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2.1 October 1988
2.2 November 1988
2.3 December 1988
2.4 January 1989
2.5 February 1989
2.6 March 1989
2.7 April 1989
2.8 May 1989
2.9 June 1989
2.10 July 1989
2.11 August 1989
2.12 September 1989

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News: Repton 3 Game
From Superior Software (native mode)
Life Of Repton/Around The World In 80
Screens/Repton Through Time
 
News: Jet Fighter Game
From Minerva Systems
 
News: 3D Pacman Game
From Grandslam
 
News: Home Accounts Package
From Minerva Systems. Runs under RISCOS
Budgeting/Forecasts/Finances/Cashflow
 
News: AlphaBase DataBase Package
From Clares
 
News: Software Developer's ToolBox
From Acorn. Utilities for 'C'/Pascal/
FORTRAN/BASIC
 
News: Nine Disks Of Programs
From David Pilling. EMACS editor/Kermit/
Micro Spell/Fortune Cookie/XLISP/Chess/
CrossStar/File Tools
 
News: PD Prolog
From The Advisory Unit. Public domain
version of Prolog language. IBM PC
Emulator
 
News: Extended Precision From BASIC
EpBas package from Abacus Training. Use
floating point uniop & binops from
within BASIC.
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News: Maths Co-Processor
Update on price and availability
 
News: ArVis VideoGraphics Expansion
From Video Electronics Ltd. PAL encoder
board/video controller board/
videographics podule
 
News: Colour Converter Improved
Updates from Lingenuity
 
News: Yet Another Art Package
Pax from Z&Z Software
 
News: Cobra Game
From Richard Millican
 
News: RISCOS
Advance orders
 
News: Euclid Upgrade
3D graphics package
 
News: WIMP Template Editor
Delayed
 
News: Shareware Concept Takes Off!
Archive disk contents. Graphics demo/
Shareware disk 1/Shareware disk 2
4
News: Monthly Program Disks
Archive policy & prices
5
Help: ARM Code Corner
Editor/submissions required
 
Help: Sony MultiSync Monitor
Help needed with the Sony CPD 1402
 
Help: Hewlett-Packard PaintJet Printer
Colour screendump required
 
Help: Star LC10 Printer
Screendump required
 
Help: Remote Sensing
Advice required on sensing temperature/
water level/humidity
 
Help: Pipedream
Beginners article required
 
Help: Fractal Programs
Required
 
Help: 512 x 512 Resolution
How is it done? Info required
 
Help: Sheffield User Group
Is there one? Info required
 
Info: Keyboard Extenders
Longer cables available
 
Info: Elliptical Circles On Screendumps
How to modify Gerald Fitton's MiniDump
software for use with LQ/LQ compatible
printers
 
Info: Econet
How to copy the directory structure and
files from ADFS/IBM PC MS-DOS floppy to
a fileserver
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Info: Solidisk/SCML Teletext Adaptor
Complaints about downloading software
 
Info: Colour Monitor Problems
Cracks/flashing/EHT flashover/colour
alignment problems
 
Info: Disk Drive Power Leads
Service offered to make leads up. Run
external 5.25" drives from the ARC
power supply
 
Info: MicroLink MultiSpeed Modems
Offers of help on connecting them up
8
News: High Speed SpellMaster
From Computer Concepts
 
Info: SID Upset
Acorns BBS/prices/phone number
 
Info: Advertiser's Error
Corrected price for Computer Assisted
Learning's package Art Nouveau
 
Info: Leonardo Art Package
From Beard Technology. Name change to
'The Beard Technology Precision Picture
System' (PPS256)
 
Info: 5.25" Disk Interface Problems
New interface from Watford
 
Info: Mandelbrot Program on A440
Fixes to William Doggett's program to
use legal methods of finding the screen
base address
 
Info: Reading Non-Standard Disks
Using a program from Acorn User
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Comment: AIM Defence
Reader opinion on the Image Processing
package distributed by Lingenuity
 
Info: MultiSync Monitors
NEC MultiSync II problems tackled
 
Comment: Archive Program Listings
Using Contex Computing's Typing Tutor
program to make inputting listings
easier. Review
11
Comment: In Defence Of ROM/RAM Podules
Computer Concepts point out the
advantages
 
Comment: GammaPlot
Reader opinion of Minerva System's
package
12
Hint: FontSize Problems?
Fontsize is allocated in 4k blocks.
*CONFIGURE
 
Hint: Logotron Printer Dump
Using Archive's PrintKey program to do
a screendump
 
Hint: RX80 Printer ScreenDumps
For Clares' Artisan. Fix/patch
 
Hint: Monochrome Displays On The A440
Using a mono monitor
13
Hint: Desktop Calculator
Getting the numeric keypad to work
 
Hint: Conditional Booting
Boot files that behave differently on
powerup/. Using the
monotonic timer
 
Hint: CharDes Fonts
Using fonts designed on the Master
 
Hint: Command Files
disable/enable VDU output during a
command file. VDU21/VDU6/*ECHO//
using escape characters
14
Hint: Quick *COPYing & *WIPEing
Using wildcards. What the list of
options at the prompt mean
 
Hint: Stereo Speakers
Amplifying the audio output/volume
control using Tandy speakers. Sound
15
Hint: Ultra Cheap Sound Amplification
Maplin Electronics walkman heaphones
plus speakers. Sound
 
Hint: VIEW B3.0 'OC' Command
Sending escape codes to the printer by
redefining the highlight codes
 
Hint: ARM Code Macros
Two useful macros
 
Hint: Running ViewPlot Under 65Arthur
Fix/patch
16
Info: Cheap Colour Monitors
Using the Commodore 1084
 
Hint: Using The ARC On Econet
Copying ADFS disks to the NFS
17
Hint: FWP
Changing the default drive for
documents/Saving to a fresh disk/Form
feeds in the wrong places
 
Hint: FWP
Use of IBM fonts/Graphics problems
(palette)/Conversion from WordWise Plus
19
Review: Pro-Artisan Art Package
From Clares
21
Contact: Auckland (New Zealand)
User Group available. BBC/ARC
 
Contact: Civil Engineers
 
Review: Quazer Game
From Impact
22
Review: Times Crosswords
From Akom Ltd
24
Info: Configuring The Archimedes
Notes on how it works/what not to do/
Acorn recommendations/*CONFIGURE
27
Review: Dabs Archimedes Basic Compiler
ABC/compilers in general/limitations
30
Info: BASIC V Forum
Keyboard input/GET/GET$/INKEY/INKEY$/
non ASCII key values/negative INKEY/
mouse buttons//
35
Info: BBC Compatibility List
36
Info: Knitware - Systems Programming
An introduction to systems programming
37
Comment: LISP - A Wider View
Opinions on the review of Acorn's LISP
package
41
Program: Disk Recoverer
Rescue damaged/corrupted floppy disks
44
Info: FWP Printer Drivers 2
Creating and using alternative
character sets
46
Info: Assembly Language Programming 6
ARM code tutorial
48
Info: A Music Keyboard For Archimedes
Using the ATPL 'Symphony 500' keyboard
51
Info: Thoughts Of A PC Emulator User
Why emulate?