Archive Magazine 1995/ARCHIVE95.iso/text/products/volume_03/issue_03

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Å   Acorn Assembler (ú199 + VAT or ú195 through Archive) comprises three
programs plus a manual; Aasm which assembles files for immediate
execution, ObjAsm which assembles files into Acornæs AOF format and
Linker which links AOF files.
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Å   Allin Boxing from Dabs Press complete with its digitised grunts and
groans is now available for ú14.95 (ú14 through Archive).
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Å   ALPS System and Cops from Alpine Software which were mentioned last
month (3.2 p 2 and 3.2 p 4) are now available through Archive for ú29
and ú18 respectively.
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Å   C Front (release 2) from Mitre Software now supports release 3 of
Acorn ANSI C. Users can receive a free upgrade of Cfront by returning
their original master disc to Mitre Software.
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Å   Claresæ Artisan Update Ö the 256 colour art package ProArtisan has
been reduced in price to ú99.95 inc VAT (through Archive ú85) and
Artisan 2 is now available from stock ú59.96 in VAT (through Archive
ú55). Existing Artisan owners can upgrade to Artisan 2 by sending just
their original disc and ú30 to Clares (or ú28 through Archive).
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Å   Computer Concepts Upgrades Ö the InterROM series along with SpellMas
ter now work under RISCOS and a free upgrade is provided by Computer
Concepts. Just send back your Archimedes ROMs or discs to Computer
Concepts and they will upgrade them for you.
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Å   Disc Utilities from The Data Store (see Archive 3.3 p 32) is now
available through Archive for ú15. Soon to be available is FontFX (ú10
through Archive) which uses Acornæs Outline Font Manager to construct
!Draw paths of antialiased text. The text can be drawn around various
shapes e.g. straight lines, circles, arcs and can be rotated, scaled,
shadowed, etc. This allows you to produce sophisticated text shapes that
can be loaded into applications such as !Draw, Impression, Acorn DTP,
etc.
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Å   EType Designer is now available at ú16 from Archive Ö design your own
courses with custom obstacles, etc.
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Å   External Dual 3.5ö drives for the A3000 are available from Morley
Electronics for ú125 + VAT or through Archive for ú135. The plugin
upgrade is easy to install and does not require a separate PSU as the
drives draw their power from the A3000.
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Å   Fireball II Ö Cambridge International Software will be releasing this
game in a games Éminipackæ after Christmas. The game offers digitised
sounds and all sorts of extra batænæball functions such as mirror,
snake, laser, etc. Until then, the game can be obtained for ú8.50 from
the author, Simon Heather, at Mayfield House, Bunbury, Cheshire, CW6 9SY
or telephone [phone].
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Å   Fun School 2 from Database Software comes in three versions: under
6æs, 6 Ö 8æs and Over 8æs. Each has eight different educational games
for just
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Å   G.A.Herdman Educational have a whole range of educational programs,
long established in the BBC/Master market, which have now been made
available in completely rewritten form making full use of RISCOS. They
range in price from ú9.99 to ú39.99 and include titles such as Household
Electricity, Advanced Chemistry Assessment, Atomic Theory Plus, Advanced
Organic Chemistry II, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II, Advanced Physical
Chemistry II, Periodic Table, Periodicity 1 & 2. Send them an s.a.e. for
full details.
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They are also working on a product called DTP_ Images which is disc full
of images, specifically designed for the education market, which will
supplement Acornæs own DTP examples disc.
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Å   Holed Out Designer Ö Now you can design your own golf courses and so
never get tired of playing Holed Out. ú18.95 from Impact or ú18 through
Archive.
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Å   Jigsaw from 4mation Educational Resources (ú29 + VAT) consists of 16
full screen pictures (featuring artwork from Rodkey Matthews and David
Cowell) which can be jumbledup into a jigsaw by a rather clever program.
It offers various degrees of difficulty from great big pieces which are
all orientated in the correct direction to lots of little pieces all
higgledypiggledy.
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Å   MacroAssembler from Wingpass (ú47 through Archive) produces AOF files
and is easy to use to create relocatable modules. This assembler has
several special features which make it ideal for use with C language
programs.
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Å   Memory Upgrades for A3000 from Morley Electronics Ö 1M & 3M upgrades
are now available (ú150 and ú415 plus VAT). The boards are easy to
install as they plug into the standard RAM expansion sockets provided
and offer full compatibility with all Acorn software. We have managed a
very special deal with Morley and can offer them at ú140 and ú395 inc
VAT and carriage.
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Å   Memory Upgrades for A3000 Ö CJE Micros have a 1M upgrade for the A3000
at ú165 (Archive price). They are also working on a 3M upgrade and will,
in due course, be offering a tradein on the 1M version.
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Å   Memory upgrades for A305 Ö SPEM in Italy has produced a 2M upgrade
that can be fitted into an A305 or an upgraded A305. Basically, it plugs
into the sockets used by the second half Mbyte of ram on the main p.c.b.
In addition it requires a couple of tracks cutting on the underside of
the p.c.b. and a couple of wires soldering onto it. It is not for the
fainthearted and, needless to say, fitting it will void your warranty.
SPEM are offering it at a special price to Archive subscribers in Italy
Ö Lire 750.00 or, to other European Archive subscribers, ú299.99.
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Å   MultiStore, Minervaæs long awaited fully relational database system,
is now in stock. It is multitasking and handles multiple files open at
once and has lots of interesting features. The price is just ú299 inc
VAT. (ú250 through Archive)
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(Many of you have protested against Minervaæs policy of copy protecting
their discs and some have even said that, on principle, they would not
buy any of Minervaæs products. It may be of interest to you to know that
MultiStore is not, as far as we can see, copy protected and it can be
backedup using the standard *BackUp command.)
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(We have a review copy of MultiStore, but before you all write in,
offering to do the review and get your free review copy, I should say
that we need someone who really knows about databases and who is already
familiar with System Delta Plus, Alphabase and also Pipedream 3,
preferably, so that we get a better overview of what is available and
how MultiStore compares with the opposition. MultiStore is an extensive
package and we want to do justice to it in the review.)
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Å   New language compiler Ö Cambridge Pascal is now available from Dabs
Press for ú79.95 (ú70 through Archive). This is a comprehensive version
of Pascal with many extras for use on the Archimedes, including access
to star commands and SWIæs, compilation of relocatable modules, desktop
compatible, full dynamic string handling, local error handling and
random access files.
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Å   The Datafile of Educational Software and Addresses is now in its sixth
edition. It offers 4370 records of software titles and over 1000
addresses of agencies likely to be of interest to the educational
computer users. For more details contact Nick Evans, PO Box 55, Grimsby,
DN32 0QB or phone [phone] (evenings and weekends only).
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Å   Worra PCB and Worra CAD have now been rewritten to take full advantage
of the RISCOS window environment. The packages are available from Oak
Computers and each costs ú49.95 inc VAT (or ú46 through Archive).
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Å   Worra Plotter will allow HPGL compatible plotters to plot draw files.
The package allows you to configure the pen speed, plotter size, pen
configuration and size/offset of the drawing. It costs ú29.95 inc VAT
from Oak Computers (or ú27 through Archive).
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