RISC OS Support and Technical Information RISC OS Support and Technical Information
I first became involved with Acorn when I bought one of their early BBC Computers in 1982. At the time, we'd been using Commodore Pets at school and the BBC was an order of magnitude more powerful, bringing colour graphics, sound and a powerful version of the BASIC programming language to home users for the first time.
I rapidly learnt BBC BASIC and 'how to drive' the machine, which was helped by the sheer flexibility of the system - BBC owners very rarely had the case screwed together, often delving into the innards with a soldering iron!
In 1987 Acorn released the worlds first RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) based desktop computer (much to the jealousy of Apple, who later claimed the same thing - only to retract it after Acorn threatened them with legal action). The Archimedes range of computers were based on the powerful ARM (Acorn Risc Machine) processor - which has subsequently become the worlds most prevalent processor, powering mobile phones, PDAs and computers to this day.
RISC OS powered computers are currently designed and built by Castle Technology who produce the fastest RISC OS computer available today - the Iyonix and Advantage Six who produce the worlds smallest RISC OS computer - the A9.
Being closely involved in the evolution of Acorn right from the beginning has enabled me to know the machine inside out, so I feel that I'm more than qualified to offer any kind of RISC OS or Acorn technical help and advice.
Most of my RISC OS articles are now hosted at www.RISCOS.org but I still have a good selection of RISC OS article links on this site (see below).
Contents
· Comp.Sys.Acorn.* FAQ - The Usenet 'Acorn' hierarchy FAQ, which I maintain.
· The Acorn Range - A history of past Acorn machines, previously included in the Comp.Sys.Acorn.* FAQ which I maintain.
· Ant Internet Suite - Main support index
· Ant Internet Suite FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about the Ant Suite.
· Online Banking - Guide to online banking and a table of which banks use valid websites.
· Ant Provider (ISP) Files - ISP dialup provider files (not required for broadband)
· All about Cookies - What they do and store about you.
· Broadband/ADSL - From which provider to go for to how to configure your computer.
· Networking to Mac OS - Access a Mac OS X based Apple from a RISC OS machine.
· Networking to Windows - Access shared files on a networked Windows PC.
· Samba - Installing and running Samba on RISC OS.
· RealAudio - Various notes and source code for porting RealAudio to RISC OS.
· NT 3.51 Problems - Legacy information for connecting to old 'School Servers'.
· !Boot & Module Database - Comprehensive guide to the RISC OS !Boot structure.
· !Boot Customizing - An old guide I wrote to Customizing the !Boot sequence.
· Speed tests - Various real world speed tests I've done on various hardware.
· RISC OS Software Links Database - My comprehensive RISC OS Software Links Database.
· Books/Software for Sale/Auction - Stuff I'm currently selling on eBay or giving away.
· Directory of RISC OS ICQ Users. - Contact other RISC OS users from around the world.
· Voyager Development/Support - Support and Development of Argonet's old internet suite.
· Wiping Posty Flags - The most common problem encountered by Voyager users is a corrupt flags file.
· New Versions to Download - No longer under development, but you can download the last versions from here.
· Fresco Font Blending - Invisible text? Check here for a solution.
· Corrupted News Debatching - Another relatively common problem with Voyager.
I no longer provide support for ARMLinux. If you require help on this, please see Peter Naulls Linux Porting Project.
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