I'm currently working out what to show at next month's Retro Computer Festival ( Gaming Edition ) at the Centre for Computing History. I'm bringing along a Master 128 or BBC Micro and will focus on game development for those machines. Does anyone have any suggestions? bsky.app/profile/comp...

The 2025 London Show is less than 3 weeks away... www.iconbar.com/articles/The... It's now less than 3 weeks to go until the 2025 London Show!

WROCC October 2025 meeting - R-Comp and ROD Show teaser www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... Wakefield's October speaker was Andrew Rawnsley from R-Comp, giving us some updates and teasers for the London Show (in case you need more reasons to attend!)

WROCC October 2025 talk on Wednesday - R-Comp www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... The October 2025 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 1st October and starts at at 7.45pm on Zoom.

September 2025 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Sep... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

September developer 'fireside' chat on saturday night www.iconbar.com/articles/Sep... The nights are definitely drawing in now. So what better way to spend Saturday night than at next 'fireside' chat (20th September).

Rougol September 2025 meeting on monday - Publishing with Ovation Pro www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The September 2025 Rougol meeting is on Monday 15th September with guest speaker Gavin Crawford.

WROCC September 2025 meeting - Chris Johns talks Filecore and Block devices www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... Wakefield's September speaker was Chris Johns diving into the depths of RISC OS filing systems.

WROCC September 2025 talk on Wednesday - Chris Johns www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... The September 2025 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 3rd September and starts at at 7.45pm on Zoom.

August 2025 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Aug... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

August 2025 Rougol report - Mark Moxon www.iconbar.com/articles/Aug... The August 2025 talk featured the welcome retrun of Mark Moxon, who last spoke in November 2022.

Rougol August 2025 meeting on monday - Mark Moxon returns www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The August 2025 Rougol meeting is on Monday 18th August. It sees the welcome return of Mark Moxon.

Iris updated to 1.37 www.iconbar.com/articles/Iri... There is a new version of Iris with lots of new features and bug fixes. So let's dive in...

August developer 'fireside' chat on saturday night www.iconbar.com/articles/Aug... The next 'fireside' chat of 2025 is on 9th August (this saturday). 7:30pm UK time kick-off and the event is on Zoom.

WROCC August 2025 meeting - Chris Hughes www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... Wakefield's August speaker was Chris Hughes, telling us all about some RISC OS software he uses

Drag'n'Drop 14i4 edition reviewed www.iconbar.com/articles/Dra... The Summer edition of Drag'n'Drop magazine is now out (with a suitably loud cover).

July 2025 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Jul... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

RISCOSbits releases new ECOS systems for Windows, Retro and Fileserving www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... RISCOSbits have announced some new systems in their EOCS range (we have previously looked at the Linux version)

Rougol July 2025 meeting on monday - R-Comp talks New 5tuff www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The July 2025 Rougol meeting is on Monday 18th July. It will feature R-Comp's Andrew Rawnsley talking about new 5stuff (and I expect some older stuff as well).

It's done! I have just released the Compendium version of #Elite for the #Acorn #Electron. This massively enhanced version of the original game contains pretty much every feature of #BBCMicro Elite, but on the Electron. Just add 16K of sideways RAM. Links in thread. #retrocomputing #retrogaming

R-Comp launches the 5idekick and the pi5erve www.iconbar.com/articles/R-C... R-Comp has released two computers based on Pi 5 technology - the 5idekick and the pi5erve

A big shout-out to everyone who made it. The next fireside chat is pencilled in for the 9th August. #OpenSource #RISCOS #Community #Code4Fun #Zoom #Meetup #RaspberryPi #ARM #Rockchip #Retro #AcornComputers

RISC OS Coding double bill weekend www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... This weekend you are in for a treat if you are interested in RISC OS coding. And you don't even have to leave the house...

WROCC July 2025 meeting - RISCOSbits www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... Wakefield's July speaker was Andy Marks, from RISCOSbits, telling us all about ECOS5.

WROCC July 2025 talk on wednesday www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... The July 2025 WROCCInfo talk is on wednesday 2nd July and starts at at 7.45pm on Zoom

June 2025 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Jun... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

Live Coding with Gerph session on Sunday 29th June www.iconbar.com/articles/Liv... If you want to learn from an expert doing some RISC OS coding, you are in for a treat this weekend!

Orpheus Internet kills off Intel www.iconbar.com/articles/Orp... If you have chatted to Richard Brown at recent RISC OS Shows you will know that he has been planning to migrate the servers Orpheus Internet uses from Intel Xeon systems to pure ARM. This has now been completed...

June 2025 Rougol report - Hugo Tyson www.iconbar.com/articles/Jun... The June 2025 talk featured ex-Acorn engineer Hugo Tyson talking about 'My Time at Acorn'. There was a nice gathering in the room and online.

Rougol June 2025 meeting on monday with Hugo Tyson www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The June 2025 Rougol meeting is on Monday 16th June. This months speaker is Hugo Tyson and his talk is called "Everything I did at Acorn".

ECOS5 from RISCOSbits 'previewed' www.iconbar.com/articles/ECO... We recently persuaded RISCOSbits to let us have a pre-release copy of the new ECOS5 upgrade for their FAST systems....

WROCC June 2025 talk on wednesday - ROOL www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... The June 2025 WROCC talk is on wednesday and starts at at 7.45pm on Zoom.

May 2025 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/May... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

May developer 'fireside' chat on saturday night www.iconbar.com/articles/May... The next 'fireside' chat of 2025 is on 31st May (this saturday). Usual 7:30pm UK time kick-off and the event is on Zoom. As always, stay for as long or as short a time as you like.

RISCOSbits upgrades FAST ROM image www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... One of the attractions of the FAST systems is the fact that you can update the system. It still needs a custom build but luckily RISCOSbits provides up to 4 custom builds a year. The latest has just been released!

Rougol May 2025 meeting on Monday www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The May 2025 Rougol meeting is on Monday 19th May. The action which kicks off at 6.30pm in the Duke of Sussex and online at 7.30pm on Zoom (usual link or contact Rougol for one).

eXperience Show report 2025 www.iconbar.com/articles/eXp... TIB spies were at the RISC OS eXperience and this is what they reported back....

Big Ben Club eXperience this weekend www.iconbar.com/articles/Big... The Big Ben club is running its regular show this weekend

WROCC April 2025 talk on wednesday - Graeme Shrimpton www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... The May 2025 WROCCInfo talk is on wednesday and kicks off at 7.45pm on Zoom

RISC OS North charity stand raises nearly 1,000 pounds for charity www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... While WROCC may no longer be running the Show, they are still very actively organising the Charity stand

Open letter to the RISC OS Community from Gerph www.iconbar.com/articles/Ope... Gerph has written an open Letter to the RISC OS community about the proposed 64bit moonshot. What do yout think?

April 2025 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Apr... Some things we noticed this month.

April developer 'fireside' chat on saturday night www.iconbar.com/articles/Apr... The next 'fireside' chat of 2025 is on 26th April (this saturday).

Rougol Talk April 2025 - Chris Dewhurst www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The April 2025 talk featured Chris Dewhurst 'zooming' in from North-East Scotland to tell us about Drag'n'Drop and his related RISC OS activities.

Are you interested in Coding on RISC OS? Want to learn more? Join our friendly fireside chat on Zoom—DM for credentials (unchanged). If you are a developer, come and connect. The event is this Saturday, 26th April, at 7:30 pm (UK). #OpenSource #RISC_OS #Community #Code4Fun #Zoom #Meetup

Rougol April 2025 meeting on monday - Chris Dewhurst www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The April 2024 Rougol meeting is on Monday 18th April. The action kicks off at 6.30pm in the Duke of Sussex and online at 7.30pm on Zoom.

Another Jereon game classic to entertain.... www.iconbar.com/articles/Ano... Jeroen is continuing on his mission to convert games to RISC OS!

Archive Edition 27:5 reviewed www.iconbar.com/articles/Arc... Archive Magazine 27:5 arrived hot off the press for attendees of RISC OS North to pick up their copy

After a week, we're ready to go, By popular demand - the DIY ZERO, Remember it comes with a Compute Module 4, The most expensive of the components by far, If you have one already so want it without, We'll do what we can, just give us a shout! (I'm a poet but didn't know I was) #RISC_OS

March 2025 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Mar... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?