Issue 170 (July) of Acorn User

With a CD on the cover

Features

• Hydra - First review of the amazing new multiprocessor board from Simtec
• How the West was drawn - continuing the series of features by Walter Briggs describing the individual features of all the major art packages and how you can use them. This time it's PhotoDesk.
• Web Weaving - brand new series on how to produce good Web pages by David Matthewman

Reviews

• PowerWAVE - MIDI, 16-bit audio power
• Sibelius 3 - A new version, a new review
• PC Exchange - Acorn's data transfer software

Cover disc

• Tank Attack -- 2 and 3 player arcade action
• Acorn User article index from 1991
• BootAll and Sprite shifter
• PocketBook shareware
• *INFO programs, all the regulars

Regular columns

• News - New Acorn addresses; Acorn's share boost; Wakefield show report; Smart Cards for Net Computer? New ANT suite; SpaceTech and Top Model; More on StrongARM;
• Comms - Mossoft BBS; OLRead offline BBS message reader;
• PC Page - 586 cards from CJE Micros; Fireworkz compatibility
• Graphics - StrongARM speed; PhotoDesk 2
• PD Pages - 'Dis-le' language software; New coders Expression; latest GNU C++ compiler;
• Networks - Using PocketBooks and digital mobile phones with SMS (Short message Service)
• Game Show - Sea Trek; 2121 Racing; Inform 6
• Education - PocketBook software
• The Regan Files - interviewing Jim Irlam, purveyor of fine hardware

Hands on

Our regular technical columns:

• Hints and tips - Mike Cook answers your queries.
• Run the RISC - Mike Cook's designs an intelligent Resistor tester
• *INFO - Type Righter; More Patience; 3D Trees; 4D Cubes
• C - More on library routines, handling templates