Family and friends of David Holden pay tribute with a new website. With the recent, unfortunate death of David Holden, as well as condolences for the family, some concern was expressed on usenet and other forums about what would happen to his business, APDL, including the hardware and software David sold, as well as the vast amounts of software that existed in the ‘public domain library’ that gave APDL its name, and other resources made available on the website.
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.
RiscOSM 1.07 now available
Bridge? What bridge? Sine Nomine Software’s Hilary Phillips has announced a new version of RiscOSM. Version 1.07 allows the user to save the location under the mouse pointer, whereas previously the saved position was the middle of the map, and also fixes a few issues that could previously cause RiscOSM to either crash, or omit features from the map.
Read MoreLatest Drag ‘n Drop out now, price increase from next issue
These are the voyages issues of the Starship Enterprise magazine Drag ‘n Drop…1 The latest issue of on-off-on-off-under-new-management PDF magazine Drag ‘n Drop hit the virtual shelves a couple of weeks ago, in the form of volume five, issue four – aka issue 5i4 – marking the completion of its fifth volume.
Read MoreBeginners guide to interfacing at London user group, 21st July, 2014
Announcement from ROUGOL, 15th July, 2014. The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be: Beginners Guide to Interfacing Presented by Neil Fazakerley Monday 21st July 2014, 7:45pm
Read MoreRONWUG reminder – Wednesday, 16th July, 2014
Announcement from Steve Potts, 14th May, 2014. RONWUG – RISC OS North West User Group – 16th July, 2014. RONWUG’s next meeting is this Wednesday, usual time and place. As usual there will be time for discussion at the beginning and end of the meeting about all things RISC OS related. See you there!
Read MoreRiscOSM: new release
Announcement from Hilary Phillips, 11th July, 2014. Firstly, just to say that Sine Nomine Software will unfortunately not be attending the MUG Show this year: the previous information circulated was the result of a misunderstanding. We are pleased to announce a new release of RiscOSM, the vector mapping software based on OpenStreetMap data.
Read MoreR-Comp and RCI at the Midlands Show this weekend
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 10th July, 2014. R-Comp and RCI are pleased to announce that we will be attending the Midlands exhibition this weekend. We look forward to seeing everyone there! Naturally, we’ll be showing our range of ARMiniX computers, including some lower-priced entry models alongside the “all singing, all dancing” variants.
Read MoreThe APDL Archive – apdl.org.uk
Announcement from Dave Bradforth, 10th July, 2014. Working in conjunction with the estate of David Holden, we will shortly be launching the first stage of The APDL Archive. This is planned to be a lasting tribute to David Holden’s work, and an invaluable resource for all users of RISC OS computers.
Read MoreROUGOL news
Announcement from ROUGOL, 8th July, 2014. A few misc bits of ROUGOL news, starting with this month’s meeting: Beginners Guide to Riscy Robots Presented by Neil Fazakerley
Read MoreMidlands 2014: One week’s time
Roll up, roll up! In one week’s time, 12th July, 2014, the Midlands Midsummer Mugshow takes place in it’s usual venue in Kenilworth, and it’s time to take a quick look at who will be bringing along their wares for you to come along and see.
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