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…
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News 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.
Read MoreUser group meetings galore over the next seven days
Horsham, Southampton, Bristol, Midlands, Wessex… Everybody talk about… pop music! No, hang on, that’s not right. There are quite a number of user group meetings taking place over the next week, so it seems sensible to wrap them up in a single post, covering all of those up to and including next Saturday (17th September).
Read MoreSROUG and RONWUG meetings in June
Meetings in Southampton and Sale, on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
Read MoreWROCC meeting tomorrow: The Interweb and its latest RISC OS goodies
Cat videos, cat videos, cat videos, and more cat videos. Possibly some software, too. Finding its way to the RISCOSitory bunker at all but the last minute1, the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club have announced the topic for their next meeting, which takes place on 1st June – tomorrow (Wednesday) evening. The speaker for the meeting will be Malcolm Hussain-Gambles, developer of software such as NewsUK and WeatherUK, and he will be talking about ‘The Interweb’ and some of the latest goodies for RISC OS that can be found online.
Read MorePaul Emerton talks media preservation at ROUGOL, 16th May
Chap who may or may not be from the future talks about equipment from the past1. The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) is one that will be worth a visit from anyone interested in the recovery and restoration of old Acorn kit and material found on disc media, and archiving that material for posterity – in particular, equipment and media that was used by the BBC in their ‘Special Projects’ unit.
Read MoreChris Evans guest at Surrey and Sussex User Group meeting
The meeting’s tonight – so this is a last minute, RapidO post! The next meeting of SASAUG, the Surrey and Sussex Acorn User Group, takes place on Monday, 9th May, and according to an announcement only just received here at the RISCOSitory bunker, the meeting will have Chris Evans of CJE Micro’s along as a guest speaker, with the subject being the Eastwood RapidO Ig and RapidO Ti computers.
Read MoreSouthampton and Bristol May meetings
Southampton, 10. Bristol, 11. Wait, sorry, no – those are dates, not scores. Tuesday, 10th May is the date of this month’s Southampton RISC OS User Group meeting. Organised as usual by Dave Higton, the meeting will run from around 7:00pm until around 9:00pm, and everyone is welcome to attend. So, with free admittance, if you’re in or around Southampton the place you’ll want to head for is:
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