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Running on ARM before it was cool. Retro computing at its most expensive.

Also at:

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

@Danjones_uk Some things never change.

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

Meanwhile, on the ROOL forums...

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

@risc_os @PeterHowkins @OctopusVentures @cam_innovations @AmadeusCapital @iqcapital If you're not asking for £2.5m in donations, maybe you shouldn't have a page on your website asking for £2.5m in donations? 🤷‍♂️

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

Today's fun fact: Browsing the web on an Archimedes (real hardware, not emulated) with ArcWeb is very much still possible!

(Bonus hat-tip to @ActionRetro1 for creating FrogFind to make pages usable on old systems!)

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

@risc_os Thanks for the four(!) mentions over the last few days, but you'd really think that a company that's trying to persuade people to give them £2.5m would at the very least get their own Twitter username right... Unless you actually intended to suggest people support us instead? 😉

[Peter Howkins @[email protected] @PeterHowkins]

New RPCEmu today, 0.9.5. https://t.co/LATTmMMuqy Scroll Wheel, quick blank floppy discs, LBA hard disc support @riscosity @riscosnews @riscos

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

Another excellent deep dive into how a classic Acorn game works.

[DIMBLEBOT @DIMBLEBOT]

#SUPERBOWL

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

@sassquad Don't hold your breath. Emulation will likely be the best you ever get for RISC OS running on the Pi 5.

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

London double-decker bus racing in 1982. Sponsored by Acorn Computers.

https://t.co/CGZBPNL4q0

(Hat-tip to @tomscott's newsletter for the link)

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

Trying to get away from the silliness of Twitter/X/whatever it's called this week? Good news: We're now available on Bluesky:
https://t.co/WaSvZ5skr3

And, of course, we're also on Mastodon:
https://t.co/kBU8c8OOGW

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

Today marks two years since the Cloverleaf Kickstarter ended with €11,034 raised. 🎂

Most of the rewards remain unfulfilled and there's been no updates in months. 🤔

Seems a high price for a reskinned RO Direct and a filer app that's expensive and doesn't work very well. 💸

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

@VinceMH @AmazonUK It's been a thing for a while now. It's usually for expensive things like TVs, games consoles, etc. Last time I got one of those from Amazon, the delivery person didn't even ask for it anyway. 🤷

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

†óflå

[philpem is at @[email protected] @philpem]

ofla! #riscos

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

Occasionally, the ROOL forum users remind us why we don't bother with the forum.

One thread has a suggestion that because RISC OS is modular, the GPL is irrelevant. It then devolves into arguments about how the GPL is bad becuase they can't circumvent it to steal code they want.

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

Some great Easter fun for the Beeb from @educraftuk! 🐇

[Retro Software @RetroSoftwareUK]

New Easter game for the Acorn BBC Master from @educraftuk

PIXEL DASH - Rabbit Rampage
https://t.co/4A6ci5J5IE

By Andrew Rowland with graphics by @colinhoad @femtosonic & @barbarossa69

For more info see: https://t.co/b9LR405IAv

For more levels bookmark https://t.co/9OJcDNB1zK

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

@risc_os Psst... April Fools Day stuff is supposed to be before noon...🤦

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

The makers of @AppleTVPlus' new Tetris film clearly have good taste in microcomputers.

Could have picked a slightly less yellowed one, though...

[𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐂 𝐎𝐒 @riscos]

@TitanUK @RISCOSproject @retrokatg If you’d rather try RISC OS on your Pi without paying (it’s open source) it’s in the Raspberry Pi imaging tool or on the https://t.co/7PdNRpVecp site for free.

If you’re after emulation, the official RPCEmu site has an easy start download to get you going https://t.co/kHfw5zxY44