Wakefield 2013 show report

Apr 262013
 

 A day at the races RISC OS event.

It’s approaching the end of April 2013, and this year’s Wakefield Show has come and gone. This year’s show was the eighteenth, and was once again held at the Cedar Court Hotel, very close to junction 39 of the M1 – the same venue at which it has been held for the last few years, and where the show was originally held all those years ago.

As usual, I was there to demonstrate and discuss my products, and also – in theory – to get a gist of what was happening so that I could report about it on RISCOSitory. Things didn’t go quite as planned, however, and I barely left my stand throughout the entire show for a number of reasons, ranging from still being tired after an extra long drive the day before through to generally being that much busier than usual on the stand itself. Continue reading »

Next stop: Wakefield 2013

Apr 182013
 

 Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to Workakefield we go!

We are once again rapidly approaching the time when the attention of the RISC OS community falls fairly and squarely upon Wakefield, with “the North’s premier RISC OS show” taking place this coming Saturday, April 20th.

The show is now in its 18th year, and once again takes place at The Cedar Court Hotel, Deby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, WF4 3QZ – the show’s original venue, before it moved to locations such as Thornes Park Athletics Stadium. Continue reading »

RISC OS South West 2013: show report (updated)

Mar 082013
 

At last!

This year’s RISC OS South West show took place yesterday a couple of weeks ago, on 23rd February, 2013 – its customary late February Saturday. And I’m pleased to say that this year, I managed to find my way to the Webbington Hotel easily, without taking any wrong turns and without getting lost.

I still managed to turn up late, though, and arrived after the show had already opened to the public. That is, however, fully in keeping with tradition – getting lost last year caused me to arrive late, and when I’ve exhibited at the show before, I typically arrived either just as the show was opening to the public, or just after.

So that’s okay, then. Continue reading »

Another date for your diary – Wakefield 2013 announced

Nov 252012
 

Mark it down. Go on, mark it down now so you don’t forget.

The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) has announced that it is once again organising “The North’s Premier RISC OS Show” – which is now in its 18th year.

Taking place on Saturday, 20th April, 2013,  The Wakefield Show will be held at The Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, WF4 3QZ – just off of junction 39 of the M1.

Doors will be open to the public from 10:30am until 4:30pm, with tickets costing £5 on the door for adults (entry for children aged 12 and under, accompanied by an adult, is free).

Coinciding with the month of the show, the club will be celebrating its 30th birthday in April 2013.

RISC OS South West to go ahead again in 2013

Nov 252012
 

Da-na na-na na-na na-na na – Showtime!

After last year’s ‘near miss’ in the South West, when it began to look as though the usual RISC OS Show for the area wasn’t going to go ahead until new organisers stepped up at the last minute to save the day, it’s good to have a date announced in plenty of time for the 2013 show.

The 2012 show’s last minute saviours were Andrew Rawnsley of R-Comp and Richard Brown of Orpheus Internet, and the dynamic duo* have once again teamed up to organise a show for 2013, with the date having been announced and a number of exhibitors already contacted and signed up. Continue reading »

What a show – London 2012

Nov 232012
 

Pinch me, I must be dreaming!

First of all, I must apologise for the very long delay in producing this show report and keeping up with RISC OS news in general. The reason for this has been a combination of the usual workload (with the period after this show normally being one of my busy ones) with some health issues thrown in for good measure, including a short but unexpected – and very unwelcome – stay in hospital.

The most recent significant event in the RISC OS Calendar took place on October 27th, at the St Giles Hotel in Feltham, near Heathrow – the London Show, 2012 – and with new RISC OS computers, the official launch of RISC OS for the Raspberry Pi, and a visit from Eben and Liz Upton from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, that day can be summed up in one simple word: Wow!

Continue reading »

Midlands Show: report and photos

Jul 152012
 

By the eighth day machine just got upset. A show report had not been posted yet…

Just over a week ago, on July 7th, the Midsummer Midlands Mugshow 2012 took place. This is the smallest UK show of the RISC OS year, attracting the fewest exhibitors and visitors alike, and most exhibitors tend to time their big news and releases for the bigger shows, such as Wakefield and London.

As usual, I set off from the RISCOSitory/Soft Rock Software top secret underground bunker (the entrance cunningly disguised as a ramshackle shed, as revealed by Martin Hansen of RISCOScode) to attend the show and demonstrate the developments I haven’t made to my software since the last show, as well as to take a few photographs and write a report for this site. Continue reading »

Midsummer Mug Show 2012

Jul 062012
 

Come along and say hi. Notes from mummy not acceptable.

It’s the afternoon of Friday the 6th July, 2012, and this will probably be the last thing I write on RISCOSitory.com for a few days. Why? Because tomorrow is the Midlands Midsummer Mugshow, 2012, which takes place at St John’s Church Hall, 205 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1HY, with the doors open to the public from 11am until 4pm and an entrance fee of just £4 for adults, and nothing at all for children.

This year’s exhibitors include RISC OS Open, R-Comp, CJE Micro’s, NetSurf, Orpheus Internet, Archive Magazine, Soft Rock Software, Steve Fryatt, The MathMagical Software Company, and Serious Statistical Software. Continue reading »

Arche Gathering, Essen, Germany

Jun 022012
 

A June German get together.

The Arche Acorn User Club, based in the Ruhr area of Germany and describing itself as being “for the Friends of the RISC OS machines Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Risc PC, IYONIX pc, A9home and all other RISC OS computers,” are organising an “Arche user gathering”.

The gathering, number 2.2 on their (new) numbering scheme, will take place from 1pm on Saturday, 16th June, 2012, in Room 104 of the Unperfekthaus, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 18, 45127 Essen – the same location as the last two gatherings, which took place during 2011. Continue reading »

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