The opportunity has once again come around for people involved or interested in software development on, for, or even of RISC OS to gather together and discuss matters relevant to the topic. The next friendly fireside chat is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 10th January.
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Celebrate ten years of the Titanium with WROCC – 7th January
Back in October 2015, there was a surprise announcement something visitors to that year’s London Show could expect to see – a new motherboard, designed by Rob Sprowson, with RISC OS in mind; the Titanium.
Read MoreFlagQuiz 1.02 released
Kevin Wells has released another new version of FlagQuiz, his application that allows users to test their knowledge and recognition of national flags.
Read MoreProphet 4.15 brings mobility
Or, at least, the ability to keep in touch with someone on the move! A new version of Prophet has been released by Elesar. The software – originally published by Quinten Pain’s Apricote Studios, and now looked after by Rob Sprowson’s company – is an accounts and stock management package, designed to handle all the financial record keeping needed by a business, including the ability to submit VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD) requirements.
Read MoreFlagQuiz updated to version 1.01
Kevin Wells has released an update to his new FlagQuiz application, a piece of software that you can use to test your knowledge of flags from around the world.
Read MoreRob Napier, Acorn Biographer – ROUGOL meeting, 15th December
This Monday will see an incredibly rare event take place – so rare, in fact, that there are more dentists for hens than occurences like this: The RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) will hold a December meeting, with Rob Napier taking the virtual podium to talk about his current work-in-progress, an Acorn biography.
Read MoreRISCOSbits hopes you’ll go crackers for a Christmas Chimera
A pet mythical beast that’s for life, not just for Christmas With Christmas fast approaching, there’s a festive funbox available from RISCOSbits for a limited period.
Read MoreFire at CJE Micro’s
You have probably heard already that CJE Micro’s have suffered a fire at their premises in Littlehampton. This happened late on 2nd December, so – thankfully – nobody will have been there working. However, while nobody was harmed, the fire appears to have been quite significant. I’ve reached out to Chris Evans, and he has provided a statement to put on RISCOSitory so that people are aware of the situation. he wrote:
Read MoreRISC OS North 2026 show date announced
Richard Brown and Andrew Rawnsley, the organisers of 2025’s inaugural – and successful – RISC OS North show, have announced the date of the second show to be held in Warrington as 21st March, 2026.
Read MoreAMCOG delivers witness statement about Hugh Bowman to WROCC – 3rd December
The guest speaker for the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting, which takes place on 3rd December, is Tony Bartram of AMCOG Games.
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