Along with amber and green! Andrew Conroy has released a BBC BASIC library that allows Raspberry Pi users running RISC OS to develop software that controls the 4Tronix “Pi-Stop” traffic light board.
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News nybble: TrainTimes 1.12 arrives at multiple stations
Kevin Wells has released a new version of TrainTimes, his software that looks up information about train and station timetables and routes via the Transport API website using Wget. The new version follows a similar route to BusTimes (which performs the same task for buses) in that it now allows multiple stations to be added to its quick access menu. The application has also had a couple of bugs fixed: the calendar window now recognises that October is a 31 day month rather than falling short by a day, and…
Read MoreNews nybble: QrCode catches ANTs in its web
Kevin Wells has released version 1.04 of QrCode, his application that uses Wget to access the QR Code Generator website API in order to do what it says on the tin: Generate QR Codes – those ‘square’ bar codes you sometimes see. The new version now supports ANT URL and Acorn URI files being dragged to it in order to generate a QR code of the address contained within, a feature requested by a user of the software.
Read MoreR-Comp unlocks LockScreen 1.17
Just ahead of the London Show on Saturday, 26th October, a new version of LockScreen has been released by R-Comp.
Read MoreNetFetch and Messenger Pro version numbers sneaked up a notch
Updated versions of NetFetch and Messenger Pro have been released by R-Comp just in time for the London Show this weekend, with the new versions already available from !Store.
Read MoreRISC OS Developments acquires Impression family of products
Impression Style now available free of charge Just in time for this year’s London Show, the company formed only a few short years ago by Andrew Rawnsley and Richard Brown has pulled another rabbit out of the hat, and announced that it has recently taken over ownership of the Impression family of products.
Read MoreAMCOG release Star Mine preview images ahead of London Show release
One of things to look out for at the London Show this coming Saturday is a new title from AMCOG Games called Star Mine – and a small selection of images have now been released as a taster of what the game looks like.
Read MoreNews nybble: RandUser updated to version 1.02
Kevin Wells’ application for generating random users and data about them, ideal for generating test data for databases that need to be populated with data about people, has been updated to version 1.02. RandUser, which uses Wget to use the API provided by the Random User Generator website, now supports version 1.3 of that API, does a better job of saving images (retaining the last save path used, but replacing the leafname with the surname of the surname of the new randomly generated person), and can now save the data…
Read MoreNews nybble: Butterfly screen saver now available on !Store
If you look at Richard Ashbery’s Graphics Programming website, and in particular at the Animated Graphics examples, you’ll notice an animated GIF that isn’t included in the programs that can be downloaded from the site – but if you want to see the program in action, it is now possible to download it via !Store, in the form of a screen saver. That GIF is described as a Butterfly Curve. The shape is formed from parametric equations – in this particular case, discovered by mathematician Telple H. Fay – which…
Read MoreNews nybble: Currency now outputs CSV and HTML
Kevin Wells has updated his Currency application, which allows users to check exchange rates by tasking Wget to obtain data from the Free Currency Converter API site. The new version gains the ability to save the last eight days of exchange rates as either HTML for displaying in a web browser, or CSV for loading into a spreadsheet or other application. It also sees a bug dealt with, whereby the last eight days view stopped working for a short period.
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