A new version of ScummVM was released on 9th October – a significant date for the project, because it was on 9th October, 2001 that saw the very first revision – 0.0.1 – appear from the keyboard of Ludvig Strigeus. The latest release is 2.5.0.
Continue readingIf you need to use public transport – whether regularly, occasionally, or as a one off – it’s handy if you can plan your route, and while there are websites that will enable you to do so they may not work well (if at all) on RISC OS. This is where Kevin Wells’ BusTimes application comes in, a standalone application that uses Wget to fetch the data it needs from the Transport API site. Kevin has just released version 1.17 of the application.
Continue readingThe date of the next Wakefield Show has already been noted here in the RISCOSitory bunker, but it has now been formally announced. As reported in that post, the event will take place on Saturday, 23rd April, 2022 at its regular venue:
Continue readingKevin Wells has released a new version of his virtual keyboard application, which provides a means to feed input to the keyboard buffer without using a physical keyboard. Version 1.08 of Vkeyboard benefits from the following changes:
Continue readingMarking their return to physical meetings – the first since the pandemic brought about a temporary end to such things – the next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be a computer-related quiz, hosted by Peter Richmond.
Continue readingApparently addressing someone at RISCOSitory called ‘Rick’, Darnell from the Midlands User Group (MUG) has been in touch about the group’s forthcoming meeting, which will take place via the Zoom video conferencing service.
Continue readingDepending on which platform you use, there may be a number of different options available to you for RISC OS itself. As well as the standard distribution from RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL), for example, there’s also the ePic option, also from ROOL, which – for a price – adds a great deal of bundled commercial software. Then there’s RISC OS Direct from RISC OS Developments Ltd, and if you’re opting for an emulated solution, what about older versions of RISC OS?
Continue readingA new design of interface for connecting a PS/2 keyboard and mouse to an older era Acorn ARM-based system is now available from CJE Micro’s.
Continue readingWith last year’s London Show becoming a virtual event because of the pandemic and associated restrictions, the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) has announced that this year’s event is to return to its physical form!
Continue readingKevin Wells’ KPDFUtil has seen another update, bringing it up to version 1.05. The application serves as a front-end for PDFUtils, allowing a number of its features to be accessed from the desktop, rather than the command line.
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