It doesn’t seem to be very long ago that we first saw Andy Marks appear at the Wakefield Show with his ‘Acorn and RISC OS Spares and Extras’ stand, referred to with an acronym that had people with a childish sense of humour laughing (er… guilty, your honour! Very, very guilty!), and those without asking “do you realise what that says?”
Read MoreMACadd adds French, German
With apologies to Kevin Wells for a bit of a delay mentioning the first of these updates (the bunker has been unattended for a couple of weeks), there are two updates to report on MACadd, his application that can be used to look up information about MAC (Media Access Control) addresses.
Read MoreBristol RISC OS Users meeting – 12th September
The next meeting of Bristol RISC OS Users (BRU) will take place on Thursday, 12th September.
Read MoreVATGST pops up to version 1.03
If you use VATGST from Kevin Wells, there is a new version for you to download.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 7th September
People interested in developing on or for RISC OS will have their next opportunity for a friendly, informal (virtual) get together on Saturday, 7th September, at the next friendly fireside chat.
Read MoreAMCOG’s Tony Bartram talks to WROCC – 4th September
Tony Bartram has around twenty titles in his AMCOG Games back catalogue, and is currently working on two more titles, both of which feature something new or novel for our platform, and he will be talking at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting, this coming Wednesday.
Read MoreLet’s talk 64-bit with Gerph – ROUGOL, 19th August
In the RISC OS world, we (should) all know that RISC OS runs on ARM processors in either 26 or 32-bit mode, depending what hardware (or emulator) you are running it on – and that we are now at the stage where 64-bit only ARM processors are becoming the norm, and RISC OS is unable to run on them.
Read MoreStreetFix Help goes multi-lingual
And a language poll for MACadd There are two bits of news from Kevin Wells for some of his applications: There’s a new StreetFix release, which now stands at version 1.09, and he’s running a poll in relation to adding new language support to MACadd.
Read MoreX-Ample Technology comes to WROCC
The next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting is almost upon us – it takes place on Wednesday, 7th August – and the guest speaker this month will be Paul Reuvers from X-Ample Technology (XAT).
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 3rd August
The time has come once again for RISC OS developers, and anyone with an interest in the subject – perhaps as a beginner, or someone thinking of dipping their toes in – to gather around the virtual fire for a friendly chat. The next such meeting will take place on Saturday, 3rd August, kicking off at around 7:30pm.
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