NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/sys/acorn/8016

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From: [e-mail] (oliver gunasekara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: A4 and RISC OS 3.10
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Date: 24 Jul 92 09:37:08 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.
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I had a play with an Acorn A4 last week. Very nice machine. It seems faster
than an A5000, this must be due to the lower screen bandwidth of the LCD. The
LCD refresh rate is not great but with RISC OS's instant redraw it ok.

I tryed the replacement Next 3d icons that were posted to comp.binary.acorn
and they did not work with RISC OS 3.10. They worked ok on RISC OS 3.00 but not
on the A4. Playing with the A4 I descovered the command  *toolsprites <sprites>
And I tryed this on the Next icons and they worked. So my question to the
people in the know at Acorn ( Owen, David, etc) is what are the changes between
RISC OS 3.00 and RISC OS 3.10 apart from bug fixes.

I also had a play with RISC OS 3.07 (development) and that had a multitasking
start up but this does not seem to be in 3.10.

I have also been told that this years Acorn User show will have some thing
special from Acorn, which will be for sale 12 months later. Acorn want the
title of the 'fastest Personal workstation' back.

    Oly.
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