Links

Since the introduction of new hardware for RISC OS, from the Raspberry Pi in 2012,
through RComp's ARM X6, the Cortex-A15 Rapido, to the Titanium in 2015,
the RISC OS Computer scene has been growing.

What can you do with RISC OS? It is very useful for:

Learning to program in a highly interactive way
Gaming / retro gaming
Building projects with the Raspberry Pi
Experimentation & Exploration with low level access.
Extending the operating system to add custom features
Embedded or dedicated display systems where the application is required to
run focused on a single task task e.g. a control system, running a display,
an arcade machine or a synthesiser.

There are multiple vendors of hardware, as well as computer shows and software
download sites available.

Please see below for some examples:

NOTE: Links were last checked on the 29th June 2025.

Some Hardware Vendors

R-Comp
Raspberry PI
RISCOSBits
CJE Micros
Elesar LTD

Some Emulators for use on RISC OS

MAME, ArcEm, Snes etc
BBC Micro
C64, Vic20 etc
GameBoy and CPC Emulators
Fast DOS Box

RISC OS Emulators for other Operating Systems

Virtual Acorn
RPCEmu
USB stick with RPCEmu pre-installed

Magazines

Drag'N'Drop
GAG Magazine
Archive Magazine

Blogs

Riscository
ICON Bar
RISC OS Blog (Archive)
Drobe (Archive)

Wiki

Forums

Risc OS Open Forum
ICON Bar Forums
Raspberry Pi : RISC OS Forum

Some General Software

Please Note: Packman and the !Store programs provide a distribution mechanism
for commonly used software on RISC OS

However, for some example websites are listed below:

MW software
Dave Pilling
Michael Foot's RISC OS free software page
Steve Fryatt's PD Software
ARM Club Free Software
RISC OS FR
7th Software
Strong Editor
RISC OS Open : ePic

Example RISC OS Development Software & Manuals

GCC
RISC OS Open DDE
DDE Manuals Box Set
BBC Basic Reference

Current RISC OS Computer Shows

RISC OS North Show
RISC OS Experience Show
RISC OS London Show

Former RISC OS Computer Shows

RISC OS SouthWest Show
RISC OS Wakefield Show
Recursion Educational Show (Archive)

RISC OS Store programs

NOTE: These are often pre-installed as a part of RISC OS images or via OEMs.

The !Store
Packman