Although it was introduced only a few short years ago, being announced shortly before the 2024 South West Show, the VENOM computer from RISCOSbits is now being discontinued.
Read MoreRISCOSbits becomes a VENOMoid
Chris Hall brings three (count ’em) heads to ROUGOL
Zaphod Beeblebrox, eat your heart out. The next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will take place on Monday, 19th January, with a presentation by Chris Hall, joining the group via Zoom, about multi-headed systems.
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 MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 10th January
The opportunity has once again come around for people involved or interested in software development on, for, or even of RISC OS to gather together and discuss matters relevant to the topic. The next friendly fireside chat is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 10th January.
Read MoreCelebrate ten years of the Titanium with WROCC – 7th January
Back in October 2015, there was a surprise announcement something visitors to that year’s London Show could expect to see – a new motherboard, designed by Rob Sprowson, with RISC OS in mind; the Titanium.
Read MoreFlagQuiz 1.02 released
Kevin Wells has released another new version of FlagQuiz, his application that allows users to test their knowledge and recognition of national flags.
Read MoreProphet 4.15 brings mobility
Or, at least, the ability to keep in touch with someone on the move! A new version of Prophet has been released by Elesar. The software – originally published by Quinten Pain’s Apricote Studios, and now looked after by Rob Sprowson’s company – is an accounts and stock management package, designed to handle all the financial record keeping needed by a business, including the ability to submit VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD) requirements.
Read MoreFlagQuiz updated to version 1.01
Kevin Wells has released an update to his new FlagQuiz application, a piece of software that you can use to test your knowledge of flags from around the world.
Read MoreRob Napier, Acorn Biographer – ROUGOL meeting, 15th December
This Monday will see an incredibly rare event take place – so rare, in fact, that there are more dentists for hens than occurences like this: The RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) will hold a December meeting, with Rob Napier taking the virtual podium to talk about his current work-in-progress, an Acorn biography.
Read MoreRISCOSbits hopes you’ll go crackers for a Christmas Chimera
A pet mythical beast that’s for life, not just for Christmas With Christmas fast approaching, there’s a festive funbox available from RISCOSbits for a limited period.
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