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Converting Photodesk for Iyonix Users Mini Pcs with Windows and RISC The magazine for members of Converting Photodesk for Iyonix users Mini PCs with Windows and RISC OS Free For All PD programs Science websites with views into space Issue 48 — Winter 2003 Eureka Needs A New Editor ould you like to join the grammar and fit them into the page WEureka team? There’s no pay templates. You then print the but it’s enjoyable work and you do get completed pages and send them to our free Club membership. Also, at the proof reader, who will spot any little moment, there’s a unique opportunity errors (or big ones!) which you may to start at the top. have missed. Finally, print out the complete magazine and send this Eureka needs a new Editor. After master copy to the printers. From editing Eureka for eight years, I shall there, the printed copies go to our be retiring from the job next year and pack and despatch team to be mailed we need someone with enthusiasm out to members. and drive to take over. So what’s involved? Well, it’s a four times a You can keep Eureka looking the year job so it shouldn’t get in the way same as it is now, add your own ideas of any other of your activities. and improvements or revamp it all completely. Think you can do the job? We have a team of contributors I’ll be readily available to provide any sending in regular features and you help or advice you may need. can commission other articles from anyone willing to do them. You don’t If you don’t think the Editor’s job is have to be a ‘techie’ (I’m not) as the for you, you can still become a Club’s Committee (which you will contributor (see page 52). join) has some of the leading RISC OS experts who will write the more Email or write to me if you’re technical articles and deal with any interested (the addresses are on the technical queries which may arise. last page). I look forward to hearing from you. The Editor’s main job is to check the contributions for spelling and Peter Jennings All opinions expressed in Eureka are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Club or its Committee members and officers. CONTENTS 4 Fire which cancelled our Show 45 Crystal gazing The disastrous blaze which The Omegus family looks into the destroyed the Museum venue. future. 6 The RISC OS South East Show 46 Site Seeing Interesting new products at the Popular science websites, Guildford Show. including exciting glimpses at the wonders of space. 9 You only have to ask ...and our Technical Help team 52 Writing for Eureka will give you the answers, Join the Eureka team to see your however advanced or elementary work in print and get free Club the question may be. membership. 16 Mini PCs with RISC OS 53 The Double Cross puzzle Small boxes with Windows whch The words are all there. You just can run RISC OS programs too. have to find the right letters. 18 Free for all 54 Winning games with logic The first of a new regular column In part four of our series we reviewing the pick of the PD follow the ant trails which lead programs and where to find them. the way to winning games. 26 Photodesk: just 16 bits more 62 The Sys Admin’s Christmas How the photo-retouching Twelve days of email-borne program was finally converted problems for the festive season. for Iyonix users. 64 The Double Cross solution 42 RISC OS Rhymes The words you found and any that Our poetic computer explores the stayed hidden. realms were the wild sprites and pixels dwell. 2 Eureka 48 — Winter 2003 65 ARM Arena Midlands Show Cancelled Our regular look at the games You my already have heard that scene finds some new, eagerly the Club’s annual Midlands awaited, versions for the Iyonix. RISC OS Show, due to take place in Birmingham on 67 Coming in Eureka 49 November 29th, has had to be Our plans and hopes for the next cancelled, due to a serious fire at issue, the National Motorcycle Museum. 68 Club Contacts Who you need and where to send. For details see next page. Technical Help For All The Club's Technical Help Service is one of the most valuable benefits of membership. Like insurance, it's something you hope you'll never need but something which comes as a great relief when a problem does arise. The great variety of questions and problems can be seen from the selection we publish in Eureka but it should be emphasised that, although many of the questions are of a technical nature, the Technical Help team are just as ready to answer the most elementary of queries. Our members are of all stages of knowledge and computing ability and the service is open to all. You can send your query by email, letter, telephone or fax. It will be dealt with and answered as urgently as possible, bearing in mind that the Technical Help team are all unpaid volunteers with full time time jobs to do! You don't have wait to read the reply to your problem in Eureka. The addresses or phone and fax numbers to use can all be found in Club Contacts on the last page of every issue of Eureka. Eureka 48 — Winter 2003 3 The Fire Which Cancelled Our Show his year’s Midlands RISC OS main exhibit halls that were severely TShow, due to be held at the damaged. National Motorcycle Museum (NMM), has had to be cancelled due The Club usually uses the Premier to a severe fire on 16th September Suite, although we had the Manxman which destroyed three of the five Suite last year and were due there for exhibition halls. Exhibits totalling this year’s Show. The Midlands RISC OS Show’s organiser, Ralph Sillett, explains how the disastrous Motorcycle Museum fire has caused the Show to be cancelled this year. approximately 500 machines were As you may be able to see from the destroyed, while 250 were pulled to pictures opposite (supplied by the safety. NMM) it must have been a very difficult fire to control. I am glad that The buildings were safely evacuated no lives were lost and no-one was with no casulties, using established injured. emergency procedures. Due to the time of year, it was not The Imperial Suite suffered possible for the Club to find a suitable considerable smoke and water venue for us to carry on with the damage and is undergoing Show. Those which were the most refurbishment but may not be suitable had no dates available until available until January 2005. into the New Year. The Premier, Compton and Manxman We are now looking for another venue suites are unusable due to the for next year’s event as it is unlikely structural damage caused by the fire. that the NMM will be available until They are on the same floor level as the 2005. 4 Eureka 48 — Winter 2003 Our main concerns for a suitable venue are for easy connections with all parts of the UK and costs low enough to allow the smaller exhibitors to attend and to keep the entrance fee to a minimum. As soon as we have found a venue and The Museum site after the fire (top) made a booking we will advertise on and some of the destroyed exhibits. our website and other places. Eureka 48 — Winter 2003 5 RISC OS South East Show 2003 onths of feverish hard work by conversions and selling CDs of Mthe SASAUG team once again Debian Linux for ARM machines. presented us with a well-organized and successful show in Guildford. RISCOS Ltd were also present, taking Select subscriptions, and Attendance seemed similar to last demonstrating it on a variety of year, though slightly more spread out machines, including one bare case Toby Smith took time off from The ARM Club stand to tour the show at Guildford and found some exciting new products and helpful, friendly, dealers. due to an expanded show floor, to that actually turned out to be the accommodate more exhibitor space show’s only working Omega. than the previous year. That’s got to be a good sign for the market! The magazines were represented by Archive, Acorn Publisher and Acorn Going round the stands, I noted that User, all happily chatting away to Castle had the largest presence, doing visitors and offering subscription good business demonstrating the deals. Iyonix and related accessories. A hardware fix service was also being The ever impeccably dressed Martin offered for recently identified Würthner was showing off his latest problems, helping Iyonix owners version of ArtWorks, now fully 32 bit keep their machine up to date without compatible and loaded with all of his returning it — a cunning idea! previous excellent extensions. Copies seemed to be going almost as fast as Iyonix users were also well served by his CDBurner could generate them. the industrious Unix Porting Project team, providing details of their utility The voluminous storerooms of CJE 6 Eureka 48 — Winter 2003 were represented in the back corner, making this a really great product for continuing Chris Evans’s reputation those with PCs. as the ‘Corner Store’ of RISC OS software and hardware. Much focus RComp themselves were was being made of their new wireless demonstrating the latest release of networking kits. WebsterXL, now supporting increased security and an array of new Virtual Acorn were busy promoting page-saving mechanisms.
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