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date: 2024-04-26, from: RiscOS Story
This year’s Wakefield in Bradford – aka Wradfold show takes place tomorrow, so if you haven’t already sorted your travel plans (why not?) you probably still have a little time, and there are three more reasons to do so from RISCOSbits. Using the innovative and fast NVMe drivers, produced in conjunction with RISC OS Open and Stader Softwareentwicklung, the company will be bringing along a trio of new NVMe-based systems. The first system, priced at £199, is a new PiHard series machine, called eNVy.Me. The compact machine can hold one…
https://www.riscository.com/2024/three-new-nvme-systems-from-riscosbits-at-wakefield/
date: 2024-04-25, from: RiscOS Story
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. As well as six new types of ancestor chart, each of which has new styles, the user interface has been improved with new menus, icons, and shortcuts, and the operation has been revamped to focus on a single window for data entry, along with some additional colour coded information windows. There are also now easy-to-use search menus for…
https://www.riscository.com/2024/genealogy-version-2-released/
date: 2024-04-25, from: RiscOS Story
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. Version 5.55 supports the latest versions of RISC OS and, as well as NetFetch itself, includes updates to Hermes, NewsHound, and FTPc. The application gains support for the latest SSL/TSL standards, and fetching news over SSL is now supported. According to R-Comp, updating to the latest version is recommended – discounted prices are available for older versions, with the amount varying according…
https://www.riscository.com/2024/netfetch-5-55-released/
date: 2024-04-25, from: RiscOS Story
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! The 2024 edition of Heretic follows in Hexen’s footsteps, gaining compatibility with modern RISC OS systems – yet remains compatible with machines as far back as the RiscPC. It also gains much improved graphics, with a new lighting model, and is playable at higher resolutions than before, and it can also use high quality soundtrack recordings to enhance the atmosphere when playing.…
https://www.riscository.com/2024/heretic-2024-update/
date: 2024-04-22, from: Computer ads from the Past
An Interview With Star Wars Animator Larry Cuba
https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/creative-computer-publishes-interview
date: 2024-04-21, from: RiscOS Open
This year’s show organised by WROCC is once again taking place in the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford on Saturday 27th April from 10:30am to 4:30pm. The venue has convenient road and rail access – see the Google map for directions.
Whether you’re travelling from La Rochelle (France), Mannheim (Germany), Svenstrup (Denmark), or even Hovden (Norway), that 530 mile trip is sure to be worth making – drop by the RISC OS Open stand to discuss the latest developments in RISC OS and share your thoughts for the future with us.
Over in the show theatre a number of talks will be taking place during the day, including RISC OS Open.
http://www.riscosopen.org/news/articles/2024/04/21/five-hundred-and-thirty-reasons-to-visit-bradford