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Announcements for Acorn and ARM users. (Moderated)
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!Calibre - Version 3.21
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!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. ------------------------------ ----... more »
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Wakefield 2010 Show Announced
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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.... more »
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Southampton Acorn Users Group December meeting - Change of date!
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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... more »
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MUG RISC OS Show 09 - Saturday 5th Dec
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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... more »
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MBBack release 4
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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... more »
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RISCubes and RISCBooks now available with Windows 7 as well as RISC OS
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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... more »
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Qercus 292
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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... more »
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32bit conversions
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A addition to the 32 bit conversions page:- Twirl - Changes the Task Manager icon to an animated acorn, original by David G Jones. ---druck
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Murnong updated to reflect changes in YouTube's webpages
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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... more »
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Drag 'n Drop Editorial column open to all
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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... more »
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