ROOL Diary 2013 (changes)

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ROOL diary 2013

11 Feb 2013

The Raspberry Pi model A is now available from Farnell in quantity on next day delivery at a price of £19.03 plus VAT (total £22.84) inclusive of delivery to UK.

23 Feb 2013:

The RISC OS South West show was on Sat 23rd Feb. An unexpected item there was evidence of work on Impression X.

12 Mar 2013:

A new beta release Raspberry Pi OS 5.19 ROM is issued on 9th March and the SD card image (on the Raspberry Pi web site) is updated from RC6 to RC7 (to support the latest Pi hardware with Hynix memory chips). The plingstore web site is also now live, allowing non-Pi users to download this application to source RISC OS software.

2 Jun 2013:

The disc components (HardDisc4) and ROM release candidates for 5.20 are generated and testing of 5.20 is under way. Development versions are thus now 5.21 (and require the new disc image). New firmware for the Pi has also been released by the Foundation. Not clear whether 5.20 will appear for all platforms at the same time, OMAP4 and Pi still not fully stable.

8 Jul 2013:

A beta version of the 5.21 development rom for the Raspberry Pi is now available for download (release candidate RC11). This requires an updated HardDisc4 image to include the 5.2x components. Daily alpha versions also remain available.

13 July 2013:

Midlands User Group Show at Kenilworth.

24 July 2013:

RISC OS 5.20 is formally released for the RiscPC, Iyonix and Beagleboard platforms.

3 August 2013:

The 1992 version of the BBC BASIC Manual is available again in PDF form (this is a link to the foundation web site of Risc OS Limited, via a time machine set to August 19th 2012).RISCOS Limited, via a time machine set to August 19th 2012).