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|-------------------------- Acorn News Service --------------------------|
| http://www.acornusers.org/ANS/ |
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| The Acorn News Service is an independent service. |
| It is in no way connected with, or supported by the Acorn Group Plc. |
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| ISSUE 14 21 August 1998 |
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| Editor: E.Abrahams ------ eytan@acornusers.org |
| Sub-editor & Webmaster: R.Hesketh ------ richard@acornusers.org |
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| To send in your news items or comments, use the ANS website, |
| or e-mail them them to ans@acornusers.org |
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| > Random site pick this issue: http://www.iconsupport.demon.co.uk/ < |
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| ANS.....The fastest growing Acorn mailing list |
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Contents
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1) Editorial
2) General News
3) Commercial News
4) PD/Shareware News
5) Club News
6) How to Send in News
Editorial
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You may all be wondering why you are receiving this issue of ANS later than
usual. Well, due to a lot of competition matters being planned recently,
both myself and Richard spending time away, me moving to London etc., and a
series of technical hitches of near biblical proportions (!), we've simply
/had/ to bring ANS out a little later than usual, as well as the fantastic
news on the Competition.
You may also notice that this issue has not been sent out by me, as my Psion
is still not formatting e-mails 100%. Since we like to provide ANS readers
with an easily readable newsletter, Richard is sending out ANS until further
notice. BUT, I still edit it. He just presses "send"! ;-)
[WM: ...and does some fairly heavy 'subbing'! The above originally commented
on the /early/ arrival of this issue, which for various reasons is now
late, so these are more my words than Eytan's - sorry, Eytan! Richard.]
Remember to keep on sending in those news items. Among the many news items
that were sent to us for this issue, we received a very interesting article
on Acorn, which appeared in the Financial Times. Read and enjoy! [or rather,
weep! Richard]
As well as this issue of ANS, you should have received a separate e-mail
about the competition. Read this well, and try your luck! Remember, there
are probably not 1000's of people entering the competition (!) - you have a
good chance of winning...
IT COULD BE YOU! (TM)
Enjoy,
Eytan & Richard
General News
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1) READ ALL ABOUT IT!!
Financial Times predicts doom for Acorn
(The following article - typos and all - is from the Financial Times,
15.8.98, p.17)
=====
Review may prompt sale of Acorn assets
By Christopher Swann
Directors at Acorn Group, the Cambridge-based onetime educational computer
maker, are conducting a sweeping strategic review which could lead to the
sale of some or all of its remaining businesses.
The company, which has been restructuring since 1990, said the high risk
profile of its business meant that some or all would be better developed
outside the public market "whether in the hands of their management or under
third party ownership".
Stan Boland, who took over as chief executive after the resignation in June
of David Lee, said the group would seek to focus on settop boxes for digital
televisions and computers in which the memory is separated from the terminal.
"Within two years we should be able to clean up the business but we will be
open to offers along the way," he said.
No talks were under way over the disposal of peripheral activities, such as
the Rise PC business and Xemplar, the educational computing joint venture
with Apple. Acorn also announced plans to shed its remaining stake in ARM
Holdings, the microchip designer it spun off in 1990.
Acorn's 26 per cent holding could be worth as much as UKP 130m, more than
double the market capitalisation of Acorn. Possible bidders are rumoured to
include Intel and Motorola, the US chipmakers.
Mr Boland said Acorn had come to be viewed as an investment vehicle for those
seeking an interest in ARM. "Many shareholders would prefer to hold shares
directly in ARM rather than indirectly," he said. "We need to find a way of
uncoupling this investment, possibly by distributing the stock to our
shareholders, in a tax efficient manner."
During the half year to June 30, a UKP 14.2m exceptional gain from the sale
of 2.8m shares in ARM at flotation provided some respite from deepening
interim losses. Pre-tax profits of UKP 9.5m compared with losses last time of
UKP 1.14m. But the operating loss widened from UKP lm to UKP 5.6m.
Group turnover fell from UKP 14.2m to UKP 5.3m.
Sales of the group's Rise PC computers fell from UKP 8.5m to UKP 3m —
depressed by weak demand and the expected launch of a new model.
Revenue from consultancy and licensing slumped from UKP 5.6m to UKP 2.3m,
after the loss of a consultancy contract with Oracle's NCI affiliate.
Development costs relating to Rise PC2 totalled UKP lm and UKP 700,000 of
capitalised development expenses were written off.
Analysts were disappointed by the lack of detailed proposals in the
statement. "We were looking for some definitive steer, particularly with
regard to the ARM stock," said Patrick Yau at Nomura.
The shares, which peaked in 1996 at more than 300p, edged down a further 3.5p
to l06.5p.
=====
2) ABE News
ABE News (Acorn Banner Exchange News) is a new news service for Acorn Users.
ABE News lists news from...
* Acorn Arcade
* Acorn Cybervillage
* News.Com
* comp.sys.acorn.announce
...all on one page, so you can quickly view the latest news from
around the web. The site is at:
http://the.hypermart.net/acorn/news/
ABE also has a 7am tech/world newsfeed, which brings you full news articles;
DejaNews links for all the Acorn newsgroups are provided, so you can quickly
read your favourite Acorn-related news groups.
They also currently have a feature on Phoebe, listing a few details and
linking to all the major Phoebe pages.
3) Archive Internet Survey
As part of the new Web Threads section, the Archive website has launched an
Internet Survey.
Please visit the site, and let them know your views on the Internet and
Acorn's place in it. They aim to gather as many responses as possible, to
obtain a representative picture of the views of the Acorn community.
http://acorn.cybervillage.co.uk/archive/WebThreads/
Whilst you are there, why not visit some of the other areas of the site? As
well as archived material from the magazine, there is up-to-date information
on Phoebe, Peanut and Medi. New material includes a discussion on pricing
software, important quotes from Acorn's annual report, and an analysis of the
company's strategy.
As ever, comments are welcome.
4) Alastair France visits New Zealand
Educational Software & Devices (ESD) in conjunction with Acorn Computers UK,
held a nationwide NC roadshow in June. This was a big success and now is the
time for Acorn to grace New Zealand with their presence once more.
Acorn UK are sending out a well known UK figure in the form of Alastair
France, Acorn's recently appointed NC Sales Manager, who will be touring New
Zealand this August, along with Chris France of ESD.
At each location, a demonstration lasting up to half an hour will show NCs
(Network Computers) running off an NT 4.0 server showing the running of RISC
OS and Windows applications. An explanation of NCs and their place in
education will be given, after which people will be able to ask any
questions.
Unfortunately it is unlikely that Alastair will be able to bring Acorn's new
Phoebe, as the design team are presently waiting for some chips to be
fabricated and are not enthusiastic about releasing machines out of their
sight until this happens!
The planned itinerary for the tour is as follows:
Location Contact E-mail
-------- ------- ------
Auckland ESD esd@kaon.co.nz
Hamilton Peter Irving eleccomp@voyager.co.nz
New Plymouth Dennis Krutz krutz@voyager.co.nz
Rotorua Mark French markf@voyager.co.nz
Jim Forsyth jmf@voyager.co.nz
Napier John Phelps jphelps@ramhb.co.nz
Wellington Kevin Keys kkeys@voyager.co.nz
Christchurch Graham Jones si-t@xtra.co.nz
Dunedin Peter Foster pfoster@deepsouth.co.nz
Please e-mail the contact closest to you to register your interest.
Venues, times and dates for some locations are still being finalised, and you
should keep an eye on the Wellington Acorn User Group's newly relocated web
pages at:
http://www.paradise.net.nz/~pbrowne/WACC/announ.html
Revised details will be posted on this site, as and when they are known.
5) TechWriter Tips update
Some new pages have been added to the 'TechWriter Tips' site.
These were prompted by the release of new versions (4.10) of TW/EW Pro,
which now have extended capability to import/export Word files and HTML. The
new pages give detailed explanations of what version 4.10 can do in these
areas. They also describe some of the new capabilities which have more
general uses.
Topics covered include:
* extended background colour control
* control of characters/entities exported to html
* TW/EW's new ability to use PNGs as if they were sprites with graded
transparency
* control of graphics conversions/rendering on import/export.
etc
Some of the information on these pages isn't currently available in any of
the official documentation. :-)
If you use (or are interested in) EasiWriter/TechWriter, please have a
look at the new pages:
http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/TechWrite/Tips1.html
6) Project Sunflower
Project Sunflower is a new project for Acorn computers running RISC OS 3.1/NC
OS 1.0 or greater. Its aim is to rejuvenate the Acorn games scene,
especially freeware games. They would all like to see more free games, and
this is what Project Sunflower is all about. The first stage is to create a
module ('Sunflower') to manage aspects common to all games, this will use
'helpers' to plot objects on the screen and to play music (QTM could be such
a helper). Stage two is to develop a games DDE (Desktop Development
Environment), so novice programmers, and even those with no programming
knowledge at all, can make high quality games. A free gfx/sfx library will
be set up to assist people in the hardest part of game design - playability
and user interface. A Project Sunflower mailing list will be set up very
soon, as a forum for sharing ideas and experiences. Contact:
sunflower@argonet.co.uk
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/briggs/sunflower/
7) Acorn Emulation Page
The Acorn Emulation Page has once again been updated with:
* ArcVic Vic20 emulator released
* CP/M emulator released
* New version of v2600
* New version of PC Engine, and source code
* Emulation page on CD
* Interview with Andreas Stroiczek and Benoit Gilon
* New version of Gameboy
* Identity of Purple Monchichi revealed
* ArcEm v0.40 released
* Multi-tasking Z80Em in development
http://www.cybervillage.co.uk/acorn/emulation/
8) Contributors Wanted!
Contributors Wanted for Acorn Arcade!
-------------------------------------
Acorn Arcade are currently looking for talented people to write reviews,
features and news items for the site. If you have an idea for a new feature
article, news item or even a game support section, just let them know and
they will try to accommodate your work. Although the Acorn Arcade team will
continue to write the mainstream news items, if you have an idea for a more
in-depth article on any aspect of Acorn gaming, please do get in touch! You
will, of course, be given full credit for your work, but the copyright will
remain with Acorn Arcade unless by prior arrangement.
Although Acorn Arcade can't currently offer any permanent positions on the
team, they will be looking to take on some talented individuals who
contribute regularly to the site.
If you are interested in any sort of work for the site, please e-mail:
alasdair@acornarcade.com
Commercial News
---------------
1) CDBlaze news from Cumana
CUMANA have announced that their CD-R/RW mastering package CDBlaze now
supports the Yamaha CRW4260 CD-RW drive. This is in addition to the other
currently supported drives:
* Philips CDD2600
* Ricoh MP6200S
* Plasmon CDR480
* Panasonic/Matsushita CW-7502
More drives are being added all the time, so contact Cumana if your drive is
not listed.
*** For a limited period only ***
Cumana are offering a special trade-in price for existing CD-R users wishing
to upgrade to CDBlaze. See the Cumana website for more details.
A free trial version of CDBlaze is available for download now, from the
CDBlaze website at:
http://www.findme.co.uk/cdblaze/
More information about CDBlaze and other Cumana products is available from
the Cumana website at:
http://www.cumana.demon.co.uk/
or contact:
sales@cumana.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1279 730900
Fax: +44 (0)1279 730809
...for more information.
2) Writable PowerATAPI Driver supports Iomega ATAPI Zip Drive
Alsystems have announced the launch of their new low-cost Power-tec writable
ATAPI Driver.
The ATAPI driver is soft-loadable, and will allow you to access and use a
large range of ATAPI CD ROM drives, including multi-changers.
* New for Summer 1998 are additional drivers that support *
* the ATAPI Iomega Zip 100 drive, giving all the features *
* PowerZip and PowerZip+ users enjoy. *
All Power-tec products now come with 90 days FREE Technical Support.
The Power-tec PowerATAPI driver costs 35ukp plus 2ukp P&P (ex. VAT), and is
in stock now.
For more info see: http://www.alsystems.co.uk/order/
...or send e-mail to: neil@alsystems.co.uk
3) Phantasm site licence now available
After many enquiries as to the availability of a Phantasm site licence,
Astute Graphics has decided on a pricing structure that will be attractive to
institutions (such as schools) and businesses alike.
If you have the ArtWorks site licence and wish to expand on its
colour/effects abilities, then the Phantasm site licence is for you.
The pricing for site (multiple) licences is as follows:
_________________________________________________________
No. of machines | Price | No. of manuals supplied
___________________|_________|___________________________
Up to 5 | 70ukp | 1
6 to 12 | 120ukp | 3
13 to 20 | 165ukp | 4
above 20 | 210ukp | 6
___________________|_________|___________________________
(All prices are inclusive of postage (no VAT))
For further details...
e-mail: nick@astutegrfx.demon.co.uk
web: http://www.astutegrfx.demon.co.uk/
4) InterLink v1.08
If you currently own v1.07 of InterLink, a brand new version is now available
from the updates section on the website.
New features:
-------------
* InterLink now accepts both !Mail and !Pluto according to user preference
* InterLink now accepts both !Connect and !Zetnet, so that users of the
ISP Zetnet do not need to have !Connect loaded unnecessarily
* An ISP dialler bug has been fixed
* The auto-loading of the ISP dialler can now be configured
* The online timer can now be configured to be displayed under the iconbar
icon as well as in the control window
* The control window's position can now be saved, meaning it can be
permanently placed wherever suitable
* Icos & error messages have been revised to reflect the varied use of
applications
If you still are using the original version of InterLink released at the
Wakefield Acorn Show, please download and install the first (v1.05 to v1.07)
update before downloading the new (v1.07 to v1.08) archive.
If you don't currently own InterLink, but wish to order a copy, please visit
the BajoraSoft web site:
http://www.bajorasoft.demon.co.uk/
5) CTA Direct News
http://www.cta.u-net.com/
sales@cta.u-net.com
(01942) 511000
a) New Acorn Ergo Mice
These are currently under manufacture and are due in mid-September.
Price will be 12ukp (plus VAT)
b) Replacement Floppy Drives
CTA now have available two new replacement floppy drives.
The 800K model is a direct replacement for A3000/400/500. The 1.6M model
is a direct replacement for A30X0/4000/5000 and allows incorrect formatting
of media (i.e. formatting DD discs to 1.6M), as did the original Acorn.
Although CTA do not recommend this practice, there are a lot of schools and
individuals with discs formatted in this manner.
Both drives cost 29.95ukp (plus VAT). Quantity discounts apply.
c) Acorn Formatted Disks
In case people have not noticed, CTA appear to be the only supplier of
Acorn pre-formatted discs in both 800k and 1.6M formats. Discs from 20p
each.
d) Ink Refills
For people wishing to save money, CTAs high grade (<0.2 micron) replacement
inks are being used to refill photo cartridges, as they have a true colour
cube. Prices from 6ukp.
e) Best Phoebe Price
To date, CTA believe that they are offering the best Phoebe spec. for the
standard price of 1499ukp (plus VAT), with 128Mb DRAM and 8.4Gb HDD.
6) Enterprise network Acorn support
Additional support for the Acorn and AcorNet Internet suites have been
uploaded for the use of UK Enterprise Account holders only.
It may be accessed from:
ftp://ftp.enterprise.net/
...in the normal manner.
Tower Electronics now supplies free e-mail and telephone support for all
Acorn users who subscribe to the Enterprise network.
For details e-mail:
sales@enterprise.net
PD/Shareware News
-----------------
1) Delirium Version 2 Released
Delirium is a Screen Saver from coding group Kulture, using dramatic
demo-style effects.
Delirium is designed specifically for high-spec computers, with many effects
using full 24 bit colour. A RiscPC with 2MB of VRAM and a StrongARM is
recommended, although many effects will work (albeit a little slower), on
lower spec. machines.
Version 2 has many, many improvements over version 1, including:
* A selection of new savers
* More stable and configurable front end
* A "Random" saver that lets you choose your favourite savers
* Sleep/nosleep corners
* Configurable iconbar icon (Big/Small/None)
* More stuff too, probably (!)
Delirium is available at:
http://www.various-artists.demon.co.uk/delirium/
2) !Ncrypt v2.56
!Ncrypt version 2.56 is now available from:
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/pdowns/chris/download.html
Ncrypt is an encryption program. It provides the user with 4 definable
variables that control the encryption process, and so is very secure.
NOTE: requires RO3+ and the unique ID chipset.
!Ncrypt is FreeWare, and may be copied freely as long as no charge is made
for it, and no part of it is changed from the original archive.
See the information page for more details.
3) IbarPatch 1.10
The latest version of IbarPatch (v1.10), is now available. IbarPatch is a
replacement iconbar for RISC OS, and the new version contains a large array
of options for customising the iconbar's appearance. It can also patch the
Pinboard module to take into account the changed iconbar height (and, as a
bonus, change the Pinboard's background colour).
While it is mainly a superficial change, IbarPatch does have some practical
benefits. It can save screen space, and cut down on scrolling if you have a
lot of iconbar icons. It also doesn't flicker like the WIMP's iconbar.
Source code is included as usual, and it can be downloaded from:
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/mseaborn/comp/programs.html#ibarpatch
4) Vic-20 emulators: PCVIC 1.19 and Arcvic 0.3
* PCVIC 1.19 beta
A Vic-20 emulator for DOS (also runs in Windows). The new version has
joystick support and some small cycle bugs fixed.
* Arcvic 0.3
A brand new Vic-20 emulator for Acorn machines, which should run at 100%
speed on ARM2 and later machines.
They can be found at:
http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~schooten/software/vic-20/pcvic.html
http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~schooten/software/vic-20/arcvic.html
...or...
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/3583/pcvic.html
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/3583/arcvic.html
5) ThermIIC web pages
ThermIIC is the main software item accompanying a series of articles
appearing in Acorn Archimedes World. Using DS1624 IIC thermometers, you may
measure and log up to eight temperatures to a resolution of 0.03125 degrees.
The ThermIIC web pages have recently been updated (and moved). Please visit:
http://www.melhuish.demon.co.uk/ThermIIC/index.html
...if you are interested.
The download page is presently mirroring what goes out on the cover discs,
but in the future will feature any bug fixes, and possibly some extras for
registered users (several programs are under development).
There are links to live temperature data on the web, and suggestions on how
to obtain the chips.
6) Comp.{binaries/sources}.acorn website - update
The c.{b/s}.a website has been updated again.
New Software
------------
Games
* Pinball - Pinball Wizard game. Fast, furious, fun!
* Zip2000 - Latest Inform games player. Includes a directory of utils.
Utils
* BootSuite - A network utility which via a logon routine restricts certain
people to certain programs. Very useful to stop the kids
getting onto the internet.
* CDFix - An updated version of the famous CDFixer. Deals with illegal
characters in the disc name and the awful Apple data fork, as
well as ironing out a couple of other bugs in Acorn's CDFS.
* CDViewer - A brilliant front-end to replace the aging Acorn one. This
is fully configurable, simple to use, has a marvellous audio
system and works! It does not sort out the problems with
CDFS - CDFix does that.
* Phoebe - A set of sprites for CDViewer to make it look like the Phoebe
CD icons.
* Moo - I defy *anyone* not to laugh their box off at this. Requires
Impression Style / Publisher / Pub+ and possibly the
AudioWorks module.
Updated software
----------------
* Acorn Office98 - MS Office98-style hanging icon bar. Unlike the M$
version, this one actually does something! Highly
configurable.
* Plugins - Plug-ins for Acorn Office98
* Smimages - Small image icon set for Acorn Office98
7) NewSaver
Due to the large numbers of people showing interest in NewSaver, a new
extended-period "timebombed" version is now on the ECS web site. This copy
will run until 30th October.
All the Acorn shareware is still there, some of it slightly updated.
Keep an eye on the site for information about their next product which will
be first seen at the Acorn World show this year in the Developers Village.
8) AcornSite PD Software
In the next few weeks a new part to AcornSite called AcornSite PD, is to be
launched. It will contain links to Public Domain and Shareware software on
the Internet.
The difference between AcornSite PD and an FTP Site is that the links will go
straight to the software author's web pages, so that you can download the
latest versions of their software.
During the next few weeks, AcornSite are hoping to build up a larger
selection of links to software. If you have written some PD and would like a
link to your website from AcornSite PD, please visit AcornSite and fill in
the form on the 'Add PD' page.
AcornSite is at:
http://www.visitweb.com/acornsite/
9) Skullsoft release new software
Skullsoft have released new versions of:
* Nomen (v1.02)
* JPEGTrans (v1.16)
* AddDOS (v1.04)
The above programs require the latest version of the WimpBASIC module,
version 2.03 or later, to work (this is also available from the website).
Skullsoft can be found at:
http://www.eganc.demon.co.uk/skullsoft/
10) AlphaSave 1.25
AlphaSave 1.25 is finally ready, and is available for download from:
http://www.alphapro.demon.co.uk/
Follow the Acorn link and then the 'broken screen' (AlphaSave) link.
AlphaSave is an up-to-date screensaver for the Acorn RISC OS range of
computers, from RISC OS 2 right up to RISC OS 3.7 (and, quite possibly,
3.71). It features many ready-made screensavers, and you can also make your
own. This version is a complete rewrite of the previous version, so no
upgrade archives are available.
Features:
* Programmable (programming information included)
* Variable blank delay
* Multi-tasking configuration application
* Easy to install & test new screensavers
* Fully StrongARM Compatible
* Upgradable through upgrade archives
* Fully multitasking screensavers
* Interacts with ScreenBlanker to provide powersave features
* Configuration of each individual screensaver, and many other
features we couldn't cram into this announcement!
AlphaSave is shareware, costing 5ukp to register. You may use it for 14 days
before deleting or registering it. AlphaSave can be found at:
http://www.alphapro.demon.co.uk/
Click on the screen with a first aid symbol on it, in the Acorn section of
the site.
11) DaveSpace web page and software updates
DaveSpace has recently been updated. It's at:
http://www.tristone.co.uk/davespace/
New and recently updated items of software include:
* Tube - a network tunnel proxy program (NEW!)
This is a TaskWindow-based proxy, which can allow a computer to
export access to services it can access itself.
* DGamma - screen gamma controller (NEW-ish!)
Simple screen gamma controller program.
* QuickFiler - keyboard control of the filer (v1.28)
Adds cursor-key controls for moving around directory displays, and more!
* Makro - text macro utility (v1.56)
- more macro buttons (now 32)
- allows longer macro names
* Headlines - command line news headlines fetcher (v1.22)
* NetFetch - command line HTTP fetcher (v1.30)
Both Headlines and NetFetch have had their memcpy() bugs fixed, and so
now tend to work correctly with reasonable wimpslots!
12) Sliced Software website now online!
Sliced Software have announced the arrival of their new website, where you
can download their range of 'freely distributable' and Shareware software.
Find it at:
http://www.sliced.demon.co.uk/
13) Vim 5 port (release 21)
A port of Vim 5.2k BETA is now out (release 21).
Vim is a powerful text editor based on the famous VI, and ports are available
for most platforms.
Features:
* Flexible, user-definable syntax highlighting
* Advanced search and replace
* Multi-level undo
* Redraw using system font, outline fonts or ZapRedraw
* Virtual memory (edit files larger than available RAM)
* Fast user interface
* Powerful macro language (including record-as-you-type)
* C indent automatically indents C programs
* Fully redefinable menus and key combinations
* Detects DOS files and switches mode automatically
* Full support for the global clipboard
* Uses dynamic areas on RISC OS 3.5 and later
* Online hypertext help
Vim requires RISC OS 3.1 to run. The nested wimp and RISC OS 3.5 or later
are helpful, but not essential.
Lots of changes and improvements since my last post (release 4), so take
another look!
Comments and suggestions welcome. The website is at:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~tal197/
Club News
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* Brought to you in association with The Association of Acorn User Groups *
The AAUG website provides details of all the user groups worldwide, and
how you can benefit from becoming a member. For more information, visit:
http://www.argonet.co.uk/scs/AAUG/
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1) BARUG Programme
26 August: Nick van der Walle of Astute Graphics, who will be telling us
about the new vector graphics program, Project Avante.
30 September: Chris Hornby of Spacetech will be presenting Photodesk 3 and
other items from their product range.
BARUG meets at 7:30pm, on the last Wednesday of the month, at the Burden
Institute, close to Junction 1 of the M32.
For map and other details visit their website at:
http://www.snave.demon.co.uk/BARUG/
How to Send in News
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To send in your news items, simply include the following information, and
send it to:
ans@acornusers.org
Or use the website form.
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First name:
Surname:
E-mail address:
Text of news item:
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*** End of ANS - Issue 14 ***
*** Updated: Wed 26th August 1998 ***