No, wait, that’s ‘two (point oh) two’. Kevin Wells has updated his railway timetable-checking application TrainTimes again, bringing it up to version 2.02. The changes in this version are a mix of cosmetic changes and bug fixes.
Read MorePartition manager discussion at MUG – 7th October
The next Midlands User Group (MUG) meeting will take place on Saturday, 7th October, at which the group will be looking at and discussing Jon Abbott’s Partition Manager software.
Read MoreWakefield 2024 announced
With the 2023 Wakefield Show now almost six months behind us (report coming soon, folks), the organisers (the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club) have now officially announced the next show for Saturday, 27th April, 2024.
Read MoreA new range of Mini machines joins the RISCube range
There are a number of variations of RISCube range of computers from R-Comp are Windows systems with a flavour of VirtualRiscPC preinstalled, and the company has now added yet another range in the form of RISCube Minis that make the previous RISCube Minis look a bit less mini.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 30th September
The next friendly ‘fireside chat’ for people interested in software development for RISC OS will take place on Saturday, 30th September, with the official run time scheduled for 7:30pm.
Read MoreChristmas to come early for RISC OS users
The RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) announced barely a week ago that, sadly, they are not going to be able to proceed with this year’s London Show; the usual venue isn’t available, and they have been unable to find an alternative. This wasn’t entirely surprising – they were also unable to proceed last year, and they aren’t the only group to have faced struggles organising their annual event recently; the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) also had problems with their annual event, but luckily did manage to…
Read MoreOh no! It’s no go for Lo Show!
Although this news has been anticipated for a while, it has now been made official by the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) – just ahead of this evening’s meeting – that this year’s London Show will not be going ahead.
Read MoreTime for more conversation with ROUGOL – 18th September
Like last month, it hasn’t been possible to arrange a formal speaker in time for the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting, so the group is once again setting the evening aside for general chat on all things RISC OS and related – and possibly beyond.
Read MoreBristol RISC OS Users meeting – 13th September
The next meeting of Bristol RISC OS Users (BRU) is will take place on Wednesday, 13th September.
Read MoreElesar helps you become more ‘Eco’ friendly
Well, helps your RiscPC connect to Econet, anyway If you were a user of Acorn machines in the 8-bit era, you’ll almost certainly be aware of Econet, Acorn’s networking solution, which began life in the early 1980s. The concept didn’t end with the machines of that era, though, and was supported on Acorn’s ARM-based computers, right up to and including those from the RiscPC-era, with an Econet module available for them.
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