Orpheus Internet, the very RISC OS-friendly ISP that was formed by the late Paul Vigay and now headed up by Richard Brown – one half of the Dynamic Duo that organises the Southwest Show – have announced that they now have new prices for ADSL and Fibre-to-the-Cabinet services. The company also provides off-site, secure backup facilities, and a range of remote support services, all at sensible prices. Richard will be in attendance at the London Show on Saturday, providing an ideal opportunity to discuss your needs, and says that the…
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News nybble: Elesar offers click and collect for London Show (updated)
Elesar Ltd is once again using the services of RISC OS Open Logistics, by offering a click and collect scheme for goods purchased in time for this year’s London Show, which takes place on Saturday. To take advantage of this scheme, which can represent quite a saving on heavier items, simply select ‘Pick up at London Show’ when choosing your shipping method at the check out. The cut-off point in the past has been 10:00am on the day before the Southwest Show, and 11:00am on the day before the Wakefield…
Read MoreNews nybble: Nut Pi on the newest Pi
RISC OS Open Ltd have announced a new edition of Nut Pi – a collection of commercial software, all provided on an SD-card for the Raspberry Pi. The latest version, which will be available at the London Show on Saturday brings ARMv8 compatibility to the software, which means it is now compatible with the Raspberry Pi 3 – and some of the titles included in the collection have been updated to the latest versions. The collection costs £35 plus shipping and VAT, which gets you a bundle of software that…
Read MoreNews nybble: Fireworkz Pro 2.20 released at London Show
Available from R-Comp at the London Show this weekend will be a new version of Fireworkz Pro, an integrated word processor, spreadsheet and database application. Version 2.20 includes support for the global clipboard, allowing the application to copy (or cut) and paste data to or from other applications. The software has also benefited from several bug fixes and minor improvements, along with major internal changes and restructuring, to pave the way for future modifications (and internationalisation). The CD edition is priced at £39.00 with upgrades from v1 costing £20.00. Those…
Read MoreNews nybble: R-Comp ‘Bundle’ CD expanded for London 2016
R-Comp‘s ‘Bundle CD’ – which includes a great deal of commercial software for a comparatively low price – has been updated in time for this weekend’s London Show. The disc includes such titles as DataPower, SafeStore, Messenger Pro, and so on – and the update includes the latest versions of DeleGate, Fireworkz Pro 2, and Messenger Pro 7. The CD is available to those purchasing a computer from the company, and those who already have an R-Comp machine but who didn’t opt for the collection previously can purchase it separately…
Read MoreNews nybble: Text>Draw version 1.32
Along with a new version of TranJPEG, Chris Johnson has also released a new version of Text>Draw (mirror), an application that makes it easier to create ‘composite text objects’ – related groups of text objects that use differing styles of text, allowing you to mix normal text with superscripts, italics, and so on, which can’t be done in individual text objects in Draw. The update brings the ability to click with Adjust on the icon bar to access the application’s choices and the ability to set a text background colour.…
Read MoreNews nybble: TranJPEG version 1.33
Chris Johnson has released a new version of TranJPEG (mirror), an application that allows a number of transformations to be applied to JPEG images in a lossless manner, by acting as a front-end to the IJPG ‘jpegtran’ command-line utility. Version 1.33 sees several bugs squashed, and an option to overwrite the original file when processing.
Read MoreNews nybble: AMPlayer now plays on ARM… v8
Rob Sprowson has released version 1.41 of AMPlayer – a module and command line application which provides facilities to decode and play audio MPEG files, such as MP3s. For users of the latest Raspberry Pi, the big change is that this version is compatible with 26-bit and 32-bit ARM processors up to and including ARMv8. The minimum version of RISC OS required is 3.50 – so in essence this new version is compatible with all RISC OS platforms since the RiscPC.
Read MoreNews nybble: Shock news – CJE Micro’s out of stock!
But only of some items, silly! With the London Show looming, Chris Evans has made the shock revelation that CJE Micro’s has run out of stock… of some items! Chris says the company can recycle old Acorn and RISC OS gear “in the best possible way, by finding someone who wants to use them for their original purpose.” A full list of items wanted can be found on the CJE Micro’s website, and they expect to have “an estate car full of space available” for the trip to the show,…
Read MoreNews nybble: pi-topRO news from CJE Micro’s
Function key fix, configuring the nano-router. pi-topRO users, it seems, may be feeling somewhat befuddled about using their function keys “in the normal way with the Fn modifier key” – but if you are such a user, you can now be de-befuddled. Chris Evans has revealed, with thanks to Jon Abbott for spotting the cause and solution, that all you need to do is turn off ‘Num Lock’ – which can be via the RISC OS Configure app (double click Boot, or menu click the Switcher icon on the far…
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