Announcements – Page 3

News nybble: StreetFix exports GPX files of report locations

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 VinceH

Kevin Wells has updated StreetFix, his software that allows RISC OS users to report problems to local authorities, such as potholes, broken street lights, etc. Using Wget, the software interfaces with the FixMyStreet website to do this. It can also be used to look at existing reports, and version 1.02 of the software allows those reports to a GPX file – which can then be loaded into suitable mapping software to see where those reports are about.

MOVCJE BN11,BN17

September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 VinceH

You’ve heard of ARM’s big:LITTLE? CJE Micro’s has now moved to bigger premises in LITTLEhampton The little shop with a lot of stock is now a slightly bigger shop with a lot of stock. CJE Micro’s has moved from its previous home in Worthing, where it has been for over thirty six years to new, slightly bigger premises in Littlehampton.

News bit: R-Comp’s pre-show round up of releases

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 VinceH

Over on the RISC OS Open forum, R-Comp‘s Andrew Rawnsley has published a round-up of the various releases planned for the Southwest Show on Saturday.

Voting is now open in the RISC OS Awards 2018

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 VinceH

The annual RISC OS Awards poll undertaken by RISCOSitory on the RISC OS Awards website is now open for votes.

CJE/4D’s ‘Most Wanted’ – a pre-show reminder

October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 VinceH

CJE Micro’s/4D have posted a reminder that the pair of businesses has a ‘Most Wanted‘ list of fugitives bits of Acorn/RISC OS kit.

London meeting: Acorns in Aerospace – 15th October

October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 VinceH

That’s the aerospace industry, not the space above a Nestlé facility1. If you want to find out all about the use of Acorn computers in the aerospace industry then you need to head for the nation’s capital city on the evening of Monday, 15th October. That’s when Keith Emerton – a retired Senior Specialist Test Equipment Engineer – will be talking to the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) on that very subject.

Wakefield, Wednesday: Micro Miscellany

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 VinceH

Also: Wakefield 2019 date now confirmed! The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday, 3rd October, and the theme for the evening is Micro Miscellany. Rather than a set speaker, the idea is that members and visitors can bring along any of their own projects, anything else that others may find interesting, or anything they need help with.

The Long Gap is nearly over – the London Show is almost here

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 VinceH

This year’s London Show, which marks the end of the Long Gap in the main shows in the RISC OS calendar, takes place on Saturday, 27th October. So with today being the last day of September, it is now just 27 days away.

RISC OS Awards 2017 results

June 3, 2018June 3, 2018 VinceH

The latest RISC OS Awards poll, covering 2017, came to a close a on Saturday, 26th May – and the results are now known. The Awards website has been updated to show the results, and the winners (for whom I have contact details) will be notified by email later today, with direct links to the results so that they can be referred to on the their own websites. The results have already been announced on the RISCOSitory Twitter feed, but for anyone not using Twitter they are below.