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Twitter 1 31 (4/6/2012 8:19:34 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Thought this might be of interest. I've been using Twitter rather heavily in recent months and always found the situation slightly unsatisfactory when switching on the Beagle. TweetyMail sort of works but it's ... patric

Organizer phone dialing 28 31 (2/6/2012 11:33:49 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Looking at Organizer's phone dialing facility, what use could it be? Haven't owned an anlogue modem for 10+ yrs but this sounds like fun. TBH though why is it still included? patric ... Patric

fetching news 32 38 (1/27/2012 1:28:55 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Is there a way to make my Hermes/NetFetch/Mpro combination fetch news from different news servers in parallel? I'm using news.individual for most of my news but would like to subscribe to another private serv... Patric

AI doing dongle 0 36 (1/12/2012 1:06:13 PM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware Ok you can't buy it and just because it uses an OMAP4 doesn't necessarily mean anything to RISC OS but hey! http://armdevices.net/2012/01/12/always-innovating-omap4-hdmi-dongle/ Patric ... patric

Beagle PSU 32 44 (1/10/2012 12:36:14 AM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware Annoyingly my PSU gave up the ghost yesterday meaning the new Logitech wireless mouse won't be much use until I fit a replacement. It appears the multi-voltage Maplin unit wasn't quite up to the job of running ... patric

Beagle Brick 8 35 (12/12/2011 11:57:02 AM) comp.sys.acorn.misc Returned home after seven months last weekend, looking forward to being able to use my BeagleBoard again. No more downloading gigabytes worth of security updates and firewall settings, just flick the switc... patric

Ghostscript and PDF 26 29 (6/18/2011 1:53:07 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Hearing of all the nice functions both PrintPDF and Easiwriter offer regarding PDF I thought I'd give it a second try. Checked I downloaded an ARM7 save version of GS. Installed it, checked my wimpslot was bi... Patric

photo update on BB running full HD 2 17 (4/25/2011 9:47:38 AM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware Newest addition to my BB setup from RComp: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjsSksxL Very very nice indeed! Now that the BB's been around for some time it's starting to mature into a really nice bit of kit. Patric ... patric

Using a serial link under VRPC 1 115 (3/19/2011 10:42:29 AM) comp.sys.acorn.misc Since the Beagle won't be much use here and I haven't got the Arc at hand I thought I'd use VRPC SA to hook up my Amstrad NC. I'm not too sure though how to make sure the virtual machine's actually listeni... patric

ctorrent on the BB 1 49 (1/9/2011 3:51:45 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Now that I finally have the onboard NIC running* I decided to play around with ctorrent for RISC OS (what happened to cocognut btw?). Wasn't too successful at first and ended up with segmentation faults. After... patric

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Clean screen 33 26 (1/17/2012 4:50:24 PM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware What do you use to clean your non-glass monitor screen? -- BW Chris F. [British Iyonix Computer, operating RISC OS 5.16] "Eliminate all gas-fed beers and what remains must be real ale." Dr.Arthur Holmes. ... c.n.l.f (492)

NewsHound and MPro weirdness. 2 17 (1/18/2012 1:25:54 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps I've been asking about this on the MPro mailing list, and apart from someone saying they had seen the same thing I'm not yet getting a solution, so I'm asking here and on archive-online as well. This is with... pnyoung1 (1639)

!Ticker on ARMini 22 23 (1/25/2012 3:31:48 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps I have recently upgraded from Iyonix to ARMini and am in the process of transferring a lot of the software. One of these is Darren Salt's !Ticker. This loads on the ARMini OK but the actual ticker tape keeps ra... graham688 (22)

fetching news 32 38 (1/27/2012 1:28:55 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Is there a way to make my Hermes/NetFetch/Mpro combination fetch news from different news servers in parallel? I'm using news.individual for most of my news but would like to subscribe to another private serv... patric (101)

The BB -xM HD4 install has me bested... 35 30 (2/5/2012 6:40:17 PM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Having been an Acorn dabbler and user since early 1980s, I have been brought thoroughly down to Earth with my BeagleBoard -xm. I have not for a long time been made to feel so inept and inadequate. I stopped at ... mark9898 (332)

Organizer phone dialing 28 31 (2/6/2012 11:33:49 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Looking at Organizer's phone dialing facility, what use could it be? Haven't owned an anlogue modem for 10+ yrs but this sounds like fun. TBH though why is it still included? patric ... patric (101)

help over applications 12 31 (2/14/2012 9:00:45 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Following a hard disc crash at the weekend, and a speedy replacement by Chris Evans (thank you), I have almost got everything back as it was. One or two things aren't as before and they obviously rely on thing... charles7889 (1996)

Open all directories - an app?? 51 33 (2/24/2012 8:15:53 AM) comp.sys.acorn.apps Is there an app that will open all directories, recursively, of a directory dragged to its icon bar icon? -- Cheers Roger If you collect them, then, one day - you'll have a lot. ... rogerarm (343)

Printer #3 69 58 (2/27/2012 8:58:01 PM) comp.sys.acorn.misc We have an ancient (15 years old) HP LaserJet 5P (Parallel) which is connected via a switch box to two SARPC computers (and a MS-Win) it is methinks last legging it. So... What to get as a replacement. 1) It ... dave128 (1190)

Iyonix worth anything? 6 38 (5/10/2012 10:12:58 AM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware Hello, Does anyone know if a fully working Iyonix still has any resale value at all? Arthur -- Arthur Quinn real-email arthur at bellacat dot com ... arthur4309 (13)