The next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting will take place a week later than usual, on 13th December – the second Wednesday of this month, rather than the customary first. The guest speaker will be Andy Marks from RISCOSbits.
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Ah, no, now I get it – it’s a mystery machine, not The Mystery Machine! If you’re planning to pay a visit to the MUG RISC OS Xmas Market on Saturday1, you’ll undoubtedly want to pop into the second room to see what’s on offer from RISCOSbits, because it looks like there will be quite a selection. Andy Marks says there will be “a range of hardware devices, including several machines not yet seen in the wild.
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We’re on a ROAD to software, come on and code… In a move designed to hopefully encourage more people to develop software for RISC OS, and at the same time help existing developers with kit to test software on, and hopefully encourage those who are thinking about dipping a toe in the world of programming or people who are already capable but who have left the platform, the RISC OS Active Developer Scheme – or ROADS for short is a new initiative from RISCOSbits.
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Coming just a few months after the launch of the PiRO Qube machine, there is another new machine available from RISCOSbits – the eMMC4. With prices starting at £199, this is the second in their line of eMMC PiHard systems after the Qube.
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And one from Kevin Wells for budding programmers The Midlands User Group (MUG) held their re-branded summer event on 1st July. What used to be the Midlands Midsummer MUG Show eventually came to a close due to low attendance numbers, but in 2022 it was resurrected as an online event, and this year held again under its new ‘MUG Mega Meeting’ banner – billing it, in effect, as an extended MUG meeting, with a spread of five different speakers over its five hour running time.
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If you get your skates on, you might be able to make it to the next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC), at which Andy Marks from RISCOSbits will be the guest speaker.
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If you’re attempting to keep count of the number of different models of RISC OS computer available from RISCOSbits, you’ll have run out of fingers a long time ago – as well as toes and any other body parts you can use to help count. I have spare fingers lying around (don’t ask) and I’ve run out.
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At a bit less than 299,792,458 metres per second, but who’s counting? The Wradfold Show – aka the Wakefield Show when held in Bradford – is taking place this weekend, and RISCOSbits will be there with a number of interesting products.
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Wait, officer, no, that’s definitely not what I meant! Computer technology in general tends to improve in a number of areas, with newer machines sporting any or all of more memory, greater storage, and faster processing speeds – although equal developments in the software that runs on them, to make use of those improvements, can sometimes mean the end user doesn’t necessarily notice the gains that have been made.
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Andy Marks of RISCOSbits will be transported at high speed to the next Midlands User Group (MUG) meeting – or at least a digital representation will be, since the meeting will be held entirely online.
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