Strap yourselves in… there’s a lot in this post! Andy Marks of RISCOSbits has been busy in the extended period between the last physical show and Saturday’s London Show, and has a number of new products that he’ll be bringing along to show – and hopefully sell – to you.
Read MoreDay: 27 October 2021
Elesar’s WiFi Manager updated to cope with extra sign-in steps
Users of the WiFi HAT hardware from Elesar Ltd can now download an update to the WiFi Manager software component in time for the London Show on Saturday.
Read MoreWebworkz Revitalised
An application from the late Paul Vigay back in the day, Webworkz has been given some attention and has now been updated. The program, which Paul had available as a shareware product, was designed to convert Fireworkz documents into HTML/CSS. Announced by R-Comp, the plan with the updated version is to make it a free update for current Fireworkz Pro users.
Read MorePi 400 gets a Plus One
RISC OS users who were Acorn users long before the Archimedes and our favourite OS was ever a thing will remember that the BBC Micro had a younger, more limited sibling – the Acorn Electron. And they will also therefore have observed that the Raspberry Pi 400, a small computer built into a keyboard, could be seen as a nod to computers like the Electron – especially given that the Pi can run RISC OS, and therefore BBC BASIC (albeit a greatly improved version, and using much more memory), the…
Read MoreRetriever – a new application for indexing, searching files
Thomas Milius has just released another new commercial application, called Retriever. The purpose of the application is, on the surface, quite simple – it provides a method of locating documents based on a number of criteria – but it’s a little more than just another search tool.
Read MoreFireworkz Pro, Messenger Pro updated in time for London Show
New versions of both Fireworkz Pro (now at v2.31) and Messenger Pro (now at v8.05) have been released by R-Comp in time for the London Show – and if you can’t wait until Saturday (or can’t make it to the show) they are both available from !Store right now. If you can make it to the show, they will be available to buy on CD, with the CDs also containing the Windows versions of both programs plus other material.
Read MoreSoftware preservation at RISC OS London Show
Something that has been increasingly talked about in recent years is how to preserve old software, to ensure it doesn’t disappear when old discs, etc, become unreadable, with a number of people taking steps to do just that. One such person is Paul Emerton, who will be at the London Show to talk about the subject, and hopefully take the necessary steps to preserve any software people may bring along.
Read MoreNews nybble: kHangman version 1.01
Kevin Wells has released an update to his hangman game, kHangman, in which like the traditional game of its kind, the player must guess a word letter by letter, and for each incorrect letter one part of the gallows, noose, and hanging man are drawn. If the drawing is complete before the word is guessed, the player loses. Version 1.01 now keeps track of the number of wins by way of a percentage, and no part of the gallows are drawn until the first incorrect guess. In addition, the software…
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