The next meeting of for Bristol RISC OS Users will take place on Thursday, 14th March, marking the first meeting of a changed schedule; previously, the group met on the second Wednesday of odd months, and until further notice meetings will take place on the second Thursday.
R-Comp‘s support packages for the 4té and Raspberry Pi 4 (on which it is based) have both been updated, with the latest versions – 1.21 – both available to download. In the case of PiTools, that’ll be via !Store, and in the case of 4téTools, from the users’ download site, detailed in the machine’s support documentation. The reason for the update is that an issue cropped up with some of the LockScreen options, which have now been resolved.
If you have any interest in developing on or for RISC OS – at any level, from absolute beginner to seasoned programmer – there’s another meeting this Saturday (4th March) with you in mind.
So is it now 4té-something-Tools? Were there 4té of them before? With a trip to Amsterdam1 coming up, to attend the Big Ben Club RISC OS eXperience, at which R-Comp‘s Andrew Rawnsley is planning to show off 4téTools as part of his talk, the company has announced a new version of the software. Sporting a range of new features for both 4té and Sixteen Hundred 4té2 users, the software is now at version 1.19.
Pi… Camera… Action! (And erm… RISC OS?) Although most laptops these days include webcams, as do some normal monitors even, the Raspberry Pi has its own camera module and a number of third parties also supply cameras for the device. At the next Midlands User Group (MUG) meeting, John Rickman will be talking about cameras for the Pi, and exploring what you need to use one.
And Andrew Rawnsley will be doing an ‘AMA’ as well. What a bargain! The next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will take place on 14th December, which is a week earlier than it normally would – the second Monday of the month rather than the usual third. This month there will be a talk on behalf of RISC OS Developments Ltd about some of their projects, given by Andrew Rawnsley, followed by a talk about the latest R-Comp products, given by (checks notes) Andrew Rawnsley. And following…
The new 4té computer, first shown by R-Comp‘s Andrew Rawnsley at the recent virtual London Show, has now started shipping to customers that have already ordered them – and while R-Comp says it will take two to three weeks to fulfil those back orders, that does mean there is still time to order one if you want yours to arrive in time for Christmas.
RISC OS users who are in and around Southampton on Tuesday, 14th January have their first opportunity of this year to all congregate on one location for a meeting – because that’s when the local user group is holding its next meeting.
The Southampton RISC OS User Group will next meet on Tuesday, 14th May, from 7:00pm until 9:00pm, in the Sports Centre of Itchen College, Deacon Road, Southampton. As ever, the meeting is free to attend, and everyone is welcome – bring along any software or hardware you wish to show off, etc. There will be at least one RISC OS network, hopefully with internet access. The car park can be found on Deacon Road, opposite Whites Road, and you need to head for the College Centre, an open area with…
RISC OS users in and around the Bristol area have their next opportunity to meet up for a chat, a bite to eat, and a drink, on Wednesday, 14th November. The meeting will run from 7:00-7:30pm until closing time, at: The Eldon House,6 Lower Clifton Hill,Bristol,BS8 1BT.