RISC OS users who are in and around Southampton on Tuesday, 14th January have their first opportunity of this year to all congregate on one location for a meeting – because that’s when the local user group is holding its next meeting.
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Bristol meeting – 8th January
The next meeting of Bristol RISC OS Users will take place on Wednesday, 8th January. The meeting will start at around 7:00-7:30pm, though some members may arrive earlier, and continue until closing time at:
Read MoreInformal Christmas meal at ROUGOL – 16th December
There might not be any room at the inn restaurant upstairs. With December being a busy month in popular restaurants, the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) tends not to arrange a formal speaker for its last meeting of the year. Instead, the group meets more informally, albeit still in line with the regular schedule. That meeting will therefore take place on Monday, 16th December, 2019, from around 7:45pm.
Read MoreSouthampton meeting – 10th December
Tuesday, 10th December will be your opportunity to meet up with other RISC OS users in the Southampton area – and to see a Christmas tree controlled by a Raspberry Pi!
Read MoreFestive fun and quizzing in Wakefield
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding its next meeting on Wednesday, and the theme for the evening will be festive fun – there will even be mince pies and other treats! That effectively makes it the group’s Christmas bash, and what do you always expect at a good Christmas bash?
Read MoreROUGOL goes mobile – 18th November
Well, not literally; the group is going nowhere! The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) will take place on Monday, 18th November, and will be a group discussion about the options for using RISC OS on the move.
Read MoreMidlands User Group delves into shared files – 16th November
The Midlands User Group (MUG) looked at the various means of accessing network connections wirelessly at their September meeting, and had intended to move neatly from that onto the subject of sharing data and files with other computers, even other platforms. However, limited time meant the meeting only covered the connectivity options, and didn’t touch on file sharing at all – so that has been settled on as a topic in its own right for the next meeting, which will take place on Saturday, 16th November.
Read MoreNews nybble: Bristol meeting – 13th November
The next Bristol RISC OS Users meeting will take place on Wednesday, 13th November at around 7:30pm. The group meets informally in a pub – so there are no entrance or membership fees – to enjoy a chat about all things RISC OS over a pint and a bite to eat. The pub in question is: The Eldon House,6 Lower Clifton Hill,Bristol,BS8 1BT.
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting – 12th November
The Southampton RISC OS User Group (SROUG) will next be meeting up on Tuesday, 12th November. There is no attendance fee, and everyone is welcome – whether to simply discuss RISC OS generally, or some specific aspect, to seek help with an issue or show off something they’re working on. There should be at least one small network of RISC OS computers, hopefully with internet access to the world beyond. The meeting will run from 7:00pm until 9:00pm in the Sports Centre of Itchen College, Deacon Road, Southampton – once…
Read MoreChris Cox visits Wakefield to talk Acorn, ART, the Clan, and more – 6th November
While the company ceased to be an entity in its own right over twenty years ago, the legacy of Acorn Computers lives on. Not just with its most important technological innovation, the ARM chip, now being ubiquitous – but also because RISC OS, the computing platform it built around that chip, is still used, developed, and promoted, even though the dedicated community of followers and users is very small.
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