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- Iyonix PC withdrawn from sale
(Sep 27, 2008)
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(Sep 24, 2008)
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(Sep 23, 2008)
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(Aug 11, 2008)
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(Jul 21, 2008)
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(Jul 21, 2008)
- APDL deploys online ordering
(Jul 10, 2008)
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(Jun 27, 2008)
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(Jun 25, 2008)
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Category: Press ReleaseThe news items published under this category are as follows.
Aaron Timbrell, that multifaceted man of many guises has sent this through. I'm not going to repeat it verbatim incase anyone from another one of the news portals thinks we're just going to repeat whatever people send us...
Just a quick note to let everyone know that the next RISCWorld will be going through letterboxes all over the world in the next few days.
RISCWorld is the CD based subscription magazine, published bimonthly by APDL, it also makes an excellent drinks coaster to keep coffee stains off your mousemat ( no it doesn't - it makes you think that this is how good magazines should be - ed)
This exciting issue includes, words, pictures and punctuation, but not necessarily in the right order. Among the highlights are:
- Insider on the new Iyonix PC from Castle Technology
- the 2nd part of our serialisation of the Archimedes GameMakers Manual
- reviews of Desktop Repton and NTUser2.
- The very useful OS_ReadArgs call also gets a thorough examination.
- Continuing series include HTML Convertors, writing modules, networking (this issue how to share the internet connection on your PC with a RISC OS machine) and of course advanced coverage of
Powerbase.
We also have all the regulars, including the PD column, GamesWorld, DiscWorld, the letters page and more.
Oh and Hugh Jampton still has his own column with a very funny photo
Posted by bluebottle on Saturday, November 23, 2002
News has reached us that RComp have radically updated their DialUp software.
It has some really fun new features such as
- being able to link different ISPs to different times of the day as well as being able to map no ISP to a time of day (prevents anyone going on line)
- news and mail handling has been worked on so that POP3 email boxes can be temporarily disabled and periodic news checks made while online
- email can now be sent as soon as it's queued
- shortcuts introduced for easier access to your newsgroup listing and accounts.
- improved use on home networks and as a backup for when the always on broadband connection becomes always off
- now compliant with Select's global clipboard (this actually covers the entire of the RComp Internet Suite as well)
- an autoredial has been added (useful for ISPs which time out like Freeserve)
- added support for users running proxy software on networks
- lots of new ISP configuration files added
Obviously all of these improvements will cost and for the stonkingly huge figure of 12UKP (inc. p&p) you can have this wonderful new piece of software (provided you also return your original discs)
News in from the Cerilica folks...
RELEASE OF CERILICA PUBLISHING PACK 2
For all users of Cerilica Vantage, Draw, Ovation, Impression, TextEase, TechWriter, EasyWriter, etc.!
Cerilica is proud to announce that its its latest brand-new software pack has been officially released.
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The next meeting of the RISC OS North West User Group (RONWUG) will be:
The MicroDigital Omega
David Atkins (Managing Director, MicroDigital Ltd)
7pm for 7:45pm, Wednesday 17th July 2002
Trafford Metrovick Rugby & Cricket Club
Finnybank Road
Sale
Cheshire
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Not only should the prototype be on display to see and try out, but David will of course be talking about the Omega, and about MicroDigital's wider development programme and future plans. MicroDigital's activities are much more extensive than just producing a couple of computers, and this is the chance to hear the details from David himself (rather than by rumour from other sources). There will also be the opportunity for questions.
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Due to the unfortunate unavailability of Jack Lillingston from Castle Technology, who has some business commitments, the Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club have had a last minute change of event for this Wednesday ( 3rd of July).
We have luckily been able to arrange an alternative guest speaker. David Atkins from Microdigital has agreed to visit us with an Omega Computer. Why not come along to see one in action.
Guests are more than welcome to our meetings, although non-members pay a small fee for entry (£1.50). Meetings are held at the West Yorkshire Sports & Social Club in Sandal, Wakefield and start at 7:45pm.
Full details of the club venue are available on the club website at www.wrocc.org.uk. Free parking and bar facilities are available at the venue.
Steve Potts - Club Secretary - Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club Note: Looks well worth a visit folks :-)
Posted by StevePotts on Friday, June 28, 2002
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Akalat Publishing wishes to announce that after publication of Vol. 8 issue 6 (August 2002) the ownership of Acorn Publisher will be transferred from Akalat Publishing to John Cartmell of Fleur Designs who will be responsible for publication of all issues from Vol. 9 issue 1 onwards (October 2002).
Note: Which is your favourite RISC OS magazine? Vote in the poll
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Unlike some RISC OS mags out there with strange unaccountable delays, dubious changes of editor and other fun excuses, RiscWorld seems to be going from strength to strength with the launch of Vol. 3 of the CD based mag...
This very morning a straining postman collected all the copies of RISC World for delivery to all our eager readers. So in the next few days a shiny CD containing the latest issue will be dropping through doormats all over the world. For those that don't know RISC World is the subscription only CD based magazine for users of RISC OS computers published by APDL.
This issue sees a number of exclusives, including Dave Holden's visit to MicroDigital to see a working Omega computer. We also have our Wakefield show report and reviews of Crystal, the first Select CD and of course, TEK.
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Simtec Electronics, famous for their ARM processor hardware and more recently, the NET 100 ethernet cards have just announced a range of USB interfaces for the RISC OS market.
There are two versions. One is an ISA card (USB11-isa) suitable for the RiscStation R7500. The other is a podule version (USB11-pod). This means that they are suitable for Acorn computers, such as the RISC PC, A7000, A5000 and even the lowly A310!
In addition, there is a full support website that already contains a user guide and full-on Device driver API documentation - culminating in about 300 pages!
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News in from Cerilica and it's very good news indeed...
Cerilica Vantage new pricing
Following on from the great reception to Cerilica's premier product re-alignment at the Wakefield show, we are pleased to announce the package's new format and amazing price.
The Wakefield show saw the launch of Vantage's on-CD electronic manual format. The CD now contains three PDF full manuals, each optimised for on-screen viewing and printing through commercial and freeware applications such as Cerilica's RiScript, !PDF and Adobe's Acrobat. This change in product format has allowed the base price of Vantage to drop significantly from the previous 241.50ukp to 177.50ukp (UK, including package, postage and VAT).
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RiScript's development continues to progress well with the recent major release of version 4.15. Available now as an on-line upgrade to all existing customers, the version brings even more powerful PDF reading capabilities such as handling of CIE colour models and Euro symbol support. RiScript now also automatically embeds any Type1 font data that may already be present for more accurate document text (features such as hinting will be preserved).
RiScript customers may download the upgrade at their own convenience via the Cerilica on-line upgrade area
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The Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club will be giving away a free floppy disc to visitors to our club stand at the Wakefield 2002 Acorn RISC OS Show.
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After more than four years of development, Artex Software are proud to present the realtime strategy game TEK 1608!
Some features:
- High resolution rendered graphics
- State-of-the-art design
- Stunning gameplay, easy to understand but challenging
- Screen resolutions from 640x480 up to 1024x768 (the latter requires 2MB VRAM)
- Additional smaller windows can be opened for guarding or tracking your battle units or buildings
- A small map of the whole area is displayed on the status bar, showing all your units/buildings, and everything you know about the enemy
- The surface consists of isometric fields with four height levels
- Your units can only see what's within their radar. So you can hide movements and make really nasty unseen attacks.
- Everything outside the radar of your units is displayed dark.
- Every place never visited before is unknown, ie black.
- Three different terain sets
- 12 different battle units
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In the space of the last week, two very well known RISC OS companies have both announced their own ADSL in a box products.
R-Comp will tailor their product to meet your exact needs at around 155 UKP (includes VAT and UK postage). This will allow up to 4 machines to be hooked in at a very high speed.
The offering from CJE is similar and costs 180 UKP for the complete setup.
Both systems offer full RISC OS compatibility without the need for DHCP or other such extensions as well has mega-fast download speeds and always being online without the need to tie up your phone line.
With the cost of the actual ASDL connection dropping (with the introduction of the BT DIY kits), if you haven't got cable, this may be the high speed offer you've been waiting for!
Posted by bluebottle on Monday, April 29, 2002
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This just in from Artex....
The realtime strategy game TEK is complete. Well, almost: The distribution agreement has to be signed yet, and the installation software and the manual have to be finished. Thus, the actual sale of the game will be delayed a few more days.
People who have pre-ordered will soon reveive a mail with payment details, and the first copies will finally be available at the end of this month or at the beginning of May, depending on the production speed. Pre-orderers will receive their copies first.
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MW Software is proud to announce the release of Crystal, the ArtWorks transparency module.
ArtWorks, the best-selling advanced vector graphics package for RISC OS, has received a large number of new features and enhancements over the past years, e.g., the TextArea module adding rotatable multi-column text areas or the BMExport module adding high-quality Sprite and GIF export options.
The new Crystal module is without doubt the most significant update ever produced: Finally, ArtWorks has full transparency support! Crystal offers three types of transparency (Mix, Stained glass, Bleach) and allows you to apply a transparency type and percentage to any ArtWorks object, no matter whether it is a shape, a line of text, a sprite, a text area, etc Note: A quick picture has been put together by Chris Williams (he of EasyGCC fame) which shows what can be done in a very short amount of time with Crystal..
Click here to view it
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Reports from the South West Show have described this new product but some have understated its specification. A collaboration between four of the best RISC OS developers has produced the NET100 - note the number!
Together with CTA Direct, R-Comp Interactive and Stuart Tyrrell Developments, Simtec Electronics have produced a 100Mb network card for RISC PC and A7000 computers.
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RComp are pleased to announce that the first release of Messenger Pro Server Edition will be at the SouthWest Show this Saturday.
Messenger Pro Server Edition is a top-of-the-line part of the Messenger Pro email software family for RISC OS. The software allows RISC OS users to share email across a network to all manner of computer platforms (RISC OS, Winodws, Linux etc.).
Why do you need Messenger Pro Server?
There are many times that you need to have email flowing through a central machine on a network, especially if you want to be able to...
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Goodward Associates and 4-sale-gb.com would like to announce their great new way of advertising on the net.
They provide a quick and simple way to place your classified adverts.
Although they do have a small fee to place your adverts, they currently offer all their services for FREE! Note: Best of all, they are RISC OS converts too!
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BAUG (prn. "borg"), the Bottisham Acorn User Group, will be meeting on Tuesday 12th February to take a look at programming in WIMP Basic. This is a second look at Clares's excellent desktop programming environment. Note: We will not be assimilated ;)
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The Wakefield Acorn Computer Group has recently changed its name to "Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club". After a debate at the AGM in January, the members voted to change the name to reflect the new era of our faviourite computer platform.
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The Wakefield Show will be held on Saturday and Sunday 18th and 19th of May 2002. Opening times will be 10:30-17:30 and 10:30-16:00 on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Please note it in your diaries now!
This announcement has been delayed partly due to several organisers' work committments and the recent sad loss of Mike Wilson who was our publicity officer. Companies or shareware authors interested in taking space at the show should now contact the address below.
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Just a quick note to inform everyone that there will be a meeting of the Manchester Acorn User Group this Wednesday evening, 19th December.
This meeting will be entirely informal, with a wide variety of things to see and talk about:
- Arm Linux on Bush STB
- Magazine roundup
- My RISC OS
- Discussion
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Until recently, RiscDomain has been a rather sporadic publication, missing it's published deadlines by quite a bit. In a recent announcement though, Dave Bradforth, owner, publisher and wizzard in charge has decided that the mag is to come out monthly, with a firm set of titles for each edition.
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Introducing: Your new Editor for Acorn User Magazine
Mr Michael Stubbs
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