If that’s where you choose to watch it – which may depend on the device you use (and the weather) The next Wakefield Acorn & RISC OS Computer Show will take place on Saturday, 24th April, 2021 – almost exactly one month from today – and like last year’s London Show, it will take place online using the Zoom video conferencing system, and simultaneously streamed on the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) YouTube channel.
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Some show dates for 2021
Three shows are scheduled for the remainder of 2021, that you may wish to mark in your diaries – two expected to place in the UK, and one in The Netherlands.
Read MoreTwo talks at the next Wakefield meeting – 3rd March
Phil Pemberton on software preservation, Andy Marks on RISCOSbits The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will next meet up on Wednesday, 3rd March, when there will be two guest speakers talking to the group.
Read MoreSine Nomine takes a virtual trip to Wakefield – 6th January
In a break to the regular schedule, the January meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) – which is customarily the group’s annual general meeting – will be a regular meeting, with a guest speaker, and to which you are all invited.
Read MoreThe TextEase Studio has now reopened for business
Originally developed and published by Softease, TextEase Studio is a software package that focused on the art of publishing, and turned it into child’s play. In its various versions, it won awards including the Educational Computing and Technology Primary Award at the BETT exhibition in 1999.
Read MoreSpend an evening in Wakefield with Elesar Ltd – 2nd December
Elesar Ltd‘s Rob Sprowson will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC), which will take place on Wednesday, 2nd December, from 7:45pm.
Read MoreEmulation, bounties, and more at the next Wakefield meeting
If you’re local to Yorkshire on 4th November, where ‘local’ in this case means you have access to a suitable computer (or mobile phone or tablet) and and internet connection wherever you are in the world, then you might wish to attend the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club meeting, which takes place online that evening.
Read MoreOnline WROCC meeting with Mike Cook – 7th October
The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will once again be brought to you via online video conferencing system Zoom, and this time around, the guest speaker will be Mike Cook, whose presentation has the title ‘Laser Quest’.
Read MoreNews nybble: The Wakefield Club’s charity auction is now live
The charity auction announced a couple of days ago by the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club is now live. If you want to bid on a Deuce case, custom designed by RISCOSbits to commemorate the 2020 Wakefield Show, which had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, point your web browser at its eBay listing and place your bid now! The proceeds from the auction will be go to the Wakefield Hospice, which is usually supported by the Club on the charity stand at the annual show – so please…
Read MoreWakefield Show prize draw for 2020 morphs into a charity auction
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club, organisers of the Wakefield Show, have for some years now run a prize draw at the show, with tickets available from the Club stand, and a selection of RISC OS-related prizes for the winner(s). Prizes for the draw are usually provided to the group by exhibitors, and because 2020 was to be the 25th annual Wakefield Show, the first prize planned for this year was something out of the ordinary: Andy Marks of RISCOSbits had produced a specially designed version of the Deuce case.
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