Terry Swanborough has updated RiscPCB – his application for designing printed circuit boards, which can be saved out as Draw files or industry standard Gerber files – to make it compatible with the Raspberry Pi, and at the same time added a few other features:
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WordWorks now available as a standalone product
What word would work? Ask WordWorks! Along with desktop publishing application Impression-X, another product originally from the Computer Concepts stable is now available via !Store – WordWorks. WordWorks is a dictionary and thesaurus application designed to work with any RISC OS word processor but which, originating from the same source, is more integrated with Impression.
Read MoreJASPP gains the rights for more titles
Games from Artex, Eterna, Minerva and VOTI gain software E-numbers. Jon Abbott announced a week ago that the Archimedes Software Preservation Project now has an agreement with the former owners of Artex Software, Eterna, Minerva, and Visions of the Impossible (VOTI) to release their original Archimedes titles through the project.
Read MoreImpression-X on !Store and in Holland
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 5th May, 2015. We are pleased to announce that the long-awaited Impression-X is now available via !Store. Please look for !Store in your Apps folder on your icon bar, or go to www.plingstore.org.uk to download it for free1.
Read MoreOverlord now available from !Store
Fly me to the moon and let me play amongst the stars take the fight to them! Wakefield newby Anthony Vaughan Bartram, who developed a new game for RISC OS over the course of about nine months running up to the show, has now made that game available from !Store.
Read MoreRiscOSM crosses borders at Wakefield
Map app gap snap! Sine Nomine Software, who should be on stand 18 in the Cypress Suite of Saturday’s Wakefield Show according to the provisional floorplan, will be bringing a new version of RiscOSM along to the event. The software, which uses data sourced and converted from OpenStreetMap, brings comprehensive mapping facilities to RISC OS, and was first launched at last year’s show.
Read MorePiFi: Raspberry Pi as a wireless network adapter
Does PiFi mean WiFi isn’t pie in the sky? If you want to be able to connect your RISC OS kit to your wireless network, R-Comp’s stand at the forthcoming Wakefield Show might be worth a visit – they will be launching a new product called PiFi, which aims to allow you to do just that.
Read MoreChartWell Suite 2015 – new release from R-Comp
ChartWell charts well? That’s swell! With Wakefield 2015 almost upon us, R-Comp have released a new application suite for producing professional looking charts and graphs, which can then be used in other RISC OS applications.
Read MorePip-sized Pico now available
Pint-sized would be, like, MASSIVE! Last year the BASIC programming language celebrated its 50th birthday, having first appeared (as Dartmouth BASIC) in 1964, and in May RISC OS Open Ltd joined in the celebrations by releasing RISC OS Pico for the Raspberry Pi.
Read MoreRiscOSM update and special offer
Bugs squashed – easier than giving them a map and sending them on their way. Sine Nomine Software have released a new version of RiscOSM, their mapping software for RISC OS. Version 1.21 of the application, which uses map data converted from OpenStreetMap, is now available to download as a free upgrade for existing users.
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