List of RISC OS bundled applications

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A number of {{nowrap|RISC OS}} bundled applications are delivered with purchased versions of the operating system.{{cite news | url=http://www.drobe.co.uk/article.php?id=675 | title=Iyonix Review Part Two | work=Drobe | date=May 9, 2003 | accessdate=January 23, 2012 | author=Williams, Chris | quote=All the usual RISC OS Applications are there, in ROM or on Disc [...] Writer [...] Oregano 2 [...] CDBurnLite [...] Iyonix Update Watcher [...] LanManFS [...] Zool [...] FTPc [...] PDF [...] Printers [...]}}{{cite news | url=http://www.iconbar.com/articles/Iyonix_reviewed/index919.html | title=Iyonix: first birthday review | work=The Icon Bar | date=February 5, 2005 | accessdate=February 2, 2012 | author=Mellor, Phil | quote=In the Apps folder you'll find the usual suspects - Alarm, Chars, Draw, Edit, Help and Printers, along with some other regularly used applications - BookMaker, CDBurnLite, FireWorkz, OmniClient, Oregano 2, PDF, SparkFS, Squash and Writer+.}} Some are provided in ROM or pre-installed on hard disk or equivalent, with others being supplied on removable media such as SD card.

Such applications vary between versions.

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RISC OS bundled applications

= Typically bundled with the OS =

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Title

! Purpose

! First inclusion {{nowrap|(OS version)}}

! Vendor

Access+

| peer to peer network management application

| V3.60

| Acorn

Alarm

| clock, with alarm functionality

| <=V2

| Acorn

Blocks

| Tetris clone

|

| Acorn

Calc

| basic calculator

| V1 (Arthur)

| Acorn

Chars

| character insertion

| V1 (Arthur)

| Acorn

ChangeFSI

| bitmap graphic conversion and enhancement

|

| Acorn

Clock

| analogue clock

| V1 (Arthur)

| Acorn

CloseUp

| screen magnifier

|

| Acorn

Configure

| customise computer settings

| V1 (Arthur)

| Acorn

Draw

| vector graphics editor

| <=V2

| Acorn

Edit

| text editor, support for editing tokenised BASIC programs

| <=V2

| Acorn

Flasher

| locate the caret

|

| Acorn

FontPrint

| font conversion (Acorn to Postscript)

|

| Acorn

Help

| context-sensitive help

| V1 (Arthur)

| Acorn

HForm

| hard disc formatter

| V1 (Arthur)

| Acorn

Hopper

| game similar to Frogger

|

| Simon Foster

Madness

| desktop toy

|

| Acorn

Maestro

| simple scorewriter, with playback

| <=V2

| Acorn

Magnifier

| screen magnifier

|

| Acorn

MemNow

| live memory use display

|

| Acorn

Meteors

| Asteroids clone

|

| Neil Raine

MineHunt

| mine sweeper clone

|

| Paul LeBeau

Paint

| basic pixel-based drawing

| <=V2

| Acorn

Patch

| application compatibility patcher

|

| Acorn

Patience

| card game

| <=V2

| Acorn

PrintEdit

| printer definition editor

|

| Acorn

Printers

| printer manager

|

| Acorn

Puzzle

| sliding puzzle

| <=V2

| Acorn

ResetBoot

| restore machine to factory ship state

|

| Acorn

SciCalc

| scientific calculator

|

| Acorn

ShowScrap

| locate temporary files

|

| Acorn

SparkFS

| file compression

|

| David Pilling

Squash

| file compression

| <=V3

| Acorn

T1ToFont

| font conversion (Postscript Type 1 to Acorn)

|

| Acorn

Usage

| system monitor

| <=A3010 (on floppy)

| Ran Mokady

BBC Basic V & VI

| programming languages, with inbuilt assembler

| All versions?

| Acorn

= Bundled with specific hardware, including optional software packs =

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Title

! Purpose

! First inclusion {{nowrap|(Machine model)}}

! Vendor

BookMaker

| address book

|

|

CDVDBurnLite

| optical disc burning

|

| hubersn Software

Fireworkz

| office suite

|

| Colton

FTPc

| FTP client

|

|

Lander

| demo version of the game Zarch

|

| Acorn

LanManFS

| network file system

|

|

Mailman

| basic email client

|

| Acorn

Oregano

| web browser

|

| Oregan Networks

OmniClient

| desktop front end to network file system

|

|

Update Watcher

| upgrade manager

|

| Castle Technology

PDF

| Xpdf port (PDF viewer)

|

|

Writer

| cut-down version of EasiWriter

|

| Icon Technology

65Host

| BBC Micro emulator

|

| Acorn

65Tube

| 65C02 second processor emulator

|

| Acorn

1st Word Plus

| word processor

| A3010 Learning Curve[http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/docs/Acorn/Tech/Acorn_TheLearningCurvegettingStarted.pdf Acorn Computers - The Learning Curve, Getting Started]

|

Amazing Maths

| education

| A3010 Learning Curve{{cite news | url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=92132 | title=Easing up the early learning curve | work=Times Educational Supplement | date=January 6, 1995 | accessdate=December 30, 2011 | author=Drage, Chris | quote=The software titles include: TalkWrite (a speech version of Icon Technology's successful StartWrite), a Sherston Naughty Story (Doris The Dotty Dog), including the book Gemini (pelmanism), Amazing Maths from Cambridgeshire Software House and 4Mation's Explore With Flossy The Frog and Mouse in Holland.}}

| Cambridgeshire Software House

Acorn DTP

| desktop publishing{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

| A3010 Learning Curve

| Acorn (with others)

Doris The Dotty Dog

| education

| A3010 Learning Curve

| Sherston Software

Explore With Flossy The Frog

| education

| A3010 Learning Curve

| 4Mation

Genesis Plus

| presentation program

| A3010 Learning Curve

|

A Mouse in Holland

| education

| A3010 Learning Curve

| 4Mation

PC Emulator

| PC emulator, with DR-DOS

| A3010 Learning Curve

|

TalkWrite

| word processor

| A3010 Learning Curve

| Icon Technology

Selected games

| gaming

| A3010 Learning Curve

|

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