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