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RISC OS 5.20 (stable) is now available

Posted by Steve Revill Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:00:00 GMT

RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) are pleased to announce the immediate release of the latest stable RISC OS ROM release, it incorporates a massive 625 changes for the Tungsten platform (used in the IYONIX pc from Castle Technology) and 654 changes for the OMAP3 platform (used in the ARMini from RComp).

For the first time the stable release includes the IOMD platform (used in Acorn’s Risc PC, A7000, and A7000+), and users can purchase this on physical ROMs for their computer too.

You can download RISC OS 5.20 free of charge from the ROOL downloads page and there are some brief upgrade instructions on this wiki page

This software is subject to continual improvement and work has already commenced on RISC OS 5.21! Using the convention of even numbers for stable editions and odd numbers for development editions, users can feedback any issues seen to make it into the next version.

Posted in New component, Press release | Tags armini, Castle, harddisc4, IYONIX, omap3, rcomp, tungsten | 18 comments

RISC OS 5.20 at the Midlands Show

Posted by Steve Revill Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:57:00 GMT

RISC OS Open are very pleased to announce that we will be attending the Midlands RISC OS Show this Saturday, 13th July.

At the show this year we will unveil the latest stable release of RISC OS, version 5.20, which has well over 600 changes, improvements and bug fixes since the previous stable release.

RISC OS 5.20 is an even-numbered release so it has been verified as stable for the Castle Iyonix PC, the RComp ARMini and – for the first time ever with RISC OS 5, on Acorn-branded hardware such as the RiscPC and A7000.

There will be a lot of show exclusives so come along and take a look! If you want to buy any of these items online, more information will be following on the ROOL site next week.

Posted in Community, Press release, New product, New component | 5 comments

Update on proposed RISC OS show

Posted by Steve Revill Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:03:00 GMT

We’re still planning for a potential free RISC OS show down in Portsmouth. Thanks to everyone who has responded up to now. It’s now looking pretty clear that the July date isn’t a good one so we are thinking of trying for a date in September instead.

If you’re interested in coming along to the show, either as an exhibitor or as a visitor, please get in touch here to let us know which date (a Saturday in September) would work best for you.

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A new RISC OS show? It's free? I'm in!

Posted by Steve Revill Wed, 29 May 2013 13:33:00 GMT

Update: please note we’re now looking at doing this proposed show in September.

Original article:

RISC OS Open have teamed up with Innovation Warehouse Portsmouth to create an unique opportunity to hold a free RISC OS show on Saturday 20th July 2013 in the heart of the great waterfront city of Portsmouth.

Posted in Press release, Community | Tags innovation, portsmouth, show, warehouse | no comments