RISC User 12:4

June 1999

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Contents

Features

OP Return of the Palette
Have you ever wanted to edit palettes on your Risc PC like you could with the old Palette utility? Well, now you can...
OP Focus on Four
The fourth Wakefield Show was the first test of the optimism in the new-look RISC OS market since Acorn's demise, but was it a celebration of the future or a look back in anger? Richard Hallas was there and sent us this report
OP RISC OS 4 Revealed
RISC OS 4 is nearly upon us, but what exactly will we get for our money? We take a look at the features we can expect to see in the newest ARM-based operating system
OP Pre-emptive Strike
Eddie Edwards continues his look at the issues surrounding multithreading and how it might one day be implemented in RISC OS
OP Putting on a Show
Have you ever needed to display your computer screen to crowds of people or big classes of pupils? Mike Battersby has, and here he tells us how he went about it
OP DTP Workshop
Richard Hallas gives some good advice on how to avoid embarrassing mistakes brought on by poor hyphenation
OP Juggling JavaScript
In part four of his JavaScript series Mark Moxon finally gets to his first JavaScript program: oh, the thrill of it!
OP RISC OS Outside
In his continuing series on installing and using ARM Linux on your Acorn, David Matthewman examines some important Linux commands
OP The Historical Tudors
Chris Drage suddenly discovered that his school had no IT resources for teaching Tudor history, so off he went to discover which packages were the best, and came back with news of a whole new continent...
OP The Great Free-for-all
You might think that RISC OS isn't well served by business software, but David Holden knows a few nearly-free packages that do the job
OP Brew Your Own Java
Peter Naulls continues his series with a look at POP3 clients

Reviews

OP DrawWORKS Millennium
iSV's newest vector package has had the Y2K treatment, and Richard Hallas is highly impressed with what he sees
OP Messenger Pro
David Matthewman takes the lid off Messenger Pro, the latest news and e-mail reader to hit the shelves
OP The Canon BJC-7100
Beautiful printing and a powerful printer driver from Spacetech? It's a winning combination, says Nobilangelo Ceramalus

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OP Contents & Editorial
OP News
OP Solution to Puzzle 12:2
OP Puzzle
OP RISC User subscriptions, back issues and products
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OP Flat Plan
Overall layout of pages for this issue of the magazine