Meetings
Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club meets on the first Wednesday of most months: at least in February, April, June, August, October and December, and often in several of the intervening months as well. Our meetings usually consist of a talk or demonstration, with plenty of time for informal discussions before and after.
Recent meetings have included presentations from major RISC OS hardware, software and operating system developers, along with demonstrations of specific pieces of software by experienced users. In addition, we have covered a wide range of other subjects including digital photography, hardware upgrades, networking and problem solving. More information about the topics covered in recent meetings can be found further down the page, and details of future meetings can be found below.
Meetings take place online using the Zoom platform. They start at 7.45pm, and the scheduled part of the evening is generally complete by about 10pm.
Visitors are always welcome to attend our meetings (with the exception of the AGM and EGMs) – contact us for details, or see the Join Us page for information about membership.
Forthcoming meetings
The following meetings are planned for the near future (note that presentations may be re-scheduled due to events outside of our control).
Andrew Rawnsley of RISC OS Developments will be simplifying and explaining how we can work together to move to 64bit, with the odd demo thrown in to try and make things clear and exciting. He will be explaining how the work involved in moving to 64bit need not stagnate progress on the 32bit OS - in fact quite the opposite.
Time permitting, Andrew may also cover a range of other topics.
Recent meetings
WROCC’s meetings cover a wide range of topics relating to RISC OS and computing more generally. Here are some of the events from recent months; for a longer list including videos and links to more detailed reports, see our past meetings page.
Martin Eastwood tells the group about: the A15 Emulator for RISC OS, Sprite and Draw Viewers for Mac and Windows, and the Kinetic Box - a RiscPC Native Emulator with 64MB Graphics Card.
You can find links to the meeting on YouTube via its page.
Steve Revill, of RISC OS Open Ltd, updates us on the Moonshot project and discusses his work on LanManFS as well as rewriting the BASIC programming language in C.
You can find links to the meeting on YouTube via its page.
This was a follow-up to our previous two sessions regarding broadband changes and the ongoing transition to digital phone lines, in which Chris Hughes took a closer look at these two distinct sets of changes.
You can find links to the meeting on YouTube via its page.
Martin Eastwood will be talking about Frosted & Obsidian, a look at bringing a modern visual style to the RISC OS desktop whilst keeping the speed, simplicity, and personality we all love - plus how he got into RISC OS and wanting to do this.
You can find links to the meeting on YouTube via its page.
In this talk, Chris Hall shared how RiscOSM had become his essential tool for documenting and illustrating railway history. Moving beyond the ‘trial and error’ of old mapping methods, Chris demonstrated how he uses the software to bridge the gap between historical research and digital cartography.
You can find links to the meeting on YouTube via its page.
