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• Repton3 − yes, it is being done (in native mode) for the Archimedes,
and it should be released by Superior Software at the end of October,
i.e. it should have been released by the time you read this!
2.2
• Inter Series on Disc!!! − Computer Concepts have bowed to pressure
from various quarters and are now selling Inter-Word, Inter-Sheet,
Inter-Chart and Spell-Master on disc. (£29, £29, £19 and £39 respec
tively, all + VAT, cf £39, £39, £25 and £51.30 for the ROM versions.)
They still work under the emulator and there is no ROM-LINK facility as
there is on the BBC micro versions. (Archive prices are £30, £30, £20
and £41 inclusive of VAT + p&p.)
2.2
• Desktop Enhancer Enhanced! − The new version has options to copy read
only files during backup and to boot floppy disc from the FDD icon menu.
Mitre Software have also added a utility to change the machine con
figuration without <ctrl-break>. Existing users can return their discs
with an S.A.E. for a free up-grade. (Other software houses, please
note!) (Available through Archive for £27.)
2.2
• Pro-Artisan − Should be available from Clares Micros soon though at
the time of going to press, we’re still waiting. “Probably mid
NovemberÉ”.
2.2
• Artisan Gallery Discs − Clares now have three discs at £6 each or (£15
for the set) each containing nine Artisan pictures. (Only available from
Clares as no dealer discount is available.)
2.2
• Pipedream SpellCheck should be available from Colton Software at the
beginning of November, price £49.45 (£45 through Archive.)
2.2
• Colour Convertor − Lingenuity’s single width podule (£169.95 +VAT) −
converts the Watford digitiser into full colour! Hardware controls of
both contrast and saturation of the separate colours. Controlling
software is mouse driven and allows you to save a picture, scale it or
set the parameters for the hardware controls. They hope it will be
available by 11th November. (£185 fromArchive)
2.2
• Control Panel (£14.95 + VAT) − Lingenuity are also producing a WIMP
driven control panel with on-screen help which will allow you to set up
the configuration of your machine including loading standard configura
tions from disc for use with your various applications. (£16 from
Archive)
2.2
• Xample Story − the presentation graphics package from Holland,
mentioned in last month’s review from the PC Show (page 7) is now being
distributed by Lingenuity.
2.2
• AIM the Image processing package from Delft University, mentioned in
the September issue is now also being distributed by Lingenuity. They
are providing the disc and the documentation (see the review on page 52)
at cost price which will be “about £6” and this includes a pound which
will be sent to the Delft University students.
2.2
• BASIC Compilers − the two new BASIC compilers, one from Dabs Press at
£99.95 inclusive and the other from Silicon Vision also at £99.95 should
both be ready by the time you read this. We hope to have a comparative
review next month. (Both will be available through Archive at £92.)
2.2
• Links to Psion Organiser − XOB have written ARCPERX which runs under
the 6502 emulator and uses the 1MHz bus on the I/O podule to link up to
a Psion Organiser.
2.2
• DFS utilities − CJE Micros do a DFS utilities disc for £20 inclusive
which allows you to read and write and format DFS discs from the
Archimedes − it will even read dual catalogue discs.
2.2
• Multi-syncs galore − Solidisk Technology have several multi-sync
monitors for the Archimedes. If you want colour, there’s the Quadram at
£300 or the TVM/MD11 at £329 but if you want the high resolution but
aren’t worried about having colour, they have two grey scale multi-
syncs, NEC and TVM, both £159. All the monitors mentioned are 14“ and to
all the prices you need to add VAT and carriage. (I haven’t seen any of
them ‘in the flesh’, so we’d welcome comments from anyone who has.)
2.2
• Relational Database − ‘Reporter’ (£39.95) from Minerva Systems extends
the power of System Delta Plus − a fully relational report-writer with
averaging, totalling etc. Should be available by the time you get this
magazine. (£37 through Archive)
2.2
• Mailshot & Label printing − ‘Mailshot’ (£39.95) from Minerva Systems
also extends the power of System Delta Plus − print sticky labels or do
your mailmerge from your database, “advanced date handling includes
conversion of numbers to words!” (£37 through Archive)
2.2
• Drawing Board − £59 inc. Another innovative program from Jansons who
produced ArcImEd, the art package that generates program listings. It’s
a drawing packagedesigned for dot matrix printers. On demonstration it
looked very impressive. See the advert on page 9 for a sample of the
output.
2.2
• Two new games from GEM Electronics − Word Up Word Down − “a new
concept in word games featuring a 3D game board”! and Startrader, “a
large scale space adventure game”. Each is £17.95 inclusive and if you
buy them both, you get their Desktop Games (£5.95) free!
2.2
• Arckey − a keystrip flip-over holder from Ian Copestake − self
adhesive clear plastic allows you to stick your keystrips together into
a ‘book’.
2.2
• Crossword puzzles − you can now get puzzles from the Times and the Sun
newspapers on computer with help offered if you need it. Akom Ltd are
offering Times puzzles for £16.95 and Sun puzzles for £15.95. (Also
available for BBC micro.)
2.2
• New Archimedes bulletin board − if you have got tired of waiting for
Eureka!, why not give ARC-port a ring on 0252−737065, 300/300 or 1200/
75, 8n1. It’s run on an Archimedes and is open Mon − Friday 6.00 p.m. to
8.00 a.m. + 24 hrs at weekends.
2.2
• New Archive Shareware Disc − (though I think, according to Ken
Biddle’s definition, we should call it PD! Ooops!) Shareware Disc 2 will
be ready by the time you read this. £3 as usual. I’ll try to put more
details on the Order Form of what is on it.
2.2
Review Software Received...
2.2
Apart from reviews already written we have received review copies of the
following software: Ovid Toolkit Module, Akom Crossword puzzles, Cobra
(like the BBC snake game that eats things and gets longer) from Richard
Millican, Plague Planet from Alpine Software, Shares and Accounts from
Ian Hamilton.
2.2