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Event – Wakefield RISC OS Show 2012
01 month ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
The North’s Premier RISC OS Show is now in its 17th year.
When : 28th April 2010. 10:30 until 16:30
Where : The Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 3QZ
More information on the official website here.
Computer museum backed by ARM, Hauser and Red Gate
011 months ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
Cambridge tech heavyweights have joined Business Weekly in a campaign to create a state-of-the-art Cambridge Computing History Museum.
Serial tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Acorn Computers, Dr Hermann Hauser, superchip designer ARM Holdings and software pioneer Red Gate have lent their muscle to the quest for a suitable building in Cambridge to house the venture.
Read the rest of the article at businessweekly.co.uk
Computing museum looks for backers in fight for Cambridge existence
011 months ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
A museum tracing the history of computing is fighting to raise enough initial funds to make the move into Cambridge that would release further donations and secure its future.
The Centre for Computing History has already raised over £20,000 with Red Gate Softwareand Arm Holdings providing £10k each. However, several other potential funders have said their money is conditional on the museum securing an appropriate site for its intended switch from Haverhill.
You can read the rest of the article at cabume.co.uk
Sophie Wilson will be at the next meeting of ROUGOL
01 year ago
by Andy
in Uncategorized
According to bbcmicro.com, Sophie Wilson will be at the next meeting of RISC OS User Group Of London on the 19th April 2010.
From Bryan Hogan:
For ROUGOL’s April meeting we are very excited to have Sophie Wilson as our guest speaker.
Sophie was with Acorn throughout their history as chief technical designer. Just some of her many significant projects included:
Designer of the Acorn System 1 (PCB, software, manuals, and putting them in boxes!)
Co-designer of the BBC Micro, including the Tube 2nd processor system
Author of BBC BASIC, both the original and ARM versions (and all the earlier Acorn BASICs)
Designer of the ARM processor instruction set
Leader of the Arthur project, and part of its development into RISC OS, including design of the anti-aliased font system
Author of Replay, the advanced (for its time) video playback system
After the break up of Acorn, Sophie moved to Element-14 which was later bought by Broadcom, where she has continued to work on ARM based designs.Sophie’s talk will mostly focus on the development of the ARM processor, from its early days through to post Acorn developments such as FirePath.
As Sophie gives very few interviews this is a rare opportunity to hear the details direct from the source.
The usual arrangements
The Blue-Eyed Maid
(upstairs in the Spice Lounge restaurant)
173 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1HRAdmittance is free and everyone is welcome. A range of hot and cold food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, will be on sale.
Anyone with wireless enabled handhelds or laptops can access the internet during the meeting, or (if time allows) use ROUGOL’s RiscPC to do so after the main presentation has finished.
The venue is between London Bridge and Borough tube stations, so readily accessible by public transport (both stations are a five minute walk away, through well lit and CCTV’d main streets). It also has ample cycle parking (covered by CCTV) very close by.
If you are arriving by car, the Congestion Charge ends at 6pm and our meeting starts much later. However, please note that parking on double red lines is restricted at all times. On single red or yellow lines, it is best to park after 7pm. If you aren’t completely familiar with *central* London parking or driving, please allow extra time,
patience, and maps.If you need any help reaching the venue, or any other information, please contact us as below.
RISC OS User Group Of London
http://rougol.jellybaby.net
Retro Reunited – Running Order
02 years ago
by Andy
in Andys Retro Computers
As well as all the machines to play on, Ubisoft showing off their latest TMNT game, Retro Gamer magazine’s live feature, competitions and loads more, there will be a number of scheduled activities throughout the weekend…
I personally reccomend that you see Pixel8′s performance and Prof. Stephen Furber!
Saturday
11:00 – Show officially opened by Darran Jones – editor of Retro Gamer Magazine
12:00 – The History of Ubisoft with Korina Abbott
13:00 – BBC Gaming QA – (Kenton Price, Jamie Woodhouse and Matthew Atkinson talk about their days programming for Acorn’s classic computer)
14:30 – Archer MacLean interview/QA (legendary programmer responsible for games like Dropzone, IK+ and Jimmy White’s Snooker)
16:00 – Charles Cecil interview/QA (the biggest name in British point and click adventures, responsible for Broken Sword and Beneath a Steel Sky)
17:30 – Jon Ritman interview/QA (Godfather of the isometric adventure with his seminal Head Over Heels)
19:00 – Raffle winners are drawn and competition winners crowned
20:00 – Pixelh8 musical performance (the internationally renowned chip tune musician will play a set of his unique music style)
23:00 – Doors close
Sunday
11:00 – Doors Open
13:00 – Charity Auction
14:30 – Professor Stephen Furber talks about development of the BBC Microcomputer
17:00 – Doors Close
The Centre for Computing history interviews Steve Furber
02 years ago
by Andy
in Old Computers
This interview with Steve Furber CBE was filmed at Manchester University on 17th August 2009. He talks about his involvement with the Mk14, how he became involved with Acorn Computers, the success of the BBC Micro, the development of the ARM processor and his latest project : SpiNNaker.
You can view the video here.
Information About Steve Furber : Steve Furber Steve Furber appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours
Information about Acorn Computers
