Developer Discs; as provided to ISV's

I've never been a programmer, so have never used (or seen) these discs. As before, be careful. The earliest of these is 1993, so they are all for RISC OS 3. All these archives contain other archives. !SparkPlug, the freeware dearchiver, is supplied.
Click on the Archive Archive icon to fetch the zipped file, or the Disc disc/gif icon for the ADF disc image file
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Developer Disc 27
  • Directory Reserve: !Reserve v 1.02 - for reserving app names etc.
  • Directory Request: !Request v 1.10 - revised filetype request application
  • Directory Allocation: !Alloc v 1.00 Beta - for requesting allocation of SWIs, Error blocks etc.
  • Directory Patch: 3DWorkRnd - the workaround for the WindowManager fault in RISC OS3 v 3.10
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Developer Disc 28
  • Directory ElecReq - Developers' electronic allocation request applications
  • Directory NewsLets - newsletter contents
  • Directory Press - news releases from Acorn
  • Directory SysRes - System resources for RISC OS 2
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Developer Disc 29
  • Directory BugFix - contains the BorderUtils module for RISC OS 3.10
  • Directory NewLook - contains the !NewLook application and its associated templates
  • Directory NewsLetter - contains a list of the contents of recent newsletters
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Developer News 30/31
  • AllocApps - The allocation applications
  • ChangeFSI - New version of !ChangeFSI, v0.93
  • DrawFile - Module for rendering RISC OS 3 draw files
  • StyleGuide - Templates shown in the RISC OS 3 Style Guide
  • Faults - Fault reporting template
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Developer Disc 32
  • Directory ROLib_Xtra - RISC OS 3 Style Guide support (see ROLib_Xtra.ReadMe)
  • ReadMe - this file
  • !SparkPlug - for reading compressed files (ROLib_Xtra)
  • NewsLetter - directory containing the contents list for Newsletter 32
  • SysRes - directory containing !System, !Scrap and !SysMerge
  • SerialDev - new Serial Device Driver (see SerialDev.ReadMe)
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Disc 32 Supplement
  • ReadMe - this file
  • SysRes - directory containing !System, !Scrap and !SysMerge
  • DrawFile - a new version of the DrawFile module
  • AppUpdate - !System update for Applications Upgrade Disc 1
The !System that was supplied with Developer Newsletter Disc 32 and the RISC OS 3 Applications Upgrade Disc 1 was incorrect.
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Developer News 34
  • Allocate - the allocation applications
  • ColourPick - the RISC OS 3.1 version of the ColourPicker module, with example code
  • Logo - Draw and PostScript versions of the developer logo
  • Newsletter - a contents list for Developers' Newsletters 25-34 inclusive
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Developer Disc 35
  • Allocation
    • !Allocate - application for requesting allocation of filetypes, SWIs, error blocks, podule IDs etc.
    • !Readme - describes the allocation application and its use
  • Contents
    • Developers' Newsletters 25-34 Contents list
  • Doc
    • Colour Picker documentation
  • Drawfile
    • Updated Drawfile module
  • UpgrDisc2
    • Readme - details the conditions under which !Alarm and T1ToFont are supplied to Registered Developers
    • !Alarm - upgrade to !Alarm with RISC OS 3.1
    • T1toFont - upgrade to T1ToFont application supplied on RISC OS 3.1 applications disc
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Developer Disc 36
This disc contains the following directories:
  • MakeModes - MakeModes application for Risc PC users together with documentation in Impression Style format compressed with Squash.
  • Ordering - Drawfiles of the Registered Developers' order form and Standing Order mandate.
  • PRMvol5 - Errata and amendments from Programmer's Reference Manuals as published as an Appendix in volume 5 of the RISC OS 3 PRM.
  • ProdDirect - Two files in Impression Style format providing the two sides of the Product Directory Information forms: PDirForm9 is the first side for product name, company name and address, product pricing and other details; Impcateg9 is the obverse and lists the directory categories.
Note: documents on this disc are in Impression Style format; the program can be downloaded via !Store to RISC OS machines.
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Developer Disc 37
This disc contains the following directories:
  • ROSLib - RISC_OSLib sources compressed and Sparkplug for decompressing them
  • ProdDir - Product Directory change leaflet (Style format)
  • Orders - Registered Developer Order Form (Drawfile)
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Developer Disc 38
This disc contains the following directories:
Please note that most of the directories have been compressed with !Spark so you will need to run !SparkPlug to enable you to de-compress them. You will need to decompress the files to a hard disc.
!SparkPlug has been squash-ed using the !Squash application supplied with RISC OS 3. Please use !Squash to de-compress it.
  • Directory Patch: 3DWorkRnd - the workaround for the WindowManager fault in RISC OS3 v 3.10
  • Directory BugFix: - contains the BorderUtils module for RISC OS 3.10
  • Directory Allocation: - The allocation application
  • Directory DrawFile: - Module for rendering RISC OS 3 draw files
  • Directory StyleGuide: - Templates shown in the RISC OS 3 Style Guide
  • Directory Faults: - Fault reporting application
  • Directory SerialDev: - new Serial Device Driver (see SerialDev.ReadMe)
  • Directory ColourPick: - the RISC OS 3.1 version of the ColourPicker module, with example code
  • Directory Logo: - Draw and PostScript versions of the developer logo
  • Directory Newsletter: - a contents list for Developers' Newsletters 25-34 inclusive
  • Directory UpgrDisc2:
    • !Alarm - upgrade to !Alarm with RISC OS 3.1
    • T1toFont - upgrade to T1ToFont application supplied on RISC OS 3.1 applications disc
  • Directory Ordering: - Drawfiles of the Registered Developers' order form and Standing Order mandate.
  • Directory PRMvol5: - Errata and amendments from Programmer's Reference Manuals as published as an Appendix in volume 5 of the RISC OS 3 PRM.
  • Directory ProdDirect: - Two files in Impression Style format providing the two sides of the Product Directory Information forms: PDirForm9 is the first side for product name, company name and address, product pricing and other details; Impcateg9 is the obverse and lists the directory categories.
  • Directory Merge: - Application merging utility.

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