Announcement from CJE Micro’s, 17th April, 2014. Why not have a clear out of your unused BBC, Acorn and RISC OS hardware and software! If you’re coming to the Wakefield show next weekend,
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.
Beebs, Music500 and ArcElite at London User Group, 21st April, 2014
Announcement from ROUGOL, 15th April, 2014. The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be: Beebs, Shadow RAM, Music 500, and ArcElite Presented by Chris Jordan, Hybrid Technology
Read MoreClassicRip 0.60i
Announcement from Jim Lesurf, 15th April, 2014. I’ve now put up version 0.60i of ClassicRip. This version fixes some bugs present in the earlier versions. Pervious versions didn’t work on an Iyonix. This version should work okay. Note that this new release adds an new control setting, so please (re-)read the !Help file before use.
Read MoreRONWUG Reminder Wednesday 16th April, 2014
Announcement from Steve Potts, 14th April, 2014. RONWUG – RISC OS North West User Group – 16th April, 2014. RONWUG’s next meeting is this Wednesday, usual time and place.
Read MoreHappy birthday, RiscPC- you’re 20 years old today!
And, for many people, you’re still going strong. The RiscPC was the most powerful computer Acorn ever put into production, and it was officially launched twenty years ago today, on Friday, 15th April, 1994. according to Acorn’s April 1994 Developers’ Newsletter and the date of their announcement on usenet. RISCOSitory takes a look back over its twenty year (so far) life.
Read More!Store 1.20 released with version history, special offer and other features
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 11th April, 2014. We are pleased to announce that !Store version 1.20 is now available. Existing copies of !Store should update automatically. The new version adds a lot of extra functionality, both for users and suppliers, so there’s plenty to check out…
Read MoreRiscPC 20th anniversary software sale
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 10th April, 2014. April 15th represents the 20th birthday of Acorn’s RiscPC computer, launched back in 19941. The RiscPC was an iconic machine for all of us, and was ultimately the pinnacle of Acorn’s computer technology, surpassed only by the unreleased Phoebe.
Read MoreSine Nomine Software at the Wakefield Show
Announcement from Matthew Phillips, 10th April, 2014. The Wakefield Show is not very far off now: just over two weeks away. Sine Nomine Software will be attending and we will have some upgrades and hopefully some brand new software available on the day.
Read MoreClassicRip – a simple audio CD ripper
Announcement from Jim Lesurf, 7th April, 2014. I’ve now made a simple Audio CD ripper available, called ClassicRip. This can be downloaded from the Audiomisc website. ClassicRip has two specific features: It allows the user to rip chosen sets of successive tracks to a single (wave) file. When this is done it also generates a text file listing the time offsets of each track’s start in the file. This is useful for musical works like classical music symphonies, etc.
Read MoreWindows XP end of life – how it affects RISCube/RISCBook users
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 4th April, 2014. R-Comp Interactive have recently written to users of RISCube and RISCBook computer systems regarding the imminent end-of-life of Windows XP (April 8th). The general advice is “don’t panic” but we have provided a range of (we hope) helpful tips to bear in mind if you’re still using Windows XP on your RISCube or RISCbook.
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