It’s the final countdown round up, dododoo-doooo, dodo-do-do-doooo… As anyone who is anyone should know, the 2024 RISC OS Southwest Show is taking place in just a few days time. If anyone is somehow not in the know about this, I can only assume they’re either not RISC OS users, or they’ve only started using it and reading this site in the last few days. For their benefit, then, the show will take place on Saturday, 24th February, at: The Arnos Manor Hotel,470 Bath Road,Arnos Vale,Bristol,BS4 3HQ. The venue is…
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Chris Hall set to wave at London
Well, to talk about the Waveshare Mini-B IO board to ROUGOL. Same thing, right? Not yet formally announced by the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL), but listed on the website, the group’s next meeting will take place on 19th February, and the speaker will be Chris Hall on the topic of the Waveshare Mini Base board (CM4-IO-BASE-B), which he will be bringing along with him to demonstrate.
Read MoreTwo weeks to go: RISC OS Southwest 2024
As of today, the 2024 Southwest Show – the first main event of the year for the RISC OS community – is just two weeks away. It will take place on Saturday, 24th February, at the same Bristol venue that has been used for the show for the last few years:
Read MoreLondon Show returns with a new venue
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!
Read MoreRepetition made easy with Makro 2.01
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.
Read MoreCurrency gains textile export
Kevin Wells has been released another update to Currency, a tool for checking exchange rates and various other, related tasks.
Read MoreROUGOL escapes to the light – 15th January
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.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside gathering – 20th January
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.
Read MoreMessenger Pro 9.01 brings ‘sender’ setting
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.
Read MoreDiscover advanced RiscOSM techniques with WROCC – 10th January
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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