List of RISC OS bundled applications

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This is a sub-article to RISC OS.

RISC OS is delivered with a number of desktop applications. Some are provided in ROM or pre-installed on hard disk or equivalent, with others being supplied or removable media such as floppy disk.

Such applications vary slightly between versions, but have typically included:

RISC OS bundled applications

Name Purpose First inclusion (Machine model) Vendor
Alarm clock, with alarm functionality Acorn
Blocks Tetris clone Acorn
Calc basic calculator Acorn
Chars character insertion Acorn
Clock analogue clock Acorn
Draw vector graphics editor Acorn
Edit text editor, limited support for developing BASIC programs Acorn
FontPrint font conversion (Acorn to Postscript) Acorn
T1ToFont font conversion (Postscript Type 1 to Acorn) Acorn
Help context-sensitive help Acorn
Lander demo version of the game Zarch Acorn
Madness desktop toy Acorn
Maestro simple scorewriter, with playback Acorn
Magnifier screen magnifier Acorn
Mailman basic email client Acorn
Paint basic pixel-based drawing Acorn
Patience Patience Acorn
Puzzle sliding puzzle Acorn
SciCalc scientific calculator Acorn
Squash file compression Acorn
Usage system monitor Acorn
65Host BBC Micro emulator Acorn
65Tube 65C02 second processor emulator Acorn
BBC Basic V & VI programming languages, with inbuilt assembler Acorn
1st Word Plus word processor A3010 Learning Curve[1]
Amazing Maths education A3010 Learning Curve[2] Cambridgeshire Software House
Acorn DTP desktop publishing A3010 Learning Curve[1] Acorn (with others)
Doris The Dotty Dog education A3010 Learning Curve[2] Sherston Software
Explore With Flossy The Frog education A3010 Learning Curve[2] 4Mation
Genesis Plus presentation program A3010 Learning Curve[1]
Mouse in Holland education A3010 Learning Curve[2] 4Mation
PC Emulator PC emulator, with DR-DOS A3010 Learning Curve[1]
TalkWrite word processor A3010 Learning Curve[2] Icon Technology
Selected games
 gaming A3010 Learning Curve[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Acorn Computers - The Learning Curve, Getting Started
  2. ^ a b c d e Drage, Chris (January 06, 1995). "Easing up the early learning curve". Times Educational Supplement. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=92132. 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."