It’s meeting time in the Midlands this Saturday, 18th November! With this being the Midlands User Group‘s last meeting of this year, those in attendance will be reviewing what looks to have been an exciting year for the operating system, and looking forward to 2018; discussing topics people would like to see covered at meetings, guest speakers, and so on.
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High vector builds of Aemulor now available
A couple of years ago, RISC OS Open Ltd started building versions of RISC OS with “zero page relocation” – with the memory map changed such that the kernel’s workspace that started at the bottom of the addressable memory was moved to a higher location. This was an important step for security and stability, and for the future of the operating system. However, it wasn’t ever going to happen without some casualties along the way; software that in some way tried to use or access certain information held in that…
Read MoreAMCOG releases yet another new game – Protector
First launched at the recent London Show, where it could be picked up on compact disc, Protector is the latest release from AMCOG Games, and it has now been updated to version 1.17, and for a mere £9.99 can now be purchased from !Store.
Read MoreNews nybble: London Show videos now online
Meanwhile, I have yet to get the final Wakefield Show video finished and uploaded! ROUGOL member Leo White, who records the theatre talks at the London Show, has now uploaded the recordings of this year’s talks to YouTube. In alphabetical order: BBC Media Preservation (Paul Emerton) CJE Micro’s (Chris Evans) MW Software (Martin Würthner) R-Comp (Andrew Rawnsley) RISC OS Developments (Richard Brown) RISC OS Open Ltd (Steve Revill) Sine Nomine Software with RISCOSbits (Matthew Phillips and Andy Marks) VideoNuLA (Rob Coleman)
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton user group meeting – 14th November
The Southampton RISC OS User Group will be meeting again this coming Tuesday, 14th November, from 7:00pm until 9:00pm at: Itchen College Sports Centre, Deacon Road, Southampton. Anyone who uses or has an interest in RISC OS is welcome – there is no admission fee – and visitors are welcome to bring along any hardware or software to show off, play with, etc. To find the meeting, head for the College Centre, an open area with tables and chairs next to the Sports Centre Reception desk. For those coming by…
Read MoreChange of venue for Bristol meeting, 8th November
The next meeting of the Bristol RISC OS Users group will take place on Wednesday, 8th November – but not at the usual venue. This month, the group can be found in a pub a short walk away from their normal meeting place. The meeting will be held at The Eldon House pub, which can be found at: 6 Lower Clifton Hill, Bristol, BS8 1BT.
Read MoreNews nybble: 2018 Wakefield Show date
Mark 21st April, 2018 in your diaries, folks – because that’s the date for the next Wakefield Show, according to the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club’s Events Diary page. With the doors expected to be open to the public from 10:30am until 4:30am, the entry says that the event will once again take place at: The Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 3QZ.
Read MoreNews nybble: Pi-Top acrylic slice – featuring the RISC OS cog
For any discerning RISC OS user who has a Pi-Top – whether bought from 4D as the Pi-TopRO, or elsewhere as just the Pi-Top – one thing obviously missing from the product is any kind of branding to make it a distinctively RISC OS laptop. RISCOSbits‘ Andy Marks has now come up with the solution. The Pi-based laptop features a slide-out panel between the keyboard and hinges, and RISCOSbits can now supply a RISC OS branded acrylic slice for the that fits neatly in place of the original strip on…
Read MoreNews nybble: WROCC meeting – Raspberry Pi as NAS and media player
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club will next meet on Wednesday, 1st November, at 7:45pm, when Ruth Gunstone will be the group’s speaker, covering the use of a Raspberry Pi as a Network Attached Storage device, and as a media player. The meeting is free for members, and a mere £3.00 for guests, and takes place at: West Yorkshire Sports and Social Club, Sandal Hall Close, Off Walton Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 6ER.
Read MoreRISC OS Developments release OBrowser as a fundraising initiative
As this year’s Wakefield Show drew near, news emerged of a new company – RISC OS Developments Ltd – formed by R-Comp’s Andrew Rawnsley and Orpheus Internet’s Richard Brown, with an extra theatre slot set aside for Richard to explain why the company was set up, what it’s purpose is (to a certain extent; full details were, and still are, subject to a non-disclosure agreement), and how people could help. A video of that talk is on YouTube:
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