If you are new to RISC OS then here are a few links to sites you might find of interest

This is deliberately kept short. We don't want to overwhelm you with dozens of links to places that RISC OS enthusiasts think are wonderful but which would only confuse a newcomer. Regard these as the primary entry points to the RISC OS world and from these you will find your way to almost everything else.

Portals

From these you will find news, reviews, chat and lots of links to other interesting places.

• The Icon Bar   Probably the best portal into the RICS OS world. Well laid out site with lots of links and often lively discussions about RISC OS related topics.
• riscos.org   Run by Paul Vigay (see below), this is an invaluable site for the 'newbie' RISC OS user. Lots of info about RISC OS in general (click on the RISC OS button on the top of the screen).
• My RISC OS   Normally the best site for news, especially about events, club news, etc. Once more lots of useful links and downloads.
• Drobe Launchpad   Not as good as the sites listed above but probably worth a visit.
• Acorn Cybervillage   Once the primary RISC OS site but has now fallen somewhat behind. Still has some interesting stuff and well worth a look.

Some places you ought to visit

• Association of Acorn User Groups (AAUG)   This will tell you about your local clubs, their meetings, events, etc. Be warned, some of the smaller club sites are not exactly up to date, but that doesn't mean that they don't have regular meetings with enthusiastic and helpful members.
  The AAUG is a British organisation. If you're outside the UK there are still quite a few groups around the world, and you can find them here
• Acorn Gaming   The place if you want to know about games on RISC OS.
• Virtual Acorn   The place to go it you want to run RISC OS on a Windows PC, especially if you can't wait any longer for a RISC OS portable . . . . . .
• ROSES   The RISC OS educational resources site. Lots of software and other resources for use on Acorn/RISC OS computers in education. Primarily intended as a source of information and resources for teachers but don't be put off it you don't work in education, there's a lot of general interest items.
• Nutshells   A categorised directory. Tends to be a bit out of date (they haven't noticed that iSV Products has been part of APDL for over a year) and is not necessarily comprehensive (neither Acorn Publisher or RISC World seem to have made it into their list of publications) but you could spend many happy hours clicking on links here. You'll probably find your way to most of the other RISC OS dealers and, after looking at their prices, come rushing back to APDL.
• Paul Vigay's web site   Despite the anti-Microsoft rants (probably justified, but a bit off-putting if you're a contented Windows user) and stuff about crop circles (not all RISC OS users are like that) this site is well worth a visit.

Hardware manufacturers

The people who make RISC OS computers

• MicroDigital   Even if you're not in the market for the latest RISC OS computer, the MicroDigital Omega, there's a Newsdesk and a lively on-line magazine, so it's worth a visit. MicroDigital also make the Mico computer, a Special Edition of which is exclusively available through APDL.
• RiscStation   About to launch their new laptop computer, find out all about it here.
• Castle Technology   The people who took over manufacturing Acorn computers when Acorn vanished. Now veering of into embedded systems but still involved with Acorn desktop computers.

Other interesting sites

Not necessarily about RISC OS, in fact, not necessarily directly about computing.

• Red Squirrel. No, not the Acorn emulator, that's This One, in case you're interested. This is one of those sites with lots of interesting stuff, some of it even about computers, and from a RISC OS enthusiast.
• The Register. All the news and gossip about the computer industry and other hi-tech areas.
• Slashdot. Another news site.
• The International Anti-Microsoft Network. Name says it all, really. One of the nicest things about RISC OS is that it isn't owned by Microsoft. If it was we'd probably all be using Linux, no matter how good it was. Follow some of the lins from this site to find out why.
• Operation Clambake. All about another insidious cult. Probably not as damaging as the one immediately above in global terms, but you have to wonder how they manage to con people into joining.