ScuzzBlog: Diaries February 2018 Entry 25th February 2018: Post: 1 HiSoft Flick through the pages of any of the popular Amiga magazines of the day and you will find a number of prominent names appearing over and over again. One such name will be that of HiSoft. For me I definitely was very aware of their product range and development tools, most significantly with my years using the Squirrel. I was so desperate to get the ZIP drive in the day and eventually did fit the PCMCIA rodent with great success. Most that remember HiSoft most likely remember their Devpac range and BASIC software. The software was just magical and always came in largish easy to use folders and boxes willed with disks. I was so pleased to see that HiSoft still exist today and are most proud to refer to their early work with so many of the other early platforms. And so having found that Megalo was also included on one of their disks I thought I would feature some of their work here. OK let me start by hooking up an Amiga 1200 This machine is fitted with a Typhoon Courtesy of Power Computing The board is quite responsive and even has an SCSI adaptor for easy connection This is one of my many library boxes that I reserve for special disks that I tend to use a lot and need to move around with me. Having the small box just makes the process that much easier Inside we find MegaloSound Squirrel ZIP tools Devpac disks Some ARexx stuff And other useful bits and pieces OK the A1200 powers up no problem This computer is used every day Decrunching Megalo Megalosound v1.39 Loads in sample and working just fine The usual SysInfo readout And my makeshift accelerator cooler And so to those magazine adds Pick up any Amiga mag of the day And you will find HiSoft featured For me I was interested in the Squirrel And here is the little critter All wonderfully packaged For most though HiSoft meant Devpac And BASIC OK there you have it a small window into the world of HiSoft for the Amiga

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