EDITORIAL

RISC OS AGAIN

We make no apologies for raising the issue of RISC OS once again in our editorial. All reports from Acorn indicate that the company has initial supplies of the RISC OS upgrade already in stock, and that kits will start to go out to users from early April. We also expect further announcements from Acorn about the Archimedes range at the same time.

We hope we have already managed to convey to you some of the enthusiasm and excitement which we feel about RISC OS and its associated software. It is a very significant step forward for the Archimedes, and will do more than anything to enhance its reputation in the market-place.

This is likely to be the last issue of RISC User in which we will separately identify RISC OS items from the rest, as in the future RISC OS will be the standard to which we shall be working. However, RISC OS is a development of the existing Arthur 1.2, and any programs which we publish, unless specifically using any of the new features of RISC OS, will continue to work happily on existing systems.

We feel that it is important for the Archimedes world that all users upgrade to RISC OS at the earliest possible opportunity, and we hope that RISC User readers will be in the forefront of this movement. The cost (£33.35 plus £3 p&p if ordered from BEEBUG) is very reasonable for what you will receive (two new manuals, three discs and a set of four chips), but more importantly it will transform your Archimedes into a superlative machine.

This month's telesoftware password is Hebrides.
(See BEEBUG pages on Micronet)