PlingStore holiday sales – final weekend

An announcement from R-Comp’s Andrew Rawnsley, 4th January, 2014 This weekend brings the two-week-long !Store Christmas sales to a close. The feature items this weekend are Fireworkz Pro and HTMLEdit Studio, both on offer for half price. However, dig more deeply, and you’ll see that many other offers from the sales are still in effect, so you can still grab many programs for discounted prices. It’s not too late to grab a bargain.

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CPUClock 1.01

Announcement from Chris Johnson, 12th November, 2013 When I first produced CPUClock about a year ago, it only worked on the BeagleBoard. The PandaBoard OMAP4 ROM did not implement the SWI Portable_Speed2 fully at the time. Having now obtained a PandaBoard ES, I find that the SWI is now fully implemented, and CPUClock now works on the more recent ROM versions of the PandaBoard. I add below an extract from the original announcement.

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PiPlus Super Pack 2 released for members

Announcement from R-Comp’s Andrew Rawnsley, 26th September, 2013 We are pleased to announce that “Super Pack 2” (aka SP2) has been released to members of our PiPlus support scheme. It is now available for download from our private PiPlus members’ area1. SP2 provides a “drop on” upgrade to bring PiPlus members up to date with the latest PiPlus disc image.

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Storing computers and new clock module for RiscPC, A5000 etc.

Announcement from Chris Evans of 4D, 6th September, 2013 CJEMicro’s/4D are pleased to announce a replacement clock module for the RiscPC, A7000+, A7000, A5000, A4000, A3020, A3010 and A3000. Failing Real Time Clocks (RTCs) and CMOS memory is a big problem for many earlier Acorn computers. Leaking batteries can cause extensive damage, but when the damage is limited to affecting the clock then our module can provide the solution.

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Easi/TechWriter 9.1 released

Announcement from Martin Wuerthner, 11th October, 2013 I am glad to announce a new release of the EasiWriter family of structured word processors with MS Word compatibility. Version 9.1 made its first public appearance at this year’s Wakefield Show in April, but the official release has been held back until now to allow further features to be added.

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