Just in time for this year’s Wakefield Show, this year taking place a little way along the road(s) in Bradford, a new version of Messenger Pro has been released by R-Comp.
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Escape from Exeria gets a CD release at Wakefield in Bradford
At last year’s virtual Wakefield Bradford Wradfold Show, Soft Rock Software released a new version of an old budget game – Escape from Exeria. The new version features:
Read MoreRISCOSbits at Wakefield in Bradford
RISCOSbits will be exhibiting at the Wakefield Bradford Wradfold Show on Saturday, 21st March, with a wide selection of items for visitors to buy – both new products and old favourites.
Read MoreWakefield arrives in Bradford – this Saturday
This year’s Wakefield Bradford Wradfold Show – the first in person RISC OS Show in the North of England since the 2019 event in Wakefield, and the 25th physical show organised by the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) – takes places this Saturday, 21st May.
Read MoreSuper prize draw at Wakefield (in Bradford)
There tends to be a prize draw held at the Wakefield Show, but this year (Saturday, 21st May – being held in Bradford) marks something of a milestone; it will be the 25th physical Wakefield Show, and the first physical one since the pandemic. The usual prize draw has therefore been given a little boost – which may or may not have involved gamma rays or a radioactive spider – and it’s now a SUPER one.
Read MoreWanted by CJE at Wakefield… erm, Bradford
While the pandemic may have slowed things down for many people and businesses, it appears that for CJE Micro’s and 4D there has been at least one area where they were kept very busy. That’s selling retro systems to many far flung places around the globe.
Read MoreDrag ‘n Drop yourself into a WROCC meeting with Chris Dewhurst
The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will take place on Wednesday, 4th May, and the guest speaker will be the editor of on-off-on-off-under-new-management Drag ‘n Drop magazine, Chris Dewhurst, with a talk entitled Making RISC OS accessible with Drag ‘n Drop.
Read MorePot Pourrie in Wakefield and beyond – 6th April
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding a hybrid meeting – that is to say one that is taking place both at their regular venue and online – on Wednesday, 6th April, and there is no single topic. Instead, it will be a ‘pot pourri’ meeting that covers a number of topics – and in this case, at least part of it will include a retrospective look at the Microdigital Omega.
Read MoreWakefield Show makes a temporary move to Bradford
Welcome to the Wradfold1 Show! The Wakefield Show has hit a few problems (outlined below) since the milestone 25th event was first scheduled for April 2020, and technically took place in 2021 as an online event – although the next time exhibitors gather in the North to show off their wares, it will still be the 25th physical show organised by the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC). The latest setback came recently as it emerged the regular venue was not going to be re-opened on time, so couldn’t host…
Read MoreWakefield Show homeless, seeking new venue
The Wakefield Show usually takes place in April of each year, though recent times have had an impact on that; the pandemic meant the 25th show had to be put off in 2020, and took place in 2021 – around its normal time – as an online one, with the 25th physical event scheduled for this year instead. This year’s event was originally announced for 23rd April, but ongoing refurbishment work at the hotel caused it to be put back by a month to 21st May. However, there has been…
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