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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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