As well as shows like RISC OS North, a good way to support the operating system is to attend your local user group – and a few will be represented at this event:
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Read all about it at RISC OS North
If you want to keep up with the latest news about RISC OS, there are two publications you need to check out, along with a user group, and a couple of websites.
Read MoreNew user or news seeker – come to RISC OS North
If you’re a seasoned RISC OS User, you’ll know all about the operating system’s history, and you’ll be familiar with the people that look after it today – but you’ll want to find out the latest news. If, however, you’re a new user, or if are thinking of trying it out, you’ll want to find out more about it.
Read MoreTalking RISC OS North in London – 17th March
The last RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting before the next show – RISC OS North – will take place on Monday, 17th March, and that very show will be the topic of the evening; a pre-show fireside chat with Richard Brown of RISC OS Developments Ltd and Orpheus Internet taking the floor.
Read MorePhoneVal dials itself up to version 1.01
A fairly new release from Kevin Wells, PhoneVal has now been updated to version 1.01
Read MoreAMCOG Games at WROCC – 5th March
The next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting will take place on Wednesday, 5th March, and the guest speaker will be Tony Bartram of AMCOG Games, with a talk that will cover a number of topics.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 1st March
Saturday, 1st March, is the next date to circle in your diaries if you have any interest in software development on or for the RISC OS platform – or even of RISC OS itself. That’s the date on which the next ‘friendly fireside chat’ is scheduled to take place.
Read MoreEggzy – another Code the Classics conversion
Barely giving himself time for a good fry up after releasing a RISC OS conversion of Beatstreets, Jeroen Vermeulen is back with another of the games in Code the Classics Volume II. This time, he’s released a RISC OS version of Eggzy.
Read MoreRob Sprowson at the Coprocabana – 17th February
AKA The Duke of Sussex in London The guest speaker at the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will be Rob Sprowson, who may or may not have yellow feathers in his hair1.
Read MorePhone number validation app PhoneVal released
Kevin Wells has released yet another application that makes use of Wget in order to relay information to and from the application programmer interface (API) of a website, giving the user easy access to the data it provides. This time the application is designed to look up information about a phone number, and is called PhoneVal.
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