No helium, hydrogen or hot air required. Steve Fryatt has released a new version of Floating Help, aka Float, bringing the application up to version 1.00 – its first ‘full’ release. A test build of the software earlier in the month aside, this is the first update to the software since 2003, when version 0.36 was released.
Read MoreAuthor: VinceH
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.
Southwest Show looms – just a few weeks now
Reminder announcement reveals name for R-Comp’s new computer. With the Southwest Show1 set to take place in less than a month’s time, Andrew Rawnsley has sent out an announcement for the event, organised by R-Comp and Orpheus Internet, to serve as a reminder.
Read MoreRISC OS Awards 2014 deadline extension
And a reminder: Vote now and be counted! The 2014 RISC OS Awards poll has been underway since the beginning of December, and the deadline for votes was to be the end of January – in one week’s time. However, that has now been extended, and the new deadline for votes is 7th February, 2014. If you haven’t voted yet, you now how two weeks in which to make your decision and cast your vote.
Read MoreSouthampton February meeting provisionally rescheduled
Also, group name morphs from SAUG into SROUG. The Southampton RISC OS Users Group usually meets on the second Tuesday of each month, and In February, that should mean the 10th. However, Dave Higton reports that there is a clash on that day with a Parents’ Evening, so the February meeting has been provisionally rescheduled for the following day – Wednesday, 11th February.
Read MoreA double JDServer whoopsie from Mr USB
No, Dave, this is unlikely qualify you for a Broken Cog award when it’s time to set up the 2015 RISC OS Awards. It’s just not poor enough! Dave Higton recently updated the Help file of JDServer with instructions for using the server from Windows 7 and Mac OS. However, he subsequently realised that he’d messed up his version control, and it’s possible that when people updated they may have reverted to using version 0.07 of the software as a result.
Read MoreMonitor and change CPU speed with CPUFreq
Quick, slow, quick-quick, slow! Chris Hall has released a new application called CPUFreq, which he describes as a utility to monitor, display and alter the CPU speed settings on those hardware platforms that support switching the CPU between slow and fast speeds – such as the BeagleBoard and PandaBoard.
Read MoreNew beta version of package manager PackMan
A beta PackMan than before! Alan Buckley has released a new beta version of his package manager, PackMan. The software is designed to work with packages distributed using the RISC OS Packaging Project, and is an alternative to the project’s own software, RiscPkg.
Read MoreRISC OS Awards at ROUGOL
An opportunity to reminisce about good times long very recently gone. The RISC OS User Group of London have announced the date and subject of their next meeting – and it’s a subject that I hope all but fifty or so members of the RISC OS community are currently thinking about! That subject is the 2014 RISC OS Awards poll, which is currently underway and has only received a handful over fifty votes so far – with a closing date that is a little over two weeks away, at the…
Read MoreUsing JDServer with Windows 7 and Mac OS
Windows 7? Mac OS? In a RISCOSitory article title? Say wut? Mr USB Dave Higton has updated the help file of his JDServer application, a JetDirect (Raw) print server for RISC OS.
Read MoreKeeping tabs on more MPs
Big brother is you are watching you them. Kevin Wells, who seems to have a bit of a penchant for writing applications to keep tabs on MPs, has added two more to the line up.
Read More