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I'm floatin' around in ABC

Posted by Steve Revill Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:11:00 GMT

Find yourself writing programs in BBC BASIC? Do your programs ever involve floating point maths? Well we’ve got some good news for you!

The Archimedes BASIC Compiler (ABC) 5.00 has been extended with a new option to directly output Vector Floating Point maths instructions which then run on the hardware floating point unit built into many recent Arm processors. This gives a considerable speed increase compared with its predecessor the Floating Point Accelerator which is often emulated now.

Code generation selector

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Wakefield show ups sticks to Bradford

Posted by Steve Revill Sun, 08 May 2022 14:43:00 GMT

Celebrating its 25th anniversary outing this year is the popular WROCC show on the 21st of May.

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Big Ben eXperience rings again

Posted by Steve Revill Tue, 03 May 2022 08:38:00 GMT

RISC OS fans in mainland Europe will have been missing the regular chiming of the Big Ben Club’s annual gathering, having been cancelled twice due to Coronavirus restrictions. The good news is it’s confirmed as going ahead this time round – on 14th May 2022.

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A second great networking opportunity

Posted by Steve Revill Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:56:00 GMT

Following the success of step 1 of the TCP/IP stack overhaul, we’ve been watching with interest as over one hundred community donations have filled our step 2 bounty pot almost to the brim. Today we’re able to announce that the bounty has been claimed and under way.

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