Software information: IOMD softload (Rev #8, changes)
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This is a development version of RISC OS 5 for the RiscPC, RiscPC with ARM610/ARM710/StrongARM, A7000/A7000+, and RiscPC emulators such as RPCEmu. Although most features are working, there are still several significant problems:
- No floppy support
- Correct operation on machines lacking 16bit sound hasn’t been verified
- No DMAManager module
- No support for Kinetic cards
- The internet stack is present but there aren’t any hardware drivers. So you’ll have to find your own 32bit-compatible drivers for any network cards/podules.
Where networking is required use of a NIC (network interface card residing in the motherboard socket) is recommended. Those widely available with 10baseT sockets include
- EtherH i-cubed, DesignIT, or Acorn branded
- EtherB ANT branded, based around the SEEQ 800X chipset
- EtherY 10/100Mbps (in progress)
- EtherM “Myson” (no planned support, relatively few were ever made)
- EtherX 10/100Mbps (contact supplier for information)
Although most features are working and can be readily tested by selecting the softload with “Y” when prompted during booting of a ROM resident version of RISC OS, there are some remaining known issues:
- Correct operation on machines lacking 16bit sound hasn’t been verified
- No DMAManager module
- No support for Kinetic cards
You will also need to ensure the !Boot sequence has been updated to such that no 26 bit applications are run that might otherwise halt booting.
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