R-Comp Interactive has released ‘Super Pack 8’ – an updated disc image, containing the latest versions of the bundled software – for their ARMSX ARMX6 and TiMachine computers. Users of those machines, or who have subscribed to the relevant support schemes if appropriate, can download SP8 from the download site for the computer/scheme, using log-in details provided with the original documentation.
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News nybble: Three apps from Rick Murray
Rick Murray has made available updates for three pieces of software: EtherStat: a utility to display the status of your ethernet connection. OvHTML: an HTML import filter for OvationPro. Scan32bit: A file scanner that searches for possible 32-bit problems.
Read MoreProSound updated for ARMv7 compatibility
ProSound as a propound! A new version of ProSound has been released by Henrik Bjerregaard Pedersen, updated for compatibility with ARMv7 – which means almost all the platforms on which RISC OS currently runs.
Read MoreGPS application released for RISC OS
Just the thing for the morning after the night before, and you’ve woken up wondering where on Earth you are!1 Chris Hall has released a new application, provisionally called ‘SatNav’, that can read the signal from a GPS receiver and feed it to other applications capable of understanding and acting on that data. One such application is Sine Nomine’s mapping software RiscOSM, which will then open a map showing your current location.
Read MoreElesar reaches for the sky
Grabs clouds, makes them available to RISC OS users. Elesar Ltd, the company behind the Titanium motherboard, has today introduced a new network filing system, called CloudFS, which is designed to enable RISC OS computers to access to cloud-based storage in an easy, RISC OS friendly way.
Read MoreGoLinux goes up… to version 1.02
Debian new version of the Linux launcher for Elesar’s Titanium. Elesar Ltd, the company behind the Titanium motherboard, has released a new version of GoLinux, an app originally released in April, and designed to allow users to launch Linux from the RISC OS desktop.
Read MoreXeroid gains new levels, music, other enhancements
Game enhancements result of hard work, not Russian ‘supplements’ Xeroid, the latest game from AMCOG Games, has been given a new lick of paint, with a new version released featuring more levels, more music, and, well… more!
Read MoreStrongED 4.69f9 released… again
If you were using 4.69f9, you should probably upgrade… to 4.69f9. Fred Graute has released another new version of StrongED, a general purpose and very powerful, yet easy to use text editor. The software, which is an ideal replacement for the vastly less-featured Edit that has been supplied with all RISC OS computers since the days of Acorn, can load any type of file, and be configured to recognise certain types and behave in particular ways as a result.
Read MoreFireworkz Pro 2.10 released
A new version of Fireworkz Pro has been released by R-Comp. The software is an integrated word processor, spreadsheet and database package that was originally released by Colton Software in the 1990s, and resurrected a few years ago by Stuart Swales, one of Colton’s programmers. It has seen regular updates since.
Read MoreIGEPv5 and Titanium graphics compatibility for ConvImgs
Now copes with setirps as well as sprites. Given that Chris Johnson has already added compatibility to Snapper for the new graphics format found on IGEPv5 and Titanium systems – not to mention the assistance he gave to David Pilling for Ovation Pro‘s support for the new formats – it’s probably not a huge surprise to hear that he has also updated ConvImgs (mirror), which is now at version 1.10.
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