Or even RISCOSbits’ RiscDOCKs… The Midlands User Group (MUG) will be holding a meeting on Tuesday, 17th December, 2024, starting at 7:30pm, at which Andy Marks of RISCOSbits will be the guest speaker.
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An undeniable feature of modern Single Board Computers (SBCs) – quite a few of which can run RISC OS – is their small size, making them eminently portable if put in a suitable case. For example, I usually have a Raspberry Pi-based computer in my bag alongside my normal work laptop when out and about. There is a compromise with that portability, though, and that’s to do with connectivity – I can use the laptop as is, with nothing else attached. But that Pi? Not so much. I need a…
Read MoreWell, sort of… A last minute (where last minute means it came last night, but I only saw it this morning. What? I was in the pub!) email has come in from RISCOSbits with more show news:
Read MoreNo, they aren’t making two appearances – it’s another press release! With only a day left until until London 2024 – it’s tomorrow, folks – another release has come in from RISCOSbits, with details of even more goodies to be found on their stand. So with no further ado, here’s what it says:
Read MoreIt’s just two days until London 2024, which takes place on Saturday, 26th October, at the Harrow District Masonic Centre. A long and detailed announcement has arrived at the bunker from Andy Marks of RISCOSbits, so to save me time (I have to get ready for the show as well, you know!), here it is in full:
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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?”
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FAST – a backronym for ‘Fast Access to Storage Technology’ – is the name given by Andy Marks of RISCOSbits to a new range of machines launched at the 2023 Southwest Show – machines that do exactly as the acronym suggests, by accessing the PCIe port on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module to provide up to four full-speed SATA ports.
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This year’s Wakefield in Bradford – aka Wradfold show takes place tomorrow, so if you haven’t already sorted your travel plans (why not?) you probably still have a little time, and there are three more reasons to do so from RISCOSbits.
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The next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting will take place a week later than usual, on 13th December – the second Wednesday of this month, rather than the customary first. The guest speaker will be Andy Marks from RISCOSbits.
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Ah, no, now I get it – it’s a mystery machine, not The Mystery Machine! If you’re planning to pay a visit to the MUG RISC OS Xmas Market on Saturday1, you’ll undoubtedly want to pop into the second room to see what’s on offer from RISCOSbits, because it looks like there will be quite a selection. Andy Marks says there will be “a range of hardware devices, including several machines not yet seen in the wild.
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