Wishing the ARM processor a happy 30th birthday

Today, 26th April, 2015 isn’t just the morning after this year’s Wakefield Show; it is also 30 years to the day since the very first ARM1 processor was produced, powered up – and worked! The story of the new processor goes back a little further than 26th April, 1985, and  started when Acorn were looking for a suitable replacement for the MOS 6502 CPU, which at that point they were using in the BBC Microcomputer range.

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The RISCOSitory Bunker will be closed until 5th May, 2015

With the 2015 Wakefield Show now just about upon us, it is time to temporarily lock up the RISCOSitory top secret underground bunker (which is cunningly disguised as a run-down shack on the surface). The provisional date on which normal operations are set to resume is 5th May, 2015 – the first working day after the bank holiday weekend – though that date isn’t set in stone; it may be sooner, it may be later. Please continue to send any RISC OS-related announcements, press releases and interesting snippets – they…

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R-Comp !Store Collection CD available at Wakefield Show

Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 23rd April, 2015. We are pleased to announce that the “R-Comp !Store Collection 2015″ CD will be released at the Wakefield Show. The Collection contains our download-only releases from 2014-2015 including the likes of DeleGate, DeskEdit Suite, PhotoFix, ChartWell/DPGraphs Suite, Wimp Programming Suite and more.

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Recycle Acorn/RISC OS hardware or software at Wakefield

Announcement from Chris Evans, 23rd April, 2015. We have now booked a van to take to the Wakefield Show on Saturday, so if you want to buy any larger items please let us know and we will bring them. We can also recycle most old Acorn/RISC OS hardware/software items in the best possible way, by finding someone who wants to use them for their original purpose 🙂

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