A new French-language digital magazine, Mag42, was launched recently by David Feugey – and the second issue is now available.
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Mag42 – a new French-language magazine for alternative platforms
The first issue of a new French-language digital (PDF) magazine is available to buy for enthusiasts of platforms sitting a little (or even some way) outside of the mainstream – which includes RISC OS.
Read MoreVoices from a Future Passed – on sale from 1st March (updated 18th March)
The official Acorn biography, Voices from a Future Passed, put together by Rob Napier, will be available to buy from 1st March.
Read MoreTime to express an interest in the official Acorn biography
December’s RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting featured Rob Napier as the guest speaker, on the subject of the book he has been working on. Titled “Voices from a Future Passed”, the book is the official biography of Acorn Computers, and Rob went over various aspects of the book and that biography at the meeting.
Read MoreImpression User Manual – Bound!
And more updates to RingBind When Chris Hall announced version 0.20 of his RingBind application, which allows (specially converted) documents to be viewed on the desktop as though they are physical tomes on the desk, he made available a beta version of his current work-in-progress – a conversion of the Impression User Manual.
Read MorePhotoDesk manual updated for version 3.23
PhotoDesk is a comprehensive photo editing package dating back to the 1990s, when it was first released by Spacetech. These days, the software is in the hands of Netherlands-based X-Ample Technology (XAT) with R-Comp handling sales and updates.
Read MoreRISC OS games featured in Fusion magazine
Last October, RISC OS users were introduced to Andrew Oyston by way of that month’s Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting. Andrew is a retro hardware and games enthusiast who has covered RISC OS (and other topics) in Pixel Addict magazine1 – and he has been in touch to highlight another article he has written in another publication.
Read MoreArchive volume 26 and beyond
Back in 2020 when the Archive Magazine found a new home with him after Jim Nagel sadly passed away, Gavin Smith proposed a bi-monthly publishing schedule, with each new issue expected to land on our doormats once every couple of months. Unfortunately, that didn’t come to pass for his first volume for a variety of reasons – not least of which was the timing. When he took over we were already in the throes of a pandemic, with all the ramifications of that, such as lockdowns and homeschooling, and like…
Read MoreUpdated Impression manual now available to order
And bag a free copy of Impression Publisher if you get in early! The user manual for the Impression desktop publishing software has been receiving a lick of paint lately, and you may have seen drafts on Chris Hall’s stand at the recent London Show, and before that at the 2020 Southwest Show. Chris has now reached the point where his work updating the manual can become something tangible for other Impression users, with the book now available to purchase.
Read MoreUser guide becomes a free download
As well as its availability as a printed tome, the user guide for the latest stable release of RISC OS 5 has now been released as a PDF that can be freely downloaded from the RISC OS Open website. This step has been made possible thanks to CJE Micro’s who stepped up to address a licensing issue.
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