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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


2008

  • 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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