List of RISC OS bundled applications
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A number of RISC OS bundled applications are delivered with purchased versions of the operating system.[1][2] Some are provided in ROM or pre-installed on hard disk or equivalent, with others being supplied on removable media such as SD card.
Such applications vary between versions.
RISC OS bundled applications
[edit]Typically bundled with the OS
[edit]Title | Purpose | First inclusion (OS version) | Vendor |
---|---|---|---|
Access+ | peer to peer network management application | V3.60 | Acorn |
Alarm | clock, with alarm functionality | <=V2 | Acorn |
Blocks | Tetris clone | Acorn | |
Calc | basic calculator | V1 (Arthur) | Acorn |
Chars | character insertion | V1 (Arthur) | Acorn |
ChangeFSI | bitmap graphic conversion and enhancement | Acorn | |
Clock | analogue clock | V1 (Arthur) | Acorn |
CloseUp | screen magnifier | Acorn | |
Configure | customise computer settings | V1 (Arthur) | Acorn |
Draw | vector graphics editor | <=V2 | Acorn |
Edit | text editor, support for editing tokenised BASIC programs | <=V2 | Acorn |
Flasher | locate the caret | Acorn | |
FontPrint | font conversion (Acorn to Postscript) | Acorn | |
Help | context-sensitive help | V1 (Arthur) | Acorn |
HForm | hard disc formatter | V1 (Arthur) | Acorn |
Hopper | game similar to Frogger | Simon Foster | |
Madness | desktop toy | Acorn | |
Maestro | simple scorewriter, with playback | <=V2 | Acorn |
Magnifier | screen magnifier | Acorn | |
MemNow | live memory use display | Acorn | |
Meteors | Asteroids clone | Neil Raine | |
MineHunt | mine sweeper clone | Paul LeBeau | |
Paint | basic pixel-based drawing | <=V2 | Acorn |
Patch | application compatibility patcher | Acorn | |
Patience | card game | <=V2 | Acorn |
PrintEdit | printer definition editor | Acorn | |
Printers[1] | printer manager | Acorn | |
Puzzle | sliding puzzle | <=V2 | Acorn |
ResetBoot | restore machine to factory ship state | Acorn | |
SciCalc | scientific calculator | Acorn | |
ShowScrap | locate temporary files | Acorn | |
SparkFS[2] | file compression | David Pilling | |
Squash | file compression | <=V3 | Acorn |
T1ToFont | font conversion (Postscript Type 1 to Acorn) | Acorn | |
Usage | system monitor | <=A3010 (on floppy) | Ran Mokady |
BBC Basic V & VI | programming languages, with inbuilt assembler | All versions? | Acorn |
Bundled with specific hardware, including optional software packs
[edit]Title | Purpose | First inclusion (Machine model) | Vendor |
---|---|---|---|
BookMaker[2] | address book | ||
CDVDBurnLite[1] | optical disc burning | hubersn Software | |
Fireworkz[2] | office suite | Colton | |
FTPc[1] | FTP client | ||
Lander | demo version of the game Zarch | Acorn | |
LanManFS[1] | network file system | ||
Mailman | basic email client | Acorn | |
Oregano[1] | web browser | Oregan Networks | |
OmniClient[2] | desktop front end to network file system | ||
Update Watcher[1] | upgrade manager | Castle Technology | |
PDF[1] | Xpdf port (PDF viewer) | ||
Writer[1] | cut-down version of EasiWriter | Icon Technology | |
65Host | BBC Micro emulator | Acorn | |
65Tube | 65C02 second processor emulator | Acorn | |
1st Word Plus | word processor | A3010 Learning Curve[3] | |
Amazing Maths | education | A3010 Learning Curve[4] | Cambridgeshire Software House |
Acorn DTP | desktop publishing[citation needed] | A3010 Learning Curve[3] | Acorn (with others) |
Doris The Dotty Dog | education | A3010 Learning Curve[4] | Sherston Software |
Explore With Flossy The Frog | education | A3010 Learning Curve[4] | 4Mation |
Genesis Plus | presentation program | A3010 Learning Curve[3] | |
A Mouse in Holland | education | A3010 Learning Curve[4] | 4Mation |
PC Emulator | PC emulator, with DR-DOS | A3010 Learning Curve[3] | |
TalkWrite | word processor | A3010 Learning Curve[4] | Icon Technology |
Selected games [1] |
gaming | A3010 Learning Curve[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Williams, Chris (May 9, 2003). "Iyonix Review Part Two". Drobe. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
All the usual RISC OS Applications are there, in ROM or on Disc [...] Writer [...] Oregano 2 [...] CDBurnLite [...] Iyonix Update Watcher [...] LanManFS [...] Zool [...] FTPc [...] PDF [...] Printers [...]
- ^ a b c d e Mellor, Phil (February 5, 2005). "Iyonix: first birthday review". The Icon Bar. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
In the Apps folder you'll find the usual suspects - Alarm, Chars, Draw, Edit, Help and Printers, along with some other regularly used applications - BookMaker, CDBurnLite, FireWorkz, OmniClient, Oregano 2, PDF, SparkFS, Squash and Writer+.
- ^ a b c d e Acorn Computers - The Learning Curve, Getting Started
- ^ a b c d e Drage, Chris (January 6, 1995). "Easing up the early learning curve". Times Educational Supplement. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
The software titles include: TalkWrite (a speech version of Icon Technology's successful StartWrite), a Sherston Naughty Story (Doris The Dotty Dog), including the book Gemini (pelmanism), Amazing Maths from Cambridgeshire Software House and 4Mation's Explore With Flossy The Frog and Mouse in Holland.