Back in October 2015, there was a surprise announcement something visitors to that year’s London Show could expect to see – a new motherboard, designed by Rob Sprowson, with RISC OS in mind; the Titanium.
The board itself became available through Rob’s company Elesar Ltd in December of that year, allowing people to build DIY machines around it, and it wasn’t long before there were complete Titanium-based computer systems available from both R-Comp and CJE Micro’s.
That was a touch over a decade ago, and Rob Sprowson will be taking the stage at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting to celebrate ten years of the Titanium.
Winding the clock back, Rob will revisit the origins of the project and share with the group the problems he faced bringing the board from the spark of an idea to a usable and saleable motherboard. He will also highlight a number of areas where every Titanium-based system has further processing power that could potentially be exploited.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 7th January, with a kick off time of 7:45pm. Like all WROCC meetings, it will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing system, allowing you to join from the comfort of your own home.
The only requirements for attendance are a system on which Zoom can be run, and the meeting credentials. These remain the same as previous meetings, so if you’ve attended any recent monthly WROCC meetings you should have them, but if not they can be obtained by contacting the group.
Although the meeting is open to any RISC OS user, regardless of WROCC membership status, it’s well worth supporting the group by joining; the cost is just £10 each year, and you get the group’s self-titled monthly newsletter sent to your inbox as a PDF file, along with access to their online discussion forum.
You can also find recordings of previous meetings on YouTube, linked from the Meetings page on their website.
