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Arthur
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arthur/Welcome.zip
arthur/Welcome.adf
          The Welcome disc for the original 1987 Archimedes machines, running
          the Arthur operating system. The entry level A305 (512KB RAM)
          model and the A310 (1MB RAM) had no hard drive. The A440 had
          a 20MB unit. 'Second generation' systems, called
          A420/1 and A440/1, had 20MB and 40MB respectively.

          There is also a disc image of this disc; it's an 800KB floppy.
          Emulators should know what it is.

RISC OS 2
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riscos2/App1.zip
          The main applications disc for RISC OS 2. Supplied with new
          machines from 1989, and as an upgrade to older
          units.

riscos2/App2.zip
          Games and other tools for RISC OS 2

riscos2/Support.zip
          Patches and information on upgrading applications which ran under
          Arthur to RISC OS 2. A couple of the names might be familiar from
          other areas.

RISC OS 3.10
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riscos310/App1.zip
riscos310/App1.adf
          The core disc-based tools for RISC OS 3.10, launched in
          1992. Note that the main applications have moved into ROM

          There is also a disc image of this disc; it's an 800KB floppy.
          Emulators should know what it is.

riscos310/App2.zip
          As with RISC OS 2, more relaxed applications, plus the hard
          drive formatter.

riscos310/Support.zip
riscos310/Support.adf
          The third original disc, called the RISC OS Applications Upgrade Disc
          1, has the Printer drivers on it. It needs RISC OS 3.1 and 2MB RAM

          There is also a disc image of this disc; it's an 800KB floppy.
          Emulators should know what it is.

riscos310/FPASupport.zip
          Support for Floating Point.

riscos310/NewLook.zip
riscos310/NewLook.adf
riscos310/NewLookTDK.adf
          A redesigned icon and desktop furniture kit.

          There are also two disc images of this disc; one is just
          Acorn, the other branded by TDK

          
UniBoot/SmallUni.zip         
UniBoot/SmalUni2.zip
          Universal Boot. This is the Last Release of
          the RISC OS 3 boot structure. I've chopped it into two bits, called
          SmallUni.zip and SmalUni2.zip, so it should fit on 1.44MB floppy.
          This ought to make transfer to older machines easier. The Licence
          and notes from RISCOS Ltd are also included .Please read the
          UniBoot/Read1st.txt before proceeding


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