They are called to Mordor London … It won’t be long now. He will soon be ready. The RISC OS User Group of London‘s February meeting – which takes place on Monday, 16th February – is set to be an especially exciting one: It will feature a sneak preview of R-Comp‘s new computer.
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QuizMaker becomes 32-bit
Which of these is the correct answer to this question? A: Yes, B: No, C: Whut? Complementing QuizMaster, a title released by Jon Robinson’s ArchieSoft last year, a 32-bit version of the application to create quizzes is now available. That application – QuizMaker – was previously only compatible with older, 26-bit machines, such as the RiscPC and A7000.
ARMX6 formally announced – at last
We wants it. We needs it. Must have the precious! R-Comp have at last revealed more details about the new computer they demonstrated1 at the 2014 London Show, including a more official announcement of the name that was dropped into the 2015 South West Show reminder.
TBX C++ library 0.7.3 alpha released
TBX is a library from Alan Buckley, designed to help with the development of Toolbox-based applications for RISC OS using C++. The library comes with a user guide and reference documentation, and as well as the library itself, there are additional downloads available featuring examples of the library in use, including a program to help produce skeleton projects.
A double JDServer whoopsie from Mr USB
No, Dave, this is unlikely qualify you for a Broken Cog award when it’s time to set up the 2015 RISC OS Awards. It’s just not poor enough! Dave Higton recently updated the Help file of JDServer with instructions for using the server from Windows 7 and Mac OS. However, he subsequently realised that he’d messed up his version control, and it’s possible that when people updated they may have reverted to using version 0.07 of the software as a result.
New beta version of package manager PackMan
A beta PackMan than before! Alan Buckley has released a new beta version of his package manager, PackMan. The software is designed to work with packages distributed using the RISC OS Packaging Project, and is an alternative to the project’s own software, RiscPkg.
Snippets – 31st December, 2014
Because while no news is good news, some news is better. Or something. Keen eyed readers of RISCOSitory will no doubt have noticed that for the last couple of months they have in fact not been keen eyed readers of RISCOSitory at all. As is sometimes the case, the workload here at the Soft Rock Software office became somewhat hectic for a while – moreso, I think, than it’s ever been before – leaving no time for any updates to the site. And to cap that, a nasty bout of…
Chocks away and Star Fighter at ROUGOL, Monday, 17th November
Announcement from ROUGOL, 11th November, 2014. The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be: Chocks Away and Star Fighter 3000 Presented by Andrew Hutchings, Fednet Monday 17th November 2014, 7:45pm
Show report: London 2014
If you need to read this, shame on you – you weren’t there! The 2014 London Show took place two and a half weeks ago, on 25th October, at the St Giles Hotel, Feltham – and, with the trusty RISCOSitory coin suggesting anti-clockwise as the direction to take, here’s a rundown of who was there and what they’d brought along.
Sine Nomine Software at the London Show
Announcement from Matthew Phillips, 21st October, 2014. Sine Nomine Software will be attending the London Show on Saturday, with the usual range of software: