The heat is on… hopefully. The Southampton RISC OS User Group’s next meeting is taking place a day later than usual – the meetings are usually on the second Tuesday of each month but February’s is instead set for Wednesday, 11th February. Meeting organiser Dave Higton changed the date for February a couple of weeks ago, to avoid clashing with a Parents’ Evening at the group’s usual meeting place.
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Answer: the RISC OS Open stand at the Southwest Show
Question: Where can you find a Raspberry Pi 2, a new Style Guide, and a robot arm, all together? (Um. Have I got the question and answer the wrong way around?) RISC OS Open Ltd have confirmed that they will be appearing at the RISC OS Southwest Show on Saturday, 21st February, at the Webbington Hotel, Loxton – and that they’ll have some interesting goodies to entertain and/or sell to visitors.
Read MoreRaspberry Pi morphs into version 2
Turbo-ish boost! Monday of this week saw the surprise launch of a new version of the credit card sized Raspberry Pi – the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B.
Read MoreARMX6 at ROUGOL in February
They are called to Mordor London … It won’t be long now. He will soon be ready. The RISC OS User Group of London‘s February meeting – which takes place on Monday, 16th February – is set to be an especially exciting one: It will feature a sneak preview of R-Comp‘s new computer.
Read MoreSouthwest Show gains three more exhibitors
Previously only provisional, presence now, er, confirmed. With the Southwest Show fast approaching – it’s set to take place on the 21st February, just two weeks from today – organisers R-Comp Interactive and Orpheus Internet have been able to confirm the attendance of three more exhibitors:
Read MoreQuizMaker becomes 32-bit
Which of these is the correct answer to this question? A: Yes, B: No, C: Whut? Complementing QuizMaster, a title released by Jon Robinson’s ArchieSoft last year, a 32-bit version of the application to create quizzes is now available. That application – QuizMaker – was previously only compatible with older, 26-bit machines, such as the RiscPC and A7000.
Read MoreARMX6 formally announced – at last
We wants it. We needs it. Must have the precious! R-Comp have at last revealed more details about the new computer they demonstrated1 at the 2014 London Show, including a more official announcement of the name that was dropped into the 2015 South West Show reminder.
Read MoreWinter Drag ‘n Drop now available
The latest issue of on-off-on-off-under-new-management PDF magazine Drag ‘n Drop is now available. Volume 6 issue 2 of the magazine is the Winter 2015 edition and, although it’s the second issue of the volume, it’s the first issue of the calendar year, featuring 34 pages of news, reviews and features, including:
Read MoreWROCC meeting, 4th February
How to make a WROCC recording! The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club will take place on Wednesday, 4th February at 7:45pm at the West Yorkshire Sports and Social Club.
Read MoreTBX C++ library 0.7.3 alpha released
TBX is a library from Alan Buckley, designed to help with the development of Toolbox-based applications for RISC OS using C++. The library comes with a user guide and reference documentation, and as well as the library itself, there are additional downloads available featuring examples of the library in use, including a program to help produce skeleton projects.
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