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To develop a new microprocessor to power the next Acorn machine, computer engineers turned to IBM’s recent idea of RISC. This stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computing, and allows processors to run on a simple and limited set of instructions. Acorn’s Sophie Wilson succeeded where IBM could not, creating the ARM processor within 18 months.
The goal was to produce something cheap that could be cased in plastic, and therefore had to consume no more than a Watt of power – Wilson’s design turned out to run on less than a tenth of this. She had come up with a processor that was not only small and cheap, but produced almost no heat. Because of these qualities, ARM processors are found in almost every mobile device on the market today.
At the time, the future applications of ARM were still a way off, and the processor only used in Acorn’s Archimedes PCs. Since Acorn closed its doors in 1998, RISC OS continues to be developed independently, and is now available as an open source operating system.
A key feature of RISC OS is that it is ROM based, so it boots up quickly and is almost invulnerable to viruses. It is also a modular system, meaning that features such as the desktop GUI, drivers, sound system and filesystems are loaded as separate software modules. This confers a high level of adaptability to RISC OS, allowing users to insert, remove, restart and replace the modules as needed, and make changes to the functionality.
The GUI was very modern and advanced for its time, with a mouse pointer, windows, icons and menus. Rather than having a menu bar, a mouse click anywhere would bring up a context-sensitive menu. Although many adjustments have been made to the OS since its creation, these fundamental features remain the same.
One device in use today with RISC OS is the ultra-low cost mini-computer Raspberry Pi, which was developed in the UK as a tool for teaching coding and computer science. As RISC OS is simple and lightweight, it’s the ideal operating system for Pi machines.
Setup is straightforward, needing just a few prerequisites in addition to the Raspberry Pi itself, as follows:
After downloading and unpacking the files in the Windows machine, run the Disk Imager program selecting the large image file and writing it to the correct drive for the SD card.
Insert the SD card into the Pi, and switch on the power. RISC OS will be on the monitor screen, and will quickly initialize. After that, the OS is available to explore, with a huge amount of information on programming in the Pi with RISC OS.
ConfInfo is a PD application that collects lots of configuration and status information about a RISC OS computer by running various commands and putting the output into a text file, so that this can be provided to people or organisations offering technical support.
Charm version 2.6.2 [32 bit] the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
Charm version 2.6.0 [32 bit,VFP] the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
Charm version 2.5.8 [32 bit] the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
Charm version 2.5.6 [32 bit] the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
RiscLua 5.41 is now available for download.
RiscLua 5.41 is based on Lua 5.2.1(rc1).
Charm version 2.5.5 [32 bit] the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
RiscLua was updated to version 5.40 in November 2011.
RISC OS Open have announced the release of their latest stable release of RISC OS, version 5.18 to be exact. This shiny new update features no less than 340 improvements since the last official release and has been vetted by Castle Technology for the Iyonix PC and RComp for their ARMini. The new ROM image should be able to upgrade all versions of RISC OS from version 5.07 or later and is provided with a flash programming tool (which also takes a backup of the previous version just incase you wish to go back).
R-Comp have released the latest version of their CD playing software, MusicMan 2. This new update, released at the 2012 South West Show on Saturday, has finally brough digital CD playback to RISC OS. Users of older RISC OS computers (pre-Iyonix) can still use analogue playback. MusicMan 2 also brings a few neat features to the table, this version now displays track listings, album art and artist information when playing music.
Charm version 2.5.0 [32 bit] the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
RISCOScode is running this year’s RISC OS Oscars
Here’s how you can join in and vote…
Charm version 2.4.9 [32 bit] the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
The NetSurf developers have made available the newest stable version of RISC OS’ premier web browser, NetSurf. 2.8 sees a number of major improvements and fixes over previous versions, and as always, it’s free to download – http://www.netsurf-browser.org. NetSurf is also available for other platforms, BeOS/Haiku, Linux, AmigaOS and Atari are amongst the supported systems. In order to run on a RISC OS system, RISC OS 4.02, 6 or 5.07 is required as a minimum, as well as a number of modules which can be downloaded freely online.
R-Comp Interactive have released an Operating System upgrade (to RISC OS 5) to ARMini users, this new update contains a bundle of new features and polishes up the overall ARMini experience.
R-Comp have released version 6.03 of Messenger Pro to registered users. This update provides better compatibility with all RISC OS machines, and makes it much simpler to switch users “on the flyâ€, thanks to new toolbar buttons. The application’s printing features have also been improved. Messenger Pro is RISC OS’ most feature-rich email application, it is fully compatible with any modern RISC OS machine, 26-bit or 32-bit. Messenger Pro is now compatible with ARMini and BeagleBoard computers and is available to purchase directly from R-Comp.
Charm version 2.4 [32 bit] the set of high level language tools and demos for computers and emulators running RISC OS 3, 4 and 5 is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
Martin Wuerthner of MW-Software has updated InterGif to version 6.18, this new update ensures that InterGif is fully ARMv7 compatible, meaning that it’ll run on your ARMini or BeagleBoard. InterGif is a handy utility that converts Sprite and Draw files to GIF format with optimised palettes and allows GIF animations to be created from a series of Sprites. It can also convert from GIF to Sprite format.
InterGif is free to download, and you can do so from the MW-Software website. The download includes the !InterGif front-end and command-line tool, but does not supply the !IGViewer utility, which you is still only available from the original InterGif site, see here.
August has seen a decent amount of activity, mostly relating to free software, although I forsee a wave of commercial activity in September and October as the RISC OS world gears toward the London Show, which takes place at the end of October. Here’s what’s been happening:
The spreadsheet application PipeDream is now available for free download thanks to Gerald Fitton of Abacus Training. The previously commercial application is still considered an essential application for many RISC OS users, unfortunately it is not 32-bit compatible, so you’ll need Aemulor to run it on an Iyonix or A9Home.
Christopher Martin has released Murnong 2.13, a utility for fetching and decoding videos from the video sharing and video on demand site YouTube, this update corrects many issues that have developed after changes were made to the YouTube system. Chris has also released version 1.20 of FFmpeg and FFplay. The former is a multi-platform video and audio conversion system with FFplay providing a simple media player built upon it.
Charm version 2.3 the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
Gavin Wraith has updated RiscLua to version 5.30. For those unfamiliar with Lua, it is a light and easy to learn programming language, designed for portability, extendibility and embeddability. You can download the latest version for free from Gavin’s webpage.
Dorian Computing have released an updated version of DragCom, a utility used for running a specified command on a filename (or any other argument) given to it. Dorian Computing have also released a new utility named !CutF12, the program’s sole purpose is to disable the F12 button which allows users to enter commands. You can download both applications from Dorian’s webpage.
!PDF is a PDF file viewer for RISC OS and has been updated, with an emphasis being made on Saving. You can download this new version of PDF from the link supplied at the bottom of this article.
RiscTV has now had a major update to correspond with the recent change from Analogue to Digital Television, hence you can now watch Digital TV on your ARM-based computer running RISC OS. Â59ドル.50 will now get your old RiscTV podule hardware updated and a shiny new version of !RiscTV, there’s a neat little article on this interesting development in the latest issue of Drag ‘n’ Drop magazine, an online PDF magazine for 8-bit and 32-bit Acorn communities. Alternatively, take a peek at the link supplied at the bottom of this article.
R-Comp Interactive’s ARMini computer, which was released at the Wakefield show back in April has recieved little press coverage and potential buyers are still not too sure what to expect, so here’s an article dscussing the new Cortex-A8 computer and its many features. The ARMini is available for purchase at around the Â600ドル mark and as of yet, I believe it is only available from RCI directly.
Charm version 2.2 the set of high level language tools and demos for RISC-OS computers and emulators is now freely available under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.