ACORN WORLD @ Retro Reunited/12-13 Sep/Hudd'field

[MillieTD83]

If more of those aux plugs can be sourced... I reckon it'd be highly possible to make up some new aux power cables.. Maplins sell the drive end plugs for less than a pound. I believe 3 pin versions (beeb end) were for single drives and 4 pin for doubles.

[retroclinic]

Oh you can get those, they're still a stock item:

http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/micros/indiv ... VAR-BBCAXP

£4.50 from CJE Micros.

or...if you prefer a price more inline with this planet:

http://uk.farnell.com/tyco-electronics- ... t=165-4465

78p from Farnell, plus 40p for the contacts, then Alistair's 15% - makes them about £1.35. I've got a load of those in stock if anyone needs some and doesn't want to shop for the minimum qty from Farnell (and the ones I have are Gold contacts, CJE ones are Tin). I've also got the Female version - the type that goes in the PSU.

Mark.

[MillieTD83]

Acquiring my ticket tomorrow!!

Mega! Drop me a line when you do and I'll update the table ...

Ticket just acquired!

[Dave Footitt]

I am now bringing another mate along, so my posse has grown to 3!

He's bought a ticket though at RR site but it didn't ask for his address, does he just get it when he turns up?

EDIT

Another one has joined in so there's now 4 of us, yay

[Arcadian]

Awesome!

If you PM me their names and address I'll make sure Gordon has the details.

Gordon is still sending tickets out as far as I am aware.

[MillieTD83]

Blimey. Good job I got mine when I did!!!

[MillieTD83]

Yay! Ticket arrived today!

[ShadowBunny]

Status change - Would like to attend, trying to find clive on the forum so I can PM and get sent a ticket, will pay when arrive, hope my timing is good, the clocks ticking and time runs out....come on Huddersfield.....bunny wants to be there!!! LOL

[SirClive]

Down to the last 12 tickets now.

ShadowBunny - will PM you.

[retro_junkie]

My ticket arrived this morning. I'm not staying overnight so which day is best - I'm guessing Saturday because it is open longer..?

[elaverick]

I've ordered my ticket and I'll be along for the Saturday show Looking forward to it.

[broadcaststorm]

I'm really looking forward to this event!
If anyone needs a lift from the Altrincham/Trafford area on the Sunday please let me know, i've a couple of seats in my car going spare!

Ta
Dan

[ShadowBunny]

Thanks for the offer braodcast but no ticket...no can do....shame really, guess my timing was slightly off....somebody give Sonic a hug from me please, he has not been forgotten

[Arcadian]

All tickets have now been sold!

[BeebInC]

Whoops - was thinking about getting one

[retroclinic]

10 PRINT moreTickets$
20 GOTO 10

[Arcadian]

Whoops - was thinking about getting one

Are you still on the Beeb mailing list? Phil Blundell is try to offload his ticket (I'll PM you his email address now).

[Arcadian]

Here are the final verions of both the Floorplan and the Socket/Wiring plan:
http://www.acornworld.co.uk/img/AcornWo ... orplan.png
http://www.acornworld.co.uk/img/AcornWo ... ockets.png

I'd be grateful if all exhibitors could familiarise themselves with each, and if possible, bring printouts (just in case I'm not around when you arrive and you're wondering where to set up). The hotel should have already laid the tables out in advance. Under no circumstances should multi-socket extensions be 'daisy chained'; the only exception being the setups in the lobby.

Now if anyone can bring any of the following as backup, I'd be extremely grateful (as it's always better to have too many than too few!):

• Monitor Leads (Cub, Philips, BBC>Scart and BBC BNC>Phono Plug [for mono monitors], BBC/Electron to RF TV, Archimedes and Ax0x0 to Philips and VGA)
• Any econet equipment/cables
• 6-way/8-way multisocket adaptors
• Power Extension cables (I will only be able to provide a couple of these myself, so definitely require some help here)
• Kettle leads
• 5.25" & 3.5" drives (single or dual) that run off the Beeb's external power socket
• a few BBC B's with Econet (as backup to the Caver setup)
• Spare portable TVs/Monitors (LCD if poss!) with connecting leads to BBCs etc

There follows a summary of who's responsible for bringing what, plus socket requirements. Please do not bring any other equipment into the hotel unless agreed with myself.

Thanks!

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EMLEY SUITE
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DOMESDAY
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Laserdisc Player    { Joel Rowbottom [FRIDAY SETUP]
BBC Master          { Joel Rowbottom [FRIDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Joel Rowbottom [FRIDAY SETUP]

[3 sockets]


ARC & RISC PC GAMING
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A3010               { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]
14" TV              { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]
RISC PC             { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]
Monitor-17in Acorn  { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]

[4 sockets]


WROCC
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RISC OS Computer x2 { WROCC Members [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor x2          { WROCC Members [SATURDAY SETUP]

[4 sockets]


GOMMC & BBC-PIC
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BBC w/ GoMMC        { Greg Cook [SATURDAY SETUP]
TV                  { Greg Cook [SATURDAY SETUP]
(D/Drive w/o PSU)   { Greg Cook [SATURDAY SETUP]
BBC, PIC-MMC        { Rob Coleman [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor (Philips)   { Rob Coleman [SATURDAY SETUP]

[4 sockets]


SPROW
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BBC Master          { Rob Sprowson [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Dave Moore   [FRIDAY SETUP]
Laptop              { Rob Sprowson [SATURDAY SETUP]

[3 sockets]


ATOM AREA
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Atom                { Charlie Robson [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Charlie Robson [SATURDAY SETUP]
AtomClone           { Phill Harvey-Smith [SATURDAY SETUP]
LCD TV              { Phill Harvey-Smith [SATURDAY SETUP]

[4 sockets]


RETRO CLINIC
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BBC x2              { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
Monitor x2          { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
PC Laptop           { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
Acorn A4 Laptop     { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
(D/Drive w/o PSUx2) { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]

[6 sockets]


MUSIC 5000
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BBC                 { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
M5000 & M4000       { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
Amplifier           { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]
(D/Drive w/o PSU)   { Mark Haysman [FRIDAY SETUP]

[4 sockets]


ROUGOL (SATURDAY ONLY)
------

Laptop              { Bryan Hogan [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { TBC

[2 sockets]


MORE BBC MICRO GAMING (SUNDAY ONLY - REPLACING ROUGOL)
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BBC                 { Jeremy Grayson [SUNDAY SETUP]
Monitor (Cub)       { Jeremy Grayson [SUNDAY SETUP]
Cassette Recorder   { Jeremy Grayson [SUNDAY SETUP]

[3 sockets]


BBC MICRO GAMING
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BBC w/ MM-Beeb x2   { Andy Taylor [FRIDAY SETUP]
Monitor x2          { Andy Taylor [FRIDAY SETUP]

[4 sockets]


CENTRE FOR COMPUTING HISTORY
----------------------------

Acorn Communicator  { Andy Taylor [FRIDAY SETUP]
+ ARM Evaluation System [unplugged]

[1 socket]


RETRO SOFTWARE
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BBC w/ TKC ROMs     { Martin Barr [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor (Cub)       { Dave Moore  [FRIDAY SETUP]
BBC w/ Zap ROMs     { Martin Barr [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor (Cub)       { Dave Moore  [FRIDAY SETUP]

[4 sockets]


BEEBSID
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BBC Master w/ SID   { Tom Walker [SATURDAY SETUP]
Dual Drives         { Tom Walker [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor (Philips)   { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]

[3 sockets]


ELECTRON AREA
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Electron w/ GoMMC   { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]
Monitor (Sony RGC)  { Alan Daly  [FRIDAY SETUP]
Electron w/ M7+Snd  { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]
           +CF-IDE  { Alan Daly  [FRIDAY SETUP]
Monitor (Philips)   { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]
Elk in FPGA         { Alan Daly  [FRIDAY SETUP]
LCD TV              { Alan Daly  [FRIDAY SETUP]

[6 sockets]


CAVER AREA
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BBC [CAVER #1]      { Michael Firth? [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Michael Firth? [FRIDAY SETUP]
BBC [CAVER #2]      { Rob O'Donnell? [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Joel Rowbottom [FRIDAY SETUP]
BBC [CAVER #3]      { Dave Moore     [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Joel Rowbottom [FRIDAY SETUP]
A7000               { Jonathan Harston [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { TBC

On Sunday, one BBC & Monitor setup to be replaced with:

BeebEm Laptop #1    { Rob O'Donnell [SUNDAY SETUP]
BeebEm Laptop #2    { Rob O'Donnell [SUNDAY SETUP]

[10 sockets]


BEEB CONTROL
------------

BBC                 { Neil Fazakerly [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Neil Fazakerly [SATURDAY SETUP]
Iyonix PC           { Neil Fazakerly [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Neil Fazakerly [SATURDAY SETUP]
Robotic Arms x2     { Neil Fazakerly [SATURDAY SETUP]

[6 sockets]


SUPERIOR INTERACTIVE
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PC                  { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]
LCD Monitor         { Dave Moore [FRIDAY SETUP]

[2 sockets]


QWAK
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PC                  { Jamie Woodhouse [SATURDAY SETUP]
Monitor             { Jamie Woodhouse [SATURDAY SETUP]

[2 sockets]


MOLE MINER
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PC                  { Kenton Price, Reuben Harris [TBC]
Monitor             { Kenton Price, Reuben Harris [TBC]
Phone Charger       { Kenton Price, Reuben Harris [TBC]

[3 sockets]


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LOBBY
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VIEWDATA BBS
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All Sorts!          { Rob O'Donnell

[18 sockets]


Secondary Econet Area
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BBC's               { Michael Firth, David Glover, Ian Stocks, Rob O'Donnell
Master's
A3020's
Acorn Atom

[witchfinder]

Organised with military precision Dave! Somebody should provide you with a sargeant major's hat and a loudspeaker for Saturday morning...

If you need a spare Beeb to fill a gap on Sunday let me know, I can bring mine with the MMC card in if you want. No spare TV or Monitor though!

[Arcadian]

Organised with military precision Dave! Somebody should provide you with a sargeant major's hat and a loudspeaker for Saturday morning...

Why thanku (I think!)

If you need a spare Beeb to fill a gap on Sunday let me know, I can bring mine with the MMC card in if you want.

Bring it!

[irrelevant]

10 PRINT moreTickets$
20 GOTO 10

Now now.. GOTO ?!?!

10 REPEAT
20 PRINT moreTickets$
30 UNTIL ?Demand=Satisfied

With a machine code routine instigated by the refresh vector that checks the curent demand levels and adjusts the value of the memory address pointed to by "Demand" to be the value of "Satisfied" when there are no more requests ...

or am I overengineering it again?

[retroclinic]

10 PRINT moreTickets$
20 GOTO 10

Now now.. GOTO ?!?!

10 REPEAT
20 PRINT moreTickets$
30 UNTIL ?Demand=Satisfied

With a machine code routine instigated by the refresh vector that checks the curent demand levels and adjusts the value of the memory address pointed to by "Demand" to be the value of "Satisfied" when there are no more requests ...

or am I overengineering it again?

Nah, I was just assuming it would go on printing tickets until the hall was so full of Beebs and people that the Leccy cut out, then it would stop

[MillieTD83]

Nah... you want "UNTIL FALSE"!!!!

As demand would never be satisfied

10 REPEAT PRINT moreticket$:UNTIL FALSE

Only needs one line

[SirClive]

The show is fully sold out now, so for anyone who isn't coming along we will be regularly updating our Twitter and Facebook feeds throughout the weekend.

To subscribe go the sites and choose the following;

Facebook Group - Retro Reunited
Twitter feed - retroreunited

[Andy_Hodgson]

Well MY car has just broke down so I will be coming in my wifes car.
on the upside you will all know who I am when I get there

[BeebInC]

I should be there for at least Saturday afternoon - if my ticket arrives in time!

[Arcadian]

Here are the final verions of both the Floorplan and the Socket/Wiring plan:
http://www.acornworld.co.uk/img/AcornWo ... orplan.png
http://www.acornworld.co.uk/img/AcornWo ... ockets.png

I'd be grateful if all exhibitors could familiarise themselves with each, and if possible, bring printouts (just in case I'm not around when you arrive and you're wondering where to set up).

The above floorplan has been updated to reflect a few switcheroos, namely:

: The GoMMC/PIC-BBC table has been relocated to where the Atom stall used to be
: The Atom table has been relocated to where the ROUGOL stall used to be
: The ROUGOL table has been relocated to where the GoMMC/PIC-BBC table used to be

The wiring plan has also been updated in accordance with the latest (and dare I say final?) changes.

[woody.cool]

• Monitor Leads (Cub, Philips, BBC>Scart and BBC BNC>Phono Plug [for mono monitors], BBC/Electron to RF TV, Archimedes and Ax0x0 to Philips and VGA)

Do you still want me to bring my CUB monitor? (with Beeb connecting lead)

Also, I have both a BBC B and a BBC Master kicking around, I'd love to get an MMBEEB in one of them, shall I bring one along? Is there gonna be any MMBEEB sales going on?

[retroclinic]

I've just noticed 3 letters on the floorplan that I don't think we've discussed, and are VERY important:

BAR

Please tell me it's going to be open, and is there a food joint where we can get much unhealthyness around the clock?

Mark.

[Arcadian]

Do you still want me to bring my CUB monitor? (with Beeb connecting lead)

Please!

Also, I have both a BBC B and a BBC Master kicking around, I'd love to get an MMBEEB in one of them, shall I bring one along? Is there gonna be any MMBEEB sales going on?

Yep, bring 'em along. Btw, I think Charlie should have your MM-Beeb ready by the weekend ...

I've just noticed 3 letters on the floorplan that I don't think we've discussed, and are VERY important:

BAR

Please tell me it's going to be open

It's going to be open.

and is there a food joint where we can get much unhealthyness around the clock?

Unhealthy snacks served in the lobby. Unhealthy food served in the restaurant (Burgers n' chips).

The prices on the hot food aren't too bad either (though it took a lot of hard bargaining from SirClive to get the cost down) .