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retro computing 2024.33

An experiment in personal news aggregation.

retro computing 2024.33

(date: 2024-08-17 22:51:50)


b.log 2024/08/16 - Doubletake, The drainage pipe, The Larder system is now properly functional (I hope!).

date: 2024-08-16, from: Richard Murray’s blog

Doubletake, The drainage pipe, The Larder system is now properly functional (I hope!).

https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240816


1997 Ebooks

date: 2024-08-16, from: Digital Antiquarian

Hi, folks… As I’ve already warned my patrons, I don’t have an article for you this week. I do, however, finally have the 1997 ebook for you, with all of my coverage for that year. I hope it will help to soften the blow. You can download it, along with all of the earlier volumes, […]

https://www.filfre.net/2024/08/1997-ebooks/


Rougol August 2024 meeting on monday

date: 2024-08-16, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News

The August 2024 Rougol meeting is on Monday 19th August with Gerph talking 64 bits.

http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2095.html


b.log 2024/08/15 - The Larder system is now functional, What’s inside an XBOX?

date: 2024-08-15, from: Richard Murray’s blog

The Larder system is now functional, What’s inside an XBOX?

https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240815


Let’s talk 64-bit with Gerph – ROUGOL, 19th August

date: 2024-08-15, from: RiscOS Story

In the RISC OS world, we (should) all know that RISC OS runs on ARM processors in either 26 or 32-bit mode, depending what hardware (or emulator) you are running it on – and that we are now at the stage where 64-bit only ARM processors are becoming the norm, and RISC OS is unable to run on them. Right from its outset, the ARM was a 32-bit processor with 32-bit registers, one of which was the ‘program counter’, a special register used to determine the address in memory from…

https://www.riscository.com/2024/lets-talk-64-bit-rougol-19th-august/


Linux Foundation Adopts OMI to Foster Ethical LLMs

date: 2024-08-14, from: Linux Magazine

The Open Model Initiative hopes to create community LLMs that rival proprietary models but avoid restrictive licensing that limits usage.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Foundation-Adopts-OMI-to-Foster-Ethical-LLMs


b.log 2024/08/14 - The Larder system progresses, Outdoorsy stuff.

date: 2024-08-14, from: Richard Murray’s blog

The Larder system progresses, Outdoorsy stuff.

https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240814


StreetFix Help goes multi-lingual

date: 2024-08-13, from: RiscOS Story

And a language poll for MACadd There are two bits of news from Kevin Wells for some of his applications: There’s a new StreetFix release, which now stands at version 1.09, and he’s running a poll in relation to adding new language support to MACadd. Looking at StreetFix first, Kevin upgraded it recently to version 1.08, adding support for multiple languages, and he has now released version 1.09, in which that support extends to the application’s interactive help (the facility through which RISC OS applications can provide small snippets of…

https://www.riscository.com/2024/streetfix-help-goes-multi-lingual/


Drag’n’Drop 13i4 edition reviewed

date: 2024-08-13, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News

The Summer edition of Drag’n’Drop magazine has now been sent out to subscribers. This edition is 47 pages of news, reviews, tools and lots of code! As a PDF you can read it on just about any system.

http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2093.html


b.log 2024/08/12 - Larder code, Other stuff and spuds, Pre-bed checklist, Last night’s conundrum.

date: 2024-08-12, from: Richard Murray’s blog

Larder code, Other stuff and spuds, Pre-bed checklist, Last night’s conundrum.

https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240812


Vote for the August 2024 Plus Post Topic

date: 2024-08-12, from: Computer ads from the Past

If you are a paid subscriber, voting is open for one week for this month’s topic

https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/vote-for-the-august-2004-plus-post


FreeDOS xcopy 1.6

date: 2024-08-12, from: FreeDOS News

Xcopy is an essential DOS command that copies files and directories. Jeremy has released a new version of Xcopy that fixes several bugs: “fix bug causing timestamps to not always be set correctly - fix bug causing stack corruption on Open Watcom builds - improve free disk space calculation.” You can find the new version 1.6 from Jeremy’s Xcopy on GitHub. Thanks Jeremy!

https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2024/08/freedos-xcopy-16/


Ubuntu 24.10 will Include the Latest Linux Kernel

date: 2024-08-12, from: Linux Magazine

Ubuntu users have grown accustomed to their favorite distribution shipping with a kernel that’s not quite as up-to-date as other distros but that changes with 24.10.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-24.10-will-Include-the-Latest-Linux-Kernel


Ubuntu 24.10 Will Include the Latest Linux Kernel

date: 2024-08-12, from: Linux Magazine

Ubuntu users have grown accustomed to their favorite distribution shipping with a kernel that’s not quite as up-to-date as other distros but that changes with 24.10.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-24.10-Will-Include-the-Latest-Linux-Kernel


Ubuntu 24.10 to Include the Latest Linux Kernel

date: 2024-08-12, from: Linux Magazine

Ubuntu users have grown accustomed to their favorite distribution shipping with a kernel that’s not quite as up-to-date as other distros but that changes with 24.10.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-24.10-to-Include-the-Latest-Linux-Kernel


b.log 2024/08/11 - Shattered, Resurrecting that old Pi 1, The Value of shopping, Olympics 2024, And for dinner?

date: 2024-08-11, from: Richard Murray’s blog

Shattered, Resurrecting that old Pi 1, The Value of shopping, Olympics 2024, And for dinner?

https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240811


@Hans Otten’s Pascal for small machines (date: 2024-08-11, from: Hans Otten’s Pascal for small machines)

Additions to the Jim Welsh pages, Queen’s University Belfast and Emerate Professor at The University of Queensland Brisbane, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering – 1900 Pascal User’s Guide,- Sources of 1900 Pascal Compiler MK 2. As explained in the next Summary, the CDC compiler was ported in a number of steps to the […]

http://pascal.hansotten.com/2024/08/11/2643/