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Stephen Scott @sassquad.net · 3h
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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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer · 29/09/2026
🖥️ Tech Spec Tuesday: Meet the Acorn Risc PC 600! Launched in 1994 with a 30 MHz ARM610, it offered a clever party trick: add an x86 “guest” CPU and run Windows or MS-DOS alongside RISC OS. Two architectures, one very unusual desktop. #VintageComputer
Tech Spec Tuesday — Acorn RISC PC 600. The Risc PC was a range of personal computers launched by Acorn Computers in 1994, showcasing its ARM-based RISC architecture. The Risc PC 600 ran RISC OS and supported optional x86 guest processors for running Windows 95 or MS-DOS natively. Specifications shown: ARM610 CPU at 30 MHz; 2–16 MB memory; 210 MB hard drive; color display via VIDC20 controller; serial port and optional network card. The ARM610 was a 32-bit RISC CPU. Image shows a beige Acorn Risc PC 600 desktop computer against a blue panel, over a background of electronic schematics, with vintage.computer branding.
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R. Fred Williams @rfredw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Humans created all the designs, and AI served as a supporting tool." I suspect "designs" here is what I would call "prompts"
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 28/09/2026
I have just gone through the Floopy source code and fixed all the compilation errors up to the point where I need to write a replacement function. There were quite a few - but mainly declarations etc using shit from whatever the old Beebug library was; now replaced with my library's equivalents.
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armbytes.bsky.social @armbytes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A huge shout-out to everyone who made it! The next meetup is on the 14th November. 🚀🛸🕹️ #OpenSource #RISC_OS #ARM #Code4Fun #Community #Meetup
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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#RISCOS One 64 Latest Build
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 27/09/2026
Nope. The code sets up variables for where it is on the map, and preps them to read its position when initially plotting a screen - but then doesn't actually look for it to update them. So that's six unnecessary tiles, and a few lines of code that can be ignored.
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 27/09/2026
Looking in more detail at the Floopy source code than previously, I think the best/most sensible approach isn't going to be to try to modify this code to match my current system (and update long lost library function calls to my own libs). I did actually make a light start down that road.
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 26/09/2026
StrongED test release 4.70a22 is now available www.riscository.com/2026/stronge...
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StrongED test release 4.70a22 now available
If you're a bleeding edge user of StrongED, Fred Graute has another updated test release for you to play with: Version 4.70a22 (zip). You can also grab the sour
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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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Gammitin (Ben) 💾 @gammitin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
FLASHBACK on an Acorn A4000 running RISC OS
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 24/09/2026
Is this supposed to reassure me about the quality of this item? Or make me doubtful about the quality of every item that doesn't say this? (Amazon).
"Customers usually keep this item"
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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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Liam Proven @lproven.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"I feel the same way he does. We don't realise what killing off amateur computing will mean."
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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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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it's what we deserve after all ;)
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 23/09/2026
How dissapointing. I've just spotted a text message from my son from March informing me of his new number - but filtered out as spam. I'd have replied to that. That could have been entertaining. I don't have a son. Bog standard phish, but a potential larf.
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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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Stephen Scott @sassquad.net · 21/09/2026
Polymer Picker 2.01 released. The litter now drifts on later levels, sea currents vary in difficulty. Bugfixes aside, memory is full so am calling it a day on this game. Enjoy! (Claude.ai was used to help in creating this version) #bbcmicro #8bit #acorn #retrogames github.com/sassquad/pol...
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GitHub - sassquad/polymer-picker-6502: BBC Basic and Assembler version of Polymer Picker game.
BBC Basic and Assembler version of Polymer Picker game. - sassquad/polymer-picker-6502
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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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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 20/09/2026
Dairy Milk chocolate's name clearly indicates something - milk from a dairy farm. As distinct from, say, Wind Milk* chocolate, which would indicate its use of milk from a wind farm. * Chocolate milk comes from an entirely different sort of wind farm, obvs. And now I see why the word dairy is used.
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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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Risc OS Technologies @riscostech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Shield Theme is now Live on PlingStore!
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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
!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 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)
Technology News and Views
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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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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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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 18/09/2026
So a thread on the ROOL forums has descended into snobbishness and bullying again. Some reasonable voices - but the pram-toy ejection crowd stand out. I looked at it after following a link in an email, and am once again glad I don't bother reading it regularly.
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 17/09/2026
Maybe it's just me being too logical, but reporting a (mock - and very obvious) phishing email shouldn't result in the system thinking I'm stupid enough to fall for it and therefore in need of "cyber security training". The system is b0rken (and I can see where, but not why) so I've pointed it out.
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jvsgames2024.bsky.social @jvsgames2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The fifth game from Raspberry Pi Ltd's book Code the Classics Volume 2 has been ported to RISC OS. Avenger can be downloaded for free from PlingStore on RISC OS
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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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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 · 12/09/2026
Radio just now (paraphrased): some firms have already let employees go in favour of "lower cost AI" Lower cost in terms of $currency... but that might not always be the case - atm there's a lot of loss-leader pricing. And what of its other costs, e.g. environmental? People are beyond stupid.
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 11/09/2026
Back in the mid-late 90s, I was bitten by a spider I retrieved from the bath at my parents' house, intending to put it outside. No ill effects - felt its fangs penetrate the palm of my hand, and dropped it very quickly. I got it again (more carefully, with a piece of paper).
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 10/09/2026
Zoom meeting that I had to attend this evening (instead of going to the pub) now over, I've started watching a film on Amazon. But the dialogue flits between English and French, and I forgot Amazon can't do subtitles properly - it's either all (for the English AND the French) or none. ☹️
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 10/09/2026
This reminds me that in the end I did nothing to highlight 40 years since the first (handwritten only ATT - I had no computer) version* of Escape from Exeria last year. Have to wait until the 40th anniversary of the first (terrible) release version now. '89 or '90 IIRC. * Partial. Level play code.
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 10/09/2026
Thread well worth reading. Paolo absolutely knows what he is talking about. Personally, I won't use AI for any of my code. I'll use vibe coded stuff for work if I have no choice, but outside of that I *may* use it for things that are unimportant, only on computers not used for anything important.
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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My BBC Micro and Acorn Electron shoot 'em up 'Galaforce' is 40 years old this month. I was 19 when I started creating the game with help from former school friends Paul Proctor ( Artwork ) and Martin Galway ( Music /SFX ). I went to Superior Software in early 1986 and they agreed to publish the game
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 10/09/2026
Two (legitimate) emails from Paypal, that can be summed up thusly: "Hey, you haven't logged in to your Paypal account in a while, so we're closing it. Oh, by the way, please update your card details (that you'll no longer be able to use because we're closing your account)." Joined up systems? Nah.
Two (legitimate) emails from Paypal, that can be summed up thusly:

"Hey, you haven't logged in to your Paypal account in a while, so we're closing it. Oh, by the way, please update your card details (that you'll no longer be able to use because we're closing your account)."

Joined up systems? Nah.
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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 09/09/2026
What's your favourite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
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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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VinceMH @vinceh.com · 08/09/2026
Jeroen Vermeulen has brought the final title from Raspberry Pi Press's Code the Classics Volume II to RISC OS: Avenger www.riscository.com/2026/avenger...
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Time to shoot 'em up with Avenger
Jeroen Vermeulen has released another game ported to RISC OS from the Code the Classics Volume II tome from Raspberry Pi Press - the last one from that particul
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 06/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | On This Day 1986 | Introducing the BBC Master Compact. Ceefax reports on a new low-price version of the BBC Master Microcomputer. >> ARCHIVE TELETEXT: teletextarchive.com
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Stephen Scott @sassquad.net · 06/09/2026
Well I've merged the PR for Polymer Picker. As it's more assembler than Basic, gives me more space and it's a lot nicer to play. I'm hoping to add some fairly major changes to the game in the coming months. Give it a try. github.com/sassquad/pol...
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GitHub - sassquad/polymer-picker-6502: BBC Basic and Assembler version of Polymer Picker game.
BBC Basic and Assembler version of Polymer Picker game. - sassquad/polymer-picker-6502
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Two bona fide academic papers on #BBCMicro Elite have just been presented at the IEEE Conference on Games in Madrid I'm a co-author, alongside Michael Fairbank from the University of Essex They're a great read! And free to download Details in thread… #retrogaming #retrocomputing #elitedangerous
The papers, listed on the IEEE CoG website at https://cog2026.org/acceptedpapers
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Paper 2 explores the epic Saturn loading screen, a mathematical work of art Fairbank, Michael and Moxon, Mark (2026) Analysing the Saturn Loading Screen from the Classic Computer Game: Elite. In: IEEE Conference on Games, 2026-09-01 - 2026-09-04, Madrid Free download: repository.essex.ac.uk/43578/
The first page of the paper on the Saturn loading screenThe Saturn from the loading screen in the cassette version of BBC Micro Elite
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Archive Magazine @archiveriscos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Archive 28:3 is out now! 20 years of RISC OS Open with Steve Revill, Hearsay with Gerph on Pyromaniac and 64-bit, plus Forth, !Boot, Acorn Retro and the OS Acorn nearly shipped. Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users. Print and digital subs available. archivemag.co.uk #RISCOS #RetroComputing
Archive Magazine Volume 28 Issue 3 front cover.
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
For #BBCMicro fans, the mode 7 teletext Acornsoft loading screen is iconic So I've been adding customised versions to some of my more sophisticated Elite hacks That's better - I should have done this ages ago! See elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/ for more hacking goodness #retrocomputing #acorn
Elite 3D loading screenElite Universe Editor loading screenTeletext Elite loading screenTwo-player Elite loading screen
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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Join us Sat 19 Sept for the BBC Domesday Project 40th Anniversary Celebration! 🎉 Speakers include Stewart Atkins, Mike Tibbetts, Chris Turner, Simon Inns, Peter Armstrong & Anuradha Vittachi. Plus explore original Domesday systems! 🎟️ Book now: www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/77318/Do...
A BBC Domesday system set up in Centre for Computing History's 80's Classroom.
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