RISC OS Documentation

Links to sources of RISC OS operating system documentation:

• How to download the PRMs

• TIME in BASIC and other timers
• How to boot RISC OS Adjust over the network
• Stacks and TaskWindow

RISC OS Adjust CD documentation

• Docs.Apps.Paint/txt Changes to !Paint
• Docs.Audio.RateTracker/txt ReadMe file for RateTracker module (Warm Silence Software)
• Docs.Desktop.TaskManager/txt Updated TaskManager_Shutdown flags
• Docs.Desktop.WimpTextOp/txt Added bit to Wimp_TextOp 1 (R0 bit 1, Read Size of String)
• Docs.Graphics.BlendTable/txt BlendTable module SWIs: blending palette colours in arbitrary ratios (provides transparency to SpriteExtend)
• Docs.Graphics.ColourMap-DrawFile/txt` Changes to DrawFile_Render and ColourTrans transfer functions for colour mapping
• Docs.Graphics.ColourMap-Sprite/txt Colour mapping in deep sprites: API changes to OS_SpriteOp 52/56, JPEG_Plot..., transfer functions (same as ColourMap-Drawfile/txt)
• Docs.Graphics.CompressJPEG/txt CompressJPEG_WriteLineExtended, _Comment, _Transcode SWIs, module errors
• Docs.Graphics.ConvertPNG/txt ConvertPNG_Info, ConvertPNG_CreateSprite
• Docs.Graphics.GraphicsSystem/txt Overview of the RISC OS Select/Adjust graphics system
• Docs.Graphics.ImageFileRender/txt Detailed documentation of ImageFileRender system
• Docs.Graphics.InverseTable/txt Provides 8bpp tables to the graphics system. InverseTable_SpriteTable, _Calculate
• Docs.Graphics.PNG/txt PNG module "early development version" docs
• Docs.Graphics.SpriteExtend-CYMK/txt CYMK sprites and support in SpriteExtend
• Docs.Graphics.SpriteExtend-Errors/txt JPEG errors in SpriteExtend
• Docs.Graphics.SpriteExtend-Translucency/txt Translucency support in SpriteExtend (minimal notes on API changes)
• Docs.Graphics.SystemSpriteArea/txt OS_Byte 163,242,65 no longer returns the size of the system sprite area
• Docs.Input.PointerDevices/txt Scrollwheel support for mouse drives, in PointerV/EventV
• Docs.Input.WindowScroll/txt WindowScroll module, controls scrollwheel actions in the desktop
• Docs.Networking.AUNIntro/txt Brief introduction to AUN
• Docs.Networking.AutomaticConfiguration/txt *Configure InternetIP, automatic configuration of primary network interface by DHCP, AUN, or statically set in CMOS RAM.
• Docs.Networking.Pollword/txt ioctl FIOPOLLWORD sets a pollword in shared workspace on network activity

Other documentation repositories

• Castle's RISC OS 5 documentation
• Acorn FTP site
• Drobe Reference material
• Theo Markettos' archive
• Robin Watts' archive
• Denis Howe's archive
• Poppyfields archive