The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club provides a friendly face for all things RISC OS in Yorkshire, the surrounding regions and beyond. Originally formed as the Wakefield BBC Micro User Group in 1983, it is one of the longest established RISC OS user groups and now has members all over the UK.
The group meets most months to look at subjects relating to RISC OS, publishes a monthly newsletter, The WROCC, and provides an online discussion group to keep its members informed. We also organise the annual Wakefield RISC OS Computer Show, which is now firmly established in the platform’s calendar.
For more information about the group, contact us or visit one of our meetings. You can find out more about RISC OS in our brief introduction to the operating system or discover new hints, tips and tricks in our RISC OS HowTo.
(Vol 42, No 12)
In March 2023, Chris Hall updates the NVMe series with a summary of the available drivers and what to do for a machine that ‘just works’, while another member describes their use of CashBook for managing an association’s finances. We look at the release of a pair of new games for the platform, a collection of desktop enhancements and a number of other new software releases. Finally there’s a summary of the events at WROCC’s 2025 AGM, and a look back at RISC OS news from around the time of the release of RISC OS 2.
Older issues, and free samples for non-members, are available from the newsletter area
In this talk, Chris Hall shares how RiscOSM has become his essential tool for documenting and illustrating railway history. Moving beyond the “trial and error” of old mapping methods, Chris demonstrates how he uses the software to bridge the gap between historical research and digital cartography. Key themes include:
Tracing Vanished Lines: Using historical data and 25in OS maps to recreate routes that have been lost for over a century.
Illustrating for Publication: Generating high-quality, precisely defined background maps for his books on signal boxes and rail sections.
Digital Tools & SatNav: A look at his GPS-based “rolling map” project on the Raspberry Pi and the conversion of legacy file formats into modern GPX data.
Mapping Ireland: Overcoming the specific challenges of generating custom map tiles for Irish rail networks.
Whether you are a rail enthusiast or a RISC OS user interested in GPS and mapping, this talk offers a practical look at preserving industrial heritage through modern software.
Details of past and future meetings can be found in the meetings area
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