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A 5 0 0 0 • A 3 0 0 0 • ARCHIMEDES • BBC
APRIL 1992
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The Complete Upgrade Solution
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8Mb Memory
- Uses only eight RAM devices
- Suitable far A440, A400/1 & R140
- Fully RISC OS compatible
- Four layer printed circuit boards
- Courier collection & filling included
8 Mb upgrade - £499
410/1 Memory
_ 400 series RAM u p g r a d e kits
_ supplied with full fitting instructions
- 41011 t o 420/1 requires 1Mb
- 420/1 t o 440/1 requires 2Mb
- 410/1 t o 440/1 requires 3Mb
1Mb - S.35 2Mb - £64 3 M b - E98
A310 Memory
- Includes free MEMC la upgrade
- Four layer printed circuit boards
- Courier collection & fitting included
- Free MEMC I a while stocks last
2nd Mb - £99 4th Mb • S199
2nd t o 4th Mb upgrade - i l l 5
A3000 Memory
- Uses only eight RAM devices
- User upgradeable from 1 t o 4 Mb
- Four layer printed circuit board
- Low power consumption
- Available without RAM devices
Bare c a r d - £35
2nd Mb Cord - £56 4 t h Mb Card - £159
A540 Memory cards
- Uses only eight RAM devices
- Four layer printed circuit b o a r d
- Three cords may be fitted giving
a total of 16Mb of memory
A540 4Mb upgrade - S275
Two memory cards - £520
Three memory cards - £749
ARM3 Upgrades
- 3 to 4 times performance increase
- Surface mount technology
- Four layer printed circuit board
• Suitable for all ARM2 based machines
25MHz ARM 3 upgrade - S199
Collection delivery and installation on
all machines - £35
A5000 Memory 8( Drives
- Increases A5000 memory to 4Mb
- Ugradeable from 4 M b to 8Mb
- 4Mb to 8Mb price includes installation
- High quality Four layer circuit board
- No special tools required
A5000 4Mb RAM - S110 4 M b to 8Mb RAM - £399
A50002nd 105Mb IDE drive - £299
VIDC Enhancers
- Increases resolution with all Multiscan monitors
- Doubles desktop work area
- Custom modes for ICIXOn a n d Eizo monitors
- Includes Mode designer software
- Free with any multiscan monitor from A t o m w i d e
VIDC Enhancer - S25 A 5 4 0 m o d e software £5
Syquest removable disk systems
- Including One Cartridge, drive unit and all cables
• 42Mb removable cartridges
- High-flow fan fitted for improved cooling
Atomwide Syquest drive unit - S425
Drive unit with Oak SCSI c a r d - S599
Spare 42Mb disks - £55
Quantum SCSI Hard discs
- Including drive, metalwork and all cables
- Fast loms access 64K c a c h e
- slim line disc t w o drives may b e fitted in one frame
- Available as internal or external units
52Mb internal - SI99 1 0 5 M b internal - S299
210Mb internal - S599 4 2 5 M b internal - £949
Oak l o b i t cord - S175 External unit odd - S75
DIP 8( Monitors
- Impression II DIP p a c k a g e S130
Impression Junior DIP p a c k a g e £70
- 18134 printer including sheet feeder £1045
• Eizo 9060 9,399 - Eizo 9070 6599 - Eizo T560 £1025
- TOx0r1795 SOO - Taxan 875 £775
All monitors c o m e with a Free VIDC enhancer
Carriage on all monitors is £7
Acorn Machines
A5000 & A5000LC - Free 4 M b upgrade
A540 - Free 4 M b ram c a r d giving 8Mb
A3000 & A3000LC - Free 2nd Mb RAM
A5000 - S1499 A50001..0 - S1531
With Eizo 9060 monitor A5000 - S1699 A50001..0 £1731
A3000 - £599 A 3 0 0 0 I . 0 £ 6 4 2 A540 - £2495
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- Combination deals available on all products
- Dealer enquires w e l c o m e
- Phone for full details on all products
All prices exclude VAT at 17.5% but Include delivery with the exception of monitors
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DrawBender
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Imagine the most Nmerful spread-
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Background recalculation so you carry
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language for your own custom func-
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Imagine dynamic charts straight from
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with bars filled by your own draw files to
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Imagine a fast and compact database
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CONTENTS
APRIL 1992
ISSUE 117
NEWS
EDUCATION
COMMS COLUMN
GRAPHICS COLUMN
NEXT MONTH
LETTERS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SUBSCRIPTIONS
SPECIAL NEEDS
We look at a selection of hardware that can help in the classroom
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COVER ILLUSTRATION
DANNY JENKINS
Editor Bery Monk
Assistant Editor Karen Donaghay
Technical Assistant Paul James
Art Editor Ton?. Judge
Editorial Assistant Sa,ah Bums
Advertisement Manager
Duncan Pringle
Deputy Advertisement Manager
Richard Power
Sales Executives Pe'eet Vohra,
Jack Manzoor
Ad Production Fiona Andrews
Production Manager Jennifer Jefirey
Publisher Seamus Geoghegan
Publishing Director Michael Potter
Editorial Director Christopher Ward
Published by Redwood Publtshing,
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Colour by Tromps Studio. Ware, Herts.
Printed by Rftrerside Press, St Ives PLC,
Gillingham. Distributed by BBC Frontline.
Park House, 117 Park Road. Pete.
borough. 0 Redwood Publishing 1992.
All rights reserved. Acorn is a registered
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MEMORY UPGRADES
Plink your A310 neecs more Ram? We look at four leading upg ides
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The exclusive review o' an exciting new oesign program
HARD DISC COMPANION
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Mc:Nag yideo images on the Arc are finally a reality
THE ARCHIMEDES
All the editorial pages in
BBC Acorn User are
produced on a DTP
system using Acorn
Archimedes 440/1 and
A540 computers, Com-
puter Concepts Impres-
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printers and Taxan
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