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1.1 October 1987
1.2 November 1987
1.3 December 1987
1.4 January 1988
1.5 February 1988
1.6 March 1988
1.7 April 1988
1.8 May 1988
1.9 June 1988
1.10 July 1988
1.11 August 1988
1.12 September 1988

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News: Artisan Support Disk
Clares art package. Screendumps Integrex
132/EX800/JX80/Fujitsu DL3400/Star LC10
colour. Slide Show/Fastload/Fastsave
 
News: Arctist Art Package v1.5a
Fairhurst Instruments. Enhancements/
free upgrades. Econet/Hard Disk
versions
 
News: 5.25" Disk Interface
From CJE Micros. Interface cable/link
swap switch/drive select translation
cable/read DFS disks
 
News: ArtWorker Art Package
From MacSoft. Mode 15/air brush
 
News: Mode Converter + Serial Transfer
From M&M Computers. File transfer
/convert graphic screens
 
News: Architext TextEditor
From Hopesoft. For C/Pascal/Fortran/
BASIC/ARM Assembler programming.
Mouse driven
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News: Desktop Backgammon
From Maximum. Game
 
News: Autosketch Drawing Package
From Acorn. CAD
 
News: Adventure Game
From 4Mation Educational Resource
 
News: Archive Magazine Binders
From Norwich Computer Services
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News: Technical Help From Acorn
Comments
 
News: Acorn SID
Support and Information Database. Comms
 
News: Archive Bulletin Board
For Archive subscribers
 
News: No More Free ArcWriters?
Wordprocessor offer discontinued
 
News: IBM Emulator Upgrade
Upgrade to v1.09
 
News: A410 - Worth The Wait?
Comments on the 400 series
5
News: RS432 Serial Port
More problems. Possible fix
 
Info: Fast Screenload/save Module
Program update for 1.2 OS
 
Info: 400 Series Backplanes
Works on 300 series?
 
Info: Hard Disks
Standard is Shughart ST506
 
Hint: Stopping 5.25" Drive Lights
Accessing a 5.25" Viglen drive without
the drive lights coming on (internal?)
 
Hint: Slower Listings
More tips
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Hint: Linefeeds On Printers
A solution to software which makes
assumptions about printer DIP switch
settings
 
Hint: ArcWriter & Panasonic Printer
Getting the wordprocessor not to double
space printer output
 
Hint: VIEW 3.0 Fixes
Pokes for Acorn's wordprocessor to get
it to run under the emulator
 
Hint: ROMS That Work Under The Emulator
ISO Pascal/Comal/Prolog/LISP
 
Hint: Share Analyser
From Synergy Software works under the
emulator
 
Hint: 4 Floppies With 1.2 OS
*CONFIGURE/*FX162/*STATUS
 
Hint: Booting Other Drives
 to boot other than drive
0
 
Hint: Wimp Manager
Clears the screen when Wimp_Poll is
called
 
Hint: Fitting The Backplane
Tips
 
Hint: Unknown IRQ At &00000000 Error
Causes. RS432/spurious interrupts
 
Hint: RS432 Data Transfers
More ideas and fixes
 
Hint: Running More Than 1 BASIC Program
Running one prog whilst working on
another one in memory
 
Hint: System Delta Plus
No room errors with Minvera System's
database package
 
Hint: Interword Wordprocessor
The tab key and the desktop. *FX219
pound signs/£
 
Hint: Stuck In A Black Hole?
Typing black on black cure. MODE
 
Hint: SystemDevs Module
Redirection commands are sensitive to
spacing - examples.
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Hint: Using The Acorn ROM Podule
Adding RAM. Links
 
Hint: AcornSoft C And Twin
Concurrency/SystemSize/*CONFIGURE/Fatal
I/O error/Binary Output error/
relocation/Language/TextEditor
 
Hint: More About Twin
Relocating TWIN for more workspace.
TextEditor/*GO
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Hint: ISO Pascal
Warning: No support for OS!
 
Info: Using The ROM Podule
From Computer Concepts. ROM/RAM/RFS/
Inter series/Wordwise Plus/boot files/
wordprocessor
9
Info: X_SWIs
SYS call from BASIC does not generate
an error
 
Info: Modes And Drawing Speeds
Timings for drawing operations in
various modes. Graphics/VIDC
 
Info: OS_PrettyPrint
Word wrap from the operating system
 
Hint: The Quick Option
With *BACKUP/*COPY
 
Hint: Use Of Run$Path & File$Path
*SET/*SHOW/FileSwitch
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Hint: Flushing The Mouse
Clearing the mouse buffer. *FX15/*FX21
 
Hint: Local DATA Statements
Using DATA in library PROCs and FNs
with referring to line numbers
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Hint: GETFILE/PUTFILE
With the IBM Emulator
 
Hint: CHKDSK
Uses. FAT/MS-DOS
 
News: MS-DOS Book
Quick Reference Guide To MS-DOS by Van
Wolverton
 
Hint: Fix/Poke For Emulator 1.09
To ensure memory is not cleared on a
reset. IBM/MS-DOS
 
Info: MultiSync Monitors
Comments on Microvitec 1455/Electrohome
High Res Data Display/Philips 14CF1114/
Philips CM8873/what SCART stands for!
12
Reviews: NEC MS II and Taxan 1770 Plus
Comparison between two MultiSync
monitors
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Help: Editor Req'd for MS-DOS Section
 
Help: Editor Req'd for Languages Section
 
Help: Editor Req'd for Comms Section
 
Help: Stolen Archimedes + Monitor
Serial Numbers.
 
Help: Partial Renumber Routine
Required for BASIC
 
Help: Checksum Utility
Required
 
Help: VIEWSTORE 1.2
Anyone got it going?
 
Help: KAGA Vision III Monitor
Does it work with ARC?
 
Help: AOF and Library Format
Info required. Acorn Object Format
 
Help: Program Suites
Passing variables between programs.
Info required. Chain/variable passing
 
Help: Data Transfer With An Apricot
Anyone done it?
 
Help: Finished After nn Seconds
How can this message be disabled?
Compiler/FORTRAN/C
15
Help: ArthurLib For Fortran
OS interface required
 
Help: OS Command Line Substitution
Variable command line arguments
 
Info: *RUNning ARM Code
Assembled in BASIC. Explanation of
problem. OS_Exit/ROM/*SETTYPE/*STAMP
 
Info: Credits
In 1.2 OS. *MEMORY
16
Info: Mandelbrot + Julia Sets
Tutorial for beginners. Graphics
20
Program: ARM Code Mandelbrot
Zoom/Graphics/Demos
24
Program: The Game Of Life
Corrections and enhancements
25
Info: OS_SpriteOp
Bugs. SEDIT
 
Info: Pointer Break Up In Modes 18-20
Bug
 
Info: TRACE Problems
Bug or feature?
 
Review: The 'C' Book
Featuring the draft ANSI standard
 
Info: Comments On CJE's 5.25" Interface
Disk/Data Transfer/File Transfer
 
Review: AcornSoft FORTRAN77
Comparisons with other versions.
Language
32
Info: Floating Point Emulator (FPE)
Technical information
33
Info: Using The Debugger Module 1
Tutorial. *MEMORY/*DUMP
38
Review: Acorn I/O Podule
Input/Output/User Port/1MHz Bus/Analogue
Port
40
Info: Programmers Reference Manual
Errors/Corrections. Get_IconState/
Get_IconInfo
 
Info: User Guide Issue 2
Errors/Corrections. Enabling the
printer/
41
Review: BBC To ARC Conversion Programs
From Resource. BBCrun/DFS Emulator/
BBCscan/PicConv/UdgConv
42
Review: DROOM Educational Game
Adventure
44
Review: ROM Podules
Comparison between the Computer
Concepts and Acorn Podules
45
Program: BASIC CrossReferencer
XREF/variable/PROC/FN/lister
49
Update: BrainSoft File Transfer Kit
Upgraded version + TextEditor
50
Program: Direct Screen Writing
Poking the screen using
OS_ReadVduVariables/OS_ReadModeVariables
SWI&31/SWI&35/Graphics