All-day 'Virtual' Acorn session #2, Saturday 2nd May 2020, 9am - 9pm

[sydney]

This Saturday will be the first virtual meeting with a slightly more organised format.
We are asking not only who is attending but also whether you want to talk about or demonstrate your work/project.
If you are willing to talk about or demonstrate something then we have a schedule listed below to ensure that everyone gets a fair amount of time and so that people who want to see something in particular can ensure they are online when it happens.

Edit - here is the latest version of the agenda (v4, updated Saturday 2 May, 17:30)

I'll be filling a table with details of the agenda for the day once we have a few responses. What I need from you is:

• Are you attending?
• Are you demonstrating something?
• Which time slot would you like?

There is no requirement to 'do' anything and I don't expect every slot to be filled. Attending the meeting to simply lurk and listen to what is going on is as relevant as someone presenting an amazing new product.


Attending

1. sydney (Simon). 9am - 6pm Writing an ssd creation tool for linux using gcc. Possible RiscPC repair
2. JudgeBeeb (Robert). 9am - 9pm depends on whether some PCBs arrive from China before Saturday
3. oss003 (Kees). Various show my progress in converting Daredevil Dennis for the Atom and Deardevil Dennis in AGD
4. dp11 (Dominic). Various don't want a slot unless anyone wants to know about Pi1MHz or anything else I do
5. BigEd (Ed). Various
6. EdwardianDuck (Jeremy). Various
7. markjw (Mark). Various might see if I can work on some of my outstanding machine issues
8. roland (Roland). 1pm - 5:30pm Maybe I can discuss upcoming issues on my Electron WiFi project
9. daveejhitchins (Dave). Various
10. jgharston (Jonathan). Various
11. Iapetus (Sandro). Various currently looking at porting a game to the Atom/Electron
12. Arcadian (Dave). 9am (hopefully) to 2am will collate feedback on how this first structured sessions has gone!
13. trevorg (Trevor). Dip in and out
14. anightin (Andy). Dip in and out
15. klintworth (Paul). 17:30 - 21:00, possibly earlier
16. LordVaderUK (Andy). 13:30 - 17:00
17. dominicbeesley (Dominic). 11am - 1pm might be able to do a brief demo of tye blitter board
18. tricky (Richard). Various am happy to answer questions about any of my games, or programming in general.
19. Flibble (Peter). Afternoon I don't have anything to demo unless you want to see me hacking some C for my game?
20. Kazzie (Geraint). 4pm onwards I've got some (unsolicited) ideas for website improvement
21. jbnbeeb (Jason). 2pm onwards Will do some game coding if I don't get distracted by interesting talks and conversation
22. Pernod (Nigel). Most of the day
23. chrisn (Chris).
24. helpful (Bryan). Afternoon
25. MarkMoxon (Mark). Afternoon
26. Naomasa298 ().
27. TimoHartong (Timo). In and out Bluetooth stack for RISCOS ( Pi only at this moment )
28. sPhilMainwaring (Phil). In and out Today I shall mostly be ... lurking
29. KarateEd (Ed). 6pm onwards High Scores

I'm a bit late in posting this, I meant to do it on Friday but I've not stopped all weekend with real life things - sorry about that!

[JudgeBeeb]

Please can you put my name down. Probably for the whole day. Whether or not I have anything to demonstrate depends on whether some PCBs arrive from China before Saturday.

[oss003]

You can also put my name down in a New Games slot.
I'll show my progress in converting Daredevil Dennis for the Atom and Deardevil Dennis in AGD.

Greetings
Kees

[dp11]

Id like to join in. I don't want a slot unless anyone wants to know about Pi1MHz or anything else I do.

[BigEd]

I'll join in too - nothing specific to demonstrate or ask about.

[EdwardianDuck]

I'd like to attend as well please. Nothing new to show (still working on Skirrid), so I'll mostly be listening and joining in where I can.

Jeremy

[markjw]

please add me as well - probably just be listening in, but might see if I can work on some of my outstanding machine issues so might want to ask for some advice.
thanks, Mark

[roland]

I'll try to attend between lunch break and tea break. Maybe I can discuss upcoming issues on my Electron WiFi project.

[daveejhitchins]

I'll be there . . . again

Dave H

[jgharston]

Me too.

[Iapetus]

Count me in please.

[trevorg]

Me too. I'll have nothing much to contribute, but would like to dip in and out all day.
Trevor.

[anightin]

Would like to join to dip in and out please.

Thanks for organising!

[klintworth]

Yes, please! Altho' it'll be later in the day for us due to the time difference in Western Canada! Thanks, Paul

[LordVaderUK]

Hi all, I'd like to come along in the afternoon session - nothing in particular to discuss although I might ask for some advice re graphics routines for a program I'm developing...

[JudgeBeeb]

Since my Acorn related PCBs have not even reached the airport in China, they won't have arrived by Saturday. This means, I won't have anything Acorn related to work on.

I will still have my 'LabCam' set up and will be working on either completing this and/or starting this, whilst generally moderating, lurking and joining in with the chatter.

[dominicbeesley]

Me too please. Probably between 11am and 1pm but i might be able to sneak in some more time for specific demos. I might be able to do a brief demo of tye blitter board if i get time to do some more unpacking on friday

[tricky]

I'll be there.
I don't have anything to present, but am happy to answer questions about any of my games, or programming in general.
I've done updated videos of all my recent games with voice overs that mention some of the technical bits that might be explored further.
Youtube playlist of my videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf4TMKB ... 9KNALTwuXX

[flibble]

I'll try and get up early and see you starting in the afternoon

I don't have anything to demo unless you want to see me hacking some C for my game?

[Kazzie]

Hi there,

I'll be along for the evening (once kids are in bed), and will try to pop in during the day, kids and household duties permitting.

I've got some (unsolicited) ideas for website improvement, so I'll plan to join the 4-5pm slot to show you what I've thought of.

[anightin]

You can also put my name down in a New Games slot.
I'll show my progress in converting Daredevil Dennis for the Atom and Deardevil Dennis in AGD.

Greetings
Kees

Fantastic news, one of my favourite Acorn games

[jbnbeeb]

Please add me to this one.
Likely popping in from 2-3pm for a few hours.
Will do some game coding if I don't get distracted by interesting talks and conversation

[Pernod]

Add me too, will pop in whenever I can, hopefully most of the day.

[chrisn]

I'd like to join in too, if that's OK!

[daveejhitchins]

Will do some game coding if I don't get distracted by interesting talks and conversation

Dave H

[helpful]

I will try to drop in sometime in the afternoon (after breakfast )

Will probably just be lurking and listening in. Not installed Zoom yet, no idea if my webcam even works, and generally dislike video conference type things, so we'll see how it goes!

Bryan.

[BigEd]

(BTW, if you're prepared to prop the thing up in a stable and appropriate orientation, joining a conference from a phone or tablet can be very effective.)

[MarkMoxon]

I’d like to pop in and out during the afternoon for a bit of lurking and listening, if that’s OK. I haven’t set up Zoom yet, but how hard can it be?

Mark

[Naomasa298]

Is it possible to attend without a webcam? I don't have one at the moment.

[sydney]

Is it possible to attend without a webcam? I don't have one at the moment.

Yes. You can have audio only. I'm not sure if you can join without audio and video though. I'll add you to the list so give it a go and let us know.