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The RISC OS User Group Of London holds monthly meetings for fans of RISC OS, Archimedes, ARM, BBC Micro, and other Acorn computers and descendants such as the Raspberry Pi. rougol.jellybaby.net Posts by Bryan Hogan @helpfuldemon.bsky.social

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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 12h
We should reconfigure the calendar so that months ALWAYS begin on a Monday, allowing me to ALWAYS do this the last day of the previous month, which happens to be a weekend. #RISC_OS meetings and events in October www.riscository.com/2026/meeting...
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Meetings and events in October 2026
The weekend starts here, and it's the closest one to the start of October that I could fit this in - so with no further ado, here's what meetings etc. are happe
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Jonathan Pallant @thejpster.org.uk · 01/10/2026
Existing in online groups is increasingly difficult when half the people think all LLM generated code is bad, and half the people think that expressing that opinion is bad. I don’t see how this can be reconciled.
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 30/09/2026
I was today years old when I realised that the MOS Technologies logo spelt out MOS. 🤦‍♂️
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TIL that it's 70 years since the first commercial hard drive shipped. It stored 3.75 Mb of data, and was two metres high. 70 years! Today there's > 200 zetabytes of stored data, nearly a billion billion times more. Has anyone found the Marie Kondo of data? www.computerhistory.org/storageengin...
Picture of a stack of 50 black disks and the equipment to read the data around it. Also this text: "In 1954 Reynold Johnson assembled a team at the IBM R&D Laboratory at 99 Notre Dame Ave., San Jose, California charged with developing fast mass storage systems to replace punched cards and magnetic tape in accounting and inventory control applications. Informed by Jacob Rabinow’s ideas at NBS, IBM developed and shipped the first commercial Hard Disk Drive (HDD), the Model 350 disk storage unit, to Zellerbach Paper, San Francisco in June 1956 as part of the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) system. "
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Stephen Scaaaaaaaaaaaaaght 😱 @sassquad.net · 30/09/2026
I found my brother's Zoar game from 2019, here as a YouTube video. Written in BBC Basic V on RISC OS Pi for the Raspberry Pi, this game looks erm... zoarsome? 😬 I really hope he can finish it, it's been years! youtu.be/ue3CLr6ePEk?...
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Zoar - an early bird flying prototype for Risc OS/Raspberry Pi - Progress 4
YouTube video by RakkuAmiya
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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 28/09/2026
The 2026 London Show is less than 4 weeks away... www.iconbar.com/articles/The... It's now less than 4 weeks to go until the next RISC OS Show...
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The 2026 London Show is less than 4 weeks away...
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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 26/09/2026
Which is the best of the classic space themed arcade games? Do you want your invaders to come from above, like Galaga or Space Invaders? Or the side, like Defender or Zaxxon? Tell us! Tickets on sale now for the Retro Computer Festival - Space Edition - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/77371/re...
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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 27/09/2026
RISC OS Open source developments weekly update (26th September 2026) www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... Here are some of the things that I spotted which happened in the RISC OS Open source world this week...
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RISC OS Open source developments weekly update (26th September 2026)
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Matty @zagrebista.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saw something in a nostalgia-bait FB post about Gauntlet and this is an excuse to go off on my pet theory which is Gauntlet is a rare game that primarily and arguably ONLY works as a coin-eating arcade game:
Four player Gauntlet machine replica
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 26/09/2026
RISC OS Technologies published a mission statement, but due to the reasons behind some of its content, it's worth looking at the use of AI in developing RISC OS software. www.riscository.com/2026/risc-os...
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A mission statement from RISC OS Technologies
And a look at the use of AI in programming. About a week ago Martin Eastwood, who is using the name RISC OS Technologies for his efforts with the operating s
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MadDamo (Ye olde dev) @damiensturdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's alive! But it's a bit poorly! MOS 3.2 (used to have 3.50 but that's packed away) View doesn't start and the display does this stripe thing, which wasn't happening last time I got it out. It'll be a nice project restoring it to full health. Aim: Run Bitshifter demos without cacking!
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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 25/09/2026
September 2026 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Sep... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?
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September 2026 News Summary
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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
41 years ago Mike Cook ( Technical Editor of The Micro User ) made this video at the Manchester Micro User Show at UMIST. It captures the passion of that time for all things relating to the BBC Micro and Acorn. I was at the show and you'll see me, aged 19, having a great time. vimeo.com/23537869
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Micro User Show 1985
Held at UMIST (Manchester) in September 1985, the show was arranged by The Micro User magazine and based around the BBC micro computer. To the people who say they used to read my articles when they we...
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 23/09/2026
The next #RISC_OS developers' fire side chat is Saturday, 26th September. Join in, and maybe seek or offer advice! Perhaps even just listen - you might catch some useful tips anyway! www.riscository.com/2026/develop...
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Developers' fireside chat - 26th September
If you are interested in software development on RISC OS, the time has come again to gather around the fire, and meet up with other people with a similar intere
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jvsgames2024.bsky.social @jvsgames2024.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The RISC OS versions of the five games from Raspberry Pi Ltd’s book Code the Classics Volume 2 are now available on itch.io. They can be downloaded for free from jvsgames.itch.io On RISC OS use the Iris web browser or alternatively, the games are available like before from PlingStore
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Alan Bellingham @bellinghman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It must be about 43 years ago then that Mssrs Bell & Braben brought their demo into the old Market Hill offices that Acornsoft had back then. We stood around a BBC-B and just went wow. No gameplay at that point, just a Cobra flying out of the distance at us. I swear we ducked
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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How did we not notice that this lined up beautifully with our meeting on Monday?!? @markmoxon.bsky.social rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/202...
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ROUGOL | Previous Meetings | September 2026
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Timmy @amigatimmy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I once played the archimedes version in a shop and it was brilliant
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Alan Bellingham @bellinghman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I wish he'd known to speak to me. That chapter was so right in so many ways though, even if a few details were wrong. How do I know? I was the play tester (and therefore the first to reach Elite level itself, before it was released - hey, we need to check that reaching that level didn't crash it)
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 20/09/2026
Elite was released 42 years ago. This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi. Art by Philip Castle🔽
Box art by Philip Castle.

The image is dominated by the game's title, "ELITE," rendered in a bold, golden 3D font with large, stylized wings, resembling a prestigious pilot's insignia. The scene depicts key elements from the game:

    The Cobra Mk III: The sleek, saucer-shaped ship in the foreground is the player's starting vessel, the legendary Cobra Mk III.

    Coriolis Station: The massive, geometric structure is a Coriolis space station, the rotating hubs of trade and commerce where players would dock.
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KIM-1 @kim-6502.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Elite is now forty two years old..
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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 21/09/2026
Masterclass in 8-bit mathematics from @markmoxon.bsky.social at this evening's @rougol.bsky.social meeting, explaining the guts of how his Two-Player Elite works. Fascinating what the little 6502 can do!
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MadDamo (Ye olde dev) @damiensturdy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Has anyone mixed a RasPi and Riscos and a Acorn BBC Master yet? Pondering on how feasible RiscOS on Master would be (Even if that means via piVDU) - Doesn't seem entirely impossible.
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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Join us in the pub (or online) on Monday 21st to chat with Mark about how he added two player duels to the original Elite. We will have a Beeb there so you can test your flying skills against others! rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/ind...
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RISC OS User Group Of London | Meetings
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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 19/09/2026
RISC OS Open source developments weekly update (19th September 2026) www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... Here are some of the things that I spotted which happened in the RISC OS Open source world this week...
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RISC OS Open source developments weekly update (19th September 2026)
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 19/09/2026
Have a blast at a two player, split-screen version of Elite at the ROUGOL meeting on Monday. www.riscository.com/2026/rougol-...
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ROUGOL revisits elite - now with two player split screen
Just over a year ago, Mark Moxon visited the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) to talk about how he had added econet support to Elite. He had been taking a
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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
!DiscMedic a new free app that will be bundled with the new version of RISCOS to check, verify and repair FileCore and FAT32 Discs, it will also undo those careless file deletions.
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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 19/09/2026
A great start to today’s Domesday at 40 anniversary event! 👏🏼 We have heard talks from Chris Turner, Mike Tibbetts and Jardine Barrington-Cook. Our brilliant MC for the day is @delverie.bsky.social 🎙️ Looking forward to the rest of the day! #Domesdayat40
Andy Finney, the MC for the Domesday at 40 event at the Centre for Computing History, standing at a lecturn with a tv screen behind with the BBC Domesday Project logo.  Jardine Barrington-Cook at the Centre for Computing History’s Domesday at 40 event. Standing at a lectern in front of seated people. Mike Tibbetts, at the Centre for Computing History’s Domesday at 40 event, standing at a lectern reading notes. Standing in front of a TV screen showing an old photograph of a BBC Master Domesday system. Chris Turner, at the Centre for Computing History Domesday at 40 event. Standing at a lectern in front of seated guests. A TV screen behind showing a web page.
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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Shield Theme is now Live on PlingStore!
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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sneak Peak at WebGL in action running fully Accelerated on the Broadcom VideoCore IV 3D Driver on the Pi 4
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RISCOS now has Bluetooth
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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 16/09/2026
Archive Edition 28:03 reviewed www.iconbar.com/articles/Arc... The PDF of Archive Magazine 28:03 has been mailed out and paper copies are in the post.
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Archive Edition 28:03 reviewed
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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 16/09/2026
🌐 DOMESDAY AT 40 | 19 SEPTEMBER 🌐 Our Domesday at 40 exhibition is now installed in our foyer, ready for this weekend’s celebration of the pioneering BBC Domesday Project. 🎟️ Tickets are still available - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/77318/Do...
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 14/09/2026
ianvisits.co.uk
‘London has fallen’ – except the facts tell a very different story
Online trolls claiming London as a crime-ridden city in terminal decline are leaving the public with a badly distorted impression of life in the capital, according to a new study.
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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
RISC OS One 64 Will get a nice revamp set of Icons for its London Demo
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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
riscosone.co.uk/index.php?/f... - New Viewer is out for testing!
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RISCOS Viewer Alpha
First Version of Viewer is Out in Alpha Form! These are the types it can open: Filetype How it draws PDF &ADF native engine JPEG &C85 c/pdfjpg PNG &B60 c/pdfpng Draw &AFF DrawFile_Render BMP &69C c/pd...
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The Icon Bar @iconbar.com · 14/09/2026
Amcog targets London Show for new Ghost hunter game www.iconbar.com/articles/Amc... Amcog are working on a new game for the imminent London show.
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Amcog targets London Show for new Ghost hunter game
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 14/09/2026
#RISC_OS in video - a new trial feature for RISCOSitory, listing recent video uploads to YouTube that are relevant to the OS www.riscository.com/2026/risc-os...
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RISC OS in video #01
How about another new trial feature? There is a growing number of videos on YouTube that are either about RISC OS, mention it in some way, or at least may be of
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 14/09/2026
The first #RISC_OS London Show news is in: AMCOG's new title for this event will be Ghost Hunter, which is an evolution of the demo game Sparky used for the AMCOG Dev Kit www.riscository.com/2026/amcog-g...
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AMCOG unveiling Ghost Hunter at London 2026
As the next RISC OS event looms - the London Show, which will take place on Saturday, 24th October - the first piece of show-related news has landed in the RISC
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Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I finished my port of legendary game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro! Check it out here to download the disk, play in the emulator or read through the code: bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/... [Disclaimer: AI assisted with Claude Code.] #retro #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #demoscene
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Paradroid, by Bitshifters
Acorn, BBC Micro and Retro Computer Code & Demos
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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 13/09/2026
The BBC Computer Literacy Project arguably kickstarted Acorn's industry profile, when there seemed to be dozens of competing and incompatible computers launched every month, the end result being the ARM chip as used in the original Acorn Archimedes and probably the device you're reading this on.
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you’re a fan of Revs, Geoff Crammond’s epic Formula 3 simulation for the #BBCMicro and #Commodore64, then this is absolute gold. It’s a modern launcher for the original game, and it adds so much - upscaling, controller support, track mods, telemetry, race view… It’s amazing. 👏 #retrogaming
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Colin Hoad @colinhoad.com · 11/09/2026
Your Computing Museum needs you! I may be biased, as a volunteer, but @tnmoc.bsky.social is fantastic and there is so much to see, you'll definitely want to come back again. So why not sign up for an annual ticket? Ample parking and walkable from the train station, too, so no excuses there! 😄
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The National Museum of Computing @tnmoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Love computing history? Support TNMOC with membership! Enjoy annual tickets, guest entries, exclusive events, discounts, and a welcome pack. Sign up now ow.ly/IL1C50ZMuiu
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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RISCOS > ACME
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The National Videogame Museum @nvmuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We’ve launched the UK’s first nationwide survey of videogame-related collections, and we want to hear from developers, publishers, studios, collectors and industry professionals. Help us preserve the stories, artefacts and archives of our games industry. Take part: forms.gle/z9a1qhVopYMT...
Image of a man and woman looking into a glass cabinet displaying museum objects, within a museum setting.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wow, look at this - it’s Revs on the #BBCMicro with telemetry, a track view showing all the other drivers, and brand new tracks! What wizardry is this? 🤯 Well done @racesimcentral.net, this looks epic. #simracing #retrogaming
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Archive Magazine @archiveriscos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"I still felt an imposter." Charles 'Gerph' Ferguson on Pyromaniac, the road to 64-bit RISC OS, and why the community needs to stop waiting for someone else to do it. Hearsay, in Archive 28:3. The new issue is out now! archivemag.co.uk #RISCOS #Acorn
Front cover of Archive Magazine Volume 28 Issue 3. Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users.
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