Publications

Archive volume 26 and beyond

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 VinceH

Back in 2020 when the Archive Magazine found a new home with him after Jim Nagel sadly passed away, Gavin Smith proposed a bi-monthly publishing schedule, with each new issue expected to land on our doormats once every couple of months. Unfortunately, that didn’t come to pass for his first volume for a variety of reasons – not least of which was the timing. When he took over we were already in the throes of a pandemic, with all the ramifications of that, such as lockdowns and homeschooling, and like…

Updated Impression manual now available to order

November 26, 2021February 2, 2022 VinceH

And bag a free copy of Impression Publisher if you get in early! The user manual for the Impression desktop publishing software has been receiving a lick of paint lately, and you may have seen drafts on Chris Hall’s stand at the recent London Show, and before that at the 2020 Southwest Show. Chris has now reached the point where his work updating the manual can become something tangible for other Impression users, with the book now available to purchase.

User guide becomes a free download

November 1, 2021 VinceH

As well as its availability as a printed tome, the user guide for the latest stable release of RISC OS 5 has now been released as a PDF that can be freely downloaded from the RISC OS Open website. This step has been made possible thanks to CJE Micro’s who stepped up to address a licensing issue.

GAG-News DVD collection to commemorate it reaching 175

January 31, 2021February 4, 2021 VinceH

That’s 175 issues, not 175 years, obviously! In May of this year, the German Archimedes Group magazine GAG-News will have reached its 175th issue, having been published consistently every two months since April 1992. The magazine’s publisher, Herbert zur Nedden, notes that this probably makes it the only printed1 Acorn/RISC OS magazine to have managed such a long run with no breaks in its schedule.

StrongHelp manual for Ovation Pro script language updated

August 23, 2020 VinceH

Ovation Pro is a desktop publishing package written by David Pilling and originally sold by Beebug Ltd, and now by David himself, and one of the many features of the comprehensive application is an integrated script language.

Archive 25:1 and beyond – plans and prices announced

July 15, 2020 VinceH

Gavin Smith, the new editor of Archive, has announced his plans for the magazine, including an expected date for the first issue to be published with him at the helm, the schedule moving forwards – and of course subscription prices. Subscribers recently received issue 24:6 – a rounding off of the previous volume, edited and published as a fitting tribute to the late Jim Nagel by his family. The next issue, therefore, will mark the start of Gavin’s editorship by also being the start of a new volume, and that…

Archive 24:6 on doormats and online, and introducing the new editor

June 30, 2020 VinceH

A new issue of Archive magazine – volume 24 issue 6 – has been produced by Bart Nagel, and if you are a subscriber it should by now have landed on your doormats. In fact, even if the previous issue – 24:5 – marked the end of your subscription, you should have received a copy of 24:6 anyway.

New RISC OS 5 User Guide published

June 5, 2018 VinceH

RISC OS is so intuitive to use its User Guide is how big? A new version of the User Guide has been published by RISC OS Open Ltd – the first printed edition since Acorn’s last one in 1996, and one that is bang up to date with the latest stable release of RISC OS, version 5.24 released in April. The new tome is a mighty one, with a total of sixty two chapters and eight appendices, all of which span a total of 616 pages, and it features over…