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Contents
- General News
- Commercial News
- PD/Shareware News
- Club News
- ANS Information
Demo Party in the East of Germany
From the 30th of August to the 1st of September there is a computer party
and demo competition called 'Unconventional 2k2' in Lengenfeld, Germany.
This event takes place for the third time and is open to all Acorn, Atari,
C64 and exotic-console users/programmers. The entrance is free and there
is space for sleeping inside the hall.
For details contact mailto:MoAco@gmx.de or see:
http://unconventional.atari.org/EvenPlaned/Unconventional2k2/
ImageSoft cache and proxy
A new version of Nutmeg, ImageSoft's cache application for Oregano, has
been released. This version includes improved cacheing and cache retrieval
speeds, a number of bug fixes, and improved memory management, including
support for dynamic areas.
ImagePrxy, a proxy server, has also been updated. Aside from various bug
fixes and performance improvements, the server now supports user
configured port proxying. This allows the application to proxy SMTP, POP,
etc, in addition to the in-built support for HTTP. Work continues on FTP,
SOCKS and HTTPS support. The update is available to registered users.
Nutmeg costs GBP20 and ImagePrxy GBP39.99 (fully inclusive). Registered
users receive upgrades free of charge.
http://www.imagesoft.co.uk/software.html
Acorn Publisher to change hands
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).
Mike Williams, who runs Akalat Publishing and who has produced Acorn
Publisher since its successful launch in October 1994, said, "After eight
years during which I believe Acorn Publisher has achieved a deserved
reputation as the best looking and most readable RISC OS magazine, I have
decided that I want to devote more time to other interests. I am very
pleased indeed that John Cartmell has agreed to take the helm of the
magazine, as I did not want to let down the many people who have supported
Acorn Publisher since it started. A new owner and editor is good news for
the magazine, and I know that John shares my aims of producing a
professional quality magazine for the RISC OS market. Indeed, an injection
of fresh ideas may well provide the catalyst to develop Acorn Publisher to
meet the needs of RISC OS users over the coming years.
"I hope that everyone within the RISC OS community will continue to
support Acorn Publisher, and to support John in the future."
Akalat Publishing will continue to provide design and printing services to
a range of clients.
http://www.acornpublisher.co.uk/
DrawWorks Select Upgrade now available
APDL is pleased to announce the availability of the new version of
DrawWorks that can be used with RISC OS Select.
At the moment this is only available as an upgrade for users of DrawWorks
Millennium, and the cost depends upon which version you have:
- Full DrawWorks 3rd Millennium program from APDL (NOT an Upgrade CD)
GBP8.50 inclusive. As long as you have returned your Registration Card
you do not need to return your original CD. Just order from APDL quoting
your name and address and the Serial Number of your copy of DrawWorks
which can be seen in the 'Info' window from the icon bar menu.
- DrawWorks 3rd Millennium Upgrade CD from APDL
GBP12 inclusive. These CDs are colour printed, and you MUST return your
CD with your order.
- DrawWorks 3rd Millennium Upgrade CD from iSV Products
GBP15 inclusive. These CDs have a white mono printed label, and you MUST
return your CD with your order.
To qualify for these prices you must order before 1st September.
If you have DrawWorks Millennium or DrawWorks New Millennium then you can
upgrade to DrawWorks Select for GBP24 inclusive. You do not need to return
your original CD with your order. If you do not already have a printed
manual then you can obtain the printed manual with your upgrade CD for
GBP5.50 (plus GBP1 post outside UK).
Contact mailto:sales@apdl.co.uk; APDL, 39 Knighton Park Road, Sydenham,
London, SE26 5RM; phone 020 8778 2659; fax 020 8488 0487.
http://www.apdl.co.uk/
New software summary
ccache, gcc compiler cache
A port of ccache, which can speed up compilation by cacheing the
compiler output (currently only when using gcc) and reusing this for
subsequent compiles of the same file when appropriate.
http://www.alexwaugh.com/misc/
http://ccache.samba.org/
Desdemona, shareware Othello player
Desdemona features several computer players, high scores and a replay
feature. For only GBP4, registered users get to play the toughest
computer opponents and have first access to incremental upgrades.
http://www.lym.iconbar.com/
Updated software summary
Account2 v1.20
Home accounts application. This version cures one or two bugs and adds
some new features.
http://www.ksedwards.ukgateway.net/account2/
AMPlay v1.44
Freeware front-end for the AMPlayer (audio MPEG) module. Bug fixes.
http://www.mikejs.com/riscos/amplay.html
Audiogalaxy Satellite v1.14
Access to the audiogalaxy.com file sharing network. This version
includes improved protocol conformance, simpler searching, and more
efficient use of processor time.
http://www.alpha-programming.co.uk/software/
BookMaker v1.75
A hotlist and address book management tool that supports all major
RISC OS browsers, most e-mail clients and other Internet tools. Fixes
v1.74 VoyaTerm support bug.
http://www.bookmaker.riscos.org.uk/
FANLib v0.02
A group of libraries developed by Fantasia FAN. Currently, only 32-bit
sprite plotting code is available; however it is intended to support a
lot more in the future. This version includes: updated Transprites
library (up to 6x faster than OS_SpriteOp); new Frame library; a new
manual to get you started; updated Transprites demo.
http://users.hol.gr/~fantasia/fan/fanlib/fanlib.html
GraphDraw v2.62
GraphDraw allows the entry, and editing, of x,y values, and the data may
then be fit to: best straight line (lin or log); best parabola; cubic
spline curve; polynomial of order up to six.
http://www.chris-johnson.org.uk/software/graphdraw.html
KinoAMP v0.20
An MPEG movie player. New this version: extra zoom settings; change zoom
setting whilst playing; the maximum colour depth can be set for Auto
mode with separate colour settings for Auto and Manual; separate zoom
settings for Desktop and Manual modes; a window to display information
about the last clip played. Bug fixes: on screen controls stay on screen
when the picture is too big; 256 colour sprites are saved with a palette
so greyscale sprites stay grey.
http://www.everett9981.freeserve.co.uk/pete.htm
NetChess v1.03
A shareware Internet Chess client, allowing you to connect to Internet
chess servers (like freechess.org), and play, chat and watch chess games
and other chess variants supported by the server. This version adds
colouring of quotes and a reconnect option.
http://www.netchess.iconbar.com/
Star Fighter 3000 v2.02
Upgrade patch for the iSV Products CD-ROM re-release of the classic
Acorn game "Star Fighter 3000". The main areas of improvement are in the
sound/music module, saved configuration/scores, and more control
options.
http://starfighter.acornarcade.com/
Web_Gen v1.40
Create websites from a directory of images. This version includes minor
bug fixes, improvements to the help, and a couple of minor improvements
to the choices system. There is also a new manual to replace the Help
file.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/daves/software/
Upcoming meetings
ICENI (Suffolk), 3rd July
Encryption and Security Software
http://www.archipel.demon.co.uk/ICENI/
DARC (Derbyshire), 8th July
Focus on digital imaging, Barry Thompson
http://www.darc-comp.org.uk/
BAUG (Bottisham), 9th July
http://come.to/baug
EAUG (Essex), 9th July
Paul Middleton, RISCOS Ltd.
http://www.wattys.fsnet.co.uk/eaug.html
NKACC (Kent), 11th July
Acorn vs Microsoft
http://nkacc.roundel.net/
ROUGOL (London), 15th July
http://rougol.jellybaby.net/
M25EROUG (M25 East), 16th July
Dave Holden, APDL
http://m25eroug.riscos.org.uk/
HHRUG (Hemel Hempstead), 17th July
http://www.hhrug.org.uk/
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