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November 2009: The DivIDE Plus interfaces for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum are now starting to come through in earnest. We are expecting a further batch of 29 to arrive on Friday 27th November and will be using these to launch our new website dedicated to retro computers and electronics - sellmyretro.com

June 2009: We can now offer the AY-Magic interfaces by Zaxon for sale - this plugs into the expansion port on the ZX Spectrum 48K (rubber key or +48K models) and allows you to play the AY music files produced for programs running on the Spectrum 128K version. Demonstration programs which include AY output appear on: http://zxspectrum48.i-demo.pl/ay48k_demos.html. The Project AY Pages contain details of which ZX Spectrum programs included AY music on the cassette.

April 2009: We have now ordered replacement faceplates for the rubber keyed Sinclair ZX Spectrum - these should be on sale in May. Also keep your eye out for a new place to buy your retro computer items - SellMyRetro.com - this is a new site which will bring traders and enthusiasts together and let you discover all of the resources for your retro computer or game console.

January 2009: We have taken over the stock from Tony Firshman (TF Services) and can now offer a wide range of spares for the Sinclair QL, from ZX8301 and ZX8302 ULAs, 8049 and 8177 chips and processors, through to replacement tops for the Sinclair QL.

June 08: We have now obtained some more RAM Expansion cards for the Cambridge Z88 portable computer and have special offers on our Cambridge Z88 page. Supplies are limited. We are also offering 2 x brand new Cambridge Z88 32K EPROM Cartridges for £10, with a price reduction on the Z88 EPROM eraser.

June 08: We now host two different discussion forums:

RWAP Software Forum, which is for discussion of our projects and what people would like to see and help to shape our future direction
Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81 computers Forum, which includes emulators and Timex-Sinclair Clones. This has already proved very popular with plenty of discussion and hardware project details.

May 08: Following production issues with the DivIDE Plus hard disk interface for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, we have now brought production over to the UK (with the original designers sourcing and providing the kit parts). This should speed up production and we have now received 20 kits to start with. Another 25 are on order, and we are investigating the possibility of ordering another 100 units to ensure that supplies continue.

May 08: We are now offering a repair service for Sinclair computers (ZX81, ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL), as well as Commodore 64 and Plus 4, Amiga, and Atari machines, as well as games consoles. Contact us for details. New this month is a range of 6 second hand printers - must go by 31st July 2008, include: Epson Stylus Colour 850 inkjet printer, HP Deskjet 720c Colour inkjet printer, HP Laserjet 4 Laser Printer, Tecktronix Phaser 850DP Solid Ink Printer and an OKI C9500 A3 colour Laser printer with duplexing unit. From £55 each, you can't go wrong - get a bargain today.

Jan 08: Our new year sale. New this month is the Genealogy Research System by Chris Boutal (Deltadrive Limited) - this is a complete reworked approach to undertaking genealogy research and builds on his previous programs: QL Genealogist and Genealogy for Windows, with lots of extra features.

Apr 07: Released a new Retro Joystick for use with a wide range of retro computers (with suitable interface). Similar in looks to the Kempston Competition Pro Joystick, this is Kempston compatible and plugs into the 9 pin DIN socket provided on many joystick interfaces (or computers). Suitable for use with: Sinclair QL, Sinclair ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Commodore C64, Vic-20, SX64, C128, Amiga computers, Atari Computers, Amstrad / Schneider CPC and MSX Systems.

Apr 07: New ZX Spectrum Rubber Keyboard Membranes now back in stock - these have been manufactured in 2007 and are even better quality than previously.

Mar 07: New ZX Spectrum+ and ZX Spectrum 128K keyboard Membranes now back in stock - these have been manufactured in 2007. We have also now launched a QL Wiki to promote the Sinclair QL and provide some much needed information on the QL's hardware and software from the past and present. Please contribute to this if you feel able.

Nov 06: Page relating to the divIDE hard disk interface for the ZX Spectrum updated to provide details of latest design enhancements and to allow pre-ordering.

Pages added on the ICL One Per Desk computer, including exciting news concerning a disk interface for this class retro computer.

Sep 06: In case Sinclair QL owners think we have been slacking, we have released v2.05 of Nemesis MKII (the original Talent adventure) - this version has been recompiled with the latest Turbo in order to ensure better compatibility with QL emulators.

On the website front, we have revamped our Internet Business Angels site and also launched a new site devoted to winning the Lottery

Aug 06: ZX Spectrum owners will be interested in our new Storage Solutions page, which includes details of the current offers, including the new PlusD floppy disk drive interfaces, offers on disks, ZX Interface 1 and Microdrive sets and even news of current production of the divIDE hard disk drive interface.

The RWAP Software website has been updated to bring it more in line with our sister sites, RWAP Adventures, Internet Business Angels and RWAP Services. We have now also moved it onto a faster dedicated server.

We have now obtained a lot more second hand items for the ZX81, ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL - we are still updating our listings, but please browse our second hand sections for more information if you are looking for additional hardware, software or books whether for use or collecting purposes. May 2006 has seen a lot of items added to the Sinclair QL page and even Second Hand items for the Sinclair ZX81

We have now obtained brand new Plus-D Disk Drive interfaces for the ZX Spectrum - this allow you to connect up to 2 floppy disk drives and a printer via its built in parallel interface. Also provided is a snapshot button allowing you to capture running software on the Spectrum and save it to disk for playing later - see the Plus-D Disk Interface

The SBASIC / SuperBASIC Reference Manual has now been re-released in Adobe Acrobat format on CD-ROM thanks to a special filter which has allowed us to easily convert Text 87 files to Adobe Acrobat files This is release 4 and includes all details about using the Enhanced Colour Drivers on QPC/QXL and the Q40, and even how to access 16 or 256 colours on the Aurora Motherboard. Updates for the original printed manuals are still available separately.

QWord has now been released to a tumultuous response - we hope that you like it. Feedback is especially welcome and we are looking at releasing a full version for the PC. In the meantime, the demo version now includes full sound

The ESC/P2 Drivers for ProWess have now been updated to v1.05 - this includes a minor bug fix which was preventing the pages being ejected properly on some printers.

We are looking into the possibility of getting new face plates made for the original rubber key ZX Spectrum (these are the plates which go around the actual keys and have some of the keywords printed on it - tend to get bent when you replace a keyboard membrane). We are also looking into the possibility of getting some replacement ZX80 / ZX81 keyboard membranes produced.

A load more books have been added to our ZX Spectrum, Sinclair QL, ZX80 and ZX81 second hand pages - check they are still available before ordering. More software has also been added to these pages.

We are in the process of adding some PC Games reviews and can now offer brand new 3 1/2" ED Disk drives for use with the Sinclair QL and PC.

QL Payroll v3.9 QL Cash Trader v3.8 have now been recompiled with Turbo to ensure that they continue to work on the latest systems.

We have also now updated our site to include a Visitor Guestbook, which can be easily added to other websites. This also allows the owner of the guestbook to collate the email addresses of everyone who submits an entry to the guestbook for possible future mailshots. The owner can also implement swearing filters on all content sent to the guestbook.

In conjunction with WN Richardson & Co and Rakewell Limited, we are now pleased to be able to supply a wide range of items for the Cambridge Z88 computer and also the Sinclair Spectrum.

We have also added a list of our second hand items for sale, which include items for the QL, Z88 and Spectrum computers, as well as a wide range of other miscellaneous items..

For those looking for help when playing scrabble, we can offer PWords - an extremely large dictionary for QTYP compiled by Paul Meridinian. This dictionary contains over 564,000 words and is the largest dictionary ever compiled for the Sinclair QL and is supplied complete with the latest version of Solvit Plus 2 by Geoff Wicks, to help you solve word games and crossword puzzles. It is also supplied in plaint ASCII format (if you purchase the CD-ROM version) which may be imported into spellcheckers for other computers.

QL Cosmos has been updated to v2.05, to correct a bug which prevented direct selection of stars working.

We are now able to offer a special offer for people who own QL Genealogist and wish to upgrade to the latest PC Genealogy for Windows. Updates to the latest Genealogy for Windows version are also now available. QL Genealogist v3.27 incorporates minor changes to dex which struggled to convert old g2 databases. It also now fully implements the shotgun syndrome, whereby adding parents to both husband and wife would destroy their married link. There are also numerous enhancements over v3.25 or earlier, including the ability to use FileInfo II and QMenu, as well as fixing a few minor bugs.

Some of our software has also been re-compiled to overcome compatibility issues with the latest version of the Turbo Toolkit - please ensure you have the latest version if you are encountering problems.

Q-Route v2.00 has now been released - this uses the full potential of the Q40/QPC and QXL's enhanced display drivers to draw the maps in more colours and even quicker than normal. Various improvements have been made to the Q-Route maps - make certain that you have the latest versions. We have now released a series of smaller maps cut out from Big Britain Map and with more local detail. The version numbers of the maps appears in the .INF file for the map. See our price list for full details of prices. The latest Britain Map is now available for download - see our Price List. The Catalonia and Belgium maps have also been vastly improved.

QL Flightdeck is now v1.05 - this allows for longer delays to be set, which is required for the Q40 and fast QPC systems.

Image D has now been added to our stable of programs - this allows you to create 3D perspective views of objects in wireframe, hidden line and shaded views.

Q-Help v1.06 has now been released. This version includes the latest updates to the Reference Manual for the extended colour drivers. Q-Index v1.05 has now been released as a separate program. Q-Index allows you to enter a search topic and to find the keywords which are relevent to that topic, for example, search for help on Compiling Programs and find out that you can use CHARGE, DATA_AREA and TURBO_objfil (amongst others).

SToQL v1.30 has now been released which enables the program to work correctly under all screen resolutions.