Latest news from VirtualAcorn

VAT Registration

VirtualAcorn will become VAT registered from the 1st of January
2004, this means that regretfully some prices will rise slightly. 

For example VirtualRPC-SE now retails at £169.00 inc VAT (plus p&p),
as opposed to £159.00 (plus p&p). Upgrades from VirtualA5000 are
now £149.00 inc VAT (plus p&p), the old price being £139.00 (plus p&p). 
More details are available from the ordering page on our website. 

http://www.virtualacorn.co.uk/order.htm

VVRam for all

However although the prices have risen, the specifications of
VirtualRPC-SE have improved even further. We are pleased to
announce that all copies of VirtualRPC-SE supplied after 1st Jan
2004 will include the facility, first seen on the A6 from Stuart Tyrell
Developments, to use extended video modes up to 8Mb in size.
This allows RISC OS 4 to use resolutions up to 1600x1200 in full 24
bit colour. This feature has proved so popular that we have decided to
make it available to all customers and would like to thank STD for
their assistance and support. Existing users can download a free
upgrade from the downloads section of our website that will add this
feature to existing VirtualRPC-SE installations. 

Power Management for laptops

We are also pleased to announce that all copies of VirtualRPC-SE
supplied after the 1st of January will also include power management
support developed in conjunction with RISCOS Ltd. Power management
is primarily intended for laptop computers and will reduce noise,
since the machines fan(s) will not be running continuously, and will
significantly extend battery life when running RISC OS. Our tests so
far indicate that battery life under RISC OS is now similar to battery
life under Windows XP. A free upgrade that adds power management
support for existing users will be available shortly. 

Also available is a free upgrade that fixes a couple of problems
reported by users. This upgrade solves the intermittent error
messages when printing on some machines and also fixes the
"Compact disc is faulty" message returned by some makes of high
speed CD/DVD drives. This will be included in all copes of
VirtualRPC-SE supplied after the 1st of January.

Happy new year to everyone

Aaron (VirtualAcorn)