RISC OS  OPEN

Notes

The RISC OS 5 Programmers Reference Manuals, commonly known as PRMs, are in the process of being made available online.
The RISC OS 3 PRMs in PDF form is freely available here. A collection of "PRM-like information" is also available on Robin Watts’s Pink Noise Productions website.

All other links from this page are likely to be non-existent.

Contents

• About the Programmer’s Reference Manuals
• Part 1 – Introduction
  • Introduction to RISC OS
  • ARM Hardware
  • SWIs
  • *Commands
  • OS_Byte & OS_Word
  • Vectors
  • Interrupts
  • Events
  • Buffers
  • Internal communications

• Part 2 – The Kernel
  • Modules
  • Program Environment
  • Memory Management
  • Time and Date
  • Conversions
  • Extension ROMs

• Part 3 – Kernel Input/Output
  • Character Output
  • VDU Drivers
  • Sprites
  • Character Input
  • The CLI
  • The Rest Of The Kernel

• Part 4 – Using Filing Systems
  • Introduction to Filing Systems
  • FileSwitch
  • FileCore
  • ADFS
  • RamFS
  • DOSFS
  • NetFS
  • NetPrint
  • PipeFS
  • ResourceFS
  • DeskFS
  • DeviceFS
  • Serial Device
  • Parallel Device
  • System Devices
  • The Filer
  • Filer_Action
  • Free

• Part 5 – Writing Filing Systems
  • Writing a Filing System
  • Writing a FileCore Module
  • Writing a Device Driver

• Part 6 – Networking
  • Econet
  • File Server Protocol Interface
  • The Broadcast Loader
  • BBC Econet
  • Hourglass
  • NetStatus
  • AUN?

• Part 7 – The Desktop
  • The Window Manager
  • Pinboard
  • DragASprite
  • The Filter Manager
  • The TaskManager
  • TaskWindow
  • ShellCLI

• Part 8 – Non-kernel input/output
  • ColourTrans
  • The Font Manager
  • SuperSample Module
  • Draw Module

• Part 9 – Printing
  • Printer Drivers
  • Printer Dumpers
  • PDumperSupport
  • Printer Definition Files
  • MakePSFont

• Part 10 – Internationalisation
  • MessageTrans
  • International Module
  • The Territory Manager

• Part 11 – Sound and Video
  • The Sound System
  • WaveSynth
  • Video?
  • JPEG?

• Part 12 – The Buffer Manager
  • Squash
  • ScreenBlank

• Part 13 – Hardware Support
  • ARM3 Support
  • Expansion Cards and Extension ROMs
  • Floating Point Emulator
  • Joystick Module
  • PCI
  • Portable

• Part 14 – Programmer’s Support
  • Debugger
  • The Shared C library
  • BASIC and BASICTrans
  • Command Scripts

• Part 15 – SWI Calls
  • ATAPI
  • ColourTrans
  • Draw
  • DragAnObject
  • DragASprite
  • FileCore
  • Filter
  • Font
  • OS
  • Portable
  • PCI
  • Shell
  • Super
  • TaskManager
  • Wimp

• Part 16 – Service Calls

• Part 17 – *Commands
  • *Commands – Sorted by name

• Tables
  • Alphabet Numbers
  • Buffer Numbers
  • Character Sets
  • Dynamic Area Numbers
  • Event Numbers
  • File Types
  • Floppy Disc Formats
  • Filing System Numbers
  • Keyboard Scan Codes
  • Message Codes
  • OS Codes
  • Pointer Device Numbers
  • Printer Driver Numbers
  • Processor Vector Numbers
  • Screen Modes
  • Software Vector Numbers
  • System Control Handlers
  • System Device Numbers
  • Territory Numbers
  • VDU Codes

• Appendix
  • ARM Assembler
  • ARM Procedure Call Standard
  • Code File Formats
  • File Formats
  • Registering Names
  • System Variables
  • The Acorn Terminal Interface Protocol
  • Warnings on the use of ARM Assembler