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Welcome to the
1996 Archive Magazine CD
This is the second CD produced by Archive. If you are a regular reader,
you may already have a copy of the first (1995) CD, so you will know
roughly what to expect. The new CD is a complete replacement for the
first. It contains all of the material on the previous CD plus Volume 9
of the magazine and lots more of Paul Hooperæs multimedia.
If you are not a subscriber to Archive magazine you can find out more
about it by clicking on ÉAbout Archiveæ below. Click on any of the
others for more information about that subject.
Archive magazine is edited by Paul Beverley and published by -
Norwich Computer Services
96a Vauxhall Street
Norwich  NR2 2SD
Phone:  [phone]
Fax:      [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]
Whatæs on the CD
Copyright
About Archive
Subscriptions
Why a CD?

WHYCD  26
Why an Archive CD?
When the first Archive CD was proposed in 1995 people asked what was
the point of putting the contents of the magazine on a CD?  It is normally
only available to subscribers to the magazine, so why would they want
it when they already had the printed version?

When it appeared  most saw how useful it is, and here are some of the
benefits that have been discovered by people who bought the 1995 CD.

We know readers often treasure their back issues of Archive as a useful
reference library. The CD lets you empty quite a bit of your bookshelf.

It's much quicker and easier to search the CD than trying to scan a printed
page for a particular article or reference. You may have a problem or want
information on an item and remember seeing it referred to somewhere in
the magazine. With the CD you can find it in seconds.

Another advantage has been pointed out by users who have poor eyesight.
You can use a higher magnification to make it easier to read the text on
screen, or you can print pages at A4 instead of the normal A5 size, which
will make the text very much larger.

Plus you will have all the programs on the magazine discs, the Archive
Fact File (invaluable when you need the address or phone number of a
supplier), and lots more, all collected together in one place.

SUBSCRIBE  28
How to subscribe to Archive
Archive magazine is published monthly, with twelve issues per year,
issue one appearing in October. The cost of the subscription is -

                                United Kingdom Ö     ú25
                                Europe ù                     ú32
                                N.Z./Australia Ö         ú43
                                Elsewhere ù                ú40

The annual subscription for the monthly magazine disc costs -

                                United Kingdom Ö     ú20
                                Europe ù                     ú22
                                N.Z./Australia Ö         ú29
                                Elsewhere ù                ú27

You may pay by credit card or Switch, Eurocheque, Sterling cheque
drawn on a UK bank, or direct into our Giro account 2341107

Archive magazine is edited by Paul Beverley and published by -

                                Norwich Computer Services
                                96a Vauxhall Street
                                Norwich  NR2 2SD

                                Phone:  [phone]
                                Fax:      [phone]
                          Email:  [e-mail]

WHAT  27
Whatæs on the CD?  (1)
This CD contains the entire contents of all the magazines since Volume 4
issue 5 (February 1991) and the disc which accompanied each issue from
the very first issue. It therefore probably comprises the single largest
repository of information about the entire range of Acorn machines ever
collected together. Some of the early material may concern products that
are now obsolete, although still in use, and so the information may not
be easily available elsewhere.

For the first three+ years, Archive was compiled on Apple computers and
cannot easily be made available. From Volume 4 onwards, the magazine
was published entirely on the Archimedes using Computer Conceptæs
Impression. These Impression documents are obviously rather large. Most
will require a machine with 4Mb of RAM, and some may need even more.

The contents of the magazine are also provided as plain text. The text files
can be found in the TEXT directory, and are supplied in several formats.
For those with plenty of RAM, each volume is contained in a single large
file to make it easy to search quickly for keywords relating to products
or other items in which you are interested. For those with less memory,
each issue is also provided separately.

To make it even simpler to find items in which you are interested, there is
a program called !TEXTFIND which will search these files and produce
lists of file + line references for you to look up. Full instructions are
provided in the !HELP file inside the !TEXTFIND directory. (Hold down
the SHIFT key and double-click on the application to open the directory.)

MORE  27
Whatæs on the CD?  (2)
One very popular section of the magazine is always the ÉHints and Tipsæ
supplied by readers. This is so useful that it has been reproduced on its
own, as a single large file covering all issues, as one file for each volume,
and as individual issues. Similarly, PRODUCTS contains information on
new products as they were introduced, upgrades, and other facts. As with
the Hints and Tips section, this is supplied in different formats.

Also included is the Archive Glossary. This will be invaluable for anyone
who has ever seen a term or abbreviation that they havenæt understood. It
is divided into two sections, Main and Internet, and each is provided as
plain text, Impression documents, and Rich Text Format (RTF).

As well as the magazine and magazine discs, the contents of some other
discs supplied by NCS are included. There are Utility discs containing
useful Public Domain, Shareware, and other programs as well as many of
the ÉSharewareæ series. Although no longer supplied by NCS, for many
years they comprised a library of PD material. Some may now be obsolete
or superceded by later versions, but it does provide a valuable collection.

All of this material is exactly as it appeared in or with the original issue
of the magazine. It has not been updated, and later versions of programs
have not been substituted. This was deliberate policy because it was felt
that it would be wrong to change in any way what is, in effect, a historical
record of the development of the Archimedes series of computers. For the
same reason some special magazine supplements are also included, like
the ones describing the introduction of the A5000 and RiscPC.

EVENMORE  27
Whatæs on the CD?  (3)
There are two further collections. Directory DISCS.GERALD contains
the programs which accompany Gerald Fittonæs regular column. This was
originally devoted to Colton Softwareæs Pipedream program, but later
expanded to cover Resultz, Fireworkz, Wordz, etc, as well as general
topics. With material directly relating to the magazine column, there are
often example spreadsheets and text files, frequently sent in by readers.
These are all collected together here for your convenience, as well as
appearing in their correct place on each monthly disc

Because you may not actually have one of these packages, we have also,
with the permission of Colton Software, included the Édemoæ versions of
PipeDream 4, Wordz, Resultz, Fireworkz and Fireworkz Pro. These will
enable you to load and examine all of the example files. These Édemoæ
versions are Éfully functionalæ, but you canæt Print or Save, and there are
no spelling checkers. If you do use another spreadsheet program, this will
enable you to load the example files and, perhaps, translate the methods
used to your own program.

Finally, there is a large amount of assorted multimedia collected by Paul
Hooper. Much of this will be of interest for educational purposes. Some
may not work from the CD but must be copied to a floppy disc. Parts of
this material may not be very sophisticated as it was often produced by
teachers for use in their own classes, or by pupils as a Éprojectæ.

As many of these programs were produced using !Magpie or !Genesis,
read-only versions of these are also provided.



COPYRIGHT  27
Copyright
Although this is presented in machine-readable form on computer disc, it
should be regarded as copyright material. If you have purchased this CD
you have the right to read it, and use it, just as if you had purchased it in
printed form. You do NOT have the right to copy, reproduce or distribute
it, other than as follows.

1.  The licence to use this CD is for a single user on a single machine.
     If you wish to make it, or any part of it, available over any network,
     BBS service, or other public access system, please seek permission
     from NCS before doing so.

2.  You may print single copies of sections of any text file or any article
     in a magazine for your own personal use.

3.  You may make machine readable copies of sections of the magazine
     for your own personal use.

4.  You may not, without the written permission of NCS, sell, pass on,
     give away or otherwise distribute any of the contents of the magazine
     in any form, whether machine readable or printed.

5.  Most of the content of Archive magazine is written by subscribers,
     who frequently act without payment. There is often no formal contract
     between the publishers and the Author of an article. If you wish to
     reproduce any item you may therefore need to seek permission from
     the individual Author as well as NCS.

ABOUT  27
About Archive magazine
    In case you have just Édiscoveredæ this CD, and do not know about
    Archive, here is a short description of what it is and what it does.

Archive is a monthly subscription only magazine covering all aspects of
Acorn computers. It first appeared in October 1987, shortly after the
introduction of the first Archimedes computer. Unlike most other
magazines, the contents are almost entirely written by Acorn enthusiasts
and users, both professional and amateur. As it is normally only a few
days between completion and distribution, you will often read the latest
news in Archive a month or more before it appears in print elsewhere.

Archive carries only a small amount of advertising, and does not produce
any software or hardware itself, so you can be confident that reviews
and articles about products are free of bias, especially as they are written
by genuine users rather than professional journalists. It is a magazine
written by Acorn users for Acorn users, so the contents are dictated by
the interests and wishes of the readers.

The magazine features news, reviews, readers hints & tips (very popular),
articles for beginners, the latest technical information, free small adæs,
help requested and offered, comments from readers, and much more.

Norwich Computer Services is an Acorn dealer and, as well as producing
Archive magazine, sells a wide range of hardware and software with
discounts of up to 10% for Archive subscribers.