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Å A3000 memory prices down again Ö Atomwideæs 1 to 4M A3000 upgrade is
now down to ú355. We now also have Computerware memory boards available
at the same price as the Atomwide ones: ú90 and ú355. These are the same
format with just 8 chips, as Acorn prefer, providing either 1M or 4M by
using different chips. (With the 4M chips, you donæt end up with 5M,
unfortunately, as one of the four megabytes just duplicates the internal
ram.)
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Å A3000 memory prices down again (part 2) Ö The Morley 1 to 2 M boards
are now down to ú90 and the 1 to 4M upgrade boards are on special
offer, while stocks last, at ú240. To upgrade from a Morley 1M board to
a 3M, it is still just the difference in price: ú240 Ö ú90 = ú150. Send
in your old 1M board with a cheque for ú150 and we will upgrade it for
you.)
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Å A3000 VIDC enhancers Ö Atomwide have now redesigned the VIDC enhancer
so that it will fit into the A3000 as well as A300/400 series machines.
If you have a multisync monitor, it is well worth thinking of getting a
VIDC enhancer at ú35.
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Å A310 memory upgrade price drop Ö Computerwareæs memory upgrades have
dropped in price. The 1 to 2M upgrade is now ú360 and the 1 to 4M
upgrade is ú540. Despite what we put in last monthæs issue, these
upgrades will continue to be available from us either as Computerware
upgrades or from another company, as yet undecided. The new company will
take over all the guarantee commitments of Computerware and, in any
case, we at N.C.S. will give a personal guarantee to cover the full 12
months.
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Å ARM3 price drop Ö Aleph One have dropped the price of their 30 MHz
ARM3 upgrade to ú495 +VAT. We can now sell them for ú520 inc VAT
(compared to the Watford ARM3s at ú460).
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Å CASA Ö Computer Aided Structural Analysis of 2D frames is available
from Vision Six. The entry level version at only ú150 +VAT copes with up
to 32 members and 32 nodes and will run on a 1M machine. The full
version is ú600, needs somewhat more memory, and has a capacity only
limited by the amount of memory (which could be up to 8M, donæt forget,
with Atomwideæs 4 to 8M upgrade).
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Å DataSweet Ö a suite of desktop applications written especially to
develop childrenæs data handling skills. Each application may be used to
explore data handling techniques from basic graph drawing to full
database searches and spreadsheet calculations. The whole ÉDataSweetæ
has been written with the National Curriculum guidelines on data
handling in mind. For further information, contact Hampshire Microtech
nology Centre on 0705Ö378266.
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Å Desktop Office Ö is a very impressive looking package from Minerva
which combines, in the multitasking environment, database, wordproces
sor, spreadsheet, graphs & charts and communications packages. This
looks to be excellent value at only ú129.95 inc VAT (ú120) through
Archive.
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Å Minerva price reduction Ö Not surprisingly, with the launch of Desktop
Office, Minerva are reducing the prices of GammaPlot & SigmaSheet to
ú49.95 (ú46 through Archive).
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Å Memory chips for Willi Langhansæ upgrade Ö Those who sent an S.A.E.
for the plans of Willi Langhansæ D.I.Y. memory upgrade may wish to know
that we can supply the memory chips at ú70 per Mbyte (8 chips).
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Å Monitor leads Ö We now sell extralong (1.2 m) monitor cables (ú15) for
use with Acorn or Philips monitors. They also have a connection for
sound so that you can amplify the Archimedesæ sound and have manual
control over the volume.
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Å Nevryon Ö ú19.95 from the 4th Dimension (ú18 through Archive) is a
fast action sideways scrolling shoot æem up game. Two discs, 256 colour
graphics, 4 channel stereo, 6 pieces of stereo music, 6 levels of ötrue
parallax scrollingò and an öamazing array of weaponry for maximum
destructionò!
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Å Personal Accounts Special Edition Ö Apricote Studios have done a new
multitasking version of their Personal Accounts especially for the A3000
and Archimedes. New features include: Automatic standing orders and
forecast ahead, budgeting, 10 bank/credit accounts online at the same
time, calculator, usable for clubs or nonVAT businesses. The new price
is ú24.95 or ú23 through Archive. If you bought the earlier version, you
can upgrade for the difference in price and your old files are com
pletely compatible. Return your old disc to Apricote (not to Archive)
with a credit card number or cheque for ú10.
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Å Redshift Ö an impressive fastscrolling (vertical) arcade game from
Minerva (ú17.95 or ú17 through Archive).
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Å Removable hard drives Ö The Electric Scribe Co. Ltd are selling a
removable hard drive for the Archimedes. Itæs basically the same
mechanism as the Oak drive but only costs ú749 +VAT though this does not
include a SCSI podule. See the SCSI Column on page 12 and the advert on
page 13 for more details.
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Å Shareware 30 Ö Although we mentioned Sharewares 31 and 32 last month,
we seem to have omitted to mention Shareware 30 which contains various
soundtracker modules plus a soundtracker test program.
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Å Careware 8 also got missed out of the honourable mentions. It contains
a ÉPrimaryæ word processor, yet another 256 colour art package, desktop
ÉLifeæ, graphics demos, mouse patience, batænæball game with a differ
ence, Épeggityæ game, various Maestro files, FWPlus file conversion,
autodisc formatter, disc label designer, line editor module, movable
icon bar, 01 to 071/081 conversion, RMA manager.
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Å Tabs Ö the 3D model making software from TAP Consortium is now
available in its fullrelease version. This software allows you to create
models on screen and then get the computer to print out an exploded view
of the model which can be used to cut out and make a 3D model. (We have
a review version and need someone working in an educational CDT
environment to try it out. You would need to have access to a Plotmate
A3M or HGPL compatible plotter.)
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Å WorraCAD Ö a mistake on the Price List last month gave the price as
ú70 Ö it should have been ú80, sorry! Oakæs own price is ú75 +VAT =
ú86.25. For more details, see the advert on page 22.
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