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This is the third Archive CD. If you are a regular reader, you may
already have a copy of an earlier one, so you will know what to expect.
This CD is a complete replacement for the previous ones. It contains all
the material on the former CDs plus Volume 10 of the magazine. 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.
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. The first issue was in October 1987, just after the
first Archimedes computer was introduced, and has published more issues
than any other magazine devoted to these machines - and all under the
same Editor! Unlike most other magazines, the contents are almost
entirely written by Acorn enthusiasts and users, both professional and
amateur. As it is often only a few days between completion and
distribution, you will normally 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.
Archive magazine is edited by Paul Beverley and published by -
Norwich Computer Services
96a Vauxhall Street
Norwich NR2 2SD
Phone: 01603-766592
Fax: 01603-764011
Email: sales.NCS.@paston.co.uk
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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.
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What's on the CD
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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. 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.)
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 Hints and Tips this is supplied in different formats.
Also included is the Archive Glossary. This is 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 are obsolete or
superceded by later versions, but it does provide a valuable collection.
All of this 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 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.
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.
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How to subscribe to Archive
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Archive magazine is published monthly, with twelve issues per year,
issue one appearing in October. The cost of the subscription is -
United Kingdom ú25
Europe ú32
N.Z./Australia ú43
Elsewhere ú40
The annual subscription for the monthly magazine disc costs -
United Kingdom ú20
Europe ú22
N.Z./Australia ú29
Elsewhere ú27
You may pay by credit card or Switch, Eurocheque, Sterling cheque
drawn on a UK bank, or direct into our Giro account 2341107