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Not working network printer drivers now working!

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023 VinceH

If you use R-Comp‘s Network Printer Drivers, you may have encountered a problem if you’ve also been using recent beta versions of RISC OS 5.29, incorporating changes to FileSwitch. Those changes have brought about compatibility issues with support for HP JetDirect, a technology in use on many network capable printers – not just those from Hewlett-Packard. An update to the Network Printer Drivers software, released this week, addresses the issue – version 2.04 is now available from !Store.

News nybble: PiTools and 4téTools 1.21 released

March 26, 2023 VinceH

R-Comp‘s support packages for the 4té and Raspberry Pi 4 (on which it is based) have both been updated, with the latest versions – 1.21 – both available to download. In the case of PiTools, that’ll be via !Store, and in the case of 4téTools, from the users’ download site, detailed in the machine’s support documentation. The reason for the update is that an issue cropped up with some of the LockScreen options, which have now been resolved.

Lap up a Pinebook Pro at the Southwest Show

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 VinceH

Don’t worry, you can clear the entire stock – mine’s already ordered! This Saturday’s Southwest Show will be when anyone holding their breath in anticipation of the arrival of the Pinebook Pro running RISC OS can finally breath again: R-Comp will be bringing along a selection of the ARM-based laptops from PINE64 to the show, not just to show off, but for people to buy – along with a range of accessories.

42 computers at the Southwest Show

February 23, 2023 VinceH

Count ’em. You’ll see. No, wait, don’t – that’s meant to say 4té2, not 42! The 4té2 machine, released last year, was R-Comp‘s follow-up to their previous Raspberry Pi-based computer, the 4té – and the company has confirmed that there will be a small supply of stock available at the Southwest Show on Saturday, despite the ongoing shortage of the Pi-boards.

DeleGate joins version 1.20 of PiTools

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 VinceH

A new version of PiTools has been released by R-Comp, and is available now from !Store with the update free of charge if you’re an existing user.

PhotoDesk 3.21 XAT lands with a virtual bump

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 VinceH

That’ll be the huge PDF manual! A new version of PhotoDesk will be available on CD at the Southwest Show on Saturday. If you want to get your hands on version 3.21 XAT, along with a new 200 page PDF manual, accompanied by an image pack to allow you to try out the techniques described in it, you’ll need to head for the R-Comp stand.

ROUGOL’s plans for early 2023

January 7, 2023 VinceH

World domination not on the cards – just some meeting information. With all the shenanigans surrounding the tail end of the year out of the way – Christmas, New Year, hangovers (lots of hangovers, probably) – details of some of the first few RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meetings of 2023 have been released.

R-Comp and the Pinebook Pro at Wakefield – 11th January

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 VinceH

A week later than the customary first Wednesday of the month (members need time to recover from the New Year celebrations, obviously), the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting is set for Wednesday, 11th January, 2023, and Andrew Rawnsley of R-Comp will be the guest speaker.

Fireworkz Pro gets a royal update

December 1, 2022 VinceH

The latest version of Fireworkz Pro has just been released by R-Comp. The software is an integrated word processor, spreadsheet, and database package that began life at Colton Software, and is now maintained and developed by ex-Colton (and Acorn) programmer Stuart Swales and sold by R-Comp.

Pining for a PineBook Pro running RISC OS? Check out the next ROUGOL meeting!

October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 VinceH

With some notable exceptions, the history of RISC OS on laptops has never been great. Acorn themselves only ever launched one RISC OS laptop – the 24MHz, ARM3-based A4 – in 1992. Its name was based on its size, taking up about the same amount of space on a desk (or indeed a lap) as a piece of A4 paper, it sported a 640×480, greyscale screen, had 2 or 4MB of RAM, and needed an external mouse. The company also later announced the Stork notepad and NewsPAD ‘tablet’, but they…