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…
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September ROUGOL meeting called off
The meeting is cancelled. Long last the meeting. The RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) normally hold their meetings on the third Monday of each month, meaning that the next meeting was scheduled to take place tomorrow evening – Monday, 19th September. However, with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II taking place earlier in the same day, the decision has been taken to not hold a normal meeting.
Read MoreThis year’s London Show no longer going ahead
This year’s London Show, organised by the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL), has unfortunately had to be cancelled.
Read MoreParty time at the next ROUGOL meeting
The next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will take place on Monday, 15th August, and rather than having a guest speaker or themed discussion, the meeting will instead be something much simpler – with the unambigious title: Summer Party!
Read MoreDesktop Modernisation Engine comes to ROUGOL – 18th July
If you come to RISC OS from another platform, or use any alongside it, you will know there are many features on those other platforms that are lacking on RISC OS. Some of those features can actually be quite useful, and would be beneficial to have, not least for the benefit of people trying RISC for the first time, so that they are more comfortable using it.
Read MoreWish RISC OS a happy 35th with ROUGOL
The Acorn Archimedes range was launched in June, 1987, which means RISC OS – with its original name of Arthur – also saw its first release, making it thirty five years old this month. With that in mind, this month’s RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will be a celebration of the operating system’s new legal status as old enough to realise it’s closing in on 40, and therefore officially very old.
Read MoreGeneral discussion at ROUGOL – 16th May
It is time once again for the monthly meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL), and this month there is no speaker lined up – which may or may not be connected with there being a show coming up rapidly, making everyone jolly busy getting ready. Instead, the meeting will be just a general chat and catch up.
Read MoreGeneral chat in YOUR living room with ROUGOL – Monday, 18th April
With the next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) falling on a public holiday, there is no formal speaker, and the meeting won’t be held in the pub. Instead, the meeting will be held online, and will be nothing more than a general chat amongst anyone interested in RISC OS.
Read MoreCelebrating thirty years of GAG-News with ROUGOL
With very few exceptions, magazines that centre on RISC OS have tended to come and go since the operating system first appeared1, and only a very small number have stayed the course and continue to be published today. One of those is the magazine published by the German Archimedes Group, GAG-News, which has been published every two months since April 1992 – making it one of the oldest RISC OS magazines still being published, and the oldest – and only – regularly published German language publication for the platform.
Read MoreShow report: London 2021
30th October, 2021, marked the return to physical shows in the UK, when the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) hosted their customary October event at the St Giles Hotel in Feltham – the RISC OS London Show. Understandably under the circumstances, there were fewer exhibitors than in previous years, as well as few visitors; it was a much quieter show than usual – but despite that, it was still an excellent day for finding out what’s happening in the RISC OS world. So what happened? What did we…
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