Kevin Wells has a new application that may be of use to people running small businesses that take payment by card.
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VinceH, aka Vince M Hudd, owns and operates Soft Rock Software, providing services and software to not only the RISC OS market, but also to the wider world. RISCOSitory and its associated sites and services are provided for free as a result of that - so buying his stuff is probably quite helpful.
RISCOSbits at the London Show
It’s just two days until London 2024, which takes place on Saturday, 26th October, at the Harrow District Masonic Centre. A long and detailed announcement has arrived at the bunker from Andy Marks of RISCOSbits, so to save me time (I have to get ready for the show as well, you know!), here it is in full:
Read MorePreview the London Show in, er, London – 21st October
In case you hadn’t noticed, the next major RISC OS event will be taking place on October 26th – the London Show – which just happens to be this coming Saturday. The show is organised by the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL), whose regular schedule has their next meeting on 21st October.
Read MoreSee the ‘fastest’ RISC OS machine on Chris Hall’s stand at the London Show
You might want to make a bee-line for the Harrow District Masonry Centre next Saturday to visit London Show, at which Chris Hall says he’ll be demonstrating what he believes is the fastest RISC OS computer.
Read MoreIt’s (not) all Dutch to MACadd
Kevin Wells’ application for looking up information about MAC addresses has been updated to version 2.04, and now includes Dutch in the range of languages that can be deployed in its user interface. This joins the recently added French and German, as well as the already present English.
Read MoreHistorical data range extended in Currency
A new version of Currency is available from Kevin Wells. The application provides a means for checking exchange rates and perform other related tasks from the RISC OS desktop, by using Wget to relay information to and from third party websites.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 12th October
This coming Saturday – 12th October – is the next opportunity for anyone with an interest in RISC OS and software development to gather together in front of the virtual fire for an informal chat.
Read MoreLondon looms – show in just three weeks
Issues with the venue at which it has been hold since its inception meant that the RISC OS London Show hasn’t been held for a couple of years, and that following one brief reappearance after the hiatus caused by COVID. However, this year it’s back in a new location, and it’s time to get your travel plans sorted if you wish to attend – and why wouldn’t you?
Read MoreHexen port updated to 1.08
An updated version of the Hexen port to RISC OS is now available from R-Comp. Version 1.08 of the port has been released to resolve a number of issues reported by players, and also brings the code into line with that of the updated Heretic.
Read MoreTimeZones hits 2.00
Kevin Wells has released a new version of TimeZones, his application that can be used to establish whether, if you called someone elsewhere in the world, it’ll be stupid o’clock in their time.
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