The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club will cover a number of different topics. To kick things off, Terry Marsh will be demonstrating Pi3D, using Python. This will be followed by Chris Hughes showing how Impact can be used to create databases of photos, stamp collections, etc. Chris also hopes then to be able to show a 20-minute demonstration of Jan Vibe’s graphics programs, updated for modern kit by Richard Ashbery. With an entry fee of £3.00 for non-members, discounted by 100% for members, the meeting runs…
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News nybble: Prophet better equipped for pilgrimages
A new version of comprehensive business accounts package Prophet is now available from Elesar Ltd. The update to version 3.96 includes a number of changes to help in the area of internationalisation, reflecting the number of customers not based in the UK. In addition, there have been a couple of other minor fixes. The software, originally developed by Apricote Studios (now Accountz) and now maintained and sold by Elesar, is available to new customers for £97.20 including VAT, or for £68.40 if upgrading from any 3.xx version. And for those…
Read MoreNews bit: QrCode gets a small tweak
Kevin Wells has made a small update to his QrCode application, adding a choice of background colour, and to fix a “silly bug” (a typo) in the application’s !Boot file.
Read MoreNews bit: R-Comp’s pre-show round up of releases
Over on the RISC OS Open forum, R-Comp‘s Andrew Rawnsley has published a round-up of the various releases planned for the Southwest Show on Saturday.
Read MoreNews nybble: Scout out Recce at the Southwest Show
There will be a new application released by Sine Nomine at Saturday’s Southwest Show for use with map-app RiscOSM. The software is designed to allow you to check out a particular place ahead of time if you are planning or considering a trip there, by pulling in photographs from various online sources. Subject to the availabitlity of an internet connection, Sine Nomine’s Matthew Phillips hopes to be able to demonstrate it in use in his theatre talk. And since it has been made possible by the recent RISC OS Open…
Read MoreNews nybble: It’s the coming of the Titans at the Southwest Show
They won’t be fighting, though, so it won’t be a clash. The Southwest Show on Saturday will see R-Comp Interactive unveil another new computer based on the TiMachine range (in turn based around the Titanium motherboard from Elesar Ltd). That new machine is called the Titan, and arrives in a tower case, similar in size to the launch version of the Iyonix according to R-Comp’s announcement. With a base price of £775 including VAT, the default machine is shipped with a single drive for storage, with additional options available, and…
Read MoreVoting is now open in the RISC OS Awards 2018
The annual RISC OS Awards poll undertaken by RISCOSitory on the RISC OS Awards website is now open for votes.
Read MoreNews nybble: ARMX6 Graphics Acceleration software updated
Users of R-Comp‘s ARMSX ARMX6 computers who have purchased the Graphics Acceleration software first previewed at last year’s Southwest Show can now benefit from a free update to version 1.10 from. The new version resolves issues with legacy full-screen modes that use screen banking or shadowing. The software can be purchased through !Store, through which existing users should also the new version available for them to download.
Read MoreNews nybble: QrCode gains data redundancy control
Kevin Wells has made available version 1.01 of QrCode, his application to produce the ‘square’ bar codes you sometimes see, which often have URLs and other data encoded within them. First released in 2015, the software requires Wget to work, because it uses the services of the QR Code Generator website. Requested by a user of the software, the update adds the ability to set the error conversion code, which determines the degree of data redundancy. Interactive help has also been added, to make its use that little bit easier…
Read MoreChris Cox talks ART at ROUGOL, 18th February, 2019
People using the RISC OS platform back in the days of Acorn Computers will remember the names of a number of people who worked for Acorn, one of whom will undoubtedly be Chris Cox.
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