AppBasic is a freeware application which provides the easiest way to write standard RISC OS applications for the desktop and can be found at http://www.jettons.co.uk/riscos/toolbox/.
To demonstrate the software Joe will bringing a Toshiba laptop running Virtual A5000 and Red Squirrel. Joe will be using a projector for this meeting so we should all get a good view
Joe will also have some printed copies of the AppBasic manual to distribute (free) to any members who would like it.
This talk will be a good introduction to the application and should encourage you all to write BASIC programs for RISCOS which will run on all RISCOS machines from v3.1 onwards.
I hope you will all be able to come along and support it.
We all enjoyed our visit to Manningtree once again. The food was excellent and plentiful. I am glad so many were able to support the event once again.
Here are two photos attached for your perusal!
We were all pleased to see Royal again and in good form.
I don't have anything to report this time save that I've managed to get my Epson printer running again after suffering from a blocked print head. There is a useful company called EaZy Inkjet Ltd http://www.eazyinkjet.co.uk who market cleaning refills containing solvent for several makes of printer (HP, Epson, Canon, Lexmark, Olivetti) order online with rapid delivery.
I'll also give a plug to Excellent Solutions Ltd http://www.ExcellentSolutions.co.uk as a local Ipswich computer repairer, supplier and custom builder of PCs.
The numbers of people logging onto the IRC sessions is increasing which is good to see. Why not log in on a Tuesday evening between 8 and 10pm and have a chat. It is quite a good cross-platform activity and you don't even have to go out in the cold! See our website for more details. http://icenicomputerclub.users.btopenworld.com
Have you any suggestions for topics for future meetings, which would aid the Committee in planning next year's programme.
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 2nd February 2005 | AppBASIC | Joe Taylor |
| 2nd March 2005 | Using Nikon Coolscan for slide scanning | Tony |
| 6th April 2005 | AGM followed by a talk by Paul Beverley | |
| 4th May 2005 | IYONIX and RISC OS | Jack Lillingston |
Talks with Visiting speakers are shown in Red. As you can see we are hoping to have a few more talks with outside speakers this year. We will give more details as soon as they are available.
Continuing our publicity for EAUG events their next meeting will be:
8th February "Using UniPrint"
With the assistance of Gerald Dodson, Frank Watkinson plans to demonstrate the installation, setup and use of this universal printing software to print photographic quality from a RISC PC and from Virtual Acorn to a USB Canon printer (i965) connected to a Windows laptop, with all facilities as would be available directly from Windows, but operating from RISC OS applications. With a simple network, this software makes it easy.
For details of the above see the website
http://www.watsnees. demon.co.uk/fw/eaug/
Meetings are at the Great Baddow Village Hall,
opening at 7:30 p.m. for a start at 7:45 - 8:00 p.m.
For directions see below (note the new web addresses)
http://www.watsnees.demon.co.uk/fw/eaug/ven.htm
or 'phone one of the contacts on http://www.watsnees.demon.co.uk/fw/eaug/ppl.htm
See you soon!
Frank.
"ICENI does not have any Insurance cover for computers or other equipment so please be advised that you bring machines to the club at your own risk."
P.S. My insurance company have added my computer cover away from home with no extra premium required, yours might do the same.(Ed.)
I am open to suggestions on what people would like to have included in the new website. Our website URL has changed to
http://icenicomputerclub.users.btopenworld.com as a virtual domain,
it can also be reached using http://www.btinternet.com/~icenicomputerclub
Email to: iceni@woolridge.org.uk