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Contents
- General News
- Commercial News
- PD/Shareware News
- Club News
- ANS Information
*.acornsearch.com offline
Due to a disk failure acornsearch.com, the popular search engine and file
archive, has been lost. The search engine scripts remain and Acornsearch
will hopefully be revived eventually.
autobuilder.acornsearch.com, which generated nightly builds of gccsdk,
Nettle etc, has also been lost and there are currently no plans to
regenerate it.
RISCOS.org design a T-shirt competition
The closing date for entries to the RISCOS.org t-shirt design competition
is now 1st September. For details visit:
http://www.riscos.org/cgi-bin/artcl?a=tshirt
New Photodesk tutorials available
The Vermilion Sands Photodesk resource site has been updated:
- New tutorial on basic image sharpening
- New tutorial on 'real' unsharp masking: high-quality image enhancement
- Graphics news of interest to Photodesk users
Visit the site at http://www.photodesk.iconbar.com/.
Both the tutorials use example pictures of the Moon taken with a digital
camera, and show how to enhance them. The section on 'real' unsharp
masking explains how to use Photodesk's basic image manipulation features
to create this powerful technique, which can give much better results than
the program's built-in unsharp mask facility.
The '4D RPI' - Fourth Dimension RISC OS Programming Initiative
In a very successful scheme 'CJE RPI' from September 2000 to July 2001,
CJE Micro's supplied over 40 Risc PCs at subsidised rates to programmers
to promote RISC OS Programming. The Fourth Dimension (a sister company to
CJE Micro's) has now secured enough computers to restart this scheme, at
lower prices and no VAT to pay!
Not all RISC OS programmers have Risc PCs but for those that do, a second
computer can be very helpful for checking compatibility with various RISC
OS versions, network compatibility etc. 4D do need suitable evidence of
programming/hardware projects underway or planned. Please send details to
4d@cjemicros.co.uk marking your e-mail "RISC OS Programming Initiative".
Base '4D RPI' Risc PC spec: Risc PC 610, RISC OS 3.50, 16MB & 1MB VRAM,
NO Hard Disc, Keyboard or mouse; GBP45 plus GBP10 UK mainland carriage.
Details are available at http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/4drpi/.
New software summary
AWSwitch, improved anti-aliasing in ArtWorks
Normally, ArtWorks files are rendered using 16 levels of anti-aliasing.
In most circumstances, in particular while editing an illustration, this
is quite adequate. However, for presentation purposes and for high
quality bitmap output, it is desirable to have more accurate anti-
aliasing. The free AWSwitch utility allows you to choose between 16, 64
and 128 levels of anti-aliasing in ArtWorks and other applications that
render ArtWorks files.
http://www.mw-software.com/software/awmodules/awswitch.html
Confocal, database for microscope
A very early implementation of a database for microscopy. In a confocal
microscope you can scan cells or tissue for various different stains and
detect things inside cells. However, the microscope has various settings
like laser strength and also the stains used to detect the cells are
varied. Confocal allows you to search for your information.
http://www.r.hartley.freeuk.com/software/
Labbook, lab-book database
A lab-book database that allows you to search for experiments etc. If
you are asked about the data that is referenced inside your lab books
from distant experiments you can search for the info. This is a very
early app and the author is looking for feedback for future versions.
http://www.r.hartley.freeuk.com/software/
Natter, instant message client
A new multi-protocol instant messaging solution, supports ICQ and MSN.
http://natter.iconbar.com/
TapeCon, cassette deck controller
An interface project which allows you to control a cassette deck from
the computer.
http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/tudor/interface/tape.htm
Updated software summary
AMPlay v1.45
Front-end for the AMPlayer module. Bug fixes.
http://www.mikejs.com/riscos/amplay.html
Float v0.30
A replacement Interactive Help client that provides help in small
floating panes close to the pointer. As well as various bug-fixes, it
now supports the WIMPSymbol font in help texts and a new 'Show all'
option in the icon-bar menu will temporarily override the various 'hide'
options in the choices.
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/software/float/
Locate v0.70
A Desktop utility to search for files, directories and applications
meeting a given set of criteria. New features: the BASIC string length
restriction has been lifted from the search paths; the way that dragging
objects to the path list behaves has been improved; when operating as a
plugin under Select, Locate no longer needs to put an icon on the
iconbar and can quit once it has finished a search.
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/software/locate/
NettleSSH beta v0.20
An experimental spin-off from the Nettle terminal client which supports
new protocols and has a more experimental structure. It supports RExec,
RLogin, and SSH 1, and includes large scale changes to the internals.
http://nettlessh.mine.nu/
Oww v0.67.12
Run a Dallas / AAG 1-wire weather station from RISC OS, Linux or
FreeBSD. This version includes bug fixes, and adds provision for up to
8 general purpose counters and an Internet text server with data format
controlled by a parser format string.
http://melhuish.info/simon/projects/oww/
Vingt et Un v1.42
A shareware Desktop version of the well known card game (also known as
Pontoon and Twenty One). Bug fixes.
http://21.riscos.org.uk/
Web_gen v1.43
A utility to create web sites from a directory of images. Minor bug
fixes. The author is in the process of rewriting Web_Gen and would like
users to suggest anything they would still like to see added.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/daves/software/
Melbourne Acorn Club news
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