And the date for the 2022 show published. The guest speaker at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting will be Alan Adams, with a project that has weaved its way through the years from its starting point on a BBC Micro to its current platform, a Raspberry Pi.
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News bit: The RISC OS Calendar has been updated for 2018
The Calendar page has been updated to show the RISC OS events I know about for 2018. If there are any inaccuracies you are aware of, or if you are involved in or know of a user group or event not listed, please let me know.
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton user group meeting – 14th November
The Southampton RISC OS User Group will be meeting again this coming Tuesday, 14th November, from 7:00pm until 9:00pm at: Itchen College Sports Centre, Deacon Road, Southampton. Anyone who uses or has an interest in RISC OS is welcome – there is no admission fee – and visitors are welcome to bring along any hardware or software to show off, play with, etc. To find the meeting, head for the College Centre, an open area with tables and chairs next to the Sports Centre Reception desk. For those coming by…
Read MoreNews nybble: Nat Queen talks Cryptography at WROCC on 6th September
The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club will take place on Wednesday, 6th September, with Dr Nat Queen of Birmingham University as the guest speaker. Originally delivered to the RISC OS User Group of London in June, the talk will cover modern cryptography, the difference between symmetric (conventional) cryptography and public-key cryptography. Admission is free for fully paid up members of the group, or £3.00 for visitors – with details and the benefits of joining detailed on the WROCC wesbite, where you will also find a map…
Read MoreBristol Users meeting, 12th July
RISC OS Users in and around Bristol will have their next opportunity to meet up for a drink and a chat on Wednesday, 12th July, when the user group for the area has their regular get together, at: The Hope and Anchor Pub, 38 Jacobs Wells Road, Bristol, BS8 1DR.
Read MoreElesar’s Rob Sprowson at WROCC meeting – 3rd May
Taking place on Wednesday, 3rd May, the next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club will see Rob Sprowson as the guest speaker. The man behind Elesar Ltd and the Titanium motherboard, Rob will be demonstrating a Titanium-based computer and talking about its development. Elesar also has a growing range of software titles, both home-grown such as CloudFS, and taken over and updated from a previous owner, such as Font Directory Pro (originally from LOOKsystems).
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting – March 14th
The Southampton RISC OS User Group will be holding their next meeting on the evening of Tuesday 14th March, from 7:00pm until 9:00pm at the usual location: Itchen College Sports Centre, Deacon Road, Southampton. The car park entrance is accessed from Deacon Road opposite Whites Road, and the meeting itself will be in the College Centre, the open area with tables and chairs, next to the Sports Centre Reception. There is no charge to attend the meeting, and visitors are welcome to bring along any hardware and/or software for the…
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting – February 14th
Show RISC OS some LUUUURVE! (And read that in a really deep inner voice!) Meeting on the second Tuesday of each month, the Southampton RISC OS User Group’s next meeting is on February 14th – Valentine’s Day – running from 7:00pm until 9:00pm at: Itchen College Sports Centre, Deacon Road, Southampton. The group can be found in the College Centre, an open area with tables and chairs, next to the Sports Centre Reception. There is no charge for admission, so anyone with an interest in the operating system and the…
Read MoreWakefield group mixing it up a bit in February
A bit of this, a bit of that, eye of newt, toe of frog – it’s all good. The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) – the second meeting of 2017, but the first ‘normal’ meeting, because last month’s was the group’s annual general meeting – takes place on Wednesday, 1st February, and will feature not one, but two talks on two very different subjects.
Read MoreNews nybble: Elesar’s mystery product revealed
But if you want more details, pop along to the ROUGOL meeting on Monday! As well as talking about CloudFS, the mystery product that Elesar Ltd‘s Rob Sprowson is set to reveal at the next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London has been revealed as an updated version of Font Directory Pro, which was originally developed and sold by LOOKsystems. The software has been updated so that it can be used on the latest hardware, and on zero-page versions of RISC OS, and MW Software have provided…
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