Archive Magazine CD 1995/Archive Magazine CD 1995.iso/text/products/volume_07/issue_12

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Products Available
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•  Archive mousemats − We are having some top quality Archive mousemats
made for us. They will have antistatic plastic tops with non-slip rubber
base − none of your flimsy cloth-top mousemats these! The rather
tasteful design features the Archive logo and the Norwich Computer
Services logo and the cost is £5 each including p&p.
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(These shouldn’t really be in Products Available because they aren’t
going to be ready until the end of September. Still, you can place your
orders with confidence − they aren’t vapourware. Paul Beverley, MD of
Norwich Computer Services, assured our Archive reporter, “The software
is virtually finished − just one or two bugs to be ironed out − we have
to make sure, of course, that there are no viruses on it. Also, we’re
waiting for the manuals to be printed.”)
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•  Archive PD discs − It was in July 1988 (yes, six years ago!) that
Archive launched its first disc of PD software. At that stage, the PD
discs were a first in the Archimedes world and we feel they performed a
very useful function in the early days of Archimedes computers and
software. However, we have reached a point where Archive PD, by and
large, has outlived its usefulness.
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We have decided to transfer all our PD material over to APDL (address in
Factfile). So if you want any of the programs and applications we have
published in the past, please contact APDL. However, there are a number
of programs that are still very popular and things like the Archive data
for the Arcscan database are being maintained as a set of Archive PD
discs. (We are dropping the Shareware and Careware names altogether.)
The discs still available at £2 each are:
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•  Archive Utils 1 − (was Careware 18) − VIDC enhancer software (2
versions), iconbar mode number display, modes for Sony CPD-1402, modes
for Acorn AKF18, various modes and modules for NEC 3D, mode creation and
editing for pre-A5000s with AKF18.
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•  Archive Utils 2 − (was Careware 19) − !CGM −>Draw, !Draw−>CGM,
!Draw−>EPS, !AiEps −>Draw !Draw−>Meta, !DXF−>CGM, !Translator, !Creator
(sprites to GIF, TIFF, AIM, PBM), utility to output drawfiles on
SketchMate A4 plotter.
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•  Archive Utils 3 − (was Shareware 7) − Disc database of Archive
magazine plus ArcScan data files for Archive magazine.
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•  Archive Utils 4 − (was Shareware 51) − JPEG utilities 1 − !ChangeFSI,
version 0.90a; !FYEO, 1.02; !Jewel, 0.04; !JFIF, 26th June 1993;
!JPEGinst to install !JPEGit, 1.11A, i.e. the PD version; !JView, 0.07;
djpeg (Keith Sloan’s implementation), 18 Nov 1991; JPEG-FAQ − a text
file pulled off Usenet and headed “JPEG image compression: Frequently
Asked Questions”.
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•  Archive Utils 5 − (was Shareware 52) − JPEG utilities 2 − !FYEO2 (see
June JPEG column) sample NASA images plus a ‘thumbnails’ file with
postage stamp-sized previews of the other available files.
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•  Archive Utils 6 − Hard drive utilities including SyQuest 105Mb fix
for A5000/Risc PC.
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•  Archive Utils 7 − Acorn’s new printer drivers !Printers 1.22.
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•  Barcode generator − Kang Software have produced a RISC OS application
that generates drawfiles of barcodes in a variety of formats: EAN-13,
EAN-8, ISSN, ISBN and BIC. Within these formats, there is also a variety
of other options. The software costs £85 (no VAT) which compares very
favourably with PC equivalents costing of the order of £150 +VAT.
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•  Betsi − Another winner from 4Mation. This time it is a historical
adventure aimed at 7 − 12 year-olds studying the Tudor period. Betsi is
a dog who, having been evicted from the royal hunting kennels for being
too soft, is looking for someone to provide her with a comfortable home
where she will be loved. During her travels, she meets all manner of
folk from different backgrounds, sees the interiors of various
buildings, hears some of the things that people were concerned about at
that time, and welcomes opportunities to be a good citizen.
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Betsi costs £34.50 +VAT (or £38 through Archive). A site licence costs
£69 +VAT (or £75 through Archive).
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•  CC takes over − Computer Concepts have taken over distribution of all
Wild Vision products so that WV can concentrate on development work. One
effect of this is a reduction in the discount given to dealers. This has
had to be reflected in a reduction in Archive members’ discounts on WV
products.
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•  Celtic clipart 2 − Glyn Howells has produced a second disc of celtic
clipart including borders, panels, chains, crosses and motifs. As with
disc 1, this costs £10.99 inclusive, or you can get both of them
together for £18.99. (There is no VAT as Glyn is not VAT registered.)
They are available from: Glyn Howells, Sicar Uchaf, Brongest, C N Emlyn,
Dyfed, SA38 9ET.
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•  Flashback − We gave details of US Gold’s new game last month (page 4)
but forgot to tell you the price. Flashback costs £27.99 or £26 through
Archive. (See the review on page 27.)
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•  Goldilocks − This is a Genesis application from Oak Solutions
“designed to introduce young children to IT skills through a
professionally produced audio CD and high quality visual interpretation
of the traditional fairy tale.” While the child is using the program,
its use of the various options is recorded so that the teacher can see
how the child is progressing. Goldilocks comes on floppy discs with an
audio CD and a pack of photocopiable resources and costs £40 +VAT from
Oak Solutions or £44 through Archive.
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•  Impression manual extras − If you are an Impression user who makes
frequent use of the manual, H B Humpidge has just the thing for you! The
pack includes a quick reference guide with keyboard shortcuts (arranged
by function), a printed keystrip, a set of divider cards for the manual,
some self-adhesive binder strips, about 50 sheets of paper to put your
own notes in the manual, two thick card ends to help preserve the
integrity of the manual and a pack of ring reinforcements for those
pages that get over-used and fall out − he seems to have thought of
everything! This comes in three forms: Impression II £6, Impression
Publisher £7.50 and a special version for those who have upgraded from
Impression II to Publisher £6. These are all available from H B
Humpidge, 2A Kingsley Park Grove, Sheffield, S11 9HL. If you just want
the quick reference guide and the keystrip, they are available for
£1.50.
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•  I/O card alternative − Risc PC owners, in particular, will be pleased
to hear that there is now an alternative to Acorn’s dual-width I/O card
in single-width format. Paul Fray Ltd have produced a card which
provides all the functionality of the Acorn card, except the Midi add-
on. So it provides user port, analogue port and 1MHz bus. Advantages of
this newer card, apart from it taking up only one slot, are that it has
an improved interface that makes it work more reliably with faster
systems and it has a socket to take a user-programmed EPROM (128Kb × 8).
These cards are available from Paul Fray Ltd for £129 +VAT or £144
through Archive.
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•  Izzy & Lizzy in The Playground − Topologika have released a version
of their popular Freddy Teddy title, ‘The Playground’. The idea is that
it allows the program to be used with older children as Izzy and Lizzy
are trendy young children (Izzy looks to me as if he’s wearing ‘Cats’!)
as opposed to the teddy bear which appeals to younger children. If you
already have The Playground, you can obtain Izzy and Lizzy from
Topologika by sending them £10 +VAT + £1 p&p (£12.75) and quoting the
serial number of your copy of The Playground. Otherwise, you can buy The
Playground in a combined format for £25 +VAT + £2.50 p&p (£31.88) from
Topologika or £29 through Archive.
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•  JPEG Disc number 2 − I said in the JPEG Column last month that the
new JPEG Shareware disc was number 51. Actually, that was the number of
the first JPEG Shareware disc the new one is, yes, you’ve guessed it,
number 52! It contains FYEO2 (as mentioned in the June JPEG column, p19)
plus some of the best of the NASA images sent in by Philip Draper plus
added a ‘thumbnails’ file with postage stamp-sized previews of Philip’s
other files. (Actually, we have just scrapped the Archive Shareware
discs, so this has become Archive Utils disc 5.)
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•  MacFS − MacFS is a filing system for RISC OS 3.1 or later which will
read and write Mac SuperDrive (1.44Mb) floppies, external hard discs,
magneto-opticals and SyQuests. It costs £99 +VAT from Computer Concepts
or £108 through Archive.
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•  PD on CD-ROM − The Datafile have produced a CD-ROM containing 265 Mb
of PD, freeware and shareware material, clipart, games, utilities,
music, graphics, magazines, games demos, languages, !Earthmap,
Gutenburg, classic demos and educational software. PD-CD costs £30
inclusive from The Datafile or £28 through Archive.
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•  Professional full-colour scanning service − We mentioned last month
that T-J Reproductions were providing a full Acorn disc-to-print bureau
facility and now have full-colour drum-scanning facilities.
Unfortunately, we quoted their fax number instead of their phone number.
The corrected version is (hopefully!) in the Factfile at the back of the
magazine.
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Because of the huge files produced by these high resolution colour
scans, T-J are looking into offering a file replacement service. What
they would do would be to scan the image at low resolution (and send you
a copy) as well as at high resolution (which they would store for later
use). You could then prepare your document with the low-res image, send
it to T-J who would then substitute the hi-res image. This is similar to
OPI except that OPI will only work with Impression Publisher whereas
this service would be available to users of Style as well. If you are
interested, get in touch with T-J and tell them to what extent you might
use the service. That will help them to gauge whether it is going to be
worth the setting-up costs.
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•  Scanlight Professional − CC have dropped the price of their greyscale
A4 flatbed scanner to £499 +VAT. However, they are not giving any dealer
discount anymore so they will no longer be available through NCS.
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•  Supersound expansion system − In Archive 7.7 p39, David Lenthal gave
details of Audio Dynamics’ 16-bit digital audio SuperSound Expansion
System. The SSES1600 provides 128 instruments + 49 percussion sounds,
Midi in, out and thru, and software which plays Midi files and sample
files. The board also has line output on two phono sockets and a 3.5mm
stereo socket plus headphone output on ¼“ jack socket. SSES1600 costs
£299 +VAT from Audio Dynamics or £335 inclusive through Archive.
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•  “Technology for Secondary Mathematics” − There will be a day
conference for maths teachers at Oundle School, Peterborough on Monday
3rd October 1994. It will cover Macs and PCs as well as Acorns but it is
presented “in association with Acorn Computers Ltd and Mathematics in
Education and Industry”. Details from Douglas Butler, Head of
Mathematics, Oundle School, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EN (0832-273444).
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•  The Acorn Companion, written by Geoff Love, is a guide to using Acorn
computers and software. It is aimed at “the average classroom teacher or
non-specialist IT coordinator who needs to know enough to use the
computer, solve any problems they encounter and keep things running
smoothly but doesn’t want to spend every waking hour pawing through
jargon-filled manuals.” It costs £9 inclusive from NW SEMERC.
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•  The Time Machine − The latest desktop adventure game from Gordon Key
is The Time Machine. This is a game for all Acorn machines with 2Mb or
more, has five discs, 3Mb+ of sprites, 80 sampled sounds plus music. It
seems to be a sequel to Haunted House. At least, you are the same
employee of Acorn Antiques but the action starts as you leave the shop
to break out of the boredom, go for a long walk, decide you need a leak
and espy a blue portaloo in the distance... The Time Machine costs
£25.95 from 4th Dimension or £24 through Archive.
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•  Tiles French Supplement − Brain Games have released a supplement to
their Tiles program which gives 223 French crosswords to play on their
Tiles package. The supplement requires Tiles version 3.29 or later.
Tiles and the French Tiles Supplement each cost £19.75 (no VAT) to which
you add £4.50 per machine for site licences for each package.
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