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From: J.Herbert1@lut.ac.uk (John O'Malley) 
Subject: RE:Replay Harrier
Reply-To: J.Herbert1@lut.ac.uk (John O'Malley)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 15:15:58 GMT


I thought the quality of replay harrier was pretty bad as well but, running
it at home on my old 310 out of ram disc, the old monitor/ mode 15 combination
gave a much better image than on my A5000. How do you change the fram speed from
12.5 to 25 fps or higher and still keep the film running properly. In the 
harrier header file, I changed the frame speed attribute to 25 and the film kept
breaking up and colour definition was lost. Oh well.

Also has anyone got, or know someone who may be selling a SCSI or IDE interface
as I would like to add a hard disc to the 310 and would rather get a cheap 
drive from a PC dealer as apposed to going to an Acorn dealer who (other than
Arxe) overcharge appalingly.

	Cheers,

		Jim.
 
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From: jyang@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Jun Yang)
Subject: Re: DragASprite / Modified filer.
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 09:06:07 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Hello there,

Does anybody know how to contact ARM, Ltd. to get the databook
and manual of instructions for the ARM600 chip?  Thanks in
advance.

Jun Yang
From: gilbertd@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (David Alan Gilbert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Replay Harrier @ Newcastle
Date: 18 Nov 92 08:38:52 GMT

In <1992Nov17.170421.23118@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:

>While we're at it, couldn't someone (e.g. Acorn?) put some Replay films on both
>ftp AND nfs! If people could mount an nfs partition over JIPS/whatever to view
>some Replay films, this would certainly be a good publicity stunt if word got
>around...

How do you cope with filetypes over NFS off a SCSI CD ROM - we have the Replay CDROM,
and we found that the CD ROM drive on our Sun wouldnt work on our Acorn SCSI card,
we tried mounting it remotely, but all the filetypes disappeared somewhere in the net,
as did '!'.

Obviously you normally would do it with ,filetype - but this doesnt come off
the CD-ROM.

>--Clive.

Dave
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From: gpalmer@cs.strath.ac.uk (Gary J Palmer IE91)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Replay Harrier @ Newcastle
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:52:02 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.

In article <1992Nov17.170421.23118@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
->
->While we're at it, couldn't someone (e.g. Acorn?) put some Replay films on both
->ftp AND nfs! If people could mount an nfs partition over JIPS/whatever to view
->some Replay films, this would certainly be a good publicity stunt if word got
->around...

Speaking from a site user who has JIPS access, there is one slight problem 
here. You can only mount remote filesystems if you are the root user
on the machine that is doing the mounting, and if the remote site has
added you to their mounting tables so that you can mount their filesystem.
Now, it's ok if you *are* root, but I doubt if I'd be given even access to use
mount, as it is too much of a security risk :-(

There are only two alternatives : 
1) Hack root
2) Find a system with NFS on it, but which is a personal computer (e.g.
a PC clone running SUN PC-NFS) and hack it so you can mount the remote
filesystem.

Of course, those lucky people with access to root on an R260 or R140 
(e.g. cabr07@vaxa.strath.ac.uk) will no doubt be quite happy if they could
mount a Replay demo CD over NFS :-)

Yours

Gary Palmer
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From: alla0008@student.tc.umn.edu (Graham Allan)
Subject: Re: Computer Concepts
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:39:01 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.114101.28602@csd.uwe.ac.uk> r_voisey@csd.uwe.ac.uk (R Voisey) writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.112704.8970@gate.esat.kuleuven.ac.be> tytgat@rilke.esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat) writes:
>
>>Could you be more precise what's so bad and wrong with CC' FaxPack ?
>
>Ties up a podule slot and has no modem facility.  Personally I'd go for a
>FAX Modem with Pilling's ArcFAX.  Admittedly, though, Concepts FAX software
>is probably slightly better than ArcFAX.

I would say that CC had better try to upgrade their FaxPack to include
modem capability as soon as possible, if their chipset permits it. With
V32bis fax/modems costing as little as #250 these days, there seems little
reason to buy a dedicated card for a higher cost and less ability. David
Pilling's ArcFAX may not be as good as the CC software now, but his
software tends to develop fairly quickly in the couple of months after
release, as he gets feedback from users.

Graham Allan					allan@mnhep8.hep.umn.edu

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From: thughes@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Tom Hughes)
Subject: Re: PC Emulator & EGA
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:44:51 GMT

In article <By0B1s.zq@brunel.ac.uk> Robert.Turner@brunel.ac.uk (Robert Turner) writes:
>Using the PC Emulator, is it possible to get EGA style graphics? I am
>getting hooked on Civilisation on the PC and it would be nice to get it
>running at home.

Which version are you using? The two I have used (1.7 and 1.8) do.
Version 1.7 supported up to EGA+ standard, and version 1.8 up to VGA
standard.

Tom.

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From: dcw-a@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Replay Harrier @ Newcastle
Date: 20 Nov 92 12:14:29 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

In article <1992Nov18.233657.10350@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
>In article <BxwqHC.M4n@cen.ex.ac.uk>, CDLatham@cen.ex.ac.uk (C.D.Latham) writes:
>>
>> I don't think you quite understood what Clive Jones meant Gary.  He
>> doesn't mean nfs on a UNIX machine, I think, but pcnfs on an Arc.
>
>Well, yes, except it's not called _PC_nfs on the Arc. (-8
>
>> Theoretically it could work by exporting a directory on a UNIX machine
>> containing the Replay files to the world.  It would be a bit hard to
>> hack the files if they were on CD ROM (:-).
>
>It would be a bit hard to hack if it was a read-only nfs partition, too...
>The files would really have to be downloaded to a hard disc, if the server was
>to stand any chance of servicing more than one viewer at once. My thoughts were
>that Acorn, in particular, will presumably have them all on a hard disc
>somewhere anyway.
>
>> Ftp between JANET sites with JIPS goes at about 15 - 20 Kbytes per
>> second and I suspect Replay files need a bit more bandwidth than that
>> so even if one could mount the directory they couldn't be used
>> directly.
>
>I think your JIPS link is slower than ours, then. The bandwidth required would
>be 60Kb/sec for the 12.5fps demos, or twice that for 25fps (obviously). I
>reckon more than a few sites can stomach that.
>
>--Clive.

	Hang on, I thought replay would run off a floppy, at only 27Kb/sec, so JIPS
shouldn't be a problem (even a dead slow one)...?

	Doug.
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From: koellner@galaxy.fernuni-hagen.de (Johnnie Walker)
Subject: Who is able to design a TIGA card for Archimedes?
Organization: FernUniversitaet Hagen
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 10:27:48 GMT

Last year we planned to produce a TMS34020 based high quality video card.
Unfortunately, our hardware designer had to be executed for his bad 
behaviour, like doing nothing for months. Now we have got 2000 pounds worth
of TIGA software development kit but no working prototype. I am nearly fed up
with the whole affair, but willing to give it a last chance. If anybody is
interested in the project, either as our partner or alone, and capable of 
completing the task, please contact the address below.

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From: davism@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mik Davis)
Subject: Re: Computer Concepts
Organization: Aston University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL241235]
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:05:43 GMT

RE: Dongles

  Would it be easier if all future machines came with a "dongle port"


:-)


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From: fj_maddi@csd.uwe.ac.uk (FJ Maddix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Acorn Pocketbook
Date: 23 Nov 92 10:27:02 GMT
Organization: University of the West of England, Bristol

Yes, I've seen and used one. It's the only Acorn product which has disappointed
me. (OK, it's not really an acorn product).

The lack of the Agenda planning software turns it from something useful into 
something you have to think hard to find a use for.

But everything else seems to be well integrated, including an Arc link.

Frank.
From: ijp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Computer Concepts
Date: 16 Nov 1992 13:38:01 -0000
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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In article <1992Nov16.112704.8970@gate.esat.kuleuven.ac.be> tytgat@rilke.esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat) writes:
 
>Why should a non-ArtWorks owner need Impression v2.18 if this version does
>not provide any extras for him ? Why should CC pay the post&package costs
>(together with the man-hour cost) for a non-ArtWorks owner who doesn't need
>v2.18 if he already has v2.17 ?
 
I think that your assumption that non-Artworks users don't need
version 2.18 if they already have version 2.17 is rather questionable.
As far as I am aware version 2.18 has other improvements over v2.17
which are nothing to do with ArtWorks. Plus there is the other
consideration that anyone who does not have version 2.18 will not be
able to view documents that contain ArtWorks frames created by others,
you won't be able to use any ArtWorks clipart that becomes available,
etc.

Having said that, I'm not opposed to CC making a nominal charge for
upgrades, however the amount being banded about is a little more than
nominal.

>>but there is no after sales support. the support staff are
>>always unhelpful (well, one of them is good), ArtWorks is late and
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Euh ? Up to now, my contacts with CC' support staff were very satisfying.
>As far as I know, they do really a good job.  Maybe it's just you...
>

My only contact with CC support staff wasn't very useful, but then
again it was a rather non-standard question I asked (it was about
hotlinking WordHound with Impression). I got no useful information out
of them, but this was partly due to the fact that I found out all I
needed to know before they replied (which was a "why do you want to
know?" type of reply, which was odd as I'd stated that in my letter
:-) ).

The only thing that really annoys me about CC is their insistence on
finding the worst possible protection method for their products (ie.
dongles and crappy printer cables). 

Ian


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From: dcw-a@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: RISC OS 3 Impression...
Date: 22 Nov 92 15:54:53 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

In article <1992Nov20.174154.7052@cs.nott.ac.uk> rsxdp@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (D.Pead) writes:
>In article <1992Nov19.155320.13510@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
>>
>>Why couldn't the unique ID number be incorporated into a removable piece
>>of the computer (like a dongle)? This would get around many of the
>>problems of unique ID numbers, and multiple dongles.
>>
>Apparently the ID chip can be transplanted - When I heard Acorn talking about 
>their protection scheme they said that dealers were under instructions
>to swap the ID chips over if they ever had to replace the main board
>on a machine taken in for repairs.
>
>Don't know if this means that the chip is socketed.  

	No, if any dealers have to replace a motherboard they have to return the motherboard
to acorn in a special box, and Acorn engineers swap the ID chip into a new board. Annoying for
a lot of dealers because this takes some time...


	Doug.
From: ijp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: PC Emulator
Date: 18 Nov 1992 09:53:38 -0000
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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In article <1992Nov17.162122.10300@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> thughes@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Tom Hughes) writes:
>In article <28282@castle.ed.ac.uk> ainsjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Steffan Corley) writes:
>>Does anyone know if the upgrade to the latest version of the PC Emulator
>>(from version 1.7 or whatever .....
>
>The original price was #9 + VAT, but that ran out at the end of August
>(I sent mine in with about two days to go). I'm not sure what the cost
>is now, or even if an upgrade is available now, but I'm sure Acorn
>Customer Support could tell you.
>

I totally forgot about the deadline until it was too late, so I wrote
to Acron Customer Support asking them about the upgrade. They simply
sent me their standard reply which was then out of date (it gave the
details of the above scheme). This I thought most useful - NOT.

I suppose I might get around to writing to Acorn Direct one of these
days and ask them what the latest position is. But I think it is
rather off that :

a) The 'offer' was limited to a fairly short period of time, and

b) Acorn didn't actually go out of their way to bring anyones
attention to the matter, like actually telling anybody. I mean they
spend loads of money sending you useless advertising for things you
don't want, but when it comes to useful information they don't bother
writing to the peoplewho bought the package do they - oh no that would
be helpful. Instead they rely on people scowering the magazines for
snippets of information (which usually flatly contradict each other).

Ian

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From: eduard@cvi.ns.nl (Eduard Tulp)
Subject: BR Journey Planner. Also for Acorn?
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:32:11 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.acorn
Organization: Centrum Voor Informatieverwerking NV, Utrecht

Recently, British Rail introduced the BR Journey Planner. The BR Journey
Planner is a computer program that helps you find the most convenient
journey between two stations by giving the departure, arrival and
connection times. It is the new electronic British Rail time-table, and the
current release covers all information defined in the time-table valid from
28 September 1992 to 16 May 1993. The system should be available from BR at
the moment. I do not know the exact price, but it should be something
around 5 pounds (that was the initial idea).

The system runs on IBM PC compatibles (Acorn users: do NOT hit "n" just
yet :-) with an 386 or 486 processor and 4 Megabyte of memory. When it is 
running it switches the processor to 32 bit "protected mode", and it 
requires some 2.5 Megabyte of free memory (i.e. not used by Smartdrive or 
similar programs which may use extended memory). The program uses extended 
memory without the need for additional memory manager software.

The reason I am posting this to the Acorn newsgroup is that we (the company
that developed the Journey Planner software) would like to know whether
there would be sufficient interest for an Acorn version. There have been
suggestions to develop an Acorn version, especially considering the amount
of Acorn computers at British schools. However, due to the requirements of
the software, you would need a 4 Mb machine and probably a hard disk as
well (loading some 2 Mb from floppies each time you start the program is
probably not very practical). Given these requirements, would there be
sufficient interest to justify a special development? We would like to hear
some comment, which we could then pass to British Rail. Even better, if you
really think it would be useful and that you would buy one, let BR know! I
know that they would be interested to hear from you. The address you could
write to:

Journey Planner
Network SouthEast
Network House
1 Eversholt Street
London NW1 1DN

Given sufficient reactions, I am sure that BR will seriously consider an
Acorn version. Personally, I think that the only thing which would require
some substantial work would be the user interface.

People from Acorn are invited to get in touch with me directly, if they so
desire (eduard@cvi.ns.nl).

Eduard Tulp

P.S.
Is there any UK newsgroup where a similar general announcement (and maybe
hints for Apple Mac or Atari ST users...) would be welcome?
From: r_voisey@csd.uwe.ac.uk (R Voisey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: BBS Problems: Risc OS 3.1
Date: 23 Nov 92 13:29:25 GMT
Organization: University of the West of England, Bristol

In article <1992Nov20.012540.3915@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> 2105995@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU writes:
>RiscBBS v1.01 DOES NOT WORK ON RISCOS 3.1 ON AN A5000!!!
>does anyone know why? OR how to fix it?

Try loading the SerialUtils module (just a guess - I've  never used it
under 3.1).

>Also, on a related topic, does ArcBBS support PC Offline mail readers?

No (unless Dave &  Dave have put it in since my version, which is about
a year out  of  date).  However, it  does support ARCbbs offline readers
(of  which there are lots).

Cheers

Bob



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From: ainsjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Steffan Corley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: PC Emulator
Date: 17 Nov 92 15:40:31 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University


Does anyone know if the upgrade to the latest version of the PC Emulator
(from version 1.7 or whatever - the one that was in the A5000 learning
curve) is still available? If so, how much does it cost (incl. VAT), who
should I send a cheque (+ original discs?) to and who should the cheque
be payable to?

Thanks for any help.

Steffan.
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From: jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Subject: Re: The new Acorn Machine
Organization: Lotus Development Ireland
	<gilbertd.721643489@p4.cs.man.ac.uk>
	<1992Nov17.113305.27450@csd.uwe.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:06:03 GMT

	Having said that, you can get Linux for free - I believe someone is working
	on an X11R5 port for it as well.  It's not in the class of SCO, but it's

That's been done for ages.  You also left out 386BSD, which is what
I'm using to post this article (using emacs + gnus [nntp] + X11R5 + SLIP
link to internet).  It works great, and is definately more usable than
SCO (I've used everything from 1.0 to Beta ODT 2.1 and can vomit from
experience).  You need to factor in a lot more things than just OS though..
For example, I wouldn't consider using X if I couldn't get the 1152x900 (x8)
resolution I'm using at the moment - I don't think such resolutions are
possible on the Arc.  I don't know if RISCiX supports SLIP, probably.

I could put together a very usable unix system will all the features
of the one I'm using (including decent graphics 1024x768x8 card + 17"
color monitor) for less than 3500 sterling.  If you take a 540 + RISCiX
+ monitor + >200MB SCSI drive, you're talking at least that much and
you won't end up with quite as nice a unix system either, IMHO.

That all said, I hope to be the proud owner of an Arc soon and I'm NOT
going to run RISCiX on it!  RISCOS's nice WIMP interface is the whole
reason I bought an Arc in the first place.  Yes, X11 is very nice (I
make my living writing applications for it), but it has a long ways to
go in then application-side integration and ease-of-use dept.

If you really really want a true unix workstation, then buy a
SparcStation classic LC or wait for HP's next low-end snake, I.E. buy
a real workstation for it!  Even a 486PC has some real problems in the
graphics performance (to say nothing of hardware interoperability)
dept, fancy S3 cards and whatnot notwithstanding.

					Jordan
From: rap@nnsgs50.lon40.nt.com (Richard Porter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Computer Concepts
Date: 17 Nov 1992 13:21:42 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe Limited
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In article <1992Nov17.114101.28602@csd.uwe.ac.uk> r_voisey@csd.uwe.ac.uk
(Bob Voisey) writes:

>As far as Concept's service goes, I'd agree with you.  They've always
>provided excellent service - from their ST & BBC days through to now.

I haven't had much to do with CC recently but I had a lot of correspondence
with them over Wordwise (mainly) and Disc Doctor on the BBC Micro. My
impression was that they used their customers to test their products.
There were always annoying faults and peculiarities which could easily
have been found and corrected had they adopted a professional approach
to software design and testing. When Wordwise Plus came out it was probably
the best word processor available for the Beeb, but it still had some
irritating little quirks.

Maybe things have improved by now, but some very mixed opinions have been
aired in this thread. I was thinking about getting both FaxPack and
Impression but two things have put me off. First (I think it was at BETT'92)
I went along to their stand hoping for a demonstration of both products.
One chap only wanted to show off Artworks and didn't want to know what
I was interested in; the other demonstrator was engaged in a long
conversation with a friend and was quite oblivious to potential customers.
In the end they lost my custom.

The other reason for not buying FaxPack was that, as already mentioned, it
is not capable of being used as an ordinary modem, and I don't want to
have to buy two modems.


Returning to Wordwise, there's one question I'd like to ask the net.
With WW on the Beeb I could send any sequence of bytes to the printer
and control it in any way I wanted. I haven't come across any WP or
DTP program for the Arc which will let me do this (short of writing
my own). Any suggestions?

Richard