Vol 1, Issue 2

The CD-ROM magazine for RISC OS users.

Welcome to the second issue of RISC World, the CD-ROM magazine for all users of Acorns and other RISC OS computers. Hey, don't knock it - not every Acorn/RISC OS publication gets past its first issue, you know. This issue has been produced with Wakefield looming, and by the time you read this, the show will be over and we'll all know exactly which of the products promised actually put in an appearance. If all or most of them make it, there should be quite a resurgence in the market.

Regulars

• My World - comments from David Matthewman, the editor.
• PD World - Alasdair Bailey writes about the PD scene.
• Gaming World - Andy Spence looks at the Acorn game scene.
• Puzzle World - a brain-teaser from Rex.
• Portable World - John Woodthorpe looks at the new netBook.
• Disc World - find out what software's on the CD-ROM.

Features

• Castle Technology - Alasdair Bailey goes behind the scenes at one of the leading hardware manufacturers in the market.
• 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.
• 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.

Reviews

• 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.

Programming

• Programming for non-programmers - David Holden continues his series on Basic programming for programming novices.
• Hyper text - HTML tips and tricks from Richard Goodwin.
• Great awk - a series on using the awk language on RISC OS, by Gavin Wraith.