Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 17th May, 2016. We are pleased to announce that R-Comp and RCI will be present at the RISC OS eXperience event near Amsterdam this weekend. It is always a great pleasure to meet the Dutch RISC OS users and show what we’ve been up to in the past year.
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CJE/4D at RISC OS eXperience, 21st May
Announcement from Chris Evans, 12th May, 2016. We are looking forward to seeing many fellow European RISC OS users at the RISC OS eXperience near Amsterdam on 21st May 2016. Whatever your Acorn/RISC OS needs are, CJE Micro’s/4D should be able to help you.
Read MorePaul Emerton talks media preservation at ROUGOL, 16th May
Chap who may or may not be from the future talks about equipment from the past1. The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) is one that will be worth a visit from anyone interested in the recovery and restoration of old Acorn kit and material found on disc media, and archiving that material for posterity – in particular, equipment and media that was used by the BBC in their ‘Special Projects’ unit.
Read MoreChris Evans guest at Surrey and Sussex User Group meeting
The meeting’s tonight – so this is a last minute, RapidO post! The next meeting of SASAUG, the Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group, takes place on Monday, 9th May, and according to an announcement only just received here at the RISCOSitory bunker, the meeting will have Chris Evans of CJE Micro’s along as a guest speaker, with the subject being the Eastwood RapidO Ig and RapidO Ti computers.
Read MoreSouthampton and Bristol May meetings
Southampton, 10. Bristol, 11. Wait, sorry, no – those are dates, not scores. Tuesday, 10th May is the date of this month’s Southampton RISC OS User Group meeting. Organised as usual by Dave Higton, the meeting will run from around 7:00pm until around 9:00pm, and everyone is welcome to attend. So, with free admittance, if you’re in or around Southampton the place you’ll want to head for is:
Read MoreWow and flutter analysis application
Nothing to do with World of Warcraft or Betty Boop! Jim Lesurf has released an application called LP_WowAndFlutter, with which you can examine and measure any “wow and flutter” produced by an LP replay system which, with vinyl apparently coming back into fashion, might be useful when those old turntables are pulled back into service.
Read MoreWakefield group looks at sound emulation on 4th May
If it’s only emulated, will it only give you a virtual headache? The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club takes place on Wednesday, 4th May, and the topic of the meeting will be sound emulation, with a presentation on the subject to be given by Ian Stanley.
Read MoreXeroid: a new 3d perspective game for RISC OS
It’s not what you get if you feed steroids to a photocopier! Launched at this year’s Wakefield Show, AmCoG Games new 3D perspective, vector graphic game Xeroid is now available for general purchase. Based on a similar idea to Fervour, originally released by Clares Micro Supplies in 1993, the game sees you guiding your craft along a track, with the blackness of space forming the backdrop – your goal being to remain on the track, overcoming obstacles to reach the end.
Read MoreDrag ‘N Drop spring issue now available
These are not the page numbers you are looking for! The latest edition of on-off-on-off-under-new-management PDF magazine Drag ‘N Drop is now available to buy, either from its website or via !Store. This issue – number three of its seventh volume – is 36 pages long excluding the front cover1, and as usual includes a mix of regular features and one off articles.
Read MoreRISC OS Fr launches Raspberry Pie contest
Despite the ‘e’ it is computer-related, and not some kind of Great British French Bake Off. Shortly before this year’s Wakefield Show David Feugey, the man behind RISC OS Fr, pre-announced an, er, announcement that would made on the morning of the show – and the announcement he pre-announced was indeed announced when he said it would be announced. And what was that announcement? It was for the Raspberry Pie contest.
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