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.
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News 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 MoreNews nybble: Video of Chris Cox’s visit to ROUGOL now online
Back in February, Chris Cox paid a visit to the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) – and much more recently the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) – to talk about his time at Acorn Computers and Acorn RISC Technologies, where amongst other things he largely became the public face at exhibitions. For the benefit of anyone unable to visit either, a video recording of the London talk is now available to watch on YouTube. ROUGOL’s next meeting, meanwhile, will take place on 18th November, and the group…
Read MoreMystery new product to be revealed in London – on 21st October
Wait, the London Show is on 26th October! What’s going on? If you read the London Show preview, you’ll notice that Adrian Lees is planning to launch a major new application, with no details available as yet about what it is – so the nature of that application is a mystery. Five days before the London Show, however, its organisers – the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) – still plan to have their regular monthly meeting, and there will be a mystery new product revealed at that meeting.…
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting – 8th October
The next chance for RISC OS users in the Southampton area to meet up, chat, discuss or show off their latest hardware and software projects, and so on, will be on Tuesday, 8th October from 7:00pm until 9:00pm. The meeting will take place in the Sports Centre of Itchen College, Deacon Road, Southampton. The car park entrance is accessed from Deacon Road, opposite Whites Road, and once in you need to head for the College Centre, an open area with tables and chairs, next to the Sports Centre Reception desk.
Read MoreUsing Ovation Pro in the professional world – Wakefield, 2nd October
Gavin Crawford will be talking at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting on his use of Ovation Pro – one of RISC OS’ desktop publishing packages, and the only one that runs natively on 32-bit platforms. Gavin has used the software to produce professionally printed hard back books, and has put RISC OS to use in a research project into historic textiles – a project that was ten years in the making.
Read MoreRISC OS Open news at ROUGOL
Everybody chant “There’s only one Rob Sprowson!” Monday, 16th September is when the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) next meets up, and the original plan was for Elesar Ltd‘s Rob Sprowson to be the guest speaker for the meeting, at which he was planning to reveal a new, hitherto mystery product currently in development. However, in a last minute change of plans, the group will instead hear from RISC OS Open Ltd‘s Rob Sprowson, who will be talking to the group about what’s been happening at the company…
Read MoreARMBook Impressions – Bristol, 11th September
The next Bristol RISC OS Users (BRU) meeting will take place on Wednesday, 11th September, from around 7:30pm – and this month’s informal gathering may very well feature some interesting discussions.
Read MoreSouthampton meeting – 10th September
RISC OS users in the Southampton area will have their next opportunity to meet up and discuss the platform on Tuesday, 10th September from 7:00pm until 9:00pm at:
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