Issue 172 (September) of Acorn User

Features

• Web Weaving - second in the series on how to produce good Web pages by David Matthewman, covering inclusion of images
• Expo'96 - Review of the Dutch Acorn show
• How the West was Drawn - Last in the series with The Big Picture
• Special School - Report on a Special Needs school that uses technology to its best advantage
• Printers - Analysis of our printer survey results

Reviews

• Ovation Pro - Full review of the new DTP program with tests by professionals in relevant fields.
• Education - Picture Book 2; Starspell; Ultima in use; Victorian Crime & Punishment.
• PC CDs on Acorn machines - looking at the Acorn specific drivers for PC software

Cover disc

• AllChange - Backdrop changer
• Backdrops - Backdrop control
• Countdown - Maths practice
• Example HTML pages from David Matthewman
• Mike Cook's FM radio controller
• All the *INFO programs, including the missing ones from last month

Regular columns

• News - all the latest, RISc OS gets UKP1,000,000 boost; Photodesk 2 ships; A4 speakers; CC commit to StrongARM; New joystick/mouse interface; Terry Pratchett and Risc PC; Acorn World '96; ART buys Wild Vision.
• Comms - Acorn webzine scene; 23rd hour BBS; X-Net BBS.
• Graphics - Studio 24 Pro released; New brushes for PhotoDesk; TopModels' e-mail address.
• PC Pages - Pentium upgrades; !PC96; PCjoy.
• PD Pages - Joop platform game; Packdisc; Rail28; Mask; Diccotery.
• Networks - CDfast2; CMOS protect.
• Game Show - Marsquake; Cheats for Xenon II, Burn Out and Alone in the Dark; Graham Nelson on language parsing.
• Education - Touch screens; VerbMaster; Sherston, Mike Matson and Rusty Dreamer.
• The Regan Files - interviewing James Gardener of Demon Internet

Hands on

Our regular technical columns:

• Hints and tips - Mike Cook answers your queries.
• Run the RISC - software control of an FM radio tuner
• *INFO - Mapping file types; Using the colour picker; Deep colours on old machines; Spiral graphics and much much more
• C - Writing a database program