You’ve heard of ARM’s big:LITTLE? CJE Micro’s has now moved to bigger premises in LITTLEhampton The little shop with a lot of stock is now a slightly bigger shop with a lot of stock. CJE Micro’s has moved from its previous home in Worthing, where it has been for over thirty six years to new, slightly bigger premises in Littlehampton.
Read MoreCategory: Announcements
This category of post is used simply for publishing announcements and press releases more or less as they are supplied.
News 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 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 MoreCJE/4D’s ‘Most Wanted’ – a pre-show reminder
CJE Micro’s/4D have posted a reminder that the pair of businesses has a ‘Most Wanted‘ list of fugitives bits of Acorn/RISC OS kit.
Read MoreLondon meeting: Acorns in Aerospace – 15th October
That’s the aerospace industry, not the space above a Nestlé facility1. If you want to find out all about the use of Acorn computers in the aerospace industry then you need to head for the nation’s capital city on the evening of Monday, 15th October. That’s when Keith Emerton – a retired Senior Specialist Test Equipment Engineer – will be talking to the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) on that very subject.
Read MoreWakefield, Wednesday: Micro Miscellany
Also: Wakefield 2019 date now confirmed! The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday, 3rd October, and the theme for the evening is Micro Miscellany. Rather than a set speaker, the idea is that members and visitors can bring along any of their own projects, anything else that others may find interesting, or anything they need help with.
Read MoreThe Long Gap is nearly over – the London Show is almost here
This year’s London Show, which marks the end of the Long Gap in the main shows in the RISC OS calendar, takes place on Saturday, 27th October. So with today being the last day of September, it is now just 27 days away.
Read MoreRISC OS Awards 2017 results
The latest RISC OS Awards poll, covering 2017, came to a close a on Saturday, 26th May – and the results are now known. The Awards website has been updated to show the results, and the winners (for whom I have contact details) will be notified by email later today, with direct links to the results so that they can be referred to on the their own websites. The results have already been announced on the RISCOSitory Twitter feed, but for anyone not using Twitter they are below.
Read MoreR-Comp’s GDPR notification
Many RISC OS users will have noticed an email or two arriving lately from RISC OS companies about personal data, privacy, and communications. Those emails almost certainly mention something called GDPR – the General Data Protection Regulation – which comes into force on Friday, 25th May, 2018 – the day after tomorrow. Without going into any depth, the GDPR sets a new standard for protecting personal data, and giving control of that data to the people who actually own it – the people the data is about, such as you,…
Read MoreNews nybble: Elesar offers click and collect for Wakefield
Save the cost of postage – put it towards your rail fare instead! Once again, Elesar Ltd – makers of the award winning Titanium motherboard – are offering a click and collect option in the run up to this year’s Wakefield Show, which takes place on Saturday, 21st April. In order to benefit from it, all you need to do is place your order by midday (UK time) on Friday, 20th April – selecting the appropriate option for delivery. Well, when I say that’s all you have to do –…
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