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(date: 2024-12-21 07:05:38)


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 a programming language, a multimedia program, and a printer.


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


b.log 2024/12/14 - The problem with AI, AI vs BBC BASIC, AI vs TurboC, AI vs Humans, So to sum up…, On making shit up.

date: 2024-12-14, from: Richard Murray’s blog

The problem with AI, AI vs BBC BASIC, AI vs TurboC, AI vs Humans, So to sum up…, On making shit up.


https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20241214


RISC OS North officially announced for 29th March, 2025

date: 2024-12-14, from: RiscOS Story

As noted last week, we now have the dates for all of the main RISC OS shows that are planned for 2025 – and one of those is a new event, RISC OS North, to replace both the Southwest Show and Wakefield. The new show is being organised by R-Comp’s Andrew Rawnsley and Orpheus Internet’s Richard Brown, the pair who normally handles the Southwest event, and this week they sent out a formal announcement of the show. The reason for the new event is that the Wakefield RISC OS Computer…


https://www.riscository.com/2024/risc-os-north-29th-march-2025/


Impression User Manual – Bound!

date: 2024-12-14, from: RiscOS Story

And more updates to RingBind When Chris Hall announced version 0.20 of his RingBind application, which allows (specially converted) documents to be viewed on the desktop as though they are physical tomes on the desk, he made available a beta version of his current work-in-progress – a conversion of the Impression User Manual. Chris now reports that the manual is ‘finished’, though with a caveat that he hasn’t yet finished creating the links in 11 of the 12 pages of the Index. (Clicking on a link in a document displayed…


https://www.riscository.com/2024/impression-user-manual-bound/