Wakefield 2010
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A show report and photos on The IconBar.
Show photos taken by WROCC members, as well as by Joel Rowbottom, Dave Moore, and RISC OS Open Ltd.
Photos
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The show was in two adjacent rooms: this was the larger, seen during one of the more popular theatre presentations
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The smaller room, again seen during a presentation while most of the visitors were in the theatre
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NetSurf developers Daniel Silverstone, Vince Sanders and Rob Kendrick look relaxed after the launch of NetSurf 2.5
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Martin Wuerthner was demonstrating the new ArtWorks 2.X alongside the PostScript 3 drivers and Gutenprint in his popular theatre presentation
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Martin Hansen of the MathMagical Software Company used his theatre slot to talk about his old and new software along with some of his other projects
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Flicker and Iconiser were both on display at the MathMagical stand
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Along with his software, Martin publishes the RISCOScode online magazine – and was showing off its controversial new look
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It would be a disappointing show if MathMagical’s stand wasn’t the most flamboyant in the room
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The R-Comp stand was a large and well-stocked as ever, with a number of updates available including MessengerPro 6
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R-Comp’s Andrew Rawnsley, busy demonstrating some of his products
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Nigel Willmott and Martin Avison are the new team behind Chris Morison’s Organizer PIM
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Steve Fryatt had a new version of PrintPDF on display, along with CashBook and his other software
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A visitor buys a copy of Steve Fryatt’s software on CD – the money went to WROCC’s supported charity, Wakefield Hospice
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Vince Hudd of Soft Rock Software was on hand to talk about WebChange, WebChange Pro and It’s No Game – none of which were actually available to buy
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Stuart Tyrrell Developments were displaying their range of hardware – including the UNIpod and Vpod – along with a selection of APDL’s products
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RISC OS Open were showing RISC OS 5.17 running on two BeagleBoards and a TouchBook, and had CDs, mugs and t-shirts for those who wanted to part with some cash
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ROOL used their show theatre slot to talk about the progress being made porting RISC OS to new hardware
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RISCOS Ltd had the usual range of RISC OS 4 and Six updates along with Select subscriptions, programmers’ documentation and information for those interested in emulation
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Paul Middleton of RISCOS Ltd takes advantage of a quiet momemt to get a bite to eat, surrounded by a wide range of hardware running RISC OS
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Richard Brown of Orpheus Internet Services was on hand to guide RISC OS users on to the internet
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Jim Nagel, Archive Magazine’s current editor, was at the show with a new issue of the periodical
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Archive’s former editor, Paul Beverley, was at the show to give his successor a hand
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Qercus editor, John Cartmell, used his show theatre slot to demonstrate some of the things you can do with the magazine
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In the absence of a new issue of Qercus at the show, these two Meccano models found themselves standing in at short notice
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Paul Stewart – editor of the platform’s newest magazine – was enthusiastically talking about Drag ‘n’ Drop
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The WROCC stand had copies of the new Networking Guide, back copies of the monthly newsletter, and details of the Club’s other activities
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The Charity Stall, staffed by WROCC volunteers, helped to raise over £400 for Wakefield Hospice through selling unwanted electronic tat
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8-bit machines were represented at the show by Retro Software and Joel Rowbottom, who had a number of old favourites on display
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Repton through the ages – well, 1983 to 1986, at least
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Joel Rowbottom’s Domesday System was present once again, with visitors able to look up parts of the country that they were familiar with
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Some of the additional literature that supported the Domesday System being displayed by its guardian, Joel Rowbottom
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All the data for the Domesday system is stored on laserdiscs – they’re just like big CD ROMs, and hold a whopping 300MB... on each side
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WROCC’s Treasurer, Derek Baron – one of the team without whom the show would not happen
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Peter Richmond was one half of the double-act who made the show theatre run smoothly throughout the day
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Ruth Gunstone – co-organiser of the show theatre – finds a few seconds of peace during the day
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Steve Bass – another member of WROCC’s Committee, who together have been planning the 2010 show since the autumn