glass.

^5 Wizard's  Domain,  Sketch  a  Tune, Crossfire and a compilation disk
^5containing  Glodrick, Hangman and Eric Watch Your Step are pulled out
^5of the PD library.

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^4I S S U E  1 .                           N O V E M B E R   1 9 9 1 .

^2 This, and all subsequent issues of Totally Amos, is not PD!

^1 There  is  news  from  Déjà  Vu,  with  the  latest  in  Amos PD and
^1Licenseware along with the top ten sellers.

^1 We  have  an  article on Computer Virus's and news of a  forthcoming
^1Amos Virus Killer.

^1 The  graphics files include the sprites from BOING!  and two screens
^1of  line  drawn  clipart which are great for the kids to colour in in
^1Dpaint or for you to use as you please.

^1 Music  files  contain  some  more  sound effects and a piece of Luke
^1Miller's music.

^1 In  the  programming  section we have a program sent in by a reader,
^1which  will  display  the  fonts on a disk, A 10 line game from Aaron
^1Fothergill,  a  sprite  grabber fron the PD Library, a puzzle game, a
^1program  called  `Bubbles' which enables you to add speech bubbles to
^1your  program, like you'd find in cartoon strips.  Next come programs
^1from  Technical  Fred  Software,  two  3-D routines (not from the 3-D
^1editor)  and  a  slideshow  of pics showing the faces behind the name
^1Technical Fred.

^1 The  exclusive  program this issue is an alert box routine which you
^1can  use  in your own programs to warn the user of certain events (eg
^1`Are You Sure you want to do that?  Yes or No')

^1 There  are  more  screen  wipe  effects to add to your collection, a
^1section  called  Amos  For Kids where we give a little program with a
^1line by line breakdown of how it was written.  We hope that this will
^1help younger programers.

^1 The  spotlight  is  turned  onto  Luke Miller, who has given so much
^1music as well as some games to the PD Library.

^1 JAG  from  the  Demo  crew  FANATIX  has  written an article on demo
^1writing,he gives away a few of their secrets for a good demo.

^1 The  reviews section contains Dirty Cash, Formula 1, and Lazer Zone,
^1there  is  a  look at what educational software is available from Déj
^1Vu showing that Educational software need not cost the earth.  The PD
^1reviews  take  a  look  at  Fizzy  Pop's Games Disk 1, Co-ordination,
^1Litterbusters, and Boing!

^1 There  are  competitions,  but  unfortunately,  these will be passed
^1their  sell  by  date  by the time you read this, but you could still
^1have fun trying to answer the questions!

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^2 We  hope  that  this  brief guide to what has gone before this issue
^2will  be  of  use to new readers who might want to get their hands on
^2back issues, and also regular readers who want to find something from
^2a past Issue, without loading each one!

^2Back Issues always available from: Totally Amos, 
^2                                   1, Penmynydd Road,
^2                                   Penlan,
^2                                   Swansea,
^2                                   SA5 7EH
^2                                   West Glam.  

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