Miscellaneous downloads
These are software resources for RISC OS that work on any RISC OS 5 platform.
There are the standard disc based components (‘HardDisc4 image’) which partner the main operating system, bonus high resolution backdrop images, ancillary software and utilities, plus a selection of published documentation.
Ancillary downloads 
Icon | Name, date & MD5 | Description | Version | Size | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bonus binaries 2021-01-24 06:01:34 82df52f225baafb93c6668af55fb4f1c | Applications and modules of interest to developers. (Work in progress!) Some of these are unfinished or unsupported and only provided for experimental use. | - | 1 MB | ![]() |
![]() | CreateSEC (self-extracting) 2014-04-24 17:03:20 a10462098a2b60e7c143ddc6781d5220 | Self-extracting version of the CreateSEC front end and command line (self-extracting archive creator) tool. | 1.03 | 34.1 KB | ![]() |
![]() | SparkFS (self-extracting) 2020-07-19 06:51:12 1f61a487b05069059f09d60d1ac44faf | Self-extracting, read-only version of the SparkFS application, for accessing the contents of various archive formats. | 1.46 | 457.1 KB | ![]() |
![]() | System resources 2021-01-24 06:01:24 0e417323f95885640837c6257de53df8 | Distribution of !System for use with pre-RISC OS 5 machines. RISC OS 5 users should just download HardDisc4 as it contains the complete boot sequence. | - | 1.2 MB | ![]() |
![]() | UnTarBZ2 (self-extracting) 2019-08-23 08:38:35 fb05573d57ae22179a17084512defb88 | Self-extracting version of the UnTarBZ2 front end and command line (archive decompressor and extractor) tool. | 1.11 | 263.7 KB | ![]() |
Backdrops 
Icon | Name, date & MD5 | Description | Version | Size | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Backdrops (emulators) 2011-11-01 17:09:04 a23ab90c8ed336be3df46f43ac341f5c | Extra backdrop JPEG images, to be decompressed by your host operating system and moved into the HostFS folder for accessing under RPCEmu. | - | 209 MB | ![]() |
![]() | Backdrops (native) 2011-11-01 17:16:50 9f5b8cb31d4a71f019dba561a5691e47 | Extra backdrop JPEG images, encoded at a much higher JPEG quality than provided in the User Guide examples. This is a SparkFS archive that must be decompressed under RISC OS. | - | 210.7 MB | ![]() |
Disc based components 
Icon | Name, date & MD5 | Description | Version | Size | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | HardDisc4 2020-10-19 11:43:32 931eeb47ab12eebef35c4e0b425e1ec7 | RISC OS 5.28 stable disc image, including boot sequence and applications. See our press release for more information. The 'System resources' (above) are also required for users with pre-RISC OS 5 machines. | 5.28 | 12.3 MB | ![]() |
![]() | HardDisc4 (self-extracting) 2020-10-19 11:44:58 36bd065fa72d681824e24255d94d6fb9 | Self-extracting version of the stable RISC OS 5.28 disc image. Contains the same files as the Zip, but can be decompressed by running it as type 'Utility'. See our press release for more information. The 'System resources' (above) are also required for users with pre-RISC OS 5 machines. | 5.28 | 16.7 MB | ![]() |
![]() | Nightly Beta HardDisc4 2021-01-24 06:02:39 9337a7327850590e1f753f5860f4e4b2 | RISC OS 5 disc image (zipfile format), including boot sequence and applications. (Work in progress!) The 'System resources' (above) are also required for users with pre-RISC OS 5 machines. | - | 12.2 MB | ![]() |
![]() | Nightly Beta HardDisc4 (self-extracting) 2021-01-24 06:02:11 fd890217da79648b24859efc146c2360 | Self-extracting version of the development RISC OS 5 HardDisc4 download. Contains the same files as the Zip, but can be decompressed by running it as type 'Utility'. (Work in progress!) The 'System resources' (above) are also required for users with pre-RISC OS 5 machines. | - | 16.7 MB | ![]() |
Documentation 
Icon | Name, date & MD5 | Description | Version | Size | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | RISC OS Style Guide 2016-04-12 20:18:06 8fa724e99d8e74fbffe08fbce3cd3f0f | How to write applications that are a pleasure to use and fit in with the rest of the RISC OS desktop. See page ii for terms of use. | 3 | 1.2 MB | ![]() |
![]() | Technical Publications Style Guide 2018-02-22 18:53:08 5fda863ab88c39d36cc93cf7b9b69d30 | The set of rules we follow when writing the books documenting RISC OS for programmers and end users alike. See page ii for terms of use. | 3 | 572.3 KB | ![]() |