The seventh all-day "Virtual" ABug meeting will take place on Saturday, September 5th and will be presented in association with the Centre for Computing History museum in Cambridge.
Had it not been for CV19 - we would have been staging a physical ABug gathering at the museum (combined with an "Acorn World" event) on the same weekend. However the museum doors remain closed hence the event will now take the form of a virtual event using Zoom.
Times remain difficult for our allies at the museum; they effectively lost all of their weekly income overnight when the lockdown kicked in. Therefore we encourage any members that are in a position to do so, to make a donation to support the museum via their Just Giving page.
This event will be packed full of talks from ex-Acorn/Acornsoft personnel and will also feature some content broadcast directly from the museum.
The running time is 9am - 11pm UK time.
To reserve a place, please respond in this thread and advise which session(s) you think you'll be able to attend (Morning, Afternoon, Evening).
We intend to cap the event at 50 places. All presentations will be recorded and will be added to the ABug.org.uk website in the week following the event.
Schedule
09.15 - 09.45 The A-Team (Acorn Computer surgery)
09:45 - 10.15 Wifi on the Acorn Electron (Roland Leurs)
10.15 - 10.30 Introduction to the Acorn/Acornsoft Special
10.30 - 11:45 Brian Cockburn - How did an Australian come to be working at Acorn and WHY was he left in charge of Econet?
11:45 - 12:00 Open chat
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 14:15 Hugo Tyson - My Time at Acorn: From Market Hill to the Silver Building (via DFS, ADFS and the ARM)
14:15 - 14:30 Open chat
14:30 - 14:45 The Centre for Computing History's Video Game Preservation Initiative - Sponsored by Frontier
14:45 - 15:00 Open chat
15:00 - 16:15 Acornsoft Reunion: Paul Fellows, Stuart Swales, Tim Dobson, Jonathan Griffiths
16:15 - 16:30 Open chat
16:30 - 16:45 The Centre for Computing History's Acornsoft Collection
16:45 - 17:00 Open chat
17:00 - 18:15 Jon Thackray - Everything you wanted to know about the BBC Micro O.S. but never dared to ask!
18:15 - 18:30 Open chat
18:30 - 19:30 Tea break
19:30 - 21:15 Chris Turner - Acorn & The BBC Micro: Chris Turner's Mémoire
21:15 - 21:30 Short break
21:30 - 22:15 Mel Pullen - The BBC Micro & Acorn: A contractor's perspective
22:15 - 23:00 Mel Pullen - Viewdata, Softmachinery and The Gnome @ Home
(Special guest talks marked in bold)
Important Info
- Please note that text chat within Zoom will be disabled during presentations (when a presentation is ongoing, it will only be possible to leave questions for the speaker [via the host] using Zoom text chat).
However you can use the #abug-chat channel on the Stardot Discord server to discuss active presentations. The Zoom text chat will be reopened after each presentation has finished. More info here.
- We request that all users create an account on Zoom (which enables the addition of a profile image) and set a profile image that features at least their first name and/or forum handle.
Pre-created profile images are available here. If you're new to Virtual ABug events and would like a custom profile image to be created for you, please send a PM to Arcadian.
More info about why we request that you set a profile image is explained here.
Attending
- jbnbeeb (Jason). Morning - Afternoon - Evening Moderating
- Arcadian (Dave). Morning - Afternoon - Evening Moderating (Recording Video)
- simoni (Simon). Morning - Afternoon - Evening Moderating A-Team Surgeon
- dp11 (Dominic). Morning - Afternoon - Evening Moderating A-Team Lead Surgeon
- philpem (Phil). Morning - Afternoon - Evening Moderating A-Team Surgeon
- tricky (Richard). Morning - Afternoon - Evening A-Team Surgeon
- anightin (Andy). Morning A-Team Surgeon
- helpful (Bryan). Afternoon - Evening
- z0m8ied0g (Stephen). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- waltermixxx (Walter). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- daveejhitchins (Dave). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- billcarr2005. Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- roland (Roland). Morning
- kieranhj (Kieran). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- sbadger (Stewart). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- pernod (Nigel). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- SarahWalker (Sarah). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- 0xC0DE (Kelvin). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- MarkAndrewSmith (Mark). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- chrisn (Chris). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- flibble (Peter). Afternoon - Evening?
- MarkMoxon (Mark). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- happycube (Chad). Afternoon - Evening
- Dave Footitt (Dave). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- dudleysoft71 (James). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- markdryan (Mark). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- jgharston (Jonathan). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- Coeus (Steve). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- Snuggsy187 (Neil). Afternoon - Evening
- BigEd (Ed). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- markoceans (Mark). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- sPhilMainwaring (Phil). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- IanS (Ian). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- MattH (Matt). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- klintworth (Paul). Afternoon - Evening
- karateed (Ed). Afternoon - Evening
- cjpinder (Christian). Afternoon - Evening
- 1024MAK (Mark). Afternoon
- oss003 (Kees). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- tom_seddon (Tom). Afternoon - Evening
- dominicbeesley (Dominic). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- Naomasa298 (Shane). Afternoon
- SimonSideburns (Simon). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- Groot (Mark). Afternoon - Evening
- scruss (Stewart). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- mark71 (Mark). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- markjw (Mark). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- trixter (Andy). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- untruenorth (Chris). Morning - Afternoon - Evening
- hyperfan (Jon). Morning - Afternoon
Reserve list
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