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- From: bsalter@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Acorn news release: Education Directory
- Date: 20 Jan 93 08:43:02 GMT
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- Acorn's Education Directory: Now on CD ROM
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- Embargo Release Date 20th January 1993
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- Acorn Computers is releasing the fourth edition of its Education Directory
- at the BETT'93 exhibition at Olympia.
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- Not only is there a new page lay-out with over 2,000 educational titles
- listed, but customers will also be able to register for their own CD ROM
- version of the directory.
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- The printed version, which will be available to all visitors at BETT, has
- been reformatted from the earlier editions and now has details of all the
- educational software which runs on 32-bit Archimedes computers listed
- separately from the older 8-bit programs, written for the BBC B and Master
- 128 machines. The 32-bit section also contains a full description of the
- products together with details of the software houses and the prices of the
- software.
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- At the back, there is a complete index of companies listed, together with an
- index of the products featured. Icons are used throughout the main body of
- the text to indicate memory requirements, availability of the products and
- their compatibility with the latest RISC OS 3 operating system.
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- Delegates to BETT will also be able to apply for a CD ROM version of the
- Education Directory. This will allow the user to browse through the data
- files, searching for key words or companies or particular types of software.
- By keying buttons on the display the user is transported to linked pages of
- information which may contain screen shots, demonstration versions of the
- software, or further information on particular packages.
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- Acorn's Education Marketing Manager, Ashley Oliver said that if the CD ROM
- version proves popular it is likely in the future to be updated on a regular
- basis throughout the year. "There will still be a place for the printed
- directory" he affirmed, "but as the use of Acorn CD ROM systems is becoming
- increasingly widespread in schools I think it likely that demand for the CD
- ROM version will grow dramatically.
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- "The search facilities provided on the CD allow the user to look for
- specific packages suitable for defined groups of users. Being able to link
- the entries to further information pages will offer immediate access to a
- wealth of information that it is simply not practicable to include in the
- printed version of the directory. " he said.
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- It is envisaged that the CD ROM version of the Directory will be available
- early in February.
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- ENDS
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- Further information from Ashley Oliver, Acorn Computers Limited, Tel 0223 254254
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