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This is a sub-article to RISC OS.

A number of RISC OS bundled applications are delivered with both free and purchased distributions of the operating system RISC OS 5. [1] [2] They are provided either in ROM or pre-installed on hard disc, SD card or by download.

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 OS bundled applications

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The applications all run in the Desktop.

Application RISC OS 5 Distribution
Category Name Purpose Author ROOL ePic RISC OS Direct Clover-leaf
Desktop Chars Insert non-keyboard characters into text Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Desktop CloseUp Magnify part of screen Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Desktop Flasher Locate input caret Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Desktop Help Display Context-sensitive help Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Diary Alarm Show clock, manage alarms and schedule tasks Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Filing SparkFS (read only) Decompress Spark, Zip and Tar files David Pilling ✔ ✔ ✔
Filing Squash Compress and decompress files and directories Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Fonts T1ToFont Convert PostScript Type 1 font to Acorn font Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Graphics ChangeFSI Convert bitmap images using Floyd Steinberg Integer error diffusion dithering Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Graphics Paint Design and edit Pixel-based images Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Graphics Draw Design and edit vector graphic files Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Maths SciCalc Provide calculator: simple, scientific, programmer Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Music Maestro Edit and play scores Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Networking Access+ (ShareFS) Provide Peer to peer access to files on networked RISC OS systems Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Printing FontPrint Upload Acorn format fonts to PostScript printer Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Printing PrintEdit Edit Printer definitions Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
System HForm Format hard discs Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
System MemNow Report free RAM Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
System Patch Apply small updates to an application Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
System Usage System monitor Ran Mokady ✔ ✔ ✔
Text Edit Edit plain text and tokenised BASIC programs Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔

RISC OS bundled games

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Screen indicates that the game runs outside the desktop.
Desktop indicates that the game runs in a window on the desktop.

Game RISC OS 5 Distribution
Name Description Screen Author ROOL ePic RISC OS Direct Clover-leaf
Blocks Tetris clone Desktop Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Hopper Similar to Frogger Desktop Simon Foster ✔ ✔ ✔
Madness Desktop disintegration demo Desktop Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Meteors Asteroids clone Desktop Neil Raine ✔ ✔ ✔
MineHunt Minesweeper clone Desktop Paul LeBeau ✔ ✔ ✔
Patience Patience card game Desktop Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔
Puzzle Sliding puzzle Desktop Acorn ✔ ✔ ✔

References

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  1. ^ 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 [...]
  2. ^ 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+.

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