The guest speaker at the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will be Hugo Tyson, who will be talking about what he did during the time he worked at Acorn.
Read MoreRISCOSbits unleashes FAST Linux with ECOS5
If you have a RISCOSbits FAST system, the company is now able to provide you with a new, additional piece of kit – which doubles up your RISC OS computer, making it a Linux one as well. Easy Concurrent Operating System (ECOS) 5 was announced in the run up to the RISC OS North show, with no product available to sell at that point, only to show off on the day.
Read MoreCardInfo 1.03 released
Kevin Wells has released an update to his CardInfo application that uses Wget to look up information online about our flexible friends, using a remote Application Programmer Interface (API).
Read MoreRISC OS Open at WROCC – 4th June
The next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting will take place on Wednesday, 4th June, and the guest speaker will be Steve Revill from RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL).
Read MoreScummVM bug-bashing release
A new version of ScummVM is available to download. Described by the development team (which includes Cameron Cawley looking after ‘our’ version) as a maintenance release, version 2.9.1 of the software includes a host of bug fixes rather than new features, but as many of these affect the various engines supported by the software, it’s worth updating your copy to benefit from them.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 31st May
Anyone interesting in software development on or for (or even of) RISC OS is once again invited to get together online for another friendly fireside chat, with the next meeting scheduled for 7:30pm on Saturday, 31st May.
Read MoreNew from Kevin Wells – KHolidays
Expanding his range of applications that use Wget as a way to allow RISC OS users to look things up online without having to worry about whether their web browser will be able to cope with the website, Kevin Wells has released KHolidays.
Read MoreMorphix – the latest title from AMCOG
Initially launched at RISC OS North at the end of March, the latest new title added to AMCOG’s ever increasing range is Morphix, and it is now available to purchase online via !Store.
Read MoreTWimp at WROCC – 7th May
Graeme Shrimpton will be talking about TWimp to the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) at their next meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, 7th May.
Read MoreTalking TWimp with MUG – 29th April
If you aren’t aware, there’s a new development tool in town, called TWimp, which makes writing multitasking applications for much easier than ever before. The software, from Graeme Shrimpton, takes care of most of the work involved in handling windows and icons by allowing all of that to be defined separately in a text file. This means the programmer doesn’t have to devote so much time (and code) to dealing with all that, and can instead concentrate on writing their core application.
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