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Acorn User

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RISC OS Manuals CD

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Risc PC/A7000/RiscStation/Mico SIMMs:

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32Mb EDO (HC, works in Risc PCs)

84Mb EDO (works in Risc PCs)

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blect to change and please check availability before ordering.

7000, RISC OS 3.6, 8Mb, 406Mb HD, 10BaseT ethernet card, fan

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RiseStation MIDI drivers & cable

RiseStation XG o u t & cable

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Cordless keyboard & optical mouse

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Mouse (Genius/STD Acorn-compatible)

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Mouse (PS/2 Logitech)

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Printers

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Risc PC second slice (no PSU)

E85.00

RISC OS 4 (fining & Select available)

E10.95

RiseStation second serial port

Scanners

ECall

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StrongARM & RISC OS 3.7 upgrade

E299.00

StrongARM & RISC OS 4 upgrade

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Viewfinder card (32Mb)

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ArtWorts 2 CD

C/C++ (26/32-bit version)

CD Burn

Chaco Engine

DataPower 2

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Now with TV output & 128M13! •

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Christmas 2003 issue 267

8 News

Tents

Tau Press has been the publisher of the

Acorn User magazine for the past five

years. We took over on issue 201, after the

ill-fated Phoebe launch and cancelled

Acorn show. The secret of good comedy

timing.

In that time we have published, not too

hard to figure out. 66 editions including this

one, the last one produced by Tau Press

Ltd. The magazine will be moving on,

though barely five miles from the current

Tau offices in Stockport. to the Finnybank

offices in Sale.

••••••

T I MO LI MI

= I P =

PIM

The latest news from the world of RISC

OS and power computing from our news

reporter Neil Spellings.

15 Graphics

Nigel Gatherer takes a little time to

examine what we do with our eyes when

we are not watching the TV.

16 Virtual RPC machines

We do a bit of a Computer Shopper and

look at the whole PC running RISC OS

option now open to us.

Next issue on sale: January 2004

From February first week of the month

Published by

Acorn User was torn from the jaws of death

with IDG, when that branch of the global

company was closed and most of the

magazines sold to Dennis Publishing. If

Acorn User had been in the IDG stable

when that happened it would have been

closed.

Why is Tau Press passing on the magazine?

Because we are moving into other fields

now, although we do also produce the

Robot Wars Club magazine we are now far

more of a design. marketing and PR

company than a magazine publisher.

This is not to say that I will not continue to

be associated with the market, my

programming knowledge will be brought to

bear on an already agreed series in the new

magazine. But this will now be on a

personal rather than business basis.

I took delivery of my first BBC Micro at the

Open University in late 1981 and have

never looked back. With a degree in

Computer Science I welcomed the clean

logical design of the 6502 processor, the

BBC Basic language and the intelligent and

open interface design, after having had to

deal with the nastiness of the Z80 and

CP/M. Nothing has really changed. Now I

appreciate the ARM chip and RISC OS,

and loathe the Pentium range with

Windows.

So I hope you enjoy this final issue and we

can all look forward to a bright new RISC

OS future with Acorn User magazine, even

if the name is changed. Finnybank may well

produce even more editions than we have

And finally, just to wrap up an unfinished

story. I was delighted to hear that ExpLAN

are fine and have weathered their spam

storm. Good luck to them.

Steve Turnbull

24 How to buy

Are you going to be using credit cards

this Christmas? We look at what's

coming in the future both on and offline.

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tau s

28 Security

In the final part of the series Nat Queen

looks at the options and effects of

security for RISC OS e-mailing and files.

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Editor Rob Donaldson

Finance Manager Michelle O'Neill

Distribution COMAG (01895 444055)

Advertising Steve Turnbull

Managing Director Sharon Henderson

Subscriptions:

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E-mail: subscripeacornuser.com

Annual (13 issue) subscription rates:

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No material may be reproduced in whole or in part

without written permission. While every care is

taken the publishers cannot be held responsible for

any errors in articles, listings or advertisements and

the views of the contributors do not necessarily

reflect the views of the publishers.

If you know someone who is Blind or

partially sighted Acorn User is available on

Audio tormat Full information is available

from The Talking Newspaper Association,

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National Recording Centre, Heathfield,

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32 Slightly Ctercky

With the sale of Acorn User there are

quite a few changes in store for readers.

let us guide you through the options.

37 USB Hard drives

We compare and contrast three

completely different big USB hard drives

and examine the options for using them.

41 BET T Show

A final round-up of the options you can

see at the forthcoming show plus the

latest education news.

48 Boffins

We review a recent book on British

technology and how it has succeeded.

failed or otherwise changed the world.

Internet services provided by Spellings Computer Services

www.spellingsmet

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