Get back to BASIC at no cost, by RISC OS FR

Get back to BASIC at no cost, by RISC OS FR

We have secured a focused version of the latest Desktop Development Environment from ROOL, specially tailored to programmers wanting to write software for RISC OS in the popular BBC BASIC language.

We offer you to get a free version of the BASIC DDE issue 27, including:
- The BBC BASIC Reference Manual
- Version 4.18 of the new ARMv7/v8 compliant version of the ABC compiler
- A completely revised 82 page ABC operating manual
- User Interface Toolbox and resource editor tools (ResEd, ResTest, ResCreate)
- Various programming tools (SrcEdit, SDCreate, Allocate, CreateSEC)
- The latest version of the !System components

ABC is a tool for compiling BBC BASIC software into native code. It has been used to compile large projects and will improve the speed of your software by around a factor of 5.

This package will be sent to you by e-mail, with a personal serial number. The serial number can also be used to purchase the full featured DDE from ROOL thereafter, with a 10% discount on its price.

Please note: this software is still a commercial product, of which RISC OS FR pay the licence on your behalf. You may not distribute or resell your copy or transfer the licence to anyone else. Please try to limit your requests to one per household.

How to get your copy of BASIC DDE issue 27?
1 / Take one or more screenshots of your RISC OS desktop, without cropping or resizing. Please hide your personal data, if present.
2 / Submit your screenshots by e-mail to basicdde4free@riscos.fr. Your e-mail address will be used to register your copy of the BASIC DDE with ROOL.

The screenshots will be published on the RISC OS FR website, anonymously and in the public domain, so that they can be seen and used by as many people as possible.

Licence stocks are limited – hurry to secure your copy!

Passez au BASIC sans frais, avec RISC OS FR

Nous avons obtenu une version dédiée du dernier Desktop Development Environment de ROOL, spécialement adaptée aux programmeurs voulant écrire des logiciels pour RISC OS en BBC BASIC.

Nous vous proposons d’obtenir une version gratuite de BASIC DDE version 27 comprenant :
- Le manuel de référence BBC BASIC
- La version 4.18 de la nouvelle mouture d’ABC, compatible ARMv7/v8
- Le manuel d’utilisation entièrement révisé d’ABC, de 82 pages
- La Toolbox et des outils d’édition de ressources (ResEd, ResTest, ResCreate)
- Divers outils de programmation (SrcEdit, SDCreate, Allocate, CreateSEC)
- La dernière version des composants !System

ABC est un outil permettant de compiler les logiciels BBC BASIC en code natif. Il a été utilisé pour compiler des projets d’envergure et permettra d’améliorer la vitesse de vos logiciels d’un facteur d’environ 5.

Cet ensemble vous sera envoyé par e-mail, avec un numéro de série personnel. Ce numéro de série pourra également être utilisé pour acheter le DDE complet de ROOL par la suite, avec un rabais de 10% sur son prix.

Remarque : ce logiciel est toujours un produit commercial, dont RISC OS FR paie la licence en votre nom. Vous ne pouvez pas distribuer ou revendre votre copie ou transférer la licence à un tiers. Dans la mesure du possible, veuillez limiter vos demandes à une par foyer.

Comment obtenir votre exemplaire du BASIC DDE version 27 ?
1 / Prenez une ou plusieurs captures d’écran de votre bureau RISC OS, sans recadrage ni redimensionnement. Veuillez masquer vos données personnelles, le cas échéant.
2 / Envoyez vos captures d’écran par e-mail à basicdde4free@riscos.fr. Votre adresse e-mail sera utilisée pour enregistrer votre copie de BASIC DDE auprès de ROOL.

Les captures d’écran seront publiées anonymement et dans le domaine public sur le site web RISC OS FR afin qu’elles puissent être vues et utilisées librement par le plus grand nombre.

Les stocks de licences sont limités – réservez vite la votre !

Uhh… Vince? Have we just found the winner for this year’s Best Show Of Initiative? Or must it wait until next year now?

Have we just found the winner for this year’s Best Show Of Initiative? Or must it wait until next year now?

Silly boy, that’s a candidate for this year, the vote going on is for best of 2016 :P

If it wasn’t for that fact that we know David Feugey we’d be using the “If something seems too good to be true….” saying!

Thanks :)

First licences emailed to users.
We have still a lot of them.
So…

Got my copy of BASIC DDE today. Amazing offer, really!

Some people told me that their mail providers see the archive as potential virus.
Of course, their is no x6 code inside. So don’t worry.
Just contact me with an alternative email address.

20 licenses offered, and still a lot to give…

I’ve been a bit reticent about requesting one of these, because I’ve never felt the need to compile my BASIC programs – generally they run fast enough to keep me happy, and on the rare occasions they don’t I just write heavily used bits in assembler, to be assembled at runtime.

But if they’re really not going, give me one and I’ll give it a whirl. I don’t promise to make really good use of it though, so do give it to someone else if there are other takers.

But if they’re really not going, give me one and I’ll give it a whirl.

Just send a screenshot :)

There’s one here: http://clive.semmens.org.uk/RISCOS/screen.jpg – is that the sort of thing you want? It’s a 3840×2160 screenshot, with a 1920×1200 screenshot in a window, amongst other things. Or is there something in particular you’d like on screen?

As you want. This one seems to be OK.I’m waiting for the mail…

Not sure exactly what you’ll be doing with the screenshots, so I’ve made a new one without my email address on it – and sent it to you. Not that my email address is at all private really – it’s on my website which is public. It’s not a 4K one this time though.

See first message…

Take one or more screenshots of your RISC OS desktop, without cropping or resizing. Please hide your personal data, if present.
[…]
The screenshots will be published on the RISC OS FR website, anonymously and in the public domain, so that they can be seen and used by as many people as possible.

I missed that bit – I can’t see me being bothered if visitors to RISC OS FR want to email me… 8~) …if you want to use the 4K screenshot as well, feel free – I can send you the original sprite instead of the jpg if that would be better.

No problem. The more I’ll get, the better it will be.

Received my copy, thanks.
(now learn !AppBasic, used to work with !WimpWorks but you can’t compile the Basic you create with it)

Yup – I have mine too! Many thanks to M. Feugey! Et à RISC OS FR!

Are there any left, David? I sent a screenshot but haven’t heard back. I’m new to RISC OS so my screenshot’s a bit bland but let me know if you need anything else.

I send it to you the same day I receive the screenshot. Can you please check your spam folder?
Many Gmail users get my mail in it :)

And don’t worry. We have a lot of licences.

Aha! Curséd Gmail.
Thank you very much indeed. I’ll have fun with this!

Almost 30 licences distributed.

We still have a lot of them, so just send us an email with your screenshot.
basicdde4free@riscos.fr

Almost 30 licences distributed.

Found my copy buried in the spam folder. The pdf manual for toolbox does not open, otherwise everything is working perfectly. What a fantastic initiative, thank you very much.

The pdf manual for toolbox does not open

Works here with the latest version of !PDF
I can send you the archive again, even if it will go once again in the spam folder :)

hat a fantastic initiative, thank you very much.

I still have licences.

Works here with the latest version of !PDF

Working perfectly now. Thanks