Past Meetings

This page lists the club meetings in reverse chronological order.

Jump to 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

2010

• July - Paul Mellor : Windows 7 (last minute change)
• June - The Square Group : The iPad and other Apple technology
• May - Bimal Jangra : The Wizard of Waukesha - The Genius of Les Paul
• April - AGM, and Ed Green : Twitter : Bimal Jangra : Search Engines and Web Browsers
• March - Peter Roberts : MRI Scanning
• February - Dr David Walker : Surveying in the 21st Century : More
• January - Bimal Jangra and Julian Pickering : Linux Basics

2009

• December - Bob Neill : Bits 'n' Bobs :: Keith Reedman : Piano Player
• November - DC 'Tex' Avery : Mobile Phones and Other Forensic Nightmares
• October - Professor Stuart Marsh : Earth Observation Technology Development in the British Geological Survey
• September - Bimal Jangra & Paul Mellor : Windows 7
• July - Sarah Dawson : The Eye
• June - Bimal Jangra : Making Music with Electricity - a potted (sic) history of synthesisers. More information.
• May - Tony Bennett : A History of Sliderules / Photos of Nepal
• April - AGM, and Harry Sheppard : High Definition Q&A
• March - Jonathan Robinson and Tony Parnham : PC to Mac Migration
• February - Matthew Cook : WiFi Revisited & Encryption for Beginners
• January - Barry Thompson and Paul Mellor : Monitor Calibration and Printer Profiles

2008

• December - Sarah Dawson : Illumination
• November - Harry Sheppard : Domestic High Definition Video. More information.
• October - Barry Thompson - Adobe InDesign
• September - Dale Cook - Serif Software (this was the first meeting at Weston-on-Trent)
• July - DC 'Tex' Avery - High Tech Crime (this was the last meeting at Duffield)
• June - Kris Adcock, Chris Dawson, Paul Mellor, Tony Parnham, Julian Pickering, Barry Thompson, John Vanags: Speed Technology.
• May - Bimal Jangra, Paul Mellor, Tony Parnham, Jonathan Robinson, Barry Thompson, John Vanags: Xara
• April - AGM, and Q&A session.
• March - Matthew Cook and Tony Parnham : VMware
• February - Gordon Harwood Computers : Apple Computers
• January - Harry Sheppard : High Definition Video: Acquisition to Broadcast. More information.

2007

• December - Ian Dunn and Margaret Thurgood: Bats and Technology.
• November - Barry Thompson: Buying a new computer.
• October - Dom Kingsmill-Stocker : Mac Applications.
• September - Paul Mellor : Adobe Lightroom.
• July - Ian Shuttleworth (Derbyshire County Council) : Emergency Planning.
• June - Matthew Cook: Microsoft Vista. More information.
• May - John Wain: Impatica Presentation Software.
• April - AGM, and Barry Thompson: ProShow Gold.
• March - Keith Reedman and Karl Stapleton: Music and Computing.
• February - Bertil Schou: Wireless networking for your village.
• January - Barry Thompson: Open Source and Free Software.

2006

• December - Christmas Gadgets: From electric guitars to aircraft tracking.
• November - Gladiator Computers: New Technology in Relationship to Microsoft Vista.
• October - Paul Mellor: Choosing a Digital Camera and Photo Printing System.
• September - Barry Thompson: Creating Presentations with Ovation from Serious Magic.
• July - Barry Thompson: Panoramic Photography.
• June - Chris Dawson, Paul Mellor, Matthew Cook: Remote Backups Using Linux.
• May - Matthew Cook, Barry Thompson: "Hands on Hard Drives" - Upgrading and secure deletion.
• April - AGM, and Q&A session.
• March - Don Whysall and Tony Parnham: PIC Programming (Don) and Xara Xtreme (Tony).
• February - John Jameson: North Midlands Helicopter Support Unit.
• January - Matthew Cook: eBay. More information.

2005

• December - Bimal Jangra: The Future of IT in Education
• November - Gladiator Computers: Building a Future-Proof PC
• October - John Cartmell: The A9
• September - Paul Beverley: Technology That Works
• July - Kris Adcock: GPS and Satellite Navigation
• June - Matthew Cook, Kris Adcock: Q&A (RISC OS, Windows, Mac, Linux)
• May - Matthew Cook: Introduction to IT Security More information.
• April - Jonathan Robinson: News Aggregators
• March - Dom Kingsmill-Stocker: Apple Macintosh Computers
• February - Jane James (Derby City Library Service): Genealogy
• January - Barry Thompson: PC Desktop Customisation

2004

• December - DARC Members: Gadgets Galore
• November - Gladiator Computers: Hardware Roadmap
• October - Barry Thompson: Backups
• September - Paul Beverley: Living With Technology
• July - Tony Parhnam: Xara X. Paul Mellor: Personalising your music collection
• June - John Vanags: Ovation Pro on Windows
• May - Barry Thompson: Scanning, OCR
• April - Matthew Cook: Wireless Networking More information.
• March - Kris Adcock: Nostalgia & Mail Servers
• February - Matthew Cook: Broadband More information.
• January - Jonathan Robinson: Adobe Album

2003

• December - Barry Thompson: Digital Photography & Photo Editing
• November - David Ruck: Disk Knight
• October - Paul Mellor & Chris Dawson: PDAs. More information.
• September - Q&A
• July - Barry Thompson: Xara X
• June - Dave Atkins (MicroDigital): Alpha and Omega.
• May - John Cartmell: Acorn Publisher and 'graphicacy'. The first meeting using our new projector.
• April - Colin Kingsbury: How I have used Acorn computers from the Atom to RISC OS
• March - Matthew Cook: Virtual Acorn/Red Squirrel More information.
• February - Castle: Iyonix
• January - Q & A: Including Samba

2002

• December - Paul Williamson: ProCAD
• November - Barry Thompson: Making a calendar. Also Pete Margetts' last meeting.
• October - Matthew Cook: Introduction to Linux More information.
• September - Jonathan Robinson: Ovation Pro Part 3
• July - Barry Thompson: Digital photograph editing with Photoshop Elements
• June - Paul Middleton: RISC OS Ltd
• May - Q&A: Chris Dawson, Pete Margetts, Paul Mellor
• April - Chris Dawson and Paul Mellor: Networking, also AGM
• March - Clares: Schema 2 and Night Sky
• February - Chris Dawson and Jonathan Robinson: Ovation Pro Part 2
• January - Q&A

2001

• December - Barry Thompson & John Vanags: Simple Web Page Design
• November - Trevor Yates (Jessops): Digital Photography
• October - R-Comp: Internet software & network printing
• September - Don Slaven: Photodesk
• July - Barry Thompson: Intranet CD
• June - Derek Haslam: Powerbase
• May - Chris Morison: Organiser
• April - Brian Vardy: Oregano. Also PM and CD with followup to March meeting, and AGM.
• March - Paul Mellor: Internet evening
• February - Chris Dawson and Jonathan Robinson: Ovation Pro First Steps
• January - Chris Dawson, Paul Mellor and Barry Thompson: RISC OS <-> PC file transfer

2000

• December - Paul Mellor, Barry Thompson: Club resources, RISC PC maintenance
• November - Paul Mellor: CD Writing
• October - Ray Favre: Dr.Wimp
• September - Chris Morison: Organiser
• July - Clares: Compo, Schema 2, Rhapsody 4
• June - Pete Margetts: Vector (last minute replacement for Paul Vigay)
• May - Barry Thompson: The DARC Web Portal, and RiScript.
• April - Roy Heslop: RiscStation
• March - Nicholas van der Walle: Cerilica
• February - Andrew Rawnsley: RISC OS 4
• January - Jonathan Robinson: AntUtils, WebTool & SiteSeer. Paul Mellor: Using search engines.

1999

• December - 'Fuddle': Thanks to everyone who brought food.
• November - Barry Thompson: Pluto.
• October - Don Whysall: Programming with DrWimp. RISC OS 4 installation & overview.
• September - Benji Levens: Ovation Pro Applets & HTMLPro.
• August - RISC OS 4 Installation: Cancelled due to lack of ROMs.
• July - Brenda Parnham: Paint and Draw. Also RISC OS 4 Q & A (Barry Thompson).
• June - Keith Reedman and Brian Hopper: Satellite Weather Imaging.
• May - Brenda Parnham: Draw and DrawPlus.
• April - Jonathan Robinson: Ovation Pro.
• March - Ian Caswell: Millennium issues.
• February - Barry Thompson: Genealogy on the internet, Pluto hints and tips.
• January - Mike Glover: EasiWriter and TechWriter.

1998

• December - Peter Bondar: Recent events at Acorn.
• November - Paul Skirrow: Teletext+, Caller Display & Home Information System (including talking catflaps!).
• October - Neil Spellings: AAUG, Phoenix project.
• September - Paul Beverley: A personal view of Acorn computers.
• July - Barry Thompson and Paul Mellor: Scanning, OCR and !Edit. Also, we used a data projector for the first time!
• June - Tony Parnham: TextEase.
• May - Dave Walker & Russell Scoates: RISC PC II! Also, AGM.
• April - Fabis Computing: EasyClip, EasyFont Pro and an as yet unreleased application.
• March - Steve Turnbull
• February - R-Comp: Web authoring software, PC Sound Pro, and Acorn Doom!
• January - Paul Mellor: Demonstrating some of the software in our PD library.

1997

• December - Jonathan Duddington: Demonstrating !Speak (speech synthesis) and !Pluto (email/newsreader).
• November - Mike Smith: Genealogy and the computer (Ancestry, Ancestry 2). DARC coach to the Acorn World show.
• October - Looking at monitors.
• September - Chris Cox: The latest news from Acorn.
• July - Paul Mellor and Barry Thompson: Technical Q&A session.
• June - Rotadata Ltd: Demonstrating their industry-leading 'Call Billing Verification' system running on a RISC PC.
• May - DARC Exhibits at the Acorn Wakefield Show.
• May - Barry Thompson: Hard disc management.
• April - Neil Spellings: PC cards and associated software.
• March - David Matthewman: Computer Concepts hardware and software.
• February - A demonstration of Impression Publisher.
• January - A demonstration of printing, and how to achieve best results from the Acorn printer drivers!

1996

• December - Members night - individual members demonstrating their own PC's and the software they use.
• November - Databases - what they are, how they work, and what to use them for.
• October - ANT Internet suite - demonstration of Fresco and the Internet in general.
• September - Expressive Software Projects - Music Software
• July - Barry Thompson - DrawPlus, Artworks
• June - Members' Night
• May - Tony Parnham - DTP; SmartDTP; SoftEase - Textease
• April - Chris Cox - Acorn