Announcement from the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club, 2nd August, 2015. Robots and Lights with the Pi Meeting on Wednesday 5th August 2015 at 7.45pm Terry Marsh will be talking about the robot he built to use with the Pi, and ‘Lights’ with the Pi.
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WROCC meeting – Getting older programs to work on the Pi – 1st July
Announcement from the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club, 28th June, 2015. Getting Older Programs to Work on the Pi Meeting on Wednesday 1st July 2015 at 7.45pm This meeting will feature screen modes, filing systems and emulation to get utilities and games working on the Raspberry Pi and Pi2. Peter Richmond will be looking at the original Pi, whilst Terry Marsh and Malcolm Hussain-Gambles will be looking at Aemulor on both the original Pi and the Pi2.
Read MorePi squared at ROUGOL, Monday 18th May, 2015
Announcement from ROUGOL, 16th May, 2015. The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be: Pi Squared Presented by Bernard Boase Monday 18th May 2015, 7:45pm
Read MoreWROCC Meeting – Comparison between Pi and Pi 2 – 6th May
Announcement from the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club, 4th May, 2015. Comparison between Pi and Pi 2 Meeting on Wednesday 6th May 2015 at 7.45pm Malcolm Hussain-Gambles, Terry Marsh and Ruth Gunstone will be comparing the original Raspberry Pi with the second version released earlier this year.
Read MoreWakefield sees Drag ‘n Drop 6i3 arrive
Drag yourself oop North to get the drop on those waiting to buy online. The latest issue of on-off-on-off-under-new-management magazine Drag ‘n Drop will come out on Saturday, 25th April, 2015 – the same day as this year’s Wakefield Show.
Read MorePiFi: Raspberry Pi as a wireless network adapter
Does PiFi mean WiFi isn’t pie in the sky? If you want to be able to connect your RISC OS kit to your wireless network, R-Comp’s stand at the forthcoming Wakefield Show might be worth a visit – they will be launching a new product called PiFi, which aims to allow you to do just that.
Read MorePip-sized Pico now available
Pint-sized would be, like, MASSIVE! Last year the BASIC programming language celebrated its 50th birthday, having first appeared (as Dartmouth BASIC) in 1964, and in May RISC OS Open Ltd joined in the celebrations by releasing RISC OS Pico for the Raspberry Pi.
Read MoreAnswer: the RISC OS Open stand at the Southwest Show
Question: Where can you find a Raspberry Pi 2, a new Style Guide, and a robot arm, all together? (Um. Have I got the question and answer the wrong way around?) RISC OS Open Ltd have confirmed that they will be appearing at the RISC OS Southwest Show on Saturday, 21st February, at the Webbington Hotel, Loxton – and that they’ll have some interesting goodies to entertain and/or sell to visitors.
Read MoreRaspberry Pi morphs into version 2
Turbo-ish boost! Monday of this week saw the surprise launch of a new version of the credit card sized Raspberry Pi – the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B.
Read MoreSnippets – 31st December, 2014
Because while no news is good news, some news is better. Or something. Keen eyed readers of RISCOSitory will no doubt have noticed that for the last couple of months they have in fact not been keen eyed readers of RISCOSitory at all. As is sometimes the case, the workload here at the Soft Rock Software office became somewhat hectic for a while – moreso, I think, than it’s ever been before – leaving no time for any updates to the site. And to cap that, a nasty bout of…
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