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Willard Goosey<p>Downloaded a random svg icon from another "free icon" site.</p><p>Copied it to RISC OS and loaded it into netsurf and saved it as a draw file.</p><p>Dropped the draw file onto !draw2sprite, selected the color depth and size I wanted, and boom! Had a usable RISC OS sprite!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Icon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Icon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SVG</span></a> </p><p>(It's an air fryer) 😀</p>
Willard Goosey<p>Hummm.<br>So I grabbed a semi-random <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/icon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icon</span></a> in .png from one of those "30,000 free icon" sites, copied it to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> and while !privateEye can display it properly, !changeFSI just displays a black window.</p><p>ChangeFSI displays other pngs so it's not that it doesn't know about png, so the original site must be doing something weird. One can do a lot of weird things in .png.</p><p>Don't make me use pbm tools. </p><p>(Actually I have an idea...)</p>
Mark Moxon<p>I recently hacked <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Archimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archimedes</span></a> to send scores to a live scoreboard across an <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Econet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Econet</span></a> network.</p><p>I've just published a short article that explains how I did this.</p><p>I hope you like it!</p><p><a href="https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_over_econet_acorn_archimedes.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite</span><span class="invisible">_over_econet_acorn_archimedes.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocompting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocompting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
Andrew<p>A huge shout-out to everyone who made it. The next meet-up is pencilled in for Saturday, 31st May. Come and join in, connect with others. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Code4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Code4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Meetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meetup</span></a></p>
Mark Moxon<p>I've just released !EliteNet, my first <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> application in 30 years.</p><p>It allows <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Archimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archimedes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> to transmit to an <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Econet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Econet</span></a> multiplayer scoreboard (see Yoda’s score in the second screenshot, for example).</p><p>I’ve loved every minute of this little side project!</p><p>Here's the repo: <a href="https://github.com/markmoxon/elite-over-econet-acorn-archimedes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/markmoxon/elite-ove</span><span class="invisible">r-econet-acorn-archimedes</span></a></p><p>If you want to see this in action, we’ll be playing multiplayer Elite at the National Museum of Computing’s LAN Party on 7-8 June.</p><p>You can find more information about the party here, including ticket details: <a href="https://www.tnmoc.org/events/econet-lan-party-2025-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tnmoc.org/events/econet-lan-pa</span><span class="invisible">rty-2025-1</span></a></p><p>See you there!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tnmoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tnmoc</span></a></p>
ArchiveOS<p>RISC OS (Reduced Instrcution Set Computer Operating System) – an OS for desktop computers running ARM processors. RISC OS was originally developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England has been in continual development since 1989. <a href="https://archiveos.org/risc-os/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archiveos.org/risc-os/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
Phil M0OFX<p>Does anyone have a friend who used to work for the <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> Ethernet card company, i-Cubed Ltd.?</p><p>I'd like to hear the story behind this line in their code:</p><p>"Save the world! Eat more fish! Angstrom for Parliament!"</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</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, 26th April, at 7:30 pm (UK). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Code4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Code4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zoom</span></a></p>
Mark Moxon<p>Sometimes it's the small projects that are the most enjoyable.</p><p>Case in point: this month I'm building !EliteNet, which connects the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Archimedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archimedes</span></a> version of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> to the Econet multiplayer scoreboard, so ArcElite players can compete against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> players.</p><p>I last wrote a RISC OS application in 1995. That's 30 years ago! Turns out that BBC BASIC V is still a great language to code in.</p><p>And I've never written a RISC OS relocatable module before, so even now, this old dog is learning new ARM-based tricks.</p><p>And… ArcElite! ❤️</p><p>I absolutely love this hobby.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a></p>
Willard Goosey<p>Last RISC OS icon I created (I think ..)</p><p>This is for ungzip, which does just that. Gavin Wraith's drag-and-drop WIMP wrapper (stick) that runs a trivial perl script that calls the gzip binary.</p><p>This lets me uncompress gzip files from the GUI.</p><p>Stick does the magic of making drag-and-drop happen. The perl script converts a RISC OS filename (foo.bar/gz) into a unix style path (foo/bar.gz) and feeds the path to gzip.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Icons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Icons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GZip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GZip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Stick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stick</span></a></p>
Willard Goosey<p>I forgot I made an icon for !cawf !</p><p> A printer that is apparently badly in need of retrobrighting.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/icons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icons</span></a></p>
Willard Goosey<p>This is the first RISC OS icon I made.</p><p>I was working with the last MINIX source release for the NE editor, trying to compile it under RISC OS. I got it to compile but it didn't have the binary blobs needed for RISC OS, like the icon...</p><p>At this point I was still confused about where NE sits in the Cambridge / IBM E editor's family tree, so I created an icon that mimics IBM's look.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Icons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Icons</span></a></p>
Willard Goosey<p>RISC OS recreation of an icon I created and used under (Microware) OS-9 for the Tandy CoCo 3.</p><p>It's supposed to be a speaker, with a digital signal going in and sound waves coming out.</p><p>Sigh, I know, it looks like a flower. </p><p>But hey, I discovered how to set pixels to be transparent in !paint !</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RiscOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiscOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Icons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Icons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Paint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paint</span></a></p>
joany<p>As a fan of anything computing i rediscoverd this gem<br><a href="https://www.riscosopen.org/content/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">riscosopen.org/content/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Remember trying it on my Raspberry 1 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a></p>
OSNews<p>The 32bit RISC OS needs to be ported to 64bit to survive, seeks help</p><p>RISC OS, the operating system from the United Kingdom originally designed to run on Acorn Computer's Archimedes computers - the first ARM computers - is still actively developed today. Especially since the introduction of the Raspberry Pi, new life was breathed into this ageing operating system, and it</p><p><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/142025/the-32bit-risc-os-needs-to-be-ported-to-64bit-to-survive-seeks-help/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">osnews.com/story/142025/the-32</span><span class="invisible">bit-risc-os-needs-to-be-ported-to-64bit-to-survive-seeks-help/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Help Propel The Original ARM OS Into The Future - We use ARM devices in everything from our microcontroller projects to our laptops,... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/help-propel-the-original-arm-os-into-the-future/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/30/help-p</span><span class="invisible">ropel-the-original-arm-os-into-the-future/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwaredevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/riscos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscos</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a></p>
Andrew<p>RISC OS North show news: <a href="https://www.iconbar.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">iconbar.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcornComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcornComputers</span></a></p>
Paul<p>Wish I'd heard of this RISC OS North event earlier than today, looks really interesting and very easy to get to by public transport from Manchester:</p><p><a href="https://www.riscosnorth.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">riscosnorth.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a></p>
Andrew<p>Remember Acorn Computers, the creators of the first ARM chip and BBC Micro? Take a trip down memory lane or catch up at the RISC OS North show, which kicks off tomorrow, March 29th, in Warrington, UK. </p><p>Visit <a href="https://www.riscosnorth.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">riscosnorth.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for details.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Event</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Warrington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warrington</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PinebookPro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinebookPro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RISCOS</span></a></p>
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