Once developed as a commercial application by Jonathan Duddington, and now open sourced and freely available, the internet ‘news’ (aka usenet) and email client application Pluto has been updated to version 3.20.
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Martin Avison talks to Wakefield… and beyond
Originally scheduled for their July meeting, which was cancelled due to circumstances outside of the group’s control1, Martin Avison will be the guest speaker for the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) in August.
Read MoreSnippets – 1st January, 2021
A final round up of 2020 news that hasn’t found its way to RISCOSitory before I was aiming to get this final round up of news posted on the last day of 2020, but as ever other things got in the way, so what was intended as the last post of 2020 has become the first post of 2021. Still, never mind, better late than never – which should probably be the official motto here in the RISCOSitory bunker!
Read MoreSnippets – 31st December, 2019
With 2019 drawing to a close at the end of today, to be immediately followed by a year with the official designation of 2020, it’s time to round up a selection of news that hasn’t been covered on RISCOSitory over the course of the year.
Read MoreNews nybble: Textseek bug sought – and dealt with
Harriet Bazley has announced the release of version 1.48 of Textseek, a multi-file search application that presents the results of its searches via throwback, allowing you to click on a particular result to be taken to the relevant place in the file. The main change – which was actually made in 2015, but due to an oversight has only now been released – is to address a bug whereby the application could crash or produce a corrupted filetypes menu, neither of which is ideal, if used on a system on…
Read MoreSnippets – 12th April, 2016
Can I stop being so busy now, please? Pretty please? Aw, go on… Observant readers will no doubt have noticed a low post count on RISCOSitory since the Southwest Show – a grand total of eight, in fact, including the show report itself, and this year’s April Fool. As is often the case, this is because I’ve been too busy to devote time to this site (or anything RISC OS-related in general).
Read MoreOrganizer at the Southwest Show
Announcement from Organizer, 25th February, 2016. New version of Organizer on a Stick at the Southwest Show. Organizer, the personal information manager for all RISC OS platforms, will be launching an updated version of Organizer on a Stick, with the latest version of all three programs – RPCEmu 8.14, RISC OS 5.22 and v2.24 of Organizer – at the Southwest Show.
Read MoreLanMan98 now zero page friendly
Gain no pain! A new version of Common Internet File System (CIFS) client LanMan98 has been announced by CJE Micro’s. The software was originally developed and sold by Warm Silence Software as an extension for Acorn/ANT’s Omniclient, and worked alongside LanManFS to provide long filename support – much as another Warm Silence product, Win95FS, did for DOSFS and floppy discs.
Read MoreReporter lets you read all about it…
…in SysLog! With the last major release being over three years ago, Martin Avison has announced a new version of his debugging/logging tool, Reporter, then quietly updated it again.
Read MoreOrganizer 2.24 at the RISC OS London Show
Announcement from Organizer, 23rd October, 2015. Support for RiscOSM/Nominatum and improved iCal and Notes handling A new version of Organizer, the personal information manager for all RISC OS platforms, will be available at the London RISC OS Show on Saturday 25th October.
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