Out Now - Drag N Drop Summer 2024!

Drag ’N Drop is a quarterly magazine for RISC OS users, mainly the Raspberry Pi series of machines but much will be relevant to all users and programmers. It comes in PDF format (download).

Drag ’N Drop is an accessible publication focusing on having fun whilst learning how to program with your RISC OS machine.

It costs just GBP4.50, or GBP5.50 with a Zip file of programs typed-in and ready to run. You can try before you buy with free sample editions available for instant download.

Volume 13 Issue 4 is available with an action-packed content:

• Beginner’s Pages – New to RISC OS? Don’t know your adjust from your select? Wonder how to type in a BBC Basic program? Check out our newbie pages.

• WIMP library – The essential BBC Basic routines for desktop software, one or more of which every Drag ’N Drop applications use.

• News and Apps – All the latest in the world of RISC OS with details of where you can get new and updated ftee and commercial RISC OS software.

• RISC OS 5.30 – Our guide to setting up RISC OS 5.30. Whether you want to buy or DIY it we’re here to hold your hand as you upgrade.

• Palette Editor – Wondered where that desktop palette thingy went? We don”t know either but with our type-in app you can have it back.

• 8 Bits – How NightStrike came to be completely rewritten plus a preview of 90 BBC Books.

• Night Strike – Pilot your helicopter through mysterious caverns avoiding mines and deadly balloons. Type-in game for all 8-bit and 32-bit RISC OS machines.

• RISCoffee – This time in the coffee break learn how to make a perfect colour-graded tennis ball in Draw.

• I-Ball – A miniature game of breakout. Full listing and coding commentary.

• PineBook Pro – The premier RISC OS laptop has even more razzmatazz − we take a look.

• Games Review – Two AMCOG games come under the spotlight.

• Noah’s Arc – Learn how to upgrade an old flowchart app to run natively on RISC OS 5.

• RISC OZ – Flashing LEDs on the Pi’s GPIO showing off power and control of BBC Basic.

To buy your copy go to www.dragdrop.co.uk