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Andrew<p>A big shout-out to everyone who made it. The next fireside chat is pencilled in for the 9th August. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Code4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Code4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meetup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rockchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rockchip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcornComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcornComputers</span></a></p>
Andrew<p>Are you interested in coding on RISC OS? Want to learn more? Join our friendly fireside chat on Zoom—DM for credentials (unchanged). If you are a developer, come and connect. The event is this Saturday, 5th July, at 7:30 pm (GMT+1). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Code4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Code4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RasperryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RasperryPi</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>Zarch vs. Virus - David Braben classics </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjVeZ9c9fLM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TjVeZ9c9fL</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emulation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DavidBraben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBraben</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Frontier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frontier</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a></p>
Lioh<p>If you are interested in RISC OS and would like to learn more about the history of the operating system and how it works, take a look at my article in the LOAD magazine (in German).</p><p><a href="https://drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/96NdT0Y8yRrHQ4v" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/96</span><span class="invisible">NdT0Y8yRrHQ4v</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/load" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>load</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>Are you a RISC user?</p><p>(MC68010 for scale)</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magazines</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magazine</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computermagazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computermagazines</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Archimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archimedes</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Archie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archie</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a></p>
retrotechtive<p>More Acorn goodness tonight, this time with the A7000+ - Simon the Sorcerer talkie version on CD, good ol' Chris Barrie!</p><p><a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/archimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archimedes</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/A7000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>A7000</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/riscpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscpc</span></a></p>
Evie Musselwhite :maybe_verified: :verifieddemigirl:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> Basically the same... Except for me it isn't the X11 Windowing System - it's the good ol' RISC OS desktop environment! :akko_excited:</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ewreoxomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ewreoxomputing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a></p>
Andrew Flegg<p>Today I had cause to get out my old <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> 3 Style Guide to demonstrate that the fundamentals of good <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> can date back well over 30 years - same with the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/HIG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIG</span></a>.</p><p>I need to find a modern equivalent that clearly shows the basics for an "intro to usability" post. Most <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/designSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designSystems</span></a> seem overly focused on their components, rather than the principles of a good WIMP system.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
severtz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jameswoodcock" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jameswoodcock</span></a></span> Did you know you can simply find an example of the Acorn logo, put it in a sprite file and name it taskmanager, then run</p><p>iconsprites spritesfile</p><p>Next time that part of the iconbar is displayed, you should get the acorn.</p><p>I'll leave it to someone else to tell you where it's best to put that in the boot sequence, that's still a bit of a mystery to me!</p><p>RISC OS is nothing if not flexible!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
James | PixelRefresh.com<p>In RISC OS 4.39, I really want my green Acorn logo back!</p><p>After using RISC OS 3.1 on my Acorn A3010 for so many years, using this newer version on the RISC PC 700 feels wrong without that lovely green iconic erm... Icon.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
James | PixelRefresh.com<p>Looking after my latest Acorn acquisition...</p><p>The RISC PC 700 originally released in 1995, this one with plenty of installed extras for me to dabble with.</p><p>As always, like to give retro tech a good clean, especially keyboards! Much better now.</p><p>Fun times ahead! New to RISC PCs so tips welcome... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
Willard Goosey<p>Oh man ROTFL!</p><p>So, a while back I found an actual FOCAL program on the net and downloaded it, lunarlander.foc. I'm pretty sure I mentioned it here but I can't find my post.😞</p><p>Anyway it doesn't run in my version of the Conway/ Kida FOCAL interpreter and I just realized why.</p><p>Because this is ALL UPPERCASE source and this FOCAL only knows function names in lower case!</p><p>And I never noticed! </p><p>This FOCAL does accept uppercase keywords, but not functions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Focal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Focal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS9</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LunarLander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarLander</span></a></p>
James | PixelRefresh.com<p>My Simon the Sorcerer collection for the Acorn Archimedes...</p><p>- Floppy disk version (9 of them!)<br>- CD-ROM talkie version</p><p>The Acorn A3010 was the platform where I first discovered the delights of Simon the Sorcerer.</p><p><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/simon-the-sorcerer-remembering-my-first-point-and-click-adventure/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pixelrefresh.com/simon-the-sor</span><span class="invisible">cerer-remembering-my-first-point-and-click-adventure/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a></p>
James | PixelRefresh.com<p>Articles are never truly complete...</p><p>My experience of the legendary Acorn Archimedes A3010 I wrote last year lacked the catalogue listing that inspired me to ask for it in Christmas 1994.</p><p>With help, we found the catalogue and page!</p><p>Enjoy the update...<br><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/the-acorn-archimedes-a3010-kid-battling-with-amiga-atari-st/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pixelrefresh.com/the-acorn-arc</span><span class="invisible">himedes-a3010-kid-battling-with-amiga-atari-st/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
Paolo Fabio Zaino ☮️🌍💻🎸🎮☕️🍩🍕<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISC_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISC_OS</span></a> I've put together a presentation page for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ProjectMerlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectMerlin</span></a>, which also includes a real-time progress update widget. This is to help answer questions I've received from various people. Please note: I am doign this for fun, I am NOT trying to save <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://riscoscommunity.org/projects/risc-os-merlin/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">riscoscommunity.org/projects/r</span><span class="invisible">isc-os-merlin/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RustLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RustLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/operatingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
retrotechtive<p>Anyone here able to help me get an Acorn A7000 working with a SD card "hard drive"?</p><p>I have used !HForm (v2.1 I think) to format the disk on the machine, which seems to work. I can copy stuff to the drive and restart the machine and it still works.</p><p>But if I power off and on, the machine seems to then think the drive is unformatted ☹️</p><p>Is there some *configure thing I need to do to make it "stick"?</p><p>(Also any docs about this would.be appreciated!)</p><p><a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/a7000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a7000</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/archimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archimedes</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
Andrew<p>A big shout-out to everyone who made it. The next fireside chat is pencilled in for the 5th of July. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Code4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Code4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meetup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rockchip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rockchip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcornComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcornComputers</span></a></p>
Mars<p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
Andrew<p>Are you interested in Coding on RISC OS? Want to learn more? Join our friendly fireside chat on Zoom—DM for credentials (unchanged). If you are a developer, come and connect. The event is this Saturday, 31st May, at 7:30 pm (GMT+1). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Code4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Code4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RasperryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RasperryPi</span></a></p>
Andrew Flegg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@trcwm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>trcwm</span></a></span> Arc <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> on <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> as the most faithful implementation of the original idea.</p><p>Or the open source <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Oolite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oolite</span></a> for taking it into the 21st Century, with loads of mods.</p><p>Honourable mention to <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/EliteDangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EliteDangerous</span></a> which feels so empty since they abandoned consoles and never implemented cross-play :-(</p>