Previous Updates


In order to tidy up the front page, here's some of the recent updates:

What Was New?
Sunday 21st June
Added review of Purple Software's Navigator to the EPOC32 Reviews page. That includes some undocumented tips direct from Purple Software.
Made the Site Statistics page double as a site map as well.
Updated the Palmtops and RISC OS page to include the release of the eMate connectivity package by Avie Electronics.
Monday 15th June
Updated the Site Statistics page and added the Babelfish translator to the Internet Search page.
Sunday 14th June
Updated the Geofox One review. Further updates to the Education Resource.
Added some more cricket links to the page about me.
Friday 12th June
Added a front end to assorted Internet Search Engines to this page.
Monday 8th June
Added Wordbox to the Downloads and S5 Education Resource pages.
Added a page looking at what your options are if your Pocket Book needs repairing, including an appeal for unwanted machines.
Sunday 7th June
Updated the NStore review with the news that H.S. Software are now selling a cut-down version of PsiRisc with the S5 version of NStore.
More updates to the the palmtop Education Resource.
Thursday 4th June
Several updates to the the palmtop Education Resource.
Updated the reviews of ArcLink5, PsiRisc and S5Zip to reflect recent changes, new versions, etc.
Friday 22nd May
Added several RasMol scripts converted for RISC OS.
Thursday 14th May
To start the education resource off, I've added two contributions showing how Pocket Book machines have been used in schools in Earith and Hartford.
Sunday 10th May
Reviews of Atelier's Essential Disc Utilities and Psion's Games Arcade added to EPOC32 reviews page.
Wednesday 29th April
Mended some of the broken links! Apologies to the folk who were trying to download VReader5 yesterday, it should now work. The pictures should all load on other pages too, now I've got used to a case-sensitive filing system!
Monday 27th April
Added Elements and Nuclides to the RISC OS reviews page.
Mini-review of HotKeys added to EPOC32 reviews page.
Added Site Statistics page.
Saturday 25th April
Made the appeals for expressions of interest, software, etc. a bit more prominent!
Added the new time-out date of May 31st for the unregistered version of ArcLink5 to the review.
Friday 24th April
Moved to a new URL! Please add the new location to your hotlist, and note that my email address has also changed to JWoodthorpe@ndirect.co.uk
Wednesday 15th April
Updated HTMLEdit review to cover the new version (HTMLEdit98).
Tuesday 14th April
Updated Nstore5 review.
Added pages asking for contributions on School Uses of Psion and Pocket Book machines, and Programming Tools for developing EPOC applications under RISC OS.
Saturday 11th April
Added Nstore5 review to the EPOC32 reviews page.
Friday 10th April
Added Teletext+ review to the RISC OS reviews page.
Updated the Work in Progress page to let you know what to expect.
Monday 30th March
Changed the page on portable machines to palmtops in the light of the expected appearance of a RISC OS portable at the Wakefield Spring Show in May.
Saturday 28th March
Added detailed review of Geofox One and Psion's Presentation Maker to the EPOC32 Reviews page.
Updated ArcLink5 Review to warn that the Shareware version has now timed-out.
Moved support to its own page.
Added request for people to register interest in the possible development of Infra Red transfer hardware for RISC OS.
Friday 20th March
Added Icon Technology to the Acorn Links page.
Thursday 19th March
Added three fairly long articles on Technical Word Processing on Acorns to RISC OS reviews page. This series, originally from Archive, reviews TEX, Formulate, Formulix, and the gorgeous TechWriter.
Tuesday 17th March
Added review of ImageFS to RISC OS reviews page.
Tuesday 10th March
Added page on the range of palmtop machines with good RISC OS connectivity.
Tidied and updated most of the site.
Friday 6th March
Updated several pages, including recommending HotKeys on the Geofox One page.
Also added the obligatory Personal Stuff.
Sunday 1st March
Updated ArcLink5 page to reflect the latest version and added the Work in Progress page to let you know what to expect.
Sunday 22nd February
Updated Links pages, and ArcLink5 and PsiRisc reviews to reflect the current releases.
Wednesday 18th February
Added a page of first thoughts on the Geofox One, machine to the EPOC32 reviews page.
Sunday 15th February
Added JACIS, CompuServe access scripts, to the download page.
Updated several aspects of the PsiRisc review.
Added comment about answering queries to support page.
Monday, 9th February 1998
New version (1·02) of Connector available.
Thursday, 5th February 1998
Changed references to PsiZip to the new name of S5Zip.
Added VReader5 and S5Zip to the download page, and made it more obvious which computer each package is for.
Monday, 2nd February 1998
Added link to Series 5 Links page to Five Alive, Stefan Smith's site, as he is taking on the task of providing daily S5 news updates. Stefan will also be linking into some of the reviews on here.
Friday, 30th January 1998
Added the RISC OS port of TCReader (Electronic Book compressor) to the Acorn reviews page.
Added backing up with JB5StopGo to the Series 5 Reviews page.
Monday, 26th January 1998
Xemplar, the Acorn / Apple education joint venture, have announced the new Pocket Book III, a re-badged Series 3c with faster serial port.
IMS have announced the pricing and availability details of PsiRisc.
Wednesday, 21th January 1998
Updated Arclink5 page to cover details of latest version.
Sunday, 18th January 1998
Added review of Programming Psion Computers book from EMCC to Series 5 Reviews page.


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