On the menu: Raspberry Pi and WROCC cakes! The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club takes place on 3rd February, at 7:45pm, and this month’s special guest is none other than Mike Cook. RISC OS (and Acorn) users of old will remember the name Mike Cook from his “Body Building” series in the Micro User. The series started out in the BBC Micro days, and each article would guide the reader through building a small electronic device that could be connected to the computer. That series has…
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RISC OS Awards 2015: Alternative options revisited
An updated look at the alternative options people have voted for so far. The voting form for the 2015 RISC OS Awards poll went live seven weeks ago tomorrow – and the current tally stands at a few short of 140. This is a notable improvement on last year’s poll, which received around a hundred entries after being open for over two months, although still a little short of the previous year’s 150 – and ideally, even that could be bettered.
Read MoreRISCOS.fr BBC BASIC contest winners announced
Everyone can win with BASIC, that’s the truth (yes, the truth). David Feugey, who runs French-language website RISCOS.fr, has announced the names of the two winners of the second BBC BASIC programming contest being run via the site.
Read MoreRONWUG reminder: Wednesday, 20th January
Announcement from Steve Potts, 18th January, 2016. RONWUG – RISC OS North West User Group – 20th January 2016 RONWUG‘s next meeting is this Wednesday, and we’re hoping there will be no further venue disruption. Work appeared to be almost complete in November, but Plan B is still ready to put into action should the need be required.
Read MoreMUG meeting and repair workshop – 16th January
All you need: A used washing up liquid bottle, some sticky-back plastic, and a pair of scissors. Again.1 The next meeting of the Midlands User Group takes place tomorrow (16th January), and will feature a hardware repair workshop in which the group will be looking at resurrecting and repairing some older RISC OS hardware.
Read MoreLanMan98 now zero page friendly
Gain no pain! A new version of Common Internet File System (CIFS) client LanMan98 has been announced by CJE Micro’s. The software was originally developed and sold by Warm Silence Software as an extension for Acorn/ANT’s Omniclient, and worked alongside LanManFS to provide long filename support – much as another Warm Silence product, Win95FS, did for DOSFS and floppy discs.
Read MoreSouthampton user group meeting – January 12th
Announcement from Dave Higton, 9th January, 2015. The next meeting of the Southampton RISC OS Users Group will take place on Tuesday, January 12th, in the Sports Centre of Itchen College, Deacon Road, Southampton, from 19:00 until 21:00.
Read MoreBristol RISC OS Users meeting – 13th January
A chance to see the @Raspberry_Pi Zero running RISC OS! The next meeting of Bristol RISC OS Users is due to take place next Wednesday – the 13th – and attendees will have the chance to see a Raspberry Pi in action, thanks to regular Chris Hall, who plans to bring his along.
Read MoreTitanium comes to London user group meeting
Group’s first meeting of 2016 sets a high bar for the rest of the year! Unless you’ve been asleep since just before the recent London Show, you will be aware of Titanium – the subject of a surprise announcement the night before the show. Developed by Rob Sprowson of Elesar Ltd, Titanium is a new motherboard designed from the outset with RISC OS in mind.
Read MoreNew Year sales hit !Store
With no need to leave your desk and form an orderly queue! R-Comp‘s Andrew Rawnsley has just announced that there will be a !Store New Year sale, with a variety of items offered at a discounted price via the software shopping application – a selection that will change as the sale progresses, so it’s important to keep checking if the software you want isn’t yet discounted.
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