With 2024 about to be drawn to its inevitable close, it’s time to think about what will be happening in 2025 – and, unusually, this year the dates of all the main RISC OS shows can be announced in one go!
Read MoreRISCOSbits docks in the Midlands – 17th December
Or even RISCOSbits’ RiscDOCKs… The Midlands User Group (MUG) will be holding a meeting on Tuesday, 17th December, 2024, starting at 7:30pm, at which Andy Marks of RISCOSbits will be the guest speaker.
Read MoreRingBind reaches version 0.20
And there’s now a beta version of the Impression User Manual in Bound format Chris Hall has made available a new version of RingBind. The application offers an alternative way to view user manuals and other publications on screen, making them look like ring-bound manuals, as though open on your desk – provided they have first been converted to the Bound format (and file-type).
Read MoreThere may be 100 mega-reasons to grab Elesar’s new NIC for your RiscPC
Well, okay, that’s a 100mbps connection – so just the one reason, then. Elesar Ltd launched a new product at the London Show last month1, a 100baseT NIC (with patch lead) for the RiscPC and A7000/A7000+ machines.
Read MoreR-Comp brings some Christmas quizzing to WROCC – 4th December
Having been the guest speaker for the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting that took place in November, Andrew Rawnsley will be joining the group again for their December meeting – but wearing a different hat!
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 30th November
People who develop for or on RISC OS, or who are interested in doing so, have another chance to gather together around the fireplace for a friendly chat this Saturday, 30th November.
Read MoreRiscDOCK – a new portability solution from RISCOSbits
An undeniable feature of modern Single Board Computers (SBCs) – quite a few of which can run RISC OS – is their small size, making them eminently portable if put in a suitable case. For example, I usually have a Raspberry Pi-based computer in my bag alongside my normal work laptop when out and about. There is a compromise with that portability, though, and that’s to do with connectivity – I can use the laptop as is, with nothing else attached. But that Pi? Not so much. I need a…
Read More3D Moonbase Attack – a new game from AMCOG
If you were at the recent London Show, you may have noticed some people wearing cardboard glasses with red and blue lenses – and if you investigated, you’ll have discovered that it was because AMCOG Games had a new title on sale that makes use of such glasses.
Read MoreItalian translations added to MACadd, icon bar display added to Kclock
Kevin Wells has released updates to two of his applications – MACadd (now at version 2.05), and Kclock (now at 1.02).
Read MoreRISC OS Developments comes to WROCC – 6th November
In the run up to the recent London Show, RISC OS Developments released an updated version of RISC OS Direct, their customised and more user-enticing distribution of RISC OS – and it was a very important update, because it also marked the first public release of their web browser, Iris, which is now bundled in the distro.
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