Archive Magazine 1996/ARCHIVE_96.iso/text/products/volume_04/issue_07

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Å   A540 fan quieteners Ö Ray Maidstone has now designed fan quieteners
for the A540 but they are unfortunately not user-fit devices. Contact
Ray on 0603-407060 for more details.
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Å   ALPS Compression Disc Ö Alpine Software have released a sprite
compression utility which can compress mode 12 sprite down to something
like 30% of their original size. Mode 15 sprites are compressed even
more Ö some down to as low as 6% of their full size but, on average,
around 25%. The application which is only available from Alpine Software
is ú19.95 inclusive (post free).
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Å   Atomwide high speed drives Ö Atomwide are doing some new SCSI drives.
The first is a high speed (17 ms) 48M Quantum Pro drive. The prices are
ú540 for an internal drive and ú620 for an external drive. The other
drive is the Connor 100M drive as supplied in the Acorn A540. These are
also, we think, 17ms drives and are available for ú740 (internal) or
ú840 (external). (More details in the SCSI Column on page 9.)
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Å   Atomwide removable drives Ö Atomwide are also doing some 42M removable
SCSI drives. They use exactly the same drive mechanism as the MicroNet
drives and they work out a little cheaper. (But with the extra VAT,
youære back to the number you first thought of!!) The prices are now
ú795 and ú595 with and without Oak podule respectively, or ú775 with
Lingenuity podule. (More details in the SCSI Column on page 9.)
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Å   Childrenæs pictures Ö Micro Studio have produced a new library pack of
draw and paint files Ö over 150 in all Ö aimed at children. The new
pack, at ú19.95 inclusive, has pictures of animals, toys, people, shapes
and objects and signs.
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Å   Colour screen conversion Ö Human Computer Interface Ltd have produced
a piece of software called Colour Screen╗Mac which will convert colour &
monochrome images between the Macintosh and the Archimedes or Windows
3.0 on the IBM PC. The cost is ú95 plus ú2.50 p&p +VAT. They also do an
Archimedes to Mac connecting cable for ú20 +VAT.
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Å   Concept Designer from Longman Logotron enables the user to create and
use overlays on a Concept Keyboard and even has an emulator so that you
can develop software for use with a CK without having one attached to
the computer. The price is ú24 +VAT from Longman Logotron or ú26 through
Archive.
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Å   Diet Manager Ö Yes, for the weight-conscious Archimedes owners, here
is a multi-tasking application that will allow you to keep track of all
those calories (and proteins and fats). This program from MEWsoft,
priced ú27.90 inclusive would also be useful in schools for health
education.
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Å   Draw format lineart Ö Southern Printers have produced the first of
their lineart discs. The price of this first disc is just ú5.50
inclusive. They are aiming to keep the price down to a level which
should deter copying since lineart does tend to Émigrateæ very easily
from computer to computer! For more details, see the review on page 41.
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Å   !Draw Help Ö After the success of Sherston Softwareæs !Help companion
to the Archimedes, they have now produced one for !Draw. This package
consists of a 96 page tutorial book plus a disc full of clip art plus a
!Draw quick reference card. The package is available for ú15.95 (no
VAT).
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Å   Fast array sorting routines Ö Avisoft have produced a set of fast ARM
code shell sort routines. Contact Martin Avison for more details.
Address in Factfile.
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Å   First enhancement Ö Serious Statistical Software have announced a new
context sensitive online help system for their ÉFirstæ statistical
software package. This upgrade is just ú25 (no VAT). The cost of the
full ÉFirstæ package is still ú150.
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Å   Hawk V12 video framestore is the latest product from Wild Vision. At
ú1990 +VAT (+ú5 carriage) it provides a very powerful image processing
and analysis system for the Archimedes. This double width podule can
store up to four images, 512 x 512 in 256 grey levels.
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Å   PD library Ö Westbourne Services have just started a PD library for
the Archimedes. The discs are ú1.50 each. Westbourne Services will
supply a sample disc and catalogue for ú1. (We mentioned this last month
but lost the address. Sorry!)
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Å   Midnight Graphics Draw Clip Art Ö Set one, six discs full for just
ú29.95 +VAT.
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Å   Taipei 2 Ö The first offering from Black Sheep Software is an updated
version of the Mah Jong patience game, Taipei, released originally on
Shareware N║ 31. Black Sheep have responded to criticisms of the
original version voiced in Micro User and Archimedes World and have
added some extra features. The price is ú9.95 inclusive from Black
Sheep.
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Å   Viewpoints Ö an interactive environment for the Archimedes from
Sherston Software. Aimed at school children, it allows them to use a map
and explore the village, seaside, surrounding countryside and even under
water. As they wander, they can stop and see if there is anything of
interest and can take snapshots of what they see. They can also zoom in
and take a better look at things. Viewpoints contains all sorts of
starting points for various types of written and oral work and includes
geography and mapping skills as well as information storage and
retrieval skills. The Viewpoints Database is ú35 +VAT from Sherston
Software.
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Å   !VoiceBuilder Ö MJD Softwareæs multi-tasking RISC-OS application
designed to work alongside Maestro, Rhapsody etc to create new voices.
Libraries of waveforms and envelopes are provided and can be manipulated
freely. The software, which is MIDI compatible, allows control of
attack, looping, release phases etc. After creation, the modules can be
immediately accessed from BASIC or other languages or from other
applications.
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