Issue 176 (Christmas) of Acorn User
Current Issue

Features

• Views of Acorn World - What the team thought about the show
• StrongARM Compatibility - What works and what doesn't
• Web Weaving - Putting tables on to web pages
• Writing Arcade Games - Second in the series by Matthew Bloch
• 1996 Acorn User Awards - Who won what?
• SCSI vs IDE - Can we decide what's the best?
• Pupils & Portables - Mark Moxon looks at a Western Australia school with one Pocketbook per pupil

Reviews

• DrawAid3 [Carvic] - Jack Kreindler discovers an easy way of programming
• Time management [Carlton Software] - Datamaker, MailMaker and MemoMaker, John Allen reviews
• Speed! [Clares] - Chris Jackson adds power without hardware
• EZ135 [Syquest] - Chris Jackson tests out a backup system
• PS2Mouse [Stuart Tyrell Developments] - Mike Cook plugs in a new mouse (or GlidePoint)
• Stylus Color 500 [Epson] - Ian Burley gives it a running test
• NStore [HS Software] Geoff Preston looks at the PocketBook version
• Multimedia Showcase [CSH] Geoff Preston looks at a program that makes creating multimedia presentations easy

Cover disc

• Apps Clock - Cute little add-on [PD Scheme]
• RISC OS 3.7 ROM Patches - Fixes some minor problems
• Reaction - a superb *INFO game
• Out to Lunch - the most requested screensaver at Acorn World
• Arcade games - more code for writing games more easily
• Simple Control - Demo of this easy to use software
• Bucketloads of *INFO programs

Regular columns

• News - Sun/IBM vs Acorn/Oracle; Graftek's new Tabby; Risc PC revelations; Acorn World optimism; Digital Magic; Argo's Heart Monitor; StrongARM Newton; PocketBook Printer; ARM_Switcher; StrongARM JAVA speed trials; New NC models from Acorn; RISc OS hits Korea; Acorn's NewsPad; Bristol User Group; IMS moves; TopModel creators move
• Comms - Acorn IRC; HTML validation; Faster modems; Wombat BBS
• Business Page -
• Graphics - Using StrongARM; Spacetech's plug-ins for Photodesk. No Dropout Technology for Fonts from iSV
• PD Pages - AutoSheet (maths); FreeMem; Coolyze; ArtWorks tools; Connector; Voxel landscaper; Graphic comms interface
• PC Page - Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail; Return of Arcade; ASPI drivers from Aleph1; PCPro for StrongARM
• Game Show - Destiny; TAG2; Last Offence; Inferno; Rock Hard Fluffy Thing
• Nelson's column - Arfle Barfle Gloop, Level 9 games under RISC OS;
• Education - Computer Tutorial Services' Number Genie; Explan's Holy Bible; Sherston Clip Art Collection; British Computer Society's Developing Quality guide
• The Regan Files - interviewing Chris Hughes

Hands on

Our regular technical columns:

• Rambles - Mike Cook answers your queries.
• Run the RISC - Getting a buzz from Blind Man's Buff
• Wimp C - Building your own file format
• *INFO - Loads more useful bits and fun pieces