Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 23rd April, 2015. We are pleased to announce that the “R-Comp !Store Collection 2015″ CD will be released at the Wakefield Show. The Collection contains our download-only releases from 2014-2015 including the likes of DeleGate, DeskEdit Suite, PhotoFix, ChartWell/DPGraphs Suite, Wimp Programming Suite and more.
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Recycle Acorn/RISC OS hardware or software at Wakefield
Announcement from Chris Evans, 23rd April, 2015. We have now booked a van to take to the Wakefield Show on Saturday, so if you want to buy any larger items please let us know and we will bring them. We can also recycle most old Acorn/RISC OS hardware/software items in the best possible way, by finding someone who wants to use them for their original purpose 🙂
Read MoreNew from Drag ‘n Drop: The Book of Draw Stuff
Hot off the press at Wakefield! Christopher Dewhurst, who took over publishing on-off-on-off-under-new-management PDF magazine Drag ‘n Drop from its original editor and publisher, Paul Stewart (hence the ‘under-new-management’ bit), is set to release a new book at the 2015 Wakefield Show on 25th April under the ‘Drag N Drop Publications’ moniker.
Read MoreRISCBook range gets an Essential new member
R-Comp Interactive have been producing ARM-based computers for a few years now, starting with the ARMini, then the ARMiniX, and now the newly introduced ARMSX ARMX6 – but the company has been selling computers based around x86-compatible processors, running VirtualRiscPC on Windows, for far longer, in the form of RISCubes, SpaceCubes and RISCBooks. The latter of those ranges, the RISCBooks, now has a new member – RISCBook Essential.
Read MoreGet in early, adopt an IGEPv5
A Fistful of Dollars allows you to run The Gauntlet with an early version! Although the new computer from CJE Micro’s is not yet complete, there are apparently (and unsurprisingly) people eager to get their hands on what is expected to be the fastest ever RISC OS computer to date – so Chris Evans says that they will be launching an Early Adopter Scheme at the Wakefield Show on Saturday, 25th April, 2015.
Read MoreRiscOSM crosses borders at Wakefield
Map app gap snap! Sine Nomine Software, who should be on stand 18 in the Cypress Suite of Saturday’s Wakefield Show according to the provisional floorplan, will be bringing a new version of RiscOSM along to the event. The software, which uses data sourced and converted from OpenStreetMap, brings comprehensive mapping facilities to RISC OS, and was first launched at last year’s show.
Read MoreWakefield 2015 approaches!
Precisely five days from now, it’ll all be over! The 2015 Wakefield Show – the 20th show organised by the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club – takes place this coming Saturday, 25th April, with the doors open to the public from 10:30am, and shut again at 16:30pm – so as a discerning RISC OS user, the place you’ll want to be on Saturday is:
Read MoreWakefield, Bristol user group meetings in March
It’s like social networking but, like, actually being there. With other people. The Wakefield and Bristol user groups have both announced their next meetings, with the Wakefield group having a guest speaker, and the Bristol group being an informal drink and chat as usual.
Read MoreShow report: Southwest 2015
‘Ello, John, got a new motor computer? The most rubber-dated show in the RISC OS calendar, the RISC OS Southwest Show, took place this year just one week ago, on 21st February, 2015 – and it was a busy show, well attended by both visitors and exhibitors. As usual, the event took place at the Webbington Hotel, Loxton, Somerset, on the side of Crook Peak in the Mendip Hills – a location which, while a touch harder to get to than most shows, is one which is undeniably scenic, with…
Read MoreFinal reminder: The 2014 Southwest Show is tomorrow
Who, what, where, when, why, how? (But not necessarily in that order!) Where and how? The Webbington Hotel Loxton Somerset BS26 2HU
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