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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.

London Show returns with a new venue

January 27, 2024 VinceH

Although no formal announcement has yet been made, the London Show has found a new home, and the date is now set for the 2024 event – so open those diaries (or Organizer apps) and turn to October to set a reminder for the 26th!

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ShowsLondon, ROUGOL, Show

Repetition made easy with Makro 2.01

January 27, 2024 VinceH

Fred Graute has released version 2.01 of a utility called Makro, which allows simple string sequences to be defined, and then played back as often as needed as though they had just been typed in – much like we used to do with the BBC Micro function keys.

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SoftwareDave Thomas, Fred Graute, Macro, Makro

Currency gains textile export

January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 VinceH

Kevin Wells has been released another update to Currency, a tool for checking exchange rates and various other, related tasks.

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SoftwareCurrency, Exchange Rate, Kevin Wells, Kevsoft

ROUGOL escapes to the light – 15th January

January 13, 2024 VinceH

With the days still short and the nights long, who wouldn’t want to escape to the light? And that’s what the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) will be doing on Monday, 15th January, with the help of Tony Bartram from AMCOG Games.

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User groupsAMCOG, Escape to the Light, games, London, ROUGOL, Tony Bartram, User Group

Developers’ fireside gathering – 20th January

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 VinceH

It’s time to for anyone interested in RISC OS programming to get the fire (or other heat source) going again, and gather around the computer for another friendly fireside chat. The next one takes place on 20th January, 2024 – next Saturday.

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ProgrammingCoding, Community, Developing, Guidance, Help, Meeting, Open Source, Programming

Messenger Pro 9.01 brings ‘sender’ setting

January 12, 2024 VinceH

The main commercial email client for RISC OS is Messenger Pro from R-Comp, and the company has just released version 9.01 – a very small increment in its version number (Messenger Pro 9 was released in the run up to the 2022 Wradfold Show; Wakefield, but in Bradford), but a change that may be quite important for some users.

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Softwareemail, Messenger Pro, R-Comp

Discover advanced RiscOSM techniques with WROCC – 10th January

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 VinceH
Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club logo

The first Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting of 2024 will take place on Wednesday, 10th January – a week later than the regular date, which would have been the 3rd – and the guest speakers will be Matthew and Hilary Philips from Sine Nomine.

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User groupsMeeting, Programming, RiscOSM, Sine Nomine, User Group, Wakefield, WROCC

ScummVM 2.8.0 released

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024 VinceH

The penultimate day of 2023 saw another release of ScummVM, which includes a RISC OS version thanks to the efforts of Cameron Cawley. The software is now at version 2.8.0, and the latest version brings with it a number of new engines, enhancements to old ones – and of course, a whole raft of newly supported games.

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SoftwareAdventure, Cameron Cawley, games, LucasArts, Retro, ScummVM

Defend Earth from the Chronites in TIMERUN from AMCOG Games

December 20, 2023December 22, 2023 VinceH

Adding to an ever growing list, the latest title from AMCOG Games is TIMERUN, and it had its first public release at the recent MUG RISC OS Xmas Market, and is now available to buy from !Store, priced at £9.99.

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SoftwareAMCOG, Game, Music, Shoot 'em up, Space Invaders, TIMERUN

RISCOSbits on the ROAD to WROCC

December 11, 2023 VinceH
Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club logo

The next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting will take place a week later than usual, on 13th December – the second Wednesday of this month, rather than the customary first. The guest speaker will be Andy Marks from RISCOSbits.

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AnnouncementsMeeting, RISCOSbits, User Group, Wakefield, WROCC

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