Archive Magazine 1995/ARCHIVE95.iso/text/products/volume_05/issue_07

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Å   Aliped Ö A multi-directional scrolling game from Alien Images / Dabs
Press in which you wander around a castle trying to shake off the spell
that has been cast upon you by the evil step-mother of a fair princess.
The price is ú14.95 from Dabs Press or ú14 through Archive.
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Å   Budget DTP Ö is a new book from Roger Amos, published by Dabs Press at
ú12.95 (ú13 inclusive through Archive). It shows how you can use Draw
and Edit to do DTP on Archimedes computers (RISC-OS 2 only) without
going to the expense of buying a DTP package. Chapters include, What is
DTP?, Draw in depth, Edit in depth, The font system, Page layout, etc.
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(I was amused to see that although öthe authoræs text was prepared using
!Edit and !Drawò, the book was produced öusing an Apple Mac DTP systemò.
Ed.)
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Å   Charm Ö This compiled language with assembler, linker, editor,
tutorial, two games (including source code) was mentioned by David Wild
in his Languages Column (Archive 4.11 p34). It now has a desktop shell
from which to run the utilities. The program is distributed by David
Pilling and is now available through Archive at ú6.
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Å   Colony Rescue Ö This new adventure game from Alien Images / Dabs Press
is set in 2143 AD when the universe has started to contract, causing the
innermost galaxiesæ fine balance to be upset. Their only chance is you
in your humble rescue ship! The price is ú14.95 from Dabs Press or ú14
through Archive.
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Å   Desktop Publishing on Acorn Computers Ö This booklet which I offered
free of charge two months ago is finally in print. I am sorry that it
has taken so long to produce but once I got started on it, it grew and
grew. I employed two consultants to give their expertise in comparing
Acorn systems with Mac and PC and the resulting document is 20 pages
long! The evidence as to the superiority of Acorn systems over Macs,
pound for pound, is quite staggering. If you know anyone who is
interested in setting up a DTP facility, let us know and weæll send them
a copy of the booklet. I have reproduced part of the booklet in this
monthæs magazine because I think it is important information. (See pages
69.)
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(I offered the booklet free of charge and  will stick to that offer if
you are seriously interested in buying a DTP system. However, if all
subscribers asked for a free copy just because it was free, it would
cost me a couple of thousand pounds. So, if you felt you could contrib
ute to the cost, I would be most grateful. The cover price is 75p, but
50p would just about cover the printing and postage.)
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Å   Grievous Bodily æARM Ö Fourth Dimensionæs latest offering is a
öbrutal, uninhibited arcade beat æem upò game. The excuse for the punch
up is that you are trying to save the city from an evil scientist who is
making vast amounts of cheap illegal narcotics and you have to Éget himæ
in order to save the city from his grip! ú24.95 from 4th Dimension or
ú23 through Archive.
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Å   Newton Ö Longman Logotron have produced another package extending the
use of their Logo language. Newton enables pupils to study the concept
of forces. You can give your turtle mass, apply forces to it and see how
it behaves. You can also explore frictionless surfaces, bouncing balls
and collisions. The cost is ú19 +VAT from Longman Logotron or ú21
through Archive.
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Å   (another) PC Emulator upgrade Ö Version 1.8 of the Acorn PC Emulator
(AKA70), which incorporates support for VGA graphics and Expanded memory
LIM 3.2, will be released on April 21st 1992. The RRP remains the same
at ú99 +VAT (or ú96 inc VAT through Archive).
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The product includes the new version of the emulator, MS-DOS3.30, a
revised manual and MS-DOS CD-ROM extensions (MSCDEX 2.20). You can
configure the emulator to use VGA support, which allows you to run DOS
applications which make use of VGA. This includes many of the range of
CD-ROM titles listed in the NCET CD-ROM scheme for schools.
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The memory requirements of version 1.8 when running without VGA support
are the same as version 1.7. You can run DOS applications in single-
tasking mode only in 1M but to use both multi-tasking and single-tasking
modes, you need 2M or more.
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When configured to use the VGA support, some applications may need more
than 2M to run in multi-tasking mode, but will still run in single-
tasking mode. This includes the CD-ROM titles for which you need 4M, if
you want to run them in multi-tasking mode.
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There will be an upgrade to 1.8 (AKA71) for existing owners of the PC
Emulator available from 1st June (sic) until 1st September 1992. It will
contain the 1.8 PC Emulator and manual only, with no CD-ROM extensions
or DOS disc; users retain their current DOS disc.
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The price for upgrading to 1.8 is ú9 +VAT from version 1.6 or 1.7 and
ú29 +VAT from a version earlier than 1.6. This upgrade is available for
all existing owners of the PC Emulator, whether originally supplied with
MS-DOS or DR-DOS.
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There is a special upgrade offer for Educational institutions which are
using version 1.6 or 1.7. This allows institutions to purchase one unit
of the upgrade for ú9 and copy the disc to replace all their units of
1.6 and 1.7.
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The PC Emulator 1.8 manual (AKJ35) is available separately at ú8 (no VAT
payable).
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Å   PDSview Ö Spacetech have produced a package which allows access to
data from NASAæs Planetary Data System available on CD-ROM. The viewer
allows you to enhance images, use false colour or construct true multi-
spectral colour images, to make ömovieò sequences as well as examine
features such a volcanoes or to make 3D projections of the surface of
planets. The package is fully RISC-OS compliant and the PC Emulator is
not required to run the package. PDSview forms a powerful image
processor in its own right. PDSview is ú99.50 +VAT (ú108 through
Archive) and this includes a disc full of sample images. If you have a
CD-ROM, you can then buy a two-disc sampler set of some 1,500 images
which includes various views of volcanoes and views from a range of
spacecraft including Voyager, Nimbus, Landsat, NOAA, etc. The sampler
set costs ú40 +VAT (or ú44 through Archive). The main database of images
Ö 26,000 in all(!) Ö comes on 12 CDs and covers the complete Voyager
mission. This costs ú200 +VAT (or ú220 through Archive).
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Å   RISC-OS 3 printer driver Ö A5000 owners will be pleased to hear that
Ace Computing have now done a RISC-OS 3 printer driver for the HP
Deskjet 500C. It will also work on the HP PaintJet and the PaintJet XL.
The price is ú18.80 inc VAT from Ace or ú17 through Archive.
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Å   Starch Ö An arcade action game from Alien Images / Dabs Press set in a
launderette! Harry and Dave are working through the night trying to
clear the backlog of unfinished washing. (Doesnæt exactly sound an
exciting scenario but Edæs two sons, aged 11 and 13, certainly enjoyed
playing with the review copy of the game.) The price is ú14.95 from Dabs
Press or ú14 through Archive.
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Å   Titler Ö Clares Micros have released their new video titling and
presentation package called Titler. For ú149.95 inc VAT (ú135 through
Archive) you get two packages Ö Titler itself which you use to combine
input from Artisan2, Artisan, Illusionist and RenderBender II and add
titles in various fonts to create screens for display Ö and Sequencer to
combine the screens together with special effects such as fade, wipe,
scroll, etc. It also takes input from Tracker and Armadeus. Link it with
a genlock system and you can create professional standard video-titling.
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Å   Vidi-Archimedes Ö A video digitiser for the Archimedes from Rombo
Productions. For ú149 +VAT, you get a digitiser that can grab frames
from moving video at 320 ╫ 256 pixels in 16 grey shades and can replay
frames at 10 per second. If you work from a still video image, you can
use the built-in electronic filters to build up a full colour image at
up to 640 ╫ 256 in 256 colour.
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