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There are a few online repositories of Acorn/RISC OS software available on the internet. The following sites are a few of the more popular ones;
http://downloads.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - A massive collection of Acorn and RISC OS software including archives of old file repositories. http://www.drobe.co.uk/archives/ - A good collection of freeware http://acorn.riscos.com/ - a backup of the original Acorn FTP site
There are quite a few companies now on the net and reachable via email with more joining as time passes. A comprehensive list of RISC OS company websites and/or contact details is available at www.riscos.org/companies/
If you represent or work for a company that is not listed, and you would like to included in this list please send me an email to the address specified at the bottom of this FAQ, detailing the web/email addresses. I will then include them into the FAQ. However as a matter of policy I will only include an address if I receive email from the owner, or a representative for the owner, of that address.
There are four addresses involved here. To submit files for the groups send your email to:-
csa@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.sources.acorn.
cba@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.binaries.acorn.
For requests, comments and suggestions send email to:-
csa-request@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.sources.acorn.
cba-request@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.binaries.acorn.
The web is now expanding at an alarming rate and Acorn Web pages are popping up all over the place. This list of Web pages is checked periodically by myself for validity but I make no claims that URL's present here are currently valid. I'm no longer adding to this list because I maintain a more extensive and dedicated Acorn links page at http://www.riscos.org/links/ so I would recommend looking there if you want to contact a specific company, person or locate a particular item of software.
Note that, as with email addresses, I require either the owner of the pages, or a representative of the owner, to email me if they wish to be included in the list.
The following is a list of Bulletin Boards run on Acorn Computers.
If you spot any errors or indeed any Acorn BBS's not included, then please contact me.
ACORN BULLETIN BOARDS WORLD WIDE
BBS Name Location Times Speeds Numbers Lines
Sysop Name Network Address
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Arcade London 24Hrs 300-33k6 +44 20 8655 4412 1
Fidonet 2:254/27.0
Sysop: Dave Coleman/David Dade 24Hrs 300-33k6 +44 20 8654 2212 1
24Hrs 300-33k6 +44 20 8655 1811 1
18:30-24:00 Mon-Fri Telnet arcade.demon.co.uk 4
08:00-24:00 Sat/Sun Telnet arcade.demon.co.uk 4
Web: http://arcade-bbs.net
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BBS De Randstad Den Haag NL 24Hrs 1k2-33k6 +31 70 3557975 1
Frank de Bruijn FidoNet 2:280/1203
mailto:frank@aconet.org AcoNet 77:8500/203
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The ARMpit Denmark 24Hrs 300-33k6 +45 39675110 1
Sysop: Thomas Olsson FidoNet 2:234/181
Web: http://www.armpit.dk/aboutbbs.html
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Heaven 24Hrs Telnet heaven.affection.net 34
Sysop: James Coates VIEWDATA
Web: http://www.heaven.affection.net/
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Plasma Sphere Cheshire 24Hrs 300-33k6 +44 1925 757920 1
Sysop: Keith Hall 300-33k6 +44 1925 757921 1
Web: http://www.tpsphere.demon.co.uk FidoNet 2:250/219 & 250/222
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Twisted Spires *** THIS IS NOW A MAIL SYSTEM ONLY, NO BBS CALLS ***
Sysop: Miah Gregory FidoNet 2:2501/210
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Yeti BBS Felsnberg, de 24Hrs 2400-64000 +49 461 232721 2
Sysop: Birger Harzenetter FidoNet 77:8500/600
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This listing is for Bulletin Boards being run on Acorn computers
There are various web sites available now that list second hand adverts without charge. If you are wanting to sell some equipment it may well be worth your time trying them. They are:-
http://acorn.cybervillage.co.uk/noticeboard.stm
The Acorn User Magazine website normally carries free ads, but you can also advertise for free in the magazine by emailing your advert to; aufreeads@acornuser.com
There is also a large Acorn/RISC OS section on the UK Auction site eBay (www.ebay.co.uk)
http://listings.ebay.co.uk/aw/plistings/list/category50210/index.html?from=R4
You can also advertise items for sale on the relevant Acorn Usenet newsgroup. I would advise advertising hardware and peripherals on comp.sys.acorn.hardware and any software items on comp.sys.acorn.misc
Please respect Usenet 'netiguette' by refraining from posting your advert to multiple newsgroups (known as cross-posting).
There are lots of local user groups out there, and the best place to find them is in the lists of the Association of Acorn User Groups:-
http://www.aaug.net where a global list of user groups is maintained.
There is also a list of worldwide usergroups kept on this website at www.riscos.org/usergroups/
If you're using NewsHound for downloading Usenet messages and you find that a particular person irritates you, so that you wish to skip over their messages and not waste time downloading them, you can easily setup what's known as a 'kill-file' by creating a suitable filter in NewHound's "GlobalRule" file. Select 'Servers...' from NewsHound's main menu and then load "GlobalRule" into a text editor.
Add the following line in order to ignore all messages from person "XXX"
* * *XXX* * * * * * none
If you want to ignore any subsequent follow-up messages to their messages, you should also add the following line too.
* * * * * * *XXX* * none
Replace XXX with enough of their email address to uniquely identify the individual concerned.
Part 6 - Viruses & Security | Part 8 - Compatibility with other Machines
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