R-Comp

R-Comp powers up printing at RISC OS North

March 20, 2026March 20, 2026 VinceH

Today is RISC OS show-eve, which means tomorrow is RISC OS show-day – and the show in question is RISC OS North – and as ever, exhibitors have been beavering away to bring get updates and/or new products ready. In the case of R-Comp, there is always a wide range of goodies, but in particular Andrew Rawnsley has announced some new software: R-Comp is pleased to announce a new program for RISC OS to enable printing to many modern inkjet printers direct from RISC OS. The new software is called…

Hardware discounts from R-Comp at the London Show

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 VinceH

With the clock counting down rapidly until I can get to the pub the doors open for tomorrow’s London Show, another announcement has arrived from R-Comp:

London Show sees launch of NetFetch 6 from R-Comp

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 VinceH

In another bit of last minute London Show news, a new version of NetFetch is being released by R-Comp. Here’s the full announcement from Andrew Rawnsley:

Release 9d of RCI’s NVMe drivers, with NVMeTools and SMART

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 VinceH

Another announcement has popped up, this time from RCI, R-Comp Interactive (aka RCI – R-Comp’s sister company), about an updated release of their NVMe drivers. This is what Andrew Rawnsley’s email said:

PhotoDesk 3.25 now available

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 VinceH

With the London Show now so close you can almost taste it – okay, I might be confusing the show with my snack – another software update has been announced by R-Comp, with immediate availability via !Store, and the option to buy at the show. This time the update is to PhotoDesk:

Fireworkz Pro 2 reaches version 2.33.00

October 20, 2025 VinceH

A new version of Fireworkz Pro 2 has been released by R-Comp (with availability via !Store and on CD at the RISC OS London Show on Saturday, 25th October). Over to Andrew Rawnsley for more details:

Latest news from R-Comp: WROCC meeting, 1st October

September 26, 2025September 26, 2025 VinceH

The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday, 1st October, with Andrew Rawnsley taking centre stage to bring the group up to date with all things R-Comp.

R-Comp 5erving up info about new kit to ROUGOL – 21st July

July 18, 2025July 21, 2025 VinceH

R-Comp recently announced two new systems, both based around the Raspberry Pi 5 compute module – the 5idekick, and the Pi5erve – and on Monday, 21st July Andrew Rawnsley will be talking to the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) about these machines and other recent developments and updates.

R-Comp 5erves up two new Pi-based systems

July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 VinceH

There are two new systems available from R-Comp Interactive, both based around Raspberry Pi 5 tech. The first of these is called 5idekick, and is a Linux system intended to run alongside (and used via) an existing RISC OS computer, while the second expands on the 5idekick with multiple SSD drives, and is intended to be used as a network attached storage (NAS) device.

Hydra’s extra heads have learnt to speak

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 VinceH

Or play audio of any kind, really The Hydra computer range from R-Comp Interactive is so named because, like the creature of Greek myth, it is multi-headed – it’s a computer that can hold up to six Raspberry Pi-based boards, each running its own OS, and all concurrently.