This is where I will dump any RISC OS programs that you might like to download. The selection is limited, but growing all the time as I 'productise' stuff that I wrote for my own use. Most of these programs use Acorn's Toolbox modules, which are now widely available on FTP sites. RISC OS 3.1 users will also need the ThreeTen support module; this is usually included in the Toolbox archive. Important notice Except where explicitly stated, these programs are all 26-bit/32-bit neutral and have been tested on RISC OS 5 (i.e. Iyonix). These programs will run on earlier versions of RISC OS with no change (i.e. there is no need to install the 32-version of SharedCLibrary).

Standard disclaimers apply - if any of my programs:
1. deletes one of your files,
2. accidentally reformats your hard disc, or
3. causes your StrongARM card to melt
it's not my fault and even if it was I can't be held responsible.

On the other hand, it's always nice to know people are using these programs, so if you have any problems email me and I'll try to fix it. Alternatively, you could just email me to tell me how wonderful the programs are.....

• Desktop Utilities
  ° Backdrop randomisers
  ° Smart file renamer
  ° Text to HTML Table convertor
  ° Sprite utilities
• Voyager-related
  Various add-ons for the Voyager Internet suite
• Miscellaneous
  Stuff that doesn't fit into the other categories...

 

BDRand V2.21 (257K)

Yet another backdrop randomiser, but a bit more flexible than most
The archive includes a sample backdrop.
Not 32-bit compatible.

 

BDRand3 V3.27 (121K)

Version 3 of BDRand, and yet more sophisticated. GIFs and JPEGs can be used as backdrops, and backdrops can be sorted into user-defined groups that can be enabled/disabled at will.
The archive includes a sample backdrop.

This version uses the Acorn toolbox modules, and the ThreeTen modules if running under RISC OS 3.1, so if you have a bias against that, use the earlier version above.

 

BDRand3 update V3.27 (78K)

This will update version 3.17 or later of BDRand to the latest version.

Your current backdrop settings will not be disturbed.

 

Rename V3.19 (150K)

Smart multiple file renamer, using !Edit-like wildcard matching techniques.

Rename uses the toolbox modules, and the ThreeTen module if running under RISC OS 3.1

 

RenameUpd V3.19 (79K)

Archive to update Rename V3.17 to 3.19

 

RenameUpd2 V3.19 (14K)

Archive to update Rename 3.18 to 3.19

 

MakeTable V0.31 (75K)

Text to HTML Table generator, including the ability to perform intelligent character to glyph conversion (e.g. '>' to '>', '"' to '"' etc). It will also read HTML files and generate TSV/CSV files from tables.

MakeTable uses the Acorn toolbox modules, and the ThreeTen module if running under RISC OS 3.1

 

SprUtils V1.11 (64K)

SprUtils provides a number of sprite file utilities


• Alphabetic sorting of sprites within a sprite file (forwards or backwards)
• Hierarchical directory search for sprite files containing named sprites.

SprSort uses the Acorn toolbox modules, and the ThreeTen module if running under RISC OS 3.1

 

AddNewsHdr V0.12 (14K)

AddNewsHdr is a VIX module to allow Voyager users to add extra fields to the headers of USENET postings.
Not 32-bit compatible

 

PPPMon V0.15 (26K)

A Vixen module to count total bytes transferred, or tranfer rates.
Now with a "Preferences" program to avoid all that tedious messing around with command lines.

 

HAL9000 V0.02 (0K)

A Sound Theme using samples from the world's most intelligent artifical psychotic.
You will need the SoundTheme VIX from Argo's download area to make this work.

 

NewsHound VIX V0.01 (1K)

A Vixen module for !NewsHound, and instructions for replacing the existing !Voyager News transports. NB. This does not contain !NewsHound itself. !NewsHound can be found on Joseph Heenan's site.

 

POPstar VIX V0.01 (1K)

A Vixen module for !POPstar, and instructions for replacing the standard mail transports. NB This does not include the !POPstar application itself. !POPstar can be found on Joseph Heenan's site.

 

ASM V5.06 (84K)

ARM macro assembler, including a veneer for Acorn's FrontEnd module. ASM should run on RISC OS 3.1 or later. You will also need the documentation (last updated for V5.04); this is available in one of two forms:

• ASCII Text (31K)
• Impression (84K)

 

DtLHARC V0.17 (66K)

Desktop front end for my port of the unix lharc archive/dearchive tool; lharc appears below.
DtLHARC requires that lharc V0.30 or later is present in the library directory of your computer.
DtLHARC needs the toolbox modules, and the ThreeTen module if running under RISC OS 3.1.

 

lharc V0.35 (50K)

This is a port of the Unix "lharc" archive/dearchive utility (the source of ".LZH" files). Although SparkFS will read such files, it will not write them. Other ports of lharc exist, but all of them I've come across are limited in some way. This port may be a bit "beta" but it seems to work for me.
This is a port of version 1.14 of lharc, which provides an additional compression method(-lh6-), as well as fixing a bug which would mean that some archives were unreadable.
lharc is a command line utility; however, immediately above you will find DtLHARC, which is a desktop front end (and generally much easier to use).

 

rex V0.35 (26K)

RISC OS does not provide any way of performing a *Ex recursively (i.e. performing a *Ex, and then automatically applying it to any directories found). Rex provides this function.

 

tbxdiag V0.12 (18K)

Perform a toolbox module "Health Check".

You could also check out PlayKISS.