Date   : Sat, 13 May 2006 23:21:10 +0100
From   : Philip Pemberton <philpem@...>
Subject: Re: Wakefield Show

In message <7.0.1.0.2.20060512145923.03577db0@...>
          Joel Rowbottom <joel@...> wrote:

> Quick reminder it's the Wakefield show tomorrow. Hope to see some 
> 8-bitters there :)

I was there! Spent a good few hours chatting to Jonathan Harston (mdfs.ne
t)
and Adrian (binarydinosaurs.co.uk). Good fun - well worth the five quid.

> Hoping for some good 8-bit stuff on the charity stall at least :)

I didn't see anything interesting - a couple of AMX mice and some softwar
e.
There were rumours of some System-series hardware on the charity stall, b
ut
if there was, I didn't see it.

I did end up spending £130-odd on a UniPod interface for the RiscPC (US
B,
100Mbit Ethernet and IDE on one Podule) and £30 on an upgrade to ArtWor
ks
2.6. My wallet is feeling rather thin at the moment...

Also got some neat ideas for projects - scribbled on the back of the "Sho
w
Theatre Presentations" sheet.. Stuff like hooking a MOS Technology SID
soundchip and a General Instrument SP0256-AL2 up to the 1MHz bus, maybe a
GPIB interface too (6522 + line drivers + address decoder). 

I've also got plans to write some USB drivers for RISC OS - there's a VLS
I
Vision CPiA webcam in my junkbox that's just begging to be put to use, no
t to
mention the half-assembled USB sound board that's sitting on top of my
monitor gathering dust... But now I'm getting well into the realm of
'off-topic for the BBC Micro mailing list'.

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