This coming Tuesday evening – 13th March – marks the date of the next Southampton RISC OS User Group meeting. Running from 7:00pm until 9:00pm, the meeting takes place at: The Sports Centre, Itchen College, Deacon Road, Southampton. Look out for an open area with tables and chairs by the Sports Centre Reception desk – and depending when you arrive, the network of RISC OS computers may also serve as a clue. The car park entrance is found on Deacon Road, opposite Whites Road.
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News nybble: Quiz time at WROCC – 7th March
The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club will take place at 7:45pm on Wednesday, 7th March, when attendees can enjoy an entertaining and educational computer-related quiz, devised by Peter Richmond. The remainder of the evening will then be given over to an informal discussion about the Club itself. The meeting takes place at the West Yorkshire Sports and Social Club, Sandal Hall Close (off Walton Lane), Wakefield, WF2 6ER. Members of the Club can get in for free, while there is a fee of £3.00 for non-members.…
Read MoreNews nybble: Extra pre-show Bristol meeting – 22nd February
There will be an extra meeting on Thursday, 22nd February for RISC OS users in the Bristol area. With the Southwest Show taking place on Saturday, 24th, ROUGOL‘s Bryan Hogan is staying in Bristol before heading down to the Webbington Hotel on Friday. This makes the evening before an ideal opportunity for a friendly chat over a drink and a meal about all things RISC OS, Acorn, and computing – as well as anything else that may come up in conversation. The meeting will take place in a different venue…
Read MoreNews nybble: ROUGOL meeting – Monday 19th February
The next meeting for RISC OS users in and around London will take place tomorrow evening, kicking off at 7:45pm. ROUGOL’s Bryan Hogan will be speaking, with a topic entitled ARMs, ARMs, everywhere, apologetically referencing Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The talk will cover the phenomenal growth of ARM processors, which now outnumber humans on this planet by a huge factor, and look at the future – in particular, the problems RISC OS could face with the possibility of the ARM CPUs eventually losing their 32-bit…
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting, 13th February
The next meeting for discernable people in the Southampton area – i.e. folk that use RISC OS – will take place on Tuesday, 13th February. Slotting neatly into the two hours between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, and with no fee for admission, the meeting will take place at: Itchen College Sports Centre, Deacon Road, Southampton. The car park is accessed from Deacon Road opposite Whites Road, and to find the meeting itself head for the College Centre, and open area with tables and chairs next to the Sports Centre Reception desk.
Read MoreIdent Computer at Wakefield meeting – 7th February
The first chance to see the Raspberry Pi-powered [ desk lamp / IoT Torch / projector-equipped system / other ]1! Ident Computer‘s Tom Williamson will be the guest speaker at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club meeting, which takes place at 7:45pm on Wednesday, 7th February, at: West Yorkshire Sports and Social Club, Sandal Hall Close (Off Walton Lane), Wakefield, WF2 6ER.
Read MoreDiscuss Recursion with the Midlands User Group on 20th January
The Midlands User Group will next get together on Saturday, 20th January. Kicking off at 2:00pm, the meeting will take place at the usual location: The Methodist Church Hall, Greenhill, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, B60 1BL.
Read MoreROUGOL rolling out a crystal ball on 15th January
Looking at the year ahead for RISC OS The RISC OS User Group of London will be holding their next meeting on Monday, 15th January, and with no formal speaker for this meeting the group has set the coming year as the topic of discussion. The meeting is therefore an opportunity for members and visitors to talk about their plans and hopes, and – more realistically than hopes – expectations for RISC OS in general, and ROUGOL itself, for 2018. It is also an ideal time to bring up any…
Read MoreSouthampton meeting, 16th January
Users in the Southampton area will have the opportunity to meet up on the evening of Tuesday, 16th January, in their usual venue, the Sports Centre of Itchen College. The group’s normal meeting day is the second Tuesday of the month, which should have meant the 9th – but a week’s delay was necessary because of the College opening times over the holiday period. Other than the off-schedule date, the usual arrangements apply:
Read MoreBristol RISC OS Users meeting – 10th January
Wednesday, 10th January sees the first meeting of 2018 for RISC OS Users in the Bristol area. Kicking off at around 7:00-7:30pm and carrying on until closing time, the meeting will take place in The Eldon House pub, which can be found at: 6 Lower Clifton Hill, Bristol, BS8 1BT.
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