comp.sys.acorn.announce Google Group

Festive Fun at WROCC - 2nd Dec

2009-11-29T15:50:04Z

WAKEFIELD RISCOS COMPUTER CLUB
MEETING on Wednesday 2nd December 2009
'Festive Fun' Night
-------------------
Yes, its that time of year again. Its our new annual event, the
Fastive Fun night.
This year we will have mince pies, stollen cake, and shortbread

MBBack release 5 (not another one!)

2009-11-29T09:02:13Z

My all-singing, all-dancing backdrop randomiser program with added
whoosh, whose name is not, as described by certain people among us,
MMBack, but rather MBBack, has received yet another update. Not quite
as big as the last one, but I still recommend upgrading, because there
are quite a few bugfixes!

SiteMatch version 2.40

2009-11-29T08:59:42Z

I have uploaded version 2.40 of SiteMatch, which may be useful if you
use the auto-compare facility, but not otherwise. Clicking Adjust now
reverses the effect of the auto-compare flag on Upload and Reset
instead of simply forcing a rescan of the local site which cancels any
excludes you may have set.

!Calibre - Version 3.21

2009-11-27T17:31:45Z

!Calibre Version 3.21 (27th November 2009) is now on my website at
[link]
This version corrects a bug in Version 3.20 which wrongly stripped
the final two characters from Red Letter Day added text, when using
'old' RLD files.
The Manual does not need amending.
------------------------------ ----

Wakefield 2010 Show Announced

2009-11-27T11:34:03Z

The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club are pleased to announce that the
Wakefield RISC OS Computer Show will be taking place once again in the new
year. On 24th April, Wakefield 2010 will be returning to the Cedar Court
Hotel near Wakefield, which has been the show's home for the past couple of
years.

Southampton Acorn Users Group December meeting - Change of date!

2009-11-26T00:38:21Z

I'm going to change the date of the December meeting to Wednesday 9th. This
avoids a clash with a departmental dinner.
I haven't had confirmation of the room yet, so please keep an eye on your
e-mails (if you're on the SAUG mailing list) and/or comp.sys.acorn.announce
nearer the date. Favourite is still S1; first reserve is G1 in the sports

MUG RISC OS Show 09 - Saturday 5th Dec

2009-11-25T10:36:37Z

The RISC OS Midland User Group (MUG) 2009 show is taking place on Saturday
5th December and is again at Birmingham University, Guild of Students, B15
2TU.
The show will be a mixture of:
- the old with the Retro Software stand showcasing software and developments
for the 8bit range of Acorn machines

MBBack release 4

2009-11-24T21:29:03Z

MBBack, my backdrop randomizer with a now stupid number of bells and
whistles, has received a more-major-than-most update. Namely:
- Can fetch images from the Internet, as well as local files, by means
of Wget.
- Now comes with a separate front-end to automatically call MBBack
repeatedly after a set delay, should you get bored with backdrops

RISCubes and RISCBooks now available with Windows 7 as well as RISC OS

2009-11-24T18:54:54Z

Our range of RISCBook and RISCube computers are well known for
combining the elegance and convenience of RISC OS, with the "outside
world" compatibility of Windows. Until now, all our systems have
shipped with Windows XP as the "Windows Bit" rather than the generally
disdained Vista.
Last month, Microsoft released a replacement for Vista called Windows

Qercus 292

2009-11-24T09:33:20Z

Qercus 292 is very much a Christmas issue - but should be landing on your
doormats very soon.
Happy Christmas!
Acorn always wanted you to play games on games machines and keep your Acorns
for serious stuff, so:
1. We have a review of the games machine that is different - the Nintendo
Wii - and there is a review of one of the latest games for the machine from

32bit conversions

2009-11-22T18:46:34Z

A addition to the 32 bit conversions page:-
Twirl - Changes the Task Manager icon to an animated acorn,
original by David G Jones.
---druck

Murnong updated to reflect changes in YouTube's webpages

2009-11-21T23:27:14Z

Murnong, the application for fetching videos from YouTube, has been
updated to version 1.40. This update introduces code that will try to
use the DDEUtils module to allow much longer filepaths on RISC OS 4 or
later.
Unfortunately for RISC OS 3 users, loading DDEUtils will make little
difference. For any conversion operation, the sum of all filepath

Drag 'n Drop Editorial column open to all

2009-11-17T11:42:31Z

Do you have something RISC OS related that you want to get off your
chest? Perhaps you just want to add your thoughts on what is needed
for the platform to move forward. The Drag 'n Drop Editorial column
(January issue) is now open to all who have an interest in the RISC OS
platform. Perhaps the topic you want to discuss is controversial and

RISC OS Midland User Group (MUG) Nov09 meeting and Xmas Show 09 details

2009-11-17T11:35:34Z

The next meeting of the RISCOS Midland User Group (MUGwill take
place on Saturday, 21st November 2009 at 2pm.
At this meeting we will discussing and finalising the organisation of
the forthcoming MUG Christmas RISC OS show which takes place on
Saturday 5th December 2009 and will again be at Birmingham University,

RONWUG Reminder 18th November 2009

2009-11-15T22:40:09Z

RONWUG - RISC OS North West User Group - 18th November 2009
This month at RONWUG we're taking a look at the information and tools
available to developers in the RISC OS world.
We'll be having a look at some printed Acorn developer documentation as well
as the most up to date - Window Manager PRM from RISCOS Ltd. In addition to