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From: ssurawls@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Ian Rawlings)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: 3DO system
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:56:59 GMT
Organization: University of Reading

The following was found on a virtual reality newsgroup.....

START QUOTE...

Clarinet, the online newservice available via many USENET hosts,
reports that 3DO, the new startup headed by Electronic Arts CEO Trip
Hawkins, is showing its advanced video-game player, capable of "3D"
effects, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
 
According to Clarinet, "The device, to hit retail stores in the fall
at a price of about $700, will play game and educational software,
audio compact discs and photo compact discs. Future attachments will
enable it to show movies, edit videotape, play musical instruments and
receive cable-television signals.  A packed news conference to
announce the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer drew a crowd of about 500,
partly because of the heavy-weight backing that the fledgling company
has generated for the product launch.  The company's investor partners
include Matsushita Electric and its MCA subsidiary, as well as AT&T,
Time Warner Inc. and software-producer Electronic Arts.
 
One of the first products will be a Jurassic Park game.  Steven
Spielberg is involved in the 3DO project and a Hawkins-supporter.
 
Anyone who has seen this device in action is welcome to post his/her
experiences/opinions here.
 
Bob Jacobson
Moderator

ENDQUOTE

Sounds good! But does anyone know anything about this "Clarinet" system?
Yet another BB to read....

Ian

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From: ssurawls@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Ian Rawlings)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: RISK is now on FTP
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:48:05 GMT
Organization: University of Reading

Ok, I now have a copy of RISK I think, that was FTP'd from ftp.uni-kl.de.

I haven't had the oppertunity to test it yet, but I shall assume it works!

It is in the games director believe it or not. The people who mailed me asking
me for a copy when I get it can FTP it from there, saves my system manager
giving me nasty looks!

Ian
 
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From: J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk (Jon Harley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Hearsay II and RISC OS 3
Date: 4 Jan 93 11:35:55 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU

RFRANCIS@ESTEC.BITNET (C R Francis) writes:

>Does anybody happen to know if Hearsay II (v 2.06) works with RO 3.1
>and/or an ARM3.  I upgraded to both at the same time and now get an
>error message when I try to dial.  And it doesn't
>seem to talk to the modem.
>
>It could be that I messed something up during the upgrade, but before an
>exhaustive search I'd like to check the obvious, such as are there known
>incompatibilities?

There are differences in the way the serial port is handled under RO 3.1;
I had some problems with ArcTerm7 after upgrading. However, I found that
RMLoading the new module !System.Modules.SerialUtil at boot time cured the
problems (it *must* be loaded before the serial port is ever used). Have
you tried this?


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From: zzassgl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Geoff Lane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: New version of WinLook
Date: 11 Jan 93 09:36:41 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre, Manchester, England, M13 9PL.

In article <gilbertd.726493242@cs.man.ac.uk> gilbertd@cs.man.ac.uk (David Alan Gilbert) writes:
>I've just posted a new version of WinLook
>onto uts.mcc.ac.uk - it may not be available
>immediatly
>


It's available from today...

host: uts.mcc.ac.uk
path: pub/riscos/WinLook


Remember to transfer the file as BINARY


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From: mparlima@scott.skidmore.edu (mary parliman)
Subject: archimedes to mac, ibm, amiga
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:18:36 GMT

Can the archimedes do a mac emulation? I saw an a2 do a good
impression of the PC, and I'd like to see one do mac or amiga. Also,
is there a version of R/Os that has a 16.7mil color palette? is that
the A3's system? And what is the best system for under 2500 #?
		John
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From: Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.announce
Subject: Additions and/or replacements on the Newcastle Info Server
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:03:35 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.acorn
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England

appdoc (2.20) and scanner (1.56) have been replaced by the latest
versions. Scanner contains a more recent version of the virus
reference document (AVRD); virusdoc has been removed from the archive.


 
To retrieve a file from the archive, send a message to 
info-server@newcastle.ac.uk with the following content:

line-limit 1000
request: sources
topic: archimedes filename
request: end

where filename is replaced by the name of the file that you want.
A filename of 'index' will send you the latest index file.
A filename of 'tail_index' will send you the list of the last 50 files added
to the archive.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR SOFTWARE IS VIRUS FREE BEFORE SENDING IT TO ME


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From: Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.announce
Subject: Additions and/or replacements on the Newcastle Info Server
Date: 5 Jan 93 08:21:38 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.acorn
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England

The four spice programs/utilities have been replaced by the second release.

nspark(1.4), appdoc (2.10), and formula(0.81) have been replaced by the
latest versions.

new software:

fsm_des - by J. Horsnell. A CAD package for finite state machines.

a4_pointer - by Anthony Frost. A utility to enlarge the mouse pointer
             on the A4 machine.



 
To retrieve a file from the archive, send a message to 
info-server@newcastle.ac.uk with the following content:

line-limit 1000
request: sources
topic: archimedes filename
request: end

where filename is replaced by the name of the file that you want.
A filename of 'index' will send you the latest index file.
A filename of 'tail_index' will send you the list of the last 50 files added
to the archive.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR SOFTWARE IS VIRUS FREE BEFORE SENDING IT TO ME


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From: zrzm0370@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Joerg Scheurich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.announce
Subject: Problems with ftp-server rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
Date: 12 Jan 93 08:24:09 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.acorn
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England



Unfortunately, the disc with the acorn-directory on the ftp-server

rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de 

is full.

Therefore be careful with writing something in /soft/acorn/incoming.

Unfortunately, we can't expand the number of our harddiscs any more, due to 
hardware problems.

We have to wait, till the next machine is installed ....

yours
J. Scheurich


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
From: thughes@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Tom Hughes)
Subject: Re: Atomwide - RO3
Keywords: Grrr
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 12:28:12 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.192859.19766@alf.uib.no> larss@svale.uib.no writes:
>When I switch on the machine, the screen goes cyan, then light blue, and finally red.
>The screen is red for a long time, and the light on the floppydrive starts to
>pulsate. Finally the screen goes blank - and thats it. 

Risc OS 3 incorporates a system self test on power up. Normally, the
screen goes blue, then pink. If the tests fail, the screen goes red,
and the disc drive light blinks. From previous postings, it apppears
that the drive light actually flashes a 32-bit binary sequence, giving
an error number. Acorn should be able to tell you what is actually
wrong with the machine, but I would guess you have a problem with some
RAM somewhere (bad connection/broken track maybe).

Tom.

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From: marlow@sys.uea.ac.uk (Keith Marlow PG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: 3DO system
Date: 12 Jan 93 11:10:09 GMT
Organization: UEA School of Information Systems, Norwich, UK.

ssurawls@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Ian Rawlings) writes:

>The following was found on a virtual reality newsgroup.....

>START QUOTE...

>Clarinet, the online newservice available via many USENET hosts,
>reports that 3DO, the new startup headed by Electronic Arts CEO Trip
>Hawkins, is showing its advanced video-game player, capable of "3D"
>effects, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

>....

  Probably explains why the shares jumped 13 pence to 53p on Monday....
Jippeeee!

    Keith
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
From: torh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Tor Houghton)
Subject: Olaf Krumnow
Organization: University of Sussex
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:10:50 GMT

I don't know if you can read this, Olaf, but if you do - I'm just
wondering if Scanner 1.55 got through to you.

(For all you other people - 1.56 is getting uploaded to Newcastle soon).

I kept getting bounces, and well -- I haven't kept track of them!


Cheerio,


Tor.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
From: larss@svale.uib.no (Lars Soeraas)
Subject: Atomwide - RO3
Keywords: Grrr
Reply-To: larss@svale.uib.no
Organization: Department of Informatics, University of Bergen
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 19:28:59 GMT


I have an Arc 310, issue 2, fitted with Atomwides 4MB memory upgrade, MEMC1a, and 
Aleph One's ARM3 card. This worked very well and everything was fine - until a few
days ago. Then I tried to install RO3 (on the Atomwide Memory card). 

When I switch on the machine, the screen goes cyan, then light blue, and finally red.
The screen is red for a long time, and the light on the floppydrive starts to
pulsate. Finally the screen goes blank - and thats it. 

If anybody should happen to know what might be wrong, feel free to drop me an e-mail.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

			Helsing
			Lars

Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
From: andy@laguna.santafe.edu (Andy Mell)
Subject: Re: Hearsay II and RISC OS 3
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 16:33:22 GMT
Organization: Santa Fe Institute

In article <93006.144407RFRANCIS@ESTEC.BITNET> RFRANCIS@ESTEC.BITNET (C R Francis) writes:
>>
>This must only be the case for copies of HearsayII later than mine.  Following
>the discussion my initial post caused I tried using SerialUtil, which
>alleviated the problem to the extent that I could use the modem though an
>error message still appears (precisely twice when I send the command to dial).

If you have HearsayII with a version number of less than 2.14 then you should
return it for an upgrade to get a RiscOS 3.1 compatible version.


Andy



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
From: thughes@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Tom Hughes)
Subject: Re: 3DO system
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:55:49 GMT

In article <C0pn7M.I75@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Gavin.Flower@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Gavin Flower) writes:
>In article <ssurawls.726775019@reading> you write:
>>Sounds good! But does anyone know anything about this "Clarinet" system?
>>Yet another BB to read....
>
>Well there are a whole seies of "clarinet" groups on usenet, mostly
>prefixed by "clari." - the following is part of a posting from
>"clari.tw.computers" suggest people read there rather than repost...

Clarinet is a sort of wire service on USENET. Sites have to pay to get
it though, so you may well find your site doesn;t have these groups.

Tom.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: PSION SYSTEM 3 VS. ACORN POCKET BOOK                                            
From: Ikki@BEIZ.mediatex.ch (064230062: Fernmeldedirektion Olten)
Date: 8 Jan 1993 10:44:40 CET
Organization: MEDIAtex AG, CH-8807 Freienbach/SZ

I'm considering to buy a handheld (Palmt
op, whatever) and I read in several mags
 that the Psion Series 3 is a good machi
ne. I have an Archimedes at home of cour
se, and file-transfering would be great.
 In that case the Acorn pocket Book woul
d surely be better, but has it got a pro
gramm-language too? Like on the Psion
the OPL.
Which handheld is better for what purpos
e? What are the positive and negative as
pects of these two machines?
Thanks for all answers in advance.
Greetings

Internet: Ikki(at)BEIZ.mediatex.ch

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From: ssudavss@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Captain_Kwok)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Attn Keith Sloane
Date: 8 Jan 93 14:44:43 GMT
Organization: University of Reading

Can Keith Sloane please email me on 'ssudavss@uk.ac.reading'


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From: alien@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Marc Fischer)
Subject: Re: Atomwide - RO3
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:13:34 GMT

Oops!

Better forget my last posting relating this... grmpf!
From: shtmar04@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Reading BBC disks on IBM compats.
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:04:40 +0200
Summary: BBC disk reading on IBM
Organization: University of Cape Town

Hi, netters

This seemed the closest I could come to the correct newsgroup - if theres one
dedicated to emulators could someone shout?  My father has BBC files  (mostly
text) generated by the View wordprocessor on a BBC Master 128.  The machine is
dying,  and he'd like to be able to read these in as text - doesn't care about
formatting - on an IBM compatible.

I've (sadly) moved to IBM - i'm running a 486DX-50 - and we'll try to import
the files to that machine.  QUESTION: can anybody point me to a program that'll
let me read BBC disks on an IBM compat.?

Thanks in advance,
Mark Shuttleworth
SHTMAR04@UctVax.UCT.AC.ZA
South Africa

Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
From: chill@mentorg.com (Chris Hill)
Subject: British inventors set sights on Nitendo
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:24:11 GMT
Reply-To: Chris_Hill@mentorg.com
Organization: Mentor Graphics European Technical Centre
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 

Article from yesterdays Mail on Sunday (10.3.93):
Begin Quote:


British inventors set sights on Nintendo

A british invention will power a revolutionary computer games system aimed
at challenging the domination of Nintendo and Sega.

The Interactive Multiplayer.  To be launched in the autumn, is driven by
a micro processor developed by Advanced Risc Machines (ARM), a company with
a staff of only 30, based in Cambridge.  ARM is 49% owned by Acorn
Computers, makers of the BBC microcomputer, with most of the rest of the 
shares being held by the innovative US computer manufacturer Apple.

Some of the world's biggest media and electronics companies are behind
the Multiplayer.  It has been developed by 3DO, a new company formed
by the US media giants Time Warner and MCA, with telephone operator AT&T,
Matsushita of Japan and Electronic Arts, a leading publisher and developer
of computer games.



Music

It will be much more powerful than the games consoles currently being sold by
Nitendo and Sega.  As well as computer games, the new system will be able to
play music on compact disc and will come with software for teaching purposes.
It will also be possible to watch films on CDs.

Unlike Nintendo and Sega, 3DO will license the technology of the Multiplayer
to other manufacturers in an atempt to get it accepted as a world standard.

The fast growing market is worth some UK pounds 500 million a year in
this country (UK) alone.  The new system represents the second recent
breakthrough for ARM.  In June, its microprocessor was chosen by Apple
to drive Newton, an all-in-one hend-held electronic diary, notebook,
general computer and fax machine to be launched later this year.

Acorn's shareholding in ARM has been one factor behind the steep rise in its
share price from 6p last February to 41.5p on Friday.

End Quote.

All spelling mistokes my own work.

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Date: Wednesday, 6 Jan 1993 14:44:07 CET
From: C R Francis <RFRANCIS@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Hearsay II and RISC OS 3
 <3f-8o8j027n@khantazi.welly.gen.nz> <1993Jan6.121228.17115@cs.tu-berlin.de>

In article <1993Jan6.121228.17115@cs.tu-berlin.de>, alien@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de
(Marc Fischer) says:
>
>about the discussed problem. He mentioned, that the SERIALUTIL-Module suited
>with RISC OS 3 mustn`t be used with HearsayII since this has it`s own Module
>that fixes the problems.
>
This must only be the case for copies of HearsayII later than mine.  Following
the discussion my initial post caused I tried using SerialUtil, which
alleviated the problem to the extent that I could use the modem though an
error message still appears (precisely twice when I send the command to dial).

Thanks for the advice

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From: ijp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: PSION SYSTEM 3 VS. ACORN POCKET BOOK
Date: 8 Jan 1993 13:44:21 -0000
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak5.doc.ic.ac.uk

In article <2b4d5b18.8deb46.0@BEIZ.mediatex.ch> Ikki@BEIZ.mediatex.ch (064230062: Fernmeldedirektion Olten) writes:
>I'm considering to buy a handheld (Palmt
>op, whatever) and I read in several mags
> that the Psion Series 3 is a good machi
>ne. I have an Archimedes at home of cour
>se, and file-transfering would be great.
> In that case the Acorn pocket Book woul
>d surely be better, but has it got a pro
>gramm-language too? Like on the Psion
>the OPL.
>Which handheld is better for what purpos
>e? What are the positive and negative as
>pects of these two machines?
>Thanks for all answers in advance.
>Greetings
>

According to Acorn Customer Services the A-Link (the thingy that
connects the Arc to the Pocketbook) also works with the Psion-3. This
is also stated in a recent Risc User magazine. Bearing this in mind
the Psion-3 looks a far better choise for the average user for the
following reasons :

1) The word processor in the series 3 has (according to Risc User)
more features then the Pocketbook version. Although quite what
advantage this gives is debatable as most people would export as plain
text, if this is possible.

2) It's got a diary application, the Pocketbook hasn't.

3) It's got the OPL editor and compiler, the Pocketbook hasn't.

The Pocketbook does have a spell checker and spreadsheet which are not
in the Series 3 as standard, but I guess both are available seperatly
if needed. The other advantage of the Pocketbook is that it has a
little green acorn on it :-)

The problem with the Pocketbook, as I see it, is that the bit missing
from it that are in the Psion-3 as standard may not become available
(as Acorn themselves would have to release them, Psion won't 'cos it's
not worth it if most Psion users have them already). 

Bear in mind that all this is based on what I have heard, read, etc. I
haven't actually used either of them.

Ian

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Subject: Re: WANTED: HP COLOUR DESKJET DRIVER
From: Ikki@BEIZ.mediatex.ch (064230062: Fernmeldedirektion Olten)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:57:12 CET
Organization: MEDIAtex AG, CH-8807 Freienbach/SZ

Try with the Laserprinter-Driver.
A friend of mine runs his HP Printer in
this way.

Greetings.

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