RISC World

Volume 1 to 6 Compilation


The CD-ROM magazine for RISC OS users.

Welcome to RISC World, the CD-ROM magazine for all users of RISC OS computers.

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Index by Contents

Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6



 

Volume 1

Features

  • PD World - Alasdair Bailey discusses the new anti-virus software Slayer and other PD.
  • Portable World - John Woodthorpe looks at how to connect your Psion 3 or 5 to your RISC OS machine.
  • Data analysis - Paul Webb shows how to analyse data on RISC OS using 1st and Analysis.
  • Support the supporters - how to help your friendly neighbourhood technical support person, by David Pilling and David Matthewman.
  • Castle Technology - Alasdair Bailey goes behind the scenes at one of the leading hardware manufacturers in the market.
  • PDF overview - Aaron Timbrell looks at Adobe's Portable Document Format, and how we can view it on the Acorn.
  • An Ovation for the Ballet - Brian O'Carroll explains how he used Ovation Pro to produce a brochure for the Adonais Ballet Company.
  • Portable World - John Woodthorpe looks at integrating RISC OS and EPOC.
  • DrawWorks review - Aaron Timbrell of iSV Products takes us to task for some mistakes in the review in Issue 2.
  • RISC OS 4 myths - Aaron Timbrell dispells a few myths about RISC OS 4.
  • Remember StarInfo? - Lawrence Granville re-opens an old favourite.
  • WML explained - Richard Goodwin on WML for WAP phones.
  • Remember StarInfo? - Lawrence Granville gets some reader submissions.
  • HTML explained - Richard Goodwin on HTML and the WEB.
  • Remember StarInfo? - Lawrence Granville gets some reader submissions.

Reviews

  • EFF CD 2 - the second EFF Professional Typography CD is reviewed by Geoffrey Dean.
  • DrawWorks Millennium - Richard Goodwin looks at this extension to Draw from iSV Products.
  • PRM CD - the RISC OS 3 Programmers Reference Manuals released on CD and reviewed by Mark Smith.
  • Magazine roundup - David Bradforth looks at what's on offer if you prefer youir magazine in print.
  • CVS (The Concurrent Version System Tool) - Paul Webb explains this project management tool.
  • Hard disc backup - David Holden examines two different hard disc backup programs.
  • RISC User CD - David Bradforth takes a walk down Memory Lane with the RISC User: In a Nutshell CD.
  • Warm Silence - Alasdair Bailey takes a brief look at some of the goodies on offer from Warm Silence Software..
  • Anagram Genius - The first of our budget software reviews.
  • CDBurn - David Holden looks at CDBurn.
  • Cyber Chess - A fully featured chess game for RISC OS 4.
  • Ancestor+ - >Dave Wilcox delves into Ancestor+
  • EasyFont PRO V5 - A new version of EasyFont on CD, what does Paul Brett think?
  • Ovation Pro - The latest version of Ovation under the spotlight.
  • Sleuth - The leading OCR package for RISCOS.
  • TextArea - Another new module for ArtWorks?...read on.....
  • Special feature - Running the "wrong" operating system
    • Archie RISCOS emulator - Paul Brett runs RISCOS on his Intel PC.
    • Brandy Basic - Dave Daniels introduces Brandy (BBC) Basic for PC, Mac and Linux!
    • Citrix - Andrew Harmsworth converts his RISC PC network to run Windows.
  • Review Shorts - David Bradforth on software you may have missed the first time around.

Games

Disc World

Programming

Software

  • HTML overview - Richard Goodwin looks at the state of HTML authoring on RISC OS.
  • Having fun with TeX - Paul Webb finds interesting things to do with the Tex text processing language.
  • CVS (The Concurrent Version System Tool) - Paul Webb explains this project management tool.
  • DrawWorks Tips - Aaron Timbrell gives some help on using DrawWorks New Millennium.
  • DrawWorks Tips - Aaron Timbrell continues the series on using DrawWorks New Millennium.
  • Dr Wimp - Ray Favre introduces the latest Dr Wimp package.
  • DrawWorks Tips - Aaron Timbrell continues the series on using DrawWorks New Millennium.
  • DrawWorks Tips - Aaron Timbrell continues the series on using DrawWorks New Millennium.
  • Vector Graphics - David Bradforth on converting your artwork to another OS.

Hardware

Public Domain

Misc

Shows


Volume 2

Features

Reviews

Games

Disc World

Programming

Software

  • POV Ray - The freeware Ray Tracer introduced...
  • WEB FX 3D Gallery - You can read the review later in this issue, but here are some of the many things WEB FX 3D can do.
  • PowerBase - Derek Haslam introduces his shareware database.
  • Desktop Publishing - Dave Bradforth on DA's Picture.
  • PowerBase - Derek Haslam covers Powerbase in more detail...
  • WebFX3D - Nobilangelo Ceramalus digs deeper into WebFX3D.
  • Getting into Ovation - The complete Ovation textbook.

Hardware

Public Domain

Misc

News and Comment

  • Insider - Insider with more of the things you shouldn't know...
  • Mike Wilson - Mike tragically died in early November, here is his Obituary.
  • Insider - The latest news from the RISC OS industry...
  • Insider - The latest news from the RISC OS industry...

Shows


Volume 3

Features

Reviews

  • Crystal - Geoffrey Dean on the latest Artworks tool.
  • Focus ClipArt - Dave Bradforth on PC clipart CDs.
  • RISC OS Select CD - Robert Richards has his Select CD, is it any good?
  • MailScout - Reviewed by Mathew Thompson.
  • NTUser - Mike Choo review NTUser from Atomwide.

Games

Disc World

Programming

Software

Hardware

Public Domain

Misc

News and Comment

Shows

The Archimedes Gamemakers Manual - Part 1


Volume 4

Features

Reviews

Games

Disc World

Programming

Software

  • FreeCiv - The beginers guide to FreeCiv...
  • PowerBase - Derek Haslam concludes his tour...
  • New Toolbox modules from RISCOS Ltd - The latest news from RISCOS Ltd...
  • Draw TextAreas - Dave Holden explores a little used features in !Draw.
  • MakeModes - An HTML version of the original Acorn MakeModes manual.
  • 32bit Software - Michelle Kate on converting old software to 32bit.
  • MakeModes - An updated HTML version of the MakeModes manual by Frank Watkinson
  • MDF files - Acorns original application note on MDF files, updated by Frank Watkinson
  • Convolve - Martin Carrudus introduces his image processing application.
  • DrawWorksXE - The new Iyonix compatible DrawWorks that replaces DrawWorks SE.

Hardware

Public Domain

Misc

News and Comment

Shows

BASICV A DabHand Guide - Part 1


Volume 5

Features

Reviews

  • ProArtisan24 - The new 32bit version gets the RISCWorld treatment...
  • ClipArt - Dave Bradforth reviews the latest clipart from Focus Multimedia.
  • Schema - Geoffrey Potter reviews the 32bit version of Schema.
  • ArtWorks 2.2 - RISCWorld looks at the latest version of ArtWorks
  • StereoWorld - Another older title gets a re-release...

Games

Disc World

Programming

Software

  • BBCIndent - Martin Carradus introduces his latest programming tools.
  • PowerBase - Derek Haslam introduces the latest Powerbase.
  • KeyMouse - Dave Holden's KeyMouse module.
  • MFCalc - Martin Carradus takes us through his multi function calculator.
  • WMF Convertor - The RISCWorld WMF convertor.
  • LeyFind - Martin Carradus introduces his Ley line finder.
  • VICE for RISC OS - Matt Thompson looks at the Versatile Commodore Emulator.
  • RiscCAD

Hardware

Public Domain

Misc

News and Comment

Shows

  • Wakefield 2004 - Aaron's report on Wakefield 2004
  • RISCOS South East 2004 - Neil White reports from Guildford.
  • RISCOS Midlands 2004 - Aaron's show report...
  • RISCOS South West 2005 - Aaron's packed show report

    BASICV A DabHand Guide - Part 5

    ARM Assembly Language programming


    Volume 6

    Features

    Reviews

    Games

    Disc World

    Programming

    Software

    Hardware

    Public Domain

    Misc

    News and Comment

    Shows

    First steps wth RISC OS 4

    Budget DTP

    ARM Assembly Language programming


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