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2024
September
: General chat
August
: Let's talk about 64bit, Gerph -
Report...
Slides...
Video...
July
: Visions of the Impossible, Nathan Atkinson -
Slides...
June
: WiFi Wanderings
May
: RISC OS Developments, Andy Vawer
April
: RiscPC 30th Birthday party -
Slides...
March
: Passing on, open discussions facilitated by Bernard Boase -
Slides...
February
: Waveshare IO Board and NVMe, Chris Hall -
Slides...
January
: Escape to the Light, Tony Bartram, AMCOG Games
2023
December
: No Christmas meeting this year
November
: Archimedes/RiscPC repairs and upgrades
October
: More RISC OS Chat
September
: OWB - Origyn Web Browser, Michael Grunditz
August
: RISC OS Chat
July
: Sine Nomine Software, Matthew and Hilary Phillips -
Report...
June
: General discussions
May
: Archimedes Live, Paul Stone -
Report...
Slides...
April
: History of Sibelius, Ben Finn OBE, original co-author -
Report...
March
: MetaSprite, IFR, and more, Nemo
February
: South West Show preview
January
: RISC OS Developments News, Richard Brown and Andrew Rawnsley
2022
December
: No Christmas meeting this year
November
: Right On Commander Mark Moxon, ex-editor Acorn User -
Report...
Special Mission
: Science Fiction - Voyage to the Edge of Imagination
October
: Pinebook Pro and more, Andrew Rawnsley, R-Comp -
Report...
September
: Cancelled for queen's funeral
August
: Summer Party!
July
: Desktop Modernisation Engine, Paolo Fabio Zaino -
Report...
June
: RISC OS 35th Birthday, Liam Proven + special guests from Acornsoft -
Report...
and
The Register story...
and
Video...
May
: General discussions
April
: Online chat
March
: GAG News 30th Birthday, Herbert zur Nedden -
Report...
February
: Lockdown Diversions, Terry Swanborough -
Report...
January
: Recoding the Classics, Jeroen Vermeulen -
Report...
2021
December
: No Christmas meeting this year
November
: RISC OS Pyromaniac Update, Gerph -
Report...
October
: No meeting this month
September
: RISC OS Distro Comparison, Bernard Boase et al -
Report...
August
: The RISC OS Awards Ceremony, compered by Vince Hudd -
Report...
and
Results
(and
we won one
! :-)
July
: Hybrid Meeting Trial, Open discussions
June
: RISC OS in those StrongARM days, Mike Stephens, ex-Acorn and Pace programmer -
Report...
May
: Software Testing, Gerph -
Slides...
and
Report...
April
: The Future of Microprocessors, Sophie Wilson CBE -
Report...
and
Video...
March
: The DARIC Programming Language, Daryl Dudey -
Report...
and
Video...
February
: CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray Burning, Steffen Huber, hubersn Software -
Report...
and
Video...
January
: The AMCOG Development Process, Anthony Bartram, AMCOG Games -
Report...
and
Video...
2020
December
: RISC OS Developments, R-Comp, and AMA, Andrew Rawnsley -
Report...
November
: Building RISC OS Online, Gerph -
Slides...
and
Report...
and
Video...
October
: Audio Matters, Jason Tribbeck -
Report...
and
Video...
September
: From Fortran to Fireworkz, Stuart Swales, Acornsoft and Colton Software -
Slides...
and
Video...
August
: Cloverleaf and ChatCube, Stefan Fröhling -
Report...
and
Video...
July
: RISC OS Direct, Tom Williamson, WiFi Sheep -
Report...
and
Video...
June
: Euclid and friends, Tony Cheal, Ace Computing -
Report...
and
Video...
plus sample
Films
and
Projector
April and May: No meetings due to the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown.
March
:
Cancelled
- RISC OS Direct discussion, Bernard Boase
February
: BBC Micro Lives, Jason Nicholls, ABUG -
Slides...
January
: RISC OS Developments Ltd News, Richard Brown -
Report...
2019
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Mobile RISC OS, group demonstration
October
: Mystery new product - WiFi HAT, Rob Sprowson, Elesar Ltd
September
: RISC OS Open Update, Rob Sprowson
August
: Summer Party!
July
: 3D Printed Robots, Leo White
June
: Informal meeting
May
: Informal meeting
April
: How to Widen Interest in RISC OS, Bernard Boase
March
: Virtual Shows, Bryan Hogan, London show organiser
February
: Acorn RISC Technologies, Chris Cox, computer division manager at ART -
Video...
January
: 3D Graphics and Sound, Anthony Bartram, AMCOG Games
2018
December
: Informal meeting
November
: RISC OS Developments Ltd, Richard Brown
October
: Acorns in Aerospace, Keith Emerton
September
: Prophet and more, Rob Sprowson, Elesar Ltd
August
: Meet the mini.m and si.zeRO, Bryan Hogan (with thanks to RISCOSbits)
July
: DrawScript, David Lane -
web references
June
: RPCemu, Matthew and Peter Howkins -
Peter's slides
and
Matthew's slides
May
: Raspberry Pi interfacing with BBC BASIC, Andrew Conroy, Owl Art Un Ltd
April
: 30 years up in ARMs, Clive Semmens -
Summary...
March
: Game Development, Square Games and AMCOG Games
February
: ARMs, ARMs, everywhere, Bryan Hogan
January
: The Year Ahead, open discussions
2017
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Hard problems and why they're important, Dr Colin Wright, Denbridge Marine
October
: DiscKnight, David Ruck
September
: Return to RISC OS, Jason Tribbeck
August
: Informal meeting
July
: AMCOG Development Kit, Anthony Bartram, AMCOG Games
June
: PGP Cryptography and Security, Dr Nat Queen, Birmingham University -
Slides...
May
: Show Reports, open discussion
April
: Otter browser and other ports, Chris Gransden
March
: Wispy Wifi Preview, Bryan Hogan
February
: (P)review of the year, Open discussion
January
: CloudFS + Font Directory Pro, Rob Sprowson, Elesar Ltd -
Report...
2016
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Sound Synthesis and 3D Graphics, Anthony Bartram, AMCOG Games
October
: System Comparisons, Chris Hall
September
: The Micro One, Tom Williamson, Ident Computer
August
: BeebDroid, Kenton Price and Reuben Scratton, Little Fluffy Toys -
Slides...
July
: Shows, meetings and ARM stuff, general discussion
June
: Showing off RISC OS, Open discussion
May
: BBC Media Preservation, Paul Emerton, Concept Television Studios Ltd
April
: RapidO, Chris Evans, CJE Micro's
March
: RiscPCB, Terry Swanborough, MB Electronics
February
: RISC OS for Pi-nuts, Peter Howkins
January
: Titanium, Rob Sprowson, Elesar Ltd -
Audio...
2015
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Lua and Dynamic Linking on RISC OS, Gavin Wraith
October
: Show News
September
: RISC OS Open Ltd, Rob Sprowson
August
: Documentation Updates, Bernard Boase
July
: MPdata+, Kevin Wells, KevSoft
June
: Overlord, Anthony Bartram, AMCOG Games
May
: Pi Squared, Bernard Boase and Leo White
April
: Pluto, Martin Avison, Avisoft
March
: BASIC Presentations, Leila Johnston,
Hack Circus
ringmaster -
Preview...
February
: The ARMX6, Richard Brown of Orpheus Internet and John Ballance of Castle Technology
January
: The RISC OS Awards 2014, Open discussion
2014
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Chocks Away and Star Fighter 3000, Andrew Hutchings, FedNet -
Video...
October
: APDL, TechGuides, and a Potted History of Acorn, David Bradforth
September
: RISC OS 5 on a RiscPC
August
: RiscDJ, Michael Emerton
July
: Beginners Guide to Interfacing on the Raspberry Pi, Neil Fazakerley, Riscy Robots
June
: Archimedes Software Preservation Project, Jon Abbott
May
: Scratch, Squeak and Smalltalk, Tim Rowledge and Bernard Boase
April
: Beebs, Shadow RAM, Music 500, and ArcElite. Chris Jordan, Hybrid Technology
March
: Stuff
February
: Open Discussions
January
: RISC OS Documentation Project, Bernard Boase
2013
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Ancestor+, Kim Faulkner
October
: Show planning and informal discussion
September
: PrintPDF, Locate2 and CashBook, Steve Fryatt
August
: ROLF - RISC OS Look and Feel for Linux, Simon Willcocks
July
: Show Roundups and Phoebe Info, Bryan Hogan and Peter Howkins
June
: PandaRO, RaspberryRO, Welcome guide, and more! Chris Evans of CJE Micro's
May
: RISC OS Open Ltd, Steve Revill
April
: Package Management, open discussion
March
: Impression X, Richard Keefe
February
: SDFS setup on Pandaboard, Keith Dunlop
January
: Adapting Lua to RISC OS, Gavin Wraith
2012
December
: Informal meeting
November
: RISC OS on Raspberry Pi and Pandaboard, Keith Dunlop
October
: ARX, Arthur and RISC OS, Paul Fellows, development team leader at Acorn -
Transcript...
September
: Software Distribution for RISC OS on Raspberry Pi, Theo Markettos
August
: Raspberry Pi RISC OS Distro, open discussion
July
: Lego Rubik's Cube Solving Robots,
David Gilday
, ARM Ltd
June
: RISC OS on Raspberry Pi, Leo White
May
: Raspberry Pi and Pandaboard, Bernard Boase and Keith Dunlop
April
: Basalt, Steve Drain
March
: MPlayer and Pandaboard, Chris Gransden
February
: Desktop Themes and Wishes, Bryan Hogan vs Keith Dunlop
January
: ARMini Audio, Keith Dunlop of Usable Range Ltd
2011
December
: Informal meeting
November
: ROOL Emulator USB Sticks, Bryan Hogan, Peter Howkins, Tim Powys-Lybbe (plus surprise guest Steve Revill of ROOL)
October
: Raspberry Pi discussion
September
: Hardware Housekeeping, ROUGOL Committee
August
: Heraldic Drawings on ArtWorks, Tim Powys-Lybbe
July
: Game and Demo Music, Martin Bazley
June
: Informal Meeting with some BeagleBoard stuff, open discussion
May
: Beginning C Programming on the BeagleBoard, open discussion
April
: The ARMini, Bryan Hogan
March
: Orpheus Internet, Richard Brown
February
: Useful things you can do with Lua, Harriet Bazley
January
: Cloud Video Editing on ARM Tablets, Stephen Streater of Forbidden Technologies plc -
Pictures...
2010
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Gigahertz RISC OS on the BeagleBoard-xM, Bryan Hogan
October
: London Show Final Plans, Show Committee
September
: MessengerPro v6 Client and Server, Bryan Hogan
August
: London Show discussion, Show Committee
July
: RISC OS Open Everywhere, Ben Avison of RISC OS Open Ltd
June
: BeagleBoard for Beginners, Dave Lane -
hardware list
May
: RiscDJ Music Library Player, Michael Emerton
April
: ARM History and Future, Sophie Wilson
March
: RPCemu Spoon Edition, Peter Howkins
February
: Drag n Drop magazine, Paul Stewart
January
: Lua and RISC OS, Gavin Wraith
2009
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Acorn and ARM, Professor Steve Furber -
Transcript...
October
: Impact3 Database, Matthew Phillips of Sine Nomine Software
13th October
:
ROUGOL's 10th Birthday!
Saturday 3rd October
:
The first RISC OS London Show
September
: RISC OS in the real world, Keith Dunlop
August
: Informal meeting with some adventure gaming, Martin Bazley
July
: RISC OS on Beagleboard, RISC OS Open Ltd - Steve Revill and Ben Avison
June
: Organizer2, Nigel Willmott
May
: MessengerPro Server, Bryan Hogan
April
: NetSurf 2, John-Mark Bell
March
: ARM Netbooks and RISC OS, Keith Dunlop
February
: SiteMatch, Richard Porter
January
: Latest ArtWorks and EasiWriter developments, Stewart Brookes
2008
December
: Informal meeting, with some RPCemu tinkering
November
: RPCemu on Linux, Keith Dunlop and Bryan Hogan
October
: VirtualRPC, Charles Hope
September
: Radar Systems, Dr Colin Wright of Denbridge Marine -
Report...
August
: Informal meeting
July
: Webgen2, Dave Stratford
June
: Datapower3, Julian Fry
May
: CashBook, Steve Fryatt
April
: Iyonix sound expansion and other developments, Keith Dunlop
March
: Calibre, LaBella and Dr Wimp, Ray Favre
February
: Parmesan and other internet chat software, Christian Ludlam and Keith Dunlop
January
: RISC OS Connect (and the A9home portable), Paul Stewart
2007
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Web technologies, Andrew Hodgkinson
October
: RISC OS Six, Paul Middleton
September
: Archive Magazine, Jim Nagel
August
: Taking your website beyond the basics, Neil Spellings
July
: MessengerPro tips and tricks, Harriet Bazley
June
: Using RISC OS as a local councillor, John Ward
May
: Graphic Design with ArtWorks 2.7, Martin Wuerthner
April
: Developing RISC OS web browsers, John-Mark Bell
March
: My contribution to the BBC Microcomputer project, Charles Hope
February
: A9Home, NSLU2 NAS and more, Chris Evans
January
: The RISC OS Shared Source Initiative, Steve Revill and Jack Lillingston
2006
December
: Informal meeting
November
: Orpheus Internet and RISC OS Now, Paul Vigay and Louie Smith
October
: Drobe, Chris Williams
September
: MoreDesk, Steve Revill of 7th Software
August
: ROX Desktop on Linux, Liam Proven
July
: USB devices, Dave Higton
June
: PDF in EasiWriter and ArtWorks2, Stewart Brookes
May
: RISC OS Ltd, Paul Middleton
April
: Show Us Your Website
March
: DiscKnight and more, Charles Barraball
February
: Website creation with RISC OS, Keith Dunlop and Dave Stratford -
More...
January
: PCI-TV, Keith Dunlop
2005
December
: StarFighter 3000, Chris Bazley
November
: The A9 Computer, Stuart Tyrrell
October
: RiscCAD 10, Peter McCafferty
September
: New Iyonixes, Jack Lillingston
August
: NetSurf, James Bursa
July
: Oregano3, Richard Brown
June
: Firefox, Peter Naulls
May
: Ovation Pro, Bernard Boase
April
: Cineroma, David McEwen
March
: Productive Text Manipulation, Paul Beverley
February
: MicroDigital Omega, Bryan Hogan and Stewy -
Omegeddon!
January
: EasiWriter, Stewart Brookes
2004
December
: Informal meeting
November
: A Personal History of Acorn and RISC OS, Paul Beverley
October
: An Evening with Artworks 2, Stewart Brookes
September
: Lifting the lid on the Mobile Networks, Tommy Lowe
August
: Re-casing your Iyonix, Keith Dunlop
July
: StrongEd, Harriet Bazley
June
: The way forward for RISC OS, Tommy Lowe
May
: The Panther and X100, Jack Lillingston and John Ballance -
More...
April
: Informal Hardware evening
March
: AemulorPro and CinoDVD, Neil Spellings -
More...
February
: Oregano, Richard Brown
January
: AppBasic, Joe Taylor -
More...
2003
December
: RISC OS Select 3 installation, Bryan Hogan
November
: Informal meeting
October
: Networking RISC OS and other platforms, Andrew Davis -
More...
September
: UNIX Porting Project, Peter Naulls -
More...
August
: Organiser, Chris Morison -
More...
July
: Omega and Alpha, Paddy Reid of PHR Computers
June
: Informal meeting (Networking presentation cancelled)
May
: Datapower 2, Julian Fry
April
: Aemulor, Neil Spellings
March
: Upgrading several RiscPCs (again!)
February
: Upgrading several RiscPCs
January
: Upgrading the ROUGOL RiscPC
2002
December
: The new Iyonix RISC OS 5 computer, Jack Lillingston of Castle Technology -
More...
November
: Informal Iyonix discussions
October
: Photodesk Tutorial, Mike Williams
Before this time, meetings were not as regular - sometimes two in one month, sometimes no meeting for several months. So here are just a few highlights, and that momentous first meeting...
2001
November
: RISC OS 4+ and Select, Paul Middleton
October
: Surftec, Neil Farnham-Smith
September
: APDL, David Holden
July
: RISC OS radar systems, Dr Colin Wright (Denbridge Digital)
2000
September
: EasiWriter, Mike Glover of Icon Technology
August
: ProCAD+, Chris Bell -
More...
June
: Spacetech/Photodesk, Chris Hornby
April
: APDL, David Holden
March
: Aleph One PC Cards, Paul C. Robinson and Tomislav Simnett
February
: Castle, Cumana and Cannon
1999
October
: The Beginning of ROUGOL
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