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Contents
- General News
- Commercial News
- PD/Shareware News
- Club News
- ANS Information
MicroDigital Omega in the South East
With the help of the AAUG affiliated clubs in and around London, APDL has
arranged for David Atkins of MicroDigital to give a presentation and
demonstrate the Omega.
This will take place on 11th September at 7.30 for an 8 o'clock start at
the venue normally used by the M25 East RISC OS User Group, Harold Court
School, Church Road, Harold Wood, RM3 0SH.
The venue is very easy to get to. It is about 3 minutes from junction 28
(junction with the A12) on the M25 and very close to Harold Wood station.
There is plenty of car parking space. For detailed instructions see the
M25EROUG web site at http://www.m25eroug.riscos.org.uk/.
Everyone will be welcome, so please do tell your friends. Remember that
this will almost certainly be your first and last chance to see an Omega
in the South before production starts, and it could also be your only
chance this year. If you intend to go it would be helpful if you could
e-mail mailto:omega@apdl.co.uk to give an idea of the number of people
to expect.
MicroDigital are also planning to do a demonstration in Scotland on 7th
September. Details to follow.
http://www.microdigital.co.uk/
RISCOS Ltd 2002 AGM open to all
The RISCOS Ltd 2002 AGM is to be held at Quy Mill Hotel, Newmarket Road,
Stow Cum Quy, Cambridge, on Friday 27th September 2002 at 1.30pm for
2.00pm.
For the first time this meeting will open to the general public as well as
shareholders. Anyone wishing to attend should request an invitation before
20th September 2002 to ensure that adequate accommodation is available.
If you want to ask any questions at the AGM please submit them in advance
of the Meeting so that suitable information can be made available.
Please send requests to Paul Middleton mailto:paul@riscos.com.
Also a new RISC OS Promotional Brochure is now available for download from
the RISCOS Ltd web site http://www.riscos.com/brochure/.
LCD monitors with MDFs
ExpLAN Computers have announced a new LCD monitor with an MDF specially
written to take advantage of modes useful to RISC OS users.
- Part No L174c, Fujitsu LCD panel, GBP721.45 incl VAT
1280x1024 base resolution (5:4 aspect ratio)
400:1 high contrast ratio
17.4 inch (diagonal) visible screen area
two separate analogue inputs
tilt & swivel stand
- MDF offers:
1152x 868 pixels, providing 32k colours with 2Mb VRAM
960 x 768 pixels, retaining 5:4 aspect ratio for graphics work
1440x1024 pixels, overscan mode
Price reductions on other LCD monitors suitable for RISC OS use.
http://www.explan.co.uk/hardware/scrn.html
Surftec end of line summer sale
Surftec is pleased to announce an end of line summer sale on its popular
DigiFlash CompactFlash and SmartMedia products. DigiFlash is now GBP79
including VAT, down from its old price of GBP92.82.
DigiFlash allows any RISC OS 3.5 or later machine to read data from
CompactFlash or SmartMedia data cartridges, typically used with Digital
Cameras, digital audio players etc.
The readers interface with any Acorn, MicroDigital, RiscStation or other
RISC OS machine running RISC OS 3.5 or greater, via the parallel port. The
reader also has a pass through port allowing your printer to remain
connected to the computer at the same time as the reader.
DigiFlash allows fast transfer of images, SmartMedia runs at around
250k/sec and CompactFlash can achieve speeds of up to 780k/sec. This is
far faster than transfer by serial port, and it does not require the
camera, so no drained batteries. SmartMedia is read only, whereas
CompactFlash can also be written to. DigiFlash CompactFlash even works
with the IBM MicroDrive.
Surftec will be ordering its last batch of readers at the end of the
month. DigiFlash will be reborn early next year as a USB connected
device.
mailto:sales@surftec.com
http://www.surftec.com/
Money Manager demo now available
A demo version of ImageSoft's personal accounts package, Money Manager
2002, is now available http://www.imagesoft.co.uk/moneymanagerpersonal/.
This version of the package is fully functional but limits the user to 10
transactions per account. The manual contains a tutorial taking you
through all the facilities provided.
RCI updates: Grapevine, Messenger Pro, Net 100
- Grapevine upgrade including File Transfer
The third Grapevine release has been sent out to existing customers via
e-mail. This version has many new features including support for MSN
file transfer, so you can send and receive files. Additionally, it
includes global clipboard support, the ability to drop bits of text into
the program to send it, "joe is typing a message" and other status
information, improved top-bit-set character handling, improvements to
contacts system, notification windows when friends log on, support for
systems running behind NAT firewalls and so on.
- Messenger Pro 2.60a
The enhanced Messenger Pro 2.60a has been sent out to Messenger Pro 2
(v2.50) customers via e-mail. Changes include enhanced PGP support,
especially for the new GnuPG software, which allows private and
authenticated e-mail.
- New firmware for Net 100 network cards
Version 1.26 of the Net100 ethernet card software has been released and
sent out to customers via e-mail. The main addition is the inclusion of
more comprehensive *configure commands.
http://www.rcomp.co.uk/
New software summary
Him & Her Panner for 2003
Draw format Him & Her Planner for 2003.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mmartin/software/
IRBlanker, blank your screen with your remote
A utility for users of the IRMan infra-red receiver, it allows you to
blank and unblank the screen with your TV or hi-fi remote control.
http://www.squirrel-net.co.uk/software/irman/
MiniDisc, application launcher
A desktop management tool designed to make using RISC OS easier, faster
and fun. It removes many of the icons (including hard discs) and stacks
them up into a single icon, has a 'Shortcuts' application launcher with
a WYSIWYG drag-n-drop configuration tool, and a customisable toolbar
that can be used as an alternate application launcher.
http://minidisc.iconbar.com/
Updated software summary
NetWatch v1.62
Notifies you when specified web pages change. This version includes bug
fixes and adds multilanguage support and Dutch resources.
http://home.student.utwente.nl/m.m.bezemer/netwatchuk.html
Oww v0.68.0
Run a Dallas / AAG 1-wire weather station from RISC OS, Linux or
FreeBSD. This version adds a ring of 16 segments around the wind vane
compass rose central boss. Each segment is coloured from white to black
according to how many of the last 15 wind vane readings were in this
direction. This gives a good visual representation of both the average
wind direction and the degree of spread. This version also adds the
"Auxiliary Window" that shows all of Oww's readings.
http://melhuish.info/simon/projects/oww/
RiscSearch v0.86a
Meta search engine. Updates for decoders, bug fixes.
http://www.riscsearch.de/
Upcoming meetings
BARUG (Bristol), 28th August
Discussion group
http://www.barug.co.uk/
Unconventional 2k2 (Germany), 30th August to 1st September
http://unconventional.atari.org/EvenPlaned/Unconventional2k2/
ICENI (Suffolk), 4th September
Photodesk tutorial
http://www.archipel.demon.co.uk/ICENI/
WROCC (Wakefield), 4th September
Mike Cook
http://www.wrocc.org.uk/
DARC (Derbyshire), 9th September
Ovation Pro part 3
http://www.darc-comp.org.uk/
SAUG (Southampton), 9th September
mailto:davehigton@freenet.co.uk
BAUG (Bottisham), 10th September
http://come.to/baug
EAUG (Essex), 10th September
http://www.wattys.fsnet.co.uk/eaug.html
NKACC (Kent), 12th September
Computer maintenance and housekeeping
http://nkacc.roundel.net/
ROUGOL (London), 16th September
http://rougol.jellybaby.net/
HHRUG (Hemel Hempstead), 18th September
http://www.hhrug.org.uk/
RONWUG (North West), 18th September
John Cartmell, Acorn Publisher
http://www.ronwug.org/
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