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UsingLibrariesfrom AmigaBasic
By
Wallace
Lou
Here is
yo
ur pa
ss
for checkin g o
ut,
from
Basic, the
rows
of
routin
es
in
librari
es
in
ROM
or o
n di
sk.
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
1986
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The illusionof Life: on the
TraditionalCharacterAnimation
Amiga
By
Jeff
Evans
How
o
ne
man
used
the Am
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a
few
too
ls
and
pr
o
fessio nal
animati o
n
techniqu
es
to
in
ex
pe nsively mak
e
Atom
ic
Fri
ed
Chicke
n.
m
Fundamentalsof C:C Concepts
By
William
B.
Catchings
and
Mark
L.
Van
Name
Part Two in
ou
r
seri es o
n
lea
rnin
g
the
mag
ic
of
C.
In
thi
s
issue
we
di
scuss
key
co
n
cepts.
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Oh No!It's Mr.Bill!
By MelanieIngalls
Filmm
aker
Walter Wiliam
s,
th
e
father of
Mr. Bill,
tells ho
w he
is
usin
g the
Amiga to
aid
in
the
creat
ion
of
a
new
character.
ID
Art
BehindGlass:
AegisImagesand AegisAnimator
By Vinoy
Laughner
A review of two powerful programs from
the graphi
cs specia
lists
at
Aeg
is
Deve
lop -
ment
In
c.
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Astronomical
ByJoel
Hagen
Art
and the Amiga
A
professio
na
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scie
ntifi
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uses
the
Am
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take
us to
unexpl
ore
d
and
myste-
ri
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us
locat ions
in th
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Solar System.
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TheAmigaShowsUp
By Bob Ryan
A
report
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and
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fro
m
Max iSof t that
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th
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Ami
ga's
talents.
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AmigaBasicGraphicsPrimer
By
Tim
Knight
Capture
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lightnin
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of
Amig
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hics
th
ro
ugh
Basic
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its
grap
hi
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comm ands .
Suitab
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for beg
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Ryan
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