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9.4
Alone In The Dark Ö (Alex Card says) This is a fine conversion of a
classic graphical adventure game, the first part of the now finished
trilogy from the PC scene. It has superb 3D polygon graphics and
brilliant atmospheric sound effects. Alone in the Dark costs ú34.99 from
Krisalis or ú33 through Archive.
9.4
Anglia Multimedia now have 20 educational CD-ROMs in their collection.
Two of their more recent titles are Vikings and Seashore Life.
9.4
Vikings takes the user back a thousand years to the sights and sounds of
Viking village life, as recreated by the York Archaeological Trustæs
Jorvik Centre. Characters in the Viking village all speak to explain
their lives and surroundings. Warfare and day-to-day life, craft skills
and husbandry are all brought to life through audio, still photography,
animations and video. The saga of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer illustrates
how the Viking people recorded their own history, and a multiplicity of
maps show Viking origins and their settlement in the British Isles.
Toáassist teachers understand the benefits of CD¡ROM in the classroom,
the disc contains a range of information sheets and worksheets, with
ideas for pupils to follow through.
9.4
Seashore Life, aimed at children in the 7Ö11 range, is the follow-up to
Garden Wildlife, and shows children the range of animals and plants to
be found around the British coastline. All the principal text is
included as sound files and there are video clips from Angliaæs Survival
programmes. For classroom use, Seashore Life is supported with a range
of fifteen activity sheets which help children gain the maximum benefit
from the disc. Making the lighthouse your base, you can choose to learn
about animal classification, or watch videos and animations on TV.
9.4
Both discs are available for Acorn machines, but they work also on Macs
and PCs. They cost ú40 +VAT or ú45 through Archive.
9.4
Anagram Genius is a program to create your own anagrams. It produces
multi-word anagrams and tries to make them relevant to the subject. Each
anagram is individually scored to select, say, the best five hundred.
Searching is very quick, allowing long names, or even short phrases, to
be processed in a very short time Ö short or medium length texts can be
searched in just a few seconds. Options within the program allow the
user to choose between male, female or inanimate phrases; satire,
flattery or normal; with subject matter being political, business or
computer-related. There is a function to allow vulgar words or dropped
ÉHæs to be used. Include with Anagram Genius is a Features application
which allows the user to disable certain functions on the master disc,
making it more suitable for younger children. Anagram Genius costs
ú19.95 from the 4tháDimension or ú19 through Archive.
9.4
Ancestry II is the long awaited follow-up to Ancestry, the RISC OS
genealogy program from Minerva. The software is essentially a database
of individual personsæ records, some linked by partnership of birth
records, to build up the genealogical information. The program has been
redesigned to take full advantage of the RISC OS desktop with
flexibility and ease of use very much to the fore. Files may include any
number of variable length fields which may contain simple text, dates,
sprites, drawfiles, scanned images or almost anything the user wishes to
record. Data can be viewed and printed in a wide variety of ways, or
exported to other applications. Among its features are: unlimited file
and record size; DTP-style control over record layout; tiled output of
large reports; export in Draw and text files; import and export in
GEDCOM format; full colour output; WYSIWYG for all reports and
printouts; a wide range of tree displays including descendants and
ancestors. Ancestry II comes supplied with a data file containing
information on 19ágenerations of the British Royal Family, and costs
ú99.95 inc VAT or ú95 through Archive.
9.4
Ant Internet Suite Ö This suite including email, Web browser, Usenet,
ftp and a terminal emulator (as used by the Archive Editor!!) is now
available from NCS for ú115 inclusive. (ú99 +VAT from Ant Ltd.)
9.4
Archive price rise Ö With the rising cost of paper, etc, we have
decided, reluctantly, to raise the price of a yearæs Archive
subscription from ú22 (UK) to ú25. The overseas rates also rise by ú3
each. This rise will take effect from 31st January 1996, so you have a
month or so to renew at the old rate if you wish.
9.4
ArcTerm7 Ö This well-established terminal software package (originally
from The Serial Port) is now available from Atomwide at ú78 +VAT or ú87
inclusive through Archive.
9.4
Arm Club CD-ROM Ö The Arm Club have put together their best PD and
Shareware collection onto a single CD-ROM disc. Itæs available from them
for ú19.50 fully inclusive.
9.4
CD-Seven CD-ROM drives Ö We have found a source of CD drives that will
take seven CDs at a time. The CDs are fed in one at a time and they can
be selectively ejected one at a time. These are external SCSI 2 devices,
and there are two speeds available, dual and quad. (Nothing surprising
so far, but the staggering thing is the price...) The dual speed seven-
CD drive is only ú350 (including SCSI 2 cable, case, Eesox SCSI driver,
delivery and VAT) and the quad speed is only ú435. If you compare this
with the Eesox speed single CD drives (dual ú205, quad ú250), you can
see that a seven-CD drive costs less than the price of two single CD
drives!
9.4
The technical specs for the two drives are: data transfer rate 300/
600Kb/s (sustained) and 1500/2800Kb/s (burst), buffer memory 64/128Kb,
access time 380/350ms, and both drives are fully PhotoCD compatible.
9.4
CD Tracker Ö This CD player/database was reviewed last month (page 77).
Unfortunately, the pricing was given as ú12.72 but it did not say that
this does not include VAT. The full price is therefore ú14.95 (+ú1 p&p).
However, because the review was so favourable, Werewolf software have
agreed to offer a special price to Archive subscribers of ú12.72 (+ú1
p&p) inclusive for two weeks following this issue, i.e. until 31st
December 1995 (Christmas post permitting!).
9.4
Command Ship Ö Due to diminishing supplies of natural resources, the
Stellar Mining Corporation despatch the deep space mining ship
Andromeda, Time is short and new mining fields must be established and
old ones brought back on-line. öA superb mix of arcade action, logic
puzzles and top quality graphicsò, say TBA Software. Command Ship costs
ú24.99 from TBA or ú24 through Archive.
9.4
Cumana products (NOT now available) Ö During November, Cumana Ltd went
into administrative receivership, hoping to find a buyer to rescue the
company. Sadly, this was not possible and so they have had to close
down. We are selling off all our Cumana hardware cheaply and will do
what we can to help should anyone with Cumana hardware have problems
within the warranty period.
9.4
For CD-ROM drives, Eesox provide us with excellent drives and service
and for SCSI 2 cards, there is Alsystemsæ Powertec card. Cumanaæs
ProTeus drives have been very popular and, fortunately, we have managed
to find a second source of these drives. See below under PD drives.
9.4
Cyber Ape Ö An ape is taken from the jungle and sent to a research lab
for experimentation. The experiments endow him with human-like abilities
such as walking upright. He also gains greater intelligence, which may
or may not be a human-like ability! He escapes and is determined to make
his way home. Cyber Ape is a platform game costing ú19.99 from TBA
Software or ú19 through Archive.
9.4
Darkwood Ö Eclipse have produced öa spooky new 3D graphical adventure
gameò. Talk to the other inhabitants of Darkwood and solve the puzzles
along the quest. The six-disc set needs 2Mb or more and RISCáOS 3.1 or
higher and costs úú24.99 or ú23 through Archive.
9.4
Dazzle is a drawing and painting package from SEMERC, designed for use
in the classroom on all Acorn computers. It can be easily tailored to
suit the individual requirements of Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 learners and is
also suitable for use by children with special needs. Dazzle provides a
palette of 10 to 16 million colours and has a wide range of drawing and
painting features, including: pencil, paint brushes, and fixed objects
like stars, triangles, circles, polygons etc. The line thickness of
fixed objects can be defined separately. Special effects can be created
using the diffuser brush, the tint brush and the water brush. Dazzle
allows the user to create pictures from scratch or use images already
created using a video digitiser, scanner or from Photo CD. A Choices
features allows teachers to restrict or alter the availability of tools,
colours and the size of tool icons. Dazzle costs ú40á+áVAT for a single
user and ú80 + VAT for a site licence.
9.4
Empire Soccer Ö This is Empire Interactiveæs challenger to Sensible
Soccer. Thirty-two national teams, battle it out on the soccer pitch and
youære their only hope! Our reviewer, Andrew Clover, says that it excels
in its graphics and wins over Sensible Soccer by a whisker. The controls
allow you to kick, pass, apply aftertouch, head the ball, tackle, heel
and use overhead kicks easily. Empire Soccer is available from Magnetic
Image at ú25.99 inclusive or ú25 through Archive.
9.4
ESP Software Midi synthesizer Ö This is a software only Midi synthesizer
developed by ESP and comes with a full General Midi set of instruments
providing 128 melodic and 50 percussion instruments. An application is
provided to allow you to select the instruments that are loaded and re-
map them onto Midi program numbers if required. You can balance the
quality of sounds against the number of notes it can play simultaneously
and configure the amount of memory to use for cacheing samples after
which instruments are loaded from disc as and when they are needed. The
synthesizer is designed to work on any RISC OS machine although best
results will be achieved if you have 16-bit sound capability. It will
work alongside applications such as Sibelius to give full playback
without the need for a Midi keyboard or other expensive hardware. For
those people with PC cards in their Risc PCs, this is important, as the
latest version of the PCx86 software supports SoundBlaster sound sample
playback and passes on any Midi files to your Midi card or software Midi
synthesizer! So this product completes the jigsaw to give full
SoundBlaster support. It costs ú39.95 +VAT from ESP or ú45 through
Archive.
9.4
Fist Lore Ö Is, as the name implies, a straight-forward beat æem up Ö
hand-to-hand fighting with seven mighty warriors. The program was
developed in Norwich by Mystery Software and is being marketed by ICS.
The graphics and animation are quite staggering (good choice of words
there!), the sound effects are excellent and the machine code
programming involved is very impressive. (Thereæs a demo on this monthæs
Acorn User disc if you want to see just how good the graphics and
animation really are.) Fist Lore costs ú29.99 inc VAT from ICS.
9.4
Font Emporium from Zenta Multimedia is a CD-ROM of over 550 different
outline fonts. The CD is supplied with a comprehensive and easy-to-use
font selection application which displays full character previews for
all fonts on demand. Also included on the disc are a variety of DTP
files in Draw and Artworks format to make printing out sample sheets
easy. Fonts can easily be loaded into existing font folders, or new ones
can be created from within the font selection application. The Font
Emporium costs ú29.95 inclusive from Zenta or ú29 through Archive.
9.4
Font Directory II is the long-awaited upgrade to the font management
system from Look Systems. Information should soon be on its way to
registered users about how they can upgrade to version 2. The rest of us
will have to wait until the end of January for the full version. In the
meantime, we can tell you that the beta version weæve been using in the
office is very impressive. Itæs extremely fast and comes with a whole
host of really useful features to make font management easy. Font names
can be viewed in a number of formats, including full WYSIWYG. Speed has
been a major consideration in this latest version, so loading fonts
happens extremely quickly. The whole user interface has been simplified
to make using the program much easier. Bundled with Font Directory is a
utility called FontView which gives the user the ability to view
complete blocks of text in multiple windows, at various sizes. Each new
window can work independently of the others and contain a different
font, so it makes comparing fonts very easy. Text can be written
straight to a window or imported as a text file.
9.4
The full version of Font Directory will cost ú45 inclusive. A Lite
version will also be available, for ú25, upgradable to the full version.
Upgrades are available for existing users. Coming later will be a
network version made up of the full version plus the Lite version, and
extra manuals, costing ú150 +VAT.
9.4
FotoFUN is a photographic-quality dye sublimation printer from
Spacetech, which produces high-gloss postcard size photographs from your
digital artwork in under 3 minutes. The quality is as good as
traditional film, producing bright, sharp, clear prints. Using photo
retouching/artwork software with a colour scanner, video digitiser,
Photo-CD, or other input device, images can be retouched and then
printed to look better than the original. In addition to the normal
refill kit, there is also a FotoMUG kit which lets you transfer your
favourite photos onto coffee mugs. The FotoFUN printer costs ú349;
FotoFUN printer with the Spacetech Acorn Driver ú379; Colour consumables
ú39; Postcard refill kit (36 cards) ú43; FotoMUG starter kit (4 mugs,
clamp and instructions) ú39. Spacetech have an introductory offer of
FotoFUN + Acorn driver + colour refill pack + Photodesk at ú499. Add VAT
to all prices.
9.4
Global Effect is a simulation game where, quite simply, you control the
world... or try to do so! As you try to build cities and keep them
running, you will find that there are others who donæt want your
expansionist plans to succeed. Global Effect costs ú34.99 from Eclipse
or ú33 through Archive.
9.4
High speed serial port cards Ö Atomwide have some high speed serial port
cards available with one, two or three serial ports on each card. Each
port can run at up to 460,800 bps and has a 16-byte buffer to improve
its performance and enable it to be used even on slower Acorn computers,
down to the A310. Software support is provided to enable them to be used
with ANT Internet Suite, ArcTerm7, ArcBBS, ArcFax, Hearsay and Termite.
At the moment, these cards cannot be used to provide extra serial ports
for PC cards, but it is only a matter of writing the appropriate
software, which Atomwide intend to do in due course. The single, double
and triple cards cost ú79, ú89 and ú99 +VAT respectively or ú92, ú104
and ú116 inclusive through Archive.
9.4
Icon Technology have released two new versions of TechWriter, the
combined word processor and equation editor, and EasiWriter, the word/
document processor.
9.4
EasiWriter Professional has all the features of the original, but
includes a number of very useful additions such as: index and contents
generation; bookmarks; improved searching; automatic numbering of lists;
crop marks; improved German hyphenation; more flexible white space; save
as PostScript; OLE support; Thesaurus support. Future enhancements,
which registered users will receive automatically as free upgrades, are:
auto numbered chapters and sections; fancy borders; RTF import and
export; and pamphlet printing.
9.4
The changes to TechWriter Professional include many of the above plus
save as TEX. Future enhancements are: improved Text saving; auto-
numbered chapters and sections; auto-numbered equations; fancy borders;
RTF import and export; pamphlet printing and background colours.
9.4
The prices (exclusive of VAT and ú3 p&p) are as follows (with the
inclusive Archive prices in brackets): EasiWriter 3.16 single user ú89
(ú102), site licence ú356 (ú400); EasiWriter Professional single user
ú119 (ú136), site licence ú476 (ú535); TechWriter single user ú149
(ú169), site licence ú596 (ú669); TechWriter Professional single user
ú199 (ú225), site licence ú796 (ú892).
9.4
ImageFS 2 is the latest version of the acclaimed image conversion
software from Alternative Publishing. New features in version 2 include
the ability to export files straight out of RISC OS applications and
convert them directly into foreign graphic files. Also included is a new
Pop-up Preview feature which allows users to rapidly create previews of
graphics files before committing themselves to loading them. Also
included is a fully functional Lite version of a brand new package
called Universal Image, which is designed to assist the user in managing
graphics files. Support is provided for TIFF, Windows BMP, Apple PICT,
PCX, Clear files, Targa, PBM, MacPaint, Atari/GEM, GIF, and ColoRIX Ö
support is also provided for professional 32-bit CMYK TIFFs.
9.4
Those interested in converting Vector graphics, might like to know that
Alternative Publishing are working on vector conversion software.
Although they have a working version of an EPS converter, the
programming is still in its early stages Ö watch out next year for more
news! In the meantime, ImageFS 2 costs ú39.95 +VAT (ú45 through
Archive). Education site licences are available from Alternative at
ú99.95 +VAT. Upgrades to registered users are ú20 +VAT Ö you need to
return your original disc to Alternative.
9.4
Impact2 Ö an easy to use, fully relational database suitable for any
application where data must be stored or retrieved quickly and easily.
The philosophy behind Impact is that it should be as easy to use as
possible. Itæs been produced by Circle Software, who say that a simple
database can be created within a few minutes of installation, and so it
is ideally suited to simple tasks where more complex database packages
would not be appropriate, or would take too long to set up. On the other
hand, if you do require something more complex, Impact2 has the
facilities to provide a more sophisticated database. Itæs aimed at home,
office and school and costs ú99 +VAT for a single machine licence.
Further licences can be obtained on a sliding scale of fees, ranging
from ú135 +VAT for two machines, up to ú495 +VAT for 50.
9.4
Irlam Instruments have developed an Acorn RISC OS version of the Primax
ColourMobile Direct scanner, a low-cost handheld scanner. The
ColourMobile is a full 24-bit colour device that moves automatically
across the selected text or graphic, thus avoiding the problems usually
associated with handheld scanners. No expansion card is necessary as the
interface connects directly to the bi-directional parallel port.
ColourMobile costs ú199 +VAT + ú5 p&p or ú228 through Archive.
9.4
iSV Fonts Ö iSV Products have completely revised all of their font
packs. All fonts now have better hinting as well as an easier to use
automatic font installer. All fonts contain full kerning and are full
latin 1 character sets. The price remains the same at ú26.50 for
FontPack 277 or 298. The special summer price has been continued, so
both packs can be purchased together for ú36.50. Upgrades for existing
customers are priced at ú10 or ú15 for the pair. Version 2 of their
Blackletter FontPack now contains over 200 Gothic and Medieval style
fonts and costs ú21.50. All prices are inclusive.
9.4
MusicMaker1 is a new package from Resource, aimed at pre-school and Key
Stage 1. It introduces the ideas of pitch and composition through both
games and open-ended activities. It encourages children to explore the
world of pitch by presenting them with on-screen instruments, to play
and record with, a pre-notation method of writing their own music, and
games that help develop listening and sequencing skills.
9.4
There are five activities for children to follow. Up the Stairs shows
different instruments placed on a stairway and it will produce notes of
higher pitch the higher up the stairs they are. Tunes can be recorded
and played back, or the computer can play a tune for the user to
recreate. Jolly Keyboard presents a similar activity but displaying a
conventional keyboard instead of stairs. Other activities include
Trombone, Making Tunes and Name that Tune in which children match visual
patch patterns to short tunes which they hear. MusicMaker2 (not out yet)
will deal in a similar way with the concept of rhythm. System
requirements are RISC OS 3 or above and 2Mb of RAM. It will run from
both floppy and hard disc. MusicMakeræs launch price is ú30 +VAT, rising
to ú35 +VAT from January 1st 1996.
9.4
Panasonic PD combination drives (aka ProTeus) Ö The Panasonic PD
combination drives (quad speed CD + 650Mb magneto-optical) are the same
as were used by Cumana for their ProTeus drives. The internal version
for the RiscáPC is the same price as the Cumana version, i.e. ú635, but
the external version is quite a bit better priced at ú735, instead of
ú805.
9.4
Photodesk Ö According to Spacetech, this has undergone an öentire re-
write taking into account all the positive customer feedback and the
needs of professional usersò. The end result of a yearæs programming, is
that Photodesk 2 is nearly available. The main emphasis in the
development of Photodesk 2 has been in improving the overall quality of
the tools, effects and filters. Slickness of operation, ease of use and
quality of output have all been high on the list of objectives for the
new version. According to Spacetech, the way in which it operates and
handles input and output will make the application more familiar to
users of existing industry standard solutions. Photodesk 1 will continue
to be developed as an economical alternative for users who do not
require all the advanced features of version 2.
9.4
Weæll have to wait for a full review to see what the new package looks
like but, in the meantime, here are a few of the changes youæll find in
Photodesk 2: improved use of virtual memory, using MEMC to re¡map pages;
complete multi-channel capability with as many alpha channels as the
user requires; new filters, improved outline tracing and de-focus;
channels can be defined as masks, images or maps; gamma controls for
each ink; new soft edge paint brush; improved airbrush and anti-
aliasing; complete Twain compatibility; improved cut and paste
operations.
9.4
When available, Photodesk 2 will cost ú269.50 (ú255áthrough Archive);
upgrades from version 1 will cost ú69.81 inclusive from Spacetech.
9.4
Risc Disc Volume 2 Ö The disc contains completely new material from
Volume One with a much enlarged PD/Shareware and Resources section. One
major feature of the disc is over 100Mb of selected Web pages which may
be browsed using the PD Web browsers, ArcWeb and Webster, both of which
are supplied on the CD. Interestingly, the disc also contains a built-in
treasure hunt with the prize of a Risc PC to the first person to find
all the clues hidden on the disc. The clues are hidden throughout the
disc as Sprites, Archives, Drawfiles, Text Files, Soundtracks, in fact
just about any filetype. Each clue links to the next by suggesting the
type of file to look for and the area on the CD where it may be found.
The CD also features a section of material of special interest to Acorn
Clan members. The RISC CD Volume 2 costs ú25 inclusive or ú23 for Clan
members (same prices from Uniqueway or through Archive).
9.4
Shares 5 Ö This package from Apricote Studios has been refined over its
lifetime in response to users and provides a means of handling
portfolios both for home users and also of professional users. It allows
you to store, manipulate and analyse all your share information in
portfolios of up to 60 companies each. It features such things as direct
updating from teletext, capital gains computation, rights issues, graphs
of share price including historic low, delay averages and interest
rates, etc, etc. Shares 5 costs ú49.95 inclusive from Apricote or ú47
through Archive.
9.4
Speaking Starspell CD-ROM is an expanded version of the well-known
Starspell spelling system, from Fisher-Marriott, already used in over
10,000 schools. Speaking Starspell contains over 300 word lists, giving
unique order to English spelling, and providing a graded progression for
the learner. All of the 2500-plus words are spoken and many of them are
illustrated. The idea behind Speaking Starspell is that attention is
drawn to how words are built, allowing the learner to apply that
knowledge to his or her writing. It checks the spelling and even has a
friendly way of putting things right. It costs ú42.50 +VAT for a single
user. For a network licence, add ú42.50 +VAT.
9.4
Stereoworld Ö Stereograms are those things you see in magazines and
books where you have to discover the hidden picture in amongst a
cacophony of other images. You move your head backwards and forwards,
squint, and contort your face until the image becomes clear Ö or not.
Stereoworld is a much more sophisticated computer version of that much
loved pastime. As well as the variety of images included in the program,
there are games that can be played within the stereogram, and there is
the ability to create your own stereograms. In Stereosaw (cfáÉjigsawæ),
you have to reconstruct stereograms that have been split into tiny
fragments, and in Lunar Landing, you have to gently land a spacecraft
onto the moonæs surface, then progress to other worlds where the terrain
and gravity make your task increasingly difficult. In Escape, you have
to demolish bricks in order to escape; as the game goes on, the pace
hots up and things become more complex. Stereoworld comes on six discs,
taking up 10Mb of hard disc space, needs 4Mb RAM and costs ú29.95 inc
VAT from the 4th Dimension or ú28 through Archive.
9.4
Symphony Masterpieces is a collection of over 3,000 music tracks from
Zenta Multimedia, compiled in association with Oregan Software
Developments, and using the SymphPlay application from Digital Symphony.
The collection comes on CD-ROM with tracks including: Classical, Piano,
Rave, Pop and Mood music, as well as sampled vocals. The cost is ú29.95
inclusive from Zenta or ú29 through Archive.
9.4
Teletext+ Ö Octopus Systems have launched advanced teletext software for
teletext adaptors from Morley, Computer Concepts, Ground Control, Design
IT, Irlam and Octopus Systems. Teletext+ provides sophisticated page
cacheing and keyword searching to make teletext quicker, easier and more
usable. It can log share prices in a CSV file or in a special format for
the Apricote Studiosæ Shares program and it provides a set of standard
SWI calls for use by other programs.
9.4
The page cacheing facility means that frequently-used pages and sub-
pages can be accessed without any delay, while the advanced keyword
searching can search hundreds of pages for items of interest which might
otherwise be missed. Matches are displayed in a separate window, which
effectively gives a personalised magazine of interesting news, events
and programmes.
9.4
Pages can be saved as Viewdata, sprite or text files, either manually or
under the control of a script file, and there is an option to allow all
sub-pages to be saved in a single text file. Teletext+ is available for
ú39 inclusive as a software upgrade for existing teletext adaptors, or
with an external teletext adaptor for ú169 inclusive, while stocks last.
The adaptor connects to a podule expansion socket via a lead and podule
plug, so you should specify whether you require a full size or a mini
podule connector when ordering. A television aerial feed is also
required.
9.4
Termite Internet Ö This package from Doggysoft is a powerful new set of
tools for accessing the Internet. It includes: !Termite, supporting WWW,
telnet, and access to bulletin boards using ANSI, VT100 (and other)
standards. There are powerful mail and news facilities provided by the
!Offlite and !Mailbox applications. For example, if your service
provider gives you an IP address, you can create email addresses for
family members, employees, etc. !TermiteIP is the configuration
application that stores your account details, and gives control over
newsgroup details; telnet, finger and ftp hotlists, and selecting
dµmons. The manual is a comprehensive, ring-bound affair that makes you
feel confident you wonæt need to phone Doggysoft for help too often! The
package costs ú79.95 +VAT from Doggysoft.
9.4
The Cobalt Seed Ö The Cobalt Seed is along the lines of Starwing and
Starfighter 3000 Ö shoot everything you can and dodge things you canæt.
This is definitely one for priming those reflexes. The Cobalt Seed costs
ú24.99 from TBA Software or ú24 through Archive.
9.4
The Patience Addict from Creative Curriculum Software is a compilation
of twenty of öthe best and most enjoyable games of Patience which open
up the world of Patience to the newcomer and addict alikeò. It includes
both one-pack and two-pack games; games that usually work out, and games
that take lots of attempts; games that have a few simple rules, and a
few very complex ones. It costs ú12.73 +VAT and p&p, or ú15 through
Archive.
9.4
Voyager Ö Argonet bundle the Voyager software with a monthæs free access
to the Internet, for ú59 inc VAT. Because they are the ones who give you
the account details, they supply the software ready configured to use
with your account. The software is a collection of shareware
applications with many modifications, including a very easy-to-use front
end. Argonet can also bundle a US Robotics Sportster 14,400 or 28,800
modem including cable. They can also supply a high speed serial port to
owners of pre-A5000 Acorns, which were fitted with Éslowæ serial ports.
Because Argonet deal exclusively with Acorn machines and provide a
ready-configured solution, this is probably the easiest way to get
connected to Internet. Telephone support is included, through an 0500
(free) number.
9.4
Review software received...
9.4
We have received review copies of the following: ÅAncestry II (d),
ÅGeordian Lock (u), ÅImpact2 (d), ÅMovieFS (m), ÅMusic Maker 1 (e,m),
ÅMusic Studio 32 (e,m), ÅPhysics Tutor (e), ÅRISC Disc 2, ÅSeashoreáLife
CD (e), ÅStereoworld (g), ÅSymphonyáMasterpieces (m), ÅTrellis (u),
ÅVikings CD (e), ÅXenakis 16 (m),