Archive Magazine 1996/ARCHIVE_96.iso/text/products/volume_04/issue_05

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Å   Archway2 is here at last. Simtronæs Wimp programming software has now
appeared in its mark II format. It has so many features that youæll have
to ask Simtron to send you a descriptive leaflet. The price is ú99.95 +
ú5 postage from Simtron or ú90 through Archive.
4.5
Å   ArcMonitor Ö ArcMonitor, Cambridge Internationalæs machine code
monitor program has gone up in price from ú24.95 to ú29.95 (ú28 through
Archive).
4.5
Å   ArcPinball Ö Shibumi Software have produced a pinball machine on your
screen for just ú24.95 or ú23 through Archive. It claims to be the
closest computer simulation to the real thing. It has various backdrops
and music tracks. One nice feature is the video snatches which appear at
appropriate points during the action.
4.5
Å   ArcTerm7 from The Serial Port is a full-featured comms package for
just ú79.95 (ú75 through Archive) from öthe comms guruò Hugo Fiennes. It
offers TTY, ANSI, VT52, VT102 and Viewdata terminals with X, X-1k, Y, Y-
g, Z and J modem protocols as well as Kermit, SEAlink, MNP2 and Vasscom.
Other features include 100-number phone directory, call logging, script
language and macro keys.
4.5
Å   Bengali and Punjabi outline fonts Ö Hampshire Microtechnology Centre
have produced outline fonts for Punjabi and Bengali characters. These
can be used with Impression, Poster, PenDown, Draw etc. Each language
font is on a separate disc for ú20 per disc plus ú1 post & packing. Also
on each disc is a file containing a printout of the font plus a keyboard
overlay in Draw and Poster format.
4.5
Å   Blowpipe from The Serial Port is a ötotally awesome horizontal shoot
æem up gameò with 5 levels of ömeteoric mega-actionò and 2.5M of 256-
colour graphics with 15 pieces of 4-channel stereo music all compressed
onto two 3.5ö discs for just ú19.95 (ú19 through Archive).
4.5
Å   Capsoft Disc N░1 Ö This disc contains various drawn fonts, borders,
frames etc for use in DTP and !Draw. Useful for creating dropped
capitals, posters etc. Send ú6 cheque to B.J. Thompson, 8 Oldgate
Avenue, Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, DE7 2BZ.
4.5
Å   Careware N║ 12 Ö The latest in our series of charity discs is Careware
N║ 12 which contains HU-Prolog. A review of this appears on page ????.
(We have raised over ú35,000 for charity through Archive magazine during
the last couple of years. Well done all who have contributed!)
4.5
Å   CJE ARM3 Ö There has been a bit of a problem with the software that
was shipped with the early CJE ARM3æs. Basically, it bore a remarkable
similarity to the software written by Nick van Someren for the Aleph One
ARM3. About the only thing that had been changed was the copyright
string! However, CJE and Aleph One have settled out of court and Nick is
donating a proportion of the compensation money to charity. CJE are re-
writing their control software and so, if you have a CJE ARM3 and the
modules on the disc are dated September/October 1990, contact CJE for
details of how to get your free, legal version of the software.
4.5
Å   Decibel Attenuator Circuit Ö By any other name, this is a fan slower-
downer. If you are fed up with the noise of the fan on a 310, 410, 420
or 440 Ray Maidstone has come to your rescue. He has produced an
electronic speed control board (user-fittable) for just ú18 +VAT (ú20
through Archive). He has done careful temperature measurements to check
whether effective cooling takes place at lower fan speeds and the
evidence shows that you donæt have to suffer Concord-type noises any
longer!
4.5
Å   Desktop Folio from E.S.M. should be ready by the time you get this
magazine. For ú90 +VAT (ú95 through Archive) you get the long-awaited,
much-trialled, school-oriented öword-processor, desktop and interactive
publisherò.
4.5
Å   Dongle Dangle Ö We are now stocking dongle dangles for Computer
Conceptsæ Impression dongles at ú5. If your computer goes back against a
wall, you probably find that the extra distance the dongle plus printer
lead sticks out is a nuisance. The dongle dangle is a short flexible
extension cable which will allow the dongle and printer lead to... yes,
dangle... down behind the computer. It should also work for the WorraCAD
dongle.
4.5
Å   DTP Seeds is a book of ideas for DTP Ö ú8.45 from 4mation or ú8
through Archive. This book has 100 pages of sample DTP output to show
what can be done using the DTP facilities available on the Archimedes.
It is not specific to one DTP package but gives general ideas about the
sort of impressive output you can produce with good DTP techniques.
4.5
Å   Educational materials Ö G.A.Herdmann Educational offer a free
catalogue of materials for DTP, electronics, educational games, advanced
chemistry, data-logging, assessment and CAL. Just send them an S.A.E.
4.5
Å   Equasor Ö For those who need to put scientific equations in their
Impression text, Computer Conceptsæ Equasor is what you need Ö ú56.35 or
ú52 through Archive.
4.5
Å   Expression-PS Ö For those preparing Impression output for printing on
PostScript devices including professional typesetters, Computer Concepts
have produced a utility program (ú23 from CC or ú21 through Archive).
This provides such facilities as control over screen density and screen
angle, provides a selection of different screen designs, allows output
on a variety of new page sizes, provides negative output and automatic
font name conversion from Acorn to PostScript names.
4.5
Å   File Handling for All is the title of a new book from David Spencer
and Mike Williams of Beebug Ltd. It aims to offer an extensive and
comprehensive introduction to the writing of file handling programs with
particular reference to BASIC. It applies to the BBC Micro as well as
the Archimedes. The cost is ú9.95 plus postage from Beebug. There is
also a supporting disc for ú4.75.
4.5
Å   Giant Killer from Topologika is a maths adventure game. It includes
calculator games, number patterns, tessellations, map work, topology,
time/space and logical puzzles. It is a well-established product that
has only just come to our notice and sells for ú19.95 or ú18 through
Archive. Also available is the Giant Killer Support disc at ú17.50 (ú16
through Archive) which is a disc of Giant Killer puzzles in graphical
form.
4.5
Å   Investigator II Ö The Serial Port have an improved disc utility
program providing sector level disc utilities allowing the accessing of
discs where other methods fail. ú27.95 from The Serial Port or ú26
through Archive.
4.5
Å   Iron Lord Ö Another game ported across from the Amiga by Cygnus
Software. It is a medieval adventure which also has arcade action and
wargaming. The price is ú19.95 from Cygnus or ú18 through Archive.
4.5
Å   Landmarks Ö Longman Logotron have released the first two titles in
this series which is aimed to complement the Landmarks Schoolsæ TV
series. Landmarks Egypt and Landmarks Second World War provide text and
graphics data which pupils can interrogate. The packs are ú19 +VAT each.
(ú20 each through Archive.)
4.5
Å   Mad Professor Mariarti Ö This is a maze-type game from Krisalis
Software where you have to travel around through five laboratories
avoiding being killed by nasties, and solving puzzles in order to
complete all 100 screens. Sounds familiar? Maybe, but our two boys (aged
10 and 12) have been hooked on it for days. ú19.95 or ú18 through
Archive.
4.5
Å   Magpie is a multi-purpose program aimed at primary and middle schools
for doing project work. It can be used to combine pictures, text and
sound samples and can even be used as a simple DTP medium using Acorn
outline fonts. Magpie is ú54 +VAT from Longman-Logotron or ú57 through
Archive.
4.5
Å   Mental Maths is Cambridge Internationalæs new mental arithmetic pack
for ú19.95 (or ú18 through Archive) It is designed to work in with the
National Curriculum attainment targets but ömakes learning and practis
ing mental arithmetic funò.
4.5
Å   MicroNet removable hard drives Ö The speed increases and the price
falls! The average access time of the MR45 drives is not 25 milliseconds
as previously stated but 20 milliseconds. Not astounding news, true, but
the really good news is that we are now buying in big enough quantities
to go direct to the importer and can therefore get an even better price.
We have now brought down the price of the basic drive from ú650 to ú595
including VAT & carriage and, with an Oak podule, to ú795. With the
Lingenuity podule, it is ú775.
4.5
Å   OCR from Irlam is still önot quite readyò Ö about three weeks. The
cost will be ú159 +VAT or ú165 through Archive.
4.5
Å   P.I.P.P. Ö Cambridge International Softwareæs Professional Integrated
Project Planner is now available in four versions for primary, middle
and secondary schools and for teachersæ and resources centres. The cost
of each package is ú49.95 or ú46 through Archive.
4.5
Å   PowerBand version II Ö 4mation are offering a free upgrade to Mark II
Ö just return your two discs to them (not us). This new version clears
up one or two minor bugs (as they say!), has lots of improvements to all
aspects of the original game, allows the skill level of opponentsæ cars
to be individually set, allows the number of opponents in Fun and Game
modes to be set between 2 and 11 and allows you to adjust your own skill
level.
4.5
Å   Revelation is an education-based art package from Longman Logotron
(ú76 +VAT or ú80 through Archive.). It has been created with particular
emphasis on facilities for taking images from other sources such as
digitisers, scanners or video frame-grabbers and processing them to
create totally new pictures.
4.5
Å   Show Page Ö For anyone interested in learning about PostScript and for
those wanting to handle PostScript files from other computers, Computer
Concepts have produced a PostScript compatible interpreter which runs in
the RISC-OS environment (minimum memory 2M). The price is ú149 +VAT or
ú155 through Archive.
4.5
Å   Square Route Ö At last a slightly different game Ö well, Iæve never
seen it before. It has 250 levels and all you have to do in each level
is öturn the right number of white squares into redò. Simple? Not
exactly, you have to use your brains. When you have completed all 250
levels(!) you get a special number which will allow you to send off for
a further 250 levels for just ú6.99. The game is not copy protected
(making hard disc operation easy) but has an embedded serial number to
enable its producers, Computereyes, to prosecute those who breach
copyright. The price is ú19.95 from Computereyes or ú18 through Archive.
4.5
Å   Tracker is a music sequencing package for producing your own sound-
tracker module for use in your own programs. ú49.95 from The Serial Port
or ú46 through Archive.
4.5
Å   VIDC enhancer & Taxan 795 Ö People using Taxan 795 monitors may like
to know that Atomwide have produced a new module for use with their VIDC
enhancer. This is a free upgrade if you send them a disc plus some
stamps.
4.5
Å   Worldscape from The Serial Port is an emulation game in which you try
to control the ecological balance of the world. You build cities, power
stations, search for coal and oil, plant forests etc and see what the
effect is on the ozone layer, temperature, pollution, sea levels etc.
The price is ú19.95 or ú19 through Archive.
4.5
Å   X_Image is an image format conversion utility for PC compatibles (!!)
which will convert from Acorn sprite format to TIFF and other PC image
formats. Needs files on a PC format disc (using, say, !PCDir from
Careware N║7) and only costs ú10 from Foster Findlay Associates.
4.5