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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.

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Date Subject Speaker(s)
6 March 2024

Silicon Valley in the 1970's

Dr Peter Huckle

7 February 2024

AGM followed by Q & A session

3 January 2024

"PartPicker" - experiences with an on-line PC design tool

Jonathan Burt

6 December 2023

Christmas Meeting

Denny Linzmaier

1 November 2023

Talk about "Security"

Graham

4 October 2023

Common image file formats used on web pages

David Groom

6 September 2023

AI

Janathan Burt

2 August 2023

Cancelled due to weather

5 July 2023

Mini tlks

The Repair Cafe - talk by Graham see slides
Batteries for eBikes - talk by Steve Sutters

7 June 2023

PC Consultants 30th anniversary

3 May 2023

Spreadsheets

Jonathan Burt

5 April 2023

Sven Walkabout Repairs

Sven Alleblas

1 March 2023

NFTs & Blockchain

Jonathan Burt

1 February 2023

AGM followed by Q&A

4 January 2023

IT & International Conflict

Sean Colson

7 December 2022

Christmas Meeting

2 November 2022

Internet Maps

David Groom

5 October 2022

Mini talks - (1) Q&A on Laptops for Ukrainians scheme; (2) E-Bay

Roger Skidmore and Steve Sutters

7 September 2022

Internet Protocol for Beginners

Jonathan Burt

3 August 2022

BBQ

6 July 2022

Not just Helium

Jonathan Thornton from PC Consultants

1 June 2022

101 uses for a Raspberry Pi (or a few anyway!)

Mike Cox from the Rosetta Group

4 May 2022

Programming the Game of Life,

You can play around on the web page Richard created here

Richard Burkill

6 April 2022

Windows Photo App

Mike Hoar

2 March 2022

Hard Disks & other storage

Jonathan Burt

2 February 2022

AGM Followed by Q&A

David Groom

12 January 2022

Old Computers

Daniel Buttery

1 December 2021

Christmas Meeting

Dennis Linzmaier

3 November 2021

Digital Tools for Family History Research

Mike Hoar

6 October 2021

IT and its implications for us all

Jonathan Burt

1 September 2021

General Discussion

4 August 2021

Social chat on Zoom

7 July 2021

Windows 11

Daniel Buttery

2 June 2021

My Life in Animation

Christian Chessell

5 May 2021

A Life in Computing

Peter Warren

7 April 2021

Spam and Managing Unwanted Emails (download slides here)

Jonathan Burt

3 March 2021

An Introduction to VoIP

David Groom

3 February 2021

AGM followed by Q & A

6 January 2021

"Encryption", meeting via Zoom (download slides here)

Jonathan Burt

2 December 2020

Christmas Meeting (via Zoom)

Denny Linzmaier

4 November 2020

Green screen on Zoom and any other fun things you can do with Zoom

Buzz Austin

7 October 2020

Video Editing

Mike Hoar

2 September 2020

An online Chat

Mike Hoar

5 August 2020

An online social

1 July 2020

A Biography

Jonathan Burt

3 June 2020 Technology in the Age of Covid Jonathan Thornton from PC Consultants (via Zoom)
6 May 2020

Media Management (download slides here)

Jonathan Burt ( via Zoom)

1 April 2020

no meeting

4 March 2020

Adventures and experiences of an open source world

Mike Cox, Managing Director of Open Sauce Systems Ltd. Part of The Rosetta Group Ltd

5 February 2020

AGM followed by Question & Answer session

8 January 2020

Using Social Media for Business

Nosy Design  www.nosydesign.co.uk

4 December 2019

Christmas meeting - The Smart Home

Denny Linzmaier

6 November 2019

My Cameras (part3); plugin hybrids

Andrew Collins

2 October 2019

Universal Boot CD, and more

Jonathan Burt

4 September 2019

Editing video footage with a PC

Maurice Gilliam

7 August 2019

Summer BBQ

3 July 2019

Why I Need a NAS Server (download slides here)

Jonathan Burt

5 June 2019

Managed Wi-fi systems

Jonathan Thornton

1 May 2019

Building my first Internet of Things Device

David Groom

3 April 2019

CGI Flights of Fancy

Richard Burkill

6 March 2019

Q & A Session (replaced original speaker who did not arrive)

Jonathan Burt

6 February 2019

AGM followed by Q & A session

Q & A with Jonathan Burt & David Groom

2 January 2019

"Ron in Wonderland" - 23 years of computing experiences

Ron Keeler

5 December 2018

Christmas meeting

Denny Linzmaier

7 November 2018

Photography

Andrew Collins

3 October 2018

Part 1) Raspberry Pi as cloud-based file server (download slides here)


Part 2)  Q & A session

1) Mike Hoar


2) David Groom

5 September 2018

Databases

Gavin Clayton

1 August 2018

Summer BBQ

Roger Skidmore & David Groom

4 July 2018

Cryptocurrencies (download slides here)

Jonathan Burt

6 June 2018

Photography

Andrew Collins

2 May 2018

GDPR - What it means for you (download slides here)

Chris Court - Chris Court Associates

4 April 2018

The Dark Net (download slides here)

Jonathan Burt

7 March 2018

Assembling your own computer

James Pilcher from the TechStore

7 February 2018

AGM followed  by a Q & A Session

3 January 2018

An Exploration of Linux (download slides here)

Mike Hoar

6 December 2017

Google - Friend or Foe & Quiz

Denny Linzmaier

1 November 2017

Electric Bicycles

Steve Sutters

4 October 2017

Multi-core Coding & Other Stories

Richard Burkill

6 September 2017

Security tweaks and what are the real risks? (download slides here)

Jonathan Burt

9 August 2017

No meeting - Summer BBQ cancelled due to poor weather

5 July 2017

Selling on Ebay

Ron Keeler

7 June 2017

The most common issues people want fixed on their computer.
Affinity photo (part 2)

James Pilcher - The Tech Store
David Groom

3 May 2017

Mission building in mainline computer games
Introduction to Affinity Photo

Ron Keeler
David Groom

5 April 2017

Mike will be talking on how both programming tools and languages have developed since the 50's, e.g. LISP, Ada, Java.(download slides)


Alec will be talking about how home automation is progressing.

Alec Lawson & Mike Hoar

1 March 2017

The IW Library Service

Rob Jones (IW Library Service manager)

1 February 2017

AGM & talk

4 January 2017

The Evolution of Home Software (download slides)

Jonathan Burt

7 December 2016

Christmas Talk

Denny Linzmaier

2 November 2016

TeamViewer

David Groom

5 October 2016

Everything you wanted to about networking but were afraid to ask (download slides)

Jonathan Burt

7 September 2016

OpenStreetMap - an update

David Groom

6 July 2016

Internet Trading

Judy Thaxter & Steve Sutters

1 June 2016

Internet Security

Jonathan Thornton - PC Consultants

4 May 2016

Micro Computers in the 21st Century

Carl Griffiths of Just PC’s (Grays Walk, Newport)

6 April 2016

Building a Simple Web App – How Difficult Can That Be?

Mike Hoar

2 March 2016 Steganography (download slides) Johnathan Burt
3 February 2016 AGM followed by talk on Syncthing Alex Lawson
6 January 2016 Special needs, communication and eye gaze computer control Bill & Denise Nally
2 December 2015 Hiding your Identity Online Dennis Linzmaier
4 November 2015 Coastal Constructions
Recording Music
Richard Burkill
Steve Sutters
7 October 2015 PC Utilities (download slides) Jonathan Burt
2 September 2015 Windows 10 David Groom
5 August 2015 Summer BBQ Bob Groom
1 July 2015 Web Robots
Wireless Security
Andy Tuckwell
Jonathan Burt
3 June 2015 How Sean & Mike Parsons met Sean Colson
6 May 2015 PC Cooling & Quietening Steve Sutters & Roger Skidmore
1 April 2015 Simulating Games of Chance Richard Burkill
4 March 2015 Visit to Wight Fibre in Cowes
4 February 2015 AGM folowed by talk on "Data Recovery" Buzz Austin
7 January 2015 Windows 10 - a more detailed look David Groom
3 December 2014 Christmas meeting and quiz Dennis Linzmaier
5 November 2014 Mini talks: Repairing a laser printer
Raspberry Pi
Steve Sutters
Alec Lawson & Mike Hoar
1 October 2014 Windows 10 - first looks My first
impressions of using Ubuntu
Roger Skidmore
Steve Sutters
2 September 2014 Decontsructing a Digital Linear Projector, Linux Mint Steve Sutters & Roger Skidmore
2 August 2014 Annual Summer BBQ Bob Groom
2 July 2014 BIOS Settings and the Motherboard Mike Parsons
4 June 2014 Virtual Exhibition Software Sean Colson
7 May 2014 HDR Photography
Dismantling a laser printer
Vic Shears
Steve Sutters
2 April 2014 VirtualBox - Desktop virtualisation - why & how David Groom
2 March 2014 An introduction to Facebook David Groom
5 February 2014 AGM Android Simulation on a PC Buzz Austin
8 January 2014 The X-Factor : PC Graphics & DirectX Richard Burkill
4 December 2013 Steganography Dennis Linzmaier
6 November 2013 Privacy & Security Online IOW Computer Geek
2 October 2013 Programming a computer game
A look at Windows 8.1
Richard Valvona
David Groom
4 September 2013 Modern trends in computing
A cheap Android tablet - what do you get for your money?
Carl Grifiths
David Groom
3 July 2013 MAD Aid Sean Colson & Victoria Dunford
5 June 2013 Social Networking Anthony Luxton - AFX Design
1 May 2013 Mini Talks: Dropbox Vic Shears Steve Sutters
3 April 2013 Disability and IT: The Broader Perspective Buzz Austin
6 March 2013 Mini Talks:File management
TV antennas
TV & Software Defined Radio USB Dongle
Roger Skidmore
Steve Sutters
David Groom
6 February 2013 AGM Claymation Steve Sutters
9 January 2013 Introduction to Wordpress David Groom
5 December 2012 Intoduction to the Raspberry Pi
Tweaking Windows 8
Roger Skidmore
David Groom
7 November 2012 Mini talks: Modelling the world in Java
Freeview & Freesat TV
Richard Burkill
Steve Sutters
3 October 2012 Windows 8 David Groom
5 September 2012 Migrating to a Mac Carl Griffiths
1 August 2012 Summer BBQ
4 July 2012 Trading Standards Susan Hughes
6 June 2012 Island Eye revisited Sean Colson
2 May 2012 Mini Talks
4 April 2012 The Footprint Trust Ray Harrington-Vail
7 March 2012 E-Literature Carl Griffiths
1 February 2012 AGM / Computers & Chaos Richard Burkill
4 January 2012 Video editing and camcorders Steve Sutters
7 December 2011 QR codes / Christmas Quiz Denny Linzmaier
2 November 2011 Mini Talks by members Tablet computers
WightBay & Ebay
Windows 8 Preview
Roger Brown
Steve Sutters
David Groom
5 October 2011 Installing & Using Linux Neil Pragnell
7 September 2011 Len Brett My Life Story
3 August 2011 Summer BBQ Bob & David Groom
6 July 2011 Computing & the Wight Squirell Project Helen Butler & Michael Hodge
1 June 2011 Impact of the PC on the Amateur Astronomer Dr J Whitehurst
4 May 2011 Home Networking
Vectis Radio
Carl Griffifs
Steve Ray
6 April 2011 Internet Freebies Neil Pragnell
2 March 2011 Visit to Vectis Astronomical Society
2 February 2011 AGM followed by talk on the history of IWPCUG Sean Colson & Mike Parsons
5 January 2011 Music & Technology Steve Sutters
1 December 2010 Dennis Linzmaier
3 November 2010 short talks by members: Steve Sutters, Buzz Austin
6 October 2010 Family History Ray Boote & John Moxon
1 September 2010 A History of Computing Mike Parsons
4 August 2010 Summer BBQ Bob & David Groom
7 July 2010 Digital Photography & Photoshop Debbie Lane
2 June 2010 Email Clients David Groom
5 May 2010 short talks by members:
Linux & Windows 7, Skype,quieter pc's & more
Thought Experiment
Sailing Simulators

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