Happy 25th, Soft Rock Software – part 2

As I said on 20th March, today – 30th June, 2014 – marks the ‘official’ 25th birthday of Soft Rock Software, with the business having been set up in 1989; the bank account was opened on 20th March, and 30th June saw the first transaction on that account. That first transaction, even though it wasn’t a sale – it was me introducing some of my own funds into the business – was what led me to adopt 30th June as my official trading year-end, and is therefore why I consider…

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It’s been a while!

I’ve long since been aware that the Soft Rock Software blog has gone untouched for quite some time. In fact, I’ve more or less been aware of this fact since the last post became more than a few weeks old. That last post was on July 6th, 2012 – some eighteen months ago – reporting that I would be appearing at that year’s Midsummer Midlands Mugshow, and the banner for that show has been displayed since even earlier that year; probably shortly after the 2012 Wakefield Show, which was in…

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Midlands Midsummer Mugshow 2012

Soft Rock Software will be in attendance at this year’s Midlands Show, which will be held on Saturday, 7th July from 11am until 4pm, in St John’s Church Hall, 205 Warwick Road, Kenilworth CV8 1HY. Pop along to the stand and discuss any of Soft Rock Software’s products, such as WebChange and Quicksand (which, although not yet released in this form, now runs in a window on the RISC OS desktop), or RISCOSitory, the RISC OS news site, or the mailing lists provided through its sibling domain, both sponsored and…

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Beagleboard / ARMini compatibility

I am pleased to report that having now set up the ARMini computer that I purchased at Wakefield 2011, I have been able to briefly test the following pieces of software and found that they appear to work without problem: WebChange – the website maintenance tool for RISC OS computers. The software features a wealth of features that allows the user – you – to simplify what could otherwise be repetitive work when maintaining and updating websites. Seek’n’Link – a search tool that will search HTML and other text files,…

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Soft Rock Software at Wakefield 2011

I am pleased to confirm that Soft Rock Software will again be attending the premier event in the RISC OS Calendar, the Wakefield Show, which will be held on Saturday, 16th April, 2011, at the Cedar Court Hotel, Calder Grove, Wakefield. I will be discussing and demonstrating WebChange and talking about anything else available from the main site, as usual, but I’m also interested in hearing people’s opinions on the subject of RISCOSitory.com which, as some may have noticed, I have now started to increasingly use for news and information…

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RISC OS London Show

With apologies for mentioning this a bit later than I should have done, Soft Rock Software will be attending the RISC OS London Show on the 23rd October, 2010, at the St Giles Hotel in Feltham, London. Full details can be found on the official website for the show. There will, sadly, be no new developments, but I will be able to discuss and demonstrate WebChange, which has been available as a free download for a little while now, and I am always happy to just generally chat about all…

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32bit WebChange for RISC OS Now Available

I am pleased to announce that, as planned, to coincide with Soft Rock Software’s 21st birthday, a 32bit version of WebChange is available for RISC OS users to download, free of charge from the WebChange website. The software is technically still a beta version – the last of the main functions having been added over the last few days – but most of what is there has been stable for some time; in house testing hasn’t shown up any significant problems, and any that have been reported by people using…

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