Pyromaniac

What is, or was, Pyromaniac? Mirror OS_AMBControl changes from Pyromaniac

From Record various numbers used in other strands of RISC OS and compatible systems

Detail:

various low-numbered dynamic areas used by RISC OS 6 and Pyromaniac
OS_ReadSysInfo 8 host platform classes for VirtualRPC, A9Home and Pyromaniac

Definitely is not was – it is quite recent.

Thanks. Found it!

RiscOS.Sources.Kernel.s.Middle

; ReadSysInfo(8) - Returns summary information on host platform.
;
; On entry:
;    r0 = 8 (reason code 8)
;
; On exit:
;    r0 = platform class
;         currently defined classes are:
;            0 = unspecified platform (r1,r2 will be 0)
;            1 = Medusa   (currently returned for Risc PC only)
;            2 = Morris   (currently returned for A7000 only)
;            3 = Morris+  (currently returned for A7000+ only)
;            4 = Phoebe   (currently returned for Risc PC 2 only)
;            5 = HAL      (returned for machines running a HAL)
;            6 = VirtualRPC
;            7 = A9Home
;            16 = Pyromaniac
;            all other values currently reserved

https://jfpatch.riscos.online/history.html
https://jfpatch.riscos.online/api.html

Looks like it’s referring to running/building RISC OS as a Service on a cloud server.

Wow!!!!

https://jfpatch.riscos.online/

I’ve just built a “Hello World” on it that runs on the Titanium.

Wow!!!!