Get Into Your CDROM With Your A1200 (1994)(Future Publishing)(GB)[supplement, issue 065]

50 Pages·1994·7.6 MB·English

Everythingyou need to get into Amiga CD-ROM
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Get into CD-ROM
with your A1200
Start-up Guide
* Find out how CD-ROM works
-A- Choose the best drive for
your A1200
• Discover what CD-ROM
can do for you
Everythingyou need to get into Amiga CD-ROM
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Get into CD-ROM
with your A1200
Start-up Guide
* Find out how CD-ROM works
-A- Choose the best drive for
your A1200
• Discover what CD-ROM
can do for you
Get into CD-ROM
Get into the Net
Complete and self-contained excerpts
from TWO brand new Amiga Format
books:
A1200s, CD-ROMs, and
the Things You Have To
Know
Internet, Modems, and
the Whole Comms Thing
Don't miss the special EXCLUSIVE book
offers on the enclosed order card!
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Get into CD-ROM
Get into the Net
Copyright© 1994 Future Publishing
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
duplicated, stored in a retrieval system or used as part of
any other book, database, program or other commercial
application without the publisher's express written
permission.
Book design and production Rod Lawton
Cover design Frank Bartucca
Authors Steve Faragher, Davey Winder
Introductions Steve Jarratt, Matt Bielby
First published in 1994 by Future Publishing,
Beauford Court, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW
Printed in the UK by Cox & Wyman
Acknowledgement of copyright & trademarks
This book contains copyright or trademark product
names owned by the companies which produce them.
Description of these products without mention of their
legal status does not constitute a challenge to this status.
The authors and Future Publishing fully acknowledge
such copyright names or trademarks.
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Contents
General Introduction Steve Jarratt
PAGE 4
A1200s, CD-ROMs, and the Things You
Have To Know Steve Faragher
PAGE 9
More about our books
PAGE 40
Other magazines we publish
PAGE 46
Internet, Modems, and the Whole
Comms Thing Davey Winder
FLIP THIS BOOK OVER!
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General introduction
Why we've produced this book
Welcome to "Get intoCD-ROM,Get into the
Net", yourfreebookgiven awayonly with the
NovemberissueofAmiga Format.
Butjustbecause it's free,don'timagine it's only
worth a quick glance and a trip to the bin.
Take a closer look! CD-ROM and comms are big
news rightnow. Theyarethetwo biggest things
to happen to computers in the '90s. CD-ROM is
importantbecause it offers vast storage at
minimal cost. This hasopened up the doors to
fantastic digitised graphics, video clips,CD-
qualitysound and a whole newworld of
interactive entertainment.
The Net isjustas important. Perhaps even
moreso. Ten years ago ifyou had a modem you
also had NHS specs, a Parka andno friends.
Today, you havea key to a global information
network ofbreathtakingscope and potential.
Today, modems areeasy to instal, software is
cheap to obtain, and phone charges are lowerin
real terms than they've everbeen. Andjoining
theInternet is like opening your front doorafter
spendingyourwhole life locked in your house...
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What's in it
Take the time to read thisbook. You'll find out
everything you need to know to understand and
take yourfirststeps in these two important new
areas.
You'll find outhowCD-ROMswork, what
models are available for your A1200 and which
one you should get.
You'll also find out how modems work, what
softwareyou need, and how to getstarted.
Simple.
The chapters in thisbook areexcerpts from
two brand new Amiga Formatbooks:
A1200s, CD-ROMs, and the Things You Need
To Know
Internet, Modems, and the Whole Comms Thing
We chose these excerptsbecause they will help
you getstarted and they are useful on theirown.
But when you want to know more, you know
where to go, don'tyou? See the enclosed order
card for special offerson these books...
Allourbooks are designed to be as friendly,
useful and informative as possible. Because
Future Publishing has been producing market-
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leading magazines for so long (well, whybe
modest?) we've developed very clear ideas on
whatour readers want, and we'vecarried these
ideas through to ourbooks.
A We choose a light, friendly style rather than the
heavyweightstodgealready on the shelves.
A We commission our writers very carefully so that
they produce whatyou need, notwhat they
want!
A We use clear layouts, contents pages and indexes
so that you can find the information you want,
when you wantit.
A We incorporate special icons to pointout
important information and its implications
You'll find theseiconsused in thisbook. Thisis
what they mean (ifit's not obvious already):
You'll see this icon alongside important details
or information you're going to want to keep
referring back to in future. This is our way of
making it easy to find.
An obvious one, this. Wherever there's a tip to
save you a few minutes, a few quid, or even
a few sleepless nights, here's how we mark
it.
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Speaks for itself, really. When you see this
sign, do make sure you read the text
alongside. It could save you money, save you
time and even save your sanity.
..O Where we think a technical term needs an on-
■■• the-spot explanation, this is how we mark it.
"Get intoCD-ROM, Get into theNet" isyourfirst
step into the future. It hasn't costyou anything
andit won't cost you anything to read it. Butit
maywell change thewayyou use yourAmiga. It
may even change your life!
SteveJarratt
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