Six months on from the show itself… that’s almost as long as the Long Gap between the Wakefield and London shows! Ahem. The place to be for discerning RISC OS users (and retro Acorn enthusiasts) on Saturday, 27th April, was Wakefield – more specifically, the Cedar Court Hotel in Calder Grove – because that was where the annual Wakefield Acorn and RISC OS Computer Show took place.
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Wakefield 2020 date revealed
The latest issue (37:7) of the WROCC (Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club) newsletter has been sent out, and tucked away within it at the bottom of page five is a piece of show news: The next Wakefield Show will take place on Saturday, 18th April, 20201. That’s the weekend after Easter and exactly eight weeks after the next Southwest Show, itself seventeen weeks after the London Show – which is two weeks from today.
Read MoreUsing Ovation Pro in the professional world – Wakefield, 2nd October
Gavin Crawford will be talking at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting on his use of Ovation Pro – one of RISC OS’ desktop publishing packages, and the only one that runs natively on 32-bit platforms. Gavin has used the software to produce professionally printed hard back books, and has put RISC OS to use in a research project into historic textiles – a project that was ten years in the making.
Read MoreNext Wakefield meeting may be unsuitable for the squeamish
Should they have held this meeting back until November? If you want to hear a nightmarish tale that could have come straight out of the mind of Clive Barker or Stephen King, you should probably head for the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting.
Read MoreNews nybble: Wakefield meeting – 7th August
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding their next meeting on Wednesday, 7th August, at 7:45pm, and this month will see something of a mixed bag, with two people lined up to talk to the group. Ruth Gunstone will be talking audio/video capture, and about a nightmare hardware change to her Pi MediaVault server, and Malcolm Hussain-Gambles will be talking about Prosumer networks and Pine64’s Pinebook. The meetings are free for members, but attract an entry fee of £3.00 for non-members. If you want to attend, head…
Read MoreMIDI-evening music in Wakefield – 3rd July
The population’s Wakefield Club has got to rockwrok, rockwrok, rockwrok… The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meets once again tomorrow evening, and this month Peter Richmond will be talking about creating and playing MIDI music on computers – so get ready to, er, “rock” (wrocc?) the Club’s regular venue:
Read MoreRISC OS Developments to visit Wakefield on 5th June
If you want to be brought up to date on news from RISC OS Developments – the company that now owns RISC OS – and you happen to be in the vicinity of Wakefield on Wednesday, then why not pop along to the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting, which takes place that evening?
Read MoreNews nybble: Videos of the Wakefield Show talks now online
For the benefit of those who either couldn’t make it to the recent Wakefield Show – or who were there exhibiting, so were busy manning their stands – Ruth Gunstone has now put her recordings of the talks on YouTube. The talks were as follows: Andrew Rawnsley, talking on behalf of R-Comp/R-Comp Interactive, and RISC OS Developments. Rob Sprowson, talking on behalf of RISC OS Open Ltd. Matthew Phillips, talking on behalf of Sine Nomine. Tom Williamson, talking on behalf of WiFi Sheep and Ident Computers. Chris Evans, talking on…
Read MoreSteve Fryatt launches Launcher to the wider world
Well, the wider RISC OS world, anyway! Initially available at the Wakefield Show as part of his CD software collection, proceeds from which go to a good cause, it is now possible to download Steve Fryatt’s, erm, application launcher application, Launcher! The software can be downloaded either from Steve’s own website, or via !Store.
Read MoreSteve Fryatt talks lesser known software in Wakefield on 1st May
Even though the show they organise took place only yesterday, the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding their next meeting this week, on Wednesday 1st May. The guest speaker will be the group’s own Steve Fryatt.
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