We’ll always be together, together in electric silicon dreams* If you are in the vicinity of Coalville in Leicestershire any time from 5th – 7th July (today until Sunday), a place that could be worth a visit is Snibston Discovery Museum, Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LN. The reason? This weekend marks the 2013 Silicon Dreams and Vintage Computer Festival, a combined event that “celebrates our silicon chip age.” The festival is obviously not limited to RISC OS, but amongst the exhibitors are ROUGOL – the RISC OS User Group of…
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Can you help with a new RISC OS Welcome Guide? (Updated)
Uncle Sam Chris needs you! Something missing for users of new RISC OS computer systems is an up to date welcome guide – and CJE Micro’s have stepped in to try and address the issue. With the agreement of Castle and RISC OS Open, CJE Micro’s aim to coordinate bringing the Iyonix Welcome Guide up to date
Read MoreARX, Arthur and RISC OS – what Paul Fellows said to ROUGOL
“we started off with the best machine in the world, ever, the BBC Micro model B” For their October 2012 meeting, ROUGOL (the RISC OS User Group of London, who organise the annual RISC OS London Show , this year taking place on 26th October at its usual venue, the St Giles Hotel, Feltham) managed to get none other than Paul Fellows to attend as guest speaker.
Read MoreWhat a show – London 2012
Pinch me, I must be dreaming! First of all, I must apologise for the very long delay in producing this show report and keeping up with RISC OS news in general. The reason for this has been a combination of the usual workload (with the period after this show normally being one of my busy ones) with some health issues thrown in for good measure, including a short but unexpected – and very unwelcome – stay in hospital. The most recent significant event in the RISC OS Calendar took place…
Read MoreLondon Show 2012 preview (updated)
It’s now less than 3.14159265359 days away. Shaping up to be something you really, really don’t want to miss, the RISC OS London Show takes place this Saturday – 27th October, 2012 – at the St Giles Hotel, Feltham. Why don’t you want to miss it? Well, make yourselves comfortable, and allow me to explain…
Read MoreThe better late than never London Show 2011 report
In the run up to the London Show on October 29th, and in the days since, things have been somewhat hectic for me, so I’ve only now had a chance to properly go through my pictures – which, as tradition now dictates, are not very good. I’ve selected a few and edited them into something usable, though, and present them below with my comments.
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