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Miscellaneous downloads

These are software resources for RISC OS that work on any RISC OS 5 platform.

Information about downloading hard disc images for booting and so-on is due to be added here soon.

Ancillary downloads 

IconName, date & MD5DescriptionVersionSizeDetails
iconBonus binaries
2019-02-10 05:17:26
99571b11441728088036c05c59f76b4b
Applications and modules of interest to developers. (Work in progress!) Some of these are unfinished or unsupported and only provided for experimental use.-973.1 KBinfo
iconCreateSEC (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.1.0334.1 KBinfo
iconSparkFS (self-extracting)
2016-03-04 21:26:12
94554933f1f02e1963a89c99b2a725fd
Self-extracting, read-only version of the SparkFS application, for accessing the contents of various archive formats.1.44454.6 KBinfo
iconSystem resources
2019-02-10 05:17:19
86a5725ba79d09f79d21a5f27a5fd8c9
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.-1.1 MBinfo
iconUnTarBZ2 (self-extracting)
2017-10-11 20:26:30
0f73e8cd1755121ce988479b3224b07d
Self-extracting version of the UnTarBZ2 front end and command line (archive decompressor and extractor) tool.1.09263.7 KBinfo

Backdrops 

IconName, date & MD5DescriptionVersionSizeDetails
iconBackdrops (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 MBinfo
iconBackdrops (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 MBinfo

Disc based components 

IconName, date & MD5DescriptionVersionSizeDetails
iconHardDisc4
2018-12-10 14:12:50
1f7fdce92d7a98c230019c1bd4a16e29
RISC OS 5.24 stable disc image, including boot sequence and applications. See press release for more information. The 'System resources' (above) are also required for users with pre-RISC OS 5 machines.5.2412 MBinfo
iconHardDisc4 (self-extracting)
2018-04-15 09:17:26
000ceaac653efb97f2c0578fc8fcd851
Self-extracting version of the stable RISC OS 5.24 disc image. Contains the same files as the Zip, but can be decompressed by running it as type 'Utility'. See press release for more information. The 'System resources' (above) are also required for users with pre-RISC OS 5 machines.5.2416.3 MBinfo
iconNightly Beta HardDisc4
2019-02-10 05:18:20
c9fa31d4a9c9af7558bf3be81d7c3afd
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.-11.9 MBinfo
iconNightly Beta HardDisc4 (self-extracting)
2019-02-10 05:17:56
d5dc2b1d313438a2baa6939f0619f28a
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.-16.4 MBinfo

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