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March 2010  No update to the website for a long time... sorry for that, but I've been quite busy with publishing and printing thanks to fantastic OvationPro and Artworks2 software. I'll tell you more later when I get a minute...vPod, the new RiscPC graphics card is here, and I've got 3 for sale for $315 incl. P&P.vPod needs RISC OS 6 to run (see below) and allows you to use any modern monitor with no need for a Monitor Definition File (MDF). You can run at high resolutions with 16 million colours with many accelerations. The only software I've run so far that doesn't agree with vPod is Sibelius, so I need to reboot into RISC OS 4.39 to run this. RISC OS 6.14 is a softloaded RISC OS. It comes on a CDROM or as a download. You need RISC OS 4.02 or 4.39 ROMs in your RiscPC to softload it, and you can order it direct from www.riscos.com - my copy cost NZD$113 as a download.If any software doesn't run on RISC OS 6 then you can re-boot back to RISC OS 4, so you get the best of both worlds. Broken RiscPC slice doors that can't stay up look inelegant. I've made a repair kit to fix it - see here.The port of RISC OS 5 to new ARM hardware is coming along nicely - see www.riscosopen.org.uk for more details.Are you still running RISC OS 3.6 or 3.7? If so then you are now able to buy a CDROM with a softload of 4.02 on it. This means you don't have to fit new ROM chips!On the same CDROM above there is a softload version of 4.39 for those that have 4.02See www.riscos.com I have noticed a sharp increase in leaking NiCad backup batteries on RiscPCs. Check your battery now, or your motherboard might be toast soon.GutenPrint has been updated and supports even more printers. GutenPrint allows RISC OS to use many, many more printers, with superior quality available.I've been working on getting USB devices working on our Unipods. If you've got a USB product that you want to get working on your Unipod or STD USB podule, then email me. See this page too. A work in progress.If you're after something specific that's not listed on the site please ask. To get occasional email updates and news about RISC OS products and services from us, please fill in the electronic form below: Join Webmonster RISC OS email newsletters The Webmonster software clearance sale. See this page. |
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