Acorn Arcade forums: RISC OS 2002 show

Seeing as I wasn't able to attend this show I'll just provide you with a few screenshots provided by Paul Vigay of RISCOS.org, and finish off with the revised specs for the Iyonix because let's face it, that's what most people went to see ;)

P1010008
November 2002

Full 768x1024, 48KB
Medium 600x800, 31KB
Small 300x400, 12KB

P1010009
November 2002

Medium 512x384, 28KB
Small 400x300, 19KB

P1010010
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 126KB
Medium 800x600, 75KB
Small 400x300, 25KB

P1010011
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 119KB
Medium 800x600, 70KB
Small 400x300, 23KB

P1010012
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 105KB
Medium 800x600, 59KB
Small 400x300, 19KB

P1010013
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 109KB
Medium 800x600, 62KB
Small 400x300, 19KB

P1010014
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 114KB
Medium 800x600, 67KB
Small 400x300, 22KB

P1010015
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 131KB
Medium 800x600, 78KB
Small 400x300, 25KB

P1010016
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 115KB
Medium 800x600, 67KB
Small 400x300, 22KB

P1010017
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 109KB
Medium 800x600, 60KB
Small 400x300, 19KB

P1010018
November 2002

Full 1024x768, 167KB
Medium 800x600, 104KB
Small 400x300, 33KB

IYONIX Motherboard

All new design
ARM (80321) XScale processor - 600MHz
GeForce2 MX400 PCI video card
Up to 1GB DDR (Double Data Rate) memory (200MHz)
UDMA 100 Hard Drive
PCI expansion (32-bit & 64-bit)
Hi-speed 32-bit EASI podule bus
Gigabit networking (10/100/1000 base T)
Technical Reference Manual (to be published)

Case (front)

MicroATX midi tower design
2 x 5.25" drive bays
3 x 3.5" drive bays (2 external)
Soft-on (computer controlled off)
2 x USB ports
Recessed reset button
HD and Power LED on front

Case (rear)

250 watt PSU with silent mode
Power on/off (hard)
4 x PCI Slots (2 x 32-bit, 2 x 64-bit)
2 x Hi-speed 32-bit EASI podule slots
Networking
2 x USB ports
2 x serial ports
Mains in

RISC OS 5

32-bit with video extraction
(video now from PCI graphics card)
Feature set based on RISC OS 4.02
PACE derived and copyright
Dedicated IYONIX version
Long filenames
Increased wimpslot - application space
ICA client
16-bit font manager with Unicode support
USB printing
OS in Flash ROM, copied into RAM

32-bit software development

BASIC programs will work without any work needed
C/C++ programs work after recompiling
Assembler programs need simple re-engineering
32-bit software will run on RISC OS 3, 4 & 5
Wide range of software already 32-bit:
E.g. Techwriter (Easiwriter), Fireworkz, Ovation Pro, Vantage, OHP, Oregano 2, Draw, Paint, Edit, PDF, AMPlayer, InterGIF, KINO, SparkFS etc.
Aemulator 26-bit emulator available from Spellings

Theoretical speed increases

	SA Risc PC	Iyonix	Better by
Processor	233MHz	600+MHz	2.6x
RAM	16MHz	200MHz	25.0x
Hard Drive	2MB/s	32MB/s	16.0x
Expansion bus	6MB/s	264MB/s	44.0x
Podule bus	1.5MHz	4MHz	2.7x
Resolution (16M)	800x600	1920x1440	5.8x
Screen draw	4.32 sec	0.99 sec	4.3x

Development suite

Updated C compiler (now many C99 features)
Licence to use tools and libraries for commercial products
Suitable for RISC OS 3, 4 & 5
Suitable for 26-bit and 32-bit versions of RISC OS
Major bug fixes
Extended compiler features
Produces faster run-time code

Development suite (software)

C/C++
Desktop tools
Assembler
User interface toolbox
!System
Licence to use and distribute 32-bit !System
ABC compiler (formerly from Pineapple)
SID and Armalyser disassemblers

Development suite (other useful material)

Zap development environment
StrongEd development environment
!PDF pdf document reader
Useful links page
Bug report form

Development suite (manuals)

PRM manuals 1-4 & 5a
Updated C/C++ manual (updated)
Updated Desktop Tools manual
Assembler manual
User interface manual
RISC OS style guide
ABC compiler release notes (manual later)

32-bit Development Suite available now at the special price of £99 (if ordered before 31st December 2002).

Information prepared by Mike Williams on behalf of Castle Technology Ltd. Contact akalat@kbnet.co.uk