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Oldies but Goodies

Posted on October 6, 2023 by riscosbits

This article is intended as some sort of “blog within a blog” in as much as it is a run down of some of the treasures of RISC OS that have been forgotten by many in the mists of time. … Continue reading →

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Virtualising the RISC OS Desktop

Posted on October 6, 2023 by riscosbits

Whilst many people prefer actual screen real estate, with increasingly higher resolution monitors available, for some, physical space prevents expansion to bigger physical screens and those higher resolutions. This is where “virtual” desktops come in. With the re-release of 7th … Continue reading →

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A Very Belated Review of the Pi400 and RISC OS

Posted on October 6, 2023 by riscosbits

Back in 1994, I spent my first post-university pay packet on an Acorn A3010 with a whopping 20MB hard drive and the Learning Curve software pack. It wasn’t my first computer, but it was what I felt was my first … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Case of the Tidied Pi 4

Posted on March 4, 2020 by riscosbits

If you’ve read the other blog post, you’ll have seen how I built a Pi4 machine before the RISC OS port was ready by using the ACE4U form-factor hub, but it was a bit untidy, so I decided to modify … Continue reading →

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Build Your Own RISC OS on Pi4 System Before the Port is Ready!

Posted on February 24, 2020 by riscosbits

On a long drive back from the SouthWest Show, where RISCOSopen and Chris Hall had been demonstrating a Raspberry Pi 4 running RISC OS, I had been thinking about how I could convert my current Pi 4 networked system into … Continue reading →

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QupZilla- making it more RISC OS

Posted on October 26, 2019 by riscosbits

QupZilla, as ported to RISC OS by Chris Gransden, is a nice browser for RISC OS, but it lacks a few of the basics that RISC OS users have come to expect: an iconbar icon; some indicator of it doing … Continue reading →

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Using Wispy

Posted on November 17, 2017 by riscosbits

Wispy is a wireless networking solution with modern web browsing for RISC OS. Continue reading →

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Build your own GeminX for RISC OS

Posted on June 29, 2017 by riscosbits

GeminX was something I needed. Still need. It allows me to run Windows in a window in RISC OS. I dabbled with the idea of releasing it as a product, but along the way, it’s hit a few brick walls.

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Element14’s Pi Desktop and RISC OS

Posted on June 23, 2017 by riscosbits

The Pi Desktop is a new “desktop case” for the Raspberry Pi from element14, which was initially purchased with the intent of replacing the very dwindling stocks of the PiSSD! machine. Whilst it looks to be very similar in concept, it’s not quite in the same class, but then again, it’s not in the same price range. Continue reading →

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