If your use of RISC OS goes back to the early days of the operating system, there’s a very good chance you’ll have either have played Lander or, at the very least, will have found it lurking on one of the discs that came with your computer. It was supplied on the ‘Applications Discs’ that came with early Archimedes and A3000 computers.
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The next meeting of the Midlands User Group (MUG) will be an in-person event, and will be held from 2:00pm on Saturday, 8th June, at:
Read MoreKevin Wells has released a new version of his application for looking up information about MAC addresses from the RISC OS desktop. Version 2.00 of MACadd brings with it a number of changes over the last release.
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The RISC OS Developments programmer behind Pinboard2, the Wi-Fi drivers, and more Since its inception, with the original aim of producing a web browser, there have been a lot of good news coming out of RISC OS Developments Ltd (ROD) – from the browser itself, Iris (albeit still in testing and not yet ready for public release), taking on ownership of the operating system and releasing it under a truly open licence, and much more, including development of additional software.
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If you’re a fan of video games in general, and first person shooters in particular, another title in that genre has been given a little attention by R-Comp – this time it’s Quake.
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Kevin Wells is adding multi-language support to his StreetFix application, which can be used to report and check up on local issues, such as potholes, broken bollards, street lights not working, and so on.
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PhotoDesk is a comprehensive photo editing package dating back to the 1990s, when it was first released by Spacetech. These days, the software is in the hands of Netherlands-based X-Ample Technology (XAT) with R-Comp handling sales and updates.
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Kevin Wells has updated another of his handy applications – this time TrainTimes, which now stands at version 2.05.
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Originally given the working title Escape to the Light, with some of its inspiration coming from a strange recording found in a charity shop, the latest AMCOG Games title – Light Gate – is now available to purchase from !Store.
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Okay, it’s a talk, and it’ll also feature Hexen and Heretic Coming just days after this year’s Wakefield Show, the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting will take place on Wednesday, 1st May, and the guest speaker will be Charles Ferguson, aka Gerph.
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