RISC User 12:2
March/April 1999
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The Foundation of RISCOS Ltd With the formation of RISCOS Ltd the 'Acorn' market has taken a leap forward. Richard Hallas talks to the man behind RISCOS Ltd, Paul Middleton, on the future of the OS |
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Juggling JavaScript Mark Moxon continues his series on JavaScript with a further look at the basics: variables, operators and statements |
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Wakefield Preview The last Wakefield Show, back in Spring 1998, was the venue for the first public showing of both the Peanut and Phoebe. We take a look at what we can expect from this year's show, from competitions to new products |
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RISC OS Outside David Matthewman continues his look at the Linux OS on Acorn machines by actually installing it on his Risc PC... with a little help from resources found on the Internet |
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DTP Workshop Richard Hallas examines the importance of using the correct textual layout techniques, from paragraphs to font size to those old favourites, orphans and widows |
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BETT '99 Show Report Chris Drage visited the BETT show and found a surprisingly thriving RISC OS scene, despite the recent demise of Acorn and the dropping of RISC OS machines by Xemplar Education |
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The Great Free-for-all David Holden takes a look at that venerable member of the public domain scene, the text editor, tracing its history from Twin to Zap |
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Brew Your Own Java Peter Naulls continues his exploration of Java applets by adding control buttons to his RISC User scroll text Java applet |
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Netline David Matthewman takes a further look at Internet cookies, how Acorn browsers deal with them and related security issues |
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A Model Collection Spacetech has released a new version of TopModel and a companion CD-ROM full of add-ons and resources. Alan Highet decides it's a worthwhile addition for TopModel users |
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Spreading the Word Mark Moxon tests out Icon Technology's new reader for Microsoft Word files |
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World Factbook Packed with information about 267 countries and geographical regions, is the latest CD from Interconnex worth it? Richard Hallas finds out |
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Desk Accessories Spacetech's accessory CD-ROM for Photodesk gets the once over from Nobilangelo Ceramalus |
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Cover Photography and design: Wandering Jelly |
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Reader offer BES |
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RISC User subscriptions, back issues and products | |
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The Data Store |
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CJE Micros |
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KeyNote Charges |
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Printmaker |
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ProAction |
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APDL |
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Pineapple Software |
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Stuart Tyrrell Developments (STD) |
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Spacetech Ltd |
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Flat Plan Overall layout of pages for this issue of the magazine |
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Flat Plan (earlier version) |