Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:36:08 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/ My RISC OS en-gb http://www.myriscos.co.uk/images/logo.gif http://www.myriscos.co.uk/ webmaster@myriscos.co.uk http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article432.html In a press release earlier today, RISCOS Ltd have today announced that the very latest version of RISC OS will be launched at this Saturday's Wakefield show. Full press release follows: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:36:08 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article431.html The Wakefield Show next Weekend (Saturday, 26th April) has the welcome return by popular demand of the show theatre, this will be on the ground floor of the Cedar Court Hotel in the Garden Suite. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:27:45 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article430.html Once again WROCC will be supporting the Wakefield Hospice by running a charity stall at this years show next weekend on Saturday 26th April. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:47 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article429.html Chris Hughes, Show organiser has sent us the following press release about the Wakefield show... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:32:33 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article428.html Professor Steve Furber, one of the pricipal designers of the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor, as used in native RISC OS kit, will be visiting the RISC OS North West User Group on Wednesday 21st May 2008 and giving a talk about that development. Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:31:34 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article427.html A couple of days ago, Chris Hughes of the Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club and Wakefield Show Coordingator, sent out the latest details for this year's forthcoming show (which takes place in April).   Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:21:02 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article426.html As this year's South West Show approaches, the exibitor list grows. Since our initial announcement about the show, we've checked with RISCOS Ltd. for the latest info. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:18:45 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article425.html Until very recently, there were fears that 2008 would not see a show down in the South West of England.  There had been no annoucement from the usual parties involved and RISC OS users were desperate for news.  Thankfully, RISCOS Ltd. have stepped in to organise this year's RISCOS South West Show. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:52:01 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article424.html Those keen historians amongs us will already be aware that it is approaching 10 years since Acorn Computers Ltd's. announcement which became known as Black Thursday, back in September 1998. This led to the formation of RISCOS Ltd. in January 1999 and they have now entered their 10th year of trading. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:31:35 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article423.html Having returned from the Midlands show, I thought I'd just put up a very short rundown of what I saw and did.  I didn't go prepared to write a report and didn't even take a camera, as I had rather a lot of other stuff with me upon arrival, although less upon leaving - I know that doesn't sound right, but it was for good reason. Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:15:55 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article422.html RISCOS Ltd. yesterday announced that they have completed preparation of the latest printed Programmers Reference Manual.  Entitled "The Window Manager", the new volume has been brought bang up to date with RISC OS 6 features and will be available for purchase at tomorrow's Midlands Show. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:44:03 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article421.html Although dated a few days ago, today saw the publication of a Joint Press Release from RISCOS Ltd. and RISC OS Open Ltd. on the Comp.Sys.Acorn.Announce usenet group.  This press release talks about co-operaton between the two companies and sounds positive for the future of RISC OS development. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:21:39 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article420.html December will very soon be upon us, and whilst that is a sign of urgency for many people in the UK to start their Christmas Shopping, there is also another important event with the start of December - The RISC OS Christmas Show 2007. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:55:27 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article419.html Although plans are still in the fairly early stages, the Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club has again decided to run a show in Spring 2008. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:18:34 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article418.html David Pilling has recently updated his legendary SparkFS application with a minor bugfix. Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:09:07 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article417.html Following on from the release of my VNC Server Front End last month, I've now updated it further. Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:57:47 +0000 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article416.html If anyone was thinking that they'd like to use a VNC Server on RISC OS but just wished it had a front end user interface, then this may be useful to you... Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:43:12 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article415.html Today Virtal Acorn posted a press release on their web site, announcing that, following feedback from beta testers, they have now released a new version of Virtual Risc PC for Intel Macs. Beta testers' comments have been incorporated into the new release and those beta testers have also received the update in the form of a Universal Binary, compatible with both Intel and Power PC Macs. Virtual Acorn are taking orders via the on-line store or phone and copies will also be available at the forthcoming South East Show on 20th October. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:16:01 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article414.html Whilst trawling the net for something else recently, I stumbled accross a newer version of Henrik Bjerregaard Pedersen's VNC server than I had not found before. Although Hernik originally produced it, others have taken the source code and improved things over time. For those not aware, VNC stands for Virtual Network Computer and is a technology available for remotely viewing another computer's screen and also optionally taking over its mouse and keyboard to perform tasks remotely as if you were actualy sat at the machine in question. VNC is truly multi-platform and is available for many operating systems, including RISC OS. The RISC OS version of the VNC server is not as polished as those for other platforms, but it is certainly functional. My main use for the server is to remotely control my Risc PC from my Windows laptop, from other rooms in the house. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:10:02 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article413.html Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating system, according to the Globalisation Institute, a Brussels-based free-market think tank. In a submission to the European Commission, the Institute says that the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:06:19 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article412.html The RISC OS open source web browser has recently reached version 1.1 stable release. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:31:14 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article411.html Although it's been available hidden away on his website for a little while now, it has not been well publicised that Martin Würthner has recently produced a bug fixed version of Computer Concepts' ABIModule. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:43:31 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article410.html David Thomas has updated Private Eye to version 2.51, a viewer for Sprites, DrawFiles, JPEGs, ArtWorks, GIFs and PNGs. It has recently gained some editing features including a bitmap effects system.Version 2.50 had a bug which could stop the effects window working on any OS earlier than RISC OS 4. (I was calling Wimp_AutoScroll which didn't exist up until WindowManager 4.00). Bug fix release 2.51, now available, fixes the problem and also tidies up some vanishing icons in the templates. Private Eye 2.51 can be downloaded from the MyRISCOS downloads section. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:28:41 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article409.html A short while ago, Martin Würthner made the latest ArtWorks Viewer application available on his web site.  An important point to note about the latest version is that some earlier versions were only available as commercial purchases, whereas Martin has decided to make version 2.10 available to everyone for free. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:51:47 +0100 http://www.myriscos.co.uk/Article408.html Paul Sprangers has updated ConvText to version 2.04, a scripted search and replace program. ConvText provides an easy search-and-replace utility for all kinds of files, making use to easily create scripts. You can read an in-depth review of this application here . You can download the new version of ConvText from the My RISC OS downloads section. New features in this new version include: The number of scripts, as well as the number of lines per script is now configurable.  A configuration window is added, accessible from the iconbar menu. A website button is added to the Info window. The structure of the Stronghelp manual is slightly modified. Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:36:31 +0100