Fred Graute has released version 2.01 of a utility called Makro, which allows simple string sequences to be defined, and then played back as often as needed as though they had just been typed in – much like we used to do with the BBC Micro function keys.
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Kevin Wells has been released another update to Currency, a tool for checking exchange rates and various other, related tasks.
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The main commercial email client for RISC OS is Messenger Pro from R-Comp, and the company has just released version 9.01 – a very small increment in its version number (Messenger Pro 9 was released in the run up to the 2022 Wradfold Show; Wakefield, but in Bradford), but a change that may be quite important for some users.
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The penultimate day of 2023 saw another release of ScummVM, which includes a RISC OS version thanks to the efforts of Cameron Cawley. The software is now at version 2.8.0, and the latest version brings with it a number of new engines, enhancements to old ones – and of course, a whole raft of newly supported games.
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Adding to an ever growing list, the latest title from AMCOG Games is TIMERUN, and it had its first public release at the recent MUG RISC OS Xmas Market, and is now available to buy from !Store, priced at £9.99.
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And a hints and tip video for overcoming a line length limitation A new version of Currency by Kevin Wells can now be downloaded. The application provides a RISC OS-friendly way to carry out various currency-related look-ups via remote services.
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No, not you, the person operating the computer – the companies operating the trains! Another update has been pushed out by Kevin Wells to his application for checking railway timetables, TrainTimes, with a behavioural improvement and a handy new feature.
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No, wait, that’s ‘two (point oh) two’. Kevin Wells has updated his railway timetable-checking application TrainTimes again, bringing it up to version 2.02. The changes in this version are a mix of cosmetic changes and bug fixes.
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Following a similar path to his last release, Cherry Bomb, Jeroen Vermeulen has released Porklike, another new game for RISC OS.
Read MoreThomas Milius has produced an updated version of the EtherUSB module, which is used to drive ethernet devices that are connected via USB. The original version of the module was written by James Peacock, and since version 0.14 has been included as part of the normal RISC OS 5 distribution, with the sources maintained by RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL).
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