(now including Jérôme Mathevet's links)
Available here are various documents on Acorn computers that I've collected. Most date from the early days of the Archimedes, and some were posted on SID, Acorn's now defunct bulletin board (announcement). If the original document is dated, the date is shown in brackets next to the document title. However, this may be their release date and not the date of creation. Some are culled from news - the full headers are included so you can look the relevant threads up on Google Groups if necessary.
On most of these documents there is no indication of author or copyright holder. I seek no gain of any kind from making these documents available, and if I informed that I am breaking copyright I shall remove any pages at the first opportunity. None of the news articles have X-No-Archive set - if you'd like me to remove one of your articles, let me know. All information is provided in good faith, but I cannot make any guarantees as to its accuracy.
This page is designed to complement Robin Watts' Documentation on Acorn Computers pages - he was too busy to incorporate them into his site when I contacted him, so these two sites should be used side by side. I have tried to eliminate any duplicate material in the list on this page, but if you find any, please let me know.
Much of the material here is taken from Usenet, Arcade BBS, old public domain discs, contributors and other sources. If you have any more material like this, please do not hesitate to contact me (theo@markettos.org.uk) - it will doubtless be of use to someone.
Browse the directory structure - the whole archive is here, including those that are duplicates of those on Robin's site. There are more than those listed below.
Hardware: Machine information . Ports . Datasheets/specifications . Driver documentation . Hardware projects . Ultimate FAQ . Hardware designs . Driver software
Software: Coding standards. Low-level . ARM code . Applications
Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous . Product announcements . Other archives
Eureka 1, 2, 3 This was an electronic magazine run by Dave Walker. Useful hints (except those involving direct access to VIDC registers !) and hardware info (Podule interfacing, I2C) to be found. Issue 3 is the most interesting of all.
(many files here don't contain any version numbers or dates, so dates are based on the filing system date, which may or may not be accurate)
These archives contain similar material to my own:
Acorn's FTP site archive: Mirror of original, Updated RISC OS Ltd version. Includes their application notes archive (index)
Frobnicate (The semi-serious magazine for semi-serious acorn users)
You will need Ovation Pro (with the !Ovation1 applet), Ovation or its demo version to read the files (links on the page).
These pages contain useful resources:
(freeware or open source)
Page by Theo Markettos (email at theo@markettos.org.uk), autogenerated 27 September 2007
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