People in the United Kingdom who use RISC OS have plenty of opportunities to meet up with fellow users, with a number of user groups holding meetings on a regular basis, and a small number of main events – the shows, such as Wakefield and London. But what of our European friends?
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Passing on at ROUGOL – 18th March
What will happen to your computer gear when you’re no longer with us? Rather than a guest speaker, the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting – which will take place on 18th March (tomorrow) – will take the form of an open discussion, with Bernard Boase chairing the meeting.
Read MoreBristol users meeting – 14th March
The next meeting of for Bristol RISC OS Users will take place on Thursday, 14th March, marking the first meeting of a changed schedule; previously, the group met on the second Wednesday of odd months, and until further notice meetings will take place on the second Thursday.
Read MoreWizard Lore – a new game from AMCOG
Attendees of the recent Southwest Show will have had the opportunity to try out and buy the latest title from AMCOG Games, and it is now available to everyone else to purchase from !Store.
Read MoreTwo talks for the price of one* at WROCC on 6th March
* And the meeting is already free, so that makes this a bargain! Wednesday, 6th March, will see the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting take place, and this month attendees will get two talks from two different people, rather than the usual one.
Read MoreTrainTimes 2.04 released
Kevin Wells has released an update to TrainTimes, his application for looking up train timetable and related information.
Read MoreStrongED 4.69f14 available
If you use version 4.69 of StrongED and pop to the StrongED website you’ll be able to download version 4.69f14 of the software. That is to say the fourteenth ‘full release’ of version 4.69. The download file contains all ‘modes’ installed to ensure they are compatible with this release.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 2nd March
While the number of people using RISC OS is very small by the standards of other other operating systems, and by extension the number of programmers comparatively minuscule, within the community the number of people programming is – probably, at least – quite high as a proportion of users. One of the reasons for this is almost certainly the ease with which it is possible to start programming a RISC OS computer, with one very popular language supplied out of the box – BBC BASIC is included as part of…
Read MoreR-Comp releases an updated Hexen
If you’re a fan of a type of computer game known as a ‘first-person shooter’ (or FPS), in which the perspective of the game is from the eyes of the character being played, there are countless games you will know of on other platforms, with far fewer titles available for RISC OS, whether ported or original.
Read MoreEORI validation from the desktop
Released in 2021, VATGST is an application from Kevin Wells that makes it possible to validate Value Added Tax (VAT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) numbers – a sometimes handy thing for businesses to do when checking suppliers and customers.
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