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Wakefield 2006
We preview the show of the year...
Once again the Wakefield RISC OS Computer club have organised a show at the Thornes park Athletics Stadium in Wakefield. The show will be taking place on Saturday the 13th of May from 10 in the morning until 5 in the evening. Ticket prices are £5 in advance, or £6 at the door. Children under 5 can enter free when accompanied by an adult.
The Thornes Park Athletics Stadium is very easy to find, by foot and by car, and has ample parking.
This years show has been sponsored by APDL, Advantage Six, Richard Hallas, MW Software, Spellings Computer Services and VirtualAcorn.
The show website (http://www.wakefieldshow.org.uk)/ contains the latest show information and the exhibitors list.
Organisers
The show is once again being coordinated by Chris Hughes, who has organised all the previous Wakefield shows. The show is organised on behalf of the Wakefield RISCOS Computer Club one of the longest running Acorn/RISCOS computer clubs in the UK.
Exhibitors
The full list of exhibitors isn't available yet, however the following companies have already confirmed that they will be attending:
Click here for the
floor plan
| Exhibitor |
Stand |
Information |
| APDL
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| APDL has the biggest ever collection of
software for RISC OS, plus hard drives, CD ROM drives and RAM. The
latest 4th Dimension games compilation CDs will be available at
special show prices and we'll also be releasing the new Excel Converter for Schema2. |
| Advantage 6 Ltd
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| Tel: 01706 848 600
Fax: 01706 848
679
Email: info@advantage6.com
web: http://www.advantage6.com
Advantage Six Ltd produce a range of RISC OS solutions for
industrial, OEM and embedded use such as the A6, A75 and A9
machines, industrial interface controllers, monitoring equipment and
data encoders. They work to bring consumer products to RISC OS users
through their retail partners. |
| Archive
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| The subscription magazine for RISC OS
users (£39 for 12 issues). Huge amounts of information, articles,
news, views, etc. Also on sale, Archive CD (£19) with all 17 years’
back issues in HTML format, plus search programs to help you find
the information you want. |
| ARM Club
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| The ARM Club team will be available to
help members and non members alike on the Club stand. We'll also be
extolling the virtues of membership of the largest RISC OS User
Group and providing copies of the club's software titles, including
the popular Eureka back-issues CD and the vital DiscKnight.
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| EFF
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| Professional advice and help in all font
related matters. Quality typefaces for over 60 languages. You can
find a large range of educational, symbolic and scientific fonts.
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| Icon
Technology
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| Icon Technology will be releasing a major
upgrade to EasiWriter and TechWriter - the result of 15 months
development by Martin Wuerthner of ArtWorks fame. |
| M W Software
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| MW Software will demonstrate and sell the
latest release of ArtWorks 2, the most popular advanced vector
graphics illustration package for RISC OS and the Gimp-Print
high-quality photoreal printer drivers. |
R-Comp/R-Comp
Interactive
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| R-Comp will be showing exciting new
versions of our Messenger Pro 3 email software, and major
enhancements to our Hermes-powered DialUp3 and NetFetch2
applications. These programs together will open up whole new avenues
of mail and news handling, beyond what is possible on RISC OS today.
We'll also be showing the latest versions of our Web Authoring and
other Internet products as well as Datapower2/Home and more.
R-Comp Interactive will be showing some of the fastest machines
to run RISC OS software with a number of new machines available in
our popular RISCube and RISCbook range. If you're after
top-of-the-line performance AND compatibility, look no further. We
will also have a whole new range of systems with some eye-opening
demonstrations..! You'll also be able to see our MusicMan MP3/CD
software, updates to UniPrint and more. |
| RISCOS Ltd
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RISCOS
Packaging Project
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| The RISC OS Packaging Project aims to
build RISC OS software packages that can automatically be
downloaded, installed, removed and updated using the package manager
RiscPkg. Come to the stand to learn more. |
| RiscCAD
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| RiscCAD Professional by David Buck
RiscCAD Professional is a comprehensive 2D CAD system for RISC
OS. Fully menu and toolbox driven it allows users to create complex
2D designs with ease. Version 9 will be available at the show, with
enhancements such as on-the-fly snap, multiple views, extended fill
features, isometric and oblique grids and improved dimensioning.
RiscCAD Professional is available from David Buck, Dobella
Cottage, Station Road, Rawcliffe DN14 8QT |
Spelling Computer
Services
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| Spellings Computer Services will be
showing their ever expanding portfolio of high quality RISC OS
software including: Aemulor, Aemulor Pro, Cino, Geminus and
DeskDebug. We will also have details of our wide range of LCD
monitors and IYONIX PCI graphics cards for use with Geminus.
Aemulor is a 26-bit emulator for IYONIX pc allowing legacy
software to be run seamlessly on the desktop. Aemulor Pro expands
the range of software supported to include many full screen
applications (such as Sibelious), filing systems, and many RISC OS
games.
Cino is an ambitious project to bring DVD playing to RISC OS for
the first time. Visitors will be able to see the current development
progress and see DVDs playing under RISC OS on the IYONIX pc.
Geminus brings multi-monitor support to RISC OS for the first
time. Allowing you to stretch your IYONIX RISC OS desktop over 1, 2
or 3 monitors (LCD or CRT) giving resolutions previously
unimaginable under RISC OS! Geminus also allows the entire RISC OS
desktop to be rotated, allowing LCDs that pivot to be used in
portrait mode - great for DTP or web design. |
| Stuart Tyrrell
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| Tel: 0845 458 8803 / 01706 848 744
Fax:
0870 164 1604
Email: info@stdevel.co.uk
web:
http://www.stdevel.co.uk
Stuart Tyrrell Developments are renowned for their novel hardware
for RISC OS machines, such as their IPKam range, Unipod,
PS2MouseMini, NET100, switch boxes and the A6 series of RISC OS
computers. |
| Virtual Acorn/3QD
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| VirtualAcorn will be showing the latest
versions of their VirtualRPC software that allows users to run RISC
OS on non ARM computers. |
Wakefield RISCOS
Computer Club
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| Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC),
your friendly Yorkshire club: help, advice, discussion and lively
meetings |
WROCC Charity
Stall
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| The stall is sponsored by the WROCC, with
all proceeds going to charities in Yorkshire primarily the Wakefield
Hospice: please do help us in this worthwhile cause
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