s_jekutsch (01/14/91)
Does anybody know anything about a new OS-version, maybe called RISC-OS 3 or RISC-OS 2.xx ?? Seba E-Mail: s_jekutsch@irav1.ira.uka.de
gaspar@urz.unibas.ch (01/14/91)
In article <91.014.11:41:32@ira.uka.de>, s_jekutsch writes: > Does anybody know anything about a new OS-version, maybe called RISC-OS 3 > or RISC-OS 2.xx ?? > > Seba Acorn is writeing newer versions of RISC-OS. I saw a verion where the filer is multi-tasking and there are you can set the file type from the filer menu. I heard that in a new version !Edit, !Paint and !Draw will be included in ROM which will have 1Meg in size. I don't know when it will be availible, though. laci
ra2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Roger Attrill) (01/15/91)
In article <91.014.11:41:32@ira.uka.de> s_jekutsch writes: >Does anybody know anything about a new OS-version, maybe called RISC-OS 3 >or RISC-OS 2.xx ?? Yes! I saw it running in module format about six months ago. The modules I think took up over 2MB of memory, and replace most (all!) the current ones. I was told at the time that I hadn't seen what I saw. I've not been told otherwise since, or heard anything more about it. I can only confirm that the modules for RISC-OS 3 exist! If RISC-OS 3 *has* been released, then I'd like to know some details, like how much? Roger =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Roger C. Attrill | I don't always think therefore I'm not necessarily. | | ra2@doc.ic.ac.uk | | | Imperial College | and other variations on a theme. | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Denis Howe) (01/15/91)
The guy in Watford Electronics told me on Saturday that it wasn't available yet and when it was it would take 4 M of RAM to run! but then he also told me I needed two identical brackets to install a hard disk in my A410 which just goes to show how much he knew! Does anybody have any reliable news?
gaspar@urz.unibas.ch (01/15/91)
In article <91.014.11:41:32@ira.uka.de>, s_jekutsch writes: > Does anybody know anything about a new OS-version, maybe called RISC-OS 3 > or RISC-OS 2.xx ?? I'd be VERY interested to hear Acorn on this subject. (hint, hint) laci
OSmith@acorn.co.uk (Owen Smith) (01/16/91)
In article <91.014.11:41:32@ira.uka.de> s_jekutsch writes: >Does anybody know anything about a new OS-version, maybe called RISC-OS 3 >or RISC-OS 2.xx ?? Yes, but then that would be telling, wouldn't it? (PS. I'll be on the Acorn LMS stand at BETT on Thursday). Nuke 'em 'til they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!
OSmith@acorn.co.uk (Owen Smith) (01/16/91)
In article <6615@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> jhma@ukc.ac.uk (J.H.M.Aldridge) writes: >RISC-OS 3 officially "does not exist". It "does not contain" fixes to >some of the annoying bugs in the current version of risc-os. It "does >not" , for example, allow !Edit to work if you have a large number of >fonts in your !Fonts directory. !Draw "has not" been extended to include >lots of nice nice new features. You "can't" do things like set off large >file copies in the background while you get on with something else. > >Unfortunately, though it "doesn't exist", it only leaves a small amount of >memory for applications in its current "non-existent", ram-based form so >is unusable on anything less than a 440 (if it "existed"). If it existed, which it doesn't, the EPROM version, which doesn't exist, would work fine on a 1 MB machine. Owen. Nuke 'em 'til they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark!
banksie@whitu.isor.vuw.ac.nz (Philip Banks) (01/16/91)
In article <1991Jan15.131327.1312@urz.unibas.ch>, gaspar@urz.unibas.ch writes: |>In article <91.014.11:41:32@ira.uka.de>, s_jekutsch writes: |>> Does anybody know anything about a new OS-version, maybe called RISC-OS 3 |>> or RISC-OS 2.xx ?? |> |>I'd be VERY interested to hear Acorn on this subject. (hint, hint) |> |>laci Yeah well I was conversing with Acorn via email about another matter and I asked them when it was going to be released. I got the standard reply of them not knowing about Risc-OS 2.5 (3 whatever) but that as Acorn does follow a policy about upgrading its products they expect that upgrades on all software produced by 'em are occuring. (Please note this is not exactly what they said,I am paraphrasing it,and so it is not to be taken definitively) I am curious as to why they remain so mum about their new developments when the news has been out for quite a while ..... *-----------------------------------------------------------------* @@@@@@/| | BANKSie! (aka Philip Banks) banksie@isor.vuw.ac.nz | @@@@@/#| | An Arc owner stuck in a non Arc spot. | @@@@/##| | Well you try drawing the Arc Symbol in Ascii 'Graphics'! | @@@/---| *-----------------------------------------------------------------* @@/ |
hughesmp@vax1.tcd.ie (01/18/91)
In article <6615@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>, jhma@ukc.ac.uk (J.H.M.Aldridge) writes: > In article <91.014.11:41:32@ira.uka.de> s_jekutsch writes: >>Does anybody know anything about a new OS-version, maybe called RISC-OS 3 >>or RISC-OS 2.xx ?? > > RISC-OS 3 officially "does not exist". It "does not contain" fixes to If it "does not exist", what are they "not" releasing in the latter part of this year, and what have I not seen postings about (possible on FidoNet)? I got the impression that it was not that RISCOS 3 doesn't exist officially, having been reported in BBC Acorn User, but more likely that it not to be released for a while yet. Then again, I may be wrong... Hugs and manacles, Tracy. (A member of SICK ... the .sig's a bit big for posting)