As well as covering sound synthesis, as previously announced, tonight’s ROUGOL meeting will also cover 3D graphics modelling and projection in BBC BASIC. This is presumably because the presentation is being given by Tony Bartram of AMCOG Games, who has over the last few years written a number of games – all in the language that has been supplied as standard with RISC OS since day one. The meeting takes place from 7:45pm tonight (2st November, 2016) at the Blue Eyed Maid (upstairs, in the restaurant), 173 Borough High Street,…
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News Nybble: Sound synthesis at ROUGOL, Monday 21st November
And pencil in 16th January to hear about CloudFS and an as yet unannounced new product from Elesar! Anthony Bartram of AMCOG Games will be talking about sound synthesis at the next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London, which takes place on Monday, 21st November, kicking off at 7:45pm. Tony – a musician, as well as a games developer – is working on a sound synthesiser for RISC OS, based on Wavebox for Windows, but with some differences in the sound engine, which will be geared towards…
Read MoreNews nybble: Midlands User Group meeting, Saturday 19th November
The next meeting of the Midlands User Group – the last one of this year – will feature a hardware repair clinic, covering some common hardware faults that can occur with RISC OS computers, and how to deal with them. The group will also review the exciting RISC OS year, and look forward to the next with a planning session on future meetings. The meeting takes place on Saturday, 19th November, starting at 2:00pm, at the Methodist Church Hall, Greenhill, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, B60 1BL – a mere couple of miles…
Read MoreNews nybble: RONWUG meeting, 16th November*
The RISC OS North West User Group next meets up this coming Wednesday evening from around 7:30pm. The meeting will take place at the Trafford Metrovick Rugby & Cricket Club, Finnybank Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 6LR, and anyone interested in RISC OS is welcome to come along – there are no membership or entry fees. The group usually gets together on the third Wednesday of each month, but organiser Steve Potts points out that the November meeting is actually the last one of the year – there is usually no…
Read MoreBristol Users meeting, 9th November
The next meeting of Bristol RISC OS Users (BRU) is Wednesday 9th November, starting at around 7:00-7:30pm (though some of the group may arrive earlier1) and continuing until closing time. The meeting will take place at: The Hope and Anchor pub, 38 Jacobs Wells Road,
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting – 8th November
The Southampton RISC OS Users Group will be meeting next on 8th November, running from 7:00pm until 9:00pm with no admission fee. The group gets together in the Sports Centre of Itchen College, Deacon Road, Southampton – head for the College Centre, an open area with tables and chairs, by the Sports Centre Reception desk. The group usually has a small network of RISC OS computers, and those attending are welcome to bring along any hardware and software they choose, to test or demonstrate.
Read MoreNews nybble: Ovation at Wakefield meeting
Nearly missed it – I really need a news address. Oh wait, I do have one! The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club takes place tonight – Wednesday, 2nd November – and this month Steve Fryatt will be talking about Ovation, the DTP package originally written by David Pilling. Not to be confused with its younger ‘Pro’ sibbling – which is used to create the club’s monthly newsletter – Ovation is now available for free, with the source code available, and further work has been done on…
Read MoreNews nybble: RONWUG meeting, 19th October
The next meeting of the RISC OS North West User Group takes place on Wednesday, 19th October, 2016, starting at around 7:30pm. The venue is Trafford Metrovick Rugby and Cricket Club, Finnybank Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 6LR.
Read MoreChris Hall visits ROUGOL to help decide which computer really is best!
Erm… best for you, that is, because it’s subjective, innit? Chris Hall will be visiting the RISC OS User Group of London on Monday, 17th October, to give a talk entitled ‘System Comparisons’ in which he will look at the various new systems available that can be used to run RISC OS – whether they are full-blown, ready to use computers sold by the likes of R-Comp and CJE Micro’s, or simply system boards and DIY kits, for which additional components are needed such as (for that full Blue Peter…
Read MoreMicro One heads to SE1
Tom Williamson to present his Pi-based machine to ROUGOL. The guest speaker at this month’s RISC OS User Group of London meeting, which takes place on Monday, 19th September, will be Tom Williamson of Ident Computer – and his subject matter will be the company’s Raspberry Pi-based Micro One computer.
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