Wakefield ‘08
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Show photos taken by WROCC members, as well as some by Drobe and RISC OS Open Ltd.
Photos
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Chris Evans of CJE Micro’s setting up before the show
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Paul Stewart of RISC OS Connect chats to Graham Shaw of the Packaging Project
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A view across the central stand of the show
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Ray Favre talking about LaBella to two customers
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The entrance to the show hall, with visitors coming in
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Martin Wueerthner of ArtWorks 2 fame
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The show organiser himself poses in front of RISC OS Open’s stand
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The Qercus team had magazines and board games on offer
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Iyonix Ltd had computers, monitors and development tools with them
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The ARM Club stand with tea on the table
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David Holden of APDL with his wide range of RISC OS hardware and software
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A show helper guards the RISCOS Ltd stand
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WROCC members manning the club stand
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RISCOS Ltd were showing RISC OS 6 in widescreen
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APDL had their usual wide range of books and software on display
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The NetSurf team were available to answer questions about the open-source browser
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RISC OS Now and Orpheus Internet were sharing a stand
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Virtual Acorn could be seen running on both Windows and Mac OS
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Show sponsors Crawfords the Printers were showing what can be done with RISC OS
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Vince Hudd of Soft Rock Software
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CJE Micro’s had their usual wide range of products
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The Cartmell family were manning the Qerucs stand
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Steve, Andrew, Karen and Ben on the RISC OS Open stand
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Prolific freeware developer, Ray Favre
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Iyonix Ltd had a number of machines on display
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Preparing the WROCC stand before the show opened
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Paul Middleton of RISCOS Ltd, with what looks like Windows
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A Domesday system and Steve Fryatt’s CashBook and PrintPDF were on display at the WROCC stand
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Graham Shaw of the RISC OS Packaging Project
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NetSurf developer Daniel Silverstone
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Members of the ARM Club prepare their stand
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The show theatre was downstairs in the Garden Suite
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Jack Lillingstone of Iyonix Ltd talks to a customer
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Even A9homes can now run dual-screen
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NetSurf developers Daniel Silverstone, Michael Drake and John-Mark Bell, with Advantage 6’s Matt Edgar in the cap
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David Holden from APDL
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R-Comp had a number of portable solutions on display
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An eePC pretending to be a RiscPC, courtesy of R-Comp
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RISC OS Now’s editor, Louie Smith
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Louie Smith, Paul Vigay and some copies of RISC OS Now
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A lot of screen area from such a small computer
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Martin Wuerthner was selling copies of ArtWorks 2 and the Easi/TechWriter family
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A real, live Domesday system running on a BBC Master
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If you don’t fancy a copy of Qercus...
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The charity stall was busy all day, helping to raise a lot of money for Wakefield Hospice
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Some of the items on the Charity Stall required a little thought
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A view up the hall, just before the show opened to the public
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David Holden by the well-stocked APDL stand
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RISC OS Now editor, Louie Smith
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Dr Wimp, Ray Favre, with his collection of software and programming guides
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A rare picture of Martin Wuerthner without his bow tie
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Chris and Andrew on the CJE Micro’s stand
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Vince Hudd of Soft Rock Software was demonstrating a pre-release version of WebChange Pro
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Qercus editor, John Cartmell
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The team behind RISC OS Open Ltd
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Paul Vigay, of RISC OS.org and Orpheus Internet fame
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Andrew Rawnsley of R-Comp talks to a customer
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Some of the development team from the NetSurf browser.
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The charity stall was well-stocked with unwanted items
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The RISC OS Open Ltd presentation in the show theatre
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WROCC members manning the ticket desk
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Steve Fryatt was demonstrating CashBook and PrintPDF
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Steve Revill with a very busy desktop
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The technology behind the show theatre
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Many of the theatre presentations were well attended
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Chris Hughes’ mum – another show photographer
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Former and current Archive editors, Paul Beverley and Jim Nagel
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Show sponsors Crawfords Printers had a full stand
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Ray Favre talks to a couple of visitors
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Due to its age, the Domesday system required a little TLC during the day
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Martin Wuerthner was also taking photographs during his theatre presentation
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The Domesday system showing a map of the area around Leeds University
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Paul Middleton of RISCOS Ltd, using a very large monitor
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Members of the R-Comp team
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Archive editor, Jim Nagel, was taking photos too
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Jim Nagel talks to Jack Lillingston of Iyonix Ltd
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Chris Evans of CJE Micro’s uses one of the dual-screen A9homes
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Winding down after the show, as the exhibitors pack up their stands
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In 2008 the show returned to the Cedar Court Hotel, just outside Wakefield