You know it’s the final countdown to a RISC OS show when the announcements from individual exhibitors begin to land – and so it has begun; the first announcement regarding RISC OS North has come from RISCOSbits. Here’s what Andy Marks had to say:
Read MoreShow time looms – RISC OS North, 21st March
Two weeks from now, it’ll all be over. By this time on Sunday, 22nd March, I’ll probably be either home or possibly driving back towards the bunker, having enjoyed the previous day. But what about you? Will you have been there, or will you have missed it?
Read MoreSetting up and Using Messenger for email – WROCC, 4th March
The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will take place on Wednesday 4th, March, at which the club’s own Chris Hughes will be delivering a talk on email and usenet access.
Read MoreKevsoft’s Quiz creator released
When Kevin Wells released FlagQuiz in late 2025, along with a couple of subsequent updates, he said that his plan was to make it possible for people to create their own quizzes using the software – and he has now met that goal with the release of The Kevsoft Quiz Engine.
Read MoreVoices from a Future Passed – on sale from 1st March
The official Acorn biography, Voices from a Future Passed, put together by Rob Napier, will be available to buy from 1st March.
Read MoreGrok your railway stations in TrainTimes
A new version of TrainTimes (2.09) has been released by Kevin Wells, featuring the ability to link to a second online encyclopaedia to look up information about railway stations, as well as a small fix for using the first.
Read MoreRetro YouTube, and pocket computers – ROUGOL, 16th February
The RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) will next meet up on Monday, 16th February, and the guest speaker – who will be visiting the group in person – will be Colin Hoad.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 7th February
Saturday, 7th February offers people involved or interested in software development for RISC OS the opportunity to once again to meet up online and discuss the issues and problems they face, seek help, offer advice, demonstrate what they’re working on, or just generally chat about the things programmers like to chat about.
Read MoreScummVM 2026.1.0 released
With support for a dozen new game engines, and with them a raft of additional games, ScummVM has seen a new release.
Read MoreMUG marks its 20th birthday
On Wednesday, 4th February, it will have been twenty years to the day since the Midlands User Group (MUG) held its first meeting, and will be getting together in a pub on the day to celebrate that anniversary.
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