Category: News

CJE Micros have managed to find a small number of PRM 5 manuals, so if you want one, you'll need to be quick

These are NOT the PRM 5a manuals (the major difference being 5a had the internet stuff in it), but it is none-the-less a good investment.

Price : 20UKP (+5UKP P&P)

Simtec Electronics have a September Clearance Sale with lots of products for the older RISC OS machines.



Items include processor and memory upgrades, hard drives and interfaces, floppies and RISC OS 3. Everything on offer in the sale is under £100!

RISCOS Ltd have released more information on Select, a newer version of !Printers (1.64a - with a cryptic message saying the fully featured version is on Select - does this mean those who don't want Select have to put up with a crippled version?)and more info for programmers about Select.

With more and more info being released on Select, the list is now looking good, except for a few points - it's still a large number of bug fixes and doesn't provide any sign of where it is leading to! Without the knowledge of where we will get with Select, combined with the current feeling of developers towards ROS Ltd, it will remain to be seen if it will do much to stimulate large scale developments.

Brilliant - except for one thing, the website is hideously broken (the front page links lead to nowhere!) so it may take a while to find what you're looking for.

(This was written at 17:20 [27/8/01] - it may have changed)

In related noises, support for 3.7 is no more. No real suprise there as ROS Ltd don't have access to the sources for 3.7!

While this is good in two ways (forcing people to get up to date OS and machines, removal of legacy) it is also bad (people don't want to upgrade or rely on legacy). With companies long since left the platform for updating the legacy code, this seems self defeating....

The press release is now out and you can get advanced tickets, info on how to get to the show and all other fun things from the website www.riscos2001.com.

There is plently of public transport and the venue is a lot easier to get to that previous years (it's now at the Blue Mountain Golf and Conference centre, Binfield, Berks instead of being squished as it was for the last two shows!)

• Advanced prices : £4
  
  
• On the door : £5
  
  
• Kids under 12 free with adult.
  

If you don't fancy buying over the net, you can buy by post.

Send a cheque (payable to The ARM Club) to

RISC OS 2001 Advanced Sales

45 Hillview Close

Purley

Surrey

CR8 1AU

A full list of exhibitors can be found here and it does look impressive!

News Flash!

Tickets are now available to be bought online. Get 'em while their fresh!

Well, RComp have done it again.

Not content with producing the most frequently updated web browser around for 30 quid (as well as their other internet solutions software), they're now making WXL even better value for money by bundling with it plug ins for PDF, Flash and a few others - for the same price!

What makes this even better value is the fact that RComp also send out the software updates pretty frequently and for free.

Though WXL does have it's detractors, it is certainly one of the most up to date and powerful RISC OS browsers around.

For more information, contact RComp.

The Register Reports : Intel eases XScale into Symbian phones.




"Intel is to provide hardware kits to help Symbian licencees produce 2.5G and 3G phones using the former's XScale processor. "



The XScale ships in September according to the article

ZDNet reports: Advanced RISC Machines(ARM) yesterday unveiled more details of its ARM 10 architecture, at the Hot Chips Conference at Stanford University.

Due to popular request Quantum Software have created a Mailing list for their ever popular RISC OS Keystroke program.

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  http://www.quantumsoft.co.uk/keystroke/
  

If you own (or are thinking of owning) a copy of !Keystroke then subscribe to the list by sending a blank email to:

• keystrokelist-subscribe@quantumsoft.co.uk
  

Keystroke is a sophisticated macro-making program that allows the user to control their Desktop environment in a automated way.

Already, within 2 days of the launch, My RISC OS has moved on to its own server (I got bored hacking about!) ;-)




Some people may have to wait a little while for their ISPs DNS servers to start pointing to the new place. However if you are reading this, then you are in the new place already!

Co-Comp Ltd today announced the launch of a new web portal to support and enhance the RISC OS community.



The portal is named My RISC OS and is aimed at enabling the sites' users to submit news articles, tutorials, have discussions, co-ordinate downloads and collect links etc.



The portal has many exciting features including the integration of messaging systems, chat facilities, downloads and multiple language choices.



The feature that sets this portal apart from some of the others aimed at RISC OS users, is the ability for visitors to submit news and articles themselves in a similar style to Slash Dot (/.).



My RISC OS is a collaborative effort that is looking for support from its users to enhance the style and features available. Several administrators have volunteered their assistance, we need you to submit news, visit the site and get involved.



In particular, there is a need for graphics to be created, icons, logos etc. so if you want to volunteer to help out with this or any other aspects of My RISC OS, then in the first instance, contact the Webmaster