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FTP ReadMe file, last updated 05th December 1997
Welcome to the anonymous FTP service of Acorn Computers Limited, on
ftp.acorn.co.uk (136.170.131.2). The ACORN ftp repository is also accessible
via the WWW at http://www.acorn.co.uk/ftp/ and is also mirrored
at various sites as listed below.
DISCLAIMER
==========
The software on this server is provided "as is"; Acorn Computers Limited
("Acorn") makes no warranty, express or implied, of the merchantability of
this software or its fitness for any particular purpose. In no circumstances
shall Acorn be liable for any damage, loss of profits, or any indirect or
consequential loss arising out of the use of this software or inability to
use this software, even if Acorn has been advised of the possibility of such
loss.
SOFTWARE LICENSE (OVERVIEW)
===========================
The software and documentation ("software") on this server is available for
download via ftp or connection via the World Wide Web. Unless explicitly
stated alongside any individual software item(s), downloading any software
item(s) does not grant any right of ownership nor any right to subsequently
distribute any of the software; a Software Distribution Agreement is
required to distribute any item(s) of the software, available on application
to isvquery@acorn.co.uk. Acorn grants to each person ("User") who downloads
software from this server a personal non-transferable non-exclusive limited
license to the User to use the software solely for their own purpose on an
Acorn computer running the appropriate Acorn Operating System. The full
conditions of the software license are included at the foot of this ReadMe
file. IT IS A CONDITION OF DOWNLOADING SOFTWARE DIRECTLY FROM THIS SERVER OR
VIA ITS MIRROR SITES THAT YOU COMPLY WITH THE SOFTWARE LICENSE CONDITIONS:
BY ACT OF DOWNLOADING ANY SOFTWARE, EACH USER IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED
THESE LICENSE CONDITIONS.
ACCESS TO MIRROR SITES
======================
For dial-up access, this server is currently mirrored by:
Arcade BBS (+44 181 654 2212, 300-28.8k baud, 8N1 4 lines)
(+44 181 655 4412, 300-28.8k baud, 8N1 1 line)
Digital Databank BBS (+44 1707 329306, 300-28.8k baud, 8N1 1 line)
(+44 1707 323531, 300-14.4k baud, 8N1 3 lines)
Acorn BBS (Hong Kong) (+852 5477992)
The Plasma Sphere BBS (+44 1925 757920 and 757921, 300-33.6k baud, 8N1)
For Internet access, the server is mirrored by:
ftp.acorn.co.nz (202.36.74.68)
The /pub/riscos section of this server is currently mirrored by:
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de:/pub/systems/acorn/riscos
sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk:/computing/systems/archimedes/collections/uni-stuttgart
CONTENTS OF THE FTP SITE
========================
The current directory structure was last changed on 05/12/97, and comprises:
8bit:
Software and other binaries for Acorn's old 6502-based systems
documents:
Documents for public consumption
acornusr:
Back issues of Customer Hotline columns from Acorn User magazine.
api:
Documents detailing Application Programmer Interfaces for various
modules. Currently contains the Freeway API, and a first draft of an API
for a proposed URI handler.
appnotes:
Customer Services Application Notes; useful RISC OS and hardware info
index:
An index of Application Notes by number
ARM:
Datasheets from ARM Ltd detailing their RISC CPUs and support chips.
Currently PostScript only; other formats coming soon.
circuits:
dwalker's latest ftp.experiment; I'm slowly working towards creating an
online library of circuit diagrams for old (pre-A3000) kit. Currently in
the very early stages; comments welcome.
corporate:
Details of the recent changes within Acorn Computers Ltd, and the
founding of ART. Also includes the Chairman's Statement, the
statement to the Stock Exchange about the 10/01/96 deal with Oracle, and
details of the 13/02/96 announcement of the joint venture with Apple.
dealers:
Contains a comma-separated variable (CSV) file of Acorn UK dealers and
their addresses (suitable for loading into a database package), a
plaintext list of International Distributors, and another CSV of
addresses of Acorn in Education Centres.
events:
Contains a list of forthcoming Acorn-related events taking place around
the UK, both by Acorn and independent User Groups.
press:
Latest official Press releases from Acorn
times:
By popular request, a scanned image of the Acorn advertisement which
appeared in The Times on March 15th, 1994
strongarm:
Introduction to and programming details for ARM's latest high-speed
CPU
products:
Text and graphics files from our datasheets on our product range
A4:
Contains information on Acorn's RISC OS laptop; currently
contains details on maximising battery life.
A7000:
Contains information on Acorn's new mid-range systems
AUN:
Contains information on Acorn's networking solutions.
ExpSpec:
A document detailing the expansion card
specification for all 32 bit machines. Included extensions
specific to the Risc PC. PostScript and Drawfile versions.
OILS:
Data on Acorn's collaborative efforts to produce Open Interactive
Learning Systems
pocketbook:
A directory containing release data on the Pocket Book and
Pocket Book II palmtops
PRM:
Contains addenda and errata to the Programmer's Reference Manual.
Current content is the errata document to the RISC OS 3.1 PRM.
proddir:
A Tab-Separated Variable (TSV) format file comprising details
of third-party applications for Acorn systems; this file is
essentially electronic copy of Issue 7 of the Acorn Product
Directory, is suitable for loading into a database, and is up
to date as of January 1995. Deltas will be made from time to
time, and these will be announced in /pub/ChangeLog.
RiscPC:
A directory containing press releases, price information and
technical specifications of Acorn's flagship machine
pricelist:
Electronic copy of the Acorn Retail Price List (September 1997).
safety:
Safety Test Guidelines for Acorn computers. PostScript and Drawfile
versions.
training:
Details of courses, course calendar and prices for Acorn-approved
training courses, to be run by Insight Education.
riscos:
Software patches and free releases for RISC OS 2.0 and 3.1 from Acorn and
third parties.
patches:
Tweaks to enhance performance
advance:
Patch to enable Acorn Advance to work with StrongARM
serial:
Two modules to improve serial port performance at and above 9600 baud
netutils:
Latest version of the patch. This version is still under testing; if
you have any problems, please email customer.services@acorn.co.uk
giving full details of the nature of your fault and the configuration
of your network.
printers153:
Patch to fix two problems with !Printers 1.53:
- Established applications that printed reliably with
!Printers 1.28 or earlier sometimes/always encounter
errors and fail to complete a print.
- Newer Hewlett Packard printers cannot be used because
output to them from the Acorn parallel port is extremely
slow.
Users of versions of !Printers earlier than 1.53 should update to
this version and install the patches; users of !Printers 1.54 (RISC
OS 3.70) already have these patches catered for in the riscos370sa
patch set (qv)
riscos360+370:
This release of ROMPatches fixes some problems with RISC OS 3.60 and
with 3.70. It supersedes ROMPatch 2.01 for RISC OS 3.70 (released as
riscos370sa.arc) and provides additional patches. It is very, very
strongly recommended that RISC OS 3.60 and 3.70 users install this.
releases:
action:
A copy of the "rolling demo" used to demonstrate the A3010 Action Pack.
advance:
A copy of the "rolling demo" used to demonstrate Acorn Advance.
akf91:
Prototype Monitor Definition File for the new AKF91 monitor. Add this
to !Boot.Resources.Configure.Monitors.Acorn and then set it up through
!Configure for enhanced AKF91 support (including some 100Hz framerate
modes).
changefsi:
Latest version (1.15) of the image translation and processing package.
This version has not been through Acorn's QA cycle yet, so please read
and understand the disclaimer!
Cupdate1:
An update set for Acorn C/C++ Release 5. containing, among other
enhancements, a set of modifications to !ResEd to enable addition of
user-defined gadgets. By popular demand, a standalone build of flex() is
included. This archive also contains the latest Toolbox modules.
deutsch37beta:
Compressed and slightly abridged (no movies, stillframe JPEGs or
tutorials) image of the RISC OS 3.7 disc image, translated throughout
into German. This distribution also contains the !Territory
application, which patches ROM window and menu resources such that the
text contained therein is also translated into German. This release
is in beta form since Access+ and a small number of other things have
yet to be translated; please forward comments on the standard of German
translation to kbracey@art.acorn.co.uk
drawfile:
A module to facilitate easier rendering of Draw files in the Desktop.
Supplied with C function headers and documentation.
** There's been some major confusion kicked up about the distribution
rights on this one. The definitive distribution details, direct from
Developer Support, are:
"Distribution of System resources
To date, any Developer wishing to distribute !System, its modules and
!Sysmerge with his own products has required a Binary Distribution
Agreement to do so. Registered Developers may now ship these Acorn
Copyright items without the formality of an agreement provided that
they comply with certain requirements:
They distribute !System together with !Sysmerge and !Scrap
They ship only the latest versions released by Acorn
Acorn's Copyright is acknowledged in the documentation
Only appropriate Acorn modules are shipped in the modules directory."
This agreement has now been extended to *un*registered (ie unofficial)
developers, so provided you comply with the above, distribute away!**
extrapdfs:
More Printer Definition Files for use with !Printers 1.53 (qv).
fonted:
Editor and designer for RISC OS Outline Fonts: version 0.32
fpe400:
Latest version (4.03) of the Floating Point module for FPA10 users.
hform248:
Version of HForm (2.47 Beta) as shipped with RISC OS 3.71. Removes the
"Spurious bad block at 2Gb boundary" problem.
makemodes:
A new application, with supporting documentation, for creating and
customising Risc PC Monitor Definition Files. RISC OS 3.5 / 3.6 only.
networking:
a7000pack:
The floppy disc set which ships with the A7000 NET machine, and which
should be installed, as per instructions, on the network *server* to
enable the A7000 NET clients to boot from it.
a7000pack:
As above, but for booting the A7000+. Sold on floppy as product code
AES80.
BootUtils:
A number of small but elegant utilities which have proved useful when
setting up network boot sequences on Level 4 and Acorn Access
DCI4:
New versions of the !Internet and !Bootnet applications; please read the
ReadMe1st and ReadMe files in this directory for further details.
Currently (as of 20/03/97) contains Internet 4.10.
level4:
Updates for Level 4 Release 3 to improve usability on systems running
RISC OS 3.5 or greater.
tcpip:
Programming interface libraries and headers for the TCP/IP socket layer;
currently issue is compatible with the DCI4 stack.
newlook:
Acorn's Style Guide Compliant Desktop look and feel, as distributed at
Acorn World '93.
nspark.tar
OK, so it isn't a RISC OS program :-) nspark allows UNIX hosts to
access and decompress the Spark archives contained on this server.
oslib: (new version 13/07/95)
A library set for Desktop C which improves the API for SWI calls, and
generates smaller, faster code than the current release. Now improved
and extended to include !StrongHlp support, OSLib now has its own
directory on the server; make sure you download all the archives!
NB OSLib is not an official Acorn product.
picture:
A demonstration slideshow utility to demonstrate the effects of RAM
cacheing on disc access.
pccard:
Utilities and updates for the Risc PC 486 coprocessor card. Now
comprises the patched version 1.93 of the !PCx86 application, and a
patch for the PC Exchange package.
printers:
printers:
Version 1.53 of the Printer Manager and latest
Definition Files; now includes support for the Canon BJC210 and
BJC4100.
Documentation for this version is supplied as part of the
archive.
stylus500:
Printer Definition File and modified palettes to allow use of
Epson's new Stylus 500 colo(u)r printer. Installation notes
included in the archive.
stycol400:
Printer Definition File and modified palettes to allow use of
Epson's new Stylus 400 colo(u)r printer. Installation notes
included in the archive.
stycol600:
Printer Definition File and modified palettes to allow use of
Epson's new Stylus 600 colo(u)r printer. Installation notes
included in the archive.
stycol800:
Printer Definition File and modified palettes to allow use of
Epson's new Stylus 800 colo(u)r printer. Installation notes
included in the archive.
ro2extras:
Latest versions of CLib (3.75), FPEmulator (3.20), modules and
applications for RISC OS 2.00 and 2.01. Included so that owners who
have not upgraded can check compatibility with more recent software.
riscos310:
Acorn's Applications Discs, as supplied with all RISC OS 3 machines.
scsidm:
Acorn's SCSI disc partitioner and formatting utility, as supplied
with our SCSI card. Documentation on this application is available in
the User Guide which accompanies the SCSI card. This application is
not designed to work with any card other than Acorn's own SCSI card.
spriteextend:
The RISC OS SpriteExtend module vn 0.99, which includes fast JPEG
rendering (as supplied with RISC OS 3.6). Also included is a small
SpriteExtendMessages module, which adds new messages required by
SpriteExtend when used on RISC OS versions earlier than 3.6. The
software is in a directory structure suitable for copying on top of
the RISC OS 3.5 !Boot application.
NB This software has only been tested for use with RISC OS 3.6 - your
attention is drawn to the local ReadMe file, and to the license
conditions imposed by this /pub/ReadMe document!
templates:
New Template set to go with the new Style Guide. Please note that the
templates are numbered to correspond with the number of the page in
the Style Guide on which the example appears.
timesrc:
Example source code (supplied for example purposes *ONLY*) for
!CD_Deck and !TimeSpeed, two of the applications supplied as part of
the TimeCode distribution.
upgrade2:
The RISC OS 3.1 Upgrade Disc 2; includes new versions of !Alarm, !Calc,
!Chars, !ChangeFSI, !PrintEdit and !T1ToFont, with additional 3D icon
sets (No, you haven't missed anything; upgrade1 was actually !Printers
1.22)
v4installers:
New installers to allow Desktop Assembler and Desktop C Release 4 to
be installed on non-ADFS filing systems.
dearchive:
The above releases, and all the Application Notes, have been
compressed for speed of downloading using David Pilling's !SparkFS.
dearchive is a self-extracting version of the Public Domain !SparkPlug
application, which, once executed, is capable of decompressing the
archives in the 'riscos' and 'documents' directories.
thirdparty:
Patches and upgrades for third-party applications, uploaded at their
request. Currently contains:
cumana:
An application patch set for Cumana's SCSI2 card support software; now
updated to include version 2.01, designed for Risc PC users who are
taking advantage of DMA
gnome:
Directory containing an archive of X11R6 fonts for use with !X, and an
explanatory ReadMe
mdi:
Directory containing an archive of new front-ends for several Media
Design International applications; see the accompanying ReadMe for
details.
sibelius:
Demonstration versions of the Sibelius 7, Sibelius 7 Student and
Sibelius 6 music and score processing packages.
unattrib:
Some nice tilable backdrop sprites, as shown to great effect at Acorn
User '95.
riscix:
bootstrap.arc:
Version 1.21 of the RISC iX Bootstrap.
acorn-ports:
Ports of popular utilities; RISC iX build of apache by Stephen Borril @
Xemplar, other RISC iX ports by Dave Hunter at Acorn NZ.
bind.tar.Z
BIND 4.9.5-P1
bootp.tar.Z:
BOOTP server 2.4.1 for RISC iX. Great for xterms and NetStation testing...
cgiemail.tar.Z
CGI to email gateway.
imap.tar.Z:
IMAP server v.4
imap41beta.tar.Z
IMAP server v.4.1 beta (appears stable)
wu-ftpd.tar.Z:
wuftpd 4.3. *STRONGLY RECOMMENDED* for users running the vanilla ftpd
supplied with the RISC iX 1.2x universe.
apache.1.2.4.tar.Z:
Apache 1.2.4 WWW server, with proxy and status modules compiled in
pop3d.tar.Z:
New more optimal version of the POP3 server for RISC iX. Use in
preference to the version packaged with imap.tar.Z
qpop2.1.4.tar.Z
Version 2.1.4-r3 of the Qualcomm POP server, with logging to LOG_MAIL
instead of LOCAL0. Be aware that the pop3d server (qv) delivers all mail
with the Status: line set to 'R'; if you don't like this, use this POP
server instead.
as+xterm.tar.Z:
Compressed new versions of as and xterm utilities.
as+xterm.txt:
Installation instructions and notes on the above.
named:
Compressed patches to enable RISC iX 1.21c to use BIND (Berkeley Internet
Name Daemon). Details included in the ReadMe file and a compressed
Application Note.
GMA-ports:
ksh-alpha.t.gz:
RISC iX port of the popular Korn Shell, by GMA.
Further brief announcements about changes in the resources available (eg the
publication of a new Application Note) will be issued in the ChangeLog text
file here in the root directory. Major changes will be reflected in this
file.
ACORN LICENSE AGREEMENT
=======================
IT IS A CONDITION OF DOWNLOADING SOFTWARE DIRECTLY FROM THIS SERVER OR VIA
ITS MIRROR SITES THAT YOU COMPLY WITH THE SOFTWARE LICENSE CONDITIONS BELOW:
BY ACT OF DOWNLOADING ANY SOFTWARE FROM THIS SITE OR ITS MIRROR SITES YOU
ARE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THESE LICENSE CONDITIONS.
1. License
The Software together with the related documentation are licensed to you by
Acorn Computers Limited ("Acorn"). Acorn or its licensors retain ownership
of all intellectual property rights in the Software. This licence permits
you to use the Software on a single Acorn computer and you may copy the
Software for back-up purposes only. You may be granted additional rights,
which will be specified in the accompanying Software or documentation. You
must reproduce on any back-up copy of the Software all Copyright and all
proprietary notices which appear on or with the original copy of the
Software.
2. Restrictions
Except as authorised above or expressly permitted by statute, you may not
copy, modify, decompile, reverse engineer, rent, lease, gift, loan,
distribute or transfer possession of the Software or the related
documentation in whole or in part.
3. Termination
This license is effective until terminated. You may terminate the license by
destroying the Software and all copies thereof and the related
documentation. This license will terminate automatically without notice if
you fail to comply with any of its provisions. Upon termination you must
destroy the Software and all copies thereof and the related documentation.
4. Limited Warranty and Disclaimer
The Software and the related documentation are supplied "as is" and Acorn
and its licensors expressly disclaim any warranty, express or implied, as to
the merchantability of the Software and the related documentation or their
fitness for any particular purpose. In no circumstances will Acorn or its
licensors be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental
damage (including loss of profits, business interruption and loss of data)
arising out of the use or the inability to use the Software or related
documentation, even if Acorn has been advised of the possibility of such
damage.
5. General
The above terms and conditions supersede any prior agreement, oral or
written, between you and Acorn relating to the Software.
END OF ACORN LICENSE AGREEMENT