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1Books

4
€LJSupplier:	Acorn (from Acorn dealers)
€LJProduct:	Programmers' Reference Manual
€LJAvailable:	November 1987
3
The Programmer's Reference Manual gives the experienced programmer
detailed information on the many facilities provided by the Arthur
operating system and contains most of the information he or she will need
when writing complex programs on the Archimedes.  The manual begins with a
discussion of fundamental operating system concepts and goes on to explain
character input/output, the command line interpreter, the different filing
systems, memory management and the program environment.

The manual also covers the various modules: the Window manager, the Font
manager as well as sound, the debugger, the floating point emulator,
Econet and the Podule system manager.

Included are introductions to the instruction set of the ARM processor,
the Linker, and the ARM procedure call standard.

4
€LJSupplier:	Computer Concepts
€LJProduct:	ARM Assembly Language Programming
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
This book, by Peter Cockerell, describes in detail aspects of programming
the new Acorn RISC chip. It explains why the chip is so fast and how to
take full advantage of its power. The book is up-to-date, covering the 2
micron ARM, with appendices on the floating point and co-processor
instructions and with numerous example programs. It covers the use of the
ARM assembly language from within BBC BASIC V. This is a truly
comprehensive reference manual for anyone who intends to program in ARM
assembly language or for those who want to find out why the Acorn RISC
chip is so special.


1Products requiring the 6502 Emulator

2Education

4
Supplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	Castle Pack
€LJAvailable:	Late 1987
3
This is a pack of resource material for the teacher. The contents of the
pack, suitable for children who have a reading age of 9+, are such that
there is sufficient material for an average class of 30 pupils to be
occupied on the project for at least half a term.

The accompanying datafile program shows that there were 67 people in the
castle on the date in question.  The pupils' work-sheets provide 
activities relating to this datafile program and if they complete all the
enquiries suggested they will build up a great deal of knowledge about the
Castle and its inhabitants and life in these times.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	Cateby Manor
€LJAvailable:	Early 1988
3
This pack follows on from and complements the successful CASTLE pack.  It
is a resource pack aimed at allowing primary children to explore a Norman
Manor in the year 1086.

The pack consists of three programs:
Cateby Manor: A database of the manor's population (including a
sophisticated graphs pack). 
Cateby Map: A screen map which allows children to search Cateby for
additional information in text and/or pictures and also to search the
village by input of their own keywords. 
Cateby Words: A supplementary vocabulary program.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	DIY Base
€LJAge range:	7+
€LJAvailable:	Early 1988
3
DIYbase is a database creator.  It is designed for creating stand-alone,
dedicated databases.  For example, the user may decide to create a
database to perform a study of breeds of dog.  DIYbase can be used to
create a database shell specifically for this.  Once that structure has
been created any number of files may be developed using that program
shell.

DIYbase is a versatile software tool for use with children from age seven
and upwards.  Its facilities include the ability to create graphs and
charts as well as to perform simple mathematical operations and
calculations.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	Domesday Database
€LJAvailable:	Early 1988
3
This database has been designed to allow schools to use local Domesday
data collected as part of the BBC Domesday Project.

The program presents the data as pie charts, bar charts or plotted on a
map of the area covered.

The package comes complete with data about South Yorkshire but
arrangements can be negotiated for the preparation of other areas'
information.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	Dust
€LJAvailable:	1988
3
This adventure is the sequel to Droom (see entry on page    ) and follows
the same principles of logical and mathematical problem-solving.  It is
intended to be of use not only in primary, but also in secondary schools,
where it has already had a good reception as a motivating tool for
reluctant learners. This outstanding package will provide considerable
theme-based work relating to many curriculum areas.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	Forge
€LJAvailable:	Early 1988
3
The Industrial Revolution and the growth of the iron and steel industry
are the subjects for this theme pack.  They are developed through
extensive materials including five discs of programs, workcards,
photographs, maps and charts and teacher's notes.  The programs provide
exercises in siting a forge and a furnace, financial management, charging
a blast furnace and examining data relating to the village affected by the
changes in lifestyle brought about by the onset of the Industrial
Revolution.  The pack provides sufficient material for a full class
project extending up to a term in length.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	Library Catalogue
€LJAvailable:	Early 1988
3
A dedicated  information retrieval program designed specifically for use
within school and departmental libraries.   One option allows use of the
Dewey Classification, the other, colour-coded systems. More than 900 books
can be handled.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	Sorts
€LJAvailable:	Early 1988
3
The program shows graphically how a computer undertakes various sort
routines.  This helps pupils to understand which types of sort are best
for which processes in order to minimise execution time. Bubble, quick,
radix insertion, selection, and merge sorts are demonstrated.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	SEAfax
€LJAvailable:	Early 1988
3
This easy-to-use CEEFAX simulation program has been developed  by
Sheffield Education Authority (hence SEAfax), and is now being used as a
standard means for transferring information around the South Yorkshire and
Humberside region. The program will hold up to 100 pages of information
which can be created by pupils or teachers.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	NEA Case Study
€LJAvailable:	Late 1987
3
This pack consists of a disc, teacher's booklet and student materials
simulating the "North East Area Cleaning Consultants".  The software
covers all of the points for the Northern Examining Association 1988 case
study including personnel files, payroll slips, training, holidays, etc. 
The student material gives some simple tasks so that  these areas can be
explored in an interesting and motivating way.

€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE
€LJProduct:	SEG Case Study
€LJAvailable:	Late 1987

This is a software simulation of the Southern Examining Group's GCSE case
study for computer studies. The program simulates a supermarket till
management system. It makes an ideal resource for teaching about: points
of sale terminals, file management and the social effects of computers -
as well as being custom-built for the SEG GCSE case study for 1988.

4
€LJSupplier:	RESOURCE	
€LJProduct:  	Leisure Unlimited
€LJAvailable:	Late 1987
3
Leisure Unlimited is a simulation based on a small oredr company supplying
leisure goods. It is designed to familiarise course members with a
business data processing system and to illustrate that hard-to-understand
parts of a computing syllabus can be taught effectively through practical
work. Leisure Unlimited will also prove a useful resource in Information
Technology and Business Studies  courses. It aims to show the computer as
a business tool and as part of an integrated system, to promote problem
solving activities and to encourage a systems approach to the teaching of
computing.

4
€LJSupplier:	Scetlander
€LJProduct:	Sword Word Processor
€LJAvailable:	September 1987
3
It is strongly felt that the introduction of a commercial word processor
into the classroom is inappropriate in view of the normally extremely
large numbers of functions which it can perform. It is generally accepted
that what is required is a word processor demonstrator/tutor, and this
package sets out to meet that need.

4
€LJSupplier:	Scetlander
€LJProduct:	COMAL DEMONS
€LJAvailable:	September 1987
3
DEMONS are procedures (or functions) which will carry out, for the pupil,
the major operations which will allow him to code a program to solve a
problem. New COMAL statements are gradually added to the pupil's
vocabulary as and when they are needed. The pupil will soon be in a
position to write his own versions of the DEMONS or to write his own
procedures which, if desired, can be added to the supplied DEMONS.
€PE
4
€LJSupplier:	Scetlander
€LJProduct:	CNC Lathe
€LJAvailable:	September 1987
3
This package is intended to simulate the function of a CNC machine tool
and to permit students to become accustomed to programming the machine.
The machine taken as a basis of this simulation is the Boxford ACL Lathe
but the general principles behind the programming of this machine  apply
to most CNC machines.

4
€LJSupplier:	Coventry Polytechnic (Computer assisted Language Learning
Consultancy)
€LJProduct:	UNITEXT
€LJAvailable:	Now 
3
This simple, multi-lingual authoring package and wordprocessor allows the
teacher to create  text files in English, French, Italian, German or
Spanish using the full range of accents andspecial characters. Text can be
easily entered, formatted, printed and printed out. The text can be used
with one of the student testing programs: UNIFILL, UNIGAP, UNISUB or
UNILEX. Latin and Cyrillic versions will be available at the end of the
year. Disc and Network compatible.

                   4
€LJSupplier:	Coventry Polytechnic (Computer assisted Language Learning
Consultancy)
€LJProduct:	UNIFILL
€LJAvailable:	Now 
                     3
UNIFILL is a text recontruction exercise. The text is displayed with all
the words blanked out, to be replaced one at a time in any order. The
student can recall the original text or ask for the first letter of any
word. The test can be used for guided translation or transcription.

                       4
€LJSupplier:	Coventry Polytechnic (Computer assisted Language Learning
Consultancy)
€LJProduct:	UNIGAP
€LJAvailable:	Now 
                         3
In UNIGAP, which is a gap-filling exercise, the text is displayed with
preselected words or parts of words blanked out. The student replaces each
one in turn.

4
€LJSupplier:	Coventry Polytechnic (Computer assisted Language Learning
Consultancy)
€LJProduct:	UNISUB
€LJAvailable:	Now 
3
UNISUB is a substitution exercise. The text is displayed with preselected
words or parts of words highlighted in turn. The student substitutes other
words or parts of words for the highlighted sections.

4
€LJSupplier:	Coventry Polytechnic (Computer assisted Language Learning
Consultancy)
€LJProduct:	UNILEX
€LJAvailable:	Now 
  3
Unilex provides an opportunity for lexical analysis. The text is sorted
into an alphabetically ordered word list and the frequency of occurrence
of each word is given. The resulting list can be saved to disc or printed
out with the standard printer drivers.

4
€LJSupplier:	Aztec Software
€LJProduct:	Die Prinzessin
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
Die Prinzessin is an adventure game written entirely in German. It is
specially written for school and college age groups with graphics
throughout. Find three gold rings within a maze and rescue the princess,
but battle with Zwerge, Drachen, Riesen, Ungeheuer etc. along the way.

4
€LJSupplier:	Aztec Software
€LJProduct:	La Princesse
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
All information and instructions for La Princesse are shown in French. The
csreen shows a maze with 3-D view inside the maze as an option. Navigate
the maze, fight Golums, Nains and even Professeurs de Math to find the
treasure, rescue the Princess etc. A new set of circumstances is set up
each time the program is run.

4
€LJSupplier:	Aztec Software
€LJProduct:	Basic Mathematics
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
Basic Mathematics offers five levels of difficulty for addition,
subtraction and multiplication. It is suitable for younger children or
children with special needs. the questions are set out correctly, one
under the other, with correct sequence required for answers i.e. units
first. Solutions aregiven for incorrect answers and there is a scoring
system.

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	General Map Reading
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	Coastal Map Reading
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	Rays & Waves
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	Mechanics & Electricity
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	Physics Disc Three - A Level
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3



4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	Physics Disc Three - A Level
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	CDT Selection
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	Practical Experiments Disc
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Soft-Teach Educational
€LJProduct:	Time Lines
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Resource Facilities
Product:	Order
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
This program contains a comparison of eight sorting algorithms, including
Shell-Metzner sort, Help-Metzner sort and Quick-Metzner sort. The program
will draw a histogram of the relative speeds of sorting.

4
€LJSupplier:	Resource Facilities
€LJProduct:	Regress
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
This is a simple form of regressional analysis and will plot up to 52
points.

4
€LJSupplier:	Resource Facilities
€LJProduct:	16+ Algebra
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
This package is designed as a self-tutorial aid to revision and practice
in Algebra and contains both questions and answers. 4

€LJSupplier:	Resource Facilities
€LJProduct:	Microba
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
Microba is a biological adventure game through the human body. You can be
swallowed, inhaled etc.

4
€LJSupplier:	Resource Facilities
€LJProduct:	Computer-assisted Tables Bingo
€LJAvailable:	Now
3


4
€LJSupplier:	LOGOsoft
€LJProduct:	Master LOGO
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
Master LOGO for the Acorn Master and BBC Micro is fully compatible with
the 6502 emulator on the Acorn Archimedes, which behaves like a second
processor on the BBC Micro.

4
€LJSupplier:	ESM
€LJProduct:	Supastore (Master Compact version)
€LJAvailable:	July 1987
3
Supastore is an educational database that is easy to use, will hold up to
3500 records with 250 fields a record and is quick to search offering good
value for money. It is widely used for administration, class projects and
cataloguing.


4
€LJSupplier:	Cunning Running Software
€LJProduct:	The Forest
€LJAvailable:	January 1988
3
A real-time orienteering simulation with extensive mapping facilties to
aid map and contour appreciation. Can be used both as a game and as an
educational package.

4
€LJSupplier:	Aztec Software
€LJProduct:	Library Dewey Classification
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
This database for the school or college library provides for rapid search
by topic. The computer reports back the appropriate Dewey number and up to
40 more characters per topic. There are 750 topics built in with room for
over a thousand more. The average search time is less thanone second.

4
€LJSupplier:	Educational Administration Software
€LJProduct:	Administrator's Friend
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
Administrator's Friend is an integrated, modular package of administration
software for secondary schools. The modules in clude: options,
timetabling, examination entry, examination results anda pupil database. A
much enhanced version is being developed to take full advantage of the
power and speed of Archimedes. 


2Productivity Tools

4
€LJProduct :	VIEW
€LJStock code :	SKM31
€LJAvailable :	now
3
VIEW is an award-winning word processor with advanced facilities designed
to help both the professional user and the beginner to create high-quality
documents.

4
€LJProduct :	ViewSheet
€LJStock code :	SKM07
€LJAvailable :	now
3
ViewSheet is a flexible electronic spreadsheet that can be used in a
multitude of different applications such as cash flow forecasts, sales
analysis, resource planning or personal finances.

4
€LJProduct :	ViewStore
€LJStock code :	SKM27
€LJAvailable :	now
3
ViewStore is a powerful general purpose database manager which has uses
ranging from mailing lists and stock control to library catalogues and
hobby collections.

4
€LJProduct :	ViewSpell
€LJStock code :	SKM28
€LJAvailable :	now
3
ViewSpell is an automatic spelling checker which enables the production of
error-free documents.

4
€LJProduct :	ViewIndex
€LJStock code :	SKM17
€LJAvailable :	now
3
ViewIndex is an indexing utility for creating an alphabetically ordered
index and for noting each page or section number where the reference
occurs.

2Art and Design

4
€LJSupplier:	Aztec Software
€LJProduct:	Perspective
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
Perspective is an easy-to-use program for drawing and sketching on screen.
There is a facility for all perspective lines to be calculated and drawn
automatically and for shapes to be viewed from any position. It features
the ability to move the original shape to any position with automatic
redrawing of new perspective.

2
Games

4
€LJSupplier:	BBC - Soft
€LJProduct:	Black Queen
€LJAvailable:	Late 1987
  3
Black Queen is the new Contract Bridge game, available for all BBC micros.
The standard (Master Compact) version runs on Archimedes. In addition
Black Queen Plus, an enhanced version especially for Archimedes, will be
available later.


2Utilities
4
€LJSupplier:	BBC - Soft
€LJProduct:	Monitor
€LJAvailable:	Now
  3
The popular Machine Code Monitor/Memory Investigator for BBC 8-bit micros.
Now available on 3.5 disc for the 6502 emulator of Archimedes. Includes
ADFS disc editor.



1
Transfer Utilities

4
€LJSupplier:	Watford Electronics
€LJProduct:	BBC - Archimedes serial transfer kit
€LJAvailable:	October 1987
3
This simple data link, allows any data to be transferred from the BBC
Model B, B Plus or Master computer to an Archimedes at up to 19200 baud.
The kit is supplied with two disks, one 5.25" for the BBC, the other 3.5"
format for the Archimedes, containing the transfer software and the
necessary cable to connect the two computers.

4
€LJSupplier:	Watford Electronics
€LJProduct:	5.25 inch disk drive lead.
€LJAvailable:	Now
3
Allows the connection of a 5.25 inch disk drive as the second drive.

4
€LJSupplier:	Magenta Research Ltd
€LJProduct:	U-Connect
€LJAvailable:	November 1987
3
Combined terminal emulation and file tranfer utility.
€LJ* Supports VT100 and Videotex screens.
€LJ* File transfer with XMODEM, MODEM7 and Kermit.
€LJ* Indexed dialling directory.
€LJ* Programmed connection configurations.
€LJ* All WIMP based.
€LJ* Mouse interaction.


4
€LJSupplier:	Brainsoft
€LJProduct:	BBC to Archimedes disk conversion kit
€LJAvailable:	Now
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Tubelink
€LJProduct:	Advanced BASIC
€LJAvailable:	Now
Machine:	B/B+/Master 128
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Tubelink
€LJProduct:	ARM Assembler Emulation ROM
€LJAvailable:	October/November 1987
Machine:	B/B+/Master 128/Master Compact
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Cunning Running Software
€LJProduct:	BBC BASIC to C Conversion Program
€LJAvailable:	Mid 1988
3


1
Magazines


4
€LJSupplier:	Redwood Publishing
€LJProduct:	Acorn User magazine
€LJAvailable:	Monthly
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Beebug Ltd
€LJProduct:	RISC User
€LJAvailable:	ten issues per annum
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Argus Press
€LJProduct:	A & B Computing
€LJAvailable:	Monthly
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Database Publications
€LJProduct:	Micro User
€LJAvailable:	Monthly
3

4
€LJSupplier:	Norwich Computer Services
€LJProduct:	Archive
€LJAvailable:	Monthly
3