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Stop The Presses - Last minute RISCOSbits News and Special Offers

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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 £150 - 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 
£25 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 £2.50!

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 £5 
each, they're sure to make your desk look oh so pretty and er, ringless. 
You could even buy a set of four for £18 for your coffee table or home 
cocktail bar!

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

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