User:Bernardboase/sandbox
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A number of RISC OS bundled applications are delivered with both free and purchased distributions of the operating system RISC OS 5.
{{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{{nbsp}}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+.}}
They are provided either in ROM or pre-installed on hard disc, SD card or by download.
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The Distributions catalogued on this page are these software only bundles:
- ROOL ePic: Paid for version of the OS that includes the NutPi suite of applications for Raspberry Pi, from RISC OS Open Ltd. (ROOL)
- RISC OS Direct: Free version of the OS, from RISC OS Developments Ltd.
- Cloverleaf: Paid for version of the OS, from Cloverleaf RISC OS Computer UG.
Distributions that come as part of hardware products are not catalogued here.
Author usually refers to the original author, though ROOL are the maintainers of the Acorn apps.
RISC{{nbsp}}OS bundled applications
The applications all run in the Desktop.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; text-align: center;"
! colspan=4| Application ! colspan=4| RISC{{nbsp}}OS 5 Distribution | |||||
| Category | Name | Purpose | Author
! scope="col" style="width: 30px;" | ROOL ePic ! scope="col" style="width: 30px;" | RISC{{nbsp}}OS Direct ! scope="col" style="width: 30px;" | Clover-leaf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Chars | Insert non-keyboard characters into text | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Desktop | CloseUp | Magnify part of screen | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Desktop | Flasher | Locate input caret | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Desktop | Help | Display Context-sensitive help | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Diary | Alarm | Show clock, manage alarms and schedule tasks | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Filing | SparkFS (read only) | Decompress Spark, Zip and Tar files | David Pilling
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Filing | Squash | Compress and decompress files and directories | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Fonts | T1ToFont | Convert PostScript Type 1 font to Acorn font | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Graphics | ChangeFSI | Convert bitmap images using Floyd Steinberg Integer error diffusion dithering | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Graphics | Paint | Design and edit Pixel-based images | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Graphics | Draw | Design and edit vector graphic files | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Maths | SciCalc | Provide calculator: simple, scientific, programmer | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Music | Maestro | Edit and play scores | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Networking | Access+ (ShareFS) | Provide Peer to peer access to files on networked RISC{{nbsp}}OS systems | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Printing | FontPrint | Upload Acorn format fonts to PostScript printer | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Printing | PrintEdit | Edit Printer definitions | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| System | HForm | Format hard discs | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| System | MemNow | Report free RAM | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| System | Patch | Apply small updates to an application | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| System | Usage | System monitor | Ran Mokady
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Text | Edit | Edit plain text and tokenised BASIC programs | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
RISC{{nbsp}}OS bundled games
Screen indicates that the game runs outside the desktop.
Desktop indicates that the game runs in a window on the desktop.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; text-align: center;"
! colspan=4| Game ! colspan=4| RISC{{nbsp}}OS 5 Distribution | |||||
| Name | Description | Screen | Author
! scope="col" style="width: 30px;" | ROOL ePic ! scope="col" style="width: 30px;" | RISC{{nbsp}}OS Direct ! scope="col" style="width: 30px;" | Clover-leaf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Tetris clone | Desktop | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Hopper | Similar to Frogger | Desktop | Simon Foster
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Madness | Desktop disintegration demo | Desktop | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Meteors | Asteroids clone | Desktop | Neil Raine
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| MineHunt | Minesweeper clone | Desktop | Paul LeBeau
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Patience | Patience card game | Desktop | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
| Puzzle | Sliding puzzle | Desktop | Acorn
| style="background-color:#CEF2E0" | ✔ | style="background-color:#CEE0F2" | ✔ | style="background-color:#E0CEF2" | ✔ |
References
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{{Acorn computers, clones and compatibles}}
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