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News Roundup

Apologies for the lack of updates recently. Things have been pretty frantic over here at work and I've hardly had time to unpack before the next trip away :-(
In no particular order....

Aaron Timbrell has been in touch to advise the the latest issue of RISCWorld "will be landing on doormats
throughout the world in the next few days."

This issue contains the usual Editorial, PD Software and Iyonix Colums as well as:

DTP Experiences - using RISC OS [4] for DTP in the real world
DTP Resources - how to liven up your documents
Desktop Repton Plus Review
VirtualAcorn problem solving
A secret history of DrawWorks
Part 2 of our reprint of Arm Assembly Language
Midlands 2004 show report
Latest details on both RISC OS Southwest and Wakefeld 2005
Finding Leylines with RISC OS

Additionally subscribers will receive a free copy of Rhapsody 3.

For more detail check out www.riscworld.co.uk [5]

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Dave Buck has released version 8e of RiscCad for 15.00. The original version of 250.00.

Dave recently took back development / distribution from APDL whom had been keeping the product going in his absense from the RISC OS Scene. This new version contains some speed improvements and bug fixes over and above the last version which was previously available from APDL.

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Mark Page has announced the availability of an update of his SuperMethane Brothers game for RISC OS on methane.sourceforge.net [6]

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Jan-Jaap van der Geer has relased an updated to his DirSync program, now version 1.09, which allows the user to visually compare two directory structures.

This release contains both bug fixes and new features. To find out more, visit his web site [7]

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David Llewellyn-Jones has updated his TapirMail to version 1.04. Again a few new features and bug fixes in this one. More details can be found on the TapirMail web page [8].

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Aligator Media were promoting their latest special offer of Desktop Repton PLUS inclusive of original Repton 3 Mugs which are nearly 20 years old. It's possible that the last remaining 3 mugs have now been sent out though.

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The really small software Company has recently moved it's web site to www.reallysmall.co.uk [9] and also announced a number of updates to their various products. Sourcery has been updated to Version 0.61, ODBC drivers / tools, SQLLite, SampleEd and various other updates are available on the website.