Announcement from Steve Fryatt, 14th April, 2016. Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club are pleased to be able to remind the RISC OS and 8-bit communities that the Wakefield Acorn & RISC OS Computer Show will be taking place this Saturday, 16th April. The event is open from 10.30am until 4.30pm, with admission £5.00 on the door.
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Click and collect at the Wakefield Show
Announcement from Elesar, 11th April, 2016. Elesar have teamed up with RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) again to act as a collection point for heavy or bulky items ordered from Elesar that would otherwise be expensive to post.
Read MoreWROCC meeting 5th April – saving software from the 1990s
Announcement from the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club. Meeting on Wednesday 6th April, 2016 at 7.45pm Saving Software from the 1990s Steve Fryatt will be taking a look at the work he did to enable him to ‘rescue’ some of his older software, allowing it to be updated for use on modern RISC OS systems.
Read MoreBreaking news: Shock update to Wakefield exhibitors and theatre
I hope you’re all sitting down for this one 🙁 Earlier today (well, yesterday, strictly speaking), RISCOSitory published a preview of the Wakefield Show, which takes place on 16th April – two weeks from now. In that piece, a specific point was made of MW Software being on the exhibitor list – largely because Martin Würthner wasn’t at the show last year and, indeed, his show appearances have, of late, been a little rare. However, since then, the show website has been updated to include the ‘blurb’ that has been provided…
Read MoreWakefield 2016: A little over two weeks away
One does not simply walk into Mordor Wakefield. It’s better to go by car or train. This year’s Wakefield Show will be taking place on 16th April, which is now just over two weeks away. The show will take place in the combined Cypress, Hawthorne and Oak Suites of its usual venue, the rather nice – and very easy to find – Cedar Court Hotel, which is a stone’s throw from junction 39 of the M1, so readily accessible by car.
Read MoreWakefield 2016 date announced
You read it here first, folks – unless you’re observant! The Wakefield Show – billed as the North’s Premier RISC OS Show – is set to go ahead again in 2016, with the date now confirmed for what will be the 21st show to be arranged by the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club.
Read MoreWROCC December meeting cancelled
It’s okay, I was washing my hair anyway that night. The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club have regrettably announced that their December meeting – which would otherwise have taken place on Wednesday 2nd December – has had to be cancelled. This, apparently, is a result of a double-booking by the venue.
Read MoreWROCC Meeting – The Pi as a Media Centre, and other topics – 2nd September
Announcement from the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club – 30th August, 2015. The Pi as a Media Centre, and other topics Meeting on Wednesday 2nd September, 2015, at 7.45pm Malcolm Hussain-Gambles will be talking about using the Pi as a Media Centre, updates to his PiFi software, plus more on using ADFFS as part of the JASPP.
Read MoreWROCC meeting – Robots and lights with the Pi – 5th August
Announcement from the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club, 2nd August, 2015. Robots and Lights with the Pi Meeting on Wednesday 5th August 2015 at 7.45pm Terry Marsh will be talking about the robot he built to use with the Pi, and ‘Lights’ with the Pi.
Read MoreWROCC meeting – Getting older programs to work on the Pi – 1st July
Announcement from the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club, 28th June, 2015. Getting Older Programs to Work on the Pi Meeting on Wednesday 1st July 2015 at 7.45pm This meeting will feature screen modes, filing systems and emulation to get utilities and games working on the Raspberry Pi and Pi2. Peter Richmond will be looking at the original Pi, whilst Terry Marsh and Malcolm Hussain-Gambles will be looking at Aemulor on both the original Pi and the Pi2.
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