Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to Workakefield we go! We are once again rapidly approaching the time when the attention of the RISC OS community falls fairly and squarely upon Wakefield, with “the North’s premier RISC OS show” taking place this coming Saturday, April 20th. The show is now in its 18th year, and once again takes place at The Cedar Court Hotel, Deby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, WF4 3QZ – the show’s original venue, before it moved to locations such as Thornes Park Athletics Stadium.
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RISC OS South West 2013: show report (updated)
At last! This year’s RISC OS South West show took place yesterday a couple of weeks ago, on 23rd February, 2013 – its customary late February Saturday. And I’m pleased to say that this year, I managed to find my way to the Webbington Hotel easily, without taking any wrong turns and without getting lost. I still managed to turn up late, though, and arrived after the show had already opened to the public. That is, however, fully in keeping with tradition – getting lost last year caused me to…
Read MoreAnother date for your diary – Wakefield 2013 announced
Mark it down. Go on, mark it down now so you don’t forget. The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) has announced that it is once again organising “The North’s Premier RISC OS Show” – which is now in its 18th year. Taking place on Saturday, 20th April, 2013, The Wakefield Show will be held at The Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, WF4 3QZ – just off of junction 39 of the M1. Doors will be open to the public from 10:30am until 4:30pm, with tickets…
Read MoreRISC OS South West to go ahead again in 2013
Da-na na-na na-na na-na na – Showtime! After last year’s ‘near miss’ in the South West, when it began to look as though the usual RISC OS Show for the area wasn’t going to go ahead until new organisers stepped up at the last minute to save the day, it’s good to have a date announced in plenty of time for the 2013 show. The 2012 show’s last minute saviours were Andrew Rawnsley of R-Comp and Richard Brown of Orpheus Internet, and the dynamic duo* have once again teamed up…
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 MoreMidlands Show: report and photos
By the eighth day machine just got upset. A show report had not been posted yet… Just over a week ago, on July 7th, the Midsummer Midlands Mugshow 2012 took place. This is the smallest UK show of the RISC OS year, attracting the fewest exhibitors and visitors alike, and most exhibitors tend to time their big news and releases for the bigger shows, such as Wakefield and London. As usual, I set off from the RISCOSitory/Soft Rock Software top secret underground bunker (the entrance cunningly disguised as a ramshackle…
Read MoreMidsummer Mug Show 2012
Come along and say hi. Notes from mummy not acceptable. It’s the afternoon of Friday the 6th July, 2012, and this will probably be the last thing I write on RISCOSitory.com for a few days. Why? Because tomorrow is the Midlands Midsummer Mugshow, 2012, which takes place at St John’s Church Hall, 205 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1HY, with the doors open to the public from 11am until 4pm and an entrance fee of just £4 for adults, and nothing at all for children. This year’s exhibitors include RISC OS…
Read MoreArche Gathering, Essen, Germany
A June German get together. The Arche Acorn User Club, based in the Ruhr area of Germany and describing itself as being “for the Friends of the RISC OS machines Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Risc PC, IYONIX pc, A9home and all other RISC OS computers,” are organising an “Arche user gathering”. The gathering, number 2.2 on their (new) numbering scheme, will take place from 1pm on Saturday, 16th June, 2012, in Room 104 of the Unperfekthaus, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 18, 45127 Essen – the same location as the last two gatherings, which took…
Read MoreWakefield is just about upon us
So there’s no time for even a snifter of a snippet. As usual, in the run up to the annual Wakefield Show, the premier event in the land of RISC OS, announcements and updates are ten-a-penny. And, as usual, I am exhibiting at the show with my Soft Rock Software hat on. This normally means that as show day gets closer and closer, I have a lot to do – and, consequently, I haven’t had time to sift through the various announcements that have reached my inbox.
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