b041 !DSEdit = 1.04 Raw digitised sound editor, with a selection of examples from Monty Python and BlackAdder !SampConv = 2.13 Converts between many common sound sample formats. Copes with many foreign types as well as Archimedes _____________________________________________________________________________
b045 AIM 3.15 = Archimedes Image Manager, a very powerful image processing package !Reg 1.2 = Electronic registration system and Records of Achievement for use by schools. Part of an assessment scheme providing targets for students. Includes a Genesis app explaining the system and the Science National Curriculum as Pipedream files and a way of logging attainment using Pipedream _____________________________________________________________________________
b052 !AMFSpell = 1.76 65,000+ word spelling checker, very easy to add words to the dictionary. Good alternative to David Pilling's program !AMFStore = 1.10 Database to store textural information. Can store up to 5776 entries which may have references to other entries as well as external references, so it's a sort of freeform relational database !FontDir - 1.00 Controls the font directory and avoids problems with too many fonts for some apps !FontFix - 1.04 Strips unwanted rubbish in ported fonts FontMenu - 1.16 RM to create multi-level font menu which can be shared by applications FontSelect - 1.02 Places fonts in various groups within the !Fonts directory so you can decide which ones apps 'see' avoiding the 'too many fonts' problem !MakeBitMap- 0.96 Creates bitmap version of a font !Italicer - 1.0 Creates italic version of a font ALSO Acorn International Keyboard Handler Generator _____________________________________________________________________________
b056 HP11C = 1.0 Emulation of HP11 programmable calc. Does everything the HP11 does. With examples !Scicalc = 1.06c Good calculator with all usual scientific funcs, sin, cos, tan, log, root, not, and, or, eor, plus expression evaluation using brackets !ProgCalc = 1.01 Simple programmable calculator !3D-Graph = Non desktop program to plot 3D graphs !GraphDraw = 2.52 Desktop graph drawing package by Chris Johnson. All the functions you would expect and easy to use. Good instruction and example graphs. Can save data in CSV, Tab and various other formats !GraphPlot = 1.21 Desktop graph plotter. The old pre-desktop version has also been retained Curver = Simple non desktop curve plotting !Address = 1.02 Desktop address book database !Calendar - 1.00 Suprisingly it's a calendar. You can view it in a desktop window or print it !ClipBoard - 1.06 Copies the contents of one writable icon to another !Planner - Creates an A4 year planner as a Drawfile ready to print !Today - Info on famous dates in history !Clock = Not a very exiting clock, but tells the time to the nearest minute so it's only polled infrequently and won't slow down your Arc !RiseSet = Tells time of sunrise/sunset for today !Telephone = Telephone number database !TinyClock = Big analogue clock on the icon bar !ZoneClock = Shows time in the selected international time zone in a desktop window _____________________________________________________________________________
b059 Two PCB designers, both called (confusingly) !PCB. One needs multisync, though the Author claims it can be used with a 'tweaked' mode 12, and includes printer drivers for HPGL pen plotters (0.3mm), Roland DXY100, Epson GQ laser and HP laserjet, although the latter is incomplete. The second uses normal monitors and works with FX compatible DM printers. It's a 'bottom of the range' version of a commercial package but apparently fully functional although some more powerful features of the full package have been removed ACL - Linear circuit filter analyser !Resistor = 1.01 By Michael Spearpoint. Draws a picture of a resistor with the appropriate colour codes of the specified resistance/tolerance !Resistor = 2.23 Different program with the same function but more sophisticated from James Hunter Draw+ ^ 2.37 Jonathan Martens superb PD drawing package has all the features of RO3 Draw and more. Transformed text and sprites, colour dithering and iconising supported, text objects, sprites, groups can be rotated, skewed and flipped. Transformed text objects can be edited. Some types of Vector objects can be used (not surprising as Jonathan also wrote Vector). Example Libraries and Draw files provided !Edit2Imp - 1.00 'unformats' text for importing into a DTP program !C»Impress - 2.00 Two apps for converting text files and 'C' files to a format suitable for use in Impression !DrawLink - Links ASCII text files into a format suitable for inclusion in !Draw/!Draw+ as a text area !Italicer - 1.0 Italicises Draw files PLUS Drawfiles of various circuit symbols and information on DIY A310 2 and 4meg upgrades _____________________________________________________________________________
b063 -=- Programs from the Archimedes Fractal Group -=- !Julia = 1.10 Quadratic Julia plotter !Mbrot = 1.0 Mandelbrot Set plotter !Martin - 1.0 Uses algorithm discovered by Dr Barry Martin. Very simple and fast !Interfere - 1.0 Interference patterns !Packer = 1.0 Useful utility for packing sprite files/screen dumps !AFGsprite = Lets you manipulate sprites in AFG format and converts standard sprites to AFG format Also several sprites of screendumps produced using these programs _____________________________________________________________________________
b066 -=- AMF the Doomwatcher Collection Part I -=- !AMFBase = 1.30 Straightforward card database. Not as sophisticated as some, but most people don't need complex features. Simple to set up and use with all the usual functions. Comes with !AMFmerge for mail merging. AMFmerge works with text files, so you can do mail merging with Edit !AMFFCoder = 1.30 File encrypter. Easy to use and has several different types of encoding !AMFEdit16 = 1.20 16x16 Sprite Editor for games programmers. Creates sprites without palette/mode data included by !Paint. Can work with up to 128 sprites at a time. Has an 'animate' function to let you try out your sprites in action !AMFEdit20 = 1.20 20x20 version of the previous program !AMFFont = 1.30 8x8 System font editor. Unlike others the entire character set is displayed, magnified, in a window. Instead of being limited to editing one character at a time you can view/edit them all at once !AMFFormED = 3.00 Template Editor. When this was written it was an advance on Acorn's FormEd but it's not as good as the latest programs like TemplEd or WinEd. However it doesn't take up as much disc space as either !AMFGraph = 1.20 Produces graphs in DrawFile format which can be printed or incorporated into documents. Can create bar charts, line charts, pie charts or scattergrams !AMFKeys = 1.30 Lets the 'string' function of the function keys operate within the desktop so you can have 'macros' in Edit, Impression, etc !AMFLabel = 1.20 Straightforward disc label creator. Just type in the text and print your label !AMFMenu = 1.30 Creates menus from which you can run programs. The 'list' appears in a scrollable desktop window. Easy to add or remove items !AMFPrint = 2.40 Text only printer driver. Lets you include codes in text files to switch on underlining, italic, etc !AMFTable = 1.30 Solves the problem of creating tables in Draw. You enter the sizes of rows/columns in a table which makes it much easier than using Draw directly _____________________________________________________________________________
b071 !AltrFile2 - 1.00 File info editor !ArcReset !BackSpr - 1.03 !DOSForm - 1.00a Format 720 DOS disks on RO2 !Formatter - 1.10 Formatter for PC and Arc discs, achieves speed by not verifying !FontConv - 1.44 converts PC WFN fonts to RISC OS outline fonts !Guardian = 5.08 Shareware virus detector/remover !GuessType - 0.27 Tries to guess the filetype of a file !Largeness - 1.07 Allows infinite logical screens !Lcrypt - 1.00 File encrypter !ModeSelect- 1.00 !PtrCopy = Copies the character under the pointer to input focus when you press ALT-COPY. Only works with System font !SCSIreset !Star - Icon bar menu !Sticky - 1.11 !TinyObjs - 1.00 Lets you put filing system 'objects' on the icon bar !TwEdit - 1.00 !WindRaw - 1.00 Template to Draw file converter Slowmo ^ 2.19 Module that slows down any program !DiskCat = 4.6 By Raffaele Ferrigno. Reads floppy disks to make a database of their contents. Has search facility and can print records !EaziCopy = 1.0 Makes multiple copies of unprotected discs !FileSys - 1.01 Shows current filing system !FontDisp - 1.10 Shows a summary of all font families, styles and weights, bitmap converter and more !KeyCaps = 1.00 Displays a font in a desktop window !Interfero - 2.12 Watches for save commands from the RMA and other areas which is often a sign of virus infection !IVSearch - 2.05 Virus detector !Labeller - 1.00 Disc label printer !Loader - 1.02 Lets you load Basic files by clicking instead of this running them !ModeUtil = 0.11 Lets you give names to your favourite screen modes and select them from a menu !PackDir = 2.35 Archives directories into one file using LZW compression. Ideal for hard disc backups !PrintSet = 2.01 for Epson printers. Lets you select printer fonts and facilities from a menu !Read OCR = A 'trial' character recognition program. Works with sprite files from scanner !Snoop - 1.00 Lets you snoop on wimp parameters from the desktop !WindowLog - 1.00 Lists all windows SlowMotion - 1.01 Slows down the computer. Makes games easier to play, especially for children Timer - 1.01 !Disable = 1.00 Disables Delete/Wipe commands so files can't be accidentally deleted _____________________________________________________________________________
b078 -=- Archimedes Fractal Group Vol 1 -=- Lots of Fractal related goodies 3dMandels, Acorn Brot, Affine, AFMandel, BBCMAN, Beauty, FastBrot, Fireworks, FracScape(2.00), Fractal, FracTrace (2.28), FracVisit, Horizon, Interfere (1.01), Julia (1.20), Julias, Jupiter, MiniMandel, Mbrot (1.00), Splodge (2.10), Verhulst, - and lots more _____________________________________________________________________________
b082 !ACopy - 1.40 Disc copier !Blinker = 1.00 Makes the caret blink so it's easier to find !CheckTemp - 1.00 Shows size of definitions in a template file !FileAct = 2.12 Makes a command 'act' on files !ModeDef = 1.00 Mode definer. Creates a RM for a new screen mode to your definition !SnapShot = 1.00 Takes a snapshot of the desktop !SysBeep = 1.28 Sets pitch, duration and volume of the 'beep' !ToneDial - Directly dials a number if your exchange accepts tones !DTMF = 2.01I Lets you dial phone numbers directly from databases using Impulse protocol WProtect = 1.01 Can protect whole discs, apps or files from deletion/corruption !WimpDebug = 1.21 Debugging tool for Wimp applications WinSup = Module to improve Heap management and help avoid problems which can cause modules to crash !ZoomerBox = Nice effect when windows are opened or closed. Instead of just appearing a dotted line 'box' zooms from nothing to full size or visa versa !KillVirus = Removes EXTRA and EXTEND viruses and inoculates discs against EXTEND !Bug92Sept6= Removes MODULE virus from files. Includes a module to report attempts to claim the File Vector which is how the MODULE virus replicates itself, warning of further attempts at infection !AccessL = Stops viruses altering files !Hunter = Virus killer/remover !Illegal = Finds and removes Illegal virus Zip = File compressor !Access = Sets file attributes !ADFS_Aid = Skeleton ADFS filing system to let you save work if ADFS crashes !BurnIn = Screen saver !Camera = Takes a snapshot of the screen as a sprite !ChangeMod = Lets you change the mode of a sprite !DeskKeys = Hot keys for Mounting/dismounting discs etc. !DirSet = Sets CSD to the last directory used !Boot = Skeleton boot app you can put in the root directory of your hard disc and customise !FormatUtl = Formats discs! !ModeChnge = Shows current mode !NewSprits = Alternative system sprites !Options = Lets you change Copy Options from a menu !Palette+ = Screen mode info !RAMcram = 2.20 Lets you change RAM disc size with files on it !Reset = Resets computer !SetDir = Sets and maintains the CSD !ShutDown = Parks drives and shuts files before switching off !SI = Speed Index. Calculates system speed !ResetADFS = !ResetIDE = !ResAlias Resets all Aliases PLUS four new screen modes and more _____________________________________________________________________________
b089 -=- Archimedes Fractal Group Vol 2 -=- 3dLife = Fascinating 3D version of life ChaosGame = Series of programs to plot chaos patterns based on bodies with 3 to 12 sides DiveB/W = Interesting... FracBasin = Mandelbrot basins FracPal = Not a Friendly Fractal but a series of palettes to choose from when viewing fractals Fractal = 0.29 JuliaAnim = Real time Julia set explorer Orbits = Three programs using random numbers to generate orbits SpaceFill = 52 programs to generate space filling patterns Splodge + 2D cellular automata StarTree = _____________________________________________________________________________
b090 !ARMCode = 1.07 Instruction investigator. Lets you fiddle with each bit of an instruction and find out the effects !CustomVDU + 1.24 Mode selector and creator(?) but no instructions !Modes + 1.00 Mode selector, works with RO3 but only goes up to Mode 29 so really only for RO2 !DisAssem = 3.22 Desktop dissasembler with some nice features. Can save disassembled code in text, Basic or AAsm format !Hourglass = 3.06 Alternative hourglass, quite nice !KeyWindow = 1.52 On screen function keystrip. Useful, but does more as it keeps track of up to 32 keystrips, opening and closing them automatically as you load, use and quit apps !MusicCat = Catalogue system for records !Scaler = As you move the mouse faster so the amount the pointer moves increases. Good for fine work !StockCtrl = 1.14 Stock control system by Stuart Ford. Up to 500 records per file with search and print !VMode - 1.3 Replacement for !Edit as a taskwindow driver FRE = 0.10 Find Regular Expression(s) Given a regular expression (RE) and a list of files it finds those that contain it !Info = 1.03 View Text, Draw and Sprite files from one app WinSup = 1.00 Useful facilities for assembler programmers, including a heap in RMA which is better than the OS one !Autoscrol = 1.00 Automatic window scroller. Move the pointer near the edge of a scrollable window and click to scroll it !MouSpeed = 1.10 Controls mouse speed using hotkeys. Doesn't appear on the icon bar so you don't have to click on anything. Uses ALT+(number) to switch speeds, OK with RO2 but RO3 uses these, but CTRL+ALT+(number) solves the problem! !HourTest = 1.01 Lets you switch the Hourglass on and off. Intended for testing/viewing new hourglasses. With three exaples to play with PLUS - Five new mouse pointers as RM's from Dave Thomas _____________________________________________________________________________
b091 (Now combined with B081) RiscBBS - Multitasking RISC-OS compliant Bulletin Board Server which allows for a versatile BBS-setup RSlink - Lets you link the Arc up to a serial device for transferring text files from one machine another !OnTime - Warns if you spend too long 'on line' A number of applications including !ArcFax - Fax driver for the PK232 !Locator - Locator program for VHF/UHF enthusiasts !WWLocator - Locator for HF, VHF and UHF !ArcPacket - General purpose TNC driver !PacMon - TNC connect warning indicator !RickTerm - Packet TNC driver !Tnc and !ComLink - Multi tasking TNC driver with script language PLUS two morse tutors _____________________________________________________________________________
b093 (Now combined with B095) !Contents - The Author describes this as an 'item location management utility', ie. it keeps track of things. A bit difficult to explain briefly so try it !Selector - 256 Colour selector !StrongED = 3.52 Back as Shareware after an failed attempt at commercial sales. Not surprising as it was £29 more expensive than Zap, now it's only £10 dearer, but I still prefer Zap at any price. No lessons have been learned as there's still no proper Shareware message, just 'send me a tenner' at the bottom of the Banner window (!). No documentation, only !StrongHelp, which, though good, is no substitute for a Manual. *** see latest version on B400 *** !VDUobject - 1.02 converts VDU sequences to a Drawfile !DimWit - Desktop screen saver !NanoEdit - Compact text editor TILE Forth - 32-bit implementation of Forth-83 Standard, CCompile - Desktop front-end for Acorn C v.3 SpriteOp = List of SpriteOp SWI's available under RO2. Also applies to RO3 but doesn't cover any new SWI's !SWIst-num = Convert SWI number to string or visa versa SWITrace - Lets you trace the execution of SWI calls !MenuEd - Helps make the most of the RISCOS menu system, makes using fonts and sprites in menus easier _____________________________________________________________________________
b096 -=- Persistence of Vision -=- Probably the best PD/Shareware ray tracer available. Follow up to DKB Tracer. Arguably as good as similar commercial packages !POVray = 1.00 The POV application with docs. These mostly refer to PC/Amiga versions so some references, particularly to filenames/directories, are different for this version. Although some complex images can take hours to render POV multitasks so you can carry on with other things while it's working !POVscene = Various definition and include files for POVray. There are only a few examples and samples of images included because of lack of space !Model = 2.00 Used to create scenes for POVray. Lets you 'draw' a scene and then turns this into a script file for POV NB - See also the later version 2.2 on B391 and V3 on B409 Includes additional examples from disc B-096-A A copy of !POVscene with 88 example scripts, some already rendered. If you are new to POV this is extremely useful because you'll be able to experiment with the examples, which is a lot easier than starting from scratch _____________________________________________________________________________
b097 (Now combined with B099) !AutoMouse - Mouse movements via cursor keys !DirList - 1.03 !DirSpool - Creates a text file of a directory listing !DiscInfo - 1.11 Extensive disc information !Dumper - 1.03 'Dumps' a file !ExtFiler - 1.36 !Filetree ^ 1.01 Creates a Drawfile showing the file tree of a disc. Each file is shown with a filetype sprite and the diagram is divided into pages *** Modified to work with SA Jan 97 *** !Memphis = 2.11 RAM filing system using the RMA sprite area giving a variable RAM disc with 30 character filenames. Now has other features, eg. can create a 'slave' filing system on a disc which can use the longer names !SetDir - 3.00 Set the CSD !TextDraw - 1.06 Converts Textfiles containing commands like DRAW, MOVE etc. to Drawfiles !BurnIn - 1.10 Screen saver !Larger - 1.36 Adds a number of useful features to the desktop !MultiBack - Makes multiple copies of a disc !QuizML - 1.51 Multiple choice quiz program for educational use with the option of making your own quizzes !WordGames - A selection of ways for children to learn reading skills including anagrams, recognising word shape and learning the rules governing spelling !DrawCross - Takes a text file and produces a Draw File crossword !Epochs - 1.31 Shows geological epochs !Factors - Calculates factors of a number !TempConv - Converts Fahrenheit to Celsius !Anagram - Simple Anagram generator !Type = 1.6 Gives typing practice though not a typing tutor. !FourST - 1.60 Simple demo of a 4 stroke engine !Heure - Tell the time in French !Verbs - Translates verbs between French and English !Time - World time display _____________________________________________________________________________
b100 !BC : 1.69 Comprehensive Basic compressor and cross-referencer. Output is smaller and almost impossible to hack. Good manual provided as a text and a Publisher document. (Only the plain text version is included in the 'Individual' version of BC to reduce size though both, plus a smaller !Help file, are on this disc) !CloswWin - Closes windows! !Cruncher - 1.13 Crunches/decrunches files !Dissi - 2.04M Desktop disassembler which can produce source code from any machine code application or module !DOOK - RiscOS3 to RiscOS2 Draw file utility !GrabMenu - 1.10 Saves any menu as a sprite _____________________________________________________________________________
b101 -=- AMF the Doomwatcher Collection Part II -=- !AMFBack - Predates RO3 and its functions are now part of the normal desktop. Lets you use tiles for a patterned backdrop and gives a sticky backdrop. If you still have RO2 it's the best of this type !AMFBoot - 1.00 Desktop startup app. Lots of features. Can operate manually or automatically and enact commands both before and after the Desktop starts !AMFClock = 1.00 Clock and alarm. Better than !Alarm !AMFCmos = 1.00 CMOS RAM editor. Lets you view/edit/save/load the contents of CMOS RAM !AMFDisc - 1.00 Display disc structure as a tree !AMFEnter = 1.00 Enter characters into kbd by mouse clicks !AMFExpose = 1.00 Change colours of 256 colour sprites and manipulate the RGB components of each colour. Can even change colour to greyscale !AMFLife = 1.00 Desktop Life game !AMFPairs = 1.00 Desktop pairs matching game !AMFPortal = 1.10 Limits drive access by restricting access (passsword controlled) to some directories. Useful in schools !AMFSearch = 1.00 Locate words in text files. Up to 16 files can be searched for a word or phrase !AMFSlide = 1.20 Database for slides, photos, etc. Lots of features, ideal for any collection or hobby !AMFUsage = 1.00 CPU usage monitor !AMFUtils = 1.00 Assorted desktop utils. Set filetypes, control mouse speed, sound volume, etc !AMFView - 1.00 Display text files in window. Doesn't use much RAM and can display up to 16 files at once. If you only have 1 or 2 Mb saves loading !Edit to read text !AMFWaste - 1.00 Desktop dustbin. Many features including automatic clearing after a set time which can be varied from minutes to days to give you enough time to be REALLY sure _____________________________________________________________________________
b102 (Now combined with B110) !DosFS = Filing system for DOS discs with cf/lf translation !SCSIFiler = Replacement for Oak SCSI filer module !SCSIMan = Desktop manager for Oak SCSI Podule v1.11 !SSS = Desktop spreadsheet, with 'C' source. Has all basic spreadsheet functions including simple graphs !Label = 2.11 Label printer by Jonathan Martin. Works with most sizes of labels 1, 2, or 3 wide, and text can be entered directly in a window or from a file !Labels = 3.1 Simple database/label printer by Rafaele Ferrigno The description 'simple' is the Author's, not mine as it's quite good !LeastSqs - 1.01 Finds best fit for a line using least squares method !ScrSave - Screen blanker, bounces a ball while the screen is off !Easilarm - Nice icon bar alarm clock !IconClock = Replaces the Switcher icon at the RH side of the icon bar !Daily - Another clock, named after the Channel 4 breakfast TV prog. Sits in the top rh corner of the screen !Tim = Yet another clock but this one **SPEAKS** the time !VirusWarn - 1.03 Detects virus activity, not 100% but a good indication !IWord ^ 2.6/4.3 Converts Arc. disc version of Interword to run from the desktop like a normal application. Installs on the icon bar and responds to file-clicking !ISheet ^ 2.6/4.5 Convert BBC Intersheet ROM to run from the Arc desktop like IWord. Works with the Archimedes version (ISheet II) !View ^ 2.2 Ditto View ROMs. Works with A3, B3 etc. and the Archimedes version of View. Puts function keys in the right place and makes the '£' key work properly !VSheet ^ 2.2 Ditto View Sheet ROMs !VStore ^ 2.2 Ditto View Store ROMs !WordWise ^ 1.2 Converts Arc. version of WW+ to run from the desktop. Works with Watford 40 and 80 column versions !Twin ^ 1.2 Converts Twin text editor into a RM !1stFile = Converts 1stWord+ files to View, WordWise and Text and visa versa !ChartDraw = 3.00 Program by Chris Johnson to make charts in a variety of formats. Pie charts, graphs, etc !DrawStrip = Produces Drawfiles of keystrips. Several are included but you can easily make your own !MultiPrnt - Lets you print a 'batch' of files !PrinterTx = Text only printer driver !Print_buf - Printer buffer PLUS various printer drivers for 1WP and PD3, another keystrip printer and a HP Desk-Jet screen dumper _____________________________________________________________________________
b111 -=- Acorns DDE Pascal compiler v4.09 -=- Acorn have have released this as Freeware 'as is'. To use it you need the Desktop 'C' package. In theory it is possible to use it as a CLI driven compiler but it needs either ANSILIB or STUBS and Clib module. As it uses C libraries it can access C functions and the string routines are C compatible so you can link together objects written in C, Pascal and Assembler. For many purposes Pascal is nicer than C so you can now use the language you prefer for various bits of your application, then link them all together. _____________________________________________________________________________
b112 (Now combined with B118) !Calendar = Simple desktop calender display !Chimes - Chimes on the hour and half hour !CloseUp = Shows a magnified version of wherever the pointer is |CursCtrl = Another app to control the mouse via cursor keys !DClock = Digital clock in a small window so you can tuck it in a corner out of the way !Dirkiller - Locks/unlocks/wipes directories !Grab = 2.02 Saves a copy of the Wimp sprite pool to disc !IconFlags = Calculates Icon Flag word for all the options !ModuleHp = Displays Title and Help strings of a Module !Mousey = Displays X-Y co-ordinates of mouse pointer !MultiMod = 'Squashes' a series of modules together into a file which is loaded in one go. Saves time and disc space !PtrWrap = Wrap around for mouse pointer. As it moves off screen on one side it reappears on the other !Safe - Simple file encrypter/decrypter !Scrnmode = 3.00 Opens a window showing available screen modes which you select by clicking !SpeakCtrl = Switches speaker on and off !Speaker = Another speaker on/off program !WinCtrl = 1.03 Lets you move and scroll windows that don't have scroll bars or resize icons Showdir = Designed to be used in a Boot app when it runs !Boot files of a series of applications to set filetypes, sprites, etc !TxtPrint+ = 2.06 Text printer driver which can reformat, repaginate, print Basic program listings etc SpriteGen = Sample programs for creating a series of sprites for animation etc !Hunter = 1.02 Virus detector/remover !FileCat = 2.10 Produces a catalogue of discs in CSV or plain text format ready for loading into a database or WP !ImpChars = 1.00 Like !Chars but designed to work with Impression !ImpChars2 = 2.20 Version of ImpChars improved by Cy Booker. Allows selection of any character from any installed font !Indexer = 1.00 Another disc catalogue program. Produces a text file of the root directory of your discs QMC = 1.00 Quick Mode Change. Makes it easy to change between modes from the desktop Power Search = Based on the series of articles in 'Archive' on Searching and Replacing by Michael Houlder. With sample app to find all the styles in an Impression doc. !Clock = Yes, another clock. This one sits just above the icon bar AMFCoder = 1.10 Automatically encodes and decodes files of specified type as they are saved and loaded AMFProtect = 1.00 Helps guard against viruses by preventing files from being altered though you can load them as usual AMFTest = 1.00 Checks the disc it is on and warns if it's been modified in any way AMFWriteProtect = 1.00 RM to prevent alteration of files on all filing systems. Useful if you suspect virus activity FCGuard = 1.00 Prevents the 'Filecore in use' error !Help = 1.21 Displays text file in scrollable window PLUS 47 new mouse pointers and 5 alternative hourglasses _____________________________________________________________________________
b113 (Now combined with B114) !CSVtoText - Converts CSV files to text !Display - Displays Drawfiles !FormatTXT - Formats text files with page breaks, headers, footers etc. with any page width and length !German - Lets you enter German accented characters into the keyboard buffer by clicking on them in a small window. You could use !Chars but this is neater !Interlace - 2.40 Use multisync modes on standard monitor by interlacing !MailLabel - 5.22 Print labels or envelopes. Uses RO printer drivers and fancy fonts !MultiPrnt - 'Print queue' application !Splosh - 'Risc compliant' drawing package by Wayne Keenan Unfortunately somewhat diminished by the complete lack of instructions but quite good !SpriteMde - Changes the Mode of a sprite !Styles - 1.05 Set Styles in Impression Junior in a similar way to Impression !TIFFinfo - Provides information on TIFF files ColourTrn3 - RM to allow colour dithering to mix colours and give extra colours on the screen !ClearInfo - Gives info on graphics files in Clear format !Shrink = Basic program compactor !CheckTemp = Shows sizes of template definitions in a Template file AOF Utils = Three utilities for Acorn Object Format files. Suppress or Retain global names and Analyse file !Spy = Interrogates Wimp apps and finds out window handles, task id's etc BootA = Multi purpose front end for non wimp programs. Helps them behave like desktop apps. With a variety of sample apps, eg. FileInf, SetType, Lock, Unlock, change LF to CRLF and visa versa, convert 1WP to text and visa versa, etc _____________________________________________________________________________
b115 -=- Historical and Constitutional documents -=- Maastricht = No, it's not a game, (or is it?). The Maastricht treaty as a series of text files U.S.A Articles of Confederation of the USA American Declaration of Arms Bill of Rights Charlotte Town Resolve Declaration of Arms Declaration of Independence Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address Mayflower Compact US Constitution (including amendments) Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speach Monroe Doctrine Other Treaty of Paris British rulers (from 827) French rulers (from 987) American Presidents Magna Carta Declaration of Rights (France 1789) Chart of legal Age of Consent for lesbian, gay and hetero sex in European countries The Comunist Manifesto by Karl Marx WWII German Surrender Documents WWII Japanese Surrender Documents The May 1993 Draft of the Proposed European Constitution AND FINALLY - for a little light relief *** THE CAMILLAGATE TAPES *** A transcript of the now famous (alleged) conversation between HRH Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles _____________________________________________________________________________
b119 -=- Educational programs (now combined with B120) -=- !Seismic = Sampled microseismic sounds from naturally fractured granite from the Cambourne School of Mines. Plus sprites of images derived from a Borehole Televiewer !Epochs = 1.30 Screen showing geological epochs !Fourier = 1.20 Draws Fourier diagrams !FourST = 1.50 Little animated display of Four Stroke cycle !TwoST = 1.00 Ditto for two stroke cycle Molecule = Draws molecular structure, with 34 sample molecules !SSystem = 1.10 Animated view of the Solar System !PTable = 2.06 Displays the periodic table and gives info on the main elements !Marks = 2.11 Teachers mark book. Records up to 13 sets of marks for up to 34 students. Works out averages, relative positions, etc. Easy to use. Can give output as a text or CSV format so data can be exported to databases !Wave = 1.52 Draws sine waves !SWave = 1.52 Demonstration of standing waves !Branch = A 'branching' database. Items are classified and found by questions answerable by Yes or No. Ideal for children as it's easy to find item(s) that fit the category you want without realising you are searching a complicated tree !Shopper = 1.58 Teaches children to handle cash. Pupil is offered items to buy and selects required coins to pay for them. Graphics based user interface which draws the coins. Pupil selects by clicking on a calculator type keyboard !Reveal = 1.20 Simple desktop puzzle designed for use in schools (actually written for a school in Dumfries) _____________________________________________________________________________
b121 -=- DBWRender -=- = 2.00 Desktop ray tracer. This was ported from the Amiga and contains a selection of examples and the full 'C' source code. It is actually the program upon which many others are based _____________________________________________________________________________
b122 !Event Shell = 2.02 Major programming tool by Paul Hobbs. Consists of the !EvntShell directory which contains library utilities used by programs in a similar manner to the RISC-OS !System directory. This lets you create Wimp applications in Basic without needing to write all your own routines to handle the Wimp, fonts, response to Wimp events, etc. If you don't have the PRM's this is essential. Includes debugger and example applications which act as demos and perform useful functions. Extensive documentation. An extremely useful package and highly recommended to anyone who wants to program the Wimp, especially if you don't have the PRM's Includes files from disc B122-A Extras for Event Shell. Contains !StrongHlp with a (very) large help file for Event Shell and associated programs as well as the normal help files on Basic, SWI's, Assembler, etc. A copy of BLib is also included (see B319) which is ideal for linking the library routines to your program so they will work without the !EvntShell directory _____________________________________________________________________________
b123 !ArcTools : 0.72 General purpose toolkit with memory and disc editors, search, dissasembler, plus other functions. Not a Wimp program but an RM and '*' command driven Virtual = Two programs illustrating Virtual Memory Management. One to be used from Basic, the other written in C. Both intended as examples for programmers to use in their own code rather than complete apps DragSprite = Info on and an example of the DragASprite SWI in RO3 UnCFS = 1.20 By Cy Booker, drastically speeds up CC's Compression Filing System. Transparent to the user once installed ShowFont = Basic routine by Cy Booker to draw text in any font anywhere on screen. Intended for use in your own programs !Transform = 1.00 Takes a CSV file and transforms it so each row becomes a column !Convert = 1.01 Program to convert various units. Fahrenheit/Celsius, kW/BTU, Ft-Ins/Metres, Miler per Hour/Metres per second _____________________________________________________________________________
b124 -=- C Tutor -=- From Conorado Systems. Over 100 pages of text laid out as a book with about a hundred short example C programs. Written for the PC but as it deals with basics rather than advanced programming almost everything is applicable to C on any computer. Some examples are PC specific so I have left some minor PC specific binaries off this disc. _____________________________________________________________________________
b125 -=- Pascal Tutor -=- Again from Conorado Systems and similar to B124. Not so many pages or examples as Pascal is much simpler. Mainly aimed at the PC and Borland's Turbo Pascal in particular but as it's fairly basic stuff this isn't important _____________________________________________________________________________
b126 !Hangfire = Good screen blanker. With a selection of pretty pictures or you can make your own !ModeView = Simple program to replace the Palette icon with one showing current screen mode !ThreeDee = 1.01 Simple drawing program from Robert Seago. Designed for line drawing in perspective and you can move the vanishing point to alter this. A few bugs but interesting !VDUret = 0.02 Another screen saver. Not sophisticated but it works Dictionary = Text file with 40,000+ words, one word per line. Taken from a PC CD so spellings are colonial. Useful to anyone writing a spelling checker or adding words to one 3D_Graphic = 0.03 Module with various SWI's for vector graphics. There are a couple of short demos with it. I don't know where it came from as there's no name or Copyright message Strip = 1.00 Intercepts printer control codes and stops them being sent to the printer. Useful when printing text files, dumps, or other files containing non-ascii !RMCreate = Creates a voice Module from a stereo Tracker module !PickAPic = 1.15 Program by Hugh Eagle to let you browse through a collection of Draw, Sprite, Artworks or Poster files and pick the one(s) you want to use by creating 'thumbnail' files. Can process archives in SparkFS, ArcFS, etc. format, handle new format Drawfiles, rotated text and transformed sprites in Drawfiles. It will multitask during long operations. Although PickAPic isn't Shareware, if you like it I strongly suggest you send a contribution to the Author as he suggests that this will encourage him to spend more time on development _____________________________________________________________________________
b127 -=- Educational programs -=- !Spell = Gives practice in the 'look, cover, copy' method !DayNight = 1.30 Shows a map of the world indicating which sections are day and which night at any time !KeySpeak = Each key speaks its name when pressed !Turtle = Very simple Turtle Graphics program !Lockout and !Unlock = Companion programs to stop/enable Econet terminals from receiving 'notify' messages !WorldMap + Draws a map of the world in a scrolling window. Lets you cut out sections and save them as Drawfiles NOTE - This program requires a *lot* of memory, and seems to need even more with RO3. You need at least 2Mb and 4Mb for the larger maps !Cycles = Draws a graph showing the period doubling of the logistic map equation !IdentiKey = 2.10 A 'tree' type database which lets you categorise group of items _____________________________________________________________________________
b132 !Niall II = Non Intelligent Archimedes Language Learner. Word learning parser from an Amiga program. Processes input and tries to learn relationships between words so it can make sense of a sentence. At the end of a session you Save the vocabulary Power Search !Replace and !Styles from Michael Houlder. Replace is a compiler for a search/replace language similar to that used by !Twin and !SrcEdit. Lets you find and modify complex expressions. !Styles is a filter primarily intended to list the Impression styles used in a 'story' !Mace = 1.9 Module Area and CLI Front End. Provides Wimp front end for the CLI !FontSwell = Simple utility to add font directories to the Font path !FontCut = Another utility to remove font directories which are no longer needed CMOSsaver = Saves configuration settings and creates an Exec file which can be used to reset them if they are changed !DelBoot = 1.03 Removes !Boot files which just contain 'IconSprites <Obey$Dir>.!Sprites' or other non essentials. Saves 1K of disc space for each file removed and speeds up the filer !ConvTmplt = 6.00 Program by Cy Booker to help programmers use anti- alias fonts in text icons, convert Interface validation strings to RO3, see which icons are outside the windows extent and insert 'secret messages' into template files PLUS a series of utilities by Cy Booker. These are all CLI driven. All come with source code, documentation and executable code AppSpr1 Check sprite files for non-application sprites Chr1 CLI program to print a character given a number Copyd1 Supplements *Copy by creating dest. directories Dird1 Find files created between dates Dirs1 List files sorted by size Dirt1 Find files of a specific type ExtrctBas1 Extract tokenised basic from executables FAppend1 Join files from the *CLI Hex1 CLI program to show an Evaluated expression as hex SrtSprite1 Re-order individual sprites in a sprite file Touch1 Alter a files' date TouchDir1 Update directory timestamp to reflect contents Union1 Remove duplicated lines from text file(s) Unique1 Find unique lines in text file(s) _____________________________________________________________________________
b133 !AMFSave = Screen saver from AMF. Fourteen different moving screen patterns are available. Uses less memory than most others and is a lot less boring than the RO3 blank screen !Backdrops : Patterned desktop backdrops. 41 patterns are provided and you can easily add your own !Say ^ Speech synthesis program. Just type the text in a desktop window to hear it !DJPEG = 1.01 From John Tytgat. Converts JPEG files into PBMplus files which can be read by John Kortinks 'Translator' Plus some 'sillies' to liven up your desktop !Dolphin = A dolphin swims across the top of the icon bar !Laugh = When you get an error your computer doesn't just beep, it laughs at you! !Azumith = A (clean) limerick generator !Jumper = An animated sheep on the icon bar _____________________________________________________________________________
b134 -=- MiniHound 1.02 -=- Desktop thesaurus with over 30,000 keywords, which is a lot more than 'Desktop Thesaurus'. OK from floppy but best from a hard disc. Will work from RAM disc (over 700K) plus about 180K to run. _____________________________________________________________________________
b137 !Simple = Simple desktop database. No instructions and the program is 'written' in Norwegian (?) but easy to use so you shouldn't have problems !Lifeguard = Another screen saver. Quite nice with some interesting screens !ADFSExtra = 1.60 Various items available from an 'icon bar' window Set CSD, bin file deleter, change filing system etc. Some non ADFS commands may need to be altered if you are using SCSI or IDE but as it's written in Basic this is easy !ADFSExtra2: 2.27 Improved version of ADFSExtra with additional facilities requiring RO3 !ACHconfig = Desktop configuration program to set some items missing from the RO3 Config program !BankAccnt = Very simple non desktop bank account program !CopyCalc = Calculates number of discs you need to backup a hard disc !Equator = 1.00 Solves quadratic equations !Find2 = Crude but effective file finder for hard disc users !LDView = View compressed images in Quick Art or High Art format !ModeBar = 1.1 Simple selector to choose from up to five modes !Mouse = Sets mouse speed from a desktop window. Advantage is it can set horizontal and vertical steps separately !Move = Moves a file from one part of a disc to another by rewriting directory info instead of physically moving it. Lets you move a file on a full disc _____________________________________________________________________________
b140 ARCTERM = 3.11 Comms software by Hugo Fiennes ARCBBS - Very good BBS. XMODEM, YMODEM, YMODEM Batch. User status NORMAL to COSYSOP. Shareware by Zeridajh Software !OnTime = 0.1 on line time indicator !rs423 * Shows state of serial port !TASK = Viewdata terminal !423State = Displays state of serial port Viewscroll - Program to view and print viewdata frames and text saved from Hearsay !Arc100 = VT100 terminal emulator !Psion = Transfers files to and from the Psion Organiser PLUS Utils to transfer data between the Archimedes and the Z88 and BBC _____________________________________________________________________________
b142 !Display = Displays a Drawfile without loading !Draw !FontDraw = Takes a string and converts it to a Drawfile using a chosen font !DrawStrip = Creates function keystrips for printing via !Draw !Chart = Produces charts for !Draw from data. Can print the charts !Painter = 1.00 Art package !BigM = Another art package !ModeConv = Sprite mode converter !ModeUtil = 0.61 Utility to give info on available screen modes and an easy method of switching between them !TText-Spr = Converts Teletext screen to a sprite _____________________________________________________________________________
b144 !UUencode = 0.20 Program by Andrew Benham to UUcode files !UUdecode = 0.20 Again from Andrew Benham, decode UUcoded files !Packet - Packet radio terminal program (TNC driver) with two similar utilities !Pkts and !Wefax !Locator - Worldwide locator program for HF/VHF/UHF enthusiasts !Wefax - TNC driver !Pkts - General purpose packet driver program !RiseSet = Tells the time of sunrise and sunset !Sun = Lets you plot the position of the sun at any time !Moon = Ditto for the moon !Mandel = 6.00 Lets you create a Mandelbrot set by one of three methods: Level Set, Distance Estimator or Continuous Potential. Very comprehensive !FastBrot = Simpler program but very quick !Wimpkit = 1.02 A wimp flag generator !Heating = 1.2 Central heating calculator. Cut down version of a commercial program to calculate heat loss but functional and adequate for DIY !Liberator = 3.6 Program for linking the Thorn EMI W.P. with the Arc !Knit - Helps design and save patterns for knitting into the front or rear of jumpers etc !Bank - Bank account program PLUS several simple Basic fractal graphics programs with examples _____________________________________________________________________________
b147 !Forth = 1.20 Implementation of FORTH with a compiler. Comes with examples though little descriptive text HOPE = Imperial Colleges HOPE language. With user manuals !Ed = 0.2 Text editor for C source code. Not as complex as !Zap but has the basic functions !Calc = Shareware version of the commercial spreadsheet. Commands are available through Fkeys and commands. Includes a couple of example spreadsheets but no docs !Sizzle = Program to flick through screens. Easily adapted to use your own screens !Life = Good version of Life with full tutorial !WimpKit = 1.02 Wimp flag generator. Saves looking up the PRM and working out all those bit values Dan's Tiny Basic Compiler = "basic" compiler. Compiles short Basic programs to fast code. Small subset of commands with limited string and numerical array handling. Full logic implementation. Includes demos _____________________________________________________________________________
b148 Hyperbook - Hypertext system by Nick van Someren. Complete with several demo files. NOTE - This application has crashed (non destructively) sometimes with RO3 !Cookie = Click on the !Cookie icon and a random saying or quotation pops up in a window, some quite amusing _____________________________________________________________________________
b149 -=- Disc and CLI Utilities -=- QL Disc utilities - Read QL discs, convert screens, etc !Settype = 1.01 Sets filetypes !Stamp = 1.01 Data stamps files !PCDir - Filing system for DOS discs if you don't have RO3 !DosFS - Another DOS filing system !DosForm - DOS disc formatter !FileType = Set file types !Dir - Set CSD from within desktop !Format - Multi-tasking disc formatter !DiscEdit + Disc sector editor, works on DOS discs !SysUtils - 2.30 !ADFSDisk - Creates a DOS partition on a hard disc !DiscUtils - Assorted utils from Abacus Training !StickyBD - 2.00 The original !HDBackup !Apphelp - Provides a Help utility for an application !IconCLI - Lets you issue * commands from the Icon bar !LineEdit - 2.30 For editing CLI commands !LoadProgs - Loads instead of Running a Basic file from the Desktop !Logga - 2.13 Logs time spent using the Arc !Warfarin = 1.10 Emulates mouse with the cursor keys or other user defined keys !DiskClone - RM disc copier !BestCopy - Another disc copier !Dup - Copier for most types of disc including DOS, Atari, etc File compare- File compare utility PLUS - Three desktop dustbins (!Bin, !Dustbin and !Trash) and some file recovery programs _____________________________________________________________________________
b150 !AS = 1.23 Assembler by Nicklas RÖjemo mainly for use with Acorns DDE to create AOF files to link with C or Pascal. This fills a gap in Acorn C v4 which has no inline assembler. Includes C source DataToAOF = 0.07 DDE tool by Paul Fidler to convert Data files to AOF format so they can be linked with other objects !VMM = Virtual Memory Management module with SWI's to let programs use a hard disc as virtual memory. With demo files, written in Basic so they're easy to follow XScheme = 0.22 Scheme programing language for the Arc. by David Michael Betz. With C source. I don't know how good it is as I have no experience of Scheme and although there is a good Manual this assumes knowledge of the language. Looks like a thorough implementation DrLink = 1.27 Alternative to Acorn's Link. You will need this if you have a compiler without a linker _____________________________________________________________________________
b151 !FileFind = 0.5 Good file locator. Easy to use on any filing system. Can search any path and all you need do to set the start location is drag a file to the !Filefind icon !BlakHole2 = 4.01 Superior desktop dustbin with an animation on the icon bar. Lots of other features including file find, RMA utilities, etc !Partition = 3.09 Replacement for Acorn's SCSIFS to allows partitions. With assembler source so you could modify it for other SCSI filing systems !Usage = 1.00 Shows CPU activity in a window on the icon bar plus you can open a window showing the percentage of time the Wimp spends with each task !QuickDir : 1.00 Speeds up navigating hard discs by letting you move about the directory tree without needing to open a filer window on each intermediate directory !Clock = Digital clock that sits above the LH end of the icon bar !Charges = 1.70 Lets people who use the computer commercially keep a log of work done on projects AC = Another system usage accounting program !SetIcons = Switches between various sets of icons Split/Join = Helps move a large file from a PC to an Arc. by splitting it over several discs on the PC and joining it back up on the Arc. _____________________________________________________________________________
b152 -=- Font Utilities -=- !FastFont = Reads your Font List and creates a Module which speeds up reading the fonts. With C source TurboFont = Similar application to the previous SysFont = Can be used to make any System font (plenty on this disc!) into a Module which can be used with the *Alphabet <fontname> command !FontCtrl = Helps configure your system to get the best out of the font manager !FontEd = 0.31 Acorns Font Editor. A bit old now and only works with RO2 fonts but I don't know of anything better in PD or Shareware. Can't produce RO3 kerned fonts but, unlike earlier versions, it won't crash if you load one. Acorn permit this to be distributed under licence but they no longer support it NOTE - This is now a slightly older version because this one works woth S/Arm whereas 0.32 doesn't !PSfont = Converts outline fonts to data which can be downloaded to a Postscript printer so you can use your Acorn fonts with a PS laser 8x8 Fonts 432 8x8 system fonts. These were scattered over earlier discs so I've put them together here and provided a list. From quite nice to weird to absolutely impossible Also Four different system font designer/editors. Three non desktop and one Wimp _____________________________________________________________________________
b154 -=- RayShade 4.00 -=- Now a multi tasking Desktop program instead of command line driven Perhaps not as comprehensive as PoV on B096 but still very good _____________________________________________________________________________
b155 !Grabber = Grabs a desktop window as a sprite !Shade - Converts colour sprites to greyscale !Automouse = Move mouse pointer slowly using the arrow keys, useful for drawing and sprite editors etc !FormSize = Tells how much space is needed for 'Wimp_LoadTemplate' !AntiTask - Makes the desktop stop multi-tasking and run a single program !NewIcon = New file and desktop icons !KbdInfo = Draws a picture of the keyboard and gives info about INKEY and internal key numbers. Easier than looking up the manual !PlaceIt = 1.09 Sticky backdrop prog that only takes 16K. If you don't have RO3 it's a must !CheckTemp = Displays info about Template files !Basic-M/C = Disguises a Basic program so it looks like machine code !Speaker = Very simple program to turn the speaker On or Off !Stereo = Straightforward stereo Tracker player !ShowTrack = 1.02 Combines functions of oscilloscope and 64 band spectrum analyser to display output of background music players. Best with ARM 3 but works with slower machines at lower refresh rate !StopST = Just stops tracker modules !STrename = Renames Tracker modules !RMcreate = Makes a Module from a Tracker tune !ColourMap = 1.00 Demonstrates colours as RGB, CMYK and HSV. Useful if converting files !DiscPlot = 1.02 Displays a Sprite directly from disc in a window. Uses almost no memory so you can look at a large sprite !Shapes = 1.04 Simple 3D graph plotting program !Process = 1.11 256 colour sprite manipulation program. Helps with noise removal, colour separation, conv to black/white or greytones, edge detection etc _____________________________________________________________________________
b156 !SkyView = 1.02 Superb program to show a simulation of the sky at any time and date with all major astronomical bodies from any location on the Earth. The result is displayed in scrollable windows. Can print the output !EasiBase = 1.01 Straightforward desktop database with a few nice features. All usual database functions. Fields can be text, integer, FP or date. Cards are designed using a 'FormED' type editor so you make them the way you want them. Has simple graph plotting feature !FreeMemo = Sits on the icon bar and tells you how much memory you have free !Han-D = The Author says this is called Han-D because he thinks it is and because !PuncuationRemover won't fit. It removes certain types of punctuation from text files !KwickLoad = Application launcher. Drag the application to the icon to have it added to the menu !TskMaster = 1.32 Several facilities including '*' commands from the desktop, start tasks from menu, open directories, speaker on/off, free memory display, save/restore CMOS, ARM 3 cache control, and a desktop 'front end' for Squash !JstForFun = New borders for your windows. Some are quite nice _____________________________________________________________________________
b157 !AWViewer = Viewer for Artworks files. Lets people who don't have it look at pictures created with CC's Artworks package !Jewel = A Joint Photograph Expert Group image compressor and decompressor based on release 3 of the Independent JPEG group work !CSSC = Compacted Screens Sequence Creator. Lets you display a series of compacted screens in sequence. There is an example program with six high quality images _____________________________________________________________________________
b158 !Letter = Creates a 'letter on a disc'. Can use fancy fonts and graphics !ArmState = Replaces the Switcher and displays free memory and cache state on ARM 3 machines !BootCtrl = Switches the !Boot app on your hard disc on and off !CreateApp = 1.04 Create an application shell by selecting options from a menu !Cursor = Move mouse pointer with the keyboard and control pointer shape !DialCode = Lets you search for the place name if you know the dialling code and visa versa !Disable = Disables delete/wipe/remove commands so you can't accidentally delete files !Filextras = Various extra file commands to set filetypes, CSD, access, wipe files, etc !HourMake = 1.13 From Jon Ribbens. Design your own hourglass !Keyboard = Displays character set in a desktop window in any font available. If you click on a character it appears at the caret so it duplicates !Chars utility although it doesn't work with every program when used in this way !KillSprs = Deletes sprites in the Spritepool duplicated in ROM. Lets you restore default sprites if they have been changed !MF->Edit = Converts files in Masterfile format to plain text !OurGlass = Another utility to let you design your own hourglass !Toolbox = Opens a window with several icons to perform actions on files, discs, directories etc !ViewHelp = 1.15 Lets you create !Help texts which can be viewed in a window !WimpLook = 1.01 Displays info about other windows and icons on the desktop. Move the mouse pointer over any icon or window to find out about it !Wiper = File/directory deleter UUcoder = RM which acts as a very fast UUencode/decoder _____________________________________________________________________________
b162 !Architype = 0.31 "An excellent touch-typing tutor". Can have timed lessons and locked exercises to prevent cheating. Infinite number of lesson and exercise files allowed and can all be user-edited. Now with large print exercises !Calendar = 1.03I Application for creating calendars via Impression using ImpulseII protocol. With five sample calendars !HexEdit = 0.94 view/edit any file byte by byte !NewChars2 = Improved version of !Chars which can also select fonts !PrintFile = Opens a 'Printer' window !ReadFile = Opens a VDU window. Useful if you have !Edit loaded but want to see what text will look like in a Command window !Cassette : 1.35 Program from Mark Bright/Malcolm Knight to print cassette inlays InlayPrnt = 2.05 Cassette inlays again but output can be as a Drawfile !VideoBase = 2.10 Database for video tapes. Improved version with better report generation and more output options plus keyboard shortcuts. Version 2 has even more features and improvements !QZap = 0.20 Desktop disassembler. Not as comprehensive or powerful as !Dissi or !Disassem but a useful tool for examining machine code applications and simpler to use. With C source !Printset = 0.18 Selection of printer facilities from the desktop !PrBuffer - 1.00 !PD-Impres = Pipedream to Impression data transfer utility _____________________________________________________________________________
b164 -=- Desktop Customising -=- Windows : 15 new designs which change window icons and scroll bars etc. Ranging from attractive to bizarre Paint : New template and tool windows for RO3 Paint !Customise = Various new sprites and icons including 3D window and file sprites, backdrops, tool sprites, etc !NewTemps = More new tool sprites !FilerPtch : 1.12 Various mods to the Filer module so app. names don't need to begin with '!', files can be hidden as with DOS, improved Set Type menu, etc. NOTE - needs filer 1.64 !ConvtApp : Converts (most) apps to work with !FilerPtch ie. without a leading '!' in their name DeskPatch : Superb suite of customising programs to give solid 3D file dragging, slabbed icons, anti-aliased fonts on the desktop, specialised directory icons, some very nice system sprites, etc. Needs Filer 1.64 DeskPatch-1 and Deskpatch-2 are included. I'm told that Deskpatch-1 works but it wipes out the ADFS file icons on my A5000, however Deskpatch-2 doesn't _____________________________________________________________________________
b165 Password = Hard disc password application !Alert = Gives an indication when a task that hogs the processor has finished !ALT-Keys = Re-installs International Keyboard nodule if it's unplugged !ButtonBar = Puts a window on screen with buttons which simulate a keypress. You can define buttons to suit any app. Samples are provided for Edit and Impression but you can make your own !FEd = 8x8 system font editor. There are lots of these but this one's quite good !Grabber = Interrupt driven screen grabber. Ideal for games screens !HPCalc = Emulation of Hewlett Packard HP15C scientific calculator !Indicator = CPU usage indicator with a meter display on the icon bar !Lunch = 0.33 Out to Lunch - screen blanker !MoveWindo * When you hold down SHIFT+CTRL you can move a window by clicking and dragging anywhere in it !Piggy = Simple allowance or pocket money organiser !Sounds = 1.02 Database for your record collection !Videos = 1.01 Like !Sounds but for videos !Strip = For people with fingers permanently hooked into mouse- clutching shape. Lets you simulate pressing function keys etc. by clicking on a keystrip above the icon bar ArmSI = 3.46H Shows the type of computer and equipment and calculates speed index etc Plus various clocks - !DigiClock = Digital clock in a small window so it doesn't take up any icon bar space !DskChimes = Chimes every hour !HourAlarm = Does what you would expect !IconClk3d = Digital clock on the icon bar that I find ugly and too big but some people think is wonderful !IshClock = Tells the time to the nearest five minutes or so _____________________________________________________________________________
b166 DeskLib = 2.14 Set of C and Assembler files which add to and/or replace parts of the libraries supplied with Acorn DDE C. This has been compiled by a team of people including Jason Williams, David Pilling, Tim Browse, Keith Marlow etc. so it's a professionally produced library. If you program in C on the arc then you NEED this, don't struggle with the libraries supplied with Acorn's C _____________________________________________________________________________
b168 XLisp Plus = 2.1d Version of Lisp from Tom Almy. Based on the version on B150 from David Betz with enhancements and bug fixes. Full documentation and C source XScheme = 0.28 No proper docs or even an authors name so you will need to be familiar with the language _____________________________________________________________________________
b169 PERL = 3.0 Practical Extraction and Report Language. An interpreted language optimized for scanning text files, extracting information, and printing reports. Combines the best features of C, SED, AWK and SH. Full manual in TeX format plus an ascii version Includes C source code for PERL. _____________________________________________________________________________
b170 SBProlog = 3.1 Archimedes port of SB-Prolog system written for UNIX in the Dept of Computer Science at the University of Arizona. Comprehensive manual and a few example scripts Note 1 - You need 2Mb to run this and 4Mb to run the compiler Note 2 - The Manual for SProlog is supplied as plain text but there is also a version in PS format (see below) _____________________________________________________________________________
b172 -=- Programmers Utilities -=- !Zap = 1.00 NOT the text editor but a non desktop memory editor and disassembler !Disass = Simple disassembler. A Module so it can be used from the CLI outside the desktop !DisAsm = Another simple disassembler !FP_Prog = Basic procedure library to include FP opcodes in Basic assembler programs !LabelChk = 1.24 Checks Basic assembler program for duplicate labels !LoadBasic = Another last Basic Editor loader but by Steve Turnbull !Scrab = Functioning screen grabber module written as an example of claiming events. Source code is available !ShellC = Desktop window in which to run Acorn C v3 but functions as a general purpose CLI shell window !SpeedySWI = Changes textual SIW's in a Basic program to numeric equivalents !Wincode = 2.00 Lets you design a window and then displays the various parameters so you can incorporate it directly into code without using templates BasicUtils = Collection of short Basic programs to perform assorted tasks. Includes disc readers which may be useful to people who need to read/write non standard formats !BasicTask : Application to launch single tasking Basic programs with output trapped in a Task window GoodIcon = Short Impression doc by Toby Smith with hints for designing icons plus examples. A text version is included if you don't have Impression !Menus = Version of David Andrews Menu Editor modified by Paul Hobbs to work under RO3 !FormEd2 = 3.02 Version of the Risc Squads modification of Acorns FormEd improved and debugged by Paul Hobbs The remaining programs on this disc are utilities by Cy Booker AppEnsure = Works like RMENSURE in !Run files but for applications ExtractBas = 2.00 Unscramble many of the PD programs that try to disguise Basic as Absolute code FontMessage: 1.00 Generates files that can be used by the Font Manager to tell it the names of all your fonts, speeds up many applications RAMFsSize = Ensures a certain size RAM disc exists FontWindow = 1.22 Simplifies use of fonts in icons and saves the problem of them looking lousy in low resolution modes _____________________________________________________________________________
b173 -=- Archimedes Fractal Group disc 3 -=- Note - Some programs on this disc are not new but are updated/enhanced versions of those on earlier AFG compilations. There's so much that I have just listed the program names. A must for fractal enthusiasts 3DFractals, 3DLife, 4DSolids, Booker, ChaosGame, Dive, DiveBW, FastBrot3, FG, FracIFS, JuliaAnim2, Lorenz, Magrathea, Mandel, Mandel4, Mandelbrt, Mandel_1, MerryXmas, Newton, Orbits, Scenery, Spacefill, Startree, World, BasicFrac, Foglia, Frac-Rep21, IFS_EscTim, Julani2, Mandori, Marble-Tex, NewtonFrac, QuasiJulia, Shperagate, TAPI+, Texture3, Texture4, Roses, Quasi I-J,M _____________________________________________________________________________
b174 -=- More Fractals -=- !Fractal and !FracPal = These definitive fractal generators by Mike Curnow have appeared on other discs but I have put them on this new disc as the others are completely full. There are two separate versions, 0.30 for RO2/3 and 1.07 which is RO3 only !FracLand2 = 2.14 Program for generating and 'playing around with' fractal landscapes !BreedeCA = Genetically breeding Cellular Automata. In effect an enhanced variation of 'Life' _____________________________________________________________________________
b175 -=- Various Tracker Players -=- !ACH_Strkr = 2.00 Desktop Tracker/STracker player with controls which also lets you listen to individual samples of a tune !AMFSTrackr= Standard tracker player with desktop front end by AMF !DSJukeBox = 1.30 'Juke box' desktop player for Digital Symphony !JukeBox2 = 1.30 Popular multi-tune player !STracker = 4.02 Standard desktop tracker player !ProTrack = 1.11 Superior tracker player from BASS !S/Tracker = 4.09 Another 'best' tracker player !PDTracker = 4.52 Probably the nicest tracker front end by Simon Hatliff. Full of features and can queue up to 512 tunes. Unfortunately with this version the author has chosen to provide instructions in StrongHelp format instead of the previous text file, so you'll have to struggle with that instead of printing them and reading them at leisure. !Player2 = Straightforward non desktop player module loader _____________________________________________________________________________
b176 -=- Tracker tools and utilities -=- STSpeedP : Module to automatically issue a *playspeed command as you switch between screen modes so music speed doesn't change !Speaker = Switches the speaker on/off !DeskVu_2 = Desktop vu meter !DeskVu_8 = Ditto !EchoII = 1.05 Digital delay line !GetSTMod = 2.08 Archimedes <-> Amiga Tracker etc. converter !ProTrack = 1.11 Desktop Tracker player !Restore = Breaks up a Tracker Module into its constituent parts !ShowTrack = 1.02 Lets the Archimedes act like a spectrum analyser Really needs ARM 3 to run properly but works on others !SpeakCtrl = 2.01 Switches internal and/or external speakers on/off !StopST = Just issues the 'playstop' command !STRename = 1.02 Renames Tracker modules !STtoRhap = 1.00 Converts a SoundTracker file or module to Rhapsody format !TrackCTRL = 2.00 Control Tracker modules from the desktop !Volume = Controls the volume _____________________________________________________________________________
b177 !AMFTrack = 1.20 Superb Tracker tune editor and creator. Can work with four or eight channel tunes !SampConv = 2.13 Tool to convert between a large number of sound sample formats !STsampFix = 1.01 Modifies samples where the headers aren't word aligned so that they can be loaded by AMFTrack PLUS over fifty sound samples _____________________________________________________________________________
b179 !ImpCompr = 1.10 App by Jonathan Marten to automatically compress or decompress Impression documents using !SarkFS !Finder = 1.10 Program to 'find' things in data files. In practice it's a sort of shell database that works with text files. Examples include national vehicle number plates, international dialling codes, post codes etc. As files are text you can make your own, which is the main idea !Tabs = Application for intelligently removing/inserting tab characters in text files !AddLabel = 1.00 VERY simple program to print a name and address onto a label using a DM printer !Mackro = 1.01 Inserts strings into the keyboard buffer so instead of typing often used phrases you just click on an icon !TidyDesk = 1.62 By Mike Curnow, extra desktop functions like tidying and manipulating windows, cut/paste icon text, customised keyboard shortcuts, application launching etc. !Smilies = 1.03 Inserts those little strings into keyboard !WinTool = Various features to control windows with the keyboard so window order can be changed MkBitMap = 2.00 By Cy Booker. Makes bit maps of fonts to speed up font access !Examine = Best desktop magnifier I've seen. Has a variable zoom which can work in reverse _____________________________________________________________________________
b180 -=- !MPEGplay -=- Port of MPEG moving picture player for X-Windows from the University of California. Not as fast as Acorn's player but fast enough (with an ARM3). On this disc is the application complete with C source code and one demonstration file (F16) NOTE - !MPEGPlay requires 1.5MB free RAM to run B180-A Three more MPEG pictures for !MPEGPlay, Mickey, ROM and Moglie If B180 and B180-A are ordered together they will cost only £2 but will only give you ONE POINT towards Bonus Discs _____________________________________________________________________________
b181 !QuickFLIC = Displays PC FLI moving picture files in a desktop window. With nine sample files including a nice dancer and and animated Wankel engine. Films are available from APDL and from PC Libraries _____________________________________________________________________________
b184 -=- Desktop Customising -=- !3DIcons : Complete set of low resolution tool icons !DeskFonts : Replaces System font with an outline font whenever VDU5 text is used, which means all over the desktop !DDD = Dozens of 3D file icons for all types of files including many commercial ones !Gadjets : More lo-res window and tool sprites !NewIcons3 : Complete set of tool and file sprites for hi-res modes !NewLook : Hi res 3D tool icons again !Selector : Three sets of hi-res tool icons that you can switch between by clicking on a 'button' !Tiles : Tiles for your RO3 16 colour backdrop !Tiles256 : Ditto for 256 colour modes !Tools : Three sets of lo res tool icons from Stuart Ford !Windows : More hi res tool icons plus a backdrop sprite Icons : Complete set of tool sprites and many icon sprites Pointers + Three different pointers intended for RO2 !AltColors = Alternative desktop palettes _____________________________________________________________________________
b185 Micro Emacs = 3.11 Desktop version of the editor with all its quirks. A bit ancient but still used. Has powerful Macro and text manipulating facilities so though I wouldn't recommend it as an editor it may be worthwhile using µemacs just to carry out changes JGPsuite = This appears to be a set of programs including a 'Risc compliant' text editor and printing utilities Unfortunately the Author has chosen to write the instructions in the editor format which makes it somewhat difficult to work out what it does _____________________________________________________________________________
b187 PRMindex = Desktop index for the Programmers Reference Manual. Two separate data files cover versions 2 and 3 !VoxClock = 2.36 Clock that speaks the time. Four sampled voices from which to choose and you can make it tell the time at a variety of intervals as well as when you click on it !DarkHorse = 1.03 Nice screen saver with some good graphics. All functions user configurable and you can write your own screens. As it only loads one screen at a time it uses less RAM than many others. The program contains twelve screens complete with source code. Several more 'packs' are available as Individual items (see DH_pack...) !Grabber = 1.03 Another screen grabber, this time by G.J.Lee !Indicator = 1.04 By Dick Alstein, displays CPU usage, Free memory, Time, VU meter or the current screen mode on it's icon !Mode = 1.04 Described by the Author as 'the most technically advanced screen mode changer known', ie. click on it to change !Status = 1.03 Monitors Wimp messages and displays them in a desktop window !WimpMon = 1.34 Monitors events passed by the Wimp. Extremely useful debugging tool _____________________________________________________________________________
b189 -=- Disc Utils -=- !IconDir = 0.11 Opens directories, runs programs, etc rather like Menon. If you have used Menon try this, it's much better !AI_Backup = 1.01 VERY simple hard disc backup program !Catalogue = 1.13 Produces a catalogue of your floppy discs. Instructions are in German but program text is English and it's easy to use but non desktop !DeskZoom = 1.21 Amalgamates !Boot files on a disc into a single file to speed up filer disc access !DirCount = Multi tasking 'count' in a desktop window !DiskBase ^ 0.75 Good disc cataloguing database with lots of features. Can catalogue contents of ArcFS/Spark archives, operate with multiple filing systems (IDE, SCSI, etc.) !FileList = Just opens a VDU window !IDEFSdisc = Creates a DOS disc partition on an IDE disk for old versions of the PC emulator !Indexer : 2.00 Floppy disc indexer by Stuart Ford. Straightforward program to scan root directories. Output as a text file !Kysmet = 0.92 Meant to move drive icons to a stack at the left hand side of the screen instead of having them along the icon bar. However it doesn't scan filing systems automatically or restore things properly when you quit. The instructions were incomprehensible gobbledegook and almost impossible to make any sense of. They have been improved but are still more c**p than substance. !SCUSIform = Desktop formatter for Oak SCSI. Easier to use than the one supplied with the interface !Partition = 3.09 Replacement for Acorns SCSIFS to allow several partitions. With assembler source so you could modify it for other SCSI filing systems tar = General purpose archiving program. As it can archive to floppies and split an archive over many discs it can be used for hard disc backup. Can compress if required. Lots of features. CLI driven !TapeFS = 1.09 A 'crude' filing system for a cartridge tape drive. Written for Acorn SCSI system but may work with others. 'Alpha test' so not a finished product _____________________________________________________________________________
b193 A set of phonic animations by Dave Walsh for the letters A to M (no 'E') intended for use with special needs children, adult literary classes or infants. With Tween source files and film for Projector (supplied), Genesis or Magpie. The rest of the alphabet will (hopefully) be provided at some time _____________________________________________________________________________
b194 -=- GCC C++ -=- Version 2.7.2 of the Free Software Foundation C++ compiler. It's a real memory hog, ideally you need 8Mb. However it includes the C++ compiler and a standard C compiler. The standard compiler works OK with 4Mb. Doesn't normally have a linker but a copy of DrLink is included which will link AOF files. _____________________________________________________________________________
b196 !Sprich = Shareware German language tutor which uses speech. Registration is only £5 and there are other versions for Chinese, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish etc available from the Authors. Highly recommended !LingoMaster = 1.42 Another language tutor from Nigel Caplan. Not as comprehensive or sophisticated as Sprich but you can easily expand the vocabulary yourself _____________________________________________________________________________
b197 UnixLib 3.7b Replacement ANSI compliant C library from C.Rogers for use with Acorn ANSI C ver 3 or 4. Incorporates a subset of UNIX system call interface and some System V and 4.3 BSD C libraries. Invaluable if you are porting UNIX programs to the Arc. These libraries are also necessary for later versions of GNU C++ _____________________________________________________________________________
b198 Icon. Implementation of the Icon programming language for the Arc. ported by Paul Moore. Supports large integers, co-expressions, keyboard functions, system etc. Includes about 350K of docs, mainly by Ralph Griswold, plus source code _____________________________________________________________________________
b199 !MUMPS Interactive interpreter for the MUMPS language by H.H.Verweij. This is a database programming language. It doesn't multi-task but does support more than one running program internally. With extensive documentation !LittleST Port of Tim Budd's Little Smalltalk by Geoff Lane. The Author admits it's crude and probably has bugs but it appears to work. C Source included _____________________________________________________________________________
b200 !APL 1.1A Archimedes release of the Advanced Programming Language. As usual with APL little documentation is provided other than system specific items. You are expected to buy the Manuals from the Authors !J 3.4a The J programming language is very similar to APL. Again very little descriptive documentation is provided, but !J does multi task in the desktop FLEX 2.30 Fast lexical analyser generator. A tool for generating programs which recognise lexical patterns in text. Creates output as C source code Bison 1.20 A port of the GNU project parser generator which is the GNU version of UNIX yacc _____________________________________________________________________________
b201 -=- Educational programs -=- Cambridge = Multi-tasking emulation of the imaginary Cambridge Microcomputer used for computer studies !Brownian = 1.30 Simulation of Brownian motion !2DWaves = Simulation of 2 dimensional waves !Graph = By Mike Curnow, creates a graph from a script file !MathGraph = Another program to draw scientific graphs !NCradle = 1.20 Demonstration of Newtons Cradle !PCMdemo = Demonstrates pulse code modulation !PI = Calculates pi to a set number of digits !ThreeDee = 1.01 Improved version of Robert Seago's perspective drawing program !Kinetic = 1.30 Simulation of Kinetic Theory !Lissajous = 1.00 Lissajous function plotter by Mike Curnow !ArcCount = Shows users free space on SJ fileserver !Library = Non-desktop library catalogue program PLUS four programs from Dr Roderick Ferguson !SciGraph = Creates a Drawfile of a scientific graph !SciModel = Nonlinear least squares curve fitting application !SciTrans = Allows transformance of 'x' and 'y' fields in the previous programs !Atmospher = 1.02 Diagram of the various parts of the Earths atmosphere in a scrolling desktop window _____________________________________________________________________________
b202 !BSpice = Berkeley Spice 3A6, Arc port by FKW and ETJ van de Pol as BSpice v1.24. The famous ciruit simulator from the Electrical Engineering dept of the Uni. of California !Nutmeg = 1.00 Program to take the output from Spice and create diagrams using the data !AutoPCB = By Pete Goodwin, creates a Drawfile of a double sided PCB with autorouting. Input is in the form of a text file. No instructions, but the method can be seen from the examples provided. With C source NB. Some of these will not operate on the RPC but I am told that they do work if you use Game On (see the Commercial catalogue) _____________________________________________________________________________
b203 !A4Extra = Fixes some 'features' of the A4. Stops HD from powering down if the external PSU is on, controls cache and screen blanking and can switch between an external monitor and the LCD display !Accounts = Port of a BBC accounts program. Non desktop and runs in Mode 7 but works OK !BBCTape = Helps port files from the BBC to the Arc via serial port !Calenary = Extremely good desktop diary and Calendar from Ian Palmer !CMOSsave = Another program to save your CMOS RAM !MakeCSV = Converts a formatted text file to CSV format. Useful for transfering data from a document to a spreadsheet !MDisplay = Displays multisync mode sprites on a normal monitor. It's a Module with a desktop front end and the module swi's are documented so you can use it with your own programs !MultiSync = Another module to let you display modes 18, 19, 20 and 21 on a standard monitor !ModeMan = 1.32 Desktop Mode selector !NoteBook = Very simple desktop notepad !ProLabel = 1.08 Comprehensive disc label designer/printer. Supports outline fonts and pictures, drawfile or sprite !Wrap = Lets mouse pointer 'wrap around' so when it moves off one edge of the screen it reappears on the other !StickyBrd = Another sticky backdrop program. You won't need this if you've got RO3 but if you haven't... !Zap = Oh no... Another program called !Zap. This is a file transfer program for the Z88. It's not as good as the one on B228 (but then I would say that) but it works OK _____________________________________________________________________________
b204 -=- BBS/Email utilities -=- !Binkley = 2.17 I'm told this is very good and if you need it you'll know what it is! !RUCP = UUCP clone for the Archimedes. Once again if you want it, you'll understand !ReadNews = 0.24 Newsreader by Julian Wright to complement RUCP !Mailq = Utility to show mails/news queued for RUCP !UUCoder = Package to UUcode/decode by Richard K Lloyd. A lot faster than most Parse = Appears to be an accessory for Binkley !SerialDev = Serial device driver !XSpark = Archive server for the #N A I X#-ware Xmail suite. As the Author (Steven Haslam) says, if you don't know what that means you don't need it NB. Needs !Spark. Also includes !XSparkFS which uses !SparkFS _____________________________________________________________________________
b206 Comprehensive beginners guide to the Archimedes by Dave Walsh. Uses the Hypertext system 'ClearView' so it's very easy to use and you don't need any great understanding of the Arc to use it (which would defeat the purpose). Ideal for schools where it can be used as a learning aid for beginners or a 'reminder' for the more experienced. Highly recommended. _____________________________________________________________________________
b208 -=- Programmers Utils etc -=- !ARMForth = Desktop Forth compiler by Rob Turner of Hull Uni. Good manuals and some example programs. Will even run from floppy disc. Compiles to ARM code and has an inline assembler !Glazier : 0.30 Template editor. So far I haven't had any problems with it. Perhaps as good as or better than TemplEd !BasCrunch ^ 1.02 Basic cruncher by Ragnar Hafstaa. Not as comprehensive as !BC but fast and works well. !AmpDebug : 1.00 Desktop debugger by Ainsley Pereira. Consists of a module which lets programs report their status so you can insert calls to this in your code !Monitor = 1.00 Program to disassemble, search or execute machine code programs. Can single step and alter code with an in- line assembler. Not completely bug-free but works for most 'normal' code and can save a lot of eyestrain staring at your source code trying to find out why the %$#@&'ed thing keeps crashing Arm3Detect = Routines in C, Basic and assembler to detect an ARM3 BasEntry = Basic library Routines by Hugo Mills equivalent to argc and argv in C Prot0 = Two simple Basic program to help recover from a crash if a program runs wild and corrupts Page Zero SWIMod = Module to convert SWI numbers to names and visa versa, list all SWI's used by a module etc !BBC-GW = 1.40 Non desktop program to convert BBC basic to GW Basic. Many programs can't be converted but this works with straightforward ones !GW-Q = 1.00 Converts GWBASIC to QBASIC format with the advantage that QBASIC files are plain text so you can look at them in an Arc editor !TaskW = 0.15 If you haven't upgraded to RO3 and (even sillier) haven't got a copy of !Zap this creates a Task Window _____________________________________________________________________________
b209 TLA = 0.2a Procedure based single pass AOF format assembler. Intended for writing code to be linked with C without paying the high price for Acorns DDE assembler but can be used on its own. TASM = Table driven cross-assembler for 8 bit micros with tables for 8048, 8051, 6502, 8085, Z80, 6805, 6800/01 etc. With docs and examples. Note - you need a C compiler C_Utils = Library of C routines. No real documentation but you should be able to work out what's what from the header files. Contains a version of getopt and regular expression routines from the Free Software Foundation plus a profiler DrLink = 2.70 Replacement for Acorn's Linker supplied with C and AAsm packages. Not as powerful but adequate and lets you produce executables with TLA or Pascal (on B111) or !AS (on B150) if you don't have a DDE package _____________________________________________________________________________
b210 !Gofer = 2.28 The documentation for this says it's 'a Haskell-like functional programming language in the style of Orwell and Miranda but adds an overloading system and proper continuation-based I/O to the Orwell system taught at Oxford'. So there! - Oh yes, it's by Mark Jones, this port is from Bryan Scattergood and there's nearly half a megabyte of docs plus C source _____________________________________________________________________________
b211 !APTracker = 2.00 Very good Tracker player/editor/creator from Andrew Pepperell. Seems to have all the features you would expect plus (unusual for anything to do with music) good instructions. Looks like a very good program !Sonic = I *think* it's some sort of tune creator/editor to be used with Creator II, but perhaps not. To quote verbatim from the (very brief) instructions "The sonic player was designed to play music made on the Ultrasonic. Sound effect were created on the Midi sampler that were converted on the ultrasonic. The sonic player is pretty good as a music/sound effect player but will have extras for creator programmers." Sort that out! _____________________________________________________________________________
b212 -=- Music utils -=- !PlayTrack = 1.06 Comprehensive Tracker/Soundtracker player with lots of features, full control of sound, vu meter, display sample waverform, save tune as RM, etc !Sound = 2.1 By Richard Brain. I think it's for manipulating sound samples but as the Author can't be bothered to write instructions.... !Sound = Confusing isn't it. A (very) simple program to let you play about with the Basic SOUND command. Can store several notes and play tunes !DSP = Bar/scope display by Arm's Tech !Player = Non desktop program to play tunes. Can split a tune up into its constituent parts so they can be manipulated !PlayerMod = 1.24 Another good soundtracker player by Nick Smith !EasySound = 0.01 Program by G.Lee to play sound samples !Spectr+ = Does a rough power spectrum estimation !Control = Another last program to control the internal speaker !Transpose = By Tony Gibson, raises or lowers the pitch of a soundtracker !Trk_Print = Again by Tony Gibson, prints Patterns, Samples or Sequences from a Tracker !MidiPlay = 0.5 CLI app. by Stephen Goldthorpe. Plays MIDI files in formats 0 and 1. The (short) Help file refers to GEM so I suspect it's an ST port. With C source so could probably be rewriten it as a 'proper' Arc program _____________________________________________________________________________
b213 !Address = 0.53 Straightforward desktop address database. Not the same as the one on B058 !AddressD = 2.01 Another desktop address book from Alex Hopkins. Quite good and has decent instructions !Addresses = 1.32 Yet another, probably the best of the three. This is by Neil Walker and can sort on various fields !TexBase = Port of a BBC program so non desktop. A sort of text database which lets you 'file' freeform text organised in pages and carry out various searches etc. upon them. Contains a simple editor to create the data The following are non desktop and not up to todays standards but they have been sent to me by people who use them so they may be of interest !DataDes = Advantage of this is that the database format is very flexible and files are plain text !Database = Non desktop name and address database Birdlog = Twitchers database !CDindex = Catalogue for your CD's !Albums = Ditto records _____________________________________________________________________________
b215 -=- Educational programs -=- !Palabras = By Tony Gibson, dictionary/phrase book for A level Spanish students !Turtle = Turtle Graphics program from Mike Charlton. Different from the one of the same name on B127 !CLIdetect = Temporarily disables the CLI. Stops students (!) pressing F12 and doing things you don't want them to !Fuse = 1.00 Helps you decide what fuse an appliance needs. You choose the appliance and power consumption and the fuse you think it needs. The program shows if it's too small (the fuse blows) or too large (you've caused a fire) !Plug = 1.00 Rather nice program to teach how to wire a 13 amp plug. You drag the wires to the correct terminals !Motor = Animation of a four cylinder engine showing the cycles. Non desktop and rather crude but the cycle is clearly demonstrated with valves operating etc. !Maths = 1.00 Non desktop function graph plotter by R.Thornburrow. When I first tried this it wouldn't run but I've cleared some of the obvious bugs and most of the functions seem to work. In theory it should run on a BBC or Nimbus as well but I've only tried it on the Arc Software Choice - 'Clearview' hypertext from Dave Walsh to help decide what software you need. Intended to help teachers, IT co-ordinators, etc _____________________________________________________________________________
b216 !Image ^ 1.70 24 bit image processing package by Ian Palmer. Can alter colour range, filter image, resize, rotate, merge images etc. Can read sprites (including 15bbp and 24bpp), Clear files, PBMPlus, GIF and JPEG. Image doesn't need to hold the file in RAM but can operate from disc, so you can manipulate an image larger than available RAM. RMAManager = Tries to tidy up empty blocks in the RMA left when modules are killed or give up workspace. Can free quite a bit of RAM if you have been loading/killing modules !Secure3 : Gives a small amount of security if your computer is stolen. Mainly intended for the A4, it diplays a security screen when the computer is started up. This could be bypassed by an experienced user but 99% of computer thieves wouldn't know an Arc. from a Z81 so it might make them discard it or not bother to nick it Direction : Displays current Path before the CLI '*' prompt like the 'prompt $P$G' DOS command. Seems to work on all filing systems !A4_Utils : Helps with changing the monitor and managing the battery on an A4 !ACH_ResFS : 1.00 Replacement for the Resource Filer which alows some apps (eg Config, Alarm) to be password protected so prying fingers can't scramble your setup. Probably VERY useful in schools !BitFlip : Lets you get at some of the bits of CMOS RAM that other CMOS editors can't reach !EasyMode : Screen mode editor/creator by Gary Lee. For people who understand how Arc screen modes work and NOT the novice !MakeDict = Pieces together the files that make up the dictionary in !WordHound to let you edit it on a 2Mb machine !Watcher = Another app to replace the Task icon and show free memory and cache on/off _____________________________________________________________________________
b217 -=- Acorns BCPL Compiler -=- Like the Pascal compiler on B111 this has been released as freeware as Acorn no longer support it. There's no proper docs and it's CLI driven but it does come with source code as well as executables. It's rather old and predates AOF format so can't produce linkable files, but as it compiles directly to executable code so you can use it on its own. I've never used BCPL so I don't know how good it is but I'm told it works well and is stable. As BCPL is the precursor to 'C' it's a good (and cheap!) starting point it you are new to compiled languages _____________________________________________________________________________
b218 -=- C++ Tutor -=- By Coronado Systems and again ported from the PC, but as 'C' is meant to be portable this shouldn't be a problem. With lots of short example programs. If you want this in the original PC format you can have it part-archived on a 720K disc - ** Specify PC format ** _____________________________________________________________________________
b219 -=- Text files - trivia and humour -=- Movie Trivia - Quarter Mb text file with a huge amount of data about films. directors trademarks, directors appearing in their own films, actors trademarks, cameo roles, etc. Cookies Two big 'Fortune Cookie' files, over half a Mb of witty and amusing items. Something for everyone Coca Cola Recipes - Honestly, it's NOT a joke. Twelve recipes for cooking with Coca Cola Star Trek Technical description of the operation of Warp Engines and the relationship (hitherto not revealed) between Warp Factor and Light Speed. This material has not been published in one place before and the Author has been forced to glean it piece by piece from such places as the Franz Joseph blueprints and the Spaceflight Chronology book. Essential reading if you are building a Starship in the garage Unix Hoax! At last it can be revealed. Unix doesn't exist, it's all just a joke! Bill Jokes One hundred and eleven 'Slick Willy' jokes. Some are even funny Wit-4-Wisdom Over 200K of 'witty and wise' sayings (!?) Smoke Kills It's official - smoking kills computers Real Programmers Don't Eat Quiche - Essential reading! C Bible Genesis according to C. 'Let there be Code' PLUS - two humorous Drawfiles _____________________________________________________________________________
b220 -=- Text files - philosophical? -=- Abigail The Book of Abigail. Quasi-religious document recalling the words of the travelling sage Agigail and her five followers Venom "Many have trod the path of the infinite before... It would be foolish for one to beat his own path..., when there is encouragement and guidance to be had". (Hmm) Poison "These writings will not be welcomed by the run of humanity nor are they intended for such animals... My wisdom is not for the public life and the organizations within it, neither for mass movements nor break-away sects.... the wisdom I speak of in these writings cannot exist in such an environment and in such minds". (Same author, hmm again) Followers Book of the Five Followers, sequel to the Book of Abigail _____________________________________________________________________________
b221 -=- Text files - hardware and programming -=- C Hints 'Hints for Efficient Programming'. A collection of hints and tips for speeding up C programs. Many refer to Intel architecture but worth reading HDriveList Text file containing details of hundreds of hard discs These are all 'old' drives, IDE, MFM, RLL and SCSI, so it could be useful if you want to use a PC drive on your Arc and don't have the data to format it Seagate Drives Data on 19 common older Seagate IDE drives from ST125 to ST2274. Specification, connections, links, etc HardDisk! A magazine review of a *massive* 10Mb hard disc available at the *incredibly* low price of only $895 AssemTut Text of a lecture given at Yale Uni. on the subject of assembly language. This is a very simple 'starter' for anyone interested in writing Intel code. (Advice - dont!) Copyright Intended to help U.S. authors register copyright which is a lot more complex than here. However it does give a few interesting pointers Shareware The historic 'Programmers Guide' by Nelson Ford plus letters, most of which predate the founding of the A.S.P Still, lots of VERY good tips for Shareware Authors ARMrules Important rules for ARM code writers concerning some instruction sequences which can cause problems Colours Notes and M/C examples from Roger Wilson on finding the closest colour match among the standard 256 colours SpritePlot Again from Roger Wilson - how to display a sprite mode independently and quickly ARMDivide Some examples and notes on machine code divide routines StyleGuide Some notes on information contained in the RO3 Style Guide plus example templates and icons Smileys A list of 'smileys' and what they mean Trouble Chart A trouble-shooting flow chart for professional programmers and project controllers _____________________________________________________________________________
b222 'The Programmers Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC' by Dave Williams Definitive Shareware reference for anyone interested in writing PC programs. It contains in one volume almost everything you need. I have a bookshelf with about £200 worth of DOS reference books and I don't think there's much in them I couldn't find here It's NOT a 'how to use DOS' book, but aimed at programming at DOS/BIOS interrupt level. If you want this in the original PC format you can have it part-archived on a 720K disc - ** Specify PC format ** _____________________________________________________________________________
b223 -=- Disc/Compression utilities -=- gzip = 1.2.3 GNU Zip. For creating/de'arcing ZIP files. With C source !AutoArc = 2.10 Makes archiving a series of files/apps using ArcFS easier and can replace them by archives of the same name automatically !ArcAuto = Another program to make archiving a series of directories with ArcFS easier !BatSpark = Makes archiving files with !Spark easier. Lets you arc an application as a series of separate files !CFSCopier = Various features to make CFS more convenient to use !FSC{- }CFS = 1.01 Switches between a CFS directory and the normal version of the same directory !SwapCFS = 1.02 Another utility to switch between CFS and the regular directory !MultiArc = 1.03 Makes creation of archives consisting of many files/applications using SparkFS simpler !Boo = Application to de-BOO files. With C source !Locked = Simple app to lock harddisc until a password is entered !Protect = Can protect up to 21 directories from unauthorised access. Works with Image filing systems as well so can protect archives (ArcFS, SparkFS, etc.) and DOS partitions !StopFCE = Not needed now but with RO2 if you forget to DISMOUNT discs you can get a 'Filecore in use' error which can stop all filing application until you RMREINIT the module SparkFSClk = Lets SparkFS be used with directories that don't have filenames beginning with '!' !UnArj = 2.30 DDE utility to decompress ARJ files _____________________________________________________________________________
b224 !DirMenu ^ 0.24 When you click MENU on the title bar of a filer window this displays a menu tree of the path of the window so you can move back up the tree to another directory without passing intermediates !FileSplit = 1.01 By Ainsley Pereira, splits large files over floppies so you can transfer them !OpenDir = Opens a directory if you drag it to the icon. Useful to anyone who has difficulty opening app directories ie. using the mouse while holding the SHIFT key !Ram3 = Alternative RAM FS. I can't see anything better than normal but you may prefer it !Renamer = Useful if you port files from a PC. Changes those 'orrid and ugly upper case names to nice, pretty, Acorn ones in lower case with a capital first letter. Works recursively through directories and has a substitution list so it can substitute certain names. eg README could become ReadMe !Convert = Now we all have RO3 and don't use apps like DosFS and PCDir any more we have to manually change the PC LF/CR to a LF when importing/exporting text. This does it automatically !HDSpeed = Simple program to asses HD speed. Only really useful for comparison but works on any filing system (even floppies) !CMOSSave = Another CMOS RAM saver !TrashFS - Another 'dustbin'. I'm told this works but I can't get it to operate properly !KeyDir : Lets you change CSD, URD, etc. from a menu !Magnify = 0.51 Nice Desktop magnifier. By SICK so the instructions are gobbledegook but it's intuitive to use so you don't have to read them !MoonTool : Gives info about the moon. Phase, age, distance, angle, dates of last/next new moon etc. plus other things !MouseII : 2.00 Improved version of Andrew Heckfords Mouse program. Sets mouse step, pointer wrap, cursor control, and can switch to a large brightly coloured pointer for the 'visually challenged' !PrntDiary = Prints a desk diary with a month on each page. Days can have personalised entries anniversaries, birthdays, etc !PrintLbls ^ 1.20 Label printer that can use fancy fonts. Input is a CSV file so can use output from databases, spreadsheets, etc. Written by Steven Haslam to work with Powerbase but as it's a useful program in its own right I've put it on this disc as well !FontCombi = 1.00 By Andrew Heckford, allows font directories to be included/excluded from Font$Path !WFNBoss = Converts WFN (Corel Draw etc) fonts to Archimedes. Not very fast but you only use it once for each font !WinScreen ~ Lets you have several desktop 'screens' and switch between them. Much better than programs like Largeness' which get a bit confusing. If you don't have a hi-res monitor but want a bbiiggg desktop this will be useful _____________________________________________________________________________
b225 -=- Emulators -=- !Woz = Apple IIe emulator. Does most things but doesn't include the Apple ROMs. If you have a IIe there are instructions for porting them and the Author will supply copies if you give PROOF of ownership of a IIe !MZX ^ 1.10 48K Sinclair Spectrum emulator. Works well. Can multitask or operate in single tasking mode for speed. Runs at about 60% of Spectrum speed on an ARM2 machine, around normal speed with an ARM2.5 and too damn quick with an ARM3 !Trash80 ^ TRS 80 emulator from the same Author as !Woz. I don't know anything about this computer but I've tried a few simple Basic programs and it seems quite fast !Spconv = Converts beween various Spectrum 'snapshot' files so they can be imorted/exported to and from MZX !MZXface ^ 0.02 By Andrew Clover, lets you cheat with Spectrum games using Multiface pokes published in Spectrum magzines. Includes lots of cheats _____________________________________________________________________________
b226 -=- Acorn's RiscOS3 upgrade disc 1 -=- Comprising !Printers v1.22 and ColourTrans 1.57, all © Acorn Computers and distributed with their permission Requires RO 3.1 or later and 2Mb of RAM. Permits background printing via disc file, improved colour support, especially with 256 colours, better Printer Definition Files, including drivers for HP 500C, 550C (also works with DJ310 colour) and 1200C, BJC600 and Epson Stylus 800. Other PDF's have been improved and the list updated to include more than 300 printers. Less disc swapping required for floppy disc users, PS printing is improved, better page definition, and many other changes and enhancements based upon feedback from users _____________________________________________________________________________
b227 -=- Four Art Packages -=- !FineArt :~ 1.00 Acclaimed program by Barry Alcock. If you follow the PD columns in magazines you will have seen this mentioned so I shan't describe it at length, but you should be aware that it really needs 4Mb !Rembrandt = 4.22 Quite good 256 colour art program from R.B.Brown !Arctist+ = 1.00 256 colour art package. Rather old now and once withdrawn because it kept crashing, now modified so it doesn't. I have made a few changes to stop it needing a hard reset when you quit and fixed some other bugs !ArchAngel = 3.50 Another 256 colour package. Like Arctist, a bit old but seems to work well and unlike some is OK with only 1Mb. With good instructions _____________________________________________________________________________
b228 !Attribute = 1.31 Allows view/recursive setting of file attributes !Find = 1.0 Desktop file finder - only works for ADFS !Keys = 1.1 Lets the Fkeys issue OS commands within the desktop !MakeApp2 = 1.00 Disguises a Basic program to look like compiled code. Improved version by Dick Alstein based on Stuart Hickinbottom's original !RMA_Man - 1.2 Gives info about the RMA and Modules !ModeUtil = Shows data about screen modes and lets you select them from a scrolling window !Mouse = Speed controller !NewBar - 1.20 Puts icon bar within a movable window !StartTask - 0.82 Works like the '*Desktop -file' command used to run apps from your !Boot file but can be used at any time, not just when you first start up !TText-Spr - Converts Teletext screens to sprites. Useful if you use Viewdata and want to capture a screen !Backup3 = "An excellent hard disc backup utility" !Dup - Protected disc copier. Won't work with the controller fitted to machines which have 1.6Mb drives !Guesstype - Tries to make an intelligent guess at unknown file types !WasteBin = Good desktop dustbin - no frills but works well !Z88 = 3.50 Link your Z88 to the Arc. Can save files as an 'Archive' or individually. Converts between Z88/Arc Basic. Acknowledged as the standard Arc-Z88 transfer program and most users say it is better than Z88 Link !Acopy = 1.31 Disc copier for DFS, ADFS, MSDOS and Atari discs !FastForm - Fast disc formatter but doesn't check for errors !FileAct = 2.12 Performs actions on files dragged to its icon. Many features, can start tasks with 'hot key' etc !PCRamDisk = RAM disc for the PC Emulator that creates a partition on the Arc RAM disc so doesn't use any PC RAM !SetType - Sets filetypes !Wiper = Forces deletion of locked files/directories !FileCheck - 2.00 By Glyn Davies, warns if !Boot, !Run or !Runimage files alter in length. Used for detecting virus activity _____________________________________________________________________________
b229 !StrongED = Early, non desktop, version of StrongEd. Retained as an easy to use editor useing minimal RAM. Useful in its own right and not just an obsolete version of StrongED II Crazee Writer = Simple non-desktop text editor !Diction = Simple Desktop spelling checker. Doesn't check text, you type in a word. Easy to add new words !CardIndex = 2.20 Desktop database. Much improved version. Better than many of the other PD desktop databases available !DiskLib = 2.0 Creates a Library database of your floppy disc collection. Can print lists of disc contents, etc ArcExam = 0.10 Archived file examiner/recovery. Displays data about an archive to help you find out what's wrong !FileInfo = 1.40 Gives info about files in a desktop window !Access = 0.10 Sets file attributes recursively !BackDrop2 - 1.49 Lets you use a large sprite as a backdrop !Decoder and !Encoder 1.20 Encode and decode files !DeskAid = 0.19 Many utilities in a single app that takes only 16K and one space on the icon bar. Prints text files in the background, launches tasks, controls CSD, dumps files, opens directories, sends printer control codes, sets file types, locks/unlocks files recursively, a comprehensive command line interface which can make '*' commands act on files and more !FileUtils - 4.07 Various utilities for discs and files !Prog - 1.00 Programmable application. Lets you apply commands to files !Runner - 1.00 Runs applications !SparkInfo - 2.02 Gives info on Spark files Exist - Finds out if a file exists NoLook - If you put these files in an application directory no-one can look into it Protector2 - Protects discs and hard discs from unauthorised access _____________________________________________________________________________
b230 !Menon = 2.06 Disc menu and task launcher !PseudoApp - 1.00 Lets you have a 'pseudo application' in a directory which, when you click on it, runs the 'real' app which can be somewhere else !Aidon - 1.16 Displays disk free space in a small window !DiscCat = 3.10 Makes a catalogue of discs !Find = 1.08 Desktop file finder by Joris Röling !VKiller ~ 2.30 Rather dated but still a useful virus killer !Trash - 1.40 Useful desktop dustbin from R.K.Lloyd. With source code in Basic assembler format Ripper - Utility "rip" the graphics from games Interface = 2.0 RM to make windows and menus easier to design and more attractive !FormEd - 1.02 Original Template designer. Much improved on now !App_Maker - 1.00 Simplifies making an 'application shell' !AppHelp - 1.00 Displays help text for an application in a window DeskModes = 2.1 New 16 colour modes with 84, 88, 92 or 96 columns and 32, 33, 34 or 36 lines. Ideal for standard monitor !Shell - 1.07 Simple desktop application 'shell' !WimpKit = 1.02 Shows window and icon flags. Useful for designing windows and menus with items FormEd can't provide !Menus - 4.20 Lets you create and manipulate Wimp menus _____________________________________________________________________________
b231 !Scheme = 1.02 Display creator by Andrew Barron lets you put together folders with sprites, text files and Tracker music. Doesn't work in the desktop but quite fast !Coord = 1.00 Display mouse coordinates in a small window !DeskDump = 1.00 Grabs desktop screen as a sprite !DiscLabel = 3.02 Prints disc labels !MouseStep = 2.00 Change mouse step from the desktop !PrinterTX = 2.04 Prints text files !PrintMan = 3.40 Sets various fonts etc. for Star LC24-200 !QuickCLI - 1.00 For people who can't bear to let go of the mouse for a second - click on the icon to get the CLI instead of pressing F12 !SetDir = Sets current directory !InitDM = Lets you set fonts, etc. Modified for use with KXP1124 !ColText = 1.51 Reformats text files into two or three columns !Detective = 1.00 Displays file size, type, etc in a window. Obsolete with RO3 but RO2 couldn't do this !Globe = 1.60 Small spinning globe !Globe2 = 1.00 Similar to !Globe but slightly bigger !React = 2.10 Reaction timer !Padlock - 1.00 Prevents unauthorised access to directories PLUS 1W+ printer drivers for Star LC10 printers and 5 animated pointers _____________________________________________________________________________
b232 !Addr_Book = 1.7 Freeform RM database. Can insert names and addresses into text in most WP's including Impression, Pipedream, 1WP and even Interword and View. As it's '*' command driven you can write simple Basic programs for label printing, mail merging, etc !CardBank = 1.02 Useful database. Modified to work with RO3 and filing systems other than ADFS !HelpGen = 3.03 Help system generator !Multifile = 1.18 Simple database ported from BBC. Non desktop with Mode 7 menus but easy to use and good instructions !PipIn = 0.94 Pipedream <-> Interword file converter. Also converts PD files to text and 1WP. Can be used with Z88 ArcOutline = 1.04 Text outliner to help 'design' a piece of writing. Allows up to eight levels of ideas which can be displayed as required !AngleConv = 1.04 Converts between deg, Rads and Grad !BaseConv = 1.04 Number base converter !Graph = 1.16 Desktop graph plotter. Can save output as a CSV file but can only print the graphical result and not save it as a Drawfile like some others !Integrate = 1.01 Evaluates definite integrals Internat = 1.00 lets you change country, keyboard and alphabet !VATCalc = 1.00 Calculates VAT and can work 'backwards' from the inclusive price !Wages = A (very) simple program to calculate 'take home pay' given gross pay, tax free allowance and tax rate. Can only cope with a single tax rate so not for serious use PLUS a suite of utilities by Cy Booker including Unformat formatted text files, a date orientated recursive *Dir, file list utils, MuFi allows all filing system commands to use multiple wildcards Touch, sets a files' timestamp and more _____________________________________________________________________________
b233 -=- Graphics Utils -=- !MakeGIF = 2.05 By John Kortink, converts Sprite or Clear files to GIF. Superseded by Creator but this may be simpler to use !MakeTIFF = 2.05 Ditto for TIFF files !MakeIFF = Non-desktop program to convert Arc sprite files to IFF !HackSpr = 1.00 Helps correct palette irregularities in sprites. Useful after converting from foreign formats Grid = Temporarily draws a grid over the screen. Ideal for lining up objects in Draw, template editors, etc !MakePCX = Converts 2, 4 or 16 colour sprites to PCX format images !Dxf-CGM = By Keith Sloan, converts between DXF and CGM Metafile formats. The Author points out it's not complete and can't cope with complex constructs !EPSobject = Converts EPS format files as used by Corel Draw, Aldus Freehand, Adobe Illustrator etc. into vector objects suitable for use in !Draw !Design2 = Simple non desktop drawing program to create complex 'mirror image' artwork !RGB_Spr = 1.00 Converts 24bpp RGB description file into a sprite !Multi = 1.22 By Alun Jones, displays sprites created in any mode on a standard monitor !SpriteFix = Converts sprites saved from specialised modes into the nearest standard screen mode !SpriteFS = 1.08 Lets you view the sprites in the System Sprite area _____________________________________________________________________________
b234 !3DEditor : 2.16 Interactive front end for raytracers like QRT. A major upgrade from the earlier version with several example files and a Manual as an Impression doc. !EditPal : Utility from Mike Curnow to edit 256 colour palette files !ImpDemo = Image processing program that can add false colour, motion blur, etc !SortSprit = 1.11 Sorts sprites in a file into alphabetical order _____________________________________________________________________________
b235 -=- Various 'movie' programs -=- !MPEG = 2.0.6 MPEG movie player by Paul LeBeau based on the player from Berkley Uni, California !PlayAVI = 1.00 By Paul Gardiner, plays films from Microsoft's 'Video for Windows' package !Player = Simple desktop program to display a spritefile movie !View = 4.01 Another desktop slide show program !Vids = Yet another slide show! _____________________________________________________________________________
b236 -=- Graphics programs -=- !Thumbnail ^ 1.50 Superb program from Ian Palmer to display a series of miniature versions of pictures so you can find the one you want quickly in a similar manner to PickAPic. Support for Sprite, Draw and Artworks. new version is S/Arm compatible and includes a 'read only' version that you can put on distribution discs !ChangeFSI = 1.01 Thumbnail uses ChangeFSI so a copy is provided although recent versions are too big to fit !Pixar = 0.80 Non desktop sprite editor. !Paint is OK for most purposes but this program has some advantages, like undo, pattern and image fill etc. !mkBBCfont = Converts a System font into a series of sprites, one for each letter !Atari-Scn = Converts Atari Neochrome files to Arc screens !Beeb-Scrn = Converts between BBC mode 0,1,2,3 or 5 screens and Arc equivalents _____________________________________________________________________________
b237 -=- FLI player -=- Three discs of FLI movies with a non desktop player, !FliPlay (0.06) by K.F.Quinn. Each disc contains the player (which is quite small) plus some FLI files. These can be interchanged with the desktop player on B181 but you need to change the filetype as they each use a different one B237 = !FliPlay plus Fish, Death, F14 B237-A = !FliPlay plus Buzbuzbee, Catnap B237-B = !FliPlay plus Clown2Clown, Firering, Luxopc Each disc on its own costs £1.50 and gives one Bonus point All three discs together for only £3 but still only one point _____________________________________________________________________________
b238 GAWK = GNU port of AWK programming language. Includes C source HUProlog = Humbolt Prolog. Again with full C source code _____________________________________________________________________________
b239 -=- Programmer's tools -=- !PtC = 1.8 Pascal to C. DDE utility to convert Pascal source code to equivalent C !Mnemosyne = DDE tools to help find memory leaks in programs and locate memory-hogging functions by monitoring malloc/free/etc. calls FindBL = Program to find all branches to an address in a program. Can be used to disable calls to a piece of unwanted or faulty code where you don't have the source !Hunter = Searches code for a particular item or mnemonic. Useful for those 'UpdateMC' calls used by Demo programmers which crash with RO3 !ModulInfo = 1.42 Simple program to display info on a Module !Stripper = Removes comments from C source. Useful if you're running short of disc space or want to pass on source code but make it awkward to understand !VecScope = Monitors machine vectors. Useful for finding out what's going on while a program is running mkproto = C Utility. Creates a file of prototype declarations of all functions. By #include'ing this they will automatically be declared MakeSWI = Simple Basic program that creates a file of Equates of all available SWI's in form suitable for AAsm or C !DAssemble = Simple desktop disassembler by Majid Anwar. There are plenty far more powerful than this, but it doesn't install itelf on the icon bar and takes only 32K, so it's useful if you just want a quick peep decaof = C source from Andy Duplain for a program to imitate Acorn's DDE decaof utility _____________________________________________________________________________
b240 -=- BBS/Email utils -=- !AnsiEdit : 2.30 Editor by Darren Hillerby to create ANSI files. With examples !BBSview = Lets you inspect ARCbbs menu and text files without pre- installing them in ARCbbs !AreaFix = This version by Richard Paddle !NaixChat = 1.01 Split screen sysop chat for RISCbbs !NodeList2 = 2.05 Lets you to view nodelists !GrSp>Ansi = Crude program to convert simple Mode 12 screens to ANSI !UUDecode = 1.12 UU decoder by Ian Ashley !ZAnsi = ANSI, VT52, VT100 and VT220 terminal emulation. Supports XModem and ZModem _____________________________________________________________________________
b241 -=- Comms/Email utils -=- !Artic = 2.18 Comprehensive program to access Compuserve !Chugga = 0.95 Compiles nodelists !Mailer = 1.01 Lets you read Email/BBS files at leasure !RSlink = General purpose serial link program for text files !FidoMail = 1.70 Appears to be a sophisticated Email program by Thomas Olsson but although there's lots of docs none of it says what it DOES! !Grapevine = 1.32 Terminal program by Julian Wright. I'm told it's one of the best but as I'm not a comms freak you'll have to try it yourself !ModemUtil = 2.10 Another good terminal program from Paul Clifford !RI_Logger = Utility to log online time with multitasking terminals !Term7Cost = Calculates cost of calls made using Arcterm7. I don't know if it only works with Arcterm7 or others as well _____________________________________________________________________________
b242 -=- Disc utilities -=- !ClicBack ^ 2.99 Superb hard discbackup program by Steve Spry. Full, differential or incremental backups to floppies or another hard disc (eg. Syquest). Lots of features including data compression, partial restore, etc. It's Careware (£10 registration) and unrestricted so you won't forget to register, will you? As proceeds go to the Cancer and Leukemia In Childhood Trust (hence the name) it's even less forgivable than usual. Many features inlcuding a 'don't compress' list so it won't waste time trying to compress things like Archives. NB. We can supply fully registered copies of ClicBack for £12.50, including laser printed manual. The full £10 registration still goes to CLIC. See Commercial catalogue for details !TypeFind = 2.01 Rather good program for guessing filetypes of untyped files. Good for identifying files downloaded from BBS's, ported from PC's etc !DiscMedic = 0.92 Desktop disc sector editor from Tim Browse. Seems to work OK on all well behaved filing systems, although it did get a bit confused on my A5000 with SCSI, ADFS and IDEFS drives !DiscSpace = Displays a graphical indication of disc usage showing the amount of disc space used by each directory !HDLock = 2.00 Good program by John Lageu to restrict access to parts of a hard disc. Not absolutely secure but primarily intended for use in schools to prevent students rummaging about where they shouldn't. !VZap ^ Virus Zap 1.26 Anti-virus program by Paul Vigay. Replaces !Guardian and has the anti-virus code from Disc Commander. Although it doesn't seem to recognise as many viruses as !Killer it's a lot better otherwise and much nicer to use. Improved scanning of !Boot files and can comment out suspicious lines so you can examine them later and restore them if innocent. Registered users get 'free' updates _____________________________________________________________________________
b243 -=- More disc utilities -=- !Manager = 1.00 Utility from BASS. No instructions but appears to be some sort of disc cataloguing program !Catalogue = 1.00 Produces a catalogue of discs either as text or a CSV file for loading into a database. By Ian Ashley, with C source !MakeBoot = Program by Disk Alstein to create and edit your startup sequence. Looks very easy to use for those who don't feel confident to write their own boot app. With instructions/messages in English and German !ArcMirror = Utility for ArcFS or SparkFS to create an archive which consists of just a directory structure !CRC = Calculates a 32 bit CRC value for a file !Crypt = 1.00 File encryptor by Stephen Early that uses two separate passwords to encode a file !Scramble = Another file encrypter by Rick Crook !DFSreader = 0.01 Filing system for DFS discs. Won't double step so you need a 40/80 switched drive for 40 track discs !FileAid = 1.06 Various functions including dustbin, screensaver, and assorted file operations like access, set CSD, date stamp, set type !MacHFS = 1.04 Program to transfer files from Apple Mac discs. Only works Mac->Arc and with 720K or 1.44Mb (if you have the hardware). Uses a filer-like window although it doesn't work like a conventional filer, mainly because of the strange way Mac discs are organised, but it's a LOT cheaper than the alternatives and it will let you get data off a Mac disc. !Memorizer = 1.00 Useful utility from Ben Summers which remembers what directories you've been using so you can re-open then from a menu instead of having to start again from the '$' directory because you've just closed the one you wanted.. !Shelter = 2.3 Monitors disc access and stops some actions. As well as helping to stop virusus it might be useful in schools !VEnd = 0.67 Beta test version of virus killer from Jon Ribbens. I've tried it on some dirty discs and it seems to work OK _____________________________________________________________________________
b244 -=- Programmer's utilities -=- 68KAsm = Assembler for Motorola 68000 and 68010. Makes it possible for Archimedes owners to write machine code for A***a and A***i computers without needing to actually TOUCH them. You could also write programs for Mac's without spending about £300 for an Apple assembler !Virtual = By Brian Brunswick and Nick Smith. Replacement for the TaskWindow that emulates virtual memory so a task running in the window can be made to believe it has up to 24Mb available. Obviously only programs which run in a Task Window can be used so it's effectively restricted to CLI tasks, but this means that 'memory hogs' like the GNU C compiler can be run without massive amounts of memory. Not very efficient and you need plenty of spare (fast) HD space. With C/AASM source. Checksum = 1.01 Generates a checksum for an executable and appends some code to it. Helps prevent unauthorised 'hacking' DragASprite: 2.02 Module from Andrew Clover to improve Acorn's. It's quicker than the original, allows dragging of 256 colour sprites, better semi transparent drags, and has various configurations Error = Module from Armen Software to trap Fatal errors. It can't stop the error happening, but tries to prevent the Task quitting so with most Basic programs you can keep your data intact to give you a chance to find out what's wrong MenuUtils = Module to helps create Menus from Basic without the need to write your own PROCs !Trace = Utility from Pete Goodwin to output Basic variables to environment variables so if the Task crashes the value of the variable is preserved !WimpExt = 2.18 Wimp Extensions by Jon Ribbens, module with lots of SWI's to make programming the Wimp easier. Calls for many things you need for a Wimp program. Good documentation that doesn't assume an extensive knowledge of the Wimp AmpCalc = 1.79 Utility by Ainsley Pereira with several useful functions. Converts SWI number <-> name, ascii code/char, convert SWI names in Basic program to numbers, plus various BBS/Modem utils !Basic86 = Program to convert Basic 86 as used on RM Nimbus and Z88 to true BBC Basic !DeRem = Strips out REM's from a Basic program !iconSprtz = Drag a spritefile to the IconSprtz icon and it's added to the Wimp Pool. Saves messing about when you're editing application sprites etc. IntModule = 1.10 Module by Steve Hoare that tries to stop the current task with a specified keypress. Can be used to kill a runaway program without pressing RESET. With source code so you can modify the key(s) !Memory = Simple but useful desktop MZAP by Peter Millerchip !Wimpey = 1.00 By Andrew Heckford, various tools for programmers. Template array/indirected data calculator, SWI name <-> number translation, Wimp keycode calculator, plus it can 'spy' on other apps and give info on windows, icons, etc _____________________________________________________________________________
b245 -=- General utilities -=- Arm3Cache = Module by Mike Harrison to switch the cache on/off with hotkeys. Left ALT/CTRL for OFF, ALT-Shift for ON !DeskStart = Desktop startup program similar to the the usual *desktop -<file> but multi tasks so you don't get a 'orrible blank screen while things are loading and it displays a status window which tells you what's happening !Macros = Hotkey keyboard macro program from Paul Clifford. Up to 20 definable macros, each with up to 180 characters !TaskMstr = 1.33 Multi utility program from Peter Greenham. Several useful functions but a strange user interface. No icon bar icon, just a small window in the top left corner of the screen. Instructions are a series of Drawfiles but don't contain much information. The biggest drawback is that the program is written in a compiled language (compiled Basic?) and uses 160K when running !Thynx3 : 3.01b Another general utility program. Sets CSD, dustbin, set filetypes, control sound, etc. Again a small window with pretty hieroglyphics instead of a nice, simple, menu but it does have proper docs and only takes 32K !FreeMem = 1.05 Another one of those 'free memory' icons !SerialMse = 2.00 Module by Stuart Tyrrell to let you use a PC serial mouse !UniqueID = Program to read and display the ID number some machines have. It won't stop someone nicking it but it will let you identify it if it's recovered !Reminder = Reminds you at intervals to save your work 'just in case'. Of course, commercial programs don't crash, do they (!), so you don't need this.... !Saviour = 1.20 Another auto save. Simulates pressing the F3 key at predefined intervals. As this is the Save key in many desktop apps it will either save automatically or open the Save window to remind you !MakeRFS : Modifies the RFS in some way. I think it changes the ROM apps messages but as the Author can't be bothered to tell me I can't be bothered to try to find out !NotePad = 1.30 The first desktop notepad I've seen that's actually worth using. By Steve Tudway and Andy Piper _____________________________________________________________________________
b246 -=- More desktop utilities -=- !AllChars = 0.20 Another 'Chars' style utility. Covers the entire character set including codes 0-31 so it's useful for inserting control codes into text !BBC<->Arc = Serial link to transfer files from a BBC/Master. The first 'proper' program to do this that I've seen, all the rest have been *very* crude !BuffStuff = If you drag a file to the BuffStuff icon the filename appears at wherever the input focus happens to be. Most editors can do this but if you've got one that can't... !Command = Desktop '*' command processor with some other functions Something about this reminds me very much of !DeskAid, but it grabs a massive 96K compared with DeskAid's 16K !EAN = Produces a Barcode from it's 13 digit code number !Filter = Filters characters from a file (eg. remove control codes from text files) or replaces them with others !Jet_Text = 2.60 Text printing utility by D.Bower for printers using the HP PCL codes, which includes the Deskjet family and many others which emulate it - ie. most lasers. Lets you print text in text mode instead of graphic mode used by the Acorn PD's so it's *much* faster !Labeller+ = Simple label printer by Ben Brown. Not as sophisticated as others but fine for a single label/envelope !Make_Text = 1.00 Program by John Lageu to convert files with lots of embedded control codes (eg. 'Smart' files or WP files) to plain text by stripping out all the control codes. Also removes leading and trailing spaces !ModKiller = Lets you kill some of the least used modules. Don't ask me why you can't just press F12 and type RMKILL <name>, some people seem to want to do everything with the mouse !MultiScrn ^ Utility by Michael Ellis to extend the desktop. The desktop can have windows outside the visible area, this lets you have several 'views', some of which can be of this outside part !Scramble = File encrypter by Paul Vigay. If you enter the wrong password when unscrambling the file it is destroyed, so use with caution and DON'T forget the password! !Splitter = Splits up large text files into smaller sections. Intended for text files so has features specific to this !TextPrint = Text file printer from John Lageu !ClkTstMng * For RO2 users. Click SELECT on the task manager icon to open the task window !RiscTimer : Keeps track of computer usage. Records time the computer is switched on and the time it's actually been used for the last 28 days Schwoosher : Lets you create very large screen modes where the screen seen is a 'window' onto the full screen. Most unusual feature of the program is that although it's from SICK as much as 25% of the instructions are concerned with explaining it and it's possible to understand them! !ShareGrph = 1.17 From Neil Walker, keeps track of share prices and provides graphs of performance !TypeTute = Simple typing practice program !BBCFontEd = 1.04 Nice desktop system font editor from Graham Hick PLUS a couple of mouse pointers (inc. a large fluorescent one), a system font editor from Glyn Clements, a screenmode module to give 94x28 characters, 16 colours, 60Hz and some clocks - !Time shows date/time and also the time all over the world in a window, !TimeUp tells you after you've been working for a preset time, and !TinyClock (I don't know why it's called this because it isn't) _____________________________________________________________________________
b247 !Dis-le = French language tutor from the people who brought you !Sprich. Uses sound so it speaks in French and has a multiple choice quiz. Can use earphones instead of the speaker for use in class. See also the much larger version 3 on B380 _____________________________________________________________________________
b248 -=- Educational programs -=- !Distil = Winning entry for the 1990 Institute of Chemical Engineers student computing competition. Simulates distillation column operation Physics = Series of programs from the Dept of Physics and Astronomy at Glasgow Uni. Ten programs on a variety of subjects. I won't describe them in detail because if you're involved in this field you'll want to try them yourself !Eyeball = Grabs a screenshot from a machine connected to yours via Econet. If you're supervising pupils I'm sure you can think of 1001 uses for this !FigureIt = 1.00 Intended to give insight in different number series. Explores primes, Fibonacci series, squares, triangle numbers, etc. Aimed at Key Stages 2,3,4, Attmt Target 5 !UserPort = Rudimentary control of User Port from the desktop !Calc_570 = 1.02 Good full scientific calculator by Rupert Thompson !Converter = Units converter by Ewen Roberts. Metres/ft, cm/ins, km/miles, gals/ltr, gm/oz, kg/lb !Engine = An engine power calculator !Numeric = 1.03 By Graham Hick. Calculates integrals of functions, bonded intervals and derivatives plus other features !Roman = 1.00 By Ian Knox, converts decimal numbers to Roman !Timetable = 1.05 Nice school timetable program by Markus Bäurle. I've seen more sophisticated ones but this lets you set the number of rows/columns and does the job. Who needs more? !Wapuro = 1.00 By Jason Williams, lets you enter Japanese script (Hiragana or Katakana) by typing the appropriate Romaaji. Works with any desktop app that can use the supplied fonts _____________________________________________________________________________
b249 -=- Desktop customising -=- !Backdrips : 1.07 Desktop backdrop tiles !DeskPatch : Version 3.10 I haven't replaced the earlier versions on B164 because each has different characteristics so you can pick the one you like best !FilerPtch : 1.15 Requires Filer 1.64. Various improvements, hidden objects, local directory display options, apps don't need '!' as the first character of their name, better SetType, plus others DeskSprs : Selection of file, tool and icon sprites. Some very nice !Desktop+ : 1.51 Enables solid drags, fancy fonts in filer windows, named directory sprites, etc Resources² : New templates etc for ROM apps and others. !Tools : Six sets of toolsprites from Hugo Mills and an app for selecting them !WimpPatch : From James Ponder. Provides 'nicer' Error windows !Spritoe : Another set of toolsprites _____________________________________________________________________________
b250 -=- Two raytracers -=- !QRT = Quick Ray Tracer 1.5c Easy to use program with manual and a number of examples. Not as powerful as POV or RayShade but much easier to use and ideal for the less experienced !ECQRT = 1.02 Converts Euclid files to QRT DKB = 2.12 The first major PD raytracer. Written by David Buck and ported to the Arc by John Kortink. Many later programs are based on this. CLI driven program so not as easy to use as QRT _____________________________________________________________________________
b251 -=- Film/TV/Book texts -=- Dr Who List of episodes/stories with credits and a synopsis of the storyline Pratchet The Annotated Pratchet File v6 "BEING THEE moft LEARNED and EDDYFYING COMPENDIUM intended for the AMUSEMENT of the NOBLE and the INSTRUCTION of the VULGAR pofted on occafion upon THEE NETTTE". If you don't get some of the allusions in the books - get this! Plus a biblography of Terry Pratchet's books with a short description (actually the cover notes) RedDwarf Selection of textfiles with quotes/selections from various episodes Adams FAQ's and various other info on Douglas Adams BladeRun General info on the film Blade Runner plus FAQ's STtNG+RD Star Trek (the Next Generation) meets Red Dwarf - a proposed script (Well, anything's possible!) Rocky Script of the Rocky Horror Show Python - Monty Python film scripts - Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Erik the Viking, Life of Brian, Meaning of Life Sketches - Three buttocks, Architects, Arguments, Blackmail, Cheese Shop, Crocodile, Crunchy Frog, Fish Licence, Good Old Day, Nudge-Nudge, Silly Election, Soft Fruit, Spam, String, Spanish Inquisition, Undertaker, and, of course, the Dead Parrot Songs - I Like Chinese, Idiot's Song, Ode to Henry Kissinger, Not Noel Coward, Philosopher's Song, The Lumberjack's Song PLUS a list of all the episodes of 'Blake's 7' and 'Star Trek TNG' _____________________________________________________________________________
b252 -=- Desktop Customising -=- !FancyDirs : Lets you have fancy icons for directories containing certain types of files instead of boring folder icons !NewTemp : Fancy 3D templates for some desktop apps !3D On/Off : Simple app to switch on 3D icons for those who don't know how to do it from the CLI !Pointers : Control the pointer with the keyboard and change its shape !NewPals : Selection of desktop palettes !NewWindow : Complete set of file, icon and tool sprites !Enhancers : Adds 3D tools to ROM apps PLUS seven sets of tool/icon sprites - !Chromium, !NewIcons, !Switch, !Tøøls, !Risc3_Spr, !Pretty, DeskSpr and eleven sets of tool sprites compiled by Edouard Poor _____________________________________________________________________________
b253 -=- Dictionaries -=- Large (220,000+ word) dictionary consisting of 26 text files with one word per line. Ideal basis for a spelling checker or for expanding the word list of an existing one. The spelling is colonial (eg. 'color' instead of 'colour') so you may need to modify some parts, but that shouldn't be too onerous. PLUS a copy of the smaller 42,000 word dictionary file from disc B126 AND a list of over 24,000 names from Aani to Zyzzogeton. An absolute must if you've just had a new arrival (or acquired a dog or cat!) and can't think what to call it or want to know how to spell place names _____________________________________________________________________________
b255 !AppDock2 = 2.41 Utility by Martin Wuerthner similar to one provided with NeXT systems. Puts a border of buttons around two sides of the screen and these can have app. icons on them. Clicking a button runs that app. !DOField = Non desktop program to show depth of field of a camera lens. Gives numerical data plus a graph !Flash = Calculates exposure required to photograph a subject using a flash !Exchange = Simple desktop program to calculate currency exchange !IconPatch * Lets RO2 users imitate the RO3 feature to specify the position of an icon on the icon bar !Meditate = The Editor used to create 'Lunchtime' magazine. Contains the tools you need to put together your own mag. !Mileage = Shows distance your mouse has travelled !Plan94 = Rather nice desktop year planner/diary. The whole year is displayed in a single window !Inlay = Non desktop tape inlay printer by Paul Vigay TypeWrite = Simple non desktop typing tutor !Waterways = 2.17 Draws a large map of the inland waterways in a scrollable window. I don't know how accurate it is but it doesn't show the Medway so either it has omissions or I've been floating my boat on dry land for years !Diary = Desktop diary from Neil Walker !GSSClock = Unobtrusive clock, sits above the LH end of the icon bar !Interest = By Neil Walker, calculates interest paid on a variable sum throughout the year with variable rates of interest !MouseOff = By Martyn Rose, lets you move the mouse off the screen. With RO3 you can move windows off screen so this lets you get to the scrollbars and buttons which might otherwise be just out of reach !Rat = By Michael Coe, toggles mousestep between two user-configurable rates !SlowPtr = Another mousestep utility which slows down the mouse when you hold down SELECT and ADJUST. Useful for dragging objects but you'll have to edit the program to set the fast speed you prefer as there's no configuration !Taxer = Non desktop program to help calculate income tax !VAT = Adds 17.5% VAT to a price !WrapPtr = Lets the pointer 'wrap around' the screen !Xmas = Tells you how many days to Christmas _____________________________________________________________________________
b256 -=- Disc and Screen utilities -=- !VirusZap = Detects the Extend and Filer virus !WatchDog = Lets you set three levels of write protection to your discs to help prevent viruses spreading !Scanner = 1.56 Virus detector/remover but paranoid about ARCHIE and EXTEND viruses and finds them where they aren't so it's useless for these because you'll never know if it's a false alarm (probably!) !Finder = Directory opener/startup application by Guido Steiner Unfortunately the instructions are in German !Keeper = Simple but versatile hard disc backup program from Serio Monesi. Can 'run' a selection of command files to back up small parts of your hard disc frequently !TurboCopy = Quick disc copier which keeps a log of copies made WatfordIDE : Replacement for Watford IDE Filer to makes it more RO3 friendly !Change = Changes EOL characters when importing/exporting textfiles from PC's. Can change spaces to the correct char for 1WP !CopyDOS * Disc copier for DOS discs !DFS = Desktop DFS filer by Richard Averill !DiscEdit2 ~ Non desktop disc sector editor from Ting Zwei Kuei. Seems to be based on Adrian Look's DiscEdit but works with hi density discs, though not on the RPC !Links ^ By Brian Brunswick, sets up Unix style soft links on your drive. These are pointers to an object stored elsewhere so they look like the actual object and make it appear that you have multiple copies of some utilities without actually doing so !ModLock = Locks all Module files in a directory structure. Useful to avoid deleting or replacing Modules by accident !MultiCat = Simple disc cataloguer which catalogues EVERY file on the disc with its full pathname !ObjBackup = Backs up certain objects to floppy disc. Useful for making regular backups of files you are working on !Opener = Opens directories which are dragged to its icon. I couldn't think of any reason for including this (why not just hold down SHIFT if it's an application?) until someone pointed out that some disabled people have trouble with this !Q-Format = Not a quick formatter, just *wipes the disc, which is faster, but still slower than backing up a blank disc. !SoftLinks ^ Another program from Martin Wurther for creating soft links on your hard disc fsck ^ 1.30 Tries to fix the map and directory tree and re-link files. Can give extensive data about a disc. Includes 'eliminate' which deletes the actual file without removing the details from the map. Useful if you have a broken directory as if this happens not only can you not get into the directory, you can't even delete it (although DiscEdit on B384 is much easier to use). Eliminate doesn't fix the fault but it does give back the disc space used even if fsck can't fix the problem. These programs are CLI driven and should be used with caution. NOTE - fsck does not work on large format hard discs and the author will demand money before giving you a version that will, a practice that is against all the principles of Shareware. DiscEdit on B384 does. !BigModes = Four new 800x600 screen modes for multisync monitors with 2, 4, 12 or 16 colours by Martyn Thorpe !MegaMode = Mode selector. Only works with standard RO3 modes and crashes if you are using something else ModeMods = Two modules giving a total of nineteen new modes with 2, 4, 16 or 256 colours !ScResizer = Supposed to let you automatically resize your screen by dragging its edges. It doesn't seem to work on either my A5000 or a RPC, both of which have multisyncs, but I'm told it does work, so... !Slug = Saturation Line Up Generator. Helps evaluate and/or set up your monitor !VIDCmodes = This accompanied the Atomwide Video Enhancer, now placed in the Public Domain so you can use it to enhance your display if you have a later model with multisync monitor _____________________________________________________________________________
b257 -=- Text and Font utilities -=- 1wpTXT = 1.03 By Andrea Gall, convert text to and from 1WP format EdToAscii = 1.30 Program to convert text to and from Edword format WordChk = 0.03 Spelling checker module by Geof Lane. Intended for use with technical words not included in normal spelling checkers but it can be used as for 'normal' text. Not particularly user-friendly but it's small and as it's a CLI driven module you could write your own program to interface with it !DrawFonts = By A.Hersee, converts a string of text to a DrawFile !Fonter = 1.00 Prints a sample of text in a chosen font showing all the characters !FontLstr = Displays a list of all, or a selection of, the fonts available. Can save the list as a text or Impression file !FontMsg = Scans !Fonts directory and creates a message file so fonts aren't scanned when you boot as the references are taken from the message file, which is faster !FontMsgs : Another program by Darren Salt to speed up font directory scanning !FontTest = 1.00 Font print testing program by Mark Bright !FontPrint = Yet another font tester by David Wilkins !MathChars = Useful program by Hugo Mills. Similar to !Chars but only displays the 'maths' characters in a font so you don't need a window big enough to display the whole set !FontMgr2 : 0.15 Very good Font Manager from Andrew Lindesay. Lets you put fonts in groups and switch groups in and out of use. Seems OK in RPC. Good docs in text and Impression format and a utility to convert from FostMgr1 format !FontMgr = 2.50 An earlier version of FontMgr2, included as I'm told this version works with RO2 _____________________________________________________________________________
b259 -=- Programming tools -=- !ARMmaker = AOF or Binary single pass assembler by Steven Haslam. Can handle FP instructions. Mainly for use with DDE but can be used on it's own to produce stand alone code. Source code syntax is similar to DDE assembler. With a not very readable but detailed manual !A-Front = Desktop front end for Wingpass assembler !Animate = Games sprite designer by Tony Gibson. Sprites can be viewed in an animated sequence so you can see how they will perform !Extractor = Program by Andrew Jackson to remove unwanted data from a standard sprite, leaving only raw data suitable for use in fast sprite plotting routines !Trace = Improvement on the 'tracef' function in the RISC-OS library which outputs to environment variables so you can examine them afterwards if the program crashes !IconSprtz = Does an 'iconsprites' call with any sprite file dragged to its icon !InfoScoop = When you hit SHIFT this displays info about the object the mouse is over. Even better, you can save the info as a text file !SWIConv2 = Nice SWI name<->number converter. The converted item can be inserted into the keyboard buffer which makes it easy to 'type' the name/number into an editor when writing programs GameSuite = Collection of tools and utilities from Andy Southgate. The main ones are - FastSprite Module for fast plotting of sprites. Twice as fast as the OS routines but gives the non expert a much quicker system. Sprites can be created with !Paint and converted to the format used by FastSprite. Includes a short demo Stasis Provides sound support for games programmers Amnesia Lots of utilities including memory management, etc Plus other items by 'third party' contibutors _____________________________________________________________________________
b260 -=- Graphics/Art programs -=- !Graffiti ^ Nice desktop art package by Andrew Lindesay. All the usual tools and feature and very easy to use. Complete with good Manual in text and Impression format 3d_Tutor = Module and tutorial, with examples, by Paul Mason for producing 3D images based on techniques used in cinema !Detail = Lets you display and manipulate images. Works with CLEAR files and sprites up to 24 bpp. Can grab a screen, change the palette, etc. A partially crippled version of a commercial package (the distributors describe it as 'Shareware' which shows how ignorant they are of the principle) but useful 'as is' !Marble = Non desktop program to produce marbled sprites. You can alter parameters to give different textures and colours. These can be used for all sorts of things and they're ideal for desktop backdrops Wowpix = For producing those weird 3D images !DrawGrab = Converts a DrawFile to Sprite. Works OK with some files, not so good with others !DrawLink = Converts text into a form suitable for 'linking' into a Draw text area !Drop = Rotates DrawFiles about 2 axis in 3D. A bit slow but works OK !Pottery = 2.10 Interesting program from Richard Seago. Works like a potters wheel. As you draw a line in one window so a shaded 3D object is drawn in the other. This resembles the effect that would be produced if the lines you draw were to be used to 'mould' a rotating object. The resulting image can be saved as a sprite. Very useful and quick tool for producing sprites for games !ShowDraw = Displays Drawfiles in a desktop window. If you drag a directory containing lots of Drawfiles to the display window they are shown one at a time in sequence _____________________________________________________________________________
b261 -=- Romans -=- A Genesis project from Dave Walsh describing the Romans in Britain. Complete with lots of illustrations and aimed at Key Stage 2, although there is a lot of text, which might make it difficult for children who are 'developing' readers _____________________________________________________________________________
b262 -=- Seek -=- Bible Search program by Mike Williams. Lets you search through the King James Bible for words and then produces a list of all the verses that contain that word or words. This list can then be saved. To use it properly you need either a hard disc or enough RAM for a 1.6Mb RAM disc. You can split it up and run it from 800K floppies if necessary but this won't let you search the entire Bible at once _____________________________________________________________________________
b263 -=- Two Genesis databases -=- !Dinosaurs ^ A database with information about 48 dinosaurs from Allosaurus to Tyrannosaurus !Lamborgs ^ Another Genesis database, this time with info about Lamborghini cars from 1963 to 1991 NOTE - This disc also contains the Genesis Browser and Library which is required to view Genesis applications. As this takes nearly 500K it may not be included on other discs so if you don't have a copy you will need this disc. Some Genesis applications require special 'external' functions which may not be included in the standard Library so you are advised to get a copy of this disc before you purchase any of our larger Genesis applications where the Browser and Library are not included _____________________________________________________________________________
b264 -=- Educational programs -=- !Customs ^ Superb Genesis application from Dave Walsh describing customs and traditions surrounding the festival of Christmas around the world. Lots of interesting facts and, as usual with material from Dave Walsh, it's easy to find your way about the various 'pages' and a delight to use. Younger children will love this, especially the illustrations, but there's enough information to engage the older ones (and adults!) NOTE - The genesis Browser is not included on this disc - see B263 !Highway ^ Nice program to test knowledge of the Highway Code and help you learn about it. All multiple choice questions with illustrations and mouse operated so it's suitable for 'younger persons' and ideal for schools !Leapfrog ^ 1.01 Desktop game by Peter Jones aimed at Key Stage 2 Maths. It's a strategy game and I'm not quite sure how it works as a Maths teaching aid but it's written by a teacher so I assume this must be so _____________________________________________________________________________
b265 -=- Another collection of 'Educational' programs -=- !Spotter ^ 1.10 Gives a variety of information on satellites. Uses the NORAD SGP4 and SDP4 models to give visibility predictions and can display information relative to any point on the Earth's surface, perform real time analysis, and print out the results !Daylight = Gives information about Sun and Moon rise and set at any point on the Earth's surface !RoA = 2.00 Program by John Lageu to print out student Records of Achievements. Data input is in the form of a CSV file which can be the output from almost any database !ExprEdit = By G.Buxton, can edit mathematical expressions which are exported as Draw or Sprite files so they can be either printed or incorporated into documents. Supports basic arithmetic functions, square root, power, and brackets !CompInt = Simple program to calculate compound interest !Fraction = Desktop program to convert decimal numbers to fractions !Genotype = 4.00 I'm not sure what this program by Toby Smith does. The Author says it creates the 'Monohybrid crosses that any course in genetics will throw at you'. As I've never taken a course in getetics and there's a complete lack of any more detailed description of what its function is I'll just have to hope that prospective users understand !Gravity = Uses Newton's law of gravity to display the interaction between a number of objects bouncing around the screen !GWord5 = Non desktop 'guess the word' game. All mouse controlled and suitable for younger children !Planets = Another gravity simulation, works in a desktop window !Trig = Program to find any value in a triangle (length, angle) given the other required information !WorldTime : Displays a visual indication of the position of the Sun in a desktop window showing the parts of the world in darkness. Also gives various other info and can 'step' the display time !Zoo = 1.20 Nice 'game' from Raffael Ferrigno. Actually a simple 'expert system' demo but the idea is that the computer has to guess the type of animal from the answers you give to a series of true or false questions. Could be improved into a useful teaching aid _____________________________________________________________________________
b266 -=- Disc utilities -=- !Counter = Shows both the size of a file or application and the amount of space it actually takes on a disc. You can save a list of data for a disc as a text file !DiscIndex = 1.02 Rather nice disc cataloguing program from Neil Carson. With C source !DiscTrack : 1.00 Another disc catalogue program from Ainsley Pereira. Good search facilities to help you find files in the resulting database !DiskCopy = Fairly simple disc copying program from J.Robbins !DiskTree = Program to display a simple tree of a disc's structure. Only works on currently logged drive and doesn't seem to be any way to save the data to disc !FreeIcon = Constantly shows amount of free space on disc in drive :0 !FreeSp200 = Just shows the amount of free space on ADFS::4 !Launcher = 1.02 Very simple program by David Brunning to launch tasks automatically !OverFiler = This works with most Filecore based systems and lets you copy/move files and the drive icon displays the name of the disc in the drive. A bit fiddly to set up (you need to know the icon number of the drive icon) but most people only need to do this once !Tiger ^ 5.06 Useful program from Graham Crow. Name is derived from 'Big Cat', because its main use is to let you have a description of up to 140 characters which is displayed in a window by !Tiger. Particularly useful for documents, letters, etc I use an app like this on my PC and it saves a lot of browsing when looking for a particular letter. APDL is now the distributor for this program and a fully registered version is available - see Commercial section !WhichDisc = Shows the name of the current floppy disc in a small window at the bottom left of the screen, updated at a (configurable) interval or you can set it so it's only read when you choose !Yadfs = 2.5 Yet Another Disc Filing System for DFS (BBC) discs by Chris Corbett. Can read/write Acorn or Watford (61 file catalogue) discs, 40 or 80m track, single or double density. Seems the best one yet !Backup = 1.06 VERY simple app by Neil Walker to backup a section of a hard disc to floppies. Only works with up to 10 discs so only suitable for fairly small amounts of data !BootPass = By Spiro Harvey, lets you have several levels of boot sequence, each protected by a password. Could be very useful in schools !DiscComp = Compacts discs. I don't see what's so difficult about typing 'Compact :0' but if that's too much trouble.... !FastMove = Very good module by Felix Andrew to speed up 'moving' files from one directory to another !RPFS = Creates 'read protected' directories. This stops them from being opened without a password, but if they are applications they can be Run in the usual way _____________________________________________________________________________
b267 -=- File utilities -=- !ArcFSInfo = Freely distributable part of ArcFS which, as the name suggests, gives information about ArcFS archives !AutoRun = Intended to automatically run apps on bootup but I can't see why it's any better than the usual methods !Compare = File compare program by Neil Walker !DeBOO = Program by Steve Loft to decode BOO files !FastDesk = A very simple idea. The program can 'remember' all the iconsprites so they can all be loaded in one go. This saves delays when a directory full of apps. is opened for the first time !FileKey = 1.02 Locks/unlocks entire directory structures !FileSee = Displays files in 'dump' format in a desktop window !Filters = Adds patches to the Filer. Most useful makes the filer ask for confirmation before deleting files (if you turn on Confirm in the Filer window it asks for confirmation before copying as well). Can also set CSD and perform an iconprites !FreeDisc = Another app to show free space on the current drive on the icon bar !MakeLZW = Desktop front end for John Kortink's LZW modules !PCconvert = 1.11 By Simon Osborne, converts Wordstar files into Acorn style ascii. Can also perform other functions (eg. cr/lf transformation) to act as a general purpose PC textfile converter !Shield = Program by Ben carter to password protect a hard disc !SoftCorn ~ Improved version of !Dup disc copier !Squish = Module and desktop front end providing simple file compression for sprites !Suite = Various utilities by Neil Walker, force deletion of files/directories, set filetypes, display text files, speaker on/off, set CSD, show time, ARM 3 cache on/off !CFSaid = Checks a CFS compressed file isn't longer than the uncompressed version and decompresses it if it is !CheckSave = Useful module by Peter Arnold which asks for confirmation if a file would be overwritten by a Save operation !DirMenu = 2.22 Rather nice Directory menu for hard discs by Julian Smith. Lots of user-configurable options !FileCheck = Checks files for errors. Main use is to look for physical defects on the disc !ScanCFS = By B.Marsden, another utility to uncompress CFS files which are longer than the original _____________________________________________________________________________
b268 -=- Desktop utilities -=- !CaretUtil = Nice program from Peter Gaunt to flash and find the caret ColourTest = Generates a 256 colour Drawfile to test colour printers or see how colours look on a mono printer !Diary = 1.00 Nice desktop diary by Nic Regan !DoodlePad = A writeable backdrop on which you can 'doodle' with the mouse. Unfortunately it's a Mode 12 sized 'pad' so there's a gap around the sides in other modes !FuncKeys = Nice function key strip from Simon Hatliff which installs itself just above the icon bar. Includes definitions for many apps (Artworks, Draw, Draw+, Edit, Impression, Poster, etc.) and you can write your own for others !Graph = This appears to be a desktop scientific graph plotter by M.Twells, but absolutely no info and I don't have time to play with it !ImpFont = Produces an Impression document containing all your fonts !Invoicer = By Anthony Goffart, lets you create invoices. However, while it's easy to use and otherwise useful it has a serious flaw. The cash is stored as a floating point number and uses the Basic STR$ function to convert it to text. As experienced programmers know this often results in errors. eg four items at £2.20 each cost £8.800000001 LineEdit ^ 1.01 Richard K Lloyd's module to trap OS_ReadLine and let you edit anything typed at the command line. If you make a mistake you don't need to delete everything and start over. As a 4DOS user on the PC I can assure you it's invaluable. Works in Task Windows too !LoseCaret ^ 1.14 Forces the application which owns the caret to lose it. Stops badly behaved applications intecepting keypresses they don't want instead of passing them on !NoteBook = Useful desktop notepad by R.Peach !NotePad = Another, quite nice, desktop notepad by Stuart Marshall !Se_Macros = Program by Mike Barnes to insert often repeated phrases into the keyboard buffer with a mouse click !Spex = Displays a textfile in a paged desktop window. I'd rather use !Zap but might be useful if you want something prettier !STDfinder = By Julian Bristow, lets you find a town from its STD code. As data is in the form of a text file it's easy to edit/add codes. With C source SuperTrash ^ Nice desktop dustbin by Miles Carter !Thoughts = By G.Rampton, an 'ideas processor' to help you plan projects, docoments, even letters !VAT_Calc = Very simple desktop VAT-adder by Tim Wiser !Worldtime = Displays the time in most parts of the world. Data is a text file so if you make lots of foreign phone calls you can edit it to make it disply the time in the places you're about to phone. Saves you waking Aunty Ethel at 4am. to wish her 'happy birthday' !XWords = By Geraint Williams, takes a list of words and generates a crossword as a Drawfile. The Drawfile can also incorporate the clues so you can have a nice, neat, completed crossword _____________________________________________________________________________
b269 -=- More desktop utilities -=- !Abode = Another multi-function prog which can run the Basic editor (does anyone REALLY use this horror?), set file types and access, kill modules, execute '*' commands BlankCtrl = Easy control of the RO3 screen blanker. Saves having to load !Config to enable/disable it !CheckMod = Displays info about Modules. Useful to ensure you have the most recent version in your !System.Modules directory !Chime = Just chimes on the hour !CMOS = By James Hunter, nicest CMOS saver/restorer I've seen !Cycle = By Stephen Burke, lets you cycle through the window stack with a keypress, bringing the bottom window to the top !FreeRAM = Another one of those little icons that shows how much RAM you've got left !FuelGauge = Yet another free RAM app !Gambara = Opens a window to show mouse pointer position, state of mouse buttons, window unde the pointer, etc !IconDel = 1.03 By Robert Adamson, invaluable if you often open directories on applications and fill up the Wimp Spritepool with icon sprites. It opens a window showing all the sprites and lets you delete the ones you no longer want, releasing the RAM !InfoBar = Module to shows date, time, free memory, etc at the left hand end of the icon bar above the drive icons so it doesn't use up any screen space !Intro = Just shows the name of the owner of the machine. Put it in your !Boot sequence to deter thieves !KilleRam = Wipes all the files off the RAM disc. Saves deleting them manually before resizing, also show free space on RAMdisc !LastTime = Displays the last time the computer was used. Put it in your !Boot file and find out if anyone has been tampering !MemCheck = Simple app to scan memory for possible virus activity !ModFiler = Nice app by Brian Marsden to control Modules from the desktop. Can give info, Kill, Unplug, Save, etc !MouseCtrl = Mouse speed control !Nosey = Gives info about what's going on in the desktop !PicView = Very good program by Simon Hatliff tp display sprites in a desktop window. Saves all that messing about with Paint to view a sprite !QMR = Quick Morse Reader by Chris Coe. Converts text to morse and visa versa, represented as a series of .'s and -'s !Resources : From J.Robbins, adds apps to the Resources filing system !ResROM : Similar program to add apps to the Resource filing system by Ian Jeffray !Speak = 1.00 By Robert Seago, an amalgamation of his earlier !Keyspeak and !Say programs so it can speak short phrases and say the name of keys as they are pressed !SprDisp = Displays a large sprite on the screen. The sprite can be larger than the screen so it's useful for looking at very big sprites without a hi res monitor !SprView = Another app to dsplay a large sprite on the desktop by Joss Smith !TheMenu = Gives info about mouse position, free RAM, time, date etc !Thieving = From Simon Hatliff, lets you 'grab' a window as a sprite _____________________________________________________________________________
b270 -=- Desktop customising - Visual -=- 3DTools : Set of rather nice 3D tool sprites 3DTools2 : More 3D tool sprites !BackDrop + Fancy backdrop program mainly intended for RO2 !Backs : Several backdrop pictures !BackSpr + Fancy backdrop, again mainly for RO2 Backtiles : Collection of 38 tile sprites for use on the backdrop Most of these are 3D and rather nice !Customise : Several sets of Tool, file, radio, option etc. sprites with a selector program by Glyn Furlong !IconZ 2 : Application by David Jones to animate the Switcher icon. Comes with three animations or make your own !MegaIcons : Tool and file icons by Jon Alwyn !Megalook : Selection of very good icon and tool sprites by Matthew Gray, mainly for Hi Res monitors !NewIcon = Rather garish file icons by Ioan Evans !RiscOS3+ : Backdrops and tool sprites by Ian Jeffray in 2D and 3D versions so suitable for lo res and hi res monitors !SetIcons : Tool and file sprites !StyleDraw : Set of fancy icons and sprites to make Draw look a bit prettier by Dave Thomas XmasIcons : Well, it's nearly Christmas, so decorate your desktop _____________________________________________________________________________
b271 -=- Desktop customising -=- !AcornLogo : Puts the Acorn logon on the top RH corner of the screen !AutoFocus = Automatically gives the window with the mouse pointer over it the input focus !Banner = Display a banner window on the screen. This can be done at start-up by including it in your !Boot file or at any time (eg. by running it from within another app). Includes !BanEd which lets you make your own banners !BestDesk = Series of third party items put together in a single package by Ryan Li !Customise : Selection of File and Tool sprites by Andrew Heckford !Customize : Some programs by Mike Curnow to switch dithering, solid drags, and the FPA on and off FilerExt : Module by Greg Stewart-Nicholls to use anti-aliased fonts in filer windows !FontChoos = Choice of 25 System fonts with an app. to select them !MacWheel : Mac' style mouse pointer instead of the hourglass !PalMaker = This seems to be a palette tool for 24bpp palettes but I find the instructions impossible to understand !PinFilter : Enhancements to the Pinboard by Andrew Kemp !PinLogo : Another app to put the Acorn logo on the pinboard !Rastas : Really *WILD* backdrop !RotateSw = Puts a rotating Acorn logo on the icon bar !Setup : By Anthony Brion, lets you have several setup sequences in your !Boot app and you choose which will operate. Useful if more than one person uses the computer, but could be used to provide alternative working environments for different tasks !Sys_Font = Eight different system fronts selectable from a menu The following discs contain lists of words in alphabetical order, one word per line, ideal for use as, or for supplementing, dictionaries of spelling checkers. Some are very big, and if larger than about 500K they are split into individual letters of the alphabet. Many foreign word lists need accented or special characters, but these are NOT used, instead punctuation characters are substituted. This is done so only normal ascii characters are used. You can easily determine what 'foreign' letter must be substitued and use 'Search and Replace' in a text editor to change them. This is best done by the user as the ascii number of foreign characters varies according to the alphabet used, and you may have a customised alphabet to match your printer or font. _____________________________________________________________________________
b272 W_Dutch Almost 180,000 words, nearly 2Mb in total, so large enough to form the basis for a comprehensive spelling checker _____________________________________________________________________________
b273 W_French Around 140,000 words, over 1.5Mb W_Italian Over 60,000 words, about 550K _____________________________________________________________________________
b274 W_Danish Over 25,000 words, about 260K W_German Around 27,000 words, nearly 330K W_Spanish 86,000 words, around 850K W_Swedish A short list of more than 23,000 words _____________________________________________________________________________
b275 W_Japanese Over 115,000 words, 930K W_Norwegia Nearly 62,000 words, 575K W_English 21,000 words, 173K. About the smallest dictionary possible for an English language spelling checker. This might be useful for someone who wants to use it as the dictionary for a memory resident program taking minimum RAM _____________________________________________________________________________
b277 -=- Specialst word lists -=- W_Medical Nearly 60,000 specialist medical words. A rather large file, 645K, which isn't surprising as it contains words like acetylglucosaminylphosphotransferase Asteroid The names of 3,400 asteroids Chinese More than 400 single syllables which form the Pinyin Romanization System Myth/Legend Over 1,300 names of beasts and charcters from myths and legends OZ Nearly 2000 Australian words. If you must write in colonial dialect and want to use words like 'chunderous' this will save adding them to your spelling checker one at a time Places Over 15,000 place names. Mainly American towns and cities but lots of others as well SF_Names Names of More than 750 science fiction Authors, characters, places and books. Just in case you can't remember whether Arrakis has one or two r's ShakeNames A list of more than 650 dramatis personae and locations from the works of the Bard W_Biology A short list of biological terms W_Legal_L Over 16,400 words, rarely needed but in common use in legal letters and documents. Words like 'nonprejudicially' are just not found in most spelling checkers! W_Legal_S The previous list is over 167K but this much shorter list contains over 2,000 words and is only 20K W_Scottish The list of words from the Scottish Dictionary on B278 W_Yiddish About 70 common Yiddish and 'Yinglish' words. Have you noticed most spelling checkers can't cope with 'klutz' or 'mazeltov'? NOTE - If you have any specialist word lists that you have compiled that you think might be of use to others I would like to have them to add to this disc _____________________________________________________________________________
b278 -=- Dictionaries -=- Acronyms More than 3,300 acronyms with meanings in case you need to know what things like UNICEF mean, (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) DevilsDict The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Pierce. Perhaps it should more properly have been placed with 'Literature' but as I was compiling a disc of dictionaries... Dictionary Short dictionary of about 2,500 English words. Not comprehensive but useful TelecomDic Dictionary of words and terms used in telecommunications. Many of these are common English words but often with a special meaning when applied to comms CompDict Short dictionary of computer jargon words and phrases with their meaning. PC oriented but most have a common useage CryptoDict Dictionary of cryptographic terms, particularly as applied to computers FeudalDict Feudal terms as used in medieval England in case you need to know what words like ESCHEAT or VIRGATE mean ScottshDic Around 350 Scottish 'dialect' words and their meaning. Unfortunately it's cut off in it's prime halfway through the L's so if anyone has the full version I'd be grateful for a copy ShakeGloss More than 2,000 words found in Shakespear's works which have either fallen out of use of who's meaning has changed _____________________________________________________________________________
b279 Roget's Thesaurus. The 1911 version (1.02) as compiled by Project Gutenberg. Obviously it won't contain many words which have appeared since this time, particularly technical or jargon words, but over 1,000 new words have been added to the original. This is a single large file, over 1½ megabytes, so you will need a lot of RAM to use it. It is *just* possible to load it into an editor on a 2Mb machine _____________________________________________________________________________
b280 The Hacker's Dictionary from Project Gutenberg. A 'proper' dictionary of computer related terms and words, with particular emphasis on comms related subjects. As it's well over 1Mb it has been split into five files for easier use. Not only is this invaluable for newcomers to computers (what DO all those funny words mean?) it will also be of interest to the more experienced _____________________________________________________________________________
b281 -=- Maestro Tunes -=- The complete collection of Maestro tunes as listed in the 'Sounds' catalogue. This includes all the compilations shown _____________________________________________________________________________
b282 -=- RISC-OS 2 Applications and Utility discs -=- As supplied with machines fitted with RISC-OS 2. Some modules and applications have been updated to later versions _____________________________________________________________________________
b283 -=- RISC-OS 3 Applications and Utility discs -=- As supplied with all models except RPC _____________________________________________________________________________
b284 -=- Programming utilities -=- !3Ddemo : Illustrates the 'R' parameters used in the validation string of a RO3 Template to produce fancy icon borders Algorithms = Four short Basic programs demostrating various algorithms which can be 'hacked' for use in your own programs. Four sort routines, Heap, Shell, Quick and Select, three different searches, Brute Force, KMP and Boyer-Moore. Also programs to demonstrate the use of the 'simulated annealing' technique and searching for the complex zeros of and arbitrary function of one variable using the Muller method. (Don't ask, I have no idea!) !BasicLib = Library of Functions to assemble FP instructions using the Basic assembler. The best I've seen !BSquasher = 1.18 Basic squasher from Mohsen Alshayef. It's billed as beta test and although it works there aren't any options, so it's 'all or nothing'. It sometimes produces code which won't work, giving 'missing variable' errors !DBAssist = 1.02 Debug Assist by Keith Hall. By adding a routine to your program this displays info about critical variables while the program is running. Examples are shown for use with C or Basic Fronts = Three DDE utilities, Data2Asm, Sprite2Asm and Temp2Asm. These convert Data, Sprite and Template files to a format compatible with AOF for linking with DDE assembler or compiled languages GraphDemo = Three Basic programs from Cy Booker to demonstrate dithering and colour pickers !Handles = Displays the handles of the window and icon under the mouse pointer !HourMaker = Program by Simon Heys to let you create customised Hourglass Modules MathsFuncs = Series of Basic Functions to simplify complex real number problems NPLib = 1.11 Comprehensive Basic Library from Chris Coe of Norsoft Productions. Lots of procedures and functions to perform most tasks required when programming the Wimp. NOT for novices as it assumes an understanding of Wimp programming !Obey = Simple app to display the OS variable Obey$Dir in a desktop window. Can help track down problems with complex !Run and !Boot sequences !PC256 = Converts standard 256 desktop colours to COLOUR and TINT. Useful of you want to reproduce a colour in a non desktop program !QuickSrc = Produces a short Basic Assembler program of a Module Header to save the trouble of remembering the correct offset for all those pointers !Squish = 2.38 Basic squasher by Kevin and Stuart Swinton. Seems quite good but is *very* fussy about syntax and gets thoroughly confused with multiple-entry FN's and PROC's !Status = 1.03 From Dave Thomas, monitors Wimp messages. Can help you find out what's going wrong with your program !SWIConv = Another one of those little apps to convert between SWI names and numbers !TempGrab = Lets you grab a window off the screen and saves it as a sprite. Ideal for illustrating Manuals etc !WhichCol? = Shows colour and tint of the pixel the pointer is over !WimpAid = A1.1 Useful little program from Graham Crow to show various info about the Window the mouse is over !WimpInfo = 1.00 From Dick Alstein, another app to give info about the object the mouse pointer is over. This one also displays useful things about icons as well !WinLook = 1.09 Yet another one, this time from David Gilbert _____________________________________________________________________________
b285 !Atchoo = With ARM 2 machines this speeds up the System ROMs, with an ARM 3 it turns the cache on or off !CrossAid = 3.00 Helps find a word when only some letters are known. Useful for crosswords !Envelope = Simple program to address an envelope !FixGen = 2.00 Fixture generator. Given a series of teams it creates a list of fixtures so all teams play each other twice (home and away). Output as a list or a fixture grid !GHZap : Searches through program code and disables all those 'UpdateMemC' calls put in by incompetent programmers which crash the machine !Journo = Diary program. NOT for recording dates, appointments, etc, but DIARY in the original meaning, for keeping a record of what happened during the day !Lottery = 1.13 By Paul Vigay, who describes its purpose as 'to win loads of money', so it's an aid to picking the correct numbers to help increase your chances of getting a prize in the national lottery. By using something like this you might even have as much as half the chance of winning as you would doing the pools! !MemoryPie = Displays memory useage as a pie chart !Mickey = 2.00 Another utility to display mouse x/y co-ordinated, but the best feature is that it can set the 'origin' so it can display the pointer position relative to any point you choose rather than the absolute position !OldModes ^ RPC only, adds a menu of old style mode numbers to the mode picker so you can select them instead of typing the number !Pools = 1.02 Another program to help you win money. A pools prdictor from Andrew Ayre. (Anything that keeps you away from that *^&$£ed lottery!) !ProjMan = 1.03 Project Manager by Neil Vickers. Lets you set up ten different environments which can be selected from a menu. Each environment can open directories, set screen mode, run specified applications, etc. The idea is that you set these to suit 'projects' you are working on so you can have everything just the way you like it for each working environment !ReDraw = Forces a screen redraw if the system sprites change for any reason. Can also perform an iconsprites command if you drag a spritefile to it !RPCalc : Reverse Polish Calculator from Circle Software. Anyone old enough to remember the original Sinclair pocket calculator will know what RPN is and won't thank anyone for reminding them. Still, it is a fully functional calculator !RUSure? : Have you ever hit Shift/Ctrl/F12 by mistake and shut down the computer? This app intecepts the call and asks if you're SURE you want to shutdown BEFORE it's too late !Speaker = Yes, another speaker on/off switchererer. Nice thing about this one is that you can hang it on the backdrop and click on it to make it work !Spell = Simple desktop front-end for CC's !SpellMod. Can check individual words or a text file, when it produces a list of probable mis-spelt words. Obviously you need CC's !SpellMod to use it. No substitute for David Pilling's program but if you have a copy of !SpellMod.... !Start = Application 'starter' and general command executor !Switcher = Lets you switch between two screen modes of your choice. As most people use one of two modes 99% of the time this does what's required with minimal fuss !TaskKill = 1.26 Nice Module by Paul Clifford to kill the current task. Invaluable for programmers (those without a RPC) and the only way out when you run one of those badly written Demo's or games that don't have a proper exit and remember you'd forgotten to Save chapter 46 of your novel !WordEnter = 1.13 Lets you enter frequently used words or phrases into the keyboard buffer by clicking on a menu _____________________________________________________________________________
b286 !Movie 1.06 A large database of film info, including actors, directors, writers, and other stuff. The actual program is fairly crude but the data is all plain text files so you can easily add to it. If you are interested in films it's a must MovieGoofs - A text file contining lots of mistakes, continuity errors, visible boom mikes, items which mysteriously appear and dissapear during a scene, and other 'goofs' which some people delight in noticing _____________________________________________________________________________
b287 -=- Database -=- !DataBase = 2.60 Nice desktop database by Raffaele Ferrigno. All the usual features and three example databases. Can use CSV files and the data files are (more or less) plain text so you can alter them with a text editor if you wish !RollerDex = Another desktop database. Quite good but the Author (Richard Peach) is one of those strange people who think you shouldn't give proper manuals with a Shareware program until the user registers. As a result you are going to find it difficult to evaluate the program and so probably won't register. I find this annoying because it will probably result in another person saying 'Nobody's registered so Shareware doesn't work' AddressBk = Rather old, non desktop, address book database by Alex Hopkins. However it's easy to use with an Arthur style Wimp interface. Not the most modern available but younger users might prefer it to more complex programs !CDtracker : 2.24 Comprehensive database for CD's. Not only does it catalogue your CD (or tape) collection, with full search facilities, it can also (given suitable hardware) play them as well. Complete with a huge ready made database. Can import data from similar programs including the popular !CDIndex and !Cassette !Family = Family tree app by David Breakwell. Not particularly sophisticated, but lets you input data for each member in a standard database format and can produces a Drawfile of the whole or part of the tree. With two examples, one of which is a family tree of the various Acorn computers !Maxfile = 4.41 This program by Chris Wragg was originally written for the BBC computer but don't be put off as it has been extensively updated for the Archimedes. Not a desktop program, but all normal database functions, sort, indexes, sub-files, etc. and very easy to use, so ideal for education or younger users _____________________________________________________________________________
b288 -=- Graphics utilities -=- !CAViewer = Rather useful program by Dean Sivell to display Draw, Sprite, Artworks, Tablemate or Equasor files. It's quicker and less fussy than messing about with the original app. just to look at the file, and saves having !Paint, !Draw, etc. running just to browse !Cobbler = App by Emmet Spier for use with the Multipod to digitise a Mode 21 image if you have less than 4Mb of RAM. Needs a copy of Translator (B012) !DrawCat = 1.10 By Anton Mans, lets you create a printed catalogue of a collection of Drawfiles !DrawLots = Creates Drawfiles of various geometrical shapes. Can save a lot of time as Draw itself can't do this GDpatch = Patches the GDraw Module from Artworks to make it faster !JFIF = Desktop front end for ChangeFSI to let it handle CJPEG and DJPEG files. ChangeFSI can do this but normally only from the command line !JPEGinst = Another extension for ChangeFSI to work with JPEG files !JView = JPEG file viewer from ARM's Tech which is faster than either ChangeFSI or Translator !PICConv = 1.02 Converts Psion3/Pocket Book PIC files to Mode 13 sprites !PieDraw = Nice little app from Mike Williams to produce a Drawfile pie chart from a simple text input file. Ideal for making charts ready to incorporate into DTP docs !POVshape = Lets you create definitions of a variable shape torus for POV as the standard shape has a fixed relationship between major and minor radii !Prescribe = Converts objects in a Drawfile into PreScribe-II commands !ShowDraw = Displays a Drawfile in a desktop window. Much quicker than !Draw if you just want to look !Spr->ASC = Converts a Spritefile into ascii characters. There are obvious limitations but the aim is to let you send simple pictures, signatures, etc. via email !Sprte2IFF = 0.52 Converts a Spritefile to IFF format !To24bpp = Lets you use ChangeFSI to converts a 24bpp foreign file to one of the new 16 or 24 bpp sprites. If you don't have a RPC ChangeFSI can't do this within the desktop _____________________________________________________________________________
b289 -=- Archimedes Fractal Group - Disc 4 -=- Another collection of the best fractal programs from the AFG !Dots, !FracPaint, !Julia, !LifeForms (the 'ultimate' game of Life), !Mandel (from R.A.Lauritzsen), !MandelB (from Martin Wuerthner), !Mars, !PalGen (from Ian Nichols, primarily for generating 256 colour palettes for fractal programs but can be used for other graphics progs as well), !WavePlasm, !WimpWaves. Plus a series of programs from J.O.Linton ((!Animation, !IFS and !Superbrot) and 19 simple Basic fractal/graphics programs _____________________________________________________________________________
b290 -=- More Fractal and Graphics programs -=- !FracVist2 = FracVisit from Joyce Haslam !Hodge = 1.01 Cellular automata in a small desktop window by Warner Hepping !Juliana++ = Modified version of Jan Vleitink's original program by Robin Watts and Jamie Lockier !Lyapunov = Simple Lyapunov program based on an idea published in Scientific American !Martin = By Jean van Mourik !Maze = Maze generator by Jan Vibe !Menger = Another program by Jean van Mourik !M_Traj = 2.00 This program by Joyce Haslam attempts to discover where the points which 'escape' from the usual mandelbrot set go to !Penrose = Program to display various Penrose tiles. With C and assmbler source code !Tesseract = Four dimensional (!) cube display from David McQuillan !TripATron = 1.50 Series of fractal type graphics displays. The Author says it's ideal for parties (I think the name suggests what *type* of parties!) !Wibble = Very interesting program by Alistair Tunbull. I'm not going to describe it, try it for yourself !WimpFrac = Nice desktop fractal program by Hendrik Pedersen. Not very quick but lets you adjust most parameters (including the palette) and produces some great images, especially in hi-res modes PLUS five Basic graphics programs _____________________________________________________________________________
b291 -=- Yet more Fractals -=- !Browse = A series of fractal images !FracPaint = 2.70 Superb desktop fractal generator by Michiel van Schaik. Very comprehensive, with a large selection of palettes and examples !Landscape = Great fractal landscape generator by Malcome Banthorpe !Mandy = Mandlebrot generator by Rischard Attrill !MandysBit = A floating point program by Robert Templeman !Mandel3D = Makes 3D versions of the images produces by !Mandy !Scape = Nice 3D Mandlebrot landscaping by Martin Hesketh !ArcAut = Good 'cellular automata' program. Input is in the form of script files. Unfortunately the Author has taken a few shortcuts which means the program doesn't work properly on the RPC _____________________________________________________________________________
b293 Two genesis apps plus assorted other material (even a crossword) on the Romans in Britain. One is a simple database about the construction of Hadrian's Wall, the other is a 'mystery' where you have to travel around a Roman fort and try to discover the whereabouts of a missing merchant. These are intended for use in education This disc contains the Genesis Browser and the necessary fonts but this cannot be relied upon if the material is added to _____________________________________________________________________________
b294 Humour - More than 280 files, over 1½ megabytes, of humourous texts on a variety of subjects from Adverts to Yuppies. Some are computer related (Megabyte - Something obtained from an over-friendly rottweiller) but most are more general (eg. the Manifesto of the Politically Correct Movement). There's something (probably lot's of somethings) for everyone _____________________________________________________________________________
b296 -=- Desktop Customising -=- !NewerLook : 2.03 Andrew Clover's multi-purpose desktop customiser, improved to work with the RPC. Lot's of improvemets, various sprite drags, improved pinboard, improved resource filer for pre RPC's, plus a variety of Wimp sprites (2D and 3D) and window tools, new hourgalss, nicer error boxes, replacement windows for the 'resident' apps, etc, etc !WelcomeA : Alternative desktop 'Welcome' screen by Cy Booker You can, of course, create your own screens. Works on RPC too _____________________________________________________________________________
b297 -=- Utilities -=- !ATool ^ Nice Shareware app launcher by Anthony Plassaras. Puts a user configurable button bar along the top of the screen. Each button has menus, and these can open directories, launch tasks, etc. Registration is a bit expensive AddApps ^ 1.60 By Ron Clarke, adds apps to the Resource Filer. There are lots of these but this seems the best so far !EasyMode ^ Improved RPC Mode Picker. Instead of a small window with menus for colours and resolutions it gives a proper selection window plus mode selection by hot key IClear = Icon Clear. This is supposed to make it easier to delete all the text in a writeable icon. Personally I've never had any problems pressing CTRL-U, but it does have the advantage that if you change your mind you can restore the original !MChange = 1.10 Another mouse speed utility by John Reed. Nice and easy to use and you can type any speed, so it's not just limited to 1-5 !MoreIBar = More Icon Bar by Sam Kington. Gives a second 'icon bar' which is a small, scrollable, vertical window in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. It isn't a real icon bar, of course, and doesn't behave exactly like one, but it does save having to scroll the real icon bar if you have a lot of tasks loaded !PhoneDir = 1.06 By Jason O'Broin, lets you find an STD coder from an area or visa versa !RapidKeys = Puts a button bar representing the function keys down the RH side of the screen. These display functions performed in the current application and several are provided. As definitions are plain text you can easily make your own !SmallTime = A 'small' desktop clock by James Feeman !Quote ^ Intercepts keypresses and substitues other characters Main purpose, as the name implies, it to try to pair quotation marks. I then have to spend ages trying to remove all these from text files so they don't screw up everything when you try to print the resulting text file on a DM printer. Use sparingly please !SS ^ Billed as a 'cell editor'. Briefly, it loads data in a variety of formats and displays it in cells like a spreadsheet. Obviously data must be 'viewable', but it's ideal for looking at CSV, Tab Separated and various other formats without the need to load a major package !TextMax ^ Puts printer control codes into text so you can use special effects in a text editor (Edit, Zap, etc) Unfortunately it's set up for an Epson printer and there doesn't seem to be any simple way to change it !TidyUp : 1.00 A 'desktop tidier' by Andrew Heckford. Tidies all open windows in a variety of ways, stacking them all together, cascading, iconising, making them all the same size, and more. If you are one of those untidy people who have lots of windows scattered all over the desktop this will be useful !WordCount : By James Freeman, does what its name suggests, counts the words in a text file Lefty ^ A Module I wrote to reverse the action of the Left and Right mouse buttons (Select and Adjust). Intended for left-handed people who prefer to have a left-handed mouse _____________________________________________________________________________
b298 -=- Disc and File utilities -=- !DeskStart = Replaces the usual *Desktop -file command and has various advantages over the conventional method !DFSView = DFS disc viewer. There are better ones but if you just want to copy a few files from a DFS disc this will do !DirCtrl = Puts directories on the icon bar so you can open them by clicking on them. Each directory can have its options set individually, so you can have directories containing applications showing large sprites, those with lots of files showing small sprites, etc. Each directory can be password protected, as can the application itself, so by 'hiding' directories inside the !DirCtrl application you can protect them !FCoreProt ^ By Andrew heckford, dismounts a disc if you close it's filer window with the Menu button !Filer- : Produces a menu tree of your hard disc when you click Menu on the backdrop. Various other functions to make it easier to move about on a hard disc Fudge ^ Rather useful Module from an anonymous Author. Makes apps look as if they are being run from ADFS::0 even though they're really on your hard disc. Will run many games and other protected software from a hard disc which normally only run from floppy. Might work with some third party hi density drives which often won't run protected software !Guest ^ I quite like this, it lets you have lots of applications apparently installed on the icon bar, but they aren't really there, they are just 'ghosts', under control of !Guest. When you click on one of them (or drag a suitable file to it) !Guest will run it just as if the program was installed. All those icons aren't using RAM, so you can appear to have many apps installed without gobbling up huge chunks of memory !HDspeed ^ 1.10 The definitive hard disc speed test program (but then I would say that, wouldn't I). This will really find out how good your hard disc/interface is !ImageProt : 1.01 Module to stop you deleting a non-empty Image file. Useful if you use Image files as compressed directories. Stops you deleting your 500Mb DOS partition by mistake! !Lockit = Designed to make a piece of software useable on only one computer. If, like me, you believe software protection is the last resort of the inept, then you will wonder what possible good it could be, but it might be useful to lock a program to a particular machine in a school to stop pupils 'borrowing' it !LongFiles ^ 0.10 By Jason Tribbeck, lets you have up to 55 character filenames on almost any filing system. I've only tried it briefly and it seems to work OK, but do read the instructions carefully first. It's best on a hard disc so the filename cache can be saved before you shut down !MultiObey = Multitasks Obey files. Useful for Boot sequences or other long-winded tasks as it lets you see what's going on !OakSCSI = 1.10 A Wimp inteface to the Oak SCSI card so you don't have to use the CLI to set the parameters. As it seems to translate the options into '*' commands it should be fairly robust and work with most versions !PROtek = Hard disc protection program by William Cooke !RamDisc² ^ 1.01 Potential life-saver by James Aylett. When you shut down it copies the contents of the RAM disc to your hard disc, when you next boot up it puts it all back again, so (if you shut dowm properly) you don't loose the contents of the RAM disc when you switch off !ReName ^ Another one of those useful little programs you won't need very often, but when you DO it saves you lots of frustration. Renames a series of files with any name you wish follwed by a numerical suffix 01, 02, etc !TidyDisc ^ By Anthony Brion, performs two main tasks. It renames 'standard' files with nicely formatted names -eg, !SPRITES to !Sprites, !runimage to !RunImage, etc. (upper case filenames are a pain on the RPC with an outline font in filer windows). The other is to uncompress !Boot, !Sprite, GIF, TIF etc. files compressed with CFS which don't take up any less disc space but slow up disc access !TimeLock = Another hard disc protector, but only prevents access to a directory between certain times. Intended to stop kids getting into the Games directory at school when they should be working, but I'm sure there are other uses !TreeMenu ^ (Previously called TreemenHD) Provides a full hierachical menu of a hard disc. Lots of features and seems very good, although the instructions are a bit vague on some points !TypeFind = 2.00 Tries to work out the filetype of an untyped file Can recognise lots of files _____________________________________________________________________________
b299 -=- Educational programs -=- Chinese = 1.02 Billed as 'Chinese for RiscOS' by Luke Taylor. Appears intended for teaching, and consists of two apps, a flashcard tuition program and a text reader CO2effect = Global warming simulation by Bandy Ridgwell. Can plot and display likely effects of various greenhouse gases. Results are shown graphically and can be saved. This is a cut down demo version, the restrictions are that some parameters are fixed and can't be varied. The full version is available from the Author for the very modest price of £10. Seems like a comprehensive simulation and a very useful as a teaching aid !Fit = Two programs by Mike Williams, FitLine and FitPower. They try to fit the best straight line through a number of points and the best power function to a number of points respectively !Frank = By Mike Goatly, who describes it as a 'non-intelligent language learner'. It tries to learn about the order of and relationships between words from sentences you type Journal ^ Series of A5 Drawfiles that can be printed directly or used in DTP documents. They provide ready made pages for students to enter their homework !NetCtrl = 1.15 By James Aylett, a network manager to help control a network from a master computer NRA = Series of Style/Publisher templates for NRA documents Might save you a lot of work reinventing the wheel !SimNet = 1.02 Complete network manager by Chris Corbett. Looks like a very useful package. Main feature seems to be extensive password management for groups of users. It's a Shareware program and has good documentation !Cubic = Program by Mike Williams to solve cubic equations !Funcy2 = 2.02 Very comprehensive program by Richard Blythe to plot graphs of function !Graff = 1.01 Program by Dave Thomas to display a graphical representation of an equation !RPI = Calculates the infalation of a price based upon the Retail Price Index. Ths data included is from 1925 to 1990, but I have modified the program so it's now an external text file so you can easily extend it PLUS - A text file containing a comprehensive list of Imperial weights and measures plus a series of geometric formula _____________________________________________________________________________
b300 Internet Starter Pack. Contains all the programs you need for Internet connection using a SLIP connection. Lots of documentation, including FAQ's _____________________________________________________________________________
b301 -=- More Internet tools -=- !ArcWeb ^ A Web browser which can translate HTML files !Webster ^ 0.60 Another HML browser by Andrew Pullen. Very easy to use HTMLtools ^ Allows HTML pages to be created and edited in Impression Style or Publisher _____________________________________________________________________________
b302 -=- Castles -=- A series of pictures, including scanned photos, notes, and two Genesis apps aimed at NC Key Stage 3 History. It deals with various aspects of castles, construction, fighting, etc. plus a pictorial record of a visit to Lewes castle. Compiled by Jim Fanning of Tideway School, who hopes to add to it with visits to more castles _____________________________________________________________________________
b303 -=- Music/Sound players and utilities -=- !Compress = 1.50 Sample compressor/decompressor by David Radford. Helps reduce the amount of disc space taken by high quality sound samples !DSymPlay = Official Digital Symphony player from Oregan Software. If you don't have the full program you need this (or an equivalent) to play Digital Symphony tunes !Effex = 1.03 Paul Mason's acclaimed sound sample player/editor. Can cut and paste, mix, and add special effects !HDSamples : 0.87 Hard Drive Samples. A sound sample player that works direct from disc so it doesn't tie up huge amounts of RAM with large samples. Intended to work from a hard disc but will work from any of drive, even over a network. Includes is !HDSmerger which joins samples together !ITM = Interactive Technologies Music System, desktop tracker player !Liss = 1.03 By Warner Hepping, displays Lissajoux figures modulated by the voices playing !Oscillo = Audio oscilloscope by Christian Ghezzi which displays audio signals. Actually works by displaying the changing contents of a preset memory location, so should be able to work with most types of sound sampler (provided you know which memory location to monitor) !Play = 1.01 Appears to be a sample player (no instructions) by John Sinclair !Q2Track : 1.01 Cue to track, superior Protracker/Soundtracker player. As well as the usual functions it has a (non desktop) display of waverforms, VU meters, and lots of other features, including 'user preferences' which can be saved to disc. By Ian Scott and Lovell Fuller !SampleChk = Some ported sound samples don't have a length exactly divisible by 4, which can cause them to crash. This tries to fix the problem !STModFix = Another program to fix problems in ported Soundtrackers by Carl Declerck !TrackConv = 3.00 Converts Tracker files to other formats. eg. Amiga Soundtracker to Archimedes Tracker, Coconizer to Soundtracker !TrackCTRL = 2.00 Helps control a Soundtracker Module !Transpose = By Tony Gibson, lets you raise or lower the pitch of a Soundtracker !Trk_Print = Gives a printout of a Tracker music file. Designed to work with Epson MX-80 so should be OK with most 'Epson compatible' printers !ULTrack = Billed as 'the ultimate Tracker player'. I think that might be just a little over the top but it does have lots of features !YATI = 2.99 'Yet Another Tracker Interface', a desktop front end for the Tracker player module _____________________________________________________________________________
b304 -=- Second World War -=- A collection of material relating to NC History, Key Stage 3, Study Unit 4, 20th Century World. It consists of a number of items, two Genesis apps, many illustrations and scanned phots of people and events, plus a good text file of the main events of the war years. Supplied highly compressed, and if you choose to de-arc it for use in class it will take up over 5Mb in hard disc space. The Genesis Browser is included. _____________________________________________________________________________
b306 -=- The Alternative Way Of Life -=- A huge philosophical quaisi-religious text by H.S.Aziz described as 'presenting an alternative way of thinking and living'. It consists of a series of text files divided into ten 'books', and each of these is sub-divided into chapters _____________________________________________________________________________
b307 -=- Programming tools -=- 3D_Utils ^ 1.07 Module by Michel Grimminck to provide fast swi's for drawing 3D graphics in 256 colour modes. As well as being much faster than the OS (especially for dithered objects) it has useful swi's to rotate and draw in perspective. As these can be called from Basic it's possible to use vector graphics without machine code. Good docs and a demo app in Basic C++Lib ^ Modified library for GNU C++ 2.4.5.with all ANSI C library routines included as 'extern C' so they link properly with code compiled using C++. I understand that source code is available but is not included DrawFile = The spec for the DrawFile Module with headers for C and assembler in OSLib format Dynamite ~ 1.15 Module from Straylight to provide a dynamic area in the RMA for Modules to use without fragmentation. This exists on the RPC but not other models. Dynamite creates a dynamic area and a shifting heap which can be compacted FormEd : 3.56 By Darren Salt, much improved version of the Risc Squad's much improved version of Acorn's FormEd PopUps ^ Module to provide a shared resource of windows for desktop apps. These are the ones often used by Wimp tasks (Info, SaveAs, Colour Picker, Print Dialogue, etc), so they can be used by several tasks and not have to be defined by each individually. Easy to use from any language and with extensive documentation and demos !WinEd ^ 2.74 Shareware template editor by Tony Houghton. At least as good as TemplEd and possibly better. I haven't got used to it yet but it does have some advantages. One nice feature is Preview. This lets you play around with it, click on the buttons, drag it about and scroll it, without changing the definition, and saves you the trouble of putting it back in its default setting before saving the file. Good manual in text and Impression Publisher format. All serious programmers should try it _____________________________________________________________________________
b308 -=- Desktop customising -=- !Backicon : 1.00 By Sam Kington, adds functions to the Back icon. Clicking ADJUST brings the window to the front, and SHIFT-ADJUST, SHIFT-SELECT move it up and down the window stack !GreySprte ^ Selection of sprites, most with a metalic look !Hello ^ Makes your computer politely wish you Good Morning, Good Afternoon or Good Evening when you switch on !Megaboard ^ 1.63 Enhanced backdrop for RPC only by Sham Gardner with advantages over the standard one NewerBits ^ Improved sprites for ChangeFSI, Style, Maestro, Printers, plus some extra backdrop textures NewestLook : Complex desktop enhancer from Brian Bailey. Seems to include a customised version of !NewLook as well as improved sprites for other applications !NewGlass ^ 1.01 Really nice high resolution hourglass by Andy George. Much better than the standard Acorn offering NMicons = Selection of icons from Nicholas Metcalfe for standard resolution monitors !PinExtend : 1.14 Various improvements to the standard pinboard by Andrew Berry !Resource : By Terry Adams, lets you put files into the Resource filing system and also 'rip out' resource data !TempOut : 1.30 By Chris Gilbert, modifies ROMApps3D app in !NewLook to save RAM !Widget : Collection of various peoples work. Lets you personalise the RFS amongst other things _____________________________________________________________________________
b309 -=- Desktop customising -=- !MakeNewer : Installer for !NewerLook, also contains the complete !NewerLook application KillScreen : Kills the standard RO3 startup screen and can issue a CLI command to run one of your own if you wish !Resizer : Useful utility by Nick Jarman to add Resize icons to every corner of a window so you can expand/contract it in any direction instead of just the bottom RH corner !ToolBar : User-configurable utility to add a Toolbar to most applications that don't have one _____________________________________________________________________________
b310 !NC-100 ^ 0.23 Serial link for Amstrad NC100 notebook computer. Can also print via the Acorn printer and convert between Amstrad Address Book files and CSV, Tab or plain text !ACHSave : 1.01 Useful screen saver by Andrew Heckford. Doesn't take much RAM and can fall back to the standard RO3 blanker if there isn't enough RAM for it to work !Agenda = 4.2 Nice desktop diary from Raffaele Ferrigno !Artist2 = Non desktop painting program with features like polygon/circle/rectangle/arc and line drawing, text insertion, spraycan etc !CLIguard = Lets you inspect and get help from Modules if you are one of those people who are terrified of leaving the desktop !FontCtrl : Good multi-directory font app. by Alisdair McDiarmid. Lets you have up to ten font directories. Unlike some it's easy to install !Fonter = Helps adjust spacing between letters in a font. Useful if you have converted a PC font and letters are not correctly spaced !HourExt : 1.10 By Sam Kington, adjusts the Hourglass colours if the palette changes !InfoFile = Gives Info about files and directories !Mortgage = Calculates your monthly mortgage payments !RTFReader ^ 2.00ß Extracts text from a RTF (Ritch Text Format) document !RTFWriter ^ 1.1 Converts a plain text file to RTF !ShowFile = Program By Andrew Berry to display files using *Type, *List and *Dump commands !Sloth = Useful module by Sham Gardner to slow up the computer SpacePaint = Not particularly brilliant but very easy to use non wimp painting program. Probably ideal for kids !TextInfo = 1.12 Gives info about text files, counts number of characters, words, sentences and lines !TidyApp = If you hate those people who use upper case filenames you will probably like this. It tidies up standard filenames eg. !RUN to !Run, !BOOT to !Boot etc !WhichFont : Simple app by A.R.Miskin to add font directories to the Font Path _____________________________________________________________________________
b312 !Dilo = 1.20 Spanish language tutor by Mike Smith (Dis-Le and Sprich). Like the others it uses sampled speech _____________________________________________________________________________
b313 -=- Educational programs -=- !FrVb_Test = French Verb Test by Graham Campbell. Non desktop program that asks for French translations of English verbs. Not fancy but works well. Not much data with the program but the questions are text files so you can add to them !VerbMast : 1.52 Comprehensive program by Nigel Caplan which displays verbs in a desktop window. New version has German as well as French verbs !Vokabel = I think this is a German language tutor but as all the instructions are in 'foreign'.... !Numbers = 1.22 Program by Richard Sharpe for messing about with numbers !Tables = 1.20 Again by Richard Sharpe, very good desktop Tables practice program. Draws a grid with numbers along each axis and you fill in the answers. Keeps a log of results PLUS - A text file on Imperial measurement for people who have forgotten (or never learned) what furlongs, acres, etc are. With useful formulae for calculating areas and volumes _____________________________________________________________________________
b314 -=- MIDI programs -=- To use these you will need a MIDI Podule !ArcMidi = 0.22 MIDI sequencer by L.Frederiks. All functions not yet implimented !MIDISequ = MIDI sequencer by Tony Gibson. Looks like a very useful program !Music2Tex = By Chris Stretch, translates Maestro files to TeX !NoMIDIc = 0.24 I have no idea what this does, except that it's something to do with MIDI and it's by Keith Parks. If the Author can't be bothered to describe his own work... !SY77Link = 1.10 By Cristian Ghezzi, lets you transfer voices between computer and a Yamaha SY77 or compatible synthesyzer SY77Voices = A colletion of over 60 voices for the Yamaha SY77 compiled by Cristian Ghezzi _____________________________________________________________________________
b315 !65HostExt = Extensions to Acorn's !65Host BBC Emulator to make it easier to set up sideways ROM/RAM !BasConv = By J.Harston, converts between standard BBC Basic, Z80/PC format BBC Basic and text Config+ : Program by Sam Kington to add various other options to the standard !Configure program !CurlBack ~ Application launcher by William Waghorn. When you put the mouse pointer in the TL corner of the screen a menu appears with your most commomly used files/apps !DrawPersp ^ 1.30 Much improved version of Robert Seago's 'ThreeDee' program for drawing in perspective. With examples !LoadImage : Just displays a sprite in a window !Palette : 1.45 Enhanced version of Acorn's Palette utility by James Ponder with lots of extra features - shows current Mode number, contrast and brightness controls, up to 16 palettes available, modes selected with hotkeys, screensaver, etc ReduceDrag : 1.10 By Oliver Betts, lets you cancel a Wimp Drag with Escape. Includes source code in Basic Assembler so you can modify it !Shutdown+ : 1.40 Enhancement of the standard Shutdown sequence which offers the option of a full re-boot instead of just a restart !SmallTask : Alternative Task Window by Thomas Newcomb that sends output to a sprite instead of a textfile so most VDU commands work !Start : 1.2 Application from Raffaele Ferrigno to start up tasks. Ideally should be run from !Boot app on a hard disc !TextPrint = Simple program to print a text file by sending it character by character to the printer !Usr_Sel = 1.11 Another directory-opener file-selector by James Aylett. Not very sophisticated but quite ueful !Z80Tube ^ 4.00 From J.G.Harston, complete Z80 second processor emulator. Works like 65Tube. Extras include a Z80 disassembler. On a RPC this seems to run a lot faster than the original second proc so it should be pretty quick on any ARM 3 machine and adequate on ARM 2 !TXT2Text ^ Yet another apps to convert between text files with CR/LF's and LF's only _____________________________________________________________________________
b316 -=- Churches -=- Collection of Genesis applications, pictures and text files from Jim Fanning relating to History, Key Stage 3. Study Unit 1. Includes material about medieval churches and abbeys, a 'walk through' guide to Southease church in East Susses, and a guided tour of Battle Abbey _____________________________________________________________________________
b317 -=- Star Trek info -=- Text files of info about Star Trek. No pictures, no graphics, just over 1Mb of text, from the original series to DS9. Includes a list of episodes with a synopsis and credits for each series, movie guide, various episode lists and other info, and a complete list of ALL the actors who ever appeared in ANY Star Trek episode or film vaj tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e' DaneH I'm sure you will know that means "So you want to speak Klingon", but if you didn't, but do, there's even a FAQ file on the Klingon language with info on how to get books/tapes for those interested _____________________________________________________________________________
b318 -=- !Zap 1.35 -=- Superb text editor from Dominic Symes. Don't worry if you don't have a hard disc - most of this disc is full of extras, you don't need it all to make it work!. In my opinion superior to StrongEd. Supports Basic, good undo, learn facility, handles tabs sensibly, runs programs, most functions (including keys) user configurable, etc, etc. So many features I won't attempt to list them. Can even edit files in byte/word format or show them as disassembled code and act as a disc sector editor. Very fast. Can edit Basic programs as a text file, colour in Basic and 'C' modes, and each type of file can have its own, user defineable, mode. THE text editor for Acorn. Now has a large choice of bitmap fonts for you to select from. These are especially useful in hi-res screen modes as they're easier to construct (tools are included) and faster than painted fonts. Fully RPC compatible and makes use of the additional features available on new architecture machines. Can load extension modules 'on the fly' so you don't have to load ones you don't often use until you want them. Now fully S/A compatible. NOTE - See also the later version (1.40) on B458 _____________________________________________________________________________
b319 -=- Programming Utilities -=- !TemplEd ^ 1.32 Template editor. I would have said the best, though you should also take a look at !WinEd on B307. As well as letting you choose the templates you want to edit from a list it has a statistics window giving info about them (including size of indirected data) plus grid lock which makes lining up icons easier. When creating/editing icons you select features from a window instead of going through all those menus. Lots of keyboard shortcuts and supports Interface, MenuUtils etc. !Blib II ^ 1.07 Basic Library manager. Comes with a set of libraries, full docs and an example program. The Author describes it as 'a sort of Basic linker' as unlike the normal Basic Library it only appends the routines required to the 'core' program. An essential utility for the Basic programmer SAsm ^ 1.74 Multi-File ARM code Macro Assembler. Comprehensive manual on disc and examples. Macro's and symbol xref and can be run from the RMA as a Module. Registered version allows use of an external macro library. Can produce an assembler listing file and sorted lists of labels and the duplicate label list can be sent to files. Can now access previous or next sets of Local lables. Includes a new Desktop front end !BackThrow = 'throwback backthrower', ie. takes files created by the DDE throwback system and feeds them back to the DDE Utils module so you can break off in the middle of compiling a large program and continue later !Utils = DDE utility to allow use of OS commands in the desktop !ShowText = Simple program by Adrew Heckford to display a text file in a desktop window. Intended for PD programmers etc, for 'Help' files but also useful for users of 1Mb or 2Mb machines if they're running out of RAM and don't have enough left to load Edit to read a file !KillTask = Aid for Wimp programmers. If a task goes into some sort of infinite loop and locks up the system (this couldn't happen to you, could it...?) press CTRL-ALT-DEL and the current task is killed, returning control without RESET Adhesive ^ Useful tool by George Taylor which lets you share code between programs. Procedures are grouped into 'objects' rather like the Shared C Lbrary. You could do something similar by writeing a Service Module, but Adhesive objects are faster (no SWI decoding) and easier to construct and expand !PollMask : By Ian Scott, one of those little tools you always meant to write, but somehow never had the time. It just calculates the mask required for Wimp_Poll PaneDemo : By Ian Jeffray of Risc Developments, a demo in clearly commented Basic of how to use Panes in desktop windows. This isn't very well described in the PRM's and I've seem many badly constructed windows that fall apart on hi-res screens !FormEd = 2.87 Modification of Acorns FormEd by the Risc Squad. Main advance over Acorn's version is you select templates from a menu instead of having them splattered all over the screen _____________________________________________________________________________
b320 CodeMaker= Application by Frank Lyonnet of ARM's TECH. Given a Mode 13 sprite it produces code to display it. This code is a textfile in AAsm format, designed to be assembled and linked with C, etc. but as it's a textfile you could convert it to Basic Assembler GRS programming language - An object oriented language which supports metaclasses and meta level programming in an incremental environment !AForth = Forth compiler by Mads Meisner-Jensen. Looks quite good Some documentation but familiarity with the language is assumed !PascalS : Port of the Pascal S compiler/interpretter. Almost no docs (although source code is included) and appears to to be unattributed _____________________________________________________________________________
b321 -=- Southease -=- Three disc set from Jim Fanning of Tideway School. Mainly compiled by the pupils, it relates to NC History, Key Stage 3, Medieval Realms. It concerns vists to Southease and contains material relating this to a study of a Doomsday village. There are scanned photos, plus several Genesis applications _____________________________________________________________________________
b322 -=- Comms/BBS/Email utilities -=- !AT7Nums = By Paul Welbank, converts newer ArcTerm7 phone files into text files so you can make a printed list, etc CipherEngine 0.66 Comprises Cipher Engine/!Suremail by David Seery. A Module which both encrypts and compresses files in a form suitable for EMail. Uses 'digital signatures' for file as a tamper check !Gopher : A 'first attempt' at a Gopher client by Anthony Frost !ModemHack : By C.Syntichatkis, a variety of useful items to speed up processes while connected to the Internet MPack = Two modules, MPack and MUnpack, for encodeing/decoding files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) format. Can also work with split uuencoded format !NetReader : 0.10 By Paul Vigay, an app. for offline reading of usenet/EMail messages !Rap = This appears to be a comms program by David Caughley. I say 'appears' as the Author provides no instructions, and then calls it 'Shareware'. I suspect there just might be a shortage of registrations! Still, it looks useful so it might be worth a try !Signature : 1.04 Program which uses Public Key encryption to sign and check signatures attached to EMail so you can validate them and ensure that they haven't been altered !Term93 : 2.00 TNC driver and terminal from by W,N,Rodger !uuexplode = Uudecoder based on UNIX kiss 1.0, ported to the Arc by Martin Glanvill. Includes C source _____________________________________________________________________________
b323 -=- Printing utilities -=- !Ctzn_120D ^ Old(ish) program by AMF to insert codes into a textfile to use effects like bold, italic, underline, super/sub- script etc. with a Citizen 120D printer. There are still lots of these around but the program has been written so it can easily be modified to work with other printers !Cvrt ^ 2.01 By Terje Larsen, converts a textfile from one alphabet to another. Useful for 'Acornising' files imported from PC's, Mac's, etc. It's table driven, and conversions are provided for several sets, but the table is a textfile with a full explanation of how it's made up so you can make your own tables !DrawPrint ^: 1.01 By James McQueen a utility to view/print Drawfiles !FanFold ^: By Andrew Ayre, ensures textfiles aren't printed over the perforations of fanfold paper. Also lets you set top and bottom margins. This is done by line counting so it works with any printer and paper size !LC10codes ^ Simple and useful idea. Creates lots of Data files which contain codes to switch printer effects on and off. These are set for the LC10, but you can make your own for any DM printer. When writing text in !Edit etc. just drag one of these to the Edit window and the code is inserted into the text at the cursor. Crude but effective! !OnePrint ^ Simple (and again rather crude) program to print a short piece of text on a DM printer. Main use would be for addressing an envelope, printing a label or memo etc !Pantone ^ These are files for Artworks which create a list of professional Pantone or TruMatch spot colours !TextMax ^ By Colin McEwan, another text only printer driver. It's set up for the Star LC200. Unfortunately the Author has written a manual full of witty (!?) comments and very little info and used the WimpExt modules so it might be a bit awkward to alter !RiScript : Postscript previewer. Can display most PS files and save the display as a Drawfile. Looks like a potentially useful tool, but the documentation is pathetic, and I don't have time to try it extensively PLUS printer drivers for BJ-130 and Stylus Colour _____________________________________________________________________________
b324 !awd ^ Archimedes Window Dump. Grabs the window the pointer is over as a sprite with a 'hot key' combination !DataSuite = Not an application but a resource for use with the DataSuite system. Provides additional facilities for use with the DataVox system !DesKeys ^ Puts a large window on screen representing the keyboard. Clicking on a 'key' has the same effect as pressing the key. Misses out function keys and numeric keypad but would probably be useful for someone who was handicapped as it would let them 'type' using the mouse. Works on RPC but assumes old keyboard layout !Family ^:2.17 Nice geneology program by Denis Howe. Quite comprehensive. The whole tree is shown in a window and clicking on any name opens another window showing notes on that person. Various print and display options. Looks very easy to use. Can accept data in GEDCOM format. Comes with an example tree and tools for handling GEDCOM files !PhonNotes ^ Simple program by Ben Carter to help you do what it says, make a quick note when you are on the phone !RapidKeys ^ Another desktop function key program. Keys are placed vertically down the RH side of the screen. Several are provided but as they are textfiles you can make your own for any task !rsynth ^ This is (or so it says!) a text to speech translator based on a klatt synthesizer. It does work (eventually) but I don't think it will be of serious use as it is. However it contains a lot of material that may be useful to someone who wants to develop it further !ShortCuts ^ 1.05 Multi-purpose desktop utility by Jon Henning Bergane. Lots of features, key shortcuts (including ALT keys), mode selector, play Tarcker/DS tunes, notepad, mouse speed, sound on/off, and others !WimpDDLI ^ Billed as 'an implementation of the Duniho and Duniho Life Pattern Indicator' which can '..indicate your Myers- Briggs type'. In other words, it's one of those multiple choice question thingies that purport to tell you what type of person you are but actually indicate what sort of person the one who set the questions is !Windower ^ By Felix Andrew, lets you move windows up and down the stack, resize them, close them, etc. by using various keys instead of the mouse !Xhelp ^ Simple 'hypertext' reader from Dirk-Willem van Gulik. Not the best I've seen but easy to use and simple to write your own texts. Might be useful in schools or similar for creating help texts for programs etc _____________________________________________________________________________
b325 -=- GNU Scheme -=- Version 4e1 of the GNU Scheme interpreter. Includes various additional bits and pieces with some Acorn extensions and demos, plus extensions for Turtle graphics. Also included is JACAL, a symbolic algebra package designed to work with GNU Scheme. I don't know anything about Scheme but anticipate that, like most GNU ports, it will be powerful and comprehensive _____________________________________________________________________________
b326 GNUstGNU Smalltalk v 1.1.1 Billed as a 'reasonably faithful implementation of Smalltalk-80'. Includes a tutorial which, though it assumes familiarity with computer languages, would enable anyone to use the program !Forthmacs Nice looking Forth compiler from Hanno Schwalm. Good tutorial which dosn't assume previous knowledge of Forth. Seems to have lots of features, including a debugger _____________________________________________________________________________
b327 -=- Programming tools -=- !ArmBob = 1.03 Port by G.C.Wraith of David Betz's Bob 1.5, an object-oriented language with syntax similar to C++. Intended as an 'easy introduction' to OOP for people experienced with C or Basic. As it's designed as a teaching tool documentation is good !ArmMUL = By Dean Sivell, uses shifts and adds to produce multiplication. C source code is included and it would be useful to include these routines in your own code for fixed multiplication !FDA = DDE file disassembler Formula = The description says 'it generates Macro-assembler code from high level-language-like Commands, which are embedded in other Macro-assembler code'. Documentation is *very* vague, and it seems to need the TLA assembler to compile code (see B209) !OC = DDE utility to remove comments and whitespace from C source. The resulting code is almost unreadable, but compiles OK. Probably useful if you have limited disc space (but keep the original!) Shell Library Library of C routines by Julian Smith to make it easier to produce arrays, bar graphs, text, etc. in windows. Intended for use with Desklib. Full source is provided so it might be possible to modify it to use other libraries Short = Simple program by Sam Kington to compact messages by using the RISC OS internal dictionary StubsHack = Redirects calls to malloc, realloc, calloc, free etc to your own routines at runtime. Useful for debugging. Includes HeapGraph which makes the program send info about memory allocation calls to a file. Source included !BugView = 0.65 App by Nick van Someren with a library of routines which you can add to your C code. The main application then displays debugging info via Wimp messages !Peek = Another DDE disassembler _____________________________________________________________________________
b328 -=- Programming tools -=- !asm05 and !asm11 = Cross-assemblers based on Motorola Freeware assemblers for 68HC05 and 65HC11 processors. They need DDE Utils to work properly but can be used from the CLI without it. With C source and full docs for the originals but limited Acorn docs and some examples. The complete DOS versions are also included VIM 2.00 Port of UNIX VIM text editor. I can't think of a reason why anyone would want it, but if someone spent all that time porting it I suppose they must have thought it worth the trouble! Utils Series of utilities ported from GNU/BSD by Alun Jones apropos - search the whatis database for strings basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames cat - concatenate files and print to standard output cksum - checksum and count the bytes in a file comm - compare two sorted files line by line csplit - split file into sections determined by context cut - remove sections from each line of files dirname - strip filename suffix from pathname expand - convert tabs to spaces expr - evaluate expressions fold - wrap each input line to fit in specified width head - output the first part of files join - join lines of two files on a common field logname - print user's login name man - format and display the on-line manual pages more - file perusal filter for crt viewing nl - number lines of files od - dump files in octal and other formats paste - merge lines of files pr - convert text files for printing printf - format and print data sleep - delay for a specified amount of time sort - sort lines of text files split - split a file into pieces sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file tac - concatenate and print files in reverse tail - output the last part of files tr - translate or delete characters tar - GNU tar, version 1.11.2 tty - print the path of the terminal connected to standard input unexpand - convert spaces to tabs uniq - remove duplicate lines from a sorted file wc - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in files yes - output a string repeatedly until killed _____________________________________________________________________________
b329 -=- Music programs -=- !au2snd ^ Program by Jason Howat to convert uLaw samples to Armadeus format. With C source !ClownPlay ^ 0.21 Desktop player for Coconizer tunes by Gareth Boden Works OK, but the control window looks like something copied from an A***a, ugh! !Flux ^ 1.30 Billed as a 'sound to light display' this program by Peter Knight plays DSym or Tracker/Protracker files and displays nice graphics effects in time to the music !ITM ^ Interactive Technologies Music System. Fairly standard desktop Tracker player with lots of controls MusicSDP ^ 1.01 By James Ponder, some quite nice graphics displays in time to any music that is playing !OT2 ^ 1.51 Octa Track. Looks like a desktop music editor, but no instructions and no address for the Author. Seems to work on a RPC but owing to aforesaid lack of info I can't try it properly. It's a Wimp program so it should be easy to find out how it works. Comes with lots of sample tunes and voices and info on the format used for the tunes !SmartCD ^ 1.13 CD player with lots of features. As well as playing/cataloguing audio CD's it can play the music from many games CD's SOX ^ SOund eXchange. CLI driven PC port. Converts sound samples between different formats. Handles Sound Blaster, .VOC, IRCAM, SUN .au, DEC .au, AIFF, HCOM, Soundtool, and more. Can carry out various other operations on the files. Documentation is a bit cryptic as it's not 'Acornised', but understandable. With C source _____________________________________________________________________________
b330 -=- Printers 1.28c -=- Another version of !Printers. Better support for hi-res colour for RPC users. There are drivers for some newer printers, eg. Stylus 800, 800+, Stylus colour, Deskjet 550, 550C (not for use on A5000 for some reason), some additional Laserjet models (eg. new drivers for the popular 4L/4M series) _____________________________________________________________________________
b331 -=- Graphics -=- !GIF->JPG : GIF to JPEG file converter !JPG->GIF : And the other way Morpher : !MorphDes and !MorphRun by Jason Howat. These can perform 2D morphing and produce Acorn Replay files. Unfortunately no instructions or examples !Morpheus = Morphing program by Henrik Pedersen which produces a sequence from two 256 colour spritefiles. This is a cut- down version of the full program which has lots of additional features, but it is functional !Spr2Jpeg = 1.07 Sprite <> JPEG conversion program by David Rodgman. Needs ChangeFSI, and of course later versions can operate with JPEG files anyway !ViewObj ~ 1.00 A fast 3d object viewing program !Ray3D ^ 2.00 By Robert Taylor, a development of the program that appeared in Archimedes World last year. Has a graphical front end which creates a file for the RayShade program (also supplied) so it's very easy to create complex 3D images without needing to write complex scripts. Probably not as powerful as POV but *much* easier to use _____________________________________________________________________________
b332 -=- Disc and File utilities -=- !2048 ^ 1.10 Counts disc space used by a directory, taking account of the directory itself and the sector size of the disc !CAIFS ^ 1.44 Archive filing system by Daniel Oram. Fairly comprehensive and quite fast. Not quite as easy to use as !ArcFS (you create the archive first and then compress it) but seems to work reasonably well, and with a registration fee of £10 it's cheaper than ArcFS or SparkFS, although I have had some problems. Not as good as ArcFS for commercial purposes but might be worth considering for personal use !CataDir2 ^ 1.01 Creates a textfile of the contents of a directory !CD_Type ^ By Martin Sperl, modified by Mike Martin, patches CDFS to show lots more DOS files as equivalent Acorn filetypes !Cypher ^ 2.00 File scrambler, useful if you want to keep your files safe from prying eyes !DeepCopy2 ^ Disc copier !Director ^ 0.21 Nice tool by Nick Craig-Wood to create menus of commands and icons. Lots of features and worth trying, especially if you have a complex HD structure !DiscStor ^ 1.20 Similar to many HD application launchers except it's designed to be used with floppy discs !DragCom ^ Carries out the required command on a file or files !FileTypes ^ 3.06 A sort of database of hundreds of filetypes. Drag a file to the icon and, if it understands it, it will tell you all about it !FishFS ^ 3.02 Directory-opener by Phil Norman. Puts icons on the icon bar which can be opened by clicking on them. Easy to customise FloppyBoot ^ 1.00 Utility by Raoul Sargent to let hard disc users boot from a floppy disc if there's one in the drive, rather like DOS. If there's no disc in drive :0 it boots as normal. Useful if you want to change your boot sequence for a particular application or for debugging !HardCopy ^ 2.03 Simple backup utility from Phil Norman !LongRead ^ 0.44 Very useful program by Ben Harris to display a textfile in a window. Main advantage is it doesn't load the whole file but just caches part of it, so you can read files which are too big to fit into RAM !MultiBoot ^ By Phil Norman, lets you have lots of alternative Boot sequences by holding down different keys OpenFiles ^ Simple utility to give info about all open files and lets you close any you don't want open !ProCopy ^ 2.59 The best multiple disc copier. Will do everything you want to make lots of copies of a disc. Can format, verify, save disc images to your hard disc, operate in single tasking or background modes, load disc images from a menu, etc. Works with Acorn 640K, 800K or 1.6mb and DOS 720K and 1.44Mb and 1.7Mb. If you are running a club or user group and can't afford a £2000+ autocopier this not merely useful, it's absolutely essential Fully registered version available - see Commercial cat. Can now work as a continuous disc formatter for Acorn or DOS discs and 'dump' a disc to the RAMdisc or 'grab' the RAMdisc as a disc image, which makes updating and maintaining distribution discs much easier !QSetup ^ Another program to give you a choice of boot sequences !RAMstore ^ 1.02 By Andrew Berry, saves the contents of your RAM disc when you shut down and reloads it when you boot. The disadvantage of this compared with RAMdisc² on B298 is that it takes up a place on the icon bar, though it does seem slightly better !Shredder ^ File destroyer by Peter Jones. When files are deleted the data is still on the disc, but this program overwrites it as a security precaution if it's something you don't want anyone else to be able to recover !Yermassa ^ Billed as 'yet another filetype setter to clutter up your icon bar' by Franz Philipps. Actually, it's rather good, lets you select the type you want from a large menu and the app. icon shows the type the file will be changed to _____________________________________________________________________________
b333 !ARMcache ^ Displays and toggles the state of the ARM3/600/700 cache !BackLoad : Continues the !Boot sequence as a background task BogoMIPS ^ Measures machines speed in Bogo MIPS. Of great interest to the 'my computer is better than your computer' mob but no good to anyone else. Still, it does come with C source !Deep4All : Displays 24bpp 'deep' sprites on non-RPC machines !DeskMen ^ 2.01 DeskMenu by Ian Clark. User definable menu system which ;ets you have up to 256 menus, each of which can have up to 256 items !DrawCat : 1.10 Makes a printed catalogue of a clip art collection (no, I haven't any plans to use it on the APDL discs!) !EaziEdit = Another application menu/launcher !FreeRMA = Tries to free up RAM in the RMA !Journal ^ 1.06 Desktop diary from Robert Seago NoError ^ Module to automatically remove an error message from screen after five seconds to save you wearing yourself out pressing RETURN or clicking OK !PostCalc ^ Meant to calculate the postage cost of a packet but it's out of date and has a few bugs. However, if you do need it you may be able to alter the rates as they're in DATA statements near the start of the program !PrintEmul = Tries to display a file created by PrinterDM when it printed a graphics file !RMbroom = Another program to try to tidy up the RMA ScanMemory = Scans all available RAM and reports the location of the main areas, fragmentation etc. It *just* works on the RPC but makes too many assumptions to work properly !TaskLog ^ 1.01 By Graham Crow, keeps a log of how long you spend using tasks. Useful for professionals, especially writers !TextForm ^ Text file formatter by Briam Widdas !YouWhat2 ^ No, I don't know why it's called that, but people who use 'Help' file readers instead of putting the instructions in a nice text file can't be expected to be rational This inserts messages into the keyboard buffer and was intended for inserting a 'signing off' message with a modem, but you could probably find other uses for it !ZoomChars ^ Another variation on the !Chars theme by Neil Walker _____________________________________________________________________________
b334 -=- Desktop customising -=- AnimateHG ^ Series of animated hourglasses by Dave Parr BootMenu : As the name suggests, offers a choice of Boot sequences !CoolSwtch : 1.05 Lets you switch between tasks with ALT-TAB rather like Windows !DragIcons : Another app to enable solid drags !FinalLook ~ Gives solid drags, anti-aliased fonts, marbled windows, and perhaps other things, but the Author, Matthew Godbolt, can't be bothered to say what it does so why should I? !Iconiser ^ Replacement iconiser (surprise!) by Peter Burwood. Main advantage is it puts the icons on the RH side of the screen so they don't vanish below all the other windows !IconThang ^ Lots of odds and ends. Auto switch from lo/hi res sprites on Mode change, display time and free RAM, launch tasks !Judith ^ 1.43 Another iconiser replacement, this one puts all the icons in a scrollable window !NewIBar : Gives a flashy marbled icon bar on pre-RO3.5 machines !Pebbled ^ Some rather nice pebbled 3D icons by Peter Eastwood - the only trouble is there are no small ones RPCBoot ^ User configurable !Boot replacement for the RPC WelshRsrc ^ A set of Welsh language resources so all the main apps can have menus and messages in Welsh !Windows ^ Two sets of tool sprites by David Parr _____________________________________________________________________________
b335 -=- Screen utilities -=- !MakeModes ^ Acorn's mode creator for the RPC !Saviour ~ Simple screen saver which displays a starfield when on !SmallSave ^ 1.15 A 'small, fast, screensaver' by Andrew berry. Works OK and doesn't hog too much RAM or use a place on the iconbar !UniMode2 : 2.00 Looks like a very comprehensive screen mode creator. Extensive documentation, not only for the program but also for the VIDC, including lots of stuff from the PRM's !MultiEmul = 1.01 Displays a hi res sprite on a lo res monitor _____________________________________________________________________________
b336 Port of the Free Software Foundation ADA translator and interpreter based on version 1.11.2. Ported by Peter Burwood. Includes library and DDE controls. Extensive documentation but refers mainly to the UNIX version, though there's quite a bit of Acorn specific stuff as well _____________________________________________________________________________
b337 -=- Programming tools -=- DRWimp = Series of Basic programming aids and a library of routines from Andrew Ayre !DisasmAOF ^ By George Saliaris, a disassembler for AOFs which produces output in Objasm format. Useful for finding out why some bits of your C program run like a snail extASM : Extended Assembler. Useful Shareware package which can also assemble to AOF format ExtBas ^ Module by Adrian Lees to patch Basic in RO3.1 and RO3.5 to add FP and ARM 610/700 instructions to the Basic assembler !FormExpnd ^ 1.10 Alters a template file so it can be loaded by your program and, instead of all the windows being created, you can create them only when they are needed and delete ones no longer required !ModJoiner ^ 1.10 By Ian Jeffray, lets you join Modules together so you can load them all with a single command !MsgCheck ^ 1.00 Checks message files for token repetition ShadowLib ^ Nice Basic library by Simon Osborne to produce a 'shadow' behind a window while it's being dragged Strings ^ Tries to display any text strings in a file. Useful for finding messages in code !TaskFront ^ Sits on the icon bar and Runs programs dragged to it in a Task Window so you can use all those old utilities without having to set directories etc. !TemplRip ^ 1.00 Grabs windows and local sprites from an application Can save a lot of time when designing your own Trapdoor ^ Simple but effective algorithm for creating passwords ZRegister ^ Module by John Kortink. Tasks 'register' use of a Module and when none are using it the Module is deleted, freeing space in the RMA. This can't be done by the task as it won't know if another task is using the Module _____________________________________________________________________________
b338 -=- Printers 1.53 -=- Latest version of !Printers from Acorn, offered as a new disc and not an update of !Printers 1.28 as some older applications won't work properly with later versions of !Printers so I want to keep earlier ones available Has support for Cannon BJC and BJC4100 and reintroduces small halftone printing after its removal from v1.52. Patch to improve printing on Pre RO3.7 machines added Jan 97 New drivers for Stylus Colour 400/500/600/800 added May 97 _____________________________________________________________________________
b339 -=- Battle of hastings -=- Lots of material collected by Jim Fanning on the subject of the battle of Hastings. Includes scanned photos, with several of parts of the Bayeux tapestry, maps, a Genesis application (browser included) and some textfiles of notes and information. Aimed at NC Key Stage 2 or 3 _____________________________________________________________________________
b340 -=- Scouts on Camp -=- Two genesis applications, lots of pictures, and some scout-related stories. Also includes the compilation 'Joining the Cubs' previously on B292. All put together by Jim Fanning of the 1st Peachaven & Telscombe Cliff Group. (Genesis Browser included) _____________________________________________________________________________
b341 -=- MyWorld Screens -=- Over forty screens from Philip Whittaker on a variety of educational themes plus some Xmas related material and a series of worksheets to help with maths work from Dave Walsh _____________________________________________________________________________
b342 GNUplot ^ 3.4 The famous interactive function plotting program This is an extremely powerful (though not very user friendly) package, and I am sure that most people who need it will have experience of it on other platforms !AGP ^ 1.72 Archimedes Graph plotter by Ben Harris. A Wimp program to plot graphs of functions. Can plot two graphs on the same axis which is useful for comparison. Saves output as its own filetye for realoading or as a Drawfile. Fast and very easy to use _____________________________________________________________________________
b343 -=- !RLaB -=- ^ Our Lab. A *VERY* powerful package released under the Free Software Foundation licence. To quote, it 'brings the power of stable matrix maths tools plus a stable data plotting facility together' It's CLI driven (normally run in a Taskwindow) and uses a structured language for input. This can be either typed in or as a file. There are built in functions and these can be user defined. Output can be either to the terminal (ie. the Taskwindow) or be sent directly to GNUplot, which will give a graphical display. Documentation is provided as lots of text files, many of which relate to other versions, and a 50 page short manual supplied as DrawFiles. As you can imagine, this all takes up a lot of disc space, a minimum of 2Mb, so it can't be run from floppies (the binary is 1.4Mb). _____________________________________________________________________________
b344 -=- Internet utilities -=- !FreeNet ^ 0.13 TCP/IP stack by Tom Hughes, matches the SWI calls provided by Acorn's TCP/IP suite KA9Q<>RUCP = Two programs to let !ReadNews and !RUCP read and write KA9Q format files !SLIPdial ^ 0.33 Script driven dialler and control program for !TCPIP by Graham Allan. Main use is to establish a connection with the provider and hand over to !TCPIP and then close down afterwards !TCPIP ^ 2.03 Internet application suite from Adam Goodfellow. Lots of documentation, but mainly historical and technical and assumes an understanding of the Internet _____________________________________________________________________________
b345 -=- More Internet utils -=- !Webite ^ Part of Doggysoft's Termite Internet suite released as PD. A cut down version of the web browser for viewing files off-line. Really just a way of getting a free ad distributed for termite, so it should perhaps be put in the Commercial section, but it is a useful HTML reader so I include it here !DemConfig : 0.2 By Colin Hogben, intended to make it easier to configure !TCPIP, !NewsBase, !TTFN a,d !SLIPdial for use with Demon. You enter the details in a single window and it configures all the apps in one go !HTTP ^ Billed as an HTTP fetcher for ArcWeb. No instructions and doesn't seem to do anything when installed, so I don't know what it does or how it does it. C source included !MultFetch : 0.02 Multiple fetcher for ArcWeb by Robert Orwin. This one DOES have some instruction, albeit brief !Rot13 ^ An 'utterly useless' Module by Sam Kington (his words) which Rot13 encrypts anything you type !WebGopher ^ 0.33 Beta test version of a program to be used with any WWW browser compatible with ArcWeb fetcher protocol to access resources via 'gopher'. The Author admits there are bugs, but it is functional _____________________________________________________________________________
b346 -=- Comms utilities -=- !Autotype ^ By Nick Smith, this useful app takes a text file and inserts the characters one by one into the keyboard buffer. As well as it's main purpose of 'typing' pre prepared text into a comms program it could have other uses, eg. inserting text into a database, DTP program, or anything that needs text to be typed BodgePkt ^ By Ainsley Pereira, forces the sender/receiver's address in a fidonet mail package !Coster ^ 1.3 By Steve Loft, shows current call charges while you are online. Terrifying, isn't it! !DialIt ^ 1.04 By Ian Young, dials a phone number via your modem. Most comms programs can already do this, but some can't, or won't accept enough digits to dial via Mercury !Download ^ 1.02 By Emmet Spier, lets you transfer textfiles from any source via the serial port FastDriver : Block driver by Hugo Fiennes gives three extra baud rates, 38400, 57600, 115200. A5000, A4, A3010/20, A4000 only !HS2Cost ^ Calculates cost of time spent online with HearSay !IceManger : Improved Communications Enhancer by Carl Declerck. A module with SWIs to make using the serial port easier. Includes a simple terminal program Kermit = Archimedes C-Kermit. Very ancient now (the Help text refers to Arthur!) but some people still want to use it !MultiTalk ^ About as simple as it's possible for a terminal to get Two windows open, type text in one to send it, received text appears in the other !NListMgr ^ 0.95Bc Node List Manager by Steven Haslam !NPL ^ App by John Chambers to dial the NPL clock and reset the computer's clock from it !Phone'em ^ Simple program to dial a phone number RS232 ^ Single-page Impression Junior document showing various wiring options for the serial port. If you don't have a version of Impression the illustrations are separate Drawfiles so it's still useful !TermHost ^ App by David Brain to let a terminal run a command line via the serial port. Also useful as a debugging tool !Timer ^ Although written as an online timer this is a general purpose stopwatch that could be used to record the time taken by any task !U2 ^ uudecoder/coder by Paddy Spencer who describes it as having 'more knobs and whistles than you can shake a stick at'. I assume this means it works !Unpost ^ A 'smart' uudecoder by Nick Craig-Wood !Xfront = 1.04 Desktop frontend for the !X terminal program from Gnome Computers UUD ^ 3.4 A CLI driven fast uudecoder _____________________________________________________________________________
b347 -=- Email -=- !EasyMail ^ Off line mail reader by Mark Veary written using S-Base !MailList ^ Mailing List Robot by Maurice Hendrix. Lots of documentation, none of which seems to explain what it does or how it does it! !Reader ^ By Anthony Frost, a reader/replier for mail from ArcBBS boards SendMail ^ Very small program by Thomas Aeby that acts as an interface between mailers and LL delivery programs !TransArc ^ BBS mail exchange editor _____________________________________________________________________________
b348 !Newsbase ^ Application to deal with Email and Usenet. Unfortunatel the instructions are in StrongHelp format so you'll have to struggle with that instead of being able to read them properly !WimpLink ^ 1.02 Self contained mail package for use with Fidonet type networks by Remco de Vreugd _____________________________________________________________________________
b349 !ArcDoor ^ Lets you start an app when a modem connection is established, so it can be used as an auto-start for your comms program !BM ^ The Info box says this is a TCP/IP mail reader by Jonathan Naylor, but no documentation !MailBot ^ Searches a mailbox and sends a reply to every message in the mailbox with a specified file. The Author, Tony Howat, has provided a very good Manual, both as plain text and an Impression document !NewsFlash ^ 0.25 Multi-line BBS package by Chris Davis. The Author points out that the documentation is not complete, but it seems brilliant by the standards of most comms programs! !TTFN ^ The Thread Following Newsreader by Robert Orwin _____________________________________________________________________________
b350 7-Patch = 1.03 Patches ArcTerm 1.06 to work under RO3 !7Plus = The Author, John Ingrams, says this is an Archimedes version of the PC program 7Plus, so if you know what that is, you'll know what this is, if you don't.... !Arctic ^ ARChimedes Terminal Interface to CompuServe. The best way to get access to this service, and it even has good documentation! !Extract and !Submit = 1.11 Lets you decode/post files as uuencoded tar files in UNIX compatible format !HsayBill ^ Calculates call charges from HearsayII logfile !ReadNodes ^ Add-on for RiscBBS !RloginD ^ Remote Login Daemon, creates a Taskwindow linked to the serial port so you can execute CLI commands from a terminal !Rs232stat ^ Shows the state of the serial port !TouchTone ^ Plays dial tones through the computer's speaker. You can either click on the 'keypad' of type in the number !UnixTrans ^ Module to translate UNIX filenames into Acorn compatible ones _____________________________________________________________________________
b351 -=- ANSI and Teletext utilities -=- !Ansi2Text = As it's name suggests, converts ANSI files to text !ANSIshow = Displays ANSI files !AnsiText = Another ANSI to text converter !ArcANSI = Module to emulate the PC's ANSI driver !TeleDesk = 3.00 No instructions but seems to be a complete desktop Teletext software package !Teletext = Teletext screen editor !TTXdemo = Demo of what you can expect to find when you connect to a Teletext service !VHost = 1.01 Complete Viewdata Host system !ViewData = No instructions, but looks like a complete terminal !ViewScr = Lets you view and/or print text saved to disc while online to a Viewdata service !ZAnsiDial = Dialler for the popular !ZAnsi program (B240) _____________________________________________________________________________
b352 -=- Amateur Radio -=- !DeskMorse = 2.16 By Ian Hawkins, a multi tasking program intended for training but can also send and receive morse via a tranceiver interface which is described in the manual. !LogBook = Simple app to keep a contact log !Morse ^ Desktop morse practice !RickTutor ^ 1.03 Non desktop versatile morse tutor by Rick Sterry !RiscyTNC ^ Multi tasking terminal program for Ax25 controllers !Sender ^ 1.24 A Random morse code generator/tutor by Steve Eyre The following four discs contain educational programs by Mike Smith. Most are very good, some are Shareware, others PD or Freeware, but all have the same intrusive banner screens. There is little documentation, even with the Shareware programs! (so how do you evaluate it properly to find out if you want to register without good instructions?). What there is tends to be general purpose and not specific to that application. Despite these problems (I *hate* people who do things that might put others off Shareware) there's a lot of very good material here _____________________________________________________________________________
b353 !Assist_1 ^ Prints a customised periodic table. Data can include atomic number, mass, boiling point, melting point, density, oxidation states, radioactive isotopes, atomic radius, covalent radius, ionic radius, atomic volume, electronegativity, first ionisation energy and electron structure. Graphs showing trends can also be printed !Assist_2 ^ Creates printed worksheets based on the chemistry topic of balancing equations. Numbers, reatants or products can be missed out depending on the preferences set. Select from six layout effects. !Assist_3 ^ Produces a printed worksheet for science AT4. Topics covered: Earth and Space, Electricity, Electronics, Energy, Forces and Motion, Light and Colour, Motors and Generators, Sound and Waves. Within each topic a variety of worksheets can be generated including, crosswords, anagrams, word searches, missing vowels and True or False questions. Choose from six layouts MC_Chem ^ Desktop multiple choice quiz. The subject is chemistry, but the questions are all textfiles so you can alter or add to them or write complete new ones MC_Phys ^ Ditto physics. Topics include acceleration, circuits, EM waves, energy, colour, heat, forces, magnetism, work, vectors, pressure, radioactivity and refraction Phy_Sym ^ Tests knowledge of symbols used in physics PTable ^ Displays info about periodic table _____________________________________________________________________________
b354 AMedia1 ^ Arc Media 1. Hypermedia info (text and NASA images) on the Solar System. Move between 'pages' by clicking on coloured keywords. Extra feature lets you backtrack last three pages viewed MC_Maths ^ Multiple choice maths quiz including: formulae, geometry, percentages, measurement, standard form & simplification !Cloze ^ A nice idea. Various words are removed from a paragraph of text and you have to work out what they are from context !CV+ ^ Helps create a CV, including a scanned photo. Control over layout and fonts is provided. !WordTest ^ Tests knowledge of numbers between 1 and 100 in a variety of languages _____________________________________________________________________________
b355 !Grid_Eur ^ Shows a map of Europe and asks questions about the positions and relationships between places. The idea is to teach grid references and compass directions !Grid_Afr ^ Ditto Africa !Grid_UK ^ Ditto U.K. !Where_Eur ^ A similar program to the above but asks about the positions of geographical features, cities, etc. !Where_Afr ^ Ditto Africa !Where_UK ^ Ditto U.K. !OS_Symbol ^ Asks various questions about the symbols used on maps _____________________________________________________________________________
b356 !Anagram ^ Two player word puzzle. Unscramble the anagarm by solid dragging of its letters !Birthday ^ Helps you prepare an A4 poster of the events connected with someones birth date, eg. famous people with the same birthday, historical events on that day, etc. !Bottle ^ Word puzzle like Hangman but bottles are knocked over instead of drawing the scaffold. Hints available !D_Turtle ^ Simple desktop Turtle Graphics program. Works on RPC provided you use a numbered mode. Supports all major commands as well as procedures, sound effects and sprites. Background graphics can be imported !Guess ^ Word guessing game - guess the word the computer has selected. As you keep guessing help is given as to which letters are/not in word and their postions !Link ^ Quiz game for two or three players based on the 'block buster' game. Database can be customised so you too can ask for a 'P' please! _____________________________________________________________________________
b358 !Ejones ^ Rather slow but pretty name and address database by M.O'Brien and J.Pullen !FontSafe ^ Stops games programs setting the font cache to 0 and making the RPC desktop run like a snail !Hiper ^ A sort of hypertext compiler by Andrew Hunter. Can create hypertext documents with various features. Useful for program Help texts, education, and lots of other purposes !Justify ^ Makes a text file fully justified with a straight right margin by padding the text with spaces. Personally I find justified text very difficult to read, but it does make it look prettier if you think that's important !NoIcons ^ Particularly useful if you only have 1Mb. Stops the filer loading all those iconsprites every time it sees a new app, which uses up more RAM in the wimp spritepool !Post-It ^ Simple desktop memo, rather like a post-it note stuck on your monitor !RO2_4all : This is a bit of a 'bodge' but it might let you run a RISC-OS 2 app that won't work with RO3 !SlotSize ^ Forces any application that starts up to use the Wimpslot you define and not the one in the !Run file. RPC users will find it useful to check if the reason a program won't run is that the Wimpslot is set too small without needing to change the !Run file !StripCase ^ Strips file extensions from DOS filenames and makes them lower case _____________________________________________________________________________
b359 -=- Disc/file utilities -=- !All ^ 0.45 Multi-purpose utility. Lock/unlock files, trash, file info, DOS map, etc. !CFSCreate ^ By Tony Howat, creates a CFS directory in which everything you put is compressed !DirLock ^ Locks directories so you can't get into them from the desktop between specified times !DiscLook ^ Sits on the icon bar and acts like any other drive icon. By selecting from its menu you can transform it into the equivalent of any drive icon. The only practical use I can think of for it would be if you have lots of drives and the ones on the left vanish off screen when you have several apps loaded. The DiscLook icon could then substitute for one lost off screen !DiscBlank ^ Conceals the contents of an 800K floppy by hiding the catalogue and replacing it with a dummy. This can make the disc look empty. When you want to use it the program will restore the proper catalogue !DMen ^ Straightforward disc menu !Helios ^ 2.00 Task launcher/* command executor from Kenny Guy !LinkFS ^ An image filing system that redirects all calls made to it to the 'real' filing system, allowing you to have files or applications apparently together while actually on different drives !MoveFiles ^ Module from Ben Gershon that tries to move files rather than copy/delete whenever possible and also prevents directories from being recursively copied into themselves !Mycop ^ Desktop bin that sits where you put it instead of on the icon bar !Organize ^ Directory opener - drag a directory to the icon to add it to the menu !PretyFile ^ Renames those ugly upper-case filenames !Snglarity ^ What happens when a Black Hole gets smaller - a replacement for the popular Black Hole II for people who just want a small wastebin !Toilet ^ Another bin. Makes a noise like a flushing toilet !TrashCan ^ 1.01 Nice bin by Stephen mansfield !TrueCopy ^ Non desktop multi-format disc copier _____________________________________________________________________________
b360 Another school visit from Jim Fanning. This time it's Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. Contains Spritefiles of scanned photos plus a Genesis application. (Includes Genesis browser) _____________________________________________________________________________
b361 -=- Educational programs -=- !Coprnicus ^ Lets you identify objects in the night sky. Star maps can be printed or saved as Sprite or Draw files. A slightly cut-down version of a commercial program but the main functions are operative !Forecast ^ Lets you create your own weather maps on which you can place all the usual symbols !Monarchs ^ Displays English monarchs !Predict ^ Weather predictor. The Author says it's pretty accurate !Spectro ^ 1.22 Mass spectrometer simulation by Richard Sharpe !Statisix ^ 1.02 Program by Robert Seago to perform statistical analysis. Can take input data in the form of a CSV or Text file or it can be entered directly. Only a limited number of functions are supported _____________________________________________________________________________
b362 -=- Educational programs -=- !ChiSquare ^ 1.02 By Robert Seago, does simple statistical Chi-Squared tests, which I gather has something to do with genetics !Gauss ^ Simultaneous equation solver by Richard Sharpe !HowMany ^ 1.01 Again by Robert Seago, illustrates a technique used to estimate the number of animals in a population in a closed environment !Mole ^ 2.00 Molecular modeller by Simon Kilvington. Can save the models as Draw or Sprite files as well as its own file format. Lots of examples !MulDiv ^ Simple non desktop multiplication and division tester !Solver ^ Quadratic equation solver by David Bradshaw !Trent ^ 1.02 Another app by Robert Seago to find the index of quality of a freshwater lake or river. Based on a system developed by Severn Trent Water _____________________________________________________________________________
b363 -=- Desktop Customising -=- !Bannerz ^ 1.02 A selection of 'Welcome' banners by John Noble !BDLogo ^ Puts an embossed Acorn logon on the desktop backdrop. The sprite itself and its position can be changed !RPCLogo ^ Variation on the previous program using RPC logo !BeepError ^ 0.33 By Piers Wombwell, lets you assign sound samples to specified errors. You can have different noises for the errors or types of error ErrorBeeps ^ Various interesting sound samples to replace the standard error beep JW_Icons ^ Icon and Tool sprites by Jason Williams !MacDesk ^ A few icons to make your desktop look a bit Mac-like !NewFiler : Patch for filer 1.64 by Nick Jarman to make the filer treat directory names beginning with ascii 160 (the 'hard' space) as application directories so you don't need the '!' at the start of the name !zApp ~ By Peter Greenham, replaces ROM Apps with a customisable version which is more like a normal filer window _____________________________________________________________________________
b364 -=- Mainly for use in Education -=- !Circuit ^ Rather good desktop program by J.Robbins for drawing circuit diagrams. Can save the circuit as a Drawfile for printing. Large library of components. Very easy to use. !Spectrum ^ By Robert Seago, shows information about the electromagnetic spectrum RS232Opto ^ Impression document (with a Text version) which explains how to construct a serial port opto-isolator. Ideal for school projects so they don't blow up the computer if something goes wrong The following are Econet utilities !awServer ^ 0.05 An 'experimental' fileserver !awSpooler ^ Spoolimg printer server !CV ^ Helps network managers view usage on their systems. Mimics SJ Research *CV EcoTimeOut ^ Helps eliminate 'No Reply' errors caused by large files !Free ^ Helps network managers view usage on their systems. Mimics SJ Research *FREE !FS ^ Fast (or so it says) fileserver !Machines ^ Lists machines on Econet !NetChat ^ Econet chat program !NetSim ~ Patches the Econet module to fool it into thinking the network hardware is there and installs netFiler !NetTime ^ Reads the Fileserver clock and sets local times to match !Network = 1.19 A network manager by Stewart Brodie with various features !Newusers ^ Displays all the users on a network and lets you do variuos things to them (the Authors words, not mine) !Notify ^ Allows immediate communication between Econet stations _____________________________________________________________________________
b365 Another project from Jim Fanning of Tideway School. As usual this comprises text files, scanned photos and two Genesis applications (NB. The Genesis Browser is not provided on this disc - see B263). The project is all about the local area, and includes some historical notes and maps. Although this may not be of direct interest to people outside the area it acts as a good example of how students can use the computer to collate the results of field trips and other studies to produce a computer project _____________________________________________________________________________
b366 The Meaning of the Holy Quran. Large (114 chapters, over 1.5Mb) text by H.S.Aziz. This appears to be an attempt to explain some of the concepts which are not easily understood by the western mind, and which, owing to linguistic difficulties, do not easily translate accurately from the original Arabic _____________________________________________________________________________
b367 -=- Customising utilities -=- !Bars ^ Lots of 'bar' tiles for the backdrop !BdKing ^ Backdrop King by Andrew Lafferty. Dozens of different tiles in all shapes, colours and textures with programs for selecting them. Probably the best selection I've seen. !BootSuite ^ 2.11 Comprehensive utility by R.Chasmer which can be installed to a hard disc and lets several users each have their own customised boot up procedure with a password. Can also keep a log. Lots of features and would be ideal for us in a business or school. !Iconz_2 ^ By David Jones and based on the program Funky Iconz this replaces the Switcher with a rather nice animated group of spinning balls. !Punk ^ Rather more agressive switcher icon than the one provided by Acorn SolidDrag ^ By Paul Wilkinson, for people who prefer solid rather than transparent icon drags on their RPC. It intercepts calls to DragASprite and forces solid drags. !Whoop ^ Replaces the error beep with a noise that the name describes perfectly! WimPatch35 ^ Forces 3D raised borders on all menus. This *ONLY* works on RO 3.5 so it's just for the RPC 600 _____________________________________________________________________________
b368 -=- General utilities -=- AddSprites ^ Very useful Module from Andrew Clover. Stops other applications from overwriting your desktop sprites with their own 'improved' ones. Have you ever had your nice, hi-res, fancy icons wiped out by someone else's idea of how your desktop should look - this will stop it AlphaConv ^ By Simon Osborne, converts files from Clares 'AlphaBase' into CSV or textfiles for importing them into other databases. !Caret ^ 1.02 As well as making the caret flash, if you click on the !Caret icon it forces the window with input focus to the front and puts the mouse pointer over the caret so yu can find it. Useful if you are still struggling with !Edit or !DeskEdit !Case2Case ^ 1.50 Nice program by Robert Lytton to change the case of names and automatically set filetypes of DOS files !CheckCMOS ^ Takes a copy of CMOS RAM and, the next time you start up, if it has changed it lets you restore the CMOS to the previous state if you don't want it to change. Very useful if you have to do a complete reset. !ET_demo ^ Empty Tasks. Lets you temporarily swap the memory of a task out to disc. The main use is to let you 'put aside' a memory hungry task for a while and restore it exactly as before. !FlDesk ^ Flossy Desk 3.00. Various utilities in a single task. Status display, bin, etc. !FontSafe ^ If you have a RPC and play PD games this could save your sanity. By Ben Dooks, it stops games configuring the Font Cache to 0 which makes the desktop run like a snail !FormText ^ Utility by Tony Houghton to format text files. Can insert page breaks, margins, headers, footers, and a contents page. Ideal for producing nicely formatted manuals. (Subtle hint to PD/Shareware Authors). !LooknFind ^ 0.5 By Robert Lytton, searches through files of defined types for a 'phrase'. !MBF ^ My Best Friend 2.1 Another collection of utilities (bin, various shortcuts, etc.) !PtrWatch ^ There are lots of desktop magnifiers, but this one by Ben Dooks is onbe of the best, and unlike many others it's very fast and works in Risc PC screen modes !task ^ By Alun Jone, a replacement for the TaskWindow. Instead of acting within the desktop is works 'full screen', and so is a lot faster !TaskMon ^ By Geoff Williams, monitors use of tasks and keeps a logfile so you can see how much time you've spent working (and how much playing Lemmings!) !TaskMsg ^ Potentially very useful tool by James Ponder. Lets you send messages to tasks, so, for example, you can put commands in your !Boot app to load files into editors and do other things not normally possible. _____________________________________________________________________________
b370 -=- Comms/Internet utilities -=- !Connector ^ 0.83b VT102, ANSI and AVATAR terminal emulator using X- Y or Z- modem file transfer from Andreas Zieringer !FreeTerm ^ 012b Terminal emulator by Tom Hughes/Tony Howat for any TCP/IP stack that supports Acorn sockets interface !PGP ^ 2.3a Pretty Good Privacy. The famous Public Key encryptation program ported to the Arc by Chris Gransden and Paul Allen. Includes a desktop front end (v0.12) by Peter Gaunt !PPP ^ 2.00 PPP driver for Acorn's TCP/IP stack by Sergio Monesi !WarDial ^ 1.01 Turns your computer/modem into a scanner for 0800 numbers. For nosey people who would like to know which numbers are 'live'. _____________________________________________________________________________
b371 -=- More Internet utils -=- !FreeDial ^ 0.22 Dials your Internet Provider, logs in, and sets up your internet sortware !FreeNews ^ 1.00 The first full release of the Freenet NNTP news fetcher !FreeSMTP ^ 0.09 Internet mail server by Stewert Brodie Mpack ^ 1.50 CLI utilities for encoding and decoding MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) messages !POP ^ 0.97 POP3 mail transport for use with Freent/Acorn TCP/IP stack to fetch email and can also send outgoing mail !unHTML ^ Utility by Mike Williams to convert HTML files to plain text, Publisher/Style, or Draw Textarea format so you can actually DO something with them TI2NB ^ Patch for Termite Internet and !Newsbase which automatically transfers mail to/from !NewsDir/!Mailbox _____________________________________________________________________________
b372 -=- More Internet -=- !ArgoBill ^ 1.10 Displays on-line charges from Voyager Internet Suite !AutoUUD ^ 1.00 By James Beech, a binary extractor for NewsBase !DeltaNet ^ 1.18 FTP/HTTP/Finger/Auth/NTalk Server by Chris Poole !DNSTester ^ 0.02 DNS lookup utility by Stewart Brodie !IRClient ^ 0.15 Internet Relay Chat System by Matthew Godbolt !Kanji ^ 4.00 Reader for 2-byte encoded Japanese emails and news postings !Unpost ^ A 'smart' uudecoder for extracting binaries from USENET or email !VoyCost ^ 0.09 By Dave Ward, helps keep track of your phone bill with Voyager software _____________________________________________________________________________
b373 -=- C Tools -=- HeaderGen ^ 1.10 By Frank Fohl, generates header files of C and Assembler source files WackyTalky ^ Comprehensive real-time linking system which creates a new type of RM that can make assembling/compiling/linking much faster and easier. Rink ^ 0.10 Much simpler (and perhaps easier to use) run time linker from Ben Summers. _____________________________________________________________________________
b374 -=- C libraries and tools -=- AndyLib ^ Collection of routines to aid writing Wimp programs by Andy Armstrong DNSquery ^ Library of routines to provide DNS lookups Makatic ^ 2.10 Set of command line tools by Julian Smith to automate much of the management of C. C++ and assembler projects. !NetLib ^ Billed as 'the programmer's interface to FreeNet', a function call libary for C programmers Sockets ^ 3.00 Acorn's C library for Internet TCP/IP sockets _____________________________________________________________________________
b375 -=- More C stuff -=- !Vista ^ By David Allinson, a library of C++ functions for both Easy C++ and Acorn C++. Includes source code and examples. IndentSrc ^ RISC-OS port of Unix indent, which automatically formats C source code. _____________________________________________________________________________
b376 -=- Programming tools -=- Disassem ^ By Darren Salt, patches the Debugger module so it can disassemble the ARM7 instruction set Grimace ^ Billed as a sprite compiler which can convert System sprites to machine code. Unfortunately the only documentation is in StrongEd format and I'm not going to struggle with that to describe it more fully. !IconNo ^ Very simple app which shows the number of the icon the pointer is over. There are more complex ones but when writing code for button clicks that's all you need !Messy ^ Again, very straightforward but useful debugging tool. Displays the last five messages sent around the desktop !ProgUtils ^ SWI translator, expression evaluator and ARM instruction decoder by Dave Thomas !Res2Temp ^ By Kevin Bracey, converts Resource files to Template files THHeap ^ 1.20 Tony Houghton's Heap management modules. !Tracker ^ No, nothing to do with music, a tool which displays special debugging information output by a program being tested. Useful ^ Series of Modules by Nicholas Kingsley to perform tasks often required by programs. _____________________________________________________________________________
b377 -=- More programming tools -=- Assembly ^ Series of useful routines and examples from various people GMP ^ GNU Multiple precision Library, v1.3.2, ported to the Arc by Alun Jones. Comprehensive library of C routines for arbritary precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers and rational numbers. Lots of functions, and speed is very good. Unfortunately documentation is in TeX format, but luckily mostly plain text so it's readable. !HierProf ^ Partially crippled demo of a C profiler by Julian Smith. It's functional (or I wouldn't include it at all), but it's a pity the author didn't release it propely as Shareware as he's not likely to get registrations this way! !Imagine ^ 1.10 Project management utility by R.F.Windley. Intended to be used as a replacement for the Desktop C Make utility with lots of extra features to make compiling projects easier !SloFilter ^ Reduces the number of NULL polls received by a task, which lets you slow down a task which is carrying out background processing of some sort, thereby allowing other tasks to have more time to work. _____________________________________________________________________________
b378 -=- Graphics utilities -=- !BMPSprite ^ 1.01 By Darren Salt, converts BMP format files to and from Sprites and Clear files. !Draw2Spr ^ App by Ian McLaren to convert a Drawfile to a Sprite !DrawShape ^ 1.06 Again by Darren Salt, takes path objects from Draw and moulds them to fit between two other paths GIF->JPEG ^ Does exactly what you'd expect with a name like that GIF2RPC ^ 1.02 By Cy Booker, converts high quality GIF files to 32K colour Spritefiles !InterDraw ^ Program to interpolate Drawfiles by Rosemary Miskin RandJPEG ^ 1.00 Again by Cy Booker, converts JPEG files to 256 colour sprites. NB. requires RISC-OS 3.6 or better !Spr2Jpeg ^ 1.07 Program to convert between Spritefiles and JPEG by David Rodgman. Can handle 24bpp sprites if you have the appropriate version of ChangeFSI !SwiftJPEG ^ 1.00 Fast JPEG viewer for RISC-OS 3.6 or better. Will work with RO 3.5 if you have a copy of the new SpriteExtend module !Widget5 ^ 0.41 By Andrew Sellors, tools for manipulating and viewing 256 grysscale sprites !Zippo ^ 1.04 Converter for Clear files by Dave Thomas. Will convert to AIM, BMP,HSI, Irlam, MTV, QRT, Sun, TGA and V12 formats. _____________________________________________________________________________
b379 NetPBM ^ Acorn port of the Portable Bitmap Toolkit. Can convert between many image types (Sun, MacPaint, MGR, GEM, Gr.3 Fax, Degas, ,GIF, IFF, PICT, QRT, MTV, AutoCAD, TIFF, HP L/jet, etc., etc.). !Waster ^ DDE utility to remove left hand wastage from sprites in Spritefiles or Drawfiles !Gamma ^ Very useful colour correction program for the RPC by Rod Davidson. A must for anyone who does any serious graphics work or uses a colour printer and wants to see on-screen what will appear on the paper. _____________________________________________________________________________
b380 -=- !Dis-le version 3 -=- New version of the program on B247. Now has the full 2,200 GCSE word list and various other enhancements, training mode, multi-choice quiz, spelling tester, dictionary, word search, etc. All the additions, especially the large number of sound samples required for the huge word list, have made the package quite a bit larger, nearly 7Mb in fact, so you will need a hard disc. For this reason (and if you want to see just how good it is before getting the full package) I have retained the older version on B247 NB. The 1.6Mb option also contains the earlier (small) version !Dis-le _____________________________________________________________________________
b381 -=- Tracker players -=- !Harmony ^ Plays most Acorn format music files with a Playlist, ie. you drop the files onto the icon and it plays them, or you can save/load a playlist file. !RiscTrack ^ 2.35 Another multi format music player with lots of bells and whistles by Ian Clark !TraxII ^ 6.74 A rather less sophisticated player by Barry Rowe !Trackeys ^ 4.00 Hot Key control of Tracker player by Michael Richards _____________________________________________________________________________
b382 -=- Music tools -=- !Active ^ 1.02 Provides an indication of how busy the computer is when a tune is playing !CDaudio ^ Audio CD player by Ray Middleton. Various improvements over the standard player, eg. can remember the tracks on a CD and play them in the sequence you choose. DXEN ^ Desktop Xenakis (??) Tracker player. One sample file is provided. No proper instructions but I believe these files are native to some weird toy called the Amiga. !QuickCD ^ Another CD music player by Chris Jackson. !Stereo ^ 0.06 Stereo channel controller by Dave Thomas !Stretch ^ A *very* crude program to increase the play length of a sample by Benjamin Bommer. The author admits it introduces a lot of distortion, but then that's not entirely unwelcome. THSound ^ By Tony Houghton (imaginative program name, eh?) a module which lets you play lots of samles without having to load each as a separate Module. Probably good for games, etc. !Trackster ^ 1.00 By Dave Thomas, this is intended to rip patterns or sequences from Tracker modules so you can examine them (or 'borrow' them?) !Vivaldi ^ Desktop music editor by Andrew Wood. Supposed to be Shareware, but again it's written by one of those silly people who doesn't think you should get a proper manual until you register. Looks as if it might be quite good. _____________________________________________________________________________
b383 -=- Misc. Utilities -=- !CtrlBox ^ A 'desktop toolbox' by Dave Thomas which gives keyboard shortcuts for many common operations. !CutLF ^ Fairly crude program by Chris Rodliffe to remove unwanted blank lines from double-spaced textfiles. !DeskDate ^ Shows the date at the top RH side of the screen !FastTask ^ This program from Sam Kington is *supposed* to try to learn about the tasks you use and let you start them from the keyboard or typing in the task name. Seems very fragile and I get lots of error messages (it seems to leave files open and then complain about it). !FlashCar ^ Another one of those apps to flash the caret. !FlDesk ~ 3.00 Flossy Desk by David Rushall. This is *supposed* to do all sorts of exiting things, but there seems to be some very sloppy programming and a few shortcuts so it won't work on the RPC and I suspect perhaps not too well on a lot of other machines. !FreeK ^ Shows free memory, time and date in a neat little window at the top RH side of the screen or on the iconbar !PCMouse ^ By Michael Kircher, a Module that let's you use a PC style serial mouse !RemoveDA ^ Utility by Dave Thomas to show any Dynamic Areas in use on the RPC and give you the option of removing them. !sclock ^ Sidereal Clock by Simon Melhuish (makes a change!) SetTimer ^ Creates a System Variable which represents the time since it was created. There are various uses for this, such as timing tasks, on line time, time the computer has been in use, etc. !ShiftKeys ^ Lets you 'press' the Shift, Alt and Ctrl keys by clicking on buttons. Makes mouse operations which need simultaneous keypresses easier for disabled users. !StopClock ^ Straightforward desktop stopwatch that counts in seconds so it doesn't grab too many null events and slow up whatever it is you're trying to time. TaskBASIC ^ Sets a new filetype for Basic programs which will run them in a Taskwindow when you double-click on them Tasks ^ Just gives info about all current tasks. !Tyme ^ A clock that tells the approximate time rather nicely. !Utils ^ Multiple utilities in one package by David Starling. Soundtracker player, * commands, screen saver, Drawfile display, CD player, various filer and network utilites. WatchMEMC ^ Module by Nigel Jones to look out for all those naughty UpdateMEMC swi's that incompetent games/demo programmers use and which screw up your computer. !XChars ^ By far the nicest !Chars substitue I've seen by Martin Wurthner. _____________________________________________________________________________
b384 -=- Disc utilities -=- !BlockSize ^ 1.12 Utility by Darren Salt which counts the actual disc space used by by files/directories taking into account the sector size/file allocation unit of the disc. !Chopper ^ 0.12 A program I wrote to 'chop up' large files so they can be put onto floppy discs and then joined up again. Very easy to use. Lots of people have asked for something to do this, so here it is. Includes a cut-down program !Joiner which can be distributed with split files and SPLIT.EXE and SPLICE.EXE to do the same thing on a PC so very large files can be transported between PC and Acorn DiffUtils ^ Port of the GNU Diffutils 2.7. CLI program which compares two files and gives info about their differences. !DiscEdit ^ By Chris Poole, the first good Desktop Shareware disc sector editor. Works on all floppy disc types and all filing systems, including large format hard discs. If you want a 'dedicated' editor with lots of features rather than a quick look using Zap this is the best I've seen. But it doesn't stop at being just a good sector editor. It also has tools to help with deleted file recovery, bad directory repair, map repair, and various diagnostic utilities. If you have a copy of !Zap then run it before you use this program as it can make use of the ZapRedraw module for fast screen update. This may not do everything that fsck does but it's a *lot* easier to use and is a proper, unrestricted, Shareware application (don't forget to send your registration fee!). !DOSmapper ^ Very simple app to add DOS filetypes to DOSmap. Includes sprites for the files. !FasterAct ^ Adds a button to Filer Action windows to let you turn on the Faster option !FileKill ^ Deletes files. Unlike 'dustbins' this doesn't copy the file to a 'bin' but just forces it's deletion, so it's ideal if you are SURE you want to delete it or for use with floppy-only systems FlopFS ^ By Hugo Feinnes, an unsupported filing system for Floptical drives. Includes formatting software. FSinfo ^ Simple non desktop program to give info about installed filing systems. MagFS ^ Again by Hugo Feinnes, a filing system for magneto-optical drives. Includes formatting software. As it is designed to work with almost any SCSI device it will operate with Syquest or fixed drives and has the additional advantage of letting you have more than four drives on the SCSI bus. !MaSK ^ Security device which hides a file 'inside' an image or sound sample. Not only is the data very difficult to unscramble, as the original image/sample still 'works' no-one even knows it's there. !RealCount ^ By Sergio Moesi, another program to give a true count of disc space taken by file(s). !WhatFile ^ Simple app to give info on files which may not have a filetype alias set. _____________________________________________________________________________
b385 -=- Logo Manual -=- Complete Guide to Logo by Dave Walsh. Described as 'workcards' they make up 100 A5 cards, but in fact it's a huge Impression document in several files totalling over 1.8Mb, so I suspect the adjective 'complete' is accurate. Nicely illustrated and laid out, it's intended as a complete manual and tutorial for use in schools. It was written for RM Logo, but should apply to almost any 'brand' as Logo is a farily standard language. However, as it's not supplied as hard copy you can make any changes required for the version you are using. _____________________________________________________________________________
b386 -=- Maths Worksheets -=- Several discs full of maths worksheets for KS 2 and 3 in the form of both Eureka and Drawfiles. In the words of Dave Walsh the sheets cover numbers and the Four Rules in a systematic way. Unlike other ways of making worksheets, these are task analysed to the skill you are teaching/practicing eg. carrying tens or decomposing; problems in written form; mathematics investigations; probability studies etc. These form a major resource and will be an invaluable teaching aid in any school. _____________________________________________________________________________
b387 -=- Start Write help cards -=- 108 Drawfiles by Alan Shelton designed to be printed and turned into Help Cards for the Start Write package. There are also three Index cards. The advantage over a conventional printed manual is that the cards can be used by several children at once. There are lots of screenshots and were written by a teacher using the program in a real classroom so are designed to be as helpful and useful as possible. _____________________________________________________________________________
b388 -=- Talk Write help cards -=- 123 Drawfiles similar to B387 and again by Alan Shelton but for Talk Write. _____________________________________________________________________________
b389 -=- Stuarts -=- Rather nice 'Magpie' application by A.Shelton. Covers the Monarchs and various events (Petition of Right, Civil War, Plague, Great Fire) and famous people. Obviously this is not done in great depth, but what is covered is done well. Normally I don't like Magpie and Genesis very much because they are so slow and clumsy, but this really is a very usefil teaching aid. _____________________________________________________________________________
b390 -=- Tudors -=- Similar to B389 but covering the life and times of the Tudor monarchs. _____________________________________________________________________________
b391 -=- PoV 2.2 -=- Acorn version 1.5, equivalent to PC version 2.2 of the Persistance of Vision raytracing package. So many enhancements and additions that I shan't attempt to list them. This was previously on disc B096 and the earlier version has been retained because it was a full desktop multi-tasking application whereas this version is CLI driven, ported directly from the PC version, so it's not so 'Acornised' as version 1.0. You don't need to use it from the command line because it has a desktop front end which does all the hard work for you, but this means it's not multi-tasking (though you can stop part-way through and carry on later). Although there are obviously differences in the source file syntax because of the extra features it can accept 'old type' source files so you can still use your old scenes. As before, the package is available, with a copy of Pete Goodwin's !Model application, on either two 800K or a single 1.6Mb disc. The first 800K disc (B391) contains everything you actually need, including a copy of POVscene with the standard example files. The second 800K disc (B391-A) contains lots more examples, some of which are very complex. See also version 3 on B409 _____________________________________________________________________________
b392 -=- MatrixTRK -=- A new song player which promises much higher quality than others (including, acording to the !Help file, Digital Symphony). Uses its own file format (fully described) and comes with tools to convert from Scream Tracker 3 format. The player itself with a couple of songs will fit onto one 800K disc, and you can buy just this for the normal price if you wish. However, we can also offer it with a selection of songs on three 800K or two 1.6Mb discs. _____________________________________________________________________________
b393 -=- Amstrad CPC Emulator -=- Slightly restricted version of the program by Mark Rison. Main restrictions are that it can't print or save snapshots or screendumps and there's no sound, but you can use it to play quite a lot of games. Includes all the games from disc B393-A _____________________________________________________________________________
b394 -=- Scientific -=- !555 ^ Calculates R/C values for monostable and bistable timers using the popular 555 ic. !A>B>C ^ "The concentrations of the three components A,B, and C are calculated for the system consisting of two sequential non reversible first order reactions during the specified time period, and the resulting concentrations can be displayed graphically." !AnyRC ^ Very useful program from P.E.Marshall. It calculates two resistors (E12 or E24) required to make an intermediate resistance. Parallel and serial options are given. !IsoMass ^ 1.30 By Chris Johnson, calculates from a chemical formula the abundance of each of the isotopic masses and displays the data both as a listing and as a bargraph. !MacroLife ^ 1.60 The best and most comprehensive version of 'Life' by Chris Taylor. Lots of features and can use various algorithms. !RasMol ^ 1.20 Full multi-tasking port of the popular molecular graphics program by Roger Sayle. Acorn version is by Martun Wurther. Includes various examples and scripts. _____________________________________________________________________________
b395 !Analysis ^ Program by Giovani Lo Conti to analyse text files. Can produce various outputs, concordances, KWIC, KWOC, readability, statistics, etc. !ChrEd ^ 2.07 Nice system font editor/designer by Darren Salt Desktop ^ Four Drawfiles. Three are 'maps' of the menu structures of !Draw, !Edit and !Paint, and the fourth is a general map of the filer, Task Manager and other main desktop menus. Useful to newcomers to the Acorn desktop as it lets them have a compact printed chart showing the main menu structures and functions. LatinGram ^ Actually a book, made up of textfiles, separated into 39 chapters, and is a comprehensive course on Latin grammar. It's very well written and easy to read, but I can't find an author's name anywhere. Much better than any of the standard textbooks I can remember. !Report ^ Program by Robert Lytton intended to help teachers prpare reports for the National Curriculum. Lets you select phrases and then 'types' them wherever the caret is. Sensible ^ Displays dates in a more 'humanised' format than the standard options. eg, will show things like 'yesterday', 'today'. etc. _____________________________________________________________________________
b396 -=- Graphics programs -=- 3Dcycle2 ^ By Daniel Mossop, displays a selection of auto stereograms and cycles the colours to help releive the boredom. !Figlet ^ 2.00 Handy program for producing large text. Ideal for headings, signatures, etc. Used for most of the APDL catalogue file headings. !MArt ^ 256 colour non desktop art package. Lots of tools and features and easy to use so it's ideal for younger users !Monet ^ Another art package to let you create paintings in the style of the French Impressionists !Mturtle ^ Straightforward turtle graphics program !Reflect ^ A drawing program which produces a 'reflection' of what you are drawing !Surface ^ 3D surface plotter. Can produce 'pictures' of a variety of shapes. !Virtual3D ^ Demonstration of a 3D graphics library by Wilco Dijkstra and Mattijs van Delden. You can create 'worlds' and 'drive' or 'fly' around them. It's main uses will be for games and an example is provided. There's lots of potential for anyone interested in writing games. !ViwObj ^ By the same authors as Virtual3D and related to it. It enables 3D objects to be viewed and rotated !WindowRd ^ Window Reader. Just grabs the window the pointer is over as a sprite. Ideal for illustrating manuals etc. _____________________________________________________________________________
b397 -=- Disc/File utilities -=- !Back_It ^ Copies a series of files/directories to a 'backup' directory. Ideal for keeping a record of the development of a program. !BF_Join ^ Two simple program to split/join large files to a series of floppies !ClearDisc ^ Wipes out deleted files on a floppy disc so they can't be recovered !ClickDir ^ Useful program to set the CSD !CopyOpts ^ Speeds up moving files on the same disc by renaming them instead of copying/deleteing whenever possible !DirStack ^ Remembers the last fifteen directories opened and lets you select them from a menu. Saves a lot of work if you close a window and then need it again. !DiscListr ^ Fairly crude program to create a CSV file of the contents of a series of floppy discs. !DiscScan ^ Another program to create a database of the contents of floppy discs. FilerFix ~ For RO 3.1 filer, let's you hit the CTRL key AFTER you've opened a filer window to stop reading all those !Boot files !HDBackup ^ Hard disc backup program by Andreas Schubert. Makes use of Frank lancaster's tar to do the work and can compress data InfoZip ^ Beta release of Info-ZIP's Zip and UnZip. CLI only but quite fast and gives good compression. Invisible ^ Hides files by changing their sprites to a mask and giving them names consisting of just hard spaces !LZWBackup ^ Very simple backup program by Ian Prideaux which uses John Kortink's LZW modules for compression !NewSet-Ty ^ 1.03 Nice app to set filetypes from a menu by Emmet Spier !SectCopy ~ Disc image copier (800K and 640K only) which will skip any defective sectors. Main use is to let you recover as much data as possible from a damaged disc. Files will contain garbage where the defective sectors were but for some types of file (eg. text) this could be less serious than losing all the data SpeclCase ^ 0.04 A Module which tries to display filenames in DOSFS and CDFS windows with 'normal' filenames instead of all upper case !SpinDown ^ By Andrew Berry, spins down a hard disc on drives which support it. Use carefully with 3.5" drives as modern drives are not designed to be stopped and repeated starting and stopping can seriously shorten their life. !SymLinks ^ Creates 'symbolic links' so files and applications on your hard disc can appear to be in more than one place _____________________________________________________________________________
b398 -=- Educational programs -=- !Report ^ Another time saver by Robert Lytton, designed to save time when creating reports for the National Curriculum. Lets you insert frequently required phrases directly into your wordprocessor, saving you the labour of repeatedly typing the same thing !MoleDraw ^ Molecular drawing package by Simon Kilvington. Works rather like !Draw but with special features to make it much easier to produce drawings of chemical structures. Output is standard Drawfiles so they can be used in other applications. LimitF12 ^ Not strictly an educational program but I'm sure any I.T. teacher will see the value of this. Stops the use of the F12 or CTRL-F12 keys so the user can't get access to the CLI or open a TaskWindow _____________________________________________________________________________
b399 !CaretUtil ^ By Peter Gaunt, flashing caret and can scroll window so the part with the caret is visible Dir2Res ^ By Mark Collier, lets you transfer directories to the Resource Filer !DragWind ^ By Thomas Hawtin, with the addition of certain keys this lets you drag and adjust a windows size and position with the mouse pointer anywhere in the window so it doesn't need to be on top of the stack !KFree ^ Another one of those apps to tell you how much free RAm you have. This one's by Richard Sage !LazyPrint ^ 2.05 Printer app. for most Hewlett Packard laser printers by D.Crennell. It prints textfiles using the 'native' HP fonts which makes it a *lot* quicker than with the standard printer drivers. Can also print Drawfiles LimitF12 ^ Repeated on this disc, stops use of the F12 key so no-one can get access to the CLI or open a TaskWindow !LotoPick ^ If you are silly enough to throw away money on the National Lottery here is anoth program, by Mark Collier, to help you !ModCtrl ^ By Simon Hatliff, lets you kill, unplug or re-init modules from the desktop !Mousky ^ Nice multi-font 'Chars' type app from Michiel van Schaik !NumberGen ^ Program by Andrew Berry to generat lists of random numbers with full control over the range and type !Pools ^ 1.02 By Andrew Ayre, helps you predict results of football matches (and the odds with football pools are about twice as good as the Lottery!) !Prem ^ By Gordon McGarry, gives information on some premier league football clubs (if you really are interested in that sort of thing) !RemoveDA ^ By Dave Thomas, attempts to remove unused Dynamic Areas with RO 3.5 and better !RestoreBD ^ By Andrew Berry, restores default backdrop after it has been changed !S2P ^ By Andrew Sellars, copies data received at the serial port to the printer port. Useful for printing from notebook computers that only have a serial port. Needs Hugo Feinnes block drivers !SystemVar ^ Again by Andrew Berry, lets you read and edit any System variable !TermHost ^ By David Brain, lets a terminal run a command line via the serial port !WinSave ^ Program by Ian Clarke to emulate a 'Windows' style save dialogue system. (Why change the best and most useful feature of RiscOS, ie. true 'drag and drop' file saving?) _____________________________________________________________________________
b400 !StrongEd ^ 4.55, plus StrongHelp 2.10. I still don't think it's as good as Zap, but this version does seem stable on the RPC. Has now copied many of the more advanced features of Zap, and I admit it does look prettier. One thing it doesn't seem to have is Zap's huge number of bitmap fonts. I don't know if it's possible to change the font with StrongED, I don't like the one it uses and I can't find any references to fonts in the only documentation available (StrongHelp format only so you can't search it for keywords!!) so I assume it can't. There are StrongHelp files on this disc for StrongEd, Basic, Filetypes (very brief), Machine (pre RPC only), Assembler and VDU NB - The version of StrongEd in the Individual catalogue includes StrongHelp with the files on this disc. !QicAddres ^ 1.01 Useful utility by R.Lytton to search a database for an address and 'type' it at the cursor !WordBook ^ 1.10 Again by R.Lytton, this will 'type' words, phrases or sentences. Useful if you need to repeatedly the same phrases. Easy to create lists of words and phrases !StrongHelp 2.10 with (large) help files on SWI's, C language, Shared C library, and the Toolbox. _____________________________________________________________________________
b401 -=- Disc utilities -=- !EasiFiler ^ 1.02 By Craig Burton, replaces the Resource Filer and, although still allowing access to it, also allows access to all your other apps. !FileFind ^ 1.02 Good file finder by Gerald Hartmann !HardBack ^ 1.05 Good hard disc backup program by Theo Markettos. It's 'Shareware' but that's a misnomer as it's pertially crippled (eg. no compression, etc, in fact a huge list of missing features). In my opinion !ClicBack is still superior and, of course, it's a true Shareware program, but HardBack is worth trying InfoZip ^ Info-ZIP for RISC-OS. CLI driven ZIP and UnZIP with lots of features, the most important of which is that the same format is available on lots of other platforms and yet it preserves Acorn filetypes. Not as convenient to use as SparkFS to zip/unzip files but it's free. !Initiate ^ Very simple task launcher by Stuart Marshall !MenuBar ^ 2.14 By Graham Crow, an absolute essential for every hard disc user. Far superiour to Blinds. Previously sold by BeeBug but now re-written with lots of new features. It puts a bar acrross the top of the screen with lots of pull-down menus which can launch tasks, load files, open directories, etc. Each bar can have up to ten menus, and each menu up to 30 items. You can also have as many as 30 separate bars and switch between them, so you can set up different systems for different tasks and have the things you need for that task readily available without a complicated, cluttered, system. This program is highly recommended (it's the only one I've bothered to install myself). APDL is now the official distributor for MenuBar and can supply a pre registered version - see the Commercial section !SafeDel ^ 1.22 Module to stop you accidentally deleting files. It acts like a 'transparent' dustbin, moving files into a special directory instead of deleting them. I have doubts about it on RO3.6/3.7, but it might be worth a try if you are always deleting files and then changing your mind and can't be bothered to use a bin _____________________________________________________________________________
b402 -=- Desktop Customising -=- 22Sprites ^ Some interesting hi res sytem sprites !Acronych ^ Very good hi res tool sprites !AllChange ^ Program by Mike Smith to change a backdrop sprite at a predefined interval. Like a background slide show !Arctic ^ More sets of high res tool sprites !BackSetUp ^ Two apps from Andrew Booker to control and change the backdrop !Bordered ^ A set of bordered icon sprited by Stuart Ford !Bubbles ^ Lo-res circular icon sprites !CacheSpr : Improved replacement sprites for Watford Electronics !Cache program !Decor8 ^ Icon sprites, new hourglass, system font, backdrop tile, etc. by Tim Willis !Finger ^ Pointing finger mouse pointer - good for kids !FriedInsd ^ A 'banner' for people with PC cards - only works in 16 colour modes !IconSelec ^ Icon sprites from Daniel Horan !NetLook ^ More tool sprites !OutLnWimp : Adds outline fonts and a RO 3.5+ style mode picker and more to RO 3.1 machines Owen ^ Various icon sprites in lo and high res by Owen Smith !Pootah ^ Desktop environment for kids by Tim Willis SamBerry ^ Nice 3D style icon sprited by Sam Berry !Tiny ^ Set of tool sprites with very narrow scroll bars. Useful to get the absolute maximum working area !Tyla2 ^ 2.3 By Mike Williams, generates random tiled backdrops !TexturGdn ^ 0.47 Texture Garden by Tim Tyler. A powerful program to generate all types of 'textured' sprites. These can be used as backdrops, Web page backgrounds, in fact anywhere you might need a textured effect. Uses script files as input and lots of examples are provided as well as a comprehensive manual _____________________________________________________________________________
b403 !Cal ^ Very good desktop diary and calender from Ian Palmer !ChangeTxt ^ Converts textfiles between character sets and formats used by Acorn, Pcs and Macs. Unfortunately the Author, Darryl Sims, is another person who cripples programs and then calls them Shareware. !Converter ^ By Ian Palmer, the best measurement converter I've seen. Can convert liear measure, area, volume, mass, time, force, pressure, energy, power, viscosity and temperature in many different units too numerous to mention. Can also convert combinations of units, eg. metres per second to miles per hour. !EasyAnim ^ 1.05 By Nicholas Marriot, very easy to use desktop animation package. Intended for primary school children, so it might even be possible for some adults to use it without problems. Has its own editor to create and alter the frames which can then be 'played'. With examples *** updated Aug 99 *** !Filo ^ 2.83 Billed as 'a desktop FiloFax' by Keith Theobald, and that's exactly what it is. Latest version has lots of extra features to make it into a very useful program !MultiDesk ^ 1.13 By Julian Smith, gives you up to 8 different desktops which you can switch between. You can even move the windows on the non-current desktops. Lots of other features and invaluable for people who can't use very hi res screen modes or who have to switch between tasks !PieChart ^ By Andrew lee, simple program to produce a pie chart as a Sprite. Not as complex as a graph drawing package but ideal for producing a quick chart for a DTP doc. !RPCpal ^ RO 3.1 style palette utility for the RPC. Makes it easy to change the Wimp palette on later machines !Runner ^ By Ian palmer, lets you configure filetypes to be 'run' by apps that don't normally respond to file-clicking, eg. ChangeFSI _____________________________________________________________________________
b404 Four 'classroom guides' by Robert Lytton. Each consistes of a series of booklets in Impression Publisher/Style format which can be printed out by busy teachers and will save them lots of time getting things 'up and running' with minimum fuss. They cover the computer itself and many popular applications used in education. Adventure Covers Arc Ventures, Badger Trails, Betsi, Crystal Rain Forest, Darryl the Dragon and Time Detectives ROMview 'A key to the Desktop'. An easy to read guide to the Acorn desktop. Will save hours of pouring over manuals for those poor unfortunate teachers who are not familiar with Acorn computers (or who have been used to Macs or PCs and don't realise how SIMPLE it all is with an Acorn) DTP Covers My World, PenDown and Splosh Data 2 Covers DataCard, DataFind and DataPick _____________________________________________________________________________
b405 Desk 3.00ß Version 3 of the DeskLib C library, but it has been supplied on a new disc instead of updating B166 as code written for earlier versions may not be compatible. The main reason is the much better error handling, and it was impossible to improve the old version while retaining backward compatibility. B405-A Source code for the Desk C library. _____________________________________________________________________________
b406 PARI 1.36 Library of C functions for handling mathematical objects, including integers of any length, real numbers of any precision, p-adic numbers, integers mod n. and polynomials, power series vectors and matrices of the above. Also includes GP, which is a calculator that makes use of the PARI library to do calculations with the above _____________________________________________________________________________
b407 !Locus ^ 1.12 Formula based mathematical graph plotter by Richard Sharpe. Probably the best available at any price. Lots of features, can accept input in a variety of ways including direct formula (it also has a library of ready-to-use formulae) and CSV. Despite its complexity it's very easy to use and was written by a teacher for use in schools both as a teaching aid and a serious statistical and analytical tool. With good manual and a tutorial. Locus is Shareware and is available as a pre-registered package from APDL with a laser printed manual. See the Commercial catlogue for details !Grapher ^ 3.25 By Tom Hughes, not nearly as comprehensive as Locus but again it's simple to use, but input can only be typed in directly. !MatLab ^ 1.24 Interactive matrix manipulation package. This is a LINUX port and it's a bit fragile and not too easy to use. Instructions are rather sparse but there are several examples and a 'help' file. !SkyGuide ^ 0.16 Very complrehensive celestial viewing program from Alan Senior. Will work on an ARM2 but it's rather slow so it really needs at least an ARM3 _____________________________________________________________________________
b408 -=- Music and Sound -=- !BeatBox ^ MIDI tone/pattern player !CompUtils ^ 1.13 By David Radford, provides code to compress and decompress sound samples for use within programs !In-Out ^ 2.00 Makes a MIDI Out port behave like a thru port to reduce lead swapping !Midi ^ Displays the contents of the sample MIDI file for anyone who's interested !MIDItest ^ Checks your MIDI system is correctly set up and carries out a few simple tests !Module ^ Module Player, plays sound sample modules as used in games !MoniMIDI - I don't know what this does but I think it's meant to monitor the MIDI player in some way !Monolith ^ 3.05 MIDI player by Rob Smith !ReMIDI ^ 0.56 Desktop MIDI player by Michael-Dennis Biemans. Looks like a useful package as it doesn't need any extra hardware. Lots of controls and options. !Riff ^ 0.01 generates random repeating patterns on a MIDI instrument !SampleCD ^ 1.12 By Paul Wilkinson, this samples audio data from a CD and converts it into various Acorn compatible formats !Unsgn>Wav ^ By Mark Collier, converts raw sound sample to PC WAV file _____________________________________________________________________________
b409 -=- Persistence of Vision -=- Version 3.00 and even bigger. As with v2.2 it doesn't have a Wimp interface so it's more difficult to use than the version on B096 or Rayshade on B154. However, it's got lots of new features. Because of the size of this version (around 4½Mb) and the large number of 'include' files you will probably need a hard disc to use it, although it might just be possible to run a stripped down version from a 1.6Mb drive. _____________________________________________________________________________
b410 !EasyKnit ^ Comprehensive program BY Jim and Alan Muir to turn a Sprite or Drawfile into Intarsia or punchcards for knitting machines. Lots of features too numerous to mention, but this looks as good as a program I've seen on a PC which cost a LOT of money !Chords ^ Useful 'interactive chord dictionary' for guitarists by Andrew Bennet with over 180 chords !Distances ^ Desktop program by Robert Seago to show the distance between two cities. A computerised version of the distance table found in many road atlases. _____________________________________________________________________________
b411 ARMedit ^ Utilities for PC card users, edit PC files in Acorn editor, access Acorn filesystems like PC partition, etc. AVSChars ^ Multi-font 'Chars' type program by Chris Wymark. Has some nice features, but the redraw of the main window is painfully slow even with a S/Arm, so it's almost unusable on an ARM2 ChangeFSIx ^ By David Rodgman, lets you specify what filetypes will run/be loaded by ChangeFSI !Finance ^ Slightly cut-down version of the commercial program Finance Manager by Solloway Software. This might be quite good, but I found the design of the windows large and ugly using a 1280 x 1024 mode, so they would probably be completely overpowering on an alder machine (plus it uses lots of pane windows - ugh!) !HyperHelp ^ Quite nice hypertext viewer by Chris Wymark which can display documents containing sprites and links to other parts of the text. !KeyFix ^ Lets you have the equivalent of a 'shift lock' key. This would be invaluable to disabled users. !key_click ^ Makes a (horrible) noise when any key is pressed !LoseCntrl ^ By Malcolm Knight, strips control and 'foreign' characters from textfiles !ViewFind ^ By Franz Phillips, lets you view and search textfiles for strings _____________________________________________________________________________
b412 -=- Disc/file utilities -=- !AcornMenu ^ Slightly strange disc menu system by Alan Trewartha. It does have the advantage that it doesn't take up much screen space !Coeden ^ By Barry Wicket, apparently the name is Welsh for 'tree', and this program produces a nice graphical representation of the tree structure of a disc. You can then run files from this scrolling window. Unfortunately there's no way to save this file so it's use is rather limited !Compare2 ^ CLI program to compare two files by Ainsley Pereira !DiscEdit3 ^ Another version of the old non-desktop disc sector editor modified by Chris Rodliffe, but this one works on the RPC !DustyFREE ^ Desktop dustbin by Graham Crockford. Unfortunately it's crippled, restricted use, shareware (which means is isn't Shareware) so I doubt if anyone will bother to use it. DVI2TTY ^ CLI app to make a DVI (TeX) file more readable. Includes C source !ExtraBar ^ Another top-of-the-screen menu bar by David McCormack !Goodmenu ^ By David Barker, opens a small scrollable window to which you can drag files, apps, etc, and then you can run them from this. Sounds like just another menu system but it's quite neat and an ideal place to put things temporarily without splattering them all over the backdrop and then being unable to find them !HardApps ^ By Owain Cole and Chris Wymark, lets pre RPC owners have a ROMapps directory where all the apps appear just like on the RPC !LogFS ^ Yes, it's another HD menu system, but quite small and neat for people that don't think they need a 'real' one !Scanny ^ Searches files for text but it's a bit awkward to use !TextFind ^ The basis for this has been lying about on my hard disc for ages, and then last year I tidied it up to use as a search engine for the Archive magazine CD. Now I've done a bit more work to make it 'presentable'. Basically, it searches textfiles for a string or keyword and produces a list of the places where found. !WimpBar ^ Yet another toolbar, this time by Steven Smale and quite good. Lots of configuration options. !x-files ^ Very useful image filing system by an anonymous author, despite the inclusion of all source code. Biggest advantage is it supports up to 256 character filenames and unlimited files per directory so it's ideal for storing all those old correspondence files. Biggest disadvantage is that compaction is poor, a file which increases in size is moved to the end of the image, and compaction only happens when there is about 30% of wasted space, but this isn't normally important in practice unless disc space is tight. !YABU ^ Yet Another Bin Utility by Ben Spencer. probably best for floppy only systems as it uses the RAM disc as storage _____________________________________________________________________________
b413 -=- Desktop utilities -=- !AlphaSave ^ Screensaver by Marc Warne. !Amaze ^ Another screensaver by Chris Rodliffe. Draws little maze-like squiggles on the screen !CDEject ^ Opens your CD drawer, saves all that hard work pushing the button! !CMOS FS² ^ OK, there are lots of programs to save and load CMOS RAM, but this one by James Robinson just does the job simply and with no fuss. !Cron ^ App by Carl Elkins which will execute a command at a preset time. Most obvious use would be to backup a large HD overnight or send faxes/files at cheap rate times. !Daylength ^ Just shows sunrise and sunset on a particular day !DeskSpace ^ Another 'virtual desktop' app. It has one feature that you will either love or hate. When you move the mouse pointer to the edge of the screen the screen changes to the virtual desk on that side. Potentially very useful but it can be rather a pain if you want to get at a window that's just off screen !Floating ^ Yet another desktop clock (doesn't anybody wear a watch?) in a small window with lots of options. HotBlanker ^ Module by James Larcombe that cuts in the standard screen blanker when you press the right CTRL and ALT keys !Notepad ^ 2.10 Yes, it's another one of those desktop notepads, this time by Stuart marshall !PCcalc ^ Useful little utility by William Harris which just carries out calculations in a desktop window. Useful for things where you don't need a full calculator like decimal/hex conversion, etc, although it can evaluate any complex BASIC statement !Ripelli ^ Desktop calendar that can have pictures to make it just like the one hanging on the wall (you could even have THAT type of picture if you wanted, I suppose) !RPCinfo ^ Sits in the icon bar and shows time, date, free RAM, etc. plus various other useful odds and ends. !ScreenSav ^ Wonderfully imaginatively named screensaver by Peter Hartley which shows a Euclid film when in operation !StrngCche ^ Switches the cache on/off with a hot key press. Even before the StrongARM there were lots of these about, but it's particularly relevant for SA machines because some games will only load with the cache off, but then you can't get to the CLI to switch it on again !TexPix ^ By Kuldip Pardesi, converts a sprite to one of those pictures made up of ascii characters _____________________________________________________________________________
b414 !ASCiXpand ^ Like Figlet on B396 this produces enlarged text for headings in various formats but it's a more complex program with lots more fonts and options. !CSB ^ Cricket Scorebook, a comprehensive cricket scoring and statistics program by John Fairhurst. Comes with some example files and lots of instructions. !EarthData ^ A sort of geographical database which creates lots of menus containing info on most of the countries, eg. cities, population, area, government, etc. !LotCheck ^ This is by Paul Gee and is intended to help you check your lottery numbers. It's particularly useful for syndicates or where there are lots of numbers to check !Tabellen ^ This is a German program, and although the instructions are also in English they're rather vague, so I'm not 100% sure what it's all about, but I think it's for keeping league tables for sporting teams. !Vicinity ^ 1.22 Fairly uninspiring desktop name and address database by John Wright, but it's easy to use and would probably serve most people's needs. A nice feature is that it can 'type' data into other apps. _____________________________________________________________________________
b415 -=- Graphics tools -=- !3D ^ By Tony Still and John Ansell, another program to create those silly 3D pictures from spritefiles. !DotScene ^ Really a sort of demo of scrolling a scene made up of dots. Source code isn't included but the actual routines are CALLed from Basic !DUAModule ^ By James McQueen, an alternative to Acorn's Drawfile module to display and process Drawfiles with various additions and improvements. Includes an example program using the module to display and print Drawfiles !DUBModule ^ Again by James McQueen, this module has lots of SWIs to help you create Drawfiles easily from your own programs. Several example programs are supplied !Mask ^ By Michel Grimminck, lets you isolate certain items from a picture and make masks. Lots of uses in image processing _____________________________________________________________________________
b416 C_Utils - A series of UNIX-like C library routines including getopt, string handling, file handling, data structures etc, etc. (Previously on disc B197) ToolLib - 1.13 A library of functions by Paul Field for OSLib/Toolbox programmers. Lots of extremely useful looking additions and enhancements. _____________________________________________________________________________
b417 -=- Programming tools -=- 6502-XAss ^ 0.72 Cross assembler for the 6502 by Thomas Giesel. Looks very good, and although originally developed for writing code for the C64 it would be ideal for old BBC programs !Applise ^ One of those apps for disguising Basic code as an Absolute app. Unlike some this works with SA !ASM ^ Nice looking assembler by Andrew Hunter. All the features you would expect, local labels, macros, #includes, etc. Syntax is similar to Basic assembler so easy to port code !BasTxt ^ Converts between tokenised Basic and text. Very useful for including examples in docs or printing !BAX ^ Basic Assembler Extensions by Ben Dooks. Various extensions and additions to the Basic assembler if you really must use it !CodeAngel ^ Gives info about windows/icons/mouse x,y. There are lots of these but this doesn't clutter up the icon bar, the window just pops up when you click the mouse at the lh side of the screen Longutils ^ Series of functions to add floating point to the Basic assembler !VecScope ^ By Michiel Jansen, can monitor all the system vectors and is especially valuable for debugging !WimpStart ^ By Ron Swinhoe, a crude 'shell' program for people who haven't learned to program the Wimp. Lets you get past the first hurdle by putting the icon on the iconbar, but stops a long way short of what is really necessary to produce a functional program. However, it might be useful to complete novices. WimpSWIVe ^ Examples and suggestions by Andrew Clover for trapping SWIs. This is sometimes necessary if you want to replace a built-in routine with your own code or to find out what's going wrong when debugging !WincePie ^ 1.1 By Alan Baker, gives extensive info about the window and icon the pointer is over including dimensions, handle, flags, etc. !Zephyr ^ Program for displaying text in a window, but its main use is as a debugging tool because it can receive and display text messages, so by including code to do this in your program Zephyr can display info while your program is running, and it does it very nicely, too, using fancy fonts and colours if you want. _____________________________________________________________________________
b418 Spirit ^ Replacement for the RiscOSLib supplied with Acorn C. Not every function of RiscOSLib is mirrored, but most are, and it looks very useful. Perhaps not as comprehensive as DeskLib, it would be a lot easier to modify existing code to use Spirit than convert to Desklib, so even for DeskLib users it's useful _____________________________________________________________________________
b419 !AutoCache ^ For S/ARM users, switches off the cache for a definable time when a program is run. Lets you use some games etc. which need the cache off to load but which can have it back on again when running !AppsClock ^ By Andrew Booker, replaces the word 'Apps' under the Apps icon by the current time. It might do other things but the instructions are in StrongHelp format and I'm not going to fiddle about with that to try to get more info !BasicGrab ^ By Jim Hawkins, tries to extract Basic from a program disguised as Absolute !Broom ^ Quickly wipes all data from a (DD only) floppy disc !CSB ^ Comprehensive cricket score book and statistics program by John Fairhurst !DropBox ^ By Ian Clark, sits on the icon bar and acts as a repository for any files dragged to it when it's too awkward to open a filer window !Event ^ Nice desktop calendar/diary by Marc Leary !Faster ^ Module which turns 'Faster' on in all Filer Action menus !FileMatch ^ By Sanjay Pattni, searches directories for files which match the search criteria. Can also execute commands on matched files !MAccurate ^ Very simple program by David Sharp to move the mouse using ALT + arrow key !Pause ^ By A.Riskin, stops the Wimp until you press SPACE !ProFiler ^ Replacement for the desktop filer by Thomas Ollson. I'm not going to detail all the various things it can do, some of which I like and some I don't, but it is a lot more user-configurable than the standard filer. One thing I DON'T approve of is that the author has crippled this version so it uses up more RMA every time it's run until you register. Don't people who try to write Shareware ever learn! !RAMFSPlus ^ Very useful replacement for RAMFS by Kade Hansson. Dynamic resizing and can save/load the entire contents !SaveDesk ^ By Nick Jarman, remembers all the icons on your backdrop and replaces them the next time you start up, so you don't have to bother to save them manually !ScrnScrol ^ Another one of those 'multi-desktop' programs by David Sharp. It's meant to scroll automatically when you move the mouse off the edge of the screen, but it behaves very erratically with S/ARM, I suspect because it's polling mouse position too often and not pausing long enough for you to move the mouse back on screen again !Search ^ By Grant Jennings, searches your hard disc for a file. Can be run from a script file !Utopia ^ An app with various utilities by David Sharp. Display time, mouse co-ords, free mem, icon num, etc, flash caret, virtual desk, and various others _____________________________________________________________________________
b421 -=- Web tools -=- !Addr>Web - 'an application for making a Web Page with hot links to your address text file'. I don't know what this means, but the author refers to Voyager so I assume it's intended to be used with that !autoHTML6 ^ By Graham Campbell, converts a textfile to a basic HTML file with standard header etc. Can also convert some codes to HTML tags for centering, underlining, etc. !HTMLscan ^ 1.17 Adds height and width tags to HTML files, reading them from the GIF or JPEG files. It's a DDE tool so ideally you'll need the FrontEnd module !HTML² ^ 2.01 Comprehensive HTMP macro insertion tool by Richard Goodwin. Not only are there *lots* of macros - they're user definable, so you can add even more !PrintWeb ^ I'm not sure what this is, if it works, or if anybody cares. It's by Stewart Brodie, who has supplied a very comprehensive copyright document but ****er all else. It just says 'Split web pages' in the Purpose slot in the Info box. All I can guarantee it will do is use up a place on the icon bar. !Tagz ^ 1.04 Good HTML macro insertion tool by Thomas Baldwin !Validator ^ 0.21 Validator for HTML files by John Alldred !WebGif2 ^ 2.30 Very good sprite/GIF converter by Ian Jeffray. Supports interlacing and masks !WebSize ^ 1.08 By Justin Fletcher, another program to add width and height tags to a HTML file WebGifs - 785 assorted GIFs of all types to help you with your web pages. There are all types, from assorted buttons, balls, lines and arrows to larger images _____________________________________________________________________________
b422 !Atlanta ^ 1.46 Shareware font manager by David McCormack. Looks like a very good package, very versatile with lots of features Drawfile ^ Acorn's Drawfile module and documentation as used by many programs that display or save output as Drawfiles DUAmodule ^ Module by James McQuees to stretch and rotate drawfiles plus an applications to display drawfiles !FastSpool ^ 0.20 Program by Andreas Dehmel which speeds up data transfer via the printer port on later (bi directional port) machines. Speeds up printing with a laser printer !Fax ^ Suite of programs by Steven Kramer to send and receive faxes via a Class 2 fax-modem. Looks like it might be useful for people who only need to send the occasional fax !Layout ^ 1.10 Very professional looking desktop PCB design package by Bernhard Walter. As well as its own format designs can be saved as Drawfiles for printing etc. !ReadEase ^ By Richard Wareham, calculates the 'reading ease quotient' of a textfile. Useful for finding out if text is suitable for use by younger children !SwitchF ^ By Richard Atterer, lets you switch between various sets of fonts !TypeShow ^ By David McCormack, displays a font in a desktop window so you can remind yourself what it looks like. Very useful if you've got lots of fonts _____________________________________________________________________________
b423 GNU Pascal compiler. Version 1.2, ported by Nick Burrett. Needs at least 2.4Mb free RAM. It's an extension of the GNU C compiler (see B194) so you need this as well _____________________________________________________________________________
b424 GNU Fortran compiler. Version 0.5.18 for Fortran 77 and 90, ported by Nick Burret. As with the Pascal compiler it needs a lot of RAM (2.8Mb) and the GCC c compiler _____________________________________________________________________________
b425 This disc contains various modules often needed by programs but sometimes not present. These include WimpExt, ABCLib, Memalloc, FPE, CLib, Colour Picker, Drawfile, the Toolbox modules, Clares Wimp Basic modules, etc. These may be included with programs but if they are not you will probably find them here. In particular the Toolbox modules are often omitted from programs written in C as they can be bigger than the program itself and they are in ROM in the RPC. There is also a copy of !SparkPlug which you will find useful for dearchiving ZIP, ARC, Spark or UU coded files which are not handled by ArcFS _____________________________________________________________________________
b426 -=- Graphics Utilities -=- !AnimView ^ Shows a 'film' of sprite files in a small desktop window !Clear2TGA ^ 1.00 Converts 24bpp Clear format files to 24bpp Targa !ClearInfo ^ 1.02 Gives info on Clear files !DrawRot ^ Useful app by A.Miskin to generate patterns and borders from a drawfile !ExPal ^ 1.01 Extracts the palette from a GIF, IFF or Clear file and converts it to a Drawfile !FreeHand ^ Simple drawing package for freehand drawings which saves its output as a Drawfile. Makes drawing certain shapes much easier than with !Draw !FYEO2 ^ 2.01 For Your Eyes Only. Viewer for JPEG, GIF, PPM and Targa files. Alternative to Translator or ChangeFSI. Unlike Translator it works within the desktop and it's faster and simpler to use. On the other hand as it works within the desktop it's forced to use the Wimp palette. !GreyToRGB ^ 1.02 Combines three 8bpp Clear or AIM files to a single 24bpp Clear file so you can combine Red/Green/Blue images into a true 24bpp image. Can also alter colour values to produce 'weird' images !HackSpr ^ 1.00 Adjusts poorly converted 16bpp sprites to true 8bpp colour !IFFinfo ^ 1.00 Provides basic info on ILBM IFF files !JPEGit ^ 1.10A Extension to !ChangeFSI to give JPEG compression You need ChangeFSI v0.95+ to use this !MakeJPEG ^ 1.04 Converts GIF, PBM or Targa file to JPEG or visa versa !NUp ^ By Simon Melhuish, prints several drawfiles squashed onto a single page !PixelPal ^ 2.10 Helps improve 16 colour sprites by showing colour combinations needed to produce extra shades by dithering !Shade ^ 1.01 Creates a Drawfile of a rectangular area shaded in as many colours as possible from one shade to another for producing backgrounds !SpriteMde ^ 1.12 Changes the Mode of a sprite without altering any other data !TargaInfo ^ 1.00 Gives info about Targa files !TIFFinfo ^ 1.00c Gives info on TIFF files !WinIcon ^ By Michael Foot, converts 'Windows' icons (.ICO) to Acorn sprites. Includes lots of sample icons _____________________________________________________________________________
b427 !ChangeFSI ^ 1.51 Latest version of Acorn's bitmap file converter The following are Artworks add-ons by Martin Wurther !ShowXY ^ 1.00 Shows the pointer position in Artworks page units !Translate ^ 1.04 Object translation tool !Polygon ^ 1.20 Lets you create and manipulate regular n-sided polygons and stars !MadnessT ^ Don't ask! _____________________________________________________________________________
b428 -=- Graphics tools -=- !OW ^ Creates an 'Other Worldly' version of a sprite picture !PixEffect ^ By Jim Jeffery, gives a sprite a 'stained glass' look !Sascha ^ 2.04 by Maarten Seinen, converts a sprite into text. Works best with black and white sprites. Computer operators used to spend the night shift doing this with mainframes! !SESanim ^ Displays animated GIFs and sprites !ShowPic ^ 1.75 By Jochen Lueg, slide show program to display up to 500 sprites in succession in random order. Can also show a short text description of each picture. Needs a RPC and ChangsFSI The following are CLI programs dxf2draw ^ Converts DFX files to Draw, inludes C source Jpeg2Spr ^ By Tony Houghton, converts JPEG to sprite. Needs RISC-OS 3.6 or better OptPal ^ Optimum Palettes by Andreas Dehmel. Tries to create a dithered sprite with up to 8bpp from a 32bpp sprite _____________________________________________________________________________
b429 Emulators for Commodore C64 !BBox64 ^ Breadbox, functional but slightly restricted version of a program from Pulse Computers in Germany !Frodo ^ Acorn port if the PD C64 emulator, actually looks better than Breadbox, with lots of docs and a few sample programs !Breadptch ^ Patch for Breadbox to emulate floppy discs and printer port !D64FS ^ By Andreas Dehmel, an image filing system for C64 disc image files ** Both these need at least an ARM 3 to be usable ** _____________________________________________________________________________
b430 -=- Disc and file utilities -=- !AddDos ^ 1.02 Adds DOS file extensions to a group of files ARMASPI ^ ASPI drivers for PC card. You need these to run some PC hardware like scanners, removable media drives, etc, !AutoFast ^ By Neil Walker, another module to automatically force 'faster' on filer operations. Includes source code !Bar ^ Very simple menu bar to launch up to twelve tasks by David Barker !BootPlus ^ 3.1 Multi user password and !Boot editor by Malcolm Ripley for RPC !FileSafe ^ 1.70 Useful file encrypter by Glyn Snowden FixDisc ^ By Kevin Bracey, tries to fix problems with disc map, broken directory, etc. MapMan ^ 0.49 Map Manager by Holger Klingspohr, another app to try to fix a bad map !MultiBoot ^ I'm not too sure about this but it's a multi-option RPC boot utility by Peter Daniel. I'm always very suspicious about people who think the purpose of !Help files is to demonstrate how clever and witty they are !NameTidy ^ 1.15 By Wayne Drury, and meant to tidy DOS filenames, set filetypes of DOS files, etc. Appalling instructions in a hypertxt reader and an awful pane window to set options, but somebody might like it! !PowerCtrl ^ By Paul Wilkinson, another app to spin down an ADFS hard drive and (possibly) shorten its life !RenameF ^ 1.20 By D.S.Marshall, renames a group of files adding a numeric suffix. Useful when copying from CDs etc. !RPCBootEd ^ By Olaf Krummow, helps set up your RPC !Boot files SuperTrash ^ 0.21 Conventional but good bin by Miles Carter !ToolBar ^ Very simple application launcher by David Thomas !TreeSize ^ By Martin Fox, draws a diagram showing the space used by each directory on your hard disc !WorkTop ^ 1.15 By Graham Crow. You can configure up to 30 different working environments and switch between them. You specify apps, directories, pinboard, screen mode, etc. and they're very easy to set up. Extremely useful (eg. you can switch between 'letter writing' and 'programming' environments with a single mouse click) and absolutely essential if more than one person uses the computer. APDL is now th official distributor for this program and a pre registered version is available - see Commercial section _____________________________________________________________________________
b431 -=- Emulators -=- !Gameboy ^ 0.56 by Purple Monchichi. New version runs on S/Arm and works with even more games !GBoyEm ^ By Paul Clifford, a version of Purple Monchichi's emulator that runs in a (scalable) desktop window !GBDK ^ 1.1 Gameboy Development Kit by Paul Clifford. With this you can write games for the Gameboy in either C or Assembler. Libraries and examples are included, and there's good documentation. ** See G177 for a selection of Gameboy games ** _____________________________________________________________________________
b432 -=- Amstrad CPC emulator -=- !CPCEmu ^ 0.50 By Andreas Stroiczek. Seems better than the one on B393 and it's PD. Includes a program to transfer CPC disc images. Only problem I've found is on a S/Arm the keyboard repeat is too fast so you have to tap keys quickly or you ggeeettt ttthhhiisss. _____________________________________________________________________________
b433 -=- Mathematical and astronomical -=- !Angle ^ By Richard Sharpe, desktop program to help children learn about angles !Divvie ^ 1.27 2D By Dirk-Willem van Gulik, displays phase flow diagrams !MultiPi ^ Calculates pi to any number of places !Quad ^ 2.20 Tries to solve quadratic equations !SolarSys ^ By David Pratt, desktop program which gives quite extensive info about the planets !Stargazer ^ 7.0 By Steve Ellwood, very good star plotter with real time update of the viewing window. Lots of features and the data is in the form of a textfile so more expert users can edit it to add data for additional objects !Stream1 ^ 1.02 By D.Robinson, calculates length of wetted perimeter and cross sectional area for a river cross section !Telescope ^ By Martin Dale, gives info about the objects in the solar system and general astronomical data. The observer's position and date can be varied _____________________________________________________________________________
b434 -=- Battle of Waterloo -=- A series of plans, eye witness accounts and other descriptions, documents and illustrations about the Battle of Waterloo, collected by D.Morfitt _____________________________________________________________________________
b436 -=- Tesco -=- This is a Genesis application put together by Dave Walsh. It describes a visit to a Tesco store by several young people. It was done as part of the Acorn School Mulimedia competition. This is a very good application, and contains lots of info about the various products and their origins, what happens at the store, etc. It's rather large (nearly 3Mb) so you will need to copy it to a hard disc to use it. You will also need a copy of the Genesis Browser as there isn't room on the discs. _____________________________________________________________________________
b439 !Junior ^ Computer Concept's Impression Junior program, now declared 'Freeware'. Completely unbridged and includes a Manual and examples. It's the early equivalent of Style, and although not as powerful as Publisher it's still a fully featured wp with many features of a full DTP package. Works on any machine with at least 2Mb RAM (inc S/Arm), although if you've got a RPC it needs an old-style numbered screen mode or strange things can happen. (For those interested in getting a copy of the current equivalent, !Style, CC's 'special offer' price is actually higher than APDL's 'normal' price!! _____________________________________________________________________________
b440 -=- Desktop customising -=- !3DPatch ^ This is ment to be an improved version of Ting Zwei Kuei's program by Matthew Bullock. However, it doesn't seem to work on my machine with RO 3.7 and there aren't any proper instructions so..... !Arctune ^ Puts random funny (!) text in the Wimp startup screen !EdsWin4 ^ Marbled tool sprites and some icon sprites Icons ^ Low res icon sprites by Adam Flowerday !KoolLook ^ Blue tool sprites by Ben Spencer !PasteUp ^ Series of backdrops and a program to load them !PinIt ^ 'Bringing a bit of fifties bad taste to your screen' !Rapids ^ Falling water backdrop !RiscOS+ ^ Assorted icons from James Shiell !RndTools ^ Changes the window tools at random !ScrnScrol ^ Another multi-desktop program by David Sharp !Stripes ^ Stripey tool bars and backdrops !SupaDesk ^ New 3D icons for Paint, Edit, Chars, Alarm, Draw, and their files plus new templates for free memory, task manager, etc. !Wackdrops ^ Various backdrops !WimpTiles ^ 25 backdrop and window tiles by Dave Thomas !World ^ Spinning globe mouse pointer _____________________________________________________________________________
b441 !Antiword ^ Program by A.J. van Os to read Microsoft Word files !FIHelp ^ Replacement for the standard !Help app by David Rushall. Main feature is that the help appears adjacent to the mouse pointer instead of in a fixed window !Horizon ^ By Daniel Herd, billed as 'the ultimate screen saver' !Lipsum ^ By Tony Howat, generates 'convincing' text which can be used to demonstrate layouts, etc. !Rambler ^ Another dummy text generator, this time by Mike Williams !SprGrab ^ Very useful program which can grab windows, menus, the icon bar, etc. as sprites. Ideal for illustrating manuals !TAU ^ By Tim Birks, a desktop graph presentation package. Main feature is the ability to produce nice looking Drawfiles from input data !TopSave ^ Saves a file to the top level directory viewer opened if you just type a leafname in a SaveAs window !WriteLeft ^ Ovation Applet to reverse the direction of writing for use with Hebrew etc. text which runs from right to left _____________________________________________________________________________
b442 -=- Music and sound programs -=- !BassPlay ~ CD player by Chris Davis !CDaudio ~ Playlist type CD player by Ray Middleton !CDPlay ~ This one by Leo White is quite good with lots of features !Fanfare ^ Program to play sound RMs by R.Swetman !FlexiCD ~ Another CD player by Andrew Baker !PMS ^ Not what you think, it stands for Phillip's Music Scribe, a program for typesetting high quality music !RiscSID ^ Port by Vincent Penne of Michael Scwendt's program for playing Commodore SID music files !SoundCon ^ Sound sample format converter by Rick Hudson. Converts between Audio IFF, Armadeus, ARMovie, Sun Audio, Audioworks, VOC, RIFF Wave, raw sound, etc. _____________________________________________________________________________
b443 -=- Backdrop customising -=- Clouds ^ A series of very good 256 col backdrop sprites bt Ryan Li !PhotoTex ^ Photo quality sprites for backdrops from Alasdair Bailey !XEarth ^ Backdrop made up of a globe and this can be viewed from any point above the equator and is shaded according to where the sun is at the current time _____________________________________________________________________________
b444 -=- Disc and File utilities -=- !CDSpeed ^ Measures the speed of your CD drive, by Peter Tiechmann !CDViewer ^ A replacement CDFS filer by Jeremy Poulter to give various additional features !DescFiler ^ Another menuing system by Simon Hatliff. Not particularly easy to set up but has some very useful features !FileFlick ^ Simple and compact menuing system by Chris Morison !Highway ^ A complete desktop/environment customising application by Bernard Veasey !ImageFree ^ Useful app by Dave Thomas which will display the free space on an image filing system like a PC image file !MyMenu ^ Menu system similar to !Director by Richard Atterer !PullUp ^ By Terry Adams, put a bar on top of the icon bar with various pull-up menus !raFS ^ 1.13 Filing system by Richard Atterer that lets you use long filename and more than 77 items in a directory !Renamer ^ 1.09 By Nick Roberts, an 'intelligent' file renamer that lets you use wildcards when renaming files (this is one thing that DOS can do a lot better than Acorn) !Reverser ^ 1.20 Useful program by Peter Naulls to convert DOS, Unix, etc. filename to more Acorn-friendly names !SmartDir ^ 0.23 By Tony Houghton, lets you set the attribute for the directory viewer for individual directories so some can have large icons, some small, and others full info !Transient ^ Creates a new sub-directory each day so you can keep work in progress neatly filed _____________________________________________________________________________
b445 !All ^ 2.00 Multi purpose utility, lock/unlock files, filetype info, DOSmap, datestamp, etc. !AsciiMate ^ Program by Malcolm Knight to convert 'foreign' format text files. There are lots of options and 'swap' facilities and you can save a configuration for each type CDremote ^ Module by Matthew Bloch to allows 'hot key' combinations to play CDs so you can use it outside the desktop CrunchFix ^ By Jim Hawkins, helps fix the problems with programs compressed with the BASS cruncher that stops them from running with S/ARM !CSVedit ^ 0.02 By Bernard Veasey, lets you modify CSV files, remove fields, change separators, etc. !DynKill ^ Program by Robert Kendrick to kill Dynamic Areas and release memory allocated to crashed apps !Fixtures ^ Program to help create and maintain fixtures for football competitions. Fairly versatile so could be used for almost any sporting events !LookOut ^ Very useful little program which can kill a defined task or tasks as soon as they start up. Lots of uses, especially in schools to stop things from being run !Novelty ^ Directory in which you can put all those rarely needed fonts so they can be switched in or out as you want them PixelFont ^ By Richard Atterer, turns 16 colour greyscale sprites into bitmap fonts which can be used as a system font, in Zap, etc. !ReadLarge ^ 0.02 Displays text files larger than available memory. Ideal for reading novels etc. in older machines !Repress'n ^ By Andrew Ward, re-instates system directory datestamp if it's changed so you don't have to re-install programs convinced by this they've been copied to another machine !RFSreg ^ An easy way of adding to the ResourceFS !RPCBootEd ^ This is to let people who can't be bothered to read the manuals edit the boot sequence on a RPC !RPCutil ^ Redreshes the screen when you hit a hot key !SACache ^ Lets you disable some functions of the cache so programs that run too fast with it on are OK without being too slow as happens if you switch it off completely !ScrnScrol ^ Another program to give you a 'virtural desktop' !Transfer ^ By Ben Spencer, lets you link two machines together via the serial port for file transfer, 'chat', etc. !Velocity ^ Show the number of Wimp Polls attained. Ideal for finding out what's slowing up your desktop. I recently used this to find an obscure bug in MenuBar that was sometimes causing it to grab Null polls !ZapTop ^ Just closes all the windows. Ideal for getting rid of all the clutter _____________________________________________________________________________
b446 !Bells ^ A multimedia application about bellringing by Anne Parmenter. Lots of interesting info plus descriptions of the basic principles and sound samples !Explorer ^ Nothing to do with Microsoft, it's a program by Mark Ainsworth for the production of 'blue lines' which bellringers use to learn a method _____________________________________________________________________________
b447 !lcc ^ ANSI C compiler ported by Reuben Thomas. Small and fast, though the code isn't particularly good. However, it will run on smaller machines where trying to use GCC isn't practical. Could probably even be run from floppy !BinProlog ^ Port of the BinProlog interpreter by Al Slater. Docs in TeX format _____________________________________________________________________________
b448 -=- BASIC programming tools -=- !BasDT ^ Interactive BASIC debugger by Dick Alstein !BASICHelp ^ Displays the HELP text for keywords in a desktop window !BasicText ^ By Jon Ribbens, converts tokenised Basic to Text and visa versa Condense ^ Compression module by William Gibbons. Particularly useful for compressing sprites, screens etc. for games !StrongBS ^ Comprehensive Basic program compressor by Mohsen Alshayef !StrongMan ^ Useful little desktop app that gives info on icon button types, borders, window flags, menu flags, poll mask, etc WimpRes ^ Series of routines, tools and demo programs that will be of use to anyone learning to program the Wimp _____________________________________________________________________________
b449 -=- Programming tools -=- !ASM ^ Rather good full function AOF assembler by Nick Roberts BAS2C ^ A Basic to C source converter by an unnamed author. Strange as it seems it actually works, and the program itself was apparently self-compiled! !FileEx ^ File Examiner. Lets you examine and alter the contents of any file GoingDown ^ Small utility, with source, to check if a program is being run from read only media !ListIt ^ Simple desktop disassembler !MiniASM ^ Assembler that uses Basic assembler to do the work RecErrors ^ Records all error messages in a file !VDUStream ^ Captures all characters written to the VDU in a file. Very useful as a general debugging tool of for recording 'printed' error messages VectorView ^ Displays the addresses or the main vectors WindowEd ^ New template editor. The author says it's based on TemplEd, which it closely resembles. Worth a try _____________________________________________________________________________
b450 !Tilings ^ By Tom McLean, this produces diagrams created by placing complex shaped tiles in regular patterns. Lots of shapes are provided, and the patterns produced can be used for 'real' applications such as floor/wall tiling, or just as art NB. This program requires a hard disc as it's rather large _____________________________________________________________________________
b451 -=- Graphics utilities -=- !009_FF9 ^ Converts sprites made by EasiDraw to standard sprites and visa versa !Art2Spr ^ By Tony Houghton, converts Artworks and Draw files to sprites. Needs the !AWviewer program (see B157) !D2Sprite ^ By Sham Garner, converts Drawfiles to sprites !Deform ^ Produces 'smeared' spritefiles !Draw2Spr ^ Another Draw to Spritefile converter by Iain McLaren !EasyView ^ Fast Sprite, JPEG and Drawfiles display for RO 3.5+ !FastFLI ^ Very good FLI file player by Peter Teichman !GenStatic ^ Generates 'static' effect which can be used to overlay a spritefile !Librarian ^ Extracts objects from DrawPlus libraries for transfer to other apps !MultiShow ^ I think this is a viewer for JPEG, GIF, etc. files but the author is so busy waffling about other things he forgets to say !NoPaint ^ Display and manipulate sprites in a SpriteFile !ReplayGIF ^ Player for animated GIFs by William Gibbons !SpiroDraw ^ 1.01 Nice program by Rosemary Miskin to make 'spirograph' Drawfiles. Lots of patterns and options !SprEd ^ 1.1 Changed the Mode of a sprite !SprShift ^ By Mike Dickens, modifies a sprite so the 'edges' don't show when it's used as a tiled background !SSort ^ Sorts sprites in a SpriteFile into alphabetical order _____________________________________________________________________________
b452 -=- Kids art programs -=- !Artist4 ^ Non desktop easy to use program with lots of features !MC_Paynta ^ For younger kids, very simply app with background music _____________________________________________________________________________
b453 -=- Two more art programs -=- !DigiGraf ^ 1.40 Non desktop art package by Stuart Smith. Lots of features and the examples show it can create some very good effects !SketchPad ^ Desktop art package, again with lots of features _____________________________________________________________________________
b454 !AnimView2 ^ 1.30 Viewer for animated spritefiles. With examples !FormDraw ^ By Kell Gatherer, merges text with a Drawfile. Lets you create effects that would be much more difficult to do when typing the text directly !PhotoFilr ^ Can display a miniature of a picture in a filer window instead of the normal file icon. Lots of other features. Needs RO 3.5+ !Sleeve ^ Cassette sleeve creator by Sidney Dine. Can save files or export them as Drawfiles for printing etc. !Stationer ^ 3.1 By Julian Robbins, creates headed stationary !Texture ^ Creates simple textured sprites for backdrops etc. !Thump ^ 1.21 Real time thumbnail browser by Rick Hudson. Unfortunately the only documentation is in Strong Help format and I'm not going to struggle with that to find out what it can do !WannaKern ^ By Barry Wickett, lets you use kerned test in Draw _____________________________________________________________________________
b455 -=- Databases -=- !DataWay ^ Straightforward database by Bernard Veasey. Shareware, with a £15 registration fee, the same as you'd pay APDL for a registered version of PowerBase with printed manuals etc, and it's just not in that class !EDS ^ Another Shareware database, by T.Humphrey. Billed as 'datadase, statistics and graph plotting package'. I'm a bit miffed because it insists on loading !Help when it runs. There may be a way to stop this but the only manual is Strong Help and I'm not going to mess about with that trying to find out how it works. It will have to be a lot better than my first impressions indicate to be worth the £20 registration fee. Perhaps it is, but I'm not going to struggle with that Strong Help manual to find out. !Informer ^ By Robert Armes, simple to use but fully featured card database. Looks as if it will do what most people need and comes with example files !RugbyBase ^ By Tom Godber, for storing rugby team data !VSU-Base ^ Venture Scout database by Tim Wiser. Written to help organise a scout group and keep member records _____________________________________________________________________________
b456 !AVSChars ^ Very good !Chars replacement by Chris Wymark. Lots of useful features, like configurable the window size !Banker ^ Personal accounts program by Ken Jolley. No instructions, he says it's 'self explanatory' Gawk ^ Version of Gawk and sed with various additions other bits by Harriet Bazley, plus an awk mode for StrongED !ProCrypt ^ Fast file encrption program by Dave Ferguson !QuickType ^ Macro program by Peter Bagnall to let you allocate strings to every ALT+key combination !Sheet ^ 0.84 Shareware spreadsheet by Tim Dilks. Up to 100 columns by 100 rows. Lots of features and being continually improved !TextThing ^ By Victor Markwart, strips top bit set and control characters from textfiles _____________________________________________________________________________
b457 !DiaSchau ^ 0.92 Plays MPEG, FLI, ARMovies, animated GIFs and displays all graphics formats supported by ChangeFSI !Megumi ^ 2.00 By Dirk Krumbholtz, image viewer for ECC, GIF, JPEG, MAG, PI, PIC, PNG !PalMaker ^ By Richard Goodwin, lets you create and edit 256 colour palette files for sprites !Tumblweed ^ Front end for Acorn's Slideshow that works with ChangeFSI _____________________________________________________________________________
b458 !Zap 1.40 -9 ^ This has been included as an additional item instead of an updated version of B318 because although there have been some improvements they're not major and it's grown to the point where it's not really possible to run it from floppy any more. If you don't have a hard drive it would probably be better to stick with 1v35 on B318. _____________________________________________________________________________
b459 !CustomChar ^ By Jonathan Rawle, a 'mini chars' program that lets you insert a small number of user defined characters into tex text without the need for a large window like XChars etc !Display ^ Nice program by Chris Terran to display many types of file. Text, Draw, Sprite, ARM code, Palette, etc. !FileEx ^ 2.00 File Examiner by Event Horizon. I think this is meant to let you examine/alter the contents of files, but the instructions aren't very well written. It used to be commercial software, but now released as PD !Help2 ^ Nice replacement for !Help by Rik Griffin. A small Help window 'pops up' near mouse pointer and text is displayed in a (small) anti aliased font. Highly recommended !LoadAll ^ By Darren Salt. If you drag a directory to this it will try to get a program to Load every file of a preset type in the directory. Useful for loading multiple text, sprite, Draw etc files in one go !Makro ^ 1.50 By David Thomas, will 'type' strings of text wherever the caret happens to be. Lots of features, and a real boon for writing reports etc. !MultiUtils ^ By Andrew Hunter, various utilities that can pop up when you need them. Doesn't seem to work on RO4, I think this is because it tries to attach things to the backdrop in a rather unorthodox way !Processor ^ By Gary lee, this is really a sort of 'front end' for a series of program for carrying out 'one off' processing on files etc. Various utilities are included, or you can add your own !QuikBoot ^ 1.20 By Marc Warne, this will run an application's !Boot file !Spooler ^ 2.23 Background Print file spooler by Frank Hertel and David Pilling. ideal if you've got one of those infuriatingly slow inkjet printers !SPrinter ^ 1.01 By David Pilling, this is a sort of printer driver that saves the printout as a spritefile. Lets you have 'soft copy' from a program that might normally only be able to print _____________________________________________________________________________
b460 !AltTab ^ 0.20 Module by Christopher Martin which moves the lowest window to the top of the stack when you press ALT-TAB. Especially useful if you've got two or three editor windows open and need to switch between them !Calendar ^ By David Pilling, produces a calendar either as a Drawfile or text !Coolyze ^ By Tim Juretzki, turns a textfile into really 'cool' language !Detritus ^ Module from David Thomas to disable calls in badly written programs which close all open files !Donkey ^ Shows the time and free memory and various other useful things !FontSet ^ By Richard Goodwin, lets you quickly change desktop font on a RPC !Glimpse ^ Screen grabber by Matthew Bloch. Ideal for games !MemPie2 ^ By Sam Kington, shows memory useage as a pie chart !ModeRate ^ Adds 'Frequency' to RPC mode selector window !MSP ^ Mouse speed controller. Allows horizontal and vertical setting to be different !NewSaver ^ 1.37 Creates a place where multiple users can save their work in individual directories. Previously a commercial program from ECS but now Freeware !ResetSnd+ ^ Resets the sound system to it's defaults after it's been mucked about with by games, etc. !RunIf ^ Lets you have more than one Run Alias for a given filetype and select which application will load the file when you click on it !ScrapUtil ^ Opens your scrap directory. Useful on a RPC where it's buried in !Boot SlowFor ^ Module that will switch off the cache for a given time to let you run program that run but won't install on a S/ARM !Stark ^ 0.30 Desktop menu system that can run files and applications and perform many other tasks WatchRing ^ By Rick Hudson, watches the modem and makes a sound when someone calls Wimp2 ^ Preemtive mutil talking for RISC OS by Niall Douglas. With comprehensine documentation and a demo program ZLink ^ John Kortink's fast parallel port transfer program for data transfer between two Acorns, two PCs or Acorn and PC _____________________________________________________________________________
b461 Lots of MDF's for Risc PCs and mode modules for earlier machines plus tolls to create new MDFs and modules. Plus instructions on how to build a VIDC enhancer for older machines _____________________________________________________________________________
b462 -=- Screen utilities -=- !AlphaSave ^ Screen saver from Marc Warne. Best for pre RPC machines AutoVCache ^ Module by Torsten Karwoth which can spped up screen writing on a S/ARM RPC by enabling VRAM cacheing !CustomRPC ^ By Thomas Olsson, lets you install a 'temporary' MDF and try out the modes !Display ^ By Ben Harris, adds a mode selector something like the one on th RPC to older machines !Delerium ^ 2.04 Flashy screen saver by Paul Wheatly. As well as the basic savers supplied with Delerium slso on this disc are BluClust, Haze, Punch, ShadeClus and Spray. Note that the 'Individual' version has only the basic savers !FrameRate ^ Adds frame rate to the mode selector on earlier RPCs HotBlank ^ Module by James Larcombe to add 'hot key' blanking to RPC !MakeModes ^ Good program for creating mode modules by Tim Gladding. Works on RPC but modules are intended for older machines !ModeHist ~ By Alex Petrov, shows the 12 most recently used modes and lets you select them from a menu !Olly ^ Straightforward screen saver by Ben Summers !VMEctrl ^ 1.01 VIDC enhancer controller with lots of features B462-A Additional savers for Delerium - Metamorph and Star. Note that this is a HD disc and costs £1.50 _____________________________________________________________________________
b463 -=- GCC release 3a, version 2.95.2 -=- Latest release of the GNU C++ compiler. It‘s grown even bigger, and it‘s now unusable on 4Mb machines. These discs include the UnixLib and Utilities (bison, grep, gzip, flex, etc.) probably no longer usable on the majority of older machines. _____________________________________________________________________________
b464 GNU FORTRAN. Like all GNU compilers this must be used with GCC. I don‘t know if it will work with earlier version. _____________________________________________________________________________
b465 24 archives with various file icons, tool sprites, hourglasses, palettes, pointers, etc. to customise your desktop, including some RO4/Phoebe type icons _____________________________________________________________________________
b466 -=- Desktop customising -=- !AddSprite ^ By Andrew Clover, stops your chosen icons from being overwritten by others !BackTool ^ Program by Dominic Seymour to make it easy to install a backdrop !BDRand ^ 3.08 By Nick Roberts, lets you run various backdrops and switch then at predetermined intervals !DeskCtrl ~ Various useful functions for setting up and configuring the desktop by Andrew Sellars !Free ^ Much improved and more compact Free‘ windows for RPC !GerBan ^ Primarily intended to show a customised banner‘ window and make sounds when starting up an application, but could also be used as a start-up banner on its own !HideBar ^ Not needed for latest versions of RISC OS but this will move the icon bar to the top when you move the mouse to the bottom of the screen if it‘s hidden behind a window !IconizBar ^ By Kees Grinwis, this replaces the standard Iconise system and puts all the iconised icon in a window !PointView ^ Fades the pointer between two predetermined colours to make it easier to see. Probably very useful on the A4 !RiscEdit ~ Helps customise start-up including a banner StartUpPic ^ 0.02 RPC only, another app to produce a start up banner !Toggle ^ Lets you flip the icon bar from the top to the bottom of the window stack !UFPboot ~ By Robin Clive-Matthews, lets you chose between several start-up sequences to set your computer up differently !WimpPatch ~ Various desktop enhancements by Matthew Godbolt !Wrapper ^ 2.00 Another program to make the mouse pointer wrap around‘ when it goes off screen, by Tim Gladding _____________________________________________________________________________ © Aaron Timbrell and 3QD Developments Ltd 22/04/2026