Existing users of R-Comp‘s NetFetch 5 package can now update their software to version 5.03, by downloading the new version from !Store – it should be in the “My Software” section. The main improvement in version 5.03 is to do with how the software deals with multiple SMTP servers. Support for this is relatively new, necessitated by the increasing use of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) as an anti-spam measure, and the new version sees some user interface improvements as a result of user feedback. For new users, NetFetch 5.03 can…
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News nybble: OS and software updates from R-Comp
R-Comp Interactive will have a selection of OS and software updates for ARMSX ARMX6 and TiMachine computers, which they’ll be demonstrating at this weekend’s Southwest Show. OS update 11 for the ARMX6 brings with it a number of new features and improvements, in areas such as 16, 4K, and 64K colour modes, MODE 7, support for a 3840×1600 screen resolution, a new version of BASIC optimised for hardware-floating point, improved memory performance, and more. For the TiMachine, there is v4 of the high resolution graphics/multi-head driver, adding support for 256…
Read MoreNews nybble: Extra pre-show Bristol meeting – 22nd February
There will be an extra meeting on Thursday, 22nd February for RISC OS users in the Bristol area. With the Southwest Show taking place on Saturday, 24th, ROUGOL‘s Bryan Hogan is staying in Bristol before heading down to the Webbington Hotel on Friday. This makes the evening before an ideal opportunity for a friendly chat over a drink and a meal about all things RISC OS, Acorn, and computing – as well as anything else that may come up in conversation. The meeting will take place in a different venue…
Read MoreNews nybble: ROUGOL meeting – Monday 19th February
The next meeting for RISC OS users in and around London will take place tomorrow evening, kicking off at 7:45pm. ROUGOL’s Bryan Hogan will be speaking, with a topic entitled ARMs, ARMs, everywhere, apologetically referencing Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The talk will cover the phenomenal growth of ARM processors, which now outnumber humans on this planet by a huge factor, and look at the future – in particular, the problems RISC OS could face with the possibility of the ARM CPUs eventually losing their 32-bit…
Read MoreNews bit: Updated AMCS now available
A new version of AMCS, the MIDI/audio sequencer that replaces RISC OS with its own operating system, is available to download from the 3rd Event website. The new version features multiple USB-MIDI interface routing and various other tweaks and fixes.
Read MoreNews bit: Chris Hall’s FamTree now available from !Store
Timing it perfectly for the middle of the holiday part of the RISCOSitory bunker’s temporary shut down, Chris Hall has made his genealogy application, FamTree, available from !Store, priced at £15.00.
Read MoreLook and ye shall see: The CE revealed
CE are family… I’ve got all my versions with me! Following the surprise teaser released towards the end of January of Ident Computer’s new Raspberry Pi-based kit computer, the Ident WinCE, more details of the system have now been revealed. Benefiting from the latest in 3D printing technology, the snazzy looking CE (which stands for Compact Edition) consists of a base unit which comes in three variations – one for RISC OS users, and one for users of other operating systems, and one especially for the retro gaming community.
Read MoreBunker closing for holidays and shows
Well, mostly, anyway. It may be open sporadically. Both the Recursion Computer Science Fair and the RISC OS Southwest Show are almost upon us, and my own annual holiday is even more imminent, so it is time to declare the RISCOSitory Bunker closed for a short period.
Read MoreTime to discuss and make travel arrangements for the Southwest Show
And, oh yeah… I should probably say something about the show as well, shouldn’t I? It is now just two and a half weeks until this year’s Southwest Show, which will be taking place at the Webbington Hotel, its home since the first one took place all the way back in 1998. With there having been no show one year – I believe in 2000 – that makes this the twentieth Southwest Show.
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting, 13th February
The next meeting for discernable people in the Southampton area – i.e. folk that use RISC OS – will take place on Tuesday, 13th February. Slotting neatly into the two hours between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, and with no fee for admission, the meeting will take place at: Itchen College Sports Centre, Deacon Road, Southampton. The car park is accessed from Deacon Road opposite Whites Road, and to find the meeting itself head for the College Centre, and open area with tables and chairs next to the Sports Centre Reception desk.
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