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PAST EVENTS

This may not be a completely accurate listing of actual past events, since prior to the summer of 2006 records of actual meetings were not kept, and the list has been compiled from the expected meetings listed in past editions of HotKey.

Date Topic Presenter
23 October 1991 Basic Class David Broughton
6 November 1991 DESQview Someone from Cemoc
20 November 1991 Informal evening  
4 December 1991 AGM plus talk on DOS Mike Parsons
18 December 1991 Christmas Party  
8 January 1992 Acorn 5000  
22 January 1992 BASIC programming chat David Broughton
5 February 1992 Systems Analysis and flowcharting John Hiller
19 February 1992 BASIC programming and informal evening David Broughton
4 March 1992 SAGE and Computerised Accountancy John Hallam
18 March 1992 Informal evening to exchange experiences  
1 April 1992 Systems Analysis and flowcharting John Hiller
15 April 1992 Questions and Answers on DOS  
22 April 1992 Visit to Weekly Ad works at Lake  
6 May 1992 Desk Press and other graphics presentation tools Peter Lano
20 May 1992 Demonstration of the new multiprogramming operating system, OS2/2  
3 June 1992 Beyond the PC Speaker Rep from COVOX on sound systems
17 June 1992 Bulletin Board demonstration Tony Knott (NFI)
1 July 1992 History of Computer Viruses Janathan Burt
2 September 1992 Printers and databases Sean Colson/Mike Parsons/Roger Skidmore
2 September 1992 Good Housekeeping, File & Disk Maintenance  
16 September 1992 Basic Aspects of a Database and a look at printers Roger Skidmore
7 October 1992 Colour on the PC David Broughton
4 November 1992 Sound Cards & drivers Dennis Linzmaier
29 November 1992 The Show  
2 December 1992 AGM  
16 December 1992 Microsoft Works Peter Lano
6 January 1993 Printer escape codes and other topics Mike Parsons/Dennis Linzmaier
20 January 1993 Macros with Word Perfect Tim Bateman
3 February 1993 EGM followed by talk on file interrogation Mr Thirkette (VAT Inspector)
17 February 1993 Shareware, Cover Disks & any problems  
3 March 1993 Systems Analysis Russell Bave
17 March 1993 Beginners Creche & General help  
7 April 1993 Macros with Word Perfect Tim Bateman
21 April 1993 Maintenance, Cover Disks and General Help  
5 May 1993 Backup Philosophies Jonathan Burt / Mike Parsons / David Broughton
19 May 1993 Question and Answer Panel  
2 June 1993 MS-DOS versions Malcolm Lawson
2 June 1993 Windows 3.1 Stewart Squibb
16 June 1993 Setting up and Configuring MS-DOS 6 Colin Hoare
7 July 1993 Optical Character Recognition and demonstration Dennis Linzmaier
21 July 1993 The Electronic Frontier  
4 August 1993 dBase IV ver 2.0 Jonathan Burt
18 August 1993 BBQ in the garden at The Publican  
1 September 1993 Using Word Perfect to fill in external forms Tim Bateman
15 September 1993 Buying Computers and Printers  
1 October 1993 Novell Networks Andy Thomson
20 October 1993 Software for Beginners  
3 November 1993 Leisure in the Age of Technology  
17 November 1993 Beginners Night plus details of the Show  
28 November 1993 The Computer Show at Warner's Lower Hyde, Shanklin  
1 December 1993 Your Favourite Shareware Tim Bateman/David Broughton
15 December 1993 Christmas Party  
5 January 1994 Laurel & Hardy are back with the latest in Games  
19 January 1994 Beginners Night: DOS for Dummies  
19 January 1994 Beginners Night: Essential Software to get you started  
2 February 1994 AGM  
16 February 1994 Beginners Night: Windows for Dummies  
16 February 1994 Beginners Night: Essential Software to get you started  
2 March 1994 Systems Analysis Dave Weston (CEMOC)
16 March 1994 Beginners Night: Questions & Answers  
6 April 1994 History of Computing Graham Petrie
20 April 1994 Beginners Night: Computer Hardware  
4 May 1994 Edwin Hume from FHSA, DBMS & Amateur Radio  
18 May 1994 Beginners Night: More Hardware  
1 June 1994 Understanding PC Memory David Broughton
15 June 1994 Beginners Night: Yet More Computer Hardware  
6 July 1994 John Worracker from THESAURUS  
13 July 1994 Beginners Night: Back to Basics (DOS)  
3 August 1994 Introduction to Programming David Broughton
17 August 1994 BBQ, The George Inn, Newport  
7 September 1994 St Mary's Hospital & Computers Iain Nicholson
21 September 1994 Beginners' Night: Windows II  
5 October 1994 A day in the life of a Support Technician Russell Bave
19 October 1994 Beginners' Night: Questions and Answers Session  
2 November 1994 Understanding PC Memory David Broughton
4 January 1995 Paintbrush Peter Le Count
18 January 1995 Beginners guide to Word processing Tim Bateman
1 February 1995 AGM followed by Iain Nichelson from St. Mary's Hospital
15 February 1995 Beginners guide to Spreadsheets Tim Bateman
1 March 1995 A Day in the Life of A Support Technician Russel Bave
15 March 1995 Beginners guide to Spreadsheets Tim Bateman
5 April 1995 The use of CCD in Astronomy John Smith (Vectis Astronomical Society)
19 April 1995 OS/2 Warp -- a Demonstration Sean Colson & Mike Parsons
3 May 1995 The MIDI interface Cliff Maidment
17 May 1995 Windows for Beginners, a Demonstration Tim Bateman
17 May 1995 Hush, Hush” - a demonstration Sean Colson & Mike Parsons
7 June 1995 Returns form St. Mary's Hospital Iain Nichelson
5 July 1995 Networks and Internet at the IW College Mike Collins
12 July 1995 Surf the Net at IW College
19 July 1995 DTP a beginner's guide  
2 August 1995 Anti-theft Devices  
2 August 1995 Surfing the Net Simon Phipps (British Computer Society)
16 August 1995 BBQ in Sean Colson's Garden, The Strand, Ryde  
15 November 1995 Macros for Beginners Tim Bateman
26 November 1995 The Show  
26 November 1995 Annual Show at Royal York Hotel, Ryde  
6 December 1995 Non-IBM PC's Peter Newlands
20 December 1995 Christmas Party Tim Bateman (org.)
3 January 1996 Graphics Formats, Part 2 Mike Parsons
17 January 1996 Hardware for beginners John Austin
6 March 1996 Windows 95, six months in Steve Wade
20 March 1996 DOS for beginners, continued David Broughton
3 April 1996 Video Editing by Computer George Lemonifides
17 April 1996 Controlling Windows Tim Bateman
1 May 1996 Cryptography Today David Broughton
5 June 1996 Viruses Jonathan Burt
15 June 1996 Dismantling a Computer John Austin
19 June 1996 DOS for beginners continued Tim Bateman
3 July 1996 Chips on Chips Paul Jolly
17 July 1996 Controlling Windows 95 Tim Bateman
7 August 1996 Visit to Tomato Nursery Sean Colson
21 August 1996 BBQ Tim Bateman
4 September 1996 Java and the Internet Simon Phipps (Southampton branch of BCS)
18 September 1996 Fort Victoria Model Railway visit David Shirley (David Broughton, org.)
2 October 1996 Talk on Sage Phil Palmer
16 October 1996 Taking the Donkey Work out of DOS using batch files David Broughton
6 November 1996 Housekeeping on your PC and problem solving Committee
20 November 1996 Hardware for beginners John Austin
1 December 1996 Annual Show at St. George's Park Tim Bateman / Cliff Maidment (orgs.)
4 December 1996 Publishing "Hot Key" Peter Lovely
18 December 1996 Christmas Party Treasure Hunt on foot finishing at The Wheatsheaf Tim Bateman / Sean Colson (orgs.)
8 January 1997 Housekeeping with X-Tree Gold Dennis Linzmaier
22 January 1997 Budget Desktop Publishing Tim Bateman / Dennis Linzmaier
5 February 1997 AGM / Computing at the Isle of Wight Council Pete Matthews
19 February 1997 Colour Printing with Casio Sean Colson
5 March 1997 Computing for the Disabled Paul Cox
19 March 1997 RSE Sean Colson / Mike Parsons
2 April 1997 Computers and Chess David Broughton
16 April 1997 Windows in Windows Sean Colson / Mike Parsons
7 May 1997 Scanners Demonstration Sean Colson / Dennis Linzmaier
21 May 1997 Practical Communications for beginners Dennis Linzmaier
4 June 1997 Windows 95 (OSR2)(i.e. revision 2) Sean Colson/Mike Parsons
18 June 1997 Discussion Evening Chaired by Peter Lovely
2 July 1997 Waltzing Waters, visit and talk  
16 July 1997 DOS and Simple Databases David Broughton/Dennis Linzmaier
6 August 1997 Talk on HTML David Broughton
3 September 1997 Computing for the Disabled Paul Cox
17 September 1997 Dragon Dictate with demonstration Bob Groom / Jill Holland
1 October 1997 History of DOS / Use of Microsoft Products John Austin / Chaired by Peter Lovely
15 October 1997 Upgrading Hardware Dennis Linzmaier
5 November 1997 New Gadgets Sean Colson
19 November 1997 Zipping files and Zipdrives Dennis Linzmaier
30 November 1997 Annual Show at Riverside Centre Cliff Maidment (org.)
3 December 1997 Linking Home Computers Dennis Linzmaier
17 December 1997 Christmas Party  
4 February 1998 AGM / Q & A  
18 February 1998 Acorn/Windows 95 Computing at Node Hill Middle School Roger Brown
18 February 1998 New software coming on the market Simon Clark
4 March 1998 Web Page Design  
4 March 1998 Computers and Finance Speaker from Nielson Cobbold Ltd
18 March 1998 The Club's Collection of Computers John Austin
1 April 1998 Demonstration of Windows 2000 Bill Gates
15 April 1998 Scanners David Broughton
6 May 1998 To Be Decided Steve Bogacz (The Computer Centre)
20 May 1998 Computers and Sound Cliff Maidment
3 June 1998 Educational Software at Carisbrooke High School Ian Watterson
17 June 1998 DOS and Windows housekeeping (How to Do It - both ways) David Broughton/Dennis Linzmaier
1 July 1998 The use of computers at IOW Radio Stuart McGinley
15 July 1998 Image Processing Peter Le Count
5 August 1998 Computers and Amateur Radio Bob Groom
19 August 1998 BBQ at Denny's place Dennis Linzmaier
2 September 1998 The Club's Collection of Computers John Austin
16 September 1998 Visit to Model Railway, Fort Victoria, Yarmouth David Broughton (org.)
7 October 1998 Video Editing/Digital Cameras Peter Le Count
22 October 1998 Quark Xpress -- DTP program IOW County Press
4 November 1998 Adobe Photoshop Peter Deacon
18 November 1998 Using the Internet Dennis Linzmaier
29 November 1998 Annual Computer Show - at The Riverside  
2 December 1998 Web Site Design NetGuides of Cowes
2 December 1998 Web Site Design NETGUIDES
16 December 1998 Christmas Party  
6 January 1999 Hardware - Building Up a Computer Dennis Linzmaier
20 January 1999 Computer Training Tim Bateman
20 January 1999 Things you can do with databases Tim Bateman
3 February 1999 AGM / Tracing Stolen Property John Worracker
17 February 1999 PC Music John White
3 March 1999 Image Editing Bob Groom
3 March 1999 Image Editing Bob Groom
17 March 1999 The Basics of Backing up Windows 95 Dennis Linzmaier
17 March 1999 Backing Up in Windows 95 Dennis Linzmaier
7 April 1999 Isle of Wight County Press (Visit)  
8 April 1999 Production of the County Press; Quark Xpress DTP program Maurice Bower
21 April 1999 Paint Shop Pro & Digital Cameras Peter Deacon
21 April 1999 Upgrading Computers - Part 2 Dennis Linzmaier
5 May 1999 Scanners - Flatbed & Data Pen line scanner Dennis Linzmaier/Mike Bayliss
15 May 1999 Road Show, Falcon Cross Hall, Shankin  
19 May 1999 Corel Photo Paint Bob Groom
2 June 1999 Talk on Viruses Jonathan Burt
16 June 1999 Digital Cameras BEKEN
27 June 1999 Visit to Bletchley Park Douglas Rankine (org.)
7 July 1999 Email Programmes Mike Bayliss/Doug Rankine
21 July 1999 Publishing on the Web WightOnLine
4 August 1999 Pretty Good Privacy David Broughton
10 August 1999 Disability Talk and visit to Red Cross Hall Ability Net
18 August 1999 BBQ at Denny's place  
1 September 1999 Colossus Computer Albert Bareham
16 September 1999 Where do we go from here? Steve Bogacz
6 October 1999 Integration of Wordprocessing/Spreadsheets/Database programs Dennis Linzmaier
20 October 1999 Web Publishing WightOnLine
3 November 1999 World Wide Disability/e-mail groups Sally Ann Garret & Pat Davidson
16 November 1999 Upgrading Computers, Part 2 Dennis Linzmaier
17 November 1999 Upgrading Computers Dennis Linzmaier
1 December 1999 Winzip Explaned/DOS revisited John Austin/Dennis Lambeth
1 December 1999 Winzip explained/ DOS revisited Dennis Linzmaier/Dennis Lambeth
15 December 1999 Christmas Party/DVD  
5 January 2000 Q & A Session / Windows Tutorial Dennis Linzmaier
19 January 2000 Current Hardware To Be Arranged
19 January 2000 Current Hardware Steve Bogacz
2 February 2000 AGM / Windows 2000 Dennis Linzmaier
16 February 2000 Current Hardware Steve Bogacz
1 March 2000 Q & A Windows Tutorial Dennis Linzmaier
15 March 2000 Linux for Beginners Dennis Linzmaier
5 April 2000 Objects of Desire: taking another look at Windows Tim Bateman
13 April 2000 Visit to the Observatory David Broughton (org.)
3 May 2000 Web Page Design David Broughton
17 May 2000 Clinic Meeting / Q & A Session IWPCUG Teams
7 June 2000 Linux - Q & A Richard Morrel
21 June 2000 EGM/ Q&A Windows Tutorial Dennis Linzmaier
5 July 2000 Editing e-mails/The Club's Newsgroup David Broughton.Douglas Rankine
19 July 2000 Trip to Houses of Parliament Douglas Rankine (org.)
19 July 2000 Tutorial plus Q & A David Broughton
2 August 2000 Paint Shop Pro v5 & Scanners Bob Groom
16 August 2000 Computer Programs for Family History David Hawgood
23 August 2000 BBQ at Denny's place  
6 September 2000 Lego in the 21st Century Tim Batemen
20 September 2000 Microsoft Outlook Tutorial Douglas Rankine
29 September 2000 Making Computers Accessible for Disabled People Pamela Hardacre (Ability Net)
4 October 2000 Sound Bytes Tim Bateman (with others)
18 October 2000 Software aids for the blind Nigel Clatworthy
1 November 2000 Corel Draw tutorial Ian Capon
15 November 2000 Microsoft Word Tutorial Dennis Linzmaier
6 December 2000 Hot Key Production/MS Publisher Brian Sexton
3 January 2001 Windows Millennium Operating System Dennis Linzmaier
17 January 2001 Backup Systems David Broughton and Douglas Rankine
7 February 2001 AGM/ Q&A Dennis Linzmaier
21 February 2001 Introduction to Internet Usage Tim Bateman & others
7 March 2001 Spreadsheets David Broughton
21 March 2001 Workshop - Hardware Upgrades Dennis Linzmaier
4 April 2001 Microsoft Power Point Doug Rankine
18 April 2001 EJAY Music Sampling Andy King
2 May 2001 Website Design Alan Anthony
16 May 2001 Developments in Computer Graphics Bob Groom
6 June 2001 Computer Graphics (Part 2) Bob Groom
20 June 2001 Colossus & The Secret War Albert Bareham
4 July 2001 Using CD Rewriter & Software Jonathan Burt
18 July 2001 Routine Windows Operations and General Questions and Answers David Broughton
18 July 2001 World Online To Be Announced
1 August 2001 HTML (Part 2) David Broughton
1 August 2001 Video Editing Peter Le Count
15 August 2001 BBQ at Bembridge Bob/David Groom
15 August 2001 BBQ at Denny's Place 20 Queens Road, Sandown
5 September 2001 Microsoft Operating Systems old and new plus new hardware Ian Jennings
5 September 2001 Corel Draw/Corel Photo Paint Ian Capon
5 September 2001 Internet with Search Engines Dennis Linzmaier
19 September 2001 Databases Tim Bateman
3 October 2001 Video Editing George Lemonifides
17 October 2001 Computability Group Presentation Members of the Computability Group
7 November 2001 Windows XP (Experience) Dennis Linzmaier
21 November 2001 New Products Mark Worrall
5 December 2001 Internet Evening Dennis Linzmaier
16 January 2002 PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants) Dennis Linzmaier
6 February 2002 AGM/ Q&A  
20 February 2002 Linux Update Bob Groom
6 March 2002 Corel Draw Ian Capon
20 March 2002 Building a Computer Dennis Parkes
3 April 2002 Net Meetings & Instant Message Systems Dennis Linzmaier
17 April 2002 Spreadsheets David Broughton
1 May 2002 Computer Graphics for Beginners Bob Groom
1 May 2002 World Wide Disability E-Mail Groups/Talk on Computability Pat Davidson/John Austin
5 June 2002 Internet Connectivity & related subjects Jonathan Thornton
19 June 2002 File Organisation for Beginners Dennis Linzmaier
19 June 2002 Some more on Linux Bob Groom & John Austin
3 July 2002 Information Structure Ian Moth
17 July 2002 Website Creation and Uploading David Broughton
7 August 2002 Taking the Lid off Microsoft Windows John Harvey (Wight Computers)
4 September 2002 A Personal Computing History Jonathan Burt
18 September 2002 Dreamweaver Netsite Builder Sylvia Farley
2 October 2002 Council/Corporate Computing Dennis Linzmaier
16 October 2002 Loading Operating Systems & Software Dennis Parkes
6 November 2002 Disk Partitioning, Copying and Disk Swapping Bob Groom
6 November 2002 Motherboards Andy Marsh (Island Computers)
20 November 2002 Simple Database and Mail Merge Dennis Linzmaier
4 December 2002 Making a Website with FrontPage Liam Thom
8 January 2003 Taking the Lid off Windows Glen Lewis (Tailored Systems)
22 January 2003 Computers and Music John White
5 February 2003 AGM and talk Bob Groom
19 February 2003 Family History Software Tony Elgar (IOW Fam. Hist. Soc.)
19 February 2003 Multimedia: A Guided Tour Andy Marsh (Island Computers)
5 March 2003 Windows Multimedia Andy Martch
19 March 2003 Introducing the BIOS Dennis Linzmaier
2 April 2003 Video Editing Noel Stimpson
7 May 2003 Backing Up Dennis Linzmaier, David Broughton, Roger Skidmore
21 May 2003 My Own use of Computers and biography Michael Hodge and John Bownas
4 June 2003 Networking Mike Collins
2 July 2003 What DOS can do for Windows users David Broughton
16 July 2003 Computers in Education School Teacher (who was it?)
6 August 2003 DVD & CD video file formats and conversions Dennis Linzmaier
3 September 2003 Digital Photography Roger Brown
15 October 2003 Broadband Dennis Linzmaier
5 November 2003 Basics of Music Making Lo Janus
3 December 2003 Software Painting Cliff Maidment with David Groom
17 December 2003 Christmas Party / Making Music with Midi System Lo Janus
7 January 2004 Windows Operating System -- The Basics Dennis Linzmaier
4 February 2004 AGM / 3D Modelling Lo Janus
3 March 2004 Introduction to Spreadsheets David Broughton
17 March 2004 Visit to IOW Observatory at Winford David Broughton (org.)
7 April 2004 Love Russia and IT Management Alex Cooke
5 May 2004 Easy Office John Austin
2 June 2004 New Technology Dennis Parkes
7 July 2004 Births, Marriages & Deaths Project (Joint meeting with IOWFHS) David Broughton
1 September 2004 PowerPoint on PowerPoint Peter Burgess (Vectis Astronomical Society)
5 January 2005 Dictation Software Bob Groom
2 February 2005 AGM / talk Andy King
2 March 2005 What's New and what might come up. Dennis Linzmaier
6 April 2005 Media Centre Dennis Parkes
4 May 2005 Audio Software and File Formats Lo Janus
1 June 2005 Everything you wanted to know about ink cartridges John Shield
6 July 2005 Introduction to Microsoft Word David Groom
7 September 2005 IT and the Citizens Advice Bureau Buzz Austin
5 October 2005 Excel and Databases David Broughton
2 November 2005 Web Sites David Groom
1 December 2005 Christmas Party David Groom
4 January 2006 Open Office/Desktop Publishing Bob Groom
1 February 2006 AGM & talk on CSS David Groom
1 March 2006 Introduction to Databases David Groom
5 April 2006 Noteworthy John White
3 May 2006 Relational Databases David Groom
17 May 2006 Model Railway visit David Broughton (org.)
7 June 2006 3G Communications Jonathan Thornton (PC Consultants)
5 July 2006 OpenStreetMap David Groom
2 August 2006 BBQ Bob & David Groom
7 September 2006 Riverside & councils IT structure Dennis Linzmaier
4 October 2006 GPS David Broughton
1 November 2006 Use of Computers in schools Ian Moth
6 December 2006 Quiz Roger Brown
3 January 2007 Internet Explorer 7 David Groom
7 February 2007 AGM & talk on Inkscape David Groom
7 March 2007 From Camera to Printer Roger Brown
4 April 2007 Windows Vista Dennis Parkes
2 May 2007 Paint Shop Pro Bob Groom
6 June 2007 Adobe Photoshop Roger Brown
3 July 2007 Inkscape & SVG David Groom
1 August 2007 Summer BBQ Bob & David Groom
5 September 2007 Websites part 1 - HTML & CSS David Groom
3 October 2007 Genetic programming Richard Burkill
7 November 2007 Webdesign part 2 - PHP David Broughton
5 December 2007 New and interesting gadgets Dennis Linzmaier
2 January 2008 Anyone can write a simple program in Excel Michael Hodge
6 February 2008 AGM & OpenStreetMap update David Groom
5 March 2008 Ubuntu David Groom
2 April 2008 Suduko David Broughton
7 May 2008 3 D Animation Richard Burkill
4 June 2008 Desktop Virtualisation David Groom
2 July 2008 Desktop Publishing for Beginners Bob Groom
6 August 2008 Summer BBQ Bob & David Groom
3 September 2008 Adobe Lightroom Roger Brown
1 October 2008 Preserving Rare Music John White
5 November 2008 Wootton Bridge Historical Web Site Roy Murphy & Roy Richardson
3 December 2008 Christmas Special - audio recording from the radio, plus quiz Dennis Linzmaier
7 January 2009 Corel Draw Ian Capon
4 February 2009 AGM & Mobile Broadband (slides available here) David Groom
4 March 2009 Voice Over IP Jonathan Thornton
1 April 2009 Google Docs David Groom
6 May 2009 Building a better computer Steve Sutters
2 June 2009 The CAB and internet resources Buzz Austin
1 July 2009 How I use my computer Steve Sutters
3 August 2009 Summer BBQ Bob & David Groom
2 September 2009 Windows 7 David Groom
7 October 2009 Digital Decision Making Richard Burkill
4 November 2009 Shorts talks by : Steve Sutters, Buzz Austin, & Vic Shears
2 December 2009 Securing your data using TrueCrypt Dennis Linzmaier
6 January 2010 Meeting cancelled due to poor weather  
3 February 2010 AGM & talk on Google Earth David Groom
3 March 2010 Using Excel for Home Accounts Fay Seabourne
7 April 2010 Common PC Problems Jonathan Thornton / Craig Gilbertson from PC Concultants
5 May 2010 short talks by members:

Linux & windows 7, Skype,qiueter pc's & more
Thought Experiment
Sailing Simulators

Steve Sutters
David Broughton
Buzz Austin

2 June 2010 Email Clients David Groom
7 July 2010 Digital Photography & Photoshop Debbie Lane
4 August 2010 Summer BBQ Bob & David Groom
1 September 2010 A History of Computing Mike Parsons