As a long time user of Acorn machines, from BBC B days etc. I am hoping to extend the life of this beautiful operating system, even if it has to be on a PC. I haven't found anything to equal the simplicity and ease of use of DRAW, and as I use this a lot for creating simple diagrams, I wanted it on my Windows computer. Thanks to the developers of Virtual Acorn, I can now draw all the diagrams I want, and scale them exactly, and I can add text any way I want and...... but wait, how do I get the damned thing to print out ?
I now have the opportunity to use my machine, but can't get the hard copy as the printer I use doesn't have an Acorn PDF....... however, the clever people at Computer Shopper told me therewere updates. Looking at the VA500 site I note that thereare updates that will allow me to use the Windows printer through an interface....so update from version 1.1 to 1.3 and all will be well........snag, how do I get the update to accept that I really do have version 1.1 ? It won't accept that the installed VA500 is a sibling..... If you have read this and know the answer, let me know, I'm dying to see what I can create on here using the most underrated system in the world.
Cheers Gunter