Issue 177 (January) of Acorn User

Features

• What does it all mean? - Steve Turnbull pontificates on Java, StrongARM, the Hydra and Risc PC II
• Acorn New Zealand Mark Moxon visits the thriving company that is Acorn in New Zealand
• Web Weaving - The tools of the trade on the Acorn platform
• Writing Arcade Games - Final part in the series by Matthew Bloch
• BETT Show '97 - a preview

Reviews

• Psion 3c and Siena [Psion] -
• RiscTV [Irlam Instruments] - Rob Miller sees what it can do

Cover disc

• Xenon II - the full game, StrongARMed and 16-bit sound capable.
• Bucketloads of *INFO programs

Regular columns

• News - News of Windows for the ARM
• Comms - Can Bulletin Boards survive the Internet challenge ?
• Business Page - A prosperous computing new year
• Graphics - New hardware promise - a boost for 3D graphics
• PD Pages - Super Foul Egg
• Portables - New Acorn portable, the Artisan
• Game Show - The latest games releases
• Education - The BETT show
• The Regan Files - interviewing Paolo Rossi from Sincronia Soluzioni

Hands on

Our regular technical columns:

• Rambles Through Acorn Wood - Mike Cook answers your queries.
• Run the RISC - Controlling DMX standard lights
• *INFO - loads more of those really useful bits and peices
• Wimp C - Sorting through your data