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