Documentation Links
- comp.sys.acorn FAQ List Frequently Asked Questions (with answers) of the comp.sys.acorn.* newsgroups.
- USENET FAQs General Acorn and RISC OS information, games FAQ, networking FAQ, and Acorn FTP and mail server archives information.
- Interrupt latency under RISC OS Timer1 interrupt problems [Liam Gretton]
- Books by Martyn Fox First Steps in Programming RISC OS Computers (Second Edition) released as a freeware DTP document.
- RISC OS overview & history General introductory information about what was 'Acorn Computers' and their operating system, RISC OS which is now being developed by RISC OS Ltd. [by Richard Atterer]
- Norcroft C - Undocumented switches Documents official and 'unknown' switches for Norcroft C version 5.06 later [Justin Fletcher]
- What's in a Name? Colin Sutton's history of Acorn-related company names.
- Acorn Documentation Assorted documentation for 32-bit and 8-bit machines, including Customer Services Application Notes and back issues from Acorn User magazine's Customer Hotline column.
- !Boot and Module Database Paul Vigay's page about the new !Boot structure, and Modules.
- Acorn Quiz Test your knowledge of the platform here.
- ARM Assembler Programming A series of articles on assembler programming on the ARM, by Richard Murray.
- ANT Support - Applicaton notes Details the URL broadcast mechanism, DNS resolver SWI interface, MIME encoding of RISC OS files, mapping between MIME types and RISC OS filetypes, the RISC OS plug-in protocol. This page also includes source code to example programs (in BASIC and C) and a list of registered URLs, compatible applications and RISCOS filetypes and icons related to the internet.
- BASIC Programming Tutorials A BASIC programming course for beginners. By Chris Wragg.
- E-Format Map explanation and FAQ The details of the E disc format, in a form that isn't overly technical, by Sergio Monesi.
- MIME encoding of RISCOS files Details about the IANA registered media-type application/riscos [ANT]
- TCR: Documentation Growing collection of up-to-date tutorials and documentation on a whole host of RISC OS essentials.
- Mapping MIME and RISCOS filetypes Use of the MimeMap module [ANT]
- Acorn/RISC OS machines Untechnical history of Acorn machines, and an up to date look at where RISC OS machines are today.
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