Right, I’ve been up to Wakefield, had a cup of tea and a little walk, and now it’s… er, June!? The annual trip to the North for RISC OS users – the Wakefield Acorn & RISC OS Computer Show – took place this year on 16th April, at the Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale, near Wakefield – the venue at which it originally started in 1996 before setting off for pastures new, and to where it returned some years ago and has remained ever since.
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Wakefield 2016: A little over two weeks away
One does not simply walk into Mordor Wakefield. It’s better to go by car or train. This year’s Wakefield Show will be taking place on 16th April, which is now just over two weeks away. The show will take place in the combined Cypress, Hawthorne and Oak Suites of its usual venue, the rather nice – and very easy to find – Cedar Court Hotel, which is a stone’s throw from junction 39 of the M1, so readily accessible by car.
Read MoreShow report: Southwest 2016
If I’d finished this two days ago, there might have been a 28 Days Later movie reference here! Oh wait, there still is! This year’s Southwest Show took place on 27th February, and while this year it attracted fewer paying customers through the door than last year (more on that later) there was still a positive vibe, and people – both visitors and exhibitors – seem to have enjoyed the day. So much so that, with next year’s date already set, all but two of this year’s exhibitors have already…
Read MoreClick and collect Elesar gear at the Southwest Show
…by way of ROOL – that’ll be RISC OS Open Logistics, then! If you’re in the market for some swanky new hardware from Elesar Ltd and want to shave off the price of shipping, you can purchase it online and arrange for collection at the Southwest Show, which takes place on Saturday, 27th February.
Read MoreSouthwest Show 2016 – less than a week to go!
#ROSW2016 is where you want to be this Saturday! For anyone living at the event horizon of a black hole, and who is therefore less aware of the passage of time than most, the Southwest Show – the first show of 2016 – will be taking place in just a few days time, on Saturday, 27th February.
Read MoreWakefield 2016 date announced
You read it here first, folks – unless you’re observant! The Wakefield Show – billed as the North’s Premier RISC OS Show – is set to go ahead again in 2016, with the date now confirmed for what will be the 21st show to be arranged by the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club.
Read MoreShow report: London 2015
The who and the what. The only why is why weren’t you there? The 2015 RISC OS London Show took place on 24th October, 2015 – and while the number of visitors was (I believe) just shy of 110, there were plenty of RISC OS users unable to attend. So what did they miss?
Read MoreROUGOL meeting Monday; London Show five days later!
The topic for the meeting? The London Show – and how to squeeze everyone in! The RISC OS User Group of London – ROUGOL – have their next scheduled meeting on Monday, 19th October – tomorrow evening. The group usually has a guest speaker, but for this meeting there isn’t to be one. Instead, they will be discussing the London Show, which takes place five days later; see below for a little more news on that.
Read MoreDate announced for RISC OS Southwest 2016
Mark the last Saturday in February in your diaries for #rosw2016, folks! For the last few years, the RISC OS Southwest Show has been organised by Orpheus Internet and R-Comp Interactive, who stepped in at the last minute to organise the 2012 event after it became clear that its previous organiser, RISCOS Ltd, had decided not to proceed.
Read MoreLondon show set to be the biggest yet
Breathe in – likely to be standing room only! This year’s London Show – which takes place in five weeks time, on 24th October, 2015 – is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with an impressive 27 exhibitors currently listed on the show website. Those exhibitors include plenty of familiar faces at RISC OS shows, and quite a number who are new – be that to shows in general, or just this one. And to cap all that, it seems that some of the regular attendees have asked for…
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