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* SigmaSheet from Minerva is claimed to be 200 times faster than
Intersheet, Lotus 123 and Logistix and capable of handling over 7 times
the size of Lotus 123. It should be available off-the-shelf by the time
this magazine gets to you. The full price ú69.95, Archive price ú64.
We hope to be able to review it next month.
1.8
Å Two new games, also from Minerva are: Hoverbod and Missile Control,
ú14.95 each. They should be able öin Mayò. More details next month.
1.8
Å A screendump for 24-pin printers (LQ800 and LQ1000) available from
Abacus Training. The dump utilises the triple density graphics mode to
produce a picture of 1280 x 1024 dots which comes out at about 7.5ö x
5ò. This was written by Mark Sealey and Gerald Fitton, two of our
contributors, and is being made available to Archive subscribers for ú5.
(Or ú3.50 if you send a formatted disc.)
1.8
Å U-Connect from Magenta Research Ö a general purpose comms package,
exclusively WIMP driven, providing various terminal emulations plus a
selection of file transfer protocols: X-modem, Kermit and CET for
Prestel. Will run on 305És, but ö1 Mbyte preferredò. ú59.95 inclusive.
Weæve been promised a review copy, so we hope to report on this in a
future issue.
1.8
Å ArcTerm Ö a free downloadable program from Hugo Fiennes on his
bulletin board on 0458 476081. (How do you get it if you havenæt got a
comms program for your Archimedes?)
1.8
Å PipeDream (alias View Professional) is being launched for the
Archimedes by Colton Software at ú99 + VAT öfrom May 19thò. Pipedream
is an integrated suite of software: word-processing, spreadsheet +
database. More details from Robert Macmillan on 0954 211472.
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Å Database of Educational Software and Addresses. This database,
already well-established on Viewstore, FIND, Supastore and KEY for the
BBC B and Master series is now available (well, it said it should be by
mid May) on System Delta Plus for the Archimedes ú20 from Nick Evans, PO
Box 55, Grimsby, DN32 0QB. Educational orders welcome.
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Å Fast action arcade game: QUAZER very colourful, very fast, several
levels of skill, but basically just shooting up the on-coming enemy
hordes (My kids like it!) ú8.95 from J Rockey, Brecklands, Broad Oak,
Shrewsbury, SY4 3AH or send S.A.E. for information.
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