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Contents
- General News
- Commercial News
- PD/Shareware News
- Club News
- ANS Information
Updated virus protection
Pineapple Software has released an updated version of the free VProtect
anti-virus module:
http://www.pineaple.demon.co.uk/VirusD.htm
Stuart Tyrrell Developments: USB, UPS, trackballs
USB free hub offer extended
Stuart Tyrrell Developments have been giving away a free Hub with the
Simtec USB card during October. The scheme such a success that it has
been extended until the end of November, or whilst stocks last.
http://www.stdevel.com/USB.html
New Uninterruptible Power Supply
Stuart Tyrrell Developments are able to supply the Energy Protector 650
UPS, which provides up to 45 minutes of backup time, along with surge
protection and RFI filtering. An AVR mechanism will boost or buck the
mains voltage if it is out of tolerance. It is equipped with two mains
outputs, comes complete with cables, and costs GBP64.95+GBP10 carriage.
http://www.stdevel.com/UPS.html
Finger-operated trackballs
Stuart Tyrrell Developments are pleased to announce a range of new
finger-operated trackballs for use with RISC OS machines via their
PS2MouseMini interface. The trackballs, starting from GBP14.95, all
include finger-operated select, menu, and adjust buttons.
http://www.stdevel.com/mice.html
32bit C/C++ with Printed Manuals
To compliment the recent launch of the 32bit version of Acorn C/C++,
The Fourth Dimension is making available a package of the new 32bit C/C++
CD with copies of the four Acorn printed manuals (totalling 1388 pages).
The original printed manuals are supplied in an updated electronic version
on the CD but many programmers prefer to refer to printed documentation.
- 32Bit C/C++ CD GBP99 inc postage
- 32bit C/C++ CD with original Acorn C/C++ Manuals GBP130 inc postage
- Copies of the 'manuals only' are available for GBP45 inc postage
http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/4d/
Acorn/RISC OS Soft-Wear
Sober are pleased to announce Acorn/RISC OS T-Shirts. You can either use
a pre-made design (see web site) or send your own design. Prices:
- Front Design Only GBP5.99
- Back And Front Design GBP6.99
- P&P for <5 items GBP1.00 per item
- P&P for >=5 items GBP5.00 total
For details see http://banners.iconbar.com/sober/site/. Sober is a
Young Enterprise company http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/.
New RISC OS 4 Prices
After securing further OTP ROM supplies, RISCOS Ltd has announced a new
permanently low price for RISC OS 4 upgrades.
The full RISC OS 4 ROM pack is now available for GBP85 including VAT. For
users who want to upgrade more than one machine a set of ROMs only is
available for GBP75 including VAT.
Discounts are available for Dealers, Authorised Installers and User Groups
who place bulk orders. Orders may be placed by Cheque or Credit Card by
post to: RISCOS Ltd., 3 Clarendon Road, Cardiff, CF23 9JD. Telephone
02920 492324, fax 02920 492326, mailto:sales@riscos.com.
http://www.riscos.com/
New software summary
MainsCon, A radio operated mains controller
New hardware project, a four channel radio operated mains controller
which can switch up to four 13 amp sockets.
http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/tudor/interface/maincon.htm
SSH-2 library, secure connection protocol
A port of the newest PuTTY (0.53) code for use with CVS. This code
contains the complete SSH protocol, which is used to make connections
secure.
http://home.student.utwente.nl/m.m.bezemer/cvsuk.html
Thumbcat, image catalogue
Creates an HTML catalogue of photos that could be burnt onto a CD.
Thumbcat will catalogue the following: Sprites, Drawfiles, AVIs (from
digital cameras), JPEGs, EXIFs, and any formats recognised by ImageFS.
http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/mripley/software.html#thumbcat
Updated software summary
Analog v5.24
RISC OS port of Analog, a web server log file analyser.
http://www.sbellon.de/software.html
ARMalyser v0.35
An ARM code analyser that understands RISC OS executable, module, object
and library formats. Enhancements in this version: all code using NV
condition marked as not 32 bit; non XScale instruction warning added for
LDR Rd,[Rd],#0; warning added for branching outside 64MB or with thumb
bit; Sound_Install voice installation header identified; settype comment
added to assembler output for modules; ARMalyser automatically runs a 26
or 32 bit RISC OS executable depending the Shared C library available;
future enhancements added to documentation. Bug fixes.
http://www.armclub.org.uk/free/
CVS v1.02
Version control system. The latest PuTTY source (0.53) is ported and
used by CVS, an extra commandline option (--ssh2) is added to force CVS
to use SSH-2 instead of SSH-1, and the filetype of non-textfiles will
be sent to the server.
http://home.student.utwente.nl/m.m.bezemer/cvsuk.html
FSI_Batch v2.9
A front-end to ChangeFSI and allows you to drop up to 200 image files on
its window. This version has one very useful addition - you can now
enter the scale of any conversion as a percentage value.
http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/tudor/english/sharewr.htm
GCC/GCCSDK v2.95.4 release 2
GCC is a free collection of compilers that provide the user with a
powerful tool for translating C, C++ and Fortran source into fast ARM
assembler that is suitable for execution on RISC OS. This is the second
release of GCC 2.95.4 and focuses mainly on usability bug fixes,
compiler and C run-time library fixes.
http://hard-mofo.dsvr.net/gcc/
HTMLcheck v1.11
Software for validating HTML pages. This is a simple recompile of the
previous version with the 32 bit tool chain.
http://www.compton.nu/htmlcheck.html
KinoAMP v0.22
An MPEG movie player. Changes in this release are: improved 32 thousand
colour support using dithering; options to multitask when using the
desktop; on screen display includes playing time and frame number; when
multitasking, a Drawfile is displayed for 1 second before the film.
http://www.everett9981.freeserve.co.uk/pete.htm
LinkFS v2.02
Provides symbolic links to directories. This is a complete rewrite of
the original software which fixes a number of minor bugs and also
introduces several new features: modifications made to a directory which
is the target of a link are now reflected in any filer windows which are
open on the link; a 32 bit compatible version of the module has been
added and will be automatically loaded on machines with an appropriate
run time environment installed.
http://www.compton.nu/linkfs.html
RiscX v0.07
An X Server application for RISC OS. It allows you to run the various X
client programs on a remote server (usually a Unix/Linux based system)
and see the output on your RISC OS desktop. Changes in this version are:
added 4, 16, and 32bit depth support; improved the efficiency of screen
updates in the multi tasking version; enabled LBX (Low Bandwidth X).
http://www.beyondthought.co.uk/RISCOS/html/software.html#network
SuperFPEm v2.42
FPEmulator performance enhancer. Bug fixes and performance enhancements.
http://www.toth.org.uk/~mech/
TinyThumb v1.01
Produce small versions (thumbnails) of a series of JPEG images. It can
generate a series of HTML pages with the thumbnails displayed so that
they can be clicked on to download the original image. This version
fixes a known problem with very long pathnames as well as offering a
number of different formats to display the path in.
http://www.precedence.co.uk/downloads/tinythumb/
Upcoming meetings
ROUGOL (London), 18th November
http://rougol.jellybaby.net/
HHRUG (Hemel Hempstead), 20th November
http://www.hhrug.org.uk/
M25EROUG (M25 East), 25th November
Jack Lillingston, Iyonix
http://m25eroug.riscos.org.uk/
BAUG (Bottisham), 26th November
PhotoDesk tutorial
http://come.to/baug
The ARM Club Midlands Show, 30th November
http://www.armclub.org.uk/shows/midlands/
ICENI (Suffolk), 4th December
Christmas party & auction
http://www.archipel.demon.co.uk/ICENI/
WROCC (Wakefield), 7th December
Annual bring & buy action
http://www.wrocc.org.uk/
DARC (Derbyshire), 9th December
ProCAD
http://www.darc-comp.org.uk/
EAUG (Essex), 10th December
PhotoDesk
http://www.wattys.fsnet.co.uk/eaug.html
NKACC (Kent), 11th December
Christmas meal
http://nkacc.roundel.net/
ROUGOL (London), 16th December
Jack Lillingston, Iyonix
http://rougol.jellybaby.net/
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