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- From: aglover@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Top Calibre Exhibitors Endorse Acorn World (Acorn Press Release)
- Date: 17 Sep 93 15:56:21 GMT
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- Top Calibre Exhibitors Endorse Acorn World '93
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- Release Date 17th September 1993
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- As the final countdown to Acorn World '93 gets underway, the number
- and variety of exhibitors committed to the show continue to impress.
- Besides big names such as Kodak, Psion and The Science Museum, TV
- companies and leading educational and business software specialists
- have also taken stands.
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- Anglia Television's Media Development Unit, for example, will be
- demonstrating a variety of its CD ROMs. 'Understanding The Body'
- enables the user to learn how the human body works via interactive
- lessons and worksheets which use scanned images, video and
- animations. 'Nineteenth Century Biographies' contains information on
- famous people from that century and 'Castles' provides information on
- castles in the UK. Users can take part in a mock tour of the castle,
- learning about their construction and what it was like to live there.
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- In addition, Academy Television has elected to launch a new range of
- educational software on CD ROMs at the show, produced in conjunction
- with Interactive Learning Productions and Yorkshire Television. New
- titles include 'Science Series 1: The Elements', an interactive
- multimedia system covering the periodic table and atomic structure;
- and 'Environment Series 1: Water', which provides information on vital
- environmental issues. Visitors to the stand will also have the
- opportunity to win a CD ROM package of their choice in a daily
- competition.
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- Clares Micro Supplies will be giving the first public demonstration of
- its two recently launched software packages, ProArtisan 2 and
- Rhapsody 3, at Acorn World. ProArtisan 2 is an art and painting
- package designed specifically for the Acorn range of computers.
- Rhapsody 3 enables musical scores to be created without the need for
- pen and paper.
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- Other exhibitors at the show include Pen and Think, which provides
- educational software to support the national curriculum; Rheingold
- Enterprises, which will be demonstrating its Vigil multitasking
- program debugger for the first time; and Colton Software. Colton will
- be showing its Wordz word processing software, Resultz spreadsheet,
- and Fireworkz, which combines the functionality of Wordz and Resultz
- into a powerful integrated solution for the home, business and
- education markets.
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- With the theme 'Vision for the Future', Acorn World '93 is set to be
- the largest ever showcase for Acorn products and services worldwide.
- Taking place at Wembley from 29 - 31 October 1993, the exhibition
- will have a futuristic theme and includes a series of dedicated
- feature areas. These will offer a glimpse of technological innovation
- in the education, publishing, professional services and home business
- sectors. A high level theatre programme will accompany the
- exhibition, at which industry experts will give their views on a
- range of business and technical, educational and leisure topics.
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