C.S.A. Announce
Announcements for Acorn and ARM users.
I've released the first version of iyoPhone, a SIP VoIP application.
It's a soft phone for the Iyonix. You should be able to call and
be called via Voice over IP.
No, it's not Skype compatible. Skype is a secret proprietary
protocol. SIP is an open standard and is widely used.
iyoPhone is Iyonix ONLY at this time. (It requires audio input as
davehig...@dsl.pipex.com
Tue, 09 Sep 2010 20:29:39
I=B9m pleased to announce that Basic V for the Acorn Archimedes is the next
title to be made available through MagCloud. Scaled up from its original A5
to American Letter size, it's printed in a magazine form then dispatched by
MagCloud to anywhere in the US and UK.
This book provides a practical guide to programming in BASIC V on the Acorn
david.bradfo...@alligatagroup.com
Sun, 09 Sep 2010 10:11:58
Hello
I have upgraded my lottery syndicate checking application Lcheck to
version 1.05 and it can now check the Thunderball draw as well as the
main Lotto draw for the main UK lottery.
Those upgrading from an earlier version can copy this over their old
version as the numbers are stored in a different place inside the
kevinwe...@talktalk.net
Sat, 09 Sep 2010 16:25:54
The RISC OS operating system has evolved over the years to gain a reputation
as one of the most user friendly available. However for those new to an
operating system even the most simple things appearing on the screen will
lead to confusion and turmoil.
This is where First Steps with RISC OS comes in. We are using RISC OS 4 as a
david.bradfo...@alligatagroup.com
Wed, 09 Sep 2010 20:35:25
WAKEFIELD RISCOS COMPUTER CLUB
MEETING on Wednesday 1st September 2010
Peter Richmond doing something on the A9home
------------------------------ --------------
One of our members, Peter Richmond is going to do something on the
A9home.
info2...@wrocc.org.uk
Mon, 08 Aug 2010 13:36:02
Murnong, the application for fetching videos from YouTube, has been
updated to version 1.50 in response to YouTube's enhancements to its
media organisation and delivery system. (These enhancements stopped
Murnong 1.41 from working.)
Download !Murnong from
<[link]>.
bel...@internode.on.net
Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:42:19
Below are links to a dozen games recently added to riscos.info.
Alienblaster - Classic 2D shoot 'em up.
[link]
Anagramarama - Find as many words as possible in the time available.
[link]
chr...@care4free.net
Fri, 08 Aug 2010 20:14:38
For those people wanting a BeagleBoard to run RISC OS, CJE Micro's can now
supply a BeagleBoard Accessory Pack. This avoids having to source the
various necessary accessories from many suppliers. The pack contains all the
additional hardware needed for the BeagleBoard (excluding case):
* 5V, 2.5A PSU
sa...@cjemicros.co.uk
Tue, 08 Aug 2010 12:02:33
The RISC OS London Show
Saturday 23rd October 2010
11am - 5pm
St Giles Hotel, Feltham
Entry GBP5 (pay on door)
Under 16 - Free
[link]
After the success of their first show last year, the RISC OS User
show2...@riscoslondonshow.co.uk
Mon, 08 Aug 2010 02:08:34
As night follows day, so version 2.02a of MBBack, aka the "Version
Numbers Cost Money, You Know" release, cures recent occurrences of the
dreaded "Too many nested structures" error... probably. Simply put, the
reason for this was just a smidgen too many features for the WimpSlot.
Errors produced by the program should now be wholly predictable again.
martin.baz...@blueyonder.co.uk
Sat, 08 Aug 2010 08:42:50
Swiftly, unexpectedly and probably unwantedly following on the heels of
the new version of MBBack is... ANOTHER new version of MBBack!
Remember when I said the last version wasn't any good for the Iyonix?
Well, this one is. This one has support for JPEGs without having to use
ChangeFSI - which is, at a realistic estimate, about twenty times
martin.baz...@blueyonder.co.uk
Thu, 08 Aug 2010 21:22:03
MBBack, everyone's least favourite script-based backdrop randomizer with
more bells and whistles than a large building containing a sizeable
number of bells and whistles, has been updated yet again.
The new release is primarily of interest to those using RISC OS 4/6 and
not using the ChangeFSI feature, because the only change is a radical
martin.baz...@blueyonder.co.uk
Mon, 08 Aug 2010 12:55:56
RONWUG - RISC OS North West User Group - 18th August 2010
This month at RONWUG, we're looking at Web page design and some of the tools
available to help with the task of creating web sites. Obviously, RISC OS
will be the focus of the evening, but some tools from other platforms will be
briefly discussed also.
spo...@btconnect.com
Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:47:23
The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be:
London Show Discussion
presented by the Show Committee
Monday 16th August 2010, 7:45pm
The Blue-Eyed Maid (upstairs in the Spice Lounge restaurant)
173 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1HR
With the RISC OS London Show only two months away (Sat 23rd October)
i...@rougol.jellybaby.net
Sat, 08 Aug 2010 16:40:15
After realising there was a bug with the website, I have now rectified
it!
[link]
!RiscDJ is an application which (once filled with data) will allow you
to search all your music (Ogg & MP3) and enqueue it.
!RiscDJ uses the DiskSample suite of modules from Andre Timmermans.
!RiscDj uses a destructive search method, to allow you to filter and
michaelremer...@googlemail.com
Thu, 08 Aug 2010 15:26:03
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BBC4's Micro Men: an interview and review
Ahead of tonight's Micro Men programme, which charts the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair and Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, drobe.co.uk spoke to the film's producer, Andrea Cornwell, to find out more about the show - and now you can read our review of the film
Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:48:12 GMT
chris@drobe.co.uk
'Threaded' Firefox for RISC OS build released to test
An experimental build of the RISC OS port of Firefox that promises a smoother experience has been released for people to test. You'll need the latest 2.0.0.20 version and then replace its executable with the one from here. The technical bit: developer Peter Naulls has moved the browser's polling for user interaction into a separate thread to aid multitasking with the rest of the RISC OS desktop.
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:33:49 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
In brief: Acorn World show this weekend
Archive editor Jim Nagel summarises what to expect at the retro-themed show. Official website here [Update 2] A report by iconbar.com's Phil Mellor of the sell-out show is here - with pictures
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:24:35 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
RISCOScode.com webzine publishes autumn issue
Drobe man Martin Hansen has updated his personal web publishing endeavour, RISCOScode.com, with a new issue for the autumn. It includes interviews with an organiser of the inaugural London RISC OS show, to be held in October 2009, and Richard Hallas, plus more bits and pieces. Go check it out. It's free.
Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:51:09 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
Tanks a lot! Double USB toy driver joy
RISC OS USB guru Dave Higton has released drivers for two remote-controlled gadgets: an 'executive mayhem' tank and a mini car. Get ready to order your armoured, missile-firing kit into position and destroy your office colleagues, or instead swap your computer's circuits for your own race track with a remote-controlled banger. The source code is available and the software should work on Simtec and Castle USB stacks.
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:30:56 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
Video: Prof Steve Furber on 8-bit Acorn days and beyond
In an interview filmed at Manchester University on August 17, Prof Stephen Furber CBE talks about his involvement with the Mk14, how he became involved with Acorn Computers, the success of the BBC Micro, the development of the ARM processor and his latest project: SpiNNaker.
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:07:31 GMT
jason@computinghistory.org.uk
Online RISC OS mag proposed
An anonymous editor has revealed he or she plans to produce an online quarterly magazine for RISC OS users. There will be no subscription charge as readers can instead pay per issue. The publication will be called Drag 'N Drop and downloadable in PDF format. Drobe has tried to contact the publisher, but there was no immediate reply: we were curious as to who was behind the venture, how much each issue will cost, what it will look like and why the decision to go for PDFs rather than a normal website of articles - this is beside the point of why should writers contribute to a completely new mag when there is a great alternative still going. Feel free to send in your screenshots and short assembler demos, though.
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:04:48 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
ARM-powered computer firm in RISC OS port talks
US-based company Genesi, which builds ARM Cortex-powered appliances that could be compatible with the RISC OS Open Beagleboard work, is said to be in talks with RISC OS companies over a possible port of the OS to its products. It's hoped ROS 5 could be made to run on the lightweight EFIKA MX Open Client, which sports a 800MHz Cortex-A8 processor, 3D graphics hardware, 512M RAM, wifi networking and more. Genesi analyst Matt Sealey said: "RISC OS is really popular in the UK and the last dedicated RISC OS box - the Iyonix - has been discontinued for six months. We are currently questioning the relevant companies in the UK, including [ROS 5 owners] Castle, about collaboration and marketing efforts, and the support they'd need to make it a reality." The EFIKA MX Open Client costs about 160 quid in real money.
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:37:08 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
RISC OS Open seeks rep for Acorn World event
RISC OS Open has appealed for someone familiar with shared source RISC OS 5 to give a speech about the project at this year's Acorn World show. ROOL chief Steve Revill said: "This is an exciting opportunity for us to talk to people who may not be regulars on the RISC OS show scene about the shared source project and all of the interesting community developments that have come out of it. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, we here at ROOL find ourselves unable to attend. We are frustrated by this development but rather than pull out completely, we would like to invite one or more enthusiastic members of the community to go along and represent us."
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:26:03 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
Firefox port updated to release number eight
A new version of the RISC OS port of open source web browser Firefox was published earlier this month, making it the eighth such release. This bug-fix update brings the software in line with Firefox 2.0.0.20 for other platforms.
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:30:36 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
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BBC4's Micro Men: an interview and review
Ahead of tonight's Micro Men programme, which charts the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair and Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, drobe.co.uk spoke to the film's producer, Andrea Cornwell, to find out more about the show - and now you can read our review of the film
Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:48:12 GMT
chris@drobe.co.uk
'Threaded' Firefox for RISC OS build released to test
An experimental build of the RISC OS port of Firefox that promises a smoother experience has been released for people to test. You'll need the latest 2.0.0.20 version and then replace its executable with the one from here. The technical bit: developer Peter Naulls has moved the browser's polling for user interaction into a separate thread to aid multitasking with the rest of the RISC OS desktop.
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:33:49 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
In brief: Acorn World show this weekend
Archive editor Jim Nagel summarises what to expect at the retro-themed show. Official website here [Update 2] A report by iconbar.com's Phil Mellor of the sell-out show is here - with pictures
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:24:35 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
RISCOScode.com webzine publishes autumn issue
Drobe man Martin Hansen has updated his personal web publishing endeavour, RISCOScode.com, with a new issue for the autumn. It includes interviews with an organiser of the inaugural London RISC OS show, to be held in October 2009, and Richard Hallas, plus more bits and pieces. Go check it out. It's free.
Fri, 4 Sep 2009 03:51:09 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
Tanks a lot! Double USB toy driver joy
RISC OS USB guru Dave Higton has released drivers for two remote-controlled gadgets: an 'executive mayhem' tank and a mini car. Get ready to order your armoured, missile-firing kit into position and destroy your office colleagues, or instead swap your computer's circuits for your own race track with a remote-controlled banger. The source code is available and the software should work on Simtec and Castle USB stacks.
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:30:56 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
Video: Prof Steve Furber on 8-bit Acorn days and beyond
In an interview filmed at Manchester University on August 17, Prof Stephen Furber CBE talks about his involvement with the Mk14, how he became involved with Acorn Computers, the success of the BBC Micro, the development of the ARM processor and his latest project: SpiNNaker.
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:07:31 GMT
jason@computinghistory.org.uk
Online RISC OS mag proposed
An anonymous editor has revealed he or she plans to produce an online quarterly magazine for RISC OS users. There will be no subscription charge as readers can instead pay per issue. The publication will be called Drag 'N Drop and downloadable in PDF format. Drobe has tried to contact the publisher, but there was no immediate reply: we were curious as to who was behind the venture, how much each issue will cost, what it will look like and why the decision to go for PDFs rather than a normal website of articles - this is beside the point of why should writers contribute to a completely new mag when there is a great alternative still going. Feel free to send in your screenshots and short assembler demos, though.
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 23:04:48 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
ARM-powered computer firm in RISC OS port talks
US-based company Genesi, which builds ARM Cortex-powered appliances that could be compatible with the RISC OS Open Beagleboard work, is said to be in talks with RISC OS companies over a possible port of the OS to its products. It's hoped ROS 5 could be made to run on the lightweight EFIKA MX Open Client, which sports a 800MHz Cortex-A8 processor, 3D graphics hardware, 512M RAM, wifi networking and more. Genesi analyst Matt Sealey said: "RISC OS is really popular in the UK and the last dedicated RISC OS box - the Iyonix - has been discontinued for six months. We are currently questioning the relevant companies in the UK, including [ROS 5 owners] Castle, about collaboration and marketing efforts, and the support they'd need to make it a reality." The EFIKA MX Open Client costs about 160 quid in real money.
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:37:08 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
RISC OS Open seeks rep for Acorn World event
RISC OS Open has appealed for someone familiar with shared source RISC OS 5 to give a speech about the project at this year's Acorn World show. ROOL chief Steve Revill said: "This is an exciting opportunity for us to talk to people who may not be regulars on the RISC OS show scene about the shared source project and all of the interesting community developments that have come out of it. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, we here at ROOL find ourselves unable to attend. We are frustrated by this development but rather than pull out completely, we would like to invite one or more enthusiastic members of the community to go along and represent us."
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:26:03 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
Firefox port updated to release number eight
A new version of the RISC OS port of open source web browser Firefox was published earlier this month, making it the eighth such release. This bug-fix update brings the software in line with Firefox 2.0.0.20 for other platforms.
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:30:36 GMT
news@drobe.co.uk
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Midlands RISC OS Show
This Saturday sees the Midlands User Group Midlands Midsummer Mugshow in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. All the usual suspects will be there including [commence lazy cut and paste] RISCOS Ltd, ROOL, RComp, CJE, Drag 'n Drop, Soft Rock Software, Orpheus, Qercus, Steve Fryatt Software, Netsurf, MathMagical, Serious Statistical Software [end cut and paste] and of course the Midland User Group themselves.
2010-07-06T13:38:00Z
Richard Goodwin
RISC OS on The Register
Tech-centric news site The Register have an article up that gives a brief overview of Acorn, the BeagleBoard, and the fact that RISC OS runs on it. Not exactly new news to the average RISC OS user, but the article is still worth a look just for to see the comments from old hands such as Eddie Edwards, Heyrick, and Hugo Tyson, and some extra trivia tidbits linked to by commenter jlocke.
2010-06-25T21:00:00Z
Jeffrey Lee
Wakefield 2010 photos and tweets
Thanks to the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Group for putting on another great show - the turnout was good and the atmosphere was relaxed and friendly. Sorry, there's no detailed show report from me this year, but to give you an idea of what went on here's a summary of the tweets that I posted throughout the day, interspersed with various comments from the peanut gallery Scroll down for my photos from the show (and Joel Rowbottom has uploaded more here).
2010-04-25T19:00:00Z
Phil Mellor
Wakefield Show this Weekend
2010-04-22T20:26:00Z
Chris
Easier video playback on RISC OS?
Watching video on RISC OS isn't very easy. We've run an article here on how you can download and convert YouTube videos into a format RISC OS can understand. Though it's very clever, and the tools involved are actively developed, it's not as simple as clicking 'Play' in a browser window.
2010-04-19T14:25:00Z
Chris
Software migrates to the Beagleboard
There's been a fair bit of effort to get RISC OS software working on ROOL's port of RISC OS to the Beagleboard and other OMAP-driven boards. The shift from software that works on the Iyonix to software that works on the OMAP family isn't as big as the shift to 32-bit of a few years ago, but there are still some issues. Most importantly, the OMAP family of processors use the 'ARMv7' specification, which means that certain instructions that work on the Iyonix's IOP processor (or earlier) fall over.
2010-04-08T15:08:00Z
Chris
Hey, where's our cake?
We celebrated the 10th anniversary of our first article on March 10th. Where were you? Come to think of it, where were we? Yeah, we forgot about it too (but we are getting on a bit).
2010-04-01T11:00:00Z
APDL make their PD catalogue available for free download
APDL, long-time distributor of Public Domain and not-so Public Domain software, have taken the next logical step from distributing their PD/freeware collection on floppy disc or CD and have begun distributing it online instead. Apart from the obvious advantage to the end-user of being able to access the software immediately, APDL have also decided to forgoe charging any nominal download fees, making the archive truly free.
2010-03-25T14:15:00Z
Jeffrey Lee
Furber talks ARMs
There's an interesting article up here with Steve Furber, one of the designers of the BBC Micro and ARM processor. It's been linked to from Slashdot, which is where we came across it.
2010-02-26T12:06:00Z
Chris
Lego Madness
Ever since Jeffrey Lee began work on porting RISC OS to developer boards such as the BeagleBoard and IGEPv2 there's been interest in putting a case around them to make them into proper computers. Both ports are still firmly in progress, so a finished-off A9-style computer isn't likely to appear for some time. That hasn't stopped some hobbyists having a go at making their own.
2010-02-21T15:18:00Z
Chris
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:27:29 +0000
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RISC OS 6.20 released
After previewing it at the recent Midlands show, RISCSOS Ltd. have posted the latest version of RISC OS (6.20) out to subscribers.
Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:27:29 +0000
Wakefield Show 2010 details
For those whom might have missed it (as I did despite being someone who's got little excuse), the Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club have launched their website a short while ago.
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:04:15 +0000
MUG Show News
Yesterday's MUG RISC OS Show went off without very much of a fanfare and there's not been too much news about the show but we do have a little bit of news for you...
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:22:22 +0000
Midlands Christmas Show 2009
The RISC OS Midland User Group (MUG) 2009 show is taking place on Saturday
5th December and is again at Birmingham University, Guild of Students, B15
2TU.
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:56:40 +0000
Health warning for RISC OS 5.15 softload on Iyonix
Anyone running the RISC OS 5.15 softload on their Iyonix "should treat it with extreme caution!" according to Steve Revill.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:05:45 +0000
Don't believe what you read
Have you noticed how it's the people who don't use and haven't tried particular products that do all the shouting about how they're not very good or not worth the money and there's no point buying them?
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:41:17 +0000
Ovation Pro bugfixes
Announced on the mailing list, David Pilling has updated Ovation Pro with some bug fixes.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:53:44 +0000
RISC OS 6 feature summary
Steve Potts has published a small set of slides highlighting RISC OS 6 features.
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:48 +0100
luafox available now
luafox is a new program for RISC OS offering many functions that make it easy to handle and analyse and data in an quick and easy way. Results can be presented in publication ready graphs.
Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:53:46 +0100
London show photos
Peter Howkins has published some photographs from the recent London RISC OS show.
Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:35:51 +0100
NetSurf Google Summer of Code Roundup
The NetSurf team have published an update to what has been acheived by this years Google Summer of Code students. Well worth a read if you like to follow NetSurf developments.
Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:51:06 +0100
Drag 'n Drop issue 1, October 2009, is now online and available for download
Drag 'n Drop is a new PDF magazine for RISC OS.
Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:49:37 +0100
RISC OS Info Browser Survey
RISC OS.Info is soliciting user's opinions in a browser survey.
Visit http://cs.createsurvey.com/c/55/6155/survey/8222-Y0e21x.html to have your vote count.
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:05:10 +0100
Postscript 3 printer driver release imminent
We've just learned the news that the much anticipated Postscript 3 Printer Driver being worked on by star coders John Tytgat & Martin Würthner is currently in beta testing and close to release.
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:49:57 +0100
Don't sit on the sidelines complaining, get involved!
Whilst reading various forums recently I noticed that people are still thirsty for news and articles on the various RISC OS outlets. There also seems to be some concern that with Drobe closing that there's no alternative to post your own articles or news items.
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:48:32 +0100
DrawPrint update from Sine Nomine
A few hours after Draw Print version 1.15, the next update in the series was up and available for free download for anyone who may wish to use it. It can be downloaded from http://sinenomine.co.uk/software/.
Sat, 09 May 2009 09:21:44 +0100
It's show time!
On the eve of the Wakefield show, exhibitors will no doubt be frantically preparing so will be forgiven if they're not answering the phones today. The usual wave of press releases have started to flow and some private and public speculation and hints about potential punter purchases has been happening in various discussions.
Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:29:03 +0100
Veneralia Celebrations at STD
In a surprise announcement, Stuart Tyrrell Developments have apparently produced some new hardware for the Risc PC.
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:10:00 +0100
Partis Computing take over further development of Surftec's DigiFlash Products
In a recent announcement on the newsgroups, Partis Computing have said that they have taken over further development of Surftec's DigiFlash Products.
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:16:42 +0000
New MyRISC OS Poll
We've just put a new poll up for voting.
You'll need to login to vote and remember it's just for fun, but why not create an account if you don't already have one and vote...
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:27:42 +0000
RISC OS Select explained
Over the years of the RISC OS Ltd. Select scheme, I've generally been impressed by the various improvements and speedups along the way and although I don't use every single feature, long gone are the days when I could just sit down and use older versions of RISC OS.
Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:46:42 +0000
New VNC Server front end for RISC OS 6
Just released today, a new version of the VNC Server front end application, now supports new features within RISC OS 6.
The application has been updated to take advantage of RISC OS 6.14 and offers a couple of minor enhancements for users of that operating system.
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:45:50 +0000
Paul Vigay
We have just learnt that Paul Vigay, perhaps RISC OS's greatest supporter, has been found dead. Missing overnight (February 19th/20th), Paul's body was discovered in the early morning of Friday 20th February on the sea-front near his home.
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:43:49 +0000
Ovation Pro bug fixes
Recent discussion on the Ovation Pro mailling list has led to the discovery and subsequent fixing of some minor bugs in the popular desktop publishing application.
Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:53:56 +0000
New release of KinoAmp imminent
Recently preannounced on the newsgroups by maintainer André Timmermans, he plans to release a new version of KinoAmp this weekend.
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:15:27 +0000
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