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• A3000 SCSI drives − In line with the trend for lower drive prices as
the volume of sales increase, Oak Solutions (was Oak Computers) have
produced a range of A3000 external drives 20M, 45M and 80M at £349, £449
and £649 respectively (plus £10 p&p + VAT). The Archive prices are £390,
£490 and £690 respectively. These drives are slightly slower than their
310/410 equivalents, but not markedly so for the difference in price.
These are their, delightfully named, Worra Winnie drives.
4.4
• A310 RAM upgrades − We have decided to stop stocking A310 ram upgrades
because we have not really got the staff to cope with all the work of
doing the upgrades. If you want an A310 RAM upgrades, contact Avie
Electronics on 0603−416863 and talk to Alex or Atomwide on 0689−838852
and talk to Martin.
4.4
• ArcMonitor is a machine code monitor from Cambridge International
Software. It takes the form of a relocatable module, but with mouse
control, and implements all the ARM instruction set as well as the four
processor modes. The screen layout has five windows for: disassembly &
memory dump, commands, help, program output and processor information.
We haven’t seen it yet, but it sounds very impressive. £24.95 from CIS
or £23 through Archive.
4.4
• BBC Emulator improved − Acorn have produced a new version of the BBC
emulator which also provides utilities to help you to transfer and
develop
4.4
• Bulk Disc copier − We have found a new autoloader which will attach to
the Archimedes computer. Now you can copy discs at a rate of 40 per
hour. This new Xpress autoloader comes from Mission Six in the States
and, when linked up to an Archimedes using our new bit copying software,
allows fast and easy disc duplication. Although it is a superior
autoloader, we are being offered better discount by the importers,
providing we can sell sufficient, so we can offer the whole bundle
including interface, cables, autoloader and software for the same price
of £2,300 +VAT. The same autoloader unit can be used to copy 5.25“ discs
as well as 3.5” − just change the drive − it takes less than a minute.
4.4
• Expansion box for the A3000 − Wild Vision have produced a box which
will hold two full width or three half width podules. The box is £139 +
VAT. (I saw the unit and would advise readers to check whether it is now
fitted with anything to fix it firmly to the A3000 case. In the
prototype I saw, the box was held to the A3000 purely by the pins of the
Euroconnector. I moved the computer backwards and forwards on the table
two or three times and the expansion box worked loose. Ed.)
4.4
• Freddy Teddy is really ready! − Topologika have produced the first of
their educational packs for the very young. It is aimed at developing
concepts of colour matching, colour sequencing, counting, comparison and
visual discrimination. The pack contains three programs in which Teddy
visits a bakery, works in a factory, goes on a balloon journey and does
acrobatics on a skateboard! It also comes with a story book. The price
is £19.95 from Topologika or £19 through Archive.
4.4
• MeasureIT is an interface box with a user guide and either primary or
secondary based software for £64.50 from Resource. Also included are two
temperature sensors, a light level sensor and a push switch.
4.4
• Multiple modes on the Archimedes. GL Consulting Ltd have produced a
utility to provide a wide range of screen modes such as SVGA, XGA, 8514/
A etc. The introductory price of the package is just £7.50. Details from
Martin Thorpe at GL Consulting.
4.4
• OCR is here − the various Archive subscribers who have asked whether
there is any optical character recognition software available will be
pleased to know that Irlam Instruments have a system running that will
allow you to convert monochrome sprites into text files. The system is
written in machine code for speed and is fully trainable for use with a
wide range of fonts. Available now from Irlam for £????? or through
Archive for £??????.
4.4
• Shareware 37 is now available. It consists mainly of utilities: disc
free space monitor, BASIC editor starter, find file, help, application
launcher, current directory setter, text editor (like TWIN), system
variable editor, font handling module, a list of the characteristics of
virtually every known hard drive (ST506, SCSI etc.), alternative
alphabet provider, faster PC emulator screen updates and a WIMP
interface manager module. This latter utility is very powerful and
worthy of further explanation. It is a module that helps programmers
implement colourful and pleasant graphical user interfaces for WIMP
based applications. It provides additional validation string commands
which allow programmers to design WIMP applications that look and feel
like Computer Concepts Impression, to provide interactive help, to
control other icons and to control pointer shapes. Acorn are obviously
impressed with the idea since, even though it is a PD program, they have
given Simon Huntington, the author, an official SWI chunk number and
even allowed him to use the WIMP_ prefix. As well as the interface
manager module, Shareware 37 contains the full documentation, a typical
C application and a modified version of !FormEd.
4.4
• Shareware 38 is now available. It contains three applications −
desktop address book, desktop graph plotting with best fit and a BASIC
curve plotting program; two games − chain (a twoplayer strategy game and
tetris; plus seven utilities: clipboard for text icons, outline font
fixer (so that !FontEd can read them), desktop calendar, draw file
italiciser, application launcher, screen mode switcher and a font folder
switcher.
4.4
• Tools is the latest graphics library pack from Micro Studios. £19.95
or £18 through Archive.
4.4
• TV adaptor − various folk have been asking about the availability of
PAL TV adaptors for the Archimedes. They are now available through
Norwich Computer Services at £35.
4.4
• TwinWorld from Cygnus Software is an impressive arcade style adventure
with lots of baddies to avoid or kill, doors to unlock, tunnels to
explore etc. The graphics and sound are very good indeed. In fact, Micro
User gave it a 10 rating on all counts in its review last month. The
price is £19.95 from Cygnus or £18 through Archive.
4.4