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TrainTimes 2.05 released

date: 2024-12-22, from: RiscOS Story

Another small update has been made to TrainTimes by its developer, Kevin Wells. The application provides a way to look up information about trains and stations, including timetable information, and so on. It does this by using Wget to communicate user input to a couple of remote websites – Real Train Times and National Rail – and processing and displaying the data that is returned. The main change to bring the software up to version 2.06 is the addition of a ‘Station Data’ entry in the Station Details window menu.…


https://www.riscository.com/2024/traintimes-2-05-released-2/


lDebug release 9

date: 2024-12-21, from: FreeDOS News

Today marks another release of the DOS debugger “with the small L”: lDebug. This line-oriented debugger is a fork originally based on the 2008 version 1.13 of FreeDOS Debug/X, with a number of additions. Release 9 marks some bugfixes, a new revision of the lDebug/lDOS boot protocol for FAT32 drives, and the immediate assembler feature now enabled at build time. There’s a longer announcement on the freedos-user list. Get lDebug release 9 from ecm’s website. We’ve also mirrored this release in the FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio, under /dos/debug/ldebug


https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2024/12/ldebug-release-9/


Early ‘Christmas present’ from Chris Hall

date: 2024-12-21, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News

Chris Hall has released an early ‘Christmas present’ for the RISC OS community. He has made 2 very useful reference guides available as both PDF files and using his RingBound Page flipping software for RISC OS.


http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2152.html


The Giant Book of Applications reviewed

date: 2024-12-20, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News

As well as producing a quarterly magazine, Drag’n’Drop also produce a series of books on Coding for RISC OS.


http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2145.html


Half-Life

date: 2024-12-20, from: Digital Antiquarian

Around twenty years ago, people would have laughed if you told them that videogames would end up at the Smithsonian, but the Half-Life team really did want to make games that were more than just throwaway toys. The rule against cinematics — which made our jobs much harder and also ended up leaving a lot […]


https://www.filfre.net/2024/12/half-life/


Time to Vote for the December 2024 + Post Topic

date: 2024-12-19, from: Computer ads from the Past

Your options are an accounting program, a laptop, and a joystick.


https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/time-to-vote-for-the-december-2024


Oberon International’s Omni-Reader

date: 2024-12-17, from: Computer ads from the Past

Audio Engineers announce a revolution in taking words from page to your computer


https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/oberon-international-omni-reader


b.log 2024/12/17 - The sensory symphony of pasta, Livebox power, YT Studio’s grammar fail.

date: 2024-12-17, from: Richard Murray’s blog

The sensory symphony of pasta, Livebox power, YT Studio’s grammar fail.


https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20241217


Systemd Fixes Bug While Facing New Challenger in GNU Shepherd

date: 2024-12-17, from: Linux Magazine

The systemd developers have fixed a really nasty bug amid the release of the new GNU Shepherd init system.


http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Systemd-Fixes-Bug-While-Facing-New-Challenger-in-GNU-Shepherd


Über die Haltbarkeit optischer Medien

date: 2024-12-17, from: Hubersn RISC OS blog

Weil ich gerade einen kleinen „Retro-Flash“ habe und an verschiedenen dazugehörigen Dingen arbeite, kann ich jetzt vom Stand meiner ältesten CD-R-Medien berichten. OK, nicht die allerältesten (1996 – da war fast meine einzige Anwendung Audio-CDs fürs Auto zu brennen, nicht zufällig damit zusammentreffend, dass CDBurn https://www.hubersn-software.com/cdburn.html noch keinen eigenen ISO9660-Formatter an Bord hatte, aber schon gute Audio-Möglichkeiten), aber ziemlich alt. Oktober 1998 um genau zu sein. Ich bin da ja insgesamt am Thema nicht ganz Read More →


http://riscosblog.huber-net.de/2024/12/ueber-die-haltbarkeit-optischer-medien/


RISC OS ‘Advent’ Calendar 2024 - Gerph

date: 2024-12-16, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News

Many thanks to Gerph for sending this suitably technical item. It’s not too late to send us yours….


http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2149.html


This Week on The Analog Antiquarian

date: 2024-12-16, from: Digital Antiquarian

The Voyage of Magellan, Chapter 20: The Cebu City Massacre


https://www.filfre.net/2024/12/this-week-on-the-analog-antiquarian/


Reminder MUG December online meeting is tomorrow night

date: 2024-12-16, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News

Reminder MUG is holding their December meeting at 7:30pm tomorrow night online.


http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2144.html