Acorn News Service Newsletter
Issue: 257 (20 December 2009)
Featured site this issue: http://www.riscos.info/
General News
RISC OS South West Show
The RISC OS South West Show 2010, organised by RISCOS Ltd., will take
place at the Webbington Hotel, Loxton, on Saturday, 20th February 2010.
The event will be open from 10am to 3.30pm and will feature the usual
exhibitors and a few new ones. This year there will be a small entrance
fee of GBP3 for adults.
<http://www.riscos.com/>
Commercial News
New pricing structure for RISC OS Select membership
As was announced at the London RISC OS Show, RISCOS Ltd. have made a
couple of changes to the options for versions of RISC OS that you can
obtain via the Select Scheme.
If you want to try out RISC OS Six, a Single User version of RISC OS 6.10
is now available for just GBP39. This option also allows you to upgrade to
a full Select subscription within 30 days by paying the difference.
If you want to use the latest version of RISC OS Six you can now pay
either 6 monthly or 12 monthly. The 12 month subscription remains at
GBP99, while 6 month option costs GBP55 before the end of this year or
GBP65 thereafter.
Free CDs will only be sent to members who have at least 12 months previous
continuous membership. New members, and those whose subscription lapsed
more than 12 months ago, will only be able to obtain CDs of each new
release at a price of GBP12 per CD.
<http://www.riscos.com/>
Impact 3.35 available
Impact is an easy-to-use relational database system for RISC OS. A new
version is now available for download from:
<http://sinenomine.co.uk/software/impact/>
This upgrade is free to anyone who is using versions 3.32 to 3.34. Upgrade
prices for those who are on version 3.31 or earlier are shown on the web
site. A full list of changes can be seen at:
<http://sinenomine.co.uk/software/impact/release-notes.html>
R-Comp release PDF Suite Pro
The PDF Suite allows almost any RISC OS application to generate PDF
documents which can be read on almost any computer platform. The new
edition, known as PDF Suite Pro, updates the main PDFmaker software and
includes the new PostScript 3 driver.
The standard edition of PDF Suite (GBP20) remains available, as a cost
effective way of making PDFs on your RISC OS computer. However, users
wishing to make heavier use of the software, with more complex documents,
will appreciate the benefits of the new Pro edition, which costs GBP55.
Upgrades from the original are available for GBP39.
<http://www.rcomp.co.uk/>
PD/Shareware News
Updated software summary
Club News
Upcoming meetings
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