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There are quite a few companies now on the net and reachable via email
with more joining as time passes. Here is the list of companies that have
given permission to be entered here in the FAQ. If the email address is to a
person rather than either an automated system or perhaps a group of people I
have placed the name of the person in brackets after the email address
description.
3SL Ltd :-
sales@sssl.demon.co.uk Information about products and prices.
4Mation Ltd :-
nsouch@cix.compulink.co.uk Information and Sales enquiries. rmckay@cix.compulink.co.uk Technical Support.
Acorn Computers (Uk) :-
customer.services@acorn.com Enquiries and product information. RiscPC.techquery@acorn.com RiscPC information.
The Advisory Unit :-
info@advunit.demon.co.uk General enquiries. alun@advunit.demon.co.uk (Alun Hinder)
Aleph One :-
Sales@aleph1.co.uk Information about products and prices. Support@aleph1.co.uk After-sales support.
Alpha Programming :-
info@alphapro.demon.co.uk General enquiries marc@alphapro.demon.co.uk (Marc Warne)
Alsystems :-
sales@alsystems.co.uk Sales and general enquiries. tech@alsystems.co.uk Technical support.
Alternative Publishing Ltd :-
sales@apsoft.co.uk Sales, service and upgrades
ANT Ltd :-
sales@argonet.co.uk Sales and general enquiries. ant-support@argonet.co.uk Technical support.
Archive magazine :-
paul@archivemag.co.uk Editor (Paul Beverley)
The ARM Club :-
info@armclub.org.uk Enquiries etc...
ARMage Software :-
armage@armage.demon.co.uk Enquiries etc...
ARMed Forces Software:-
sales@afsoft.demon.co.uk Sales and enquiries. support@afsoft.demon.co.uk Product support.
Armstrong Walker Ltd :-
Andy@armswalk.demon.co.uk Enquiries etc... (Andy Armstrong) Nigel@armswalk.demon.co.uk Enquiries etc... (Nigel Walker)
Artex Software GbR :-
ArtexSoft@gmx.net General enquiries. JKartex@gmx.net Exodus enquiries.
Atomwide :-
Sales@atomwide.co.uk Information about products and prices. Support@atomwide.co.uk After-sales support.
Beebug Ltd :-
sales@beebug.co.uk Sales. info@beebug.co.uk General enquiries. ruser@beebug.co.uk Email for Risc User. technical@beebug.co.uk Technical enquiries for our products and items purchased from Beebug.
Carlton Computers (Sales & Service) Ltd :-
info@carltsw.demon.co.uk General information. sales@carltsw.demon.co.uk Orders, and sales enquiries. tech@carltsw.demon.co.uk Technical advice, and support for customers.
Castle Technology :-
Sales@castlet.demon.co.uk Info, Products, Prices, Ordering etc. Support@castlet.demon.co.uk Support issues etc.
Clares Micro Supplies :-
sales@claresmicro.com General sales enquiries. chris@claresmicro.com Chris Dean djackson@claresmicro.com Technical enquiries (David Jackson)
Colton Software :-
info@colton.co.uk Automated reply, listing services available. sales@colton.co.uk general sales etc. support@colton.co.uk technical support on existing products.
Computer Concepts :-
info@cconcepts.co.uk Automated reply, giving information. sales@cconcepts.co.uk For credit card orders of products. support@cconcepts.co.uk Technical support for products.
Comspec :-
acorn_info@comrad.comspec.com Canadian Acorn dealer. Enquiries about Acorn hardware and products welcome including USA enquiries. (Domenic DeFrancesco)
Cumana :-
sales@cumana.co.uk Sales and product information. support@cumana.co.uk Product support.
Cumbria :-
sales@cumsoft.demon.co.uk General sales enquiries.
Dansoft Developments :-
dansoft@dansoft.co.nz All enquiries to this address.
David Pilling Software :-
david@pilling.demon.co.uk All enquiries to this address.
Datawave Nederland :-
acorn@datawave.demon.nl Acorn Private Enquiries. sales@datawave.demon.nl Orders. support@datawave.demon.nl Customer support. rni@datawave.demon.nl Acorn Dealer Webring webmaster@datawave.demon.nl Private Enquiries.
Desktop Projects Ltd :-
info@desktopp.demon.co.uk General enquiries sales@desktopp.demon.co.uk Sales information and orders support@desktopp.demon.co.uk Customer technical support line
DoggySoft :-
sales@doggysoft.co.uk Sales information and orders support@doggysoft.co.uk Customer technical support line
Etc. Computers :-
etc@mcmail.com Sales & general enquiries for Acorns in South Yorkshire
i-cubed Ltd :-
advice@i-cubed.co.uk Pre sales advice / general queries support@i-cubed.co.uk After sales support / technical queries sales@i-cubed.co.uk Pricing / Availability / Dealers etc.
The Image Factory :-
imagfact@ozemail.com.au Sales and support.
Interconnex :-
sales@interconnex.co.uk Enquiries etc...
Iota Software :-
support@iota.co.uk Enquires & support for Iota products.
Jaffa Software :-
a.j.flegg@warwick.ac.uk Enquiries, etc...
Le Computer :-
info@lecomp.demon.co.uk General enquiries. sales@lecomp.demon.co.uk Sales enquiries and orders. vanessa@lecomp.demon.co.uk Special needs enquiries.
Longman Logotron :-
info@logo.com General product information. sales@logo.com Sales enquiries and orders. support@logo.com Product support enquiries.
Meu Cymru :-
info@meucymru.demon.co.uk Enquiries etc...
Micro Laser Designs :-
info@microlas.demon.co.uk General Enquiries sales@microlas.demon.co.uk Sales Enquiries users@microlas.demon.co.uk User Group Enquiries
Millipede Electronic Graphics :-
info@milliped.demon.co.uk Product information. sales@milliped.demon.co.uk Orders and current prices. support@milliped.demon.co.uk Technical support. richard@milliped.demon.co.uk If all else fails! (Richard Jozefowski)
Minerva Software :-
minerva@zynet.co.uk Enquiries etc...
Mirage Enterprises:-
Sales@spark.demon.co.uk Sales Enquiries Support@spark.demon.co.uk Product Support
Moray Micro Computing :-
sales@m-micro.demon.co.uk Sales Enquiries.
Navaho Internet Servers :-
info@navaho.co.uk General information (automated reply). sales@navaho.co.uk Product sales. support@navaho.co.uk Customer support.
Norwich Computer Services :-
sales.NCS@paston.co.uk Sales tech.NCS@paston.co.uk Technical help
Octopus Systems :-
sales@octosys.co.uk Enquiries etc... (Paul Skirrow)
Old Mother Software :-
main@oldmothr.demon.co.uk General enquiries info@oldmothr.demon.co.uk Product information tech@oldmothr.demon.co.uk Technical support
Oregan Developments Ltd :-
sales@oregan.com Product info, and general enquiries support@oregan.com Support for registered customers
Paradise :-
info@paradise.force9.co.uk Product Information support@paradise.force9.co.uk Support/feedback.
PEP Associates :-
info@pep-assoc.co.uk Product information. support@pep-assoc.co.uk Product support.
Pineapple Software :-
sales@pineaple.demon.co.uk Sales enquiries. support@pineaple.demon.co.uk Info about products, support and enquiries.
Quantum Software :-
Info@quantumsoft.co.uk Info about products, version numbers, etc. Support@quantumsoft.co.uk Technical support for customers. Sales@quantumsoft.co.uk General info about products and prices, etc.
Resource :-
Info@Resourcekt.co.uk General information etc... Sales@Resourcekt.co.uk Credit card orders. Support@Resourcekt.co.uk Technical support.
The Serial Port :-
altman@cryton.demon.co.uk Software support. bob@cryton.demon.co.uk Retail enquiries. jim@cryton.demon.co.uk To reach Jim Nagel, author of the Acorn column in Computer Shopper magazine. pcats@cryton.demon.co.uk Hardware support
Sherston Software :-
sales@sherston.co.uk Sales and Product information. support@sherston.co.uk Technical support/queries etc.
Simtec Electronics :-
sales@simtec.demon.co.uk Sales and order enquiries. info@simtec.demon.co.uk General enquiries and support. thread@simtec.demon.co.uk Multi-threading/Hydra enquiries.
Soft Rock Software :-
info@softrock.co.uk Enquires, Sales and Product information.
Spacetech Imaging Technology :-
sales@spacetec.demon.co.uk Sales and Product information. support@spacetec.demon.co.uk Technical Support.
Squirrel Solutions :-
info@squirrel-net.demon.co.uk Enquiries, Sales and Product information.
Stuart Tyrell Developments :-
Info@STDevel.demon.co.uk General Enquiries etc.
Supreme Software Systems Ltd :-
info@supreme.demon.co.uk All Enquiries.
TBA Software :-
tba@tbalond.demon.co.uk All enquiries.
Thinx Solutions :-
Thinx@spark.demon.co.uk Sales Enquiries and Product Support
Tower Electronics Ltd :-
tower@enterprise.net All enquiries.
Uffenkamp Computer Systeme :-
ucsinfo@ucs.de Product information, events et al. usupport@ucs.de After sales support, technical queries. ucsorder@ucs.de Sales enquiries.
Uniqueway :-
info@uniqueway.co.uk General queries, product related or otherwise. support@uniqueway.co.uk Support for products. (Serial number should be quoted where relevant.) sales@uniqueway.co.uk For credit card orders.
Vertical Twist :-
sales@equinoxe.demon.co.uk Enquiries, orders etc. techsup@equinoxe.demon.co.uk Technical support.
Warm Silence Software :-
Robin.Watts@wss.co.uk Enquiries etc. (Robin Watts)
Werewolf Software :-
info@werewlf.demon.co.uk General information (Dane Koekoek) sales@werewlf.demon.co.uk Orders, sales and enquiries (Dane Koekoek) support@werewlf.demon.co.uk Support for any other products (Dane Koekoek)
Wyddfa Software :-
gwilliams@cix.compulink.co.uk Enquiries etc. (Gwyn Williams)
Xavier Software :-
xavier@bangor.ac.uk Enquiries etc...
Zynet Ltd :-
zynet@zynet.co.uk Enquiries etc...
If you are a company and you would like to included in this list please send me an email, to the address specified at the bottom of the FAQ, detailing the email addresses and their general function. I will then include them into the FAQ. However as a matter of policy I will only include an address if I receive email from the owner, or a representative for the owner, of that address.
There are four addresses involved here. To submit files for the groups send your email to :-
csa@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.sources.acorn. cba@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.binaries.acorn.
For requests, comments and suggestions send email to :-
csa-request@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.sources.acorn. cba-request@bridge.wn.planet.gen.nz for comp.binaries.acorn.
As I frequently update the FAQ between postings you may wish to get the latest and most up-to-date copy of the FAQ before it next gets posted. There are two ways to do this. Firstly read it off the web at http://www.vigay.com/riscos/FAQ/index.html.
Secondly, if you don't have access to the world wide web I can email you a copy. However, in order to save my phone bill, I would prefer people to download it from my web site. I hope to set up an email server at some point in the future, which might make things easier.
The web is now expanding at an alarming rate and Acorn Web pages are popping up all over the place. This list of Web pages is checked periodically by myself for validity but I make no claims that URL's present here are currently valid. I'm no longer adding to this list because I maintain a more extensive and dedicated Acorn links page at http://www.vigay.com/riscos/links.html so I would recommend looking there if you want to contact a specific company, person or locate a particular item of software. Another comprehensive list is contained in the fortnightly FTP servers list maintained by Gerben Vos.
Note that, as with email addresses, I require either the owner of the pages, or a representative of the owner, to email me if they wish to be included in the list.
The following is a list of Bulletin Boards run on Acorn Computers.
If you spot any errors or indeed any Acorn BBS's not included, then please email the details to pvigay@interalpha.co.uk.
ACORN BULLETIN BOARDS WORLD WIDE BBS Name Location Times Speeds Numbers Lines Sysop Name Network Address =========================================================================== Acorn BBS Hong Kong 24Hrs 300-21k6 +852 25477992 1 Sysop: Carl Boddy FidoNet 6:700/735 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Arcade London 24Hrs 300-33k6 +44 181 655 4412 1 Sysop: Dave Coleman/David Dade 24Hrs 300-33k6 +44 181 654 2212 3 http://www.arcade.demon.co.uk FidoNet 2:254/27 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The ARMpit Denmark 24Hrs 300-33k6 +45 39675110 1 Sysop: Thomas Olsson FidoNet 2:234/181 http://welcome.to/armpit/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CCl4 Hull/London 24Hrs 300-14k4 +44 1482 789064 1 Sysops: James Lawson, 24Hrs Telnet fish.ccl4.org 34 Gareth Babb & Ron Morgan VIEWDATA http://www.ccl4.org/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Equinox Portsmouth 24Hrs 300-14k4 +44 1705 871531 1 Sysop: Paul Vigay FidoNet -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heaven 24Hrs Telnet heaven.affection.net 34 Sysop: James Coates VIEWDATA http://www.heaven.affection.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PanGill Didcot OxfordShire 24Hrs 300-14k4 +44 1235 812343 1 Sysop: Peter Gillham FidoNet 2:252/701 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Plasma Sphere Cheshire 24Hrs 300-33k6 +44 1925 757920 1 Sysop: Keith Hall 300-33k6 +44 1925 757921 1 http://www.tpsphere.demon.co.uk FidoNet 2:250/219 & 250/222 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Twisted Spires *** THIS IS NOW A MAIL SYSTEM ONLY, NO BBS CALLS *** Sysop: Miah Gregory FidoNet 2:2501/210 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Yeti BBs Felsnberg, de 24Hrs 2400-64000 +49 461 23272 1 Sysop: Birger Harzenetter FidoNet 2:240/1005 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This listing is for Bulletin Boards being run on Acorn computers Visit the Web site http://www.arcticbbs.demon.co.uk Last Update: 9th Jan 99'
There are various web sites available now that list second hand adverts without charge. If you are wanting to sell some equipment it may well be worth your time trying them. They are :-
There are lots of local user groups out here, and the best place to find them is in the lists of the Association of Acorn User Groups :-
http://www.argonet.co.uk/scs/AAUG/main.html
Where a global list of user groups is maintained.