Archive Magazine 1995/ARCHIVE95.iso/text/products/volume_06/issue_07

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Å   Ace Printer Drivers Ö To clarify the situation about the different
drivers available, here is a list of the two types, Standard and
ProDriver, with notes on which work on RISC-OS 2 and 3. The Pro-Drivers
work on RISC-OS 3 only.
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Ace RISC-OS Standard Printer Drivers
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(Archive price ú17 each)
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Canon PJ1080A (RISC-OS 2 only)
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Canon LBP4/8 (RISC-OS 3 only)
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ColourCel (RISC-OS 2 only)
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Epson JX compatible (RISC-OS 2 only)
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Epson ESC-P2 (RISC-OS 3 only)
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HP DJ500C/550C/PaintJet (RISC-OS 2 & 3)
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Ace RISC-OS 3 ProDrivers (RISC-OS 2 only)
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(Archive price ú44 each)
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Canon LBP4/8
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Epson ESC-P2
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HP DJ500C/550C/PaintJet
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Shell for Acorn printer drivers (ProDriver A1 upgrade) (Archive price
ú27)
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(Epson ESC-P2 refers to Epsonæs newest printer code standard so it
applies to Epsonæs latest printers such as the Stylus 800. It is
downwards compatible so it can be used with all Epson compatible
printers within the limitations of the facilities of each given
printer.)
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Å   Advance is Acornæs new integrated software suite. It runs on RISC-OS
3.1 machines (1Mb or more) and provides word-processor, spreadsheet,
database and graphs package. The WP has some DTP-like facilities as well
as the usual WP facilities, including a 60,000 word spell-checker, and
can, of course, take output from the other programs in the suite.
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Advance is aimed particularly at education and Acorn have involved some
educationalists in the development of the suite. (You may see a certain
similarity between these programs and existing applications because
Advance was a joint effort between CC, Clares, CRM, Iota and Acorn.)
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The pricing is fairly complex. The single user version is ú99 +VAT (ú105
through Archive), the site licence for primary schools is ú199 +VAT
(ú215 through Archive) and the secondary school site licence is ú499
+VAT (ú520 through Archive). By Acornæs definition, primary includes
special needs schools but all other schools, including middle schools,
will have to pay the secondary school price.
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Acorn also do an Off-site Disc Pack for ú99 +VAT (ú105 through Archive).
This is a set of ten key discs, allowing  pupils and staff to use
Advance on their computers at home. However, it may only be purchased by
schools with a licence.
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Å   Badger Trails price increase Ö Sherston Software have increased the
price of Badger Trails from ú35 to ú39.95 +VAT. The Archive price is now
ú44.
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Å   Budget games Ö David Ramsdenæs Arcade, which is a set of four RISC-OS
arcade games costing ú5.95 (no VAT), is now also available as four
separate games at ú1.99 each from David Ramsden, 7 Chevet Lane,
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 6HN. The games are Chomper, Intruders,
RockSmash and Armageddon.
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Å   Bulletin is a bulletin board system from XOB for use over Econet. It
provides the usual bulletin board services including electronic mail,
special interest groups and closed user groups. This fully RISC-OS
compliant software runs on any Archimedes, supports up to 1,500 users
and comes with a site/network licence for ú69 +VAT from XOB or ú75
through Archive.
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Å   Dabhand Guide to Impression Ö Anne Rooney has written a 400+ page
guide to Impression with 23 chapters attempting to cover all aspects of
using Impression from getting Impression installed on your computer to
the finer points of using the Impression Business Supplement. It costs
ú14.95 through Dabs Press or ú15 (including postage) through Archive.
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Å   DrawHelp Ö This isnæt a new product but it is a helpful introduction
to Draw, produced by Sherston Software. As we are now stocking their
products, it is available through Archive for ú15. (ú15.95 through
Sherston.) It was written for the RISC-OS 2 version of Draw but serves
as an introduction to the RISC-OS 3 version as well, even though it
doesnæt cover the newer features.
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Å   Epson Stylus 800 Ö A new inkjet printer has been released by Epson. It
seems comparable with the Canon BJ200 but the ink doesnæt seem to run as
much on cheap paper so it gives a crisper printout. It can be driven
from standard RISC-OS drivers but, for best effect, use the Ace Pro-
Driver. The Archive price is ú330 or ú370 if bought with the Pro-Driver.
This compares with the Canon BJ200 at ú355 on its own or ú393 with the
CC Turbo-Driver.
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Å   FirstLogo Ö Longman Logotron have produced a version of Logo for use
with primary schools children. It aims to provide an environment where
children can experience computer-based problem-solving as required by
the National Curriculum. The price is ú24 +VAT from Longman Logotron (or
ú26 through Archive) for a single user or ú72 +VAT (ú78 through Archive)
for a primary site licence.
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Å   Graphics on the ARM Ö This is a new book by Roger Amos Ö a 400+ page
guide to various aspects of graphics on the Archimedes range of
computers. It covers such things as fonts, Draw, Vector, 3D graphics,
Paint, art packages, image processing, ray-tracing, animation and
mathematical and abstract graphics. It costs ú14.95 through Dabs Press
or ú15 (inc postage) through Archive.
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Å   HCCS 16-bit SCSI cards Ö HCCS sell a 16-bit SCSI card which includes
full support for CD-ROM. These cost ú99 +VAT or ú110 inclusive through
Archive.
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Å   IronMask 2.0 Multi-User Edition Ö IronMask 2.00 is a major upgrade of
Turing Tools RISC-OS file security system, providing password-controlled
access to important files and directories. IronMask 2.0 supports up to
63 PIN identified users plus an administrative superuser. The superuser
is identified at installation and is responsible for adding and removing
subsequent users. Any signed-on user has the ability to öshieldò or
öunshieldò files by means of a private key. Shielded files are
completely inaccessible to file-handling operations until they are
unshielded using the original key. Automatic time-out guards an
unattended IronMask session from opportunist entry.
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IronMask 2.0 Multi-User Edition is available from Turing Tools for ú65
(inclusive) for installation on one computer or ú195 (inclusive) for
unlimited use on a single site. Educational site licences are available
at a discount, available by individual arrangement.
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IronMask 1.2 continues to be available as IronMask 1.2 Personal Edition,
at the reduced price of ú49 inclusive. IronMask 1 customers can upgrade
to IronMask 2.0 for ú10 on application to Turing Tools.
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Å   Memory upgrades down Ö HCCS have reduced the prices of their memory
upgrades for the new A3000/4000 computers. A 1Mb upgrade for the A3010
is now just ú35 inc VAT through Archive and the 2Mb upgrades for A3020/
4000 are ú70 inc VAT through Archive.
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Å   MIDI files Ö A company called Words & Music has translated a large
number of MIDI files into Archimedes format. There are three volumes of
classical music, one of ragtime music and one of drum tracks. The discs
are ú10.95 each (no VAT) or you can buy all five discs for ú48.75.
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Å   NetChat Ö NetChat is a network communication system providing machine
to machine interaction over Acorn networks. Amongst other things, it
allows users to communicate with each other by a conferencing system
which provides for simultaneous conversations between several users.
Messages may be typed directly into a Éconversation windowæ or pre-
prepared text files may be sent by simply dragging them onto the NetChat
icon. The core NetChat module also allows files, applications and
complete directories to be passed between machines even in the absence
of a fileserver.
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There are also facilities that allow the keyboard of one machine to
control directly a remote machine or to allow operating system commands
to be sent to a remote machine, permitting modules and programs to be
run on one machine from another machine. You can also get a snapshot
view of another computeræs screen. To show the realtime interaction,
there is an Othello game played by users on different machines.
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A site licence for NetChat costs ú84 +VAT or ú92 through Archive.
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Å   NetManage Ö A new piece of software has appeared from Australia which
will be of great help to Network Managers. NetManage, from Suitable
Software, is a network management tool for use on AUN over Econet or
Ethernet. It allows you to create and maintain user password files on
Acornæs Level 3, Filestore and Level 4 fileservers. The price is ú50 (no
VAT) from Suitable Software in the U.K. or $125 in Australia.
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Å   On-site warranty Ö Acorn offer on-site service and warranty on all
their new computers: A3010, A3020, A4000 and A5000. You can choose 1-
year or 3-year warranties and the cost depends on the type of computer
and whether or not it has a hard drive. The Acorn monitor you purchased
at the same time is included in the warranty. These warranties have to
be purchased at the time of purchase of the computer or within 30-days
thereafter. The prices are: 1-year A5000 Ö ú39.95 (ú37 through Archive),
1-year A3010/3020/4000 ú29.95 (ú28 through Archive), 3-year A5000 Ö
ú79.95 (ú74 through Archive), 3-year A3020HD and A4000 ú59.95 (ú60
through Archive) and 3-year A3010 and A3020FD ú49.95 (ú46 through
Archive).
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Å   Optima is NW SEMERCæs new hypermedia database. It allows users to link
words, pictures and sounds so that you can create talking books,
branching stories, adventures and viewdata systems. It costs ú18 +VAT
from NW SEMERC.
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Å   Parallel port SCSI adaptor Ö Atomwide have produced a SCSI adaptor
which plugs into the bidirectional printer port of the new machines. The
price is ú49.95 +VAT (ú55 through Archive). See Hardware Column on page
55 for details.
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Å   Phases 3 Ö NW SEMERC have released the latest version of their RISC-OS
word-processor for children aged 5 upwards. With its extra facilities,
Phases 3 still only costs ú18 +VAT.
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Å   Pocket Book / Psion 3 products Ö We have increased our range of
products for the Pocket Book and reduced the prices of some of the
memory products.
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   Acorn   Archive
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Parallel Link   ú29.95   ú28
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RAM Disc 128Kb   ú79.95   ú74
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RAM Disc 512Kb   Öááá   ú138
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RAM Disc 1Mb   Öááá   ú278
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Flash Disc 128Kb   Öááá   ú37
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Flash Disc 256Kb   ú69.95   ú65
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Flash Disc 512Kb   ú119.95   ú93
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Flash Disc 1Mb   Öááá   ú185
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Flash Disc 2Mb   Öááá   ú278
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OPL Editor   ú69.95   ú65
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Mains Adaptor   ú14.95   ú15
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Å   RiscCAD Junior is a 2D draughting system which provides a wide range
of draughting facilities, all working in the RISC-OS environment. The
Junior version of RiscCAD is available now for ú80 +VAT from Davyn
Software. A Professional version should be available by the time you
read this and will cost ú130 +VAT.
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Å   S-Base is Longman Logotronæs exciting new database. It is not just a
straight database but has a database language called S (what else?)
which allows you to write your own procedures and mini-programs using an
Edit-like editor for program editing. S-Base comes with a template
editor, with Draw-like tools for creating the layout of your databases.
It can handle a range of data types including integer, FP, string, date,
time and you can even define your own data types. It can also handle
large objects like sprites or Replay files. The personal version costs
ú99 +VAT (ú105 through Archive) and the developeræs version costs ú199
+VAT (ú215 through Archive). With the developeræs version, you can
create databases which can be compiled and then, once compiled, can be
run independently of S-Base. The resultant databases cannot be edited
but they come with a royalty-free version of the S runtime system, so
you can give away or sell the database as you wish.
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(We are hoping to use S-Base to create an all-singing, all-dancing
database for the Archive office and we hope to install it on the network
as soon as the S-Base network version becomes available! We are
certainly going to need an S-Base Column in Archive. Is anyone
interested in running it for us? Ed)
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Å   Serenade is a desktop MIDI sequencer from Clares. It provides 16-track
record and playback, keyboard capture, transpose, quantise, full editing
facilities, guitar chord input, etc. Serenade costs ú135 inc VAT or ú125
through Archive.
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Å   SideShow is a video-titling package from Computer Concepts distributed
with the Wild Vision Chroma-Genlocks. It functions around Draw and
thereby acts as a medium for overlaying drawn objects, sprites and/or
text onto video. It offers sequencing of screens with blanking, looping
and scrolling. It will not be sold as a stand-alone package but existing
owners of Chroma-Genlock boards can upgrade their ChromaText software
free of charge through Wild Vision if they do so before 30th June 1993.
The Chroma-Genlock package costs ú259.68 including VAT and carriage or
ú240 through Archive.
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Å   SyQuest removable drives Ö There is now an alternative version of the
SyQuest 84Mb removable drive. The older versions would read 42Mb discs
but could not write them but the new drives can read and write both
sizes of discs. This is a great bonus to anyone who is likely to want to
exchange data between sites. The new drives will cost ú670 instead of
ú590 for the older version.
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Å   Teletext on AUN networks Ö XOBæs Teletext serving software, mentioned
last month, is now available through Archive for ú169.
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Å   Ultimate Expansion expansion Ö The range of HCCSæs Ultimate Expansion
system is increasing Ö and dropping in price. There is now a User Port/
Analogue Port Starter Pack for ú79 +VAT (ú88 through Archive). The A3010
20M Ultimate 2-slot multipodule has dropped from ú303 to ú250 (Archive
price) and the 60M Ultimate 2-slot multipodule has dropped from ú445 to
ú335 (Archive price). The SCSI starter Pack has dropped from ú133
(Archive) to ú100 and the Archive price of the SCSI micropodule has
dropped from ú110 to ú77.
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Å   WordSearch Ö If you want to make up a word-square (words hidden in
various directions within a matrix of letters) then Davyn Software can
make life easier for you. For ú17 +VAT, they offer WordSearch which
takes an Edit file of words and creates a word-square for you.
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