Issue 166 (March) of Acorn User

Regular columns

News - The Oracle deal in more detail, Acorn's announcements at BETT, Acorn's new PC range and all the latest news.
Graphics/DTP - Jack Kreindler welcomes the coming release of Ovation Pro.
Comms - Alex Howarth's Ouijaboard BBS and the new Intelligent Interfaces serial port card.
PD pages - Harmony and QTMplay extend the range of utilities available for Phoenix's QTM tracker player, and news of a new PD terminal program.
PC column - in a new bi-monthly column, Mike Buckingham looks at the problems of DOS compatibility and finds out why his machine suddenly went quiet.
Education - Sherston's Talking Stories help children with word accuracy.
Networks - coping with different module versions on a network, how to prevent re-configuring, and a humorous diary of a school manager.
Game Show - all the latest games news, hints and tips for Alone in the Dark and information on games news on the WWW.
Letters - bubblejet problems and care, using StrongHelp to help with WIMP programming, request for a beginners' programming series and much more in a packed leters page.
Free ads - over a page of second-hand bargains.
The Regan Files - Jim Parry of Smart DTP on computers and lunch.

Demo of Alone in the Dark, Krisalis's scariest game. Note: this is supplied on a high-density disc, but this can be exchanged for two double-density discs on demand. The other cover disc is a standard double-density disc.
Fsck - first aid for your hard drive.
PD and Shareware.
All the regular items.

Our regular technical columns:

Hints and tips - Mike Cook takes over this column to answer your queries.
C tutorial - how to put an icon on the icon bar.
Run the RISC - Mike Cook learns how to tell the time in Rugby.
Acorn Customer Hotline - inside information direct from Acorn.
*INFO - including a trash can, a Rubik's cube solver (up to date or what?) and a task killer.

Talking Clocks from Topologica Software.
How to make your own CD-ROM (part two of three). Geoff Preston looks at the authoring packages: Ultima, Magpie, Genesis Professional, Key Author and Hyperstudio.

We review:

The latest generation of bitmap packages: Photodesk 2, Studio 24 Pro, ProArt 24, Composition, The Big Picture and DA's Picture.
A round up of colour inkjet printers.
The colour mobile scanner from Irlam Instruments.
ACross random crossword generator.

Video editing - Leo Telling looks at the current and future video editing packages on the Archimedes.
Disc doctor - Sergio Monesi explains what can go wrong with your hard drive, and how problems can be fixed.
I wrote that... - Merlyn Kline, software manager at Minerva and technical director of Zynet.
Here is the news - Mark Smith introduces Internet novices to Usenet news.