X11 aiso runs clients' that run under AmigaDOS - such as uwm, xcalc and bitmap, it also supports xpr to 50 different printers. The native Amiga windowing system can co-exist with X11, so you can operate both at once. The program needs a 5Mb hard disk or NFS partition, 1 Meg of RAM and a 640x400 display. It costs £395, from the Amiga Centre Scotland on 031 557 4242, where Martin Lowe had this to say about it: "The Amiga's multi-tasking, multi-windowing and multi- screened operating system provides an ideal environment for X-Windows. An Amiga- based X workstation has no competition in terms of price performance." COVERDISK SMASHES As we go to press, details of the next two Coverdisk game demos are coming through: and they are almost guaranteed to be two of the most enormous smashes of the coming season. Issue Five, coming out in November, will feature Ghostbusters II from Activision, game of the big Christmas movie: and Issue Six in December will proudly present Chase HQ, Ocean’s conversion of the arcade sensation. Whatever you do, don't miss them! A ROLLING HARD DISK GATHERS CMOS Good news for anyone with an A590 hard disk or thinking of buying one. Digipro are going to sell the CMOS RAM chips that can expand the memory up to 2MB. Each chip costs £16.95 - a grand total of £271.20 if you want the full 2MB. The chips are available from Digipro on 0703 703030 STAND BY YOUR FLAT BEDS If you need a flat-bed scanner to scan anything up to A4 size, then HB Marketing have a new offering. It has a 200x200 dpi resolution, 2- 16 levels of grey and takes 10 seconds to scan an A4 page. It uses thermal paper identical to that used by fax machines. It costs £499 and is available from HB Marketing on 0895 444433. GAME TRAFFIC CONTROL It's wacky joystick time again, as another weird variant hits the scene. This one is a two-handed number that has a cursor pad controlled by the left thumb and a fire button used by the right thumb. It's called the Quickshot Flight Controller, although it looks more like a bike handlebar. It's priced at £12.50 and is from Spectravideo, who have also announced a price drop in their Quickshot Turbo stick to £10.50. HIST SAIL ON Memory & Storage Technology have released six new products for the Amiga - here's the lowdown, short but sweet.