^A
Editorial: Major New Products from Acorn
Volume 5 Special Disc/Reader Discounts
Wimp Book/DeskEdit 2/ChartWell 1.1/Show
\10 3
^D
News: New Machines from Acorn
Reference to 5 page review in this issue
\10 5
^D
News: A New Image from Palette Studio
Imagery from Palette Studio
Art package/Graphics
\10 5
^D
News: Acorns Pearls of Wisdom on CD-ROM
Acorn manuals released on CD-ROM by
Emerald Publishing/Multimedia
\10 5
^D
News:
PC Card Getting Better all the Time
Updates to Aleph One Card/MS-DOS/DR DOS
\10 5
^D
News: Why Aye, Longman
Geordie Racer from Longman Logotron
Magpie updated/Education/Multimedia
\10 5
^D
News: Wrap a Network Cable Round the Old
Oak Tree/Oak Solutions ClassNet network
Econet/Ethernet
\10 5
^D
News: Sequel Fever: The Fifth Dimension?
The Fourth Dimension releases Saloon
Cars Deluxe and Nevryon 2/Games
\10 5
^D
News: Can You Dig It?
Arcventure II- The Egyptians from
Sherston Software/Education
\10 5
^D
News: Vector Update
4Mation announces new version of Vector
drawing package/Graphics/Art
\10 5
^D
News: Acorn Heads European Project
Acorn involved in POWER project to
construct portable for education
\10 5
^D
News: Paint it Matt Black
Image Club Graphics clip art released on
Arc by Matt Black/Graphics/DTP
\10 5
^D
News: Two Plus Two Equals Ten out of Ten
Triple R Education releases
\10 5
^D
News: Meet thy Maker
Archimedes Game Makers Manual
Book from Sigma Press
\10 5
^D
News: Multimedia Becomes Really Useful
APA Multimedia announces The Really
Useful CD-ROM Volume 1
\10 5
^D
News: Simpering Simulation
ArcSimp analogue simulation package
from Mijas Software
\10 5
^D
News: Perfidious Albion 1, Crystal
House 0/New games house announces
The Search for Crystal House
\10 5
^D
News:
New Games House Holds Meaning of Life
Software 42 releases new games
\10 5
^D
News: Seriously Multi-tasking
Serious Statistical Software announces
multi-tasking First/Statistics
\10 5
^D
News: What's in a Name?
Club A3000 changes name to The ARM Club
\10 5
^D
News: Molecular Modelling from Arachne
Arachne Software releases molecular
modelling package/Biology/Chemistry
\10 5
^C
Review: Major New Releases from Acorn
A3010/A3020/A4000/ARM250/RISC OS 3
Acorn Universal Network/AUN/Ethernet
\10 8
^C
Review: Major New Releases from Acorn
Acorn Pocket Book/New product prices
A3000/A5000/A540 price changes
\10 8
^A
Mortgage Term Analyser
Program to display repayment mortgages
in a graphical form/Finances
\10 14
^A
Virus Update
The latest news on computer viruses and
software to combat them/Killer/VProtect
\10 17
^C
Review: ArtWorks
Object based drawing package from
Computer Concepts/Graphics/Art
\10 19
^C
Review: Neural Computation
A Beginners Guide
Neural Network book/software reviewed
\10 24
^A
Jello And The Art Of 3D Graphics Part 1
First part in a short series looking at
3D graphics
\10 25
^M
Disc: Basic Program Indenter
Application to indent Basic programs
automatically
\10 31
^M
Disc: Wordsearch Creator
Application to automate the creation of
word search puzzles
\10 31
^A
PC Questions and Answers
Various hints and tips for users of the
PC Emulator
\10 32
^C
Review: PenDown Plus
Educational word processor from
Longman Logotron
\10 33
^M
Disc: Two Example ArtWorks Files
Two small Draw files produced by
ArtWorks from Computer Concepts
\10 36
^M
Disc: SCSI Drive Re-initialiser
An application to prevent a bug with
removable SCSI drives
\10 36
^M
Disc: First Few Plus
Enhanced File Identification Utility
Now useful for Impression documents
\10 36
^M
Disc: Force Drag Application
Module to enable A5000 users to
benefit from sprite drag saves
\10 36
^M
Disc: Enhanced Icon Bar Clock
Icon bar clock application with several
display formats and clock set facility
\10 36
^M
Disc: Jello and the Art of 3D Graphics
Annotated source programs for the first
part of this series
\10 36
^M
Disc: Enhanced Mortgage Term Analyser
Extended version of the program given
in the magazine/Finances
\10 36
^M
Disc: Multiple Backup Application
Multi-tasking backup application to
enable multiple backups to be made
\10 36
^M
Disc: Pascal Compiler DDE Frontend
Improved front end for Acorn ISO Pascal
Compiler
\10 36
^M
Disc: Printer Driver Info Application
Small application to display information
about printer driver modules
\10 36
^M
Disc: SlideShow Sprite Carousel
Application to display sprites and Draw
files in sequence in a window
\10 36
^M
Disc: TextPlate Form Displayer
Application to take forms from the Form
Designer and print them from Basic
\10 36
^M
Disc: Form Designer
Application to ease creation of tables
using a text editor
\10 36
^A
Into the Arc: Hard Disc Management
A look at a new approach to managing a
hard disc
\10 38
^F
Points Arising: GiantFile and GiantRead
Ammendments to enable these apps (5:7)
to work with Acorn SCSI board
\10 40
^F
Points Arising: ArcScan file for 5:9
Small correction
\10 40
^C
Review: Turbo Printing with the BJ-10e
Printer
Turbo Driver from Computer Concepts
\10 42
^E
Hint: Finding Spaces at Ends of Lines
Edit/DeskEdit
\10 43
^E
Hint: Shift-Drag Inserts Full Filename
DeskEdit
\10 43
^E
Hint: Adjust-Close to Open Directory
Edit/DeskEdit
\10 43
^E
Hint: Neat Basic Program Listings
DeskEdit
\10 43
^E
Hint: Window Shrinking
Edit/DeskEdit
\10 43
^E
Hint: Uses For Undo
Edit/DeskEdit
\10 43
^E
Hint: How Many Chars on a Line?
Edit/DeskEdit
\10 43
^E
Hint: Confirming Window Closure
DeskEdit
\10 43
^A
The 80 Column
Proportional spacing
Printer fonts
\10 45
^A
Creating Decorative Corners for
Impression Junior
DTP/Graphics
\10 46
^A
Using ANSI C (Part 14)
Writing Relocatable Modules in C
CMHG
\10 49
^E
C Hint: Missing Error Flag
No error flag missing from wimp.h header
\10 53
^E
C Hint: Mysterious Disappearances
WimpSlot problem can cause applications
to vanish unexpectedly
\10 53
^E
C Hint: Pointer Trouble
Passing pointers to empty structures
\10 53
^E
C Hint: Improved Trace Macros
Macro to replace ANSI C trace functions
\10 53
^A
Write-Back: Re-inking Ribbons with WD40
Comments on how this method can wear out
your print head
\10 54
^A
Write-Back: Is Virus Protection a Racket
Comments on the ethics of charging for
virus protection site licences
\10 54
^A
Write-Back: Object-Orientated Programs
Scheme and LISP join the OOP debate
\10 54
^A
Write-Back: Is C Faster than Basic
Comments on benchmarks for the
Archimedes to test language speed
\10 54
^A
Write-Back: More from Arc Newcomers
Experiences on the A5000 and error
trapping in programs
\10 54
^A
Write-Back: Wimp Programmers Toolkit
A poem about the trials and tribulations
of programming the Wimp/Wimp book
\10 54
^A
Write-Back: A plea to Acorn
Comments on the delayed release of the
hardware floating point chip
\10 54
^F
Points Arising:
Review of Dictionary of the Living World
Small correction to review in RU 5:9
\10 56
^F
Points Arising: MouseTrap
Enhancement to enable MouseTrap (5:8) to
work with MegaMouse module (4:1)
\10 56
^E
Hint:
Displaying a Variable with the Hourglass
Hint for Wimp program debugging
\10 57
^E
Hint:
Basic Programming with RISC OS 3 Edit
How to find error line numbers
\10 57
^E
Hint: Booting Wordwise Plus
How to boot up Wordwise Plus in the BBC
Emulator/Word processing
\10 57
^E
Hint: Sprite Icons in FormEd
Indirected sprite-only icons in template
files have bad sprite area pointer
\10 57
^E
Hint: Altering Icon Text in Assembler
Do not use STR with indirected icons in
assembler - use STRB instead
\10 57
^E
Hint: Roundabouts on your Street Maps
Using the StreetMap application to
include roundabouts
\10 57
^E
Hint:
Trapping Errors in Library Programs
Problems with Basic libraries
\10 57
^E
Hint: Speeding up Disc Backups
Changing the Next slot to reduce number
of disc swaps during a backup
\10 57
^E
Hint: Spaced Filenames
How to inset hard spaces into filenames
in save boxes
\10 57
^E
Hint: RISC OS 2.01 has Added Features
Some features in RISC OS 2.01 on the
A540
\10 57
^E
Hint: How the Filer Knows it has Seen
an Application
Wimp sprite pool
\10 57
^E
Hint: Using a Jump Table
Assembler hint for simulating case
structures
\10 57
^C
Review: Choosing the right Monitor
A look at the different types of
monitor available for the Archimedes
\10 60
^A
Technical Queries: BBC Programs on Arc
How to execute Basic programs from the
BBC on the Archimedes
\10 67
^A
Technical Queries: Dragging files
with outline or solid scroll bars
\10 67
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