List of RISC OS bundled applications

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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.

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Such applications vary between versions.

RISC OS bundled applications

Typically bundled with the OS

TitlePurposeFirst inclusion (OS version)Vendor
Access+ peer to peer network management applicationV3.60Acorn
Alarmclock, with alarm functionality<=V2Acorn
Blocks Tetris cloneAcorn
Calcbasic calculator V1 (Arthur)Acorn
Chars character insertionV1 (Arthur)Acorn
ChangeFSIbitmap graphic conversion and enhancementAcorn
Clockanalogue clockV1 (Arthur)Acorn
CloseUp screen magnifier Acorn
Configurecustomise computer settingsV1 (Arthur)Acorn
Draw vector graphics editor <=V2Acorn
Edit text editor, support for editing tokenised BASIC programs<=V2Acorn
Flasherlocate the caretAcorn
FontPrintfont conversion (Acorn to Postscript)Acorn
Help context-sensitive help V1 (Arthur)Acorn
HFormhard disc formatterV1 (Arthur)Acorn
Hoppergame similar to Frogger Simon Foster
Madnessdesktop toyAcorn
Maestrosimple scorewriter, with playback<=V2Acorn
Magnifier screen magnifier Acorn
MemNowlive memory use displayAcorn
Meteors Asteroids cloneNeil Raine
MineHunt mine sweeper clonePaul LeBeau
OmniClientuniversal front end for networking sharesV5.00 (previously sold separately)ANT
Paintbasic pixel-based drawing<=V2Acorn
Patchapplication compatibility patcherAcorn
Patience card game <=V2Acorn
PrintEdit printer definition editorAcorn
Printers [1] printer managerAcorn
Puzzle sliding puzzle <=V2Acorn
ResetBootrestore machine to factory ship stateAcorn
SciCalcscientific calculatorAcorn
ShowScraplocate temporary filesAcorn
SparkFS [2] file compression David Pilling
Squash file compression <=V3Acorn
T1ToFontfont 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

TitlePurposeFirst 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 ZarchAcorn
LanManFS [1] network file system
Mailmanbasic email client Acorn
Oregano [1] web browser Oregan Networks
Update Watcher [1] upgrade manager Castle Technology
PDF [1] Xpdf port (PDF viewer)
Writer [1] cut-down version of EasiWriterIcon 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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. 1 2 3 4 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+.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Acorn Computers - The Learning Curve, Getting Started
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
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