• Stop The Presses - Last minute RISCOSbits News and Special Offers

    From RISCOSbits@3:633/10 to All on Friday, October 24, 2025 20:45:05
    In last minute stop-press news, RISCOSbits are pleased to announce a few additions to the London Show stand.

    For those of you who are in the market for a RISC OS laptop, RISCOSbits may have exactly what you are looking for at the London show! We will have VERY LIMITED stock of Linux enabled, but RISC OS capable Pinebook Pros available for sale at the London show. Whilst these laptops are not fitted with RISC
    OS for licencing reasons, we can demonstrate them running RISC OS to show
    you that it is possible and easy to do. All you will need to do is pop
    along to another stand at the show and purchase access to the ROM.

    As people may be aware, there are two variants of Pinebook Pro - one with a
    UK layout keyboard, and one with a more generic (US) layout. We will have
    the latter available.

    The Pinebook Pro comes equipped with 64GB of eMMC storage preinstalled and pre-formatted for RISC OS use.
    The laptops (running Linux) will be available on a ?first come, first
    served? basis for only œ150 - remember, stocks are very limited. We also
    have a super bargain special offer on one with a slight donk on the top rim
    of the shell. Doesn't affect the functionality, but we'll knock a further
    œ25 off!

    Our next bit of exclusive news is we'll be selling external antennas for Compute Module 4 systems, especially those in metal cases. Many of you will
    be aware that the Linux method of enabling this using dtparams doesn't work
    on RISC OS, but by partnering with Stader Software, we are able to offer exclusive free access to antenna control software for RISC OS to enable the external antenna.

    As an added bonus, if you buy a system with a WiFi- enabled Compute Module
    4 from our FreeNVMe or FAST range and you ask for an antenna, we'll give it you for free, including exclusive access to the control software for RISC
    OS. Combine this with our 'Get In Free*' offer:


    https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/20069


    and you're making incredible savings! It's also worth remembering we
    publish the prices and specifications of our systems on our website:


    www.riscosbits.co.uk/systems.htm


    so you can calculate the bang per buck you get with RISCOSbits!

    We'll also have a few gold and black case badges to tell the world what's running inside your otherwise anonymous case! And at a pocket money price
    of only œ2.50!

    And the final teaser is we'll be bringing along some delightful Welsh slate drinks mats, engraved with your favourite OS logo. Available for just œ5
    each, they're sure to make your desk look oh so pretty and er, ringless.
    You could even buy a set of four for œ18 for your coffee table or home cocktail bar!

    So 'coast' on over to our stand to grab yours!

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