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Contents
- General News
- Commercial News
- PD/Shareware News
- Club News
- ANS Information
New RISC OS USB support site
A new web site dedicated to USB on RISC OS is now online at
http://www.riscos-usb.com/. It aims to be a central resource for USB
on RISC OS, and includes information on software and devices.
Cerilica Vantage price reduction
The Wakefield show saw the launch of Cerilica 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 GBP241.50, to GBP177.50 (UK, including
package, postage and VAT).
For those who prefer to read a physical manual, the option to purchase the
comprehensive 230+ page item is still available at GBP25 (UK, fully
inclusive). This option is especially attractive to German-language
customers who are now able to purchase a fully translated and printed
manual exclusively from Cerilica's German distributors, a4com.
All customers of Cerilica Vantage will gain full access to the forthcoming
major release, Vantage 1.10, which was previewed at Wakefield. More
information on the upgrade, along with some new sample images, may be
found at http://www.cerilica.com/vantage/v1-10prev/.
Living with Technology magazine
Living with Technology, a new magazine from Archive Publications, was was
launched at the Wakefield RISC OS Show. The first issue includes articles
on: solar heating for hot water, digital radio, GPS, web standards,
building your own PC, Apple's iBook, and home networking.
Subscription rates (GBP): 29 UK, 35 Europe, 42 Rest of World.
Contact Paul Beverley mailto:paul@livtech.co.uk for more details.
There is also an online mailing list, to subscribe send an e-mail with
"subscribe chat" in the body to mailto:majordomo@livtech.co.uk.
http://www.livtech.co.uk/
Stuart Tyrrell Developments price reductions
Following the success of the Wakefield Show, STD have been able to
negotiate improved pricing from their suppliers and importers.
With immediate effect the price of the Keyboard Controlled switch (an
active switch which allows a keyboard, monitor and mouse to be shared
between two machines) will be:
- switch with cables: GBP89.95 inc VAT and next-day delivery (was GBP99)
- also including PS2MouseMini (required for non-A7000 / RiscStation
machines): GBP99.95 inc VAT and next-day special delivery (was GBP113)
STD's MultiMedia Keyboard has been subject to a re-design (now non-click),
and is available for GBP24.95 inc VAT and delivery (was GBP34.95).
http://www.stdevel.demon.co.uk/
Simtec USB interfaces
Simtec Electronics are pleased to announce 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) suitable for
Acorn computers, such as the Risc PC, A7000, A5000, and even A310!
The cards, including basic drivers, will be shipping in July 2002 and
should cost GBP79 (plus VAT and carriage). Additional drivers will be
available at extra cost from Simtec's development partners.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/riscos/usb11pod/
http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/riscos/usb11isa/
New software summary
ccdoc, source code interface documentation for RISC OS
A port of ccdoc, a tool that generates HTML documentation from C/C++
declaration header files.
http://www.arcsite.de/hp/ccdoc/
PRMinXML, RISC OS documentation project
A collection of components which can be used to write PRM-like
documentation in a structured manner. PRM documentation written in XML
according to a DTD and structure document can be converted to any number
of formats. At present only HTML is supported, but future formats
include StrongHelp and text.
http://www.movspclr.co.uk/software.html#prminxml
Updated software summary
AMPlay v1.41
Freeware front-end for the AMPlayer (audio MPEG) module. Menu formats
can now be specified using macros, other interface improvements and bug
fixes.
http://www.mikejs.com/riscos/amplay.html
AntUtils v1.52
Shareware addons for the ANT Internet Suite. There are several new
features, bug fixes, and even more functionality.
http://www.vigay.com/cgi-bin/r?a=antutils
ARMalyser version v0.28
ARM code analyser that understands RISC OS executable, module, object,
and library formats. This version fixes a problem with analyser warning
not being included in the output file, can recognise SDT2 type
instructions, and removed 26bit wrapping from PC relative address
calculations.
http://www.armclub.org.uk/free/
BBCFiles v0.36
File converter that converts between some of the various types of files
used by BBC emulators on Acorn and other systems. It supports 6502Em
style applications and scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (including Watford
double catalogue), vanilla directories, BBC files with /inf files and
/uef files.
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/bbc.htm
BeebIt v0.40
Freeware BBC Micro computer emulator for RISC OS versions 3.00 and
above. It emulates the Acorn BBC Model B, BBC Model B+ and BBC Master
128 computers. New features include 65C12 CPU, Master 128, and WD 1770
FDC emulation.
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/bbc.htm
BeebItFS v0.29
8-bit BBC Micro filing system, written so BeebIt can access files on
RISC OS filing systems. It also allows the use of some 6502Em style
'BBC Applications'.
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/bbc.htm
BitField v1.10
A utility for programmers to assist in setting flag words or in other
situations where particular bits of a number need to be set.
http://www.mikejs.com/riscos/bitfield.html
Bugz v1.15
Tool for reporting faults in applications. It is intended for developers
to distribute 'Bugz' description files and when used with 'Bugz' will
allow users to feed back more useful information to the developers.
http://www.movspclr.co.uk/software.html#bugz
CMunge v0.33
A free CMHG replacement, it generates module headers for C programs.
Since the last release there have been quite a few changes for people
who have reported problems and a major rewrite of the C header
generator.
http://www.movspclr.co.uk/software.html#cmunge
EasiFiler v1.2
Application launcher. The position of the launcher window is now saved
in the EasiFiler Choices directory, and a 'Swap icons' window has been
added to the launcher menus.
http://homepage.eircom.net/~lrtc/computers/software/easifiler/
GCCide v1.20 (support for GCC 2_95_4)
Front end for GCC programming tools, GCCide also includes a project
manager and generates makefiles. This version includes support for
GCC v2_95_4 and other improvements.
http://www.davea.web.btinternet.co.uk/gccide/
Gems v1.06
Game involving aligning Gems horizontally or vertically, in runs of
three or more to gain points. This version eliminates some bugs and
also optimises speed on pre StrongARM machines. It also introduces the
ability to quit a game midway and still have the score entered into the
high score table. A more detailed HTML manual is also included.
http://www.denmarkwa.net.au/~kwright/softw.html
ID3CSV v1.06
Generates CSV (comma separated values) files detailing a directory of
MP3s (audio MPEG files). This version no longer uses AMPlayer for
information.
http://www.movspclr.co.uk/software.html#id3csv
ID3toCSV v0.33
Catalogue all your audio MPEG files in a multitude of directories.
ID3toCSV now also catalogues the Genre.
http://rogerdarlington.members.beeb.net/DownL.htm
KinoAMP v0.17
An MPEG movie player. This version includes additional playing controls
with On Screen display (volume, brightness etc), much improved 256
colour mode support, greyscale playback option, improved Audio/Video
sync, and improved frame timing management and a general 20% increase
in speed to give smoother playback.
http://www.everett9981.freeserve.co.uk/pete.htm
LibXML 2.4.22/LibXSLT 1.0.18 tools update
Latest version of the XML library and tools.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/justin.fletcher/XML/
MP3Encode v1.09
Tool for encoding audio MPEGs using various encoders that have been
ported to RISC OS (8hz-mp3, BladeEnc, CMPA, Lame, and Shine).
http://www.movspclr.co.uk/software.html#mp3encode
Oww v0.67.5
Run a Dallas / AAG 1-wire weather station from RISC OS, Linux or
FreeBSD. Bug fixes in command line option parsing and devices file
loading.
http://melhuish.info/simon/projects/oww/
RExec v1.08, RLogin v1.02, RSH v1.02
All three use unencrypted protocols to provide remote execution of
commands or logins on a unix-based machine.
http://www.movspclr.co.uk/software.html#rexec
Translator v8.20 / Creator v3.40
Shareware image processors which can view many different image formats.
The new versions can read Draw files, use the latest available PNG and
JPEG library code, and offer a large number of general improvements.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/J.Kortink/software/translator.htm
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/J.Kortink/software/creator.htm
Twicers v1.07
Finds and catalogues possible audio MPEG duplicates. Needs an input CSV
file which can be created with ID3toCSV or ID32CSV.
http://rogerdarlington.members.beeb.net/DownL.htm
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