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Email: chris@drobe.co.uk ICQ: AOL: Yahoo:	Username: diomus Realname: Chris Williams About me: Drobe Editor. I like pizzas, coffee and wine. Homepage: http://diomus.drobe.co.uk/ Face/Logo: Comments posted: 768 (show all) Articles written: 1323 (show all) Quickies posted: 82

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Yes, Aaron and Dave are no longer directors. Aaron hasn't been for some time. diomus on 2/11/09 8:13PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

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Ack, I had a syntax era in my message board code, so things went a bit weird yesterday. Should all be OK now. diomus on 10/10/09 2:16AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

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I don't buy it. I think it's OK to rescue orphaned projects and place them on something central like riscos.info, and it's OK for riscos.info to mirror a project if the source/binary licensing allows. But in the case of ArcEm, the source wasn't lost or orphaned - it was readily available from sf.net; there's little reason to close that down - unless the project as a group consented to it. Mirror or link to it, sure. it's not quite the same, but, as a similar example, I couldn't imagine TIB copying the contents of the drobe.co.uk sub-domains onto its own server and then urging drobe users to remove said content from drobe.co.uk. All IMHO. diomus on 10/10/09 2:14AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

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I thought it was hilarious; it helps to have great characters like Sir Clive and Hermann Hauser to stir things up. I don't mind doing the odd special feature from time to time, when the right opportunity arises, but I just can't find the time or energy to do day-today RISC OS news, sorry.. diomus on 9/10/09 1:23PM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

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So what's the real reason behind Peter Naulls trying to close down the ArcEm project on sourceforge and file the source away on his own personal website? [link] Luckily, no one agrees with him (including the other project admin): [link] [link] diomus on 8/10/09 11:09AM [ Reply | Permalink | Report ]

Recent articles and quickies

BBC4's Micro Men: an interview and review
Ahead of tonight's Micro Men programme, which charts the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair and Acorn Computers in the early 1980s, drobe.co.uk spoke to the film's producer, Andrea Cornwell, to find out more about the show - and now you can read our review of the film
 Discuss this. Published: 8 Oct 2009

RPCEmu Spoon updated to version 0.8.3
Open source RiscPC emulator has faster dynamic recompiler for 64bit machines, bugs in the ARM emulation fixed, small speed boost to the dynamic recompiler for 32bit machines and other updates.
 3 comments, latest by bucksboy on 18/4/09 6:07PM. Published: 16 Apr 2009

Paul Vigay found dead off Southsea seafront
RISC OS software developer and ISP owner Paul Vigay, 44, has been found dead off the south coast this morning after going missing on Thursday night. Police say his death is not being treated as suspicious. A book of condolence has been opened.
 20 comments, latest by lproven on 3/3/09 1:30PM. Published: 20 Feb 2009

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A9home DIY laptop: first pictures
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 22 comments, latest by sa110 on 1/6/08 4:47PM. Published: 1 Dec 2007

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RPCEmu Spoon Edition bug fixed
Version 0.8.1 of the Windows build of open source emulator RPCEmu by Peter and Matthew Howkins has fixes for some of its keyboard mappings and handling of the system clock.
 1 comment, latest by hzn on 20/1/09 3:18PM. Published: 20 Jan 2009

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