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
=============================
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
===========================
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
============================
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
============================
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

Contents 
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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
Kodak 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
========================
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
Photo CD SWI call summary


Developers' Newsletter 
No 30 - October 1993

Contents:
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General News
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Circulating this newsletter
Acorn House
Telephones
Developer prices and purchases
Press releases
RISC OS 3.10 EPROMs
Videos

Marketing News
===============
Acorn World Show

Technical News
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RISC OS Style Guide
Wimpslot size
CDFS
MIDI
Multimedia Expansion Unit
Bugfixes in FPE version 4.02
Bit-mapped fonts
Printer port dongles

News from outside Acorn
=========================
Multiple serial port expansion cards
From P.R.E.S. Ltd
Greyhound Marketing

Enclosures
============
October Developers' Discount Price List
RISC OS Style Guide, Release 2
Leaflet: Acorn Computers, The Educated Choice




Developers' Newsletter 
No 31 - December 1993

Contents:
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General News
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1994 subscriptions and Registered Developer Agreements
3D Desktop
RISC OS 3 upgrades
AKF50 monitor
Games on TV
Multimedia products and the Press
Barcodes
Email addresses
6502 emulators
T-pieces and blanking panels
Bug reports
Psion Developers' Conference
Pocket Book software suggestions
Hardware Conformance Scheme

Technical News
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SWI "OS_SpriteOp"
SWI "Wimp_LoadTemplate
Wimpslot
DrawFile module
Support for the RISC OS 3 Style Guide
RAM size
SCSI systems
CDFS
Photo CD
ChangeFSI
Territory building tools
!Printers enhancements for RISC OS 3
Expansion cards
Obsolete SWIs
PCBs available to OEMs
Developers' Disc 30/31 contents list

News from outside Acorn
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Rheingold Enterprises - Vigil
Kate Crennell - Crystallographic toys for Education
P.R.E.S. Ltd - ProjectING
Greyhound Marketing

Enclosures
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Developers' Disc 30/31
Hardware Conformance Scheme leaflet


Developers' Newsletter 
No 32 - March 1994

Contents:
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General News
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1994 Subscriptions and Developer Agreements
Monitors
Acorn Access
New Developers Price List
TCP/IP pricing
RISC OS Update Discs
NFER Software in Schools Survey
Acorn in Germany
Shows in 1994

Technical News
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Module versions
Floating Point Emulator
Data interchange formats
Icon design
Overall design
Applications recognition of foreign filetypes
RISC OS 3 Style Guide support
Mode independence reminder
Loading standard sprites (iconsprites)
Territory SWIs and R0
Testing software with virus protection software loaded
Squashed modules and RMRun
Wimp_ClaimFreeMemory
Mode removal
Opening files on locked discs
Changing modes in BASIC
Using Hourglass
Removal of 40 Track drive support
Using malloc
Supporting 3D style
String expansion in obey files
*Screenload and 256 colour modes (64 entry palette)
Serial Devices module
Expansion card Specification
Service Manuals
Contents of Developers' Disc 32

News from outside Acorn
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From Stallion Software
TML from D.R Computer Products

Enclosures
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Developers' Discount Price List - March 1994
RISC OS Applications Upgrade Disc 1 and !Printers sheet
Developers' Disc 32


Developers' Newsletter 
No 33 - April 1994

Contents:
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Acorn launches the Risc PC
===========================
The Risc PC processor architecture
Key Benefits of Risc PC
Dual processor facility offers full 486 PC capability
DMA Extended Bus Interface (DEBI)
Acorn and multimedia
Networking
Full 24-bit colour
Optional CD-ROM drive
New, versatile case design
Monitors
Initial Product Configurations

General News
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Non-Disclosure Agreements, NewDesk and NewLook
Risc PC prices for Registered Developers
Phased payment option
Risc PC without a monitor
PC card offer with Risc PC
Availability of Risc PC
Adding SIMMs
Registered Developer Agreement
Software Evaluation Agreements
Registered Developer Handbooks
Hardware Developers' meeting
Errata and clarification

Technical News
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C compiler
Risc PC and the Developer
Pointers for the future
Memory management
Expansion Cards
Small memory machines
Application Notes 
Writing FIQ code for the Risc PC
Writing Games for RISC OS
Risc PC Technical Reference Manual
Risc PC Programmer's Reference Manual

News from outside Acorn
========================
Emerald Publishing - Technical Documentation on CD-ROM

Enclosures
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Registered Developers' Risc PC Discount Price List - April 1994
Registered Developers' Risc PC Discount Order Form
Standing Order Mandate
Risc PC Special Offers for  Registered Developers - Order form and Agreement
Risc PC launch pack (for Developers who did not attend the launch itself)
Draft Acorn good practice guidelines for Developers
User News, Issue 4
Acorn UK Retail Price List - April 1994


Developers' Newsletter 
No 34 - July 1994

Contents:
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General News
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Registered Developers' Logo
Risc PC availability
Risc PC Lapel Badge
Online Media
Acorn Education Directory, Issues 6 and 7
CDFS, PhotoCD and PhotoView
Distribution of Acorn code
Hardware Developers' Forum - Focus on Risc PC
Hardware Conformance Scheme
Proposed meeting for C Developers
C Release 5 and Desktop C Release 2 beta
SIMMs and VRAM for the Acorn Risc PC
Acorn World
Risc PC Upgrades
FPA11 Floating Point Accelerator

Technical News
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REMINDER - RISC OS 3 Style Guide
RTF Rich Text Format
Colour Picker
Expansion cards in Risc PC - SLOTS and EMC
Application Note in preparation

News from outside Acorn
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Interactive Learning '94 Conference

Enclosures
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Developers' Disc 33/34
Education Product Directory, Issue 6
Directory correction form
Product Directory Information Form
Letter and related Information sheets
Risc PC lapel badge










































































































































