^A
Editorial: Acorn and Education
Acorn Roadshow
BETT Show
\3 2
^D
News: Games News
Cyborg from Alpine Software/Aldebaran
from Evolution Computer/TBA Software
\3 5
^D
News: Colourful Printing on RISC OS 3
Ace Computing releases RISC OS 3.10
driver for Hewlett Packard DeskJet 550C
\3 5
^D
News: CD-ROM News from Eesox
Eesox Ltd. releases CD Simulator to
emulate CD-ROMs on hard disc
\3 5
^D
News: A5000 RISC OS 3.10 upgrades
Supply shortage
A-link also not readily available
\3 5
^D
News: EMR's Sound Engineer
Advanced sound sample editing package
from EMR/MIDI/Music
\3 5
^D
News: Fonts on RISC OS 3
Electronic Font Foundry extends range
of RISC OS 3 fonts/Outline fonts
\3 5
^D
News: LinkWord from Minerva
A new concept in language learning
Based on memory techniques
\3 5
^D
News: Silica Expand their Flares
Silica Software Systems announces Fades
Addition to Flare art package
\3 5
^D
News: Memory Developments
New RISC Developments memory upgrades
BEEBUG A3010 Home Professional System
\3 5
^D
News: VIDC20 at last
ARM Ltd. announcement of VIDC20
24-bit colour to be used in new machines
\3 5
^D
News: New WindowEd
New version of WindowEd
From Armen Software/Wimp programming
\3 5
^D
News: Klein Computer Upgrades
Bestform/FunctionPlotter/MouseRecorder
HD Backup/G-Draft
\3 5
^D
News: Public Domain Virus Smasher
Guardian from Digital Phenomena
PD virus protection program
\3 5
^D
News: Network Screen Viewer
NetView allows network users to view
screens on other machines
\3 5
^D
News: Safe as the Man in the Iron Mask
Turing Tools releases IronMask for
protecting files by password
\3 5
^D
News: Naughty, Naughty, very Naughty
Talking Books from Sherston Software
Naughty Stories is first release
\3 5
^D
News: 4Mation Catalogue
10th anniversary software catalogue
available
\3 5
^D
News:
New G.A.Herdman Educational Software
Chemical Spectra/DTP_Images/DTP/Clip Art
\3 5
^A
Can Computer Games Educate?
A look at various educational games
available for primary school pupils
\3 8
^C
Review: MicroSpell
The budget Desktop spelling checker
from David Pilling/Woed processing/DTP
\3 11
^A
Using the Pocket Book and the A-Link
Comparing the Pocket Book with the Psion
Series 3/Data transfer with an Arc
\3 12
^A
Creating Draw files in Basic: Ellipses
Additions to the CDraw library
Creating ellipses in Draw files/Graphics
\3 15
^C
Review: Podd on the Arc
Educational program from ESM
Vocabulary teacher
\3 17
^C
Review:
The Times and Sunday Times on CD-ROM
Multimedia from Times Network Systems
\3 18
^C
Review: Imagery
Painting and image processing package
from Palette Studio/Graphics
\3 20
^C
Review: ArcFax
Review of software and a fax modem
Enables fax modems to be used on the Arc
\3 24
^A
Desktop File Translator
Application to convert single bytes in
files into characters or strings
\3 27
^A
Into the Arc: Understanding Configure
RISC OS 3 configuration investigated
for the beginner
\3 30
^M
Disc: Stencil
An application which turns Draw files
inside out, creating a stencil effect
\3 33
^M
Disc: Basic Variable Lister
Analyses Basic programs and reports on
the variables and routines in them
\3 33
^C
Review: CADet
Two dimensional drawing package
from Minerva Software/CAD/Graphics
\3 34
^A
Review: Colour Cards Compared
ColourCard from Computer Concepts
G8 Graphics card from State Machine
\3 36
^A
Disc File Rescuer
A program to rescue files when a Bad
Sector disc error occurs
\3 39
^M
Disc: Font Master
An application to enable large
collections of fonts to be managed
\3 40
^M
Disc: Spooky Specs
A novelty application which displays a
pair of beady eyes on the Desktop
\3 40
^M
Disc: Detonate Game
A strategy game for two or more players
played on a grid
\3 40
^M
Disc: Circuit Diagram Clip Art
The final part of a collection of Draw
files containing circuit components
\3 40
^A
RISC OS 3 Clicks and Drags
All the mouse short-cuts releaved
RISC OS 2 and RISC OS 3
\3 42
^C
Review: ThinkSheet
Application to organise your ideas
from Fisher-Marriott Software/WP/DTP
\3 44
^A
PC Corner: Using Expanded Memory
How to use LIM EMS expanded memory in
the PC Emulator
\3 47
^A
Wimp Function/Procedure Library Part 6
Explanations of the save box routines
presented in part 5
\3 49
^E
Hint: DOS Copying Problems
RISC OS 3 bug which can prevent files
being written correctly to DOS discs
\3 50
^E
Hint: PlayBack and ShowMouse
Using RISC User's ShowMouse application
with RISC Developments' PlayBack
\3 50
^E
Hint: Speed up your ARM250
How to speed up the access time for the
ROMs in an ARM250 machine
\3 50
^E
Hint: Sprite Dragging on RISC OS 3.10
Solid sprite dragging is available when
performing drag-saves
\3 50
^E
Hint: Too Many Font Directories
In RISC OS 3 too many different font
directories can cause problems
\3 50
^E
Hint: Ovation - Saving Marked Text
A quick way of saving only a section of
an Ovation document/DTP
\3 50
^E
Hint: Formal Array Parameters in Basic
Basic V's treatment of arrays as
procedure parameters
\3 50
^E
Hint: Using Alternative Printer Sprites
How to tailor the sprites used by the
Printer Manager in RISC OS 3
\3 50
^E
Hint: Changing Styles in Impression
Using Search and Replace to change the
style of pieces of text/DTP
\3 50
^E
Hint: Faster IF Statements
How to implement lazy evaluation in
Basic IF statements
\3 50
^E
Hint: Basic Printer under RISC OS 3
Fixing the RISC User Basic Printer for
RISC OS 3
\3 50
^A
The 80 Column:
Character translation in printer drivers
on RISC OS 2 and 3
\3 53
^A
The 80 Column:
Using CC'S Turbo Driver cable with the
RISC OS 3 Printer Manager
\3 53
^A
The 80 Column:
RISC OS 3 Printer Buffer
Built-in printer buffer system
\3 53
^A
The 80 Column:
Page length for text printing
\3 53
^A
Getting the best from Ovation
Creating new page layouts in Ovation
Setting up the margins/DTP
\3 54
^F
Points Arising:
Basic Procedure and Function Analyser
Volume 6 Issue 1 Disc Only
\3 56
^F
Points Arising:
Jello and the Art of 3D Graphics Part 3
(Volume 6 Issue 2)
\3 56
^E
RISC OS 3 Hint: Reading Filetypes
New OS_File which allows you to find
the filetype of a specific file
\3 58
^E
RISC OS 3 Hint: Coloured Sprites
Using ColourTrans to plot a sprite
correctly using its palette
\3 58
^E
RISC OS 3 Hint: Initiating a Task Window
Using the *TaskWindow command to launch
a new task in a task window
\3 58
^E
RISC OS 3 Hint:
Reading a Disc's Free Space
How to read the free space on a disc
\3 58
^E
RISC OS 3 Hint: Squash It Up
Using the Squash module which is used
by the Acorn's Squash application
\3 58
^E
RISC OS 3 Hint: Expanded SysInfo
An expanded version of the SWI
Wimp_ReadSysInfo gives more information
\3 58
^E
RISC OS 3 Hint: Receiving Wimp Messages
Masking out which Wimp messages are
reported to your application
\3 58
^A
PD Software: Select and Collect
The latest round up of the best on the
Public Domain scene
\3 60
^E
C Hint: RISC_OSLib Bugs
Comments on the existence of bugs in
RISC_OSLib and the scant documentation
\3 63
^E
C Hint: Extra txtedit Functions in C 4
A number of useful txt functions in
release 4 of ANSI C
\3 63
^E
C Hint: Magnify a Bug
A bug in the magnify module of
RISC_OSLib
\3 63
^E
C Hint: Checking for CLib
The correct way of ensuring that the
correct version of CLib is installed
\3 63
^E
C Hint: Misleading Compiler Messages
How to track down badly reported
errors at compile time
\3 63
^A
Write-Back:
Pocket Book or Psion Series 3?
Comments on which is the better
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: Thanks for Small Obey File
Positive feedback on the Into the Arc
article on Obey files
\3 65
^A
Write-Back:
More Alarms with RISC OS 3.10
Bug in Alarms application
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: Non TV-Rate Monitors
Extra hints for those wanting to connect
high scan rate monitors to the Arc
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: Thanks for the Wimp Book
Praise for the Wimp Programming for All
book from RISC Developments
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: The Benefits of RISC OS 3.10
Compliments about the new features in
the new operating system
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: Miscellany
Buffering Star printers
Ideas for a dead ARM
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: Giving the A4 the Boot
Problems with automatic booting on an
Acorn A4 portable
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: Engine Demos
Noot from 4Mation contains animations
of internal combustion engines
\3 65
^A
Write-Back: Updating the RISC User Diary
Can anybody help improve the RISC User
diary?
\3 65
^A
Jello and the Art of 3D Graphics Part 4
The final part of the series makes the
Jello act as if was made of jelly
\3 68
^A
Technical Queries:
The floating point indirection operator
in Basic
\3 73
^A
Technical Queries:
Address exception errors
A quick explanation of what they mean
\3 73
^A
Technical Queries:
How to design 3D icons for use in Wimp
applications
\3 73
^A
Technical Queries:
Using the SWI Wimp_SetExtent to change
the work area of a window
\3 73
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