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Acorn Application Notes

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Throughout Acorn's existance, Customer Services issued Application Notes to dealers and developers. The Application Notes range from the BBC micro to the RiscPC. Here are most of the Application Notes in PDF format:

INDEX OF APPLICATION NOTES

 001 Composite Video Colour Modifications (Except Electron & Compact)
 002 Using the Olivetti JP101 Printer (General Information)
 003 1 Mhz Bus (Except Electron & Compact
 004 Tube (Except Electron & Compact)
 005 *FX3 (Except Electron & Compact unless fitted with RS232 Upgrade)
 006 Z80 User Guide Errata (Except Electron & Compact)
 007 Z80 Application Note (Except Electron & Compact)
 008 View Hints and Tips
 009 Viewstore Hints and Tips
 010 Label Printing Within a View Macro
 011a Copying Viewspell utility disc from DFS To ADFS (Except Electron)
011b Viewstore DFS To ADFS (Except Electron) (text file)
012 How to write a Viewstore Utility
013 Acorn Electron +1 ; Disabling the Centronics and A/D Port
014 Acorn Electron Cartridge Interface Spec.
015 Acorn Electron Expansion Note
016 Acorn Electron Screen Displays
017
018 Acorn Electron User Guide Errata
019 DFS Error messages
020 *FX/Osbyte Features not in User Guide
 021 Connecting a Joystick
022
023 DFS User Guide - Addendum
024 ADFS User Guide - Addendum
025
026
027 BBC User Guide Errata
028 Issue 2 BASIC Application Note
029 Information on the B+ 128k
030 BBC Model B+ Additional Information
031 BBC Model B & Model B+ Function Differences (text file)
032 Using BASIC IV on Master 128 and Master Compact
033 Using BAS128 on Master 128 and Master Compact
034 Edbin and Move User Guide
035 BBC Master 128 Cartridge Interface
036 BBC Master 128 Welcome Disc Converter Program
037 Functional Differences between BBC Model B and BBC Master 128
038
039 Changing RS423 Port
040
041 Master 128 Welcome Guide - Addendum
042 Inserting ROMS into the Master
043 BBC Master Series Operating System Application Note (OS 3.20)
044 ANFS
045 ADFS
046 Edit
047 Terminal
048
049 Master 512 Applications Compatibility
050 Master 512 Technical Information
051 Master 512 Mouse Driver Demo Program
052
053 Downloading DFS into the BBC Master Compact
054 Connecting a 5.25 inch Floppy Disc Drive
055 Saving Timpaint onto a blank disc
056
057
058 6502 to ARM Application Note
059
060
061 Creating 6502 Applications using !65Host
062
063
064
065
066
067
068
069 RISC OS and First Word Plus release 1 in Mode 20 (text file)
070 Removing Vertical Tab line from 1st Word Plus and Printer Drivers (text file)
071
072
073
074 Econet level 3 Version 1.06 Installation instructions (text file)
075 Acorn Econet Level 3 File Structure (text file)
076 Acorn Econet Level 2 File Structure (text file)
077
078
079 Acorn Econet Filestore password recovery (text file)
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200 1st Word Plus Printer Driver Guidelines
201 Scrap Files - the use of !Scrap and ScrapFile storage
202 Writing Games for RISC OS      (support disc)
203 Master Series Configuration Guidelines
204
205 Writing Applications for the Acorn A4
206 Acorn Replay Implementation Details
207 Acorn Replay Rules for Use
208 Fitting Extra Floppy Disc Drives to ARM Based machines
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216 How to use MSDOS EDLIN / DR DOS EDITOR
217 Setting up the correct keyboard driver when using PC emulator on A4
218
219 Pinouts for making an Econet Cable for the A3020/A4000
220 Printers supported by RISC OS print drivers
221
222 Fonts - a shared resource for RISC OS 2 and RISC OS 3 (archive includes disc)
223 Connection of Multiple Hard Discs to 32 Bit Acorn machines
224 Adding additional fonts to Acorn DTP
225 RISC OS 3.10 power on self test
226 VIDC Screen Mode parameters information
227 Using the Psion 3 Link with the PocketBook and the PC Emulator
228 Purchase and installation of a simple AUN network.
229
230
231 Optimising AUN Network performance
232
233
234 Peripheral Interfacing via the Serial Port
235
236
237 Writing Wimp Module Tasks using Desktop C      (support disc)
238 Electron, BBC B, B+, Master 128 and Master Compact port pinouts
239
240 The RISC OS Selection Model and Clipboard
241 The RISC OS Drag-and-Drop System
242
243 Using the Software Protection Scheme in a Network Environment
244 Disabling relocatable modules and other resources in RISC OS.
245 Using StartWrite on a 1MB FD machine.
246 Pocket Book Hints and Tips
247 Sharing Multiscan Monitors and TV Displays on a Single RISC OS Computer
248 Custom Page Sizes for PostScript(TM) Printing
249 Connection of Monitors to RISC OS Computers
250
251 Risc PC; Advanced Configuration for Use in a Hard Disc or Network Environment      (Support disc)
252
253 Risc PC; Differences between RISC OS 3.1 and RISC OS 3.5
254 Risc PC Monitor Definition Files Explained
255
256 Writing FIQ Code on RISC OS 3.5
257
258
259 Choosing SIMMs for the Risc PC
260
261 Using AUN with the TCP/IP Protocol Suite (Release 2)
262 Risc PC Screen Resolutions and Colour Combinations
263
264 General information on Ethernet cards for RISC OS computers
265 Connecting Acorn Computers to the Internet      (Support Disc)
266 Developing CD ROM products for Acorn machines
267 Networks: Fileserver organisation, the Theory
268
269
270
271
272
273 CD ROM Drives and their Handling under RISC OS Explained
274
275
276 Differentiating between Hardware Platforms in software
277
278
279
280 Writing Toolbox Object Modules      (Support Disc)
281 Writing Toolbox Gadgets      (Support Disc)
282 Writing Command Scripts for Acorn InterTalk
283 TCP/IP Addressing, Subnetworking and Interoperability: an Overview
284
285 Installing Acorn SchoolServer      (Support Disc)
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293 CDFS Audio SWI Calls
294
295 Introduction to StrongARM and Programming Guidelines
296 Using Access+ on A7000 Net Machines    (Support disc)
297 Hardware Modification and testing procedures to enhance StrongARM/PC Card compatability
298 Bootstrapping and Configuration of Ethernet-based NCs from Unix Fileservers
299 Connecting Acorn machines to Novell Netware