Receiving a major update from R-Comp, their Genealogy software is now at version 2. The changes make it easier to use, and brings the ability to produce many new charts and diagrams.
Read MoreNetFetch 5.55 released
A new version of NetFetch has been released by R-Comp in time for this year’s Wakefield Show, which will take place in Bradford this Saturday – 27th April.
Read MoreHeretic gets a 2024 update
Following the update to Hexen, released by R-Comp just in time for Southwest 2024, there is now an updated version of Heretic available, just in time for Wakefield!
Read MoreSee you in Wakefield in one week’s time
No wait, Wradfold… no, I mean Bradford! That’s right, this year’s Wradfold Wakefield Show is just one week away. It takes place on 27th April – next Saturday – in Bradford.
Read More13s turns 1.01 after 14 years
One developer that pops up a lot on RISCOSitory is Kevin Wells, aka Kevsoft, who has a number of applications – which he updates fairly regularly – that make use of APIs from third party websites and online resources, providing a way to access and use information from them on the RISC OS desktop, that might not otherwise be accessible. That isn’t the only type of software he has available, though.
Read MoreSing ‘Happy Birthday’ to the RiscPC with ROUGOL
It seems like only ten years ago that the RiscPC turned twenty years old, and there was an article posted here to commemorate the event, and we even had cake and celebrated at that year’s Wakefield Show – and that’s because it was only ten years ago! If you move forward ten years from that, you of course reach thirty, so it’s worth remembering the machine once again.
Read MoreHexen 1.07 released
If you attended the Southwest Show back in February, you’ll know that there was a new release of Hexen from R-Comp, which saw some significant updates over the older version – amongst other things meaning it can now be run on more modern RISC OS computer systems. It seems that the programmer responsible for the updated port of the game, Gerph, has been continuing to improve it, because there is now a new version available – 1.07 – which R-Comp’s Andrew Rawnsley says is a major update.
Read MoreDevelopers’ fireside chat – 6th April
This coming Saturday (6th April) is the next opportunity for anyone who is either developing on or for RISC OS, or interested in doing so, to meet up with like-minded folk and discuss that very subject.
Read MoreChanges to telephone and broadband services – WROCC meeting, 3rd April
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will next meet on Wednesday, 3rd April, and the subject of the meeting – with Chris Hughes taking the podium – are the changes that are coming for the UK’s telephone and broadband services.
Read MoreJoin the public beta and let fly with Wi-Fi
Attendees of the recent Southwest Show in Bristol who sat in on one or two of the theatre presentations – or anyone who has subsequently watched the videos of those talks will be aware that Wi-Fi is now a thing for RISC OS – and not only that, but like buses two different versions have arrived; one from RISC OS Developments Ltd (ROD) and one from RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL).
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