RISC User 10:10 (100th issue)

October 1997

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Special 100th Issue

Imp Arc RISC User's Centenary
RISC User's Editors, past and present, look back over ten years of the magazine
Imp Arc The Art of Crystal Ball-Gazing
RISC User's editorials often try to predict the future; here we look back at some of the more memorable comments with the benefit of hindsight
Imp Arc Centenary Competition
Win a 230Mb EZFlyer cartridge drive, courtesy of Cumana
Imp Arc Reader Offer
If you're in the market for a SCSI II card, you can get a big reduction on a Cumana model with our special offer
  Txt Free Game
As well as the usual goodies on our magazine disc, we are pleased to bring you the full version of Wolfenstein 3D, duly upgraded for StrongARM compatibility, to celebrate our 100th edition

Features

Imp Arc Brew Your Own Java
Peter Naulls gets to grip with Java variables
Imp Arc Education
Our experts give advice about helping your children's home education
Imp Arc Netline
Finding out email addresses, looking up old news postings, and searching the Web
Imp Arc Working on the Image
Using ArtWorks in conjunction with Photodesk to make easy money
Imp Arc How To Make Light of HTML
We start on the very basics of HTML page design
Imp Arc Wimp Topics
Graham Crow finishes off his button bar system by persuading it to scroll and by allowing the buttons to use common base sprites
Imp Arc Pocket Book OPL
Mark Moxon examines procedures, functions and file-handling commands in the second part of his short series on programming the Pocket Book
Imp Arc Toolbox Topics
Tony Howat examines some user interface elements in his simple Draw file library application

Reviews

Imp Arc PsiMail Internet
Amazing though it may seem, you can now get full Internet access from your Pocket Book and even browse the Web; Ian Burley investigates
Imp Arc Aligning your Filters
Nobilangelo Ceramalus installs the latest batch of ArtWorks plug-ins from Martin Würthner
Imp Arc Games round-up
Andrew Clover and Matt Browne evaluate the latest games from the Datafile, Werewolf and ProAction

Regulars

Imp Arc Editorial
  Txt Contents
Imp Arc News
Imp Arc Puzzle
Plus solution for puzzle 10:9
Imp Arc Write-Back
Imp Arc Hints & Tips
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Additional files

Imp Flat Plan
Overall layout of pages for this issue of the magazine
Imp Progress sheet
A list of articles, their authors and the number of pages they occupy
Imp Production sheet
RISC User production sheet template for this issue
Txt Worth Reading: RISC User
An article that was written for The ARM Club's Eureka magazine (issue 24), and which was published to coincide with RISC User's 100th issue

RISC User Centenary Advert

Imp A4 Advert
Original version of the 100th issue advert
Imp A4 Advert 2
Revised version, used in magazines and as a flyer