In the run up to the recent London Show, RISC OS Developments released an updated version of RISC OS Direct, their customised and more user-enticing distribution of RISC OS – and it was a very important update, because it also marked the first public release of their web browser, Iris, which is now bundled in the distro.
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Preview the London Show in, er, London – 21st October
In case you hadn’t noticed, the next major RISC OS event will be taking place on October 26th – the London Show – which just happens to be this coming Saturday. The show is organised by the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL), whose regular schedule has their next meeting on 21st October.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 12th October
This coming Saturday – 12th October – is the next opportunity for anyone with an interest in RISC OS and software development to gather together in front of the virtual fire for an informal chat.
Read MoreThe history of RISCOSbits at WROCC – 2nd October
It doesn’t seem to be very long ago that we first saw Andy Marks appear at the Wakefield Show with his ‘Acorn and RISC OS Spares and Extras’ stand, referred to with an acronym that had people with a childish sense of humour laughing (er… guilty, your honour! Very, very guilty!), and those without asking “do you realise what that says?”
Read MoreBristol RISC OS Users meeting – 12th September
The next meeting of Bristol RISC OS Users (BRU) will take place on Thursday, 12th September.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 7th September
People interested in developing on or for RISC OS will have their next opportunity for a friendly, informal (virtual) get together on Saturday, 7th September, at the next friendly fireside chat.
Read MoreAMCOG’s Tony Bartram talks to WROCC – 4th September
Tony Bartram has around twenty titles in his AMCOG Games back catalogue, and is currently working on two more titles, both of which feature something new or novel for our platform, and he will be talking at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting, this coming Wednesday.
Read MoreLet’s talk 64-bit with Gerph – ROUGOL, 19th August
In the RISC OS world, we (should) all know that RISC OS runs on ARM processors in either 26 or 32-bit mode, depending what hardware (or emulator) you are running it on – and that we are now at the stage where 64-bit only ARM processors are becoming the norm, and RISC OS is unable to run on them.
Read MoreX-Ample Technology comes to WROCC
The next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting is almost upon us – it takes place on Wednesday, 7th August – and the guest speaker this month will be Paul Reuvers from X-Ample Technology (XAT).
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 3rd August
The time has come once again for RISC OS developers, and anyone with an interest in the subject – perhaps as a beginner, or someone thinking of dipping their toes in – to gather around the virtual fire for a friendly chat. The next such meeting will take place on Saturday, 3rd August, kicking off at around 7:30pm.
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