Issue 163 (Christmas) of Acorn User

Regular columns

• News - incuding a report from Acorn World, the latest StrongARM developments, news of the Tesco scheme, CoreFS released, and Cumana's problems.
• Graphics - a report from the show, and a couple of embarrassing errata from the last issue...
• Comms - Renegade BBS in Aberdeen, and the obligatory show report.
• DTP - Steve Powell bids the Acorn DTP market farewell.
• PD - A couple of Desktop tools and - you've guessed it - a report from the show.
• Education - A guide to the Acorn User subscriptions disc and news of Sherston's extension of its site licence offer.
• Portables - Autoroute on the Pocket Book; whatever next?
• Letters - are the Davids bidding for world domination?
• The (last ever) Moxon Interview - John Simnett at Cumana, which is highly ironic as it turned out.

Cover discs

• Disc 1
  • Global Effect demo. A demonstration version of Eclipse's new gane.
• Disc 2
  • FistLore demo. A beat-em-up from ICS to try.
  • Blu; if you have a Risc PC, this is the demo.
  • All the regular items.

Hands on

Our regular technical columns:

• Questions and answers - hints and tips
• C tutorial - initialising a WIMP application
• Run the RISC - converting an A3000 podule to full-size
• *INFO - all manner of interesting litttle programs, including an iron filings simulator.

The Education section

• Report-writing software compared.
• Three multi-purpose packages from CSH.
• Dyspell dyslexia software reviewed.
• Using Anglia's Key+ in the classroom.

Reviews

We review:

• HolyBible from ExpLAN.
• RSDFS remote serial filing system.
• RapIDE 32, a faster IDE interface from Yellowstone.
• Logix, a circuit simulator.
• Alone in the Dark, Darkwood, Revolver, with a preview of Proposal.
• The BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum emulators from Warm Silence Software.

Features

• Santa's stocking - several off-beat Christmas gifts, with a chance to win a number of them.
• Online Media technology - details of the technology behind the Cambridge Trial.
• PD round-up - an introduction to Public Domain software.
• Cheap storage - last chance on the proTeus offer (now that Cumana has been bought, all orders should be fulfilled by the end of January).
• 3D studio - Pete Worrall takes his design tutorial into another dimension.
• Internet bargain - our offer with Argo is extended by one month.
• Cheap thrills - PD and budget games reviewed.
• IDG Books offer - no RISC OS for Dummies, sadly, but plenty of other reading matter here.