Developers' Newsletter
No 25 - February 1992

General News
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1992
Changes at Acorn
Contacting Developer Support
Subscriptions for 1992
TCP/IP Programmer's Guide
Technical Publications Style Guide
November 1991 Developers' Discount Price List
Discount Prices for Overseas Developers
Archimedes 400/1 Series
Response to Technical Queries
Delivery of A5000 systems
Education Directory - Issue 3
Adding Drives to A5000

Marketing News
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Dealer Discs
Education
   November Roadshow
   BETT 1992 
   Acorn in Tertiary Education 
   CHEST Software Directory 
Consumer
   Games writers
International
   Germany
   Canada
   Scandinavia
   Australia and New Zealand
   Demo software

Technical Infornation
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CD-ROM and networking
Scrap files
Filetypes
SWI Interface for Joystick Devices
Recommended Guidelines for floppy disc based software protection
Reported bugs and errors
   I/O documentation
   Faults in font selector
   Faults in OS_CallEvery
   Size of podules/expansion cards
Writing to the CMOS RAM location
Virus infection
Additions to the Developer code library
The enclosed disc
   Killer v 1.26
   Request
   System
   Sysmerge
   Scrap
   Merge v 1.03
   FontsEg

Enclosures
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Request form for Education Directory Issue 3
Disc
Higher Education News 9
CHEST Software Directory Entry Form




Developers' Newsletter
No 26 - May 1992

General News
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Queen's Award
Financial Results
New Fax number
Dates for your diary
Terminology
New Acorn Products for Developers
RISC OS 3 status
A3000 Technical Reference Manual
Updated Acorn SCSI card EPROM
PCEmulator
New version of !Request v 1.06
Distribution of System Resources
Licences for Squash and ResourceFS modules
RAM available to applications under RISC OS 3

Marketing News
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Education
   General Manager UK Education
   Acorn Software Roadshow
   ACCESS IT
Consumer
   Acorn User Show
Special Needs
International
   Exhibitions
   Australia and New Zealand
Corporate
Library of software for exhibitions

Technical News
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RISC OS 3 and Font SWIs
CodeCheck
Expansion Card Specification
Safety Testing Guidelines
SCSI cards interrupts
Alternative Screen Modes
VGA monitors and beyond: the Low Resolution Modes
Acorn File Formats Working Group
   Archimedes Paragraph Format
   CSV File Format
CD-ROM
RISC_OSLib source code
RISC_OSLib source release
Items collected during RISC OS 3 testing 
   Type 11 objects
   ADFSBuffers
   Drawfiles and RISC_OSLib
   Printing
   Rendering Drawfiles with coloured text
!DrawEx
PrintSpr and !PrintSpr
OS_SerialOp bug in RISC OS 3.00
Revised Released Modules list
Correction
   PDriver_DeclareFont - Developers' Newsletter No 25, November 91
!Killer - further clarification
The Enclosed disc
   !Reserve v 1.00
   !Request v 1.06
   CodeCheck
   ColourUtil
   PrintSpr
   SystResour

News from non Acorn sources
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RM05 Archimedes i860 Accelerator (Nexus Electronics)
Bruce Smith Books Ltd
A new software publishing business for the home market

Enclosures
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Revised Module List
Developers' Disc 26



Developers' Newsletter 
No 27 - October 1992

Contents
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General News
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Acorn's announcement of a new product range
New Special Offers for Developers
Acorn Pocket Book
Developer Discount Scheme Price List
RISC OS 3 ROM upgrades
Developer Support in 1993
New telephone and fax numbers
Acorn Replay VideoClip Collection One
Software Protection Scheme
Acorn Product Directories

Technical News
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!Reserve, !Request and !Alloc
New mode - please test
New modes for Games Developers
A reminder about screen mode independence
Window Manager fault - and workaround
Hints and tips for 'future-proofing' your applications
Notes for Hardware Developers
Technical Reference Manuals
Draft RISC OS 3 Programmer's Reference Manual
Replay
Acorn Universal Network - help for Developers

News from non-Acorn sources
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Freelance programmers

Enclosures
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Acorn Replay Compression Process Overview




Developers' Newsletter Supplement to
No 27 - November 1992

Contents
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General News
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Acorn Pocket Book - details of Special Offer for Registered Developers
A540 Technical Reference Manual
Viruses
Acorn User Show
Acorn Product Directory
Technical News
ISOForm
BBC Model B Emulator
New RISC OS 3 Support disc
Sprite Display infelicities

News from non-Acorn sources
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Killer from Pineapple Software
Joystick extension module from Simon Clay

Enclosures
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Developer Support Scheme explanation leaflet
Developer Discount Scheme Price List Acorn Pocket Book Supplement
Acorn Pocket Book Special Offer order form and agreement
Retail Price List
Acorn Video Collection One
Developers' Disc 27
Replay - Minimum hardware requirements




Developers' Newsletter
No 28 - March 1993

Contents
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General News
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Acorn's Annual Results
AUN - Special Offer for Registered Developers
On-site service products
Prices for upgrades etc.
Number of RISC OS 3 upgrades sold
Multimedia Expansion Unit
Double Density and High Density Discs
T-Pieces and Blanking Panels
23 February Developer Meeting
A5000 Serial Port
Developers and the Acorn Pocket Book
Pocket Book developments list
Education Product Directory, Issue 4, CD-ROM and input for future directories
Email
Computer PCB upgrades

Marketing News
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Lotus Turbo Challenge
Direct Mail Campaigns
Advance
Customer feedback from Acorn User Show 1992
Tesco Computers for Schools promotion
Acorn at exhibitions and events in 1993

Technical News
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Style Guide Update (for Issue 2) main points
Technical information on Double and High Density Discs
TCP/IP, Ethernet and AUN
RISC OS 3.1 Printer Drivers
EMC Shielding
Expansion Card Electrical Spec
Technical Reference Manuals
Floating Point Accelerator
CD-Recordable
65Host emulator v 1.61
Support for Developers using C
Serial Port and RISC OS 3
Developer Disc 28 - contents list
  Press - news releases from Acorn
  NewsLets - newsletter contents
  SysRes - System resources for RISC OS 2
  ElecReq - Developers' electronic allocation request applications

News from non-Acorn sources
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From ARM Ltd
From Clares Micro Supplies
Eesox services for CD-ROM Developers
Fortran Friends

Enclosures
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Acorn Education Directory, Issue 4 (as appropriate)
Developer Disc 28
Acorn Retail Price List
Developer Discount Price List
AUN Special Offer Order Form and Agreement


Developers' Newsletter 
No 29 - July 1993


General News
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Acorn House
Telephones
Sending discs to Developer Support
Serial Port Leads
CDFS 2.14 patch module
An apology
Requirements for becoming a CDR beta tester
Documentation for users of application software
Schedule

Marketing News
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Acorn World Show
The Professional Market - Printing Companies' requirements

Technical News
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RISC OS Style Guide
Excessive use of windows
Floating Point Accelerator
NewLook
BorderUtils
Photo CD file format
ChangeFSI
The Games Modes module
Games Application Note
Rendering Drawfiles
New Application Notes for Developers
Developers' Disc 29

News from outside Acorn
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Centresoft
Uniqueway's ARLib
The Electronic Font Foundry - Font Licensing from EFF
From Alternative Publishing Ltd
TJ Productions

Enclosures
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August Developers' Discount Price List
Developers' Disc 29
Card with Acorns new location details
Acorn World leaflet