Sometimes it's the small projects that are the most enjoyable.

Case in point: this month I'm building !EliteNet, which connects the #Archimedes version of #Elite to the Econet multiplayer scoreboard, so ArcElite players can compete against #BBCMicro players.

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.

And I've never written a RISC OS relocatable module before, so even now, this old dog is learning new ARM-based tricks.

And… ArcElite!

I absolutely love this hobby.

Last RISC OS icon I created (I think ..)

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.

This lets me uncompress gzip files from the GUI.

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.

RISC OS recreation of an icon I created and used under (Microware) OS-9 for the Tandy CoCo 3.

It's supposed to be a speaker, with a digital signal going in and sound waves coming out.

Sigh, I know, it looks like a flower.

But hey, I discovered how to set pixels to be transparent in !paint !

As a fan of anything computing i rediscoverd this gem
https://www.riscosopen.org/content/

Remember trying it on my Raspberry 1

The 32bit RISC OS needs to be ported to 64bit to survive, seeks help

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

https://www.osnews.com/story/142025/the-32bit-risc-os-needs-to-be-ported-to-64bit-to-survive-seeks-help/

Help Propel The Original ARM OS Into The Future https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/help-propel-the-original-arm-os-into-the-future/ #SoftwareDevelopment #operatingsystem #RiscOS #arm

Help Propel The Original ARM OS Into The Future - We use ARM devices in everything from our microcontroller projects to our laptops,... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/30/help-propel-the-original-arm-os-into-the-future/ #softwaredevelopment #operatingsystem #riscos #arm

It's alive! After a few years of battling with the #RISC_OS #kernel ... something new and magic is coming up very soon and oh boy if it's exciting!

#riscos is alive and well, worries not!
#retrocomputing , #retrocoding , #programming #operating_system #opensource

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.

Visit https://www.riscosnorth.uk/ for details.

There are at least two, TWO people on my feed that will be interested in this.

RISC OS North show in Warrington.

https://www.riscosnorth.uk/

29th March, Village Hotel, Warrington, WA1 1QA.

10:30 - 16:30. £7 door, under 14s free.

Found out via a flyer in the foyer in our mill.

The most Northern of communication mediums.

At the London RISC OS Users Group meeting this evening, I saw RISC iX (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC_iX) running in an emulator for the first time. I also met some of the developers behind the applications I used to use in my RISC OS days, as well as others I interacted with in the late ’90s—many of whom are still enthusiastically hacking on RISC OS purely for the love of it! #riscos

#RISC_OS New updates for both the 2 RO AIs, lots of improvements for both! Thanks a lot to all the people helping with this project! It's great to see the community coming together Details on ROOL's forum:
RO: https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/19572#posts-155241
BBC BASIC: https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/19699#posts-155242

#AI for #Retrocomputing and #Retrocoding #programming #riscos #ARM #AcornComputers #LLM

Our "Coding on RISC OS" fireside chat is tomorrow, Saturday, March 1st, at 7:30 PM (UK time). Come and join us to learn and connect with others. No experience necessary. DM for credentials (no change). #Code4Fun #RISCOS #Community #OpenSource #RaspberryPi (<5) #RockChip #PinebookPro #ARM

Are you interested in Coding on RISC OS and excited to learn more? Join our friendly fireside chat; it's on Zoom—DM for credentials (unchanged). If you are a developer, come and join us. The event is this Saturday, March 1st, at 7:30 pm (UTC 18:30). #OpenSource #RISCOS #Community #Code4Fun

"Archimedean Echoes" 256 bytes for RISC PC+ / #riscos 3MB+ for #lovebyte2025

Multilayered "Appolonian Net" with horizontal parallax scrolling, patterns are produced with the HAKMEM 149 algorithm. (All integers)

#arm #demoscene #riscpc

Write-up: https://www.onirom.fr/wiki/codegolf/archimedean_echoes/

I am delighted to announce that the 2nd of four #risc_os AI Assistants, designed for beginners and those wanting to enjoy playing with AI and BBC BASIC, is now available to everyone!

More details on how to access it for free in the link below:

https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/19699