Acorn links and resources

The links on this page are all to sites about Acorn's computers, the software for them and general resources and support. All the links on this page are either to Acorn specific sites or to the Acorn specific part of a larger site.

If you know of any Acorn sites that I have missed off this page please get in touch with me using the contact link at the bottom of the page.

This page is divided into a number of sections. These are :

Links to Acorn hardware, software and services companies.
Acorn and RISC OS news and resources.
Links to Acorn related projects.
Acorn History
Links to shareware/freeware sites and Acorn FTP sites (or the Acorn sections of FTP sites).
Miscellaneous Acorn sites.

Links to Acorn hardware, software and services companies

This is a very incomplete list of Acorn hardware, software and services companies.

Advanced RISC Machines - manufacturer of ARM processors.
Aleph One- ARMLinux specialists.
Archive Publications - a monthly magazine for users of RISC OS software and hardware.
Bluewater Systems - ARM processor development tools and consultancy.
Castle Technology - RISC OS systems and peripherals.
Cerilica - graphics and publishing packages.
CJE Micro's - RISC OS system sales and support.
CTA Direct - "one of Britains biggest Acorn and RISC based computer dealers".
David Pilling - RISC OS software, including Ovation Pro.
Digital Phenomena - RISC OS consultancy and services.
Electronic Font Foundry - RISC OS fonts.
Icon Technology - developers of EasyWriter and TechWriter.
ITC and 4D - Acorn spares and repairs, hosted at CJE Micro's.
MicroDigital - RISC OS systems.
MW Software - development and support of the CC Artworks software.
Octopus Systems - RISC OS software.
Orpheus Internet.
Pineapple Software - anti-virus software.
R-Comp - Internet connectivity and design software for RISC OS.
RISC OS Ltd - development of RISC OS.
RiscStation - RISC OS system builder, hosted at CTA Direct.
Soft Rock Software - WebChange, web maintainer software for RISC OS.
The Data Store - sales and support of Sibelius and authorised sales for Castle, RiscStation and Microdigital.
Stuart Tyrell Developments - hardware and software development for embedded, industrial and Special Educational Needs applications.
Windfall Engineering - replacement display systems for the RiscPC.

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Acorn and RISC OS news and resources

Cybervillage Acorn Pages.
Drobe Launchpad - a regularly-updated, light-hearted look at the Acorn World. Well worth a look.
RISC OS.net - Links, News and Features.
RISC OS portal.
The Icon Bar - RISC OS news and resources.
RISC OS Select - information about the RISC OS Select scheme.
RISC OS Programming Resources - Java, C and C++.
Doctor Wimp - "a set of utilities and a function library designed to make multi-tasking desktop (Wimp) programming very easy for anyone reasonably familiar with BBC Basic".
Richard Murray's site - includes the ARM Assembler programming guide and documentation about Econet.

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Acorn related projects

The links in this section are all to the home sites of various Acorn related projects. This includes hardware related projects and various Acorn publications.

Manchester University Advanced Processor Technologies Group - home of Amulet, a family of asynchronous ARM-based processors.
Acorn User Magazine. Acorn User has now merged with Acorn Publisher, to become Qercus.
Only The Best - BBC Games from the past.
Stairway to Hell - a project devoted to preserving Acorn 8-bit software.
The BBC Documentation Project.
The Unofficial Micro User Magazine archive - what it says on the label!
The Xperience. A group who produce digital art-based on RiscPC's.

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Acorn History

These are all sites that are either devoted to Acorn history, or have sections or pages about it. There are also some 8-bit software sites in this section.

Acorn 6502 Microcomputer Kit - a page all about Acorn's System 1 computer.
Acorn Computer Museum - historical information about Acorn's systems.
Acorn Electron Haven - information about the Electron and a vast collection of downloadable software.
Archiology - relics from Acorn's past.
BBCMicro.com - a selection of BBC Emulators.
Classic Acorn.
ElectrEm - an Acorn Electron emulator!
History of Acorn and RISC OS.
Peter Bondar's Rocketship - pictures of the legendary many-slice RiscPC. Some of this site is in Japanese, but the pictures and text of the spec are fine.
Phoebe 2100 - the same site's page for the Phoebe 2100.
Repton World - home of the Repton Appreciation Society.
The Acorn Electron Lives!
The Acorn Preservation Project.
The Arthur Lives! Pages.
The BBC Lives! - lots of Acorn-related documentation, links and resources.
The BBC and Master Public Domain Library.
The Domesday Project - a small site at the National Archives about 1986 Domesday Project.
The Machine Room Acorn section - specs for most Acorn machines, including the Communicator range.
ZDNet - "The Little Acorn inside Intel - an article about the StrongARM and XScale processors.
My technical history of Acorn site.

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Links to shareware/freeware sites and Acorn FTP sites (or the Acorn sections of FTP sites)

These sites all offer downloads of freeware or shareware software that can be run on Acorn computers. Some are FTP sites.

Acorn Antiques - a small download site, designed to emulate the look of RISC OS 3.
Legacy Acorn FTP site - lots of goodies here, including copies of the revised !Boot system, RISCiX software and other 8 bit and 32 bit software.
StrongEd Development Site - very powerful, easy-to-use text editor for the RISC OS platform.
The Demon Archive.
The Mirror.ac.uk Archive (formerly HENSA).
The Stuttgart Archive.

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Miscellaneous Acorn sites and articles

The sites here are various Acorn sites that didn't really fit in anywhere else. They include general Acorn resource sites and enthusiast groups.

Acorn Gaming.
Acorn Arcade - news and reviews of Acorn-based games.
Acorn Computers links page - provides links to the main companies bulding and supporting ARM/RISC OS based computers.
acornusers.org - web hosting.
Association of Acorn User Groups.
House of Mabel - among other things, an Acorn computer museum.
Paul Vigay's Home page.
Richard Atterer's site - Acorn information and RISC OS software.
The Acorn Computer User WWW Server.
The Arcade BBS - bulletin board and forum run on a RiscPC 600. Over 1Gb of software is available for download.
The ARM Club.
Theo Markettos' Web Site - lots of Acorn documentation.
Virtual Acorn - turn your PC in to an Acorn A5000.
Wakefield User Group and Show site.
Web Fort Khantazi.
World of Wibble.
ZDNet articles about Acorn.

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