@givvygavvygoo
Freelance graphic design & book layout. Programmer, software & web developer, geek & boffin. #RISC_OS / #Acorn Computers fanatic. #Ovation_Pro user & creator of custom add-on applets Using #ARM Architecture to run my desktop of choice for the past 30+ yrs
#RISC_OS ShareFSServer testers, changes for this weekend build here:
www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums...
Build should be available tomorrow morning.
#FileSharing #Linux #Windows #macOS #BSD #RISCOS
Rougol March 2026 meeting on Monday - Matt Godbolt
www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou...
The March 2026 Rougol meeting is on Monday and has an international flavour.
QEMU showing that all Pi 2 cores have reached kernel idle thread state on Merlin's boot
#RISC_OS Merlin is officially fully multi-cores! All #RaspberryPi 2 cores reach Kernel Idle Threads and can process both IRQs and SWIs, a picture of a test session using QEMU to measure everything that was going on.
So what's going on here? Thread 👇
ShareFS goes cross platform
www.iconbar.com/articles/Sha...
ShareFS has been a key technology for RISC OS users for as long as I can remember.
You can play the very first ARM processor based game in your browser.
David Braben created Lander in 1987 for the Acorn Archimedes. It later became Zarch (Virus on other platforms)
It all started here folks!
archi.medes.live#ff=14400&dis...
Now less than two weeks until #RISC_OS folk gather in Warrington...
www.riscository.com/2026/preview...
What will we be up to at RISC OS North 2026? Here's a brief preview...
www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums...
#riscosnorth2026
#risc_os
#acorncomputers
While I wait excitedly for the next impending issue of @archiveriscos.bsky.social , I'll have a bit of a read of this tome and see how to perfect those interviews!
RISC OS North show is less than 2 weeks away
www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS...
The RISC OS North show 2026 is taking place on Saturday 21st March, which is less than 2 weeks away.
New computing history book! 📚
Voices of a Future Passed tells how the BBC Micro changed the world, with interviews from BBC, Acorn & ARM pioneers.
Author Rob Napier is donating 50p per Amazon sale to UK computer museums. You can also pick up a copy in our museum shop!
🔗 amzn.eu/d/0bauqEgb
Rob's book in the sunlight
Perfectly timed arrival for #WorldBookDay - Voices from a Future Passed by Rob Napier, the history of Acorn Computers, ARM, and the BBC Computer Literacy Project
WROCC Meeting Tonight with Chris Hughes talking about Messenger Pro! www.riscository.com/2026/messeng...
We’re now just a few weeks away from the RISC OS North exhibition in Warrington, taking place on Saturday March 21st 2026.
The website riscosnorth.uk has lots of information about exhibitors, transport and location. There should be some exciting new developments on display.
Still #RISCOS but different?
New arrival and straight to the top of my to read list. Review to follow, hopefully before the RISC OS North Show in a couple of weeks!
To buy now: amzn.eu/d/06qvLzW8
Author’s site: doitonce.net.au
RISCOS North show: riscosnorth.uk
At our next meeting on Monday 16th March come chat with @matt.godbolt.org in the pub (or on Zoom if you must) about JSbeeb, Compiler Explorer, and more! Free entry, but you have to buy your own drinks 😛
rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/ind...
Cover of the book Voices from a Future Passed
Rob Napier's book on Acorn published
www.iconbar.com/articles/Rob...
Rob gave a preview of his book at the Decemeber Rougol meeting.
WROCC March 2026 talk on Wednesday - Setting up Messenger Pro and NetFetch/Hermes
www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO...
The March 2026 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 4th March and starts at 7.45pm on Zoom. After last month's AGM we are back to the usual format/link.
Chris Hughes will be talking Messenger Pro at the next Wakefield #RISC_OS Computer Club meeting
www.riscository.com/2026/messeng...
RISC OS Frosted Iyonix ROM
RISC OS Frosted Titanium ROM
New blog post - The repair of an Acorn A5000 RISC PC where the CMOS battery leaked not once, but twice in the last 30 years.
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2026/03/acor...
Plus a seemingly unrelated hard drive access problem.
RISC OS Frosted ROM for Pi :)
You can watch the author Rob Napier talking about the book and his time at Acorn here m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5yv...
C BASIC update: www.riscosopen.org/news/article...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEZ0... - Live in 2 Hours! - More Coding with Gerph!
A reminder that Rob Napier's history of Acorn, the BBC and ARM is available to buy now! Do spread the word, as he's also donating a percentage of the royalties to various computing museums, including @tnmoc.bsky.social 😀 Link to order here: amzn.eu/d/00BQj8tz
If you're unsure about the Acorn Computers Biography, here's a great news article, that provides some insights into the book:
www.riscository.com/2026/voices-...
Probably not the best time to post this, but are any folks in the UK interested in either an old BBC micro or a slightly younger Acorn Archimedes? No idea if they’re still working.
Can any of my Jersey C.I. contacts shed any light on this company that used to make games for the Acorn Archimedes in the eighties and nineties? Who were they and are the people that were involved still living in Jersey?
