No longer throws toys out of pram if Windows’ User Account Control is enabled. New versions of VirtualAcorn‘s range of RiscPC emulators for are now available, which are “designed to better support Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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Upcoming meetings in Southampton, Bristol
The end is next meetings are nigh! The Southampton Acorn Users Group – SAUG – usually meets on the second Tuesday of each month and September’s meeting will therefore take place on Tuesday, 9th September, with the usual starting time of 7:00pm, running on until 9:00pm. The meeting takes place at:
Read MoreFrom RiscPC to Raspberry Pi at the September WROCC meeting
Yet more attention for the RiscPC, which really only wanted to celebrate quietly, with family and close friends. With the RiscPC having celebrated its 20th birthday earlier this year, the next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club will feature Peter Richmond taking a look back at some of the hardware expansion options that have been available in that time for Acorn’s iconic and most powerful computer.
Read MoreID3TagEd updated to version 0.50, 0.51
0.501 replaces 0.25 – that’s, like, twice more than twice as good, innit? Chris Johnson has announced the release of version 0.50 of ID3TagEd and, since that announcement, he has updated the software yet again to version 0.51.
Read MoreWakefield club offers meeting videos for remote members
You can virtually attend meetings – but with no interaction. Just like TV! The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club have come up with a new way to encourage membership from afar – by allowing members to virtually attend meetings, albeit after they’ve happened. In other words, they’re making videos of meetings available online for those people who are unable to attend in person.
Read MoreDavid Bradforth punts new ‘TechGuides’ magazine
LET TechGuides = (printed OR digital) magazine + (email OR (email + telephone + skype) OR on-site) support1 Following his recent campaign to raise funds to publish a book about the history of Acorn Computers, David Bradforth has again turned to crowd funding website Indiegogo to raise funds for another project. This time, the goal is to launch a new magazine and support scheme, called TechGuides.
Read MoreSpecial promotion – tablet deal
Announcement from R-Comp, 16th August, 2014. We are pleased to be able to offer a special deal on tablet computers, for the next few days (it is a short-term offer). As many know, we’ve offered tablet computers alongside our RISCube/ARMini ranges for the last couple of years. Our supplier has made available a small number of “premium brand” (hint, begins with an “S”) tablets at a heavily reduced price.
Read MoreNo August RONWUG meeting
Announcement from Steve Potts, 16th August, 2014. As previously announced, please note that there will be no meeting in August due to the summer holiday period and the fact that many people are away during this time. The September meeting will be on as normal.
Read MoreRiscDJ at London user group, Monday, 18th August, 2014
Announcement from ROUGOL, 14th August, 2014. The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be: RiscDJ Presented by Michael Emerton Monday 18th August 2014, 7:45pm
Read MoreSnippets – 16th August, 2014
A selection of hitherto unreported items from the past few months. B gets beefed up to become B+ On 14th July, just a couple of days after the Midlands Show, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a new version of the Raspberry Pi. The Model B+ is the same size as its predecessors (give or take – well, take – about half a millimetre or so in one dimension) but features an improved layout and specification.
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