Archive News 2026
| 03/02/2026 |
There has been a big update to archived packages including;
- The user manual for Acornsoft's ABC,
- The package cover and inside details for Missing Signs from ESM,
- Number Balance, the ESM version including documentation,
- Alternate package design for Fernleaf's Games of Deduction,
- The documentation for Sherston's Fleet Street Phantom,
- The Master Compact software for Terra Australis from Jacaranda,
- The box front and rear scans for Get Set from Griffin,
- The sleeve art for Beebug Paintbox,
- Documentation for Tile Mosaic from Cambridge Micro Software,
- Missing documentation for Goldfields from Jacaranda,
- The package wrapper for Fernleaf's Fletcher's Castle.
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| 29/01/2026 |
Further additions include;
- Sketch, a cassette-based art package from Goldstar,
- Draw from Micropower, a turtle graphics program,
- Illustrator graphics package from Nidd Valley.
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| 23/01/2026 |
Further additions include;
- Zap The Numbers from Edsoft in Australia, an arithmetic drill
program,
- Sequence from the Tasmania Education Department, a visual
discrimination program,
- Some applications for the Archimedes My World 2,
- Archimedes Words and Pictures resource pack,
- Archimedes Speak Easy.
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| 18/01/2026 |
Some RISCOS educational titles added including;
- Conform+ a concept keyboard overlay designer and driver for
RISCOS Archimedes computers,
- First Words and Pictures from Chalksoft. A BBC title converted
for the A3000,
- Keyboard Programs from SEMERC; a suit of BBC Micro title by Alan
Nixon adapted to run under RISCOS.
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| 16/01/2026 |
The continuing additions include;
- Acornsoft's Creative Graphics,
- EDG Graphics Package from Salamander.
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| 14/01/2026 |
The continuing additions include;
- Splash, from the Elizabeth Computer Centre, Hobart Tasmania, an
early years counting game,
- Star Chaser, from Paranti Products, an Australian publisher; this
is a mathematical game. Kudos to billcarr2005 from
StarDot for cracking the protection.
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| 13/01/2026 |
The continuing additions include;
- Twenty Crossword Puzzles from NCET, a twin cassette package of
extra crosswords for the NCET title, Crossword Puzzler; these have been
converted to a disc image for convenience of use,
- Party Time from Argus Publications Software, maths programs for 3
- 5 year olds,
- The documentation for A Saxon Settlement by Fernleaf;
documentation produced by MEP for their Blue File suite of software,
- The documentation for Stretch from 4Mation added to the Private Archive,
- Reading Corner: Folk Tales from BBC Soft.
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| 11/01/2026 |
The latest additions from a large donation of educational material include;
- Mathematics with a Micro 1, from Heinemann,
- Morse Reader, an Amateur program to decode Morse Code fed into
the BBC Microcomputer Analogue Interface,
- The Tombs of Arkenstone from Arnold Wheaton Software; the
original disc was protected but the protection was hacked by
StarDot members.
Huge thanks to StarDot members Lnew and Lurkio for the donation. |
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| 07/01/2026 |
Added the missing software for What's to Eat? by Shumwari Associates.
This was discovered on a badly damaged cassette but luckily a second copy was
recorded onto side 2 of the cassette. By combining data loads from both sides of
the tape and swapping cassette players to load the tricky blocks a complete
archive of the title was obtained. |
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| 03/01/2026 |
Recent additions include;
- Planet Watcher from Brilliant Software, definitely one for the astronomers
out there,
- The Night Sky from Bridge Software, the single title from
cassette.
Thanks to vectoreyes of StarDot fame for loaning the items for archiving. |
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Number Balance
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| ARCHIVE STATS |
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4540 programs
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1921 packages
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419 publishers
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GENRE STATS |
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Administration 56
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Adventure 107
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Art 64
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Biology 170
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Business 84
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Chemistry 212
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Classics 3
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Computer Science 290
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Design and Technology 66
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Economics 19
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Electronics 18
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English 73
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French 65
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Gardening 2
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General Purpose 206
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Geography 137
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German 28
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History 50
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Literacy 580
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Mathematics 1381
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Modern Foreign Languages 11
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Music 54
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Navigation 1
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Office Skills 5
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Personal and Social Education 33
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Physical Education 8
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Physics 164
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Problem solving 141
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Religious Education 2
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Science 64
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Sociology 1
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Special Needs 300
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Training 4
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