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Version 1.32 of !Enigma has just been released and can be downloaded freely from:
There are some bugfixes in this version related to the serial port that prevented it from starting on some machines. There is also a little new feature and some example files on the website.
!Enigma is a realistic simulation of the war-time coding machine used by the Germans to encrypt their messages. It simulates all known variants of the Enigma very acurately and is to date the most complete Enigma Simulator on any platform. Smooth animated graphics and sound.
More information is available from the address above where you'll also find an on-line manual. Responses, questions, remarks, etc. please to enigma@xat.nl
My 32bit conversions page at http://www.quantumsoft.co.uk/druck/ has been updated with the following programs:
Application : !MemFS
Author : Brian Brunswick, Nick Smith, PFJ
Original Version : 2.12 (03-Mar-2001)
New Version : 2.13 (25-Jan-2003)
Description : Automatically resizing RAM filing system based in the
System Sprite Area.
Application : !MouseScale
Author : Nick Jarman & Roger Spooner
Original Version : 2.04 (19 Aug 1994)
New Version : 2.05 (27-Jan-2003)
Description : Implements mouse movement acceleration - accurate
movement at slow speeds or fast speed moves pointer
even further.
Application : !MoveWind
Author : Andrew Brooks & Nick Smith
Original Version : 0.12 (28-Feb-93)
New Version : 0.13 (21-Jan-2003)
Description : Move a window by dragging any part with Ctrl+Shift
held down. Will also bring to front if
Ctrl+Shift+Select used.
Application : !ResSave
Author : ?
Original Version : 2.30 (04-Dec-95)
New Version : 2.30 (16-Nov-2002) [32bit]
Description : Creates ResourceFS modules.
Note : This replaces !NewResrc which is copyright Risc User.
It performs an equivelent function but the interface
is not nearly as good.
Application : !ThrowBack
Author : Joe Taylor
Original Version : 1.10 (9th Dec 1992)
New Version : 03-Jan-2003
Description : Enables BASIC programs to generate error throwbacks.
Essential for BASIC developers.
Module : Chimes
Author : !SoundCon (Richard Hudson)
Original Version : 2.10 (28 Feb 1995)
New Version : 2.11 (18-Jan-2003)
Description : Sound effect module.
Module : Piano
Author : ?
Original Version : 1.00 (25 Mar 1991)
New Version : 1.01 (22-Jan-2003) [32bit]
Description : Sound voice module.
Module : SineVoice
Author : ?
Original Version : 1.00 (04 Mar 1996)
New Version : 1.01 (17-Jan-2003) [32bit]
Description : Sound voice module.
Utility : Vector
Author : Andy Armstrong
Original Version : 22-Mar-1996
New Version : 19-Jan-2003
Description : List claimants of software vectors.
Some of these programs have converted without the consent of the original authors, so if you are the author or copyright holder of this software and object to being hosted on this site please contact me and I will remove it immediately, and give you all sources relating to the conversions. If anyone is hosting the offical site for the programs, please get in touch as this page is not intended to be a permanent location.
Finally, as these are unofficial conversions I regret I can not provide support for these programs themselves, but will accept reports of problems relating to the conversion on 32 bit machines. It should also be noted that some programs may no longer run on ARM2/3 machines, and some may require the 32bit Shared C Library prior to RISC OS 5. If either point is a problem, please continue to use the existing 26 bit versions.
As some of you have already spotted, version 0.08 of the RISC OS Samba Server !smbserver is now available at its new home http://riscossmbserver.sourceforge.net/
.This is a straight recompile of 0.07a to be 32 bit compatible. It has been tested by others on RISC OS 5.
In other news, I've started looking at porting the 2.2.7 Samba sources since !smbserver is based on really old Samba code. I have no timescales for this work at present.
A new release of Dr Wimp is now on my web-site - Version 3.71.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/rayfavre/
It contains *only* a fix to a small but important bug which was introduced into Version 3.70 (released on 1st January 2003).
All main documentation remains unaltered and all that needs to be done is to substitute Version 3.71 of the DrWimp library for Version 3.70.
Sorry about any inconvenience....... and thanks to Harriet Bazley for spotting it and letting me know.
Developer subscriptions are now available for the Unix Porting Project. The cost is 25UKP in addition to the regular subscription cost.
The developer subscription gets you access to various tools to help you with porting, and support for solving common porting problems.
Visit http://www.chocky.org/unix/developer/ for more details.
In addition, I've taken advantage of PayPal's new subscriptions service to streamline payments through them for (re)subscriptions of all types. Regular subscription cost remains at 25UKP per 6 months.
The updated subscription system can be seen at:
http://www.chocky.org/unix/subscription/
Just to let anybody who's interested know that an upgrade to version 0.47 of RiscPCB can now be obtained from the address below.
This upgrade will work on any version in the 0.4x range. If you have an earlier version download version 0.40 and then apply the upgrade. Please Note you may have to reset the colour setting when upgrading from version 0.40
Could anyone that is currently using or are going to use RiscPCB send me an Email to terry@idealist.demon.co.uk I am trying to get some idea of the user base for RiscPCB its very hard to gauge this when you are giving the program away.
The main reason for this release is 32 bit compatibility but as usual there are a few bug fixes :-)
!Please! make a backup of your existing version I have tested version 0.47 but you never know :-)
For those of you that have never heard of RiscPCB here is a short description of what it does.
RiscPCB is a FreeWare printed circuit board designer for RISC OS computers.
RISCPCB MAIN FEATURES ARE:
Creates Single Sided or Doubled Sided PCBs
Export PCBs As A Draw File
Outputs PCBs As Industry Standard GERBER Files
Stores Components In Its Own Library System
Very Easy To Use (I Think)
Its Free!! and it runs on RISC OS Machines
Download !RiscPCB The RISC OS PCB Editor from http://www.idealist.demon.co.uk/soft.htm
After a long absence ROJO, the RISC OS Jobs website, is back and in a new permeant home at http://www.riscos.org/rojo. If you wish to advertise any RISC OS related jobs on the site please send an email to rojo@riscos.org.
In addition ROJO is now providing space for requesting help with any RISC OS related voluntary project. Just send an email describing the project and the help needed.
Also there is space for freelancers who provide services to the RISC OS community to advertise. If you want to be promoted send details of what you do, etc. to rojo@riscos.org.
If you want to be automatically sent details of any jobs which are posted on ROJO, send an email to rojo@riscos.org with "Subscribe" in the subject line.
I am proud to announce the result of many hours of programming: DirSync. This is a program to compare two directories. The result is presented in a window where you can filter some type of differences, for example only different files, or only files that are newer in the source directory.
In the compare window are icons to manipulate the synchronise direction, and if they should be synchronised at all. If you've changed these things to your satisfaction, you can press the "Synchronise" button and the synchronising will commence.
It is also possible to start a file-difference viewer from the compare files.
Although there are some other programs that synchronise two directories, this is, to my knowledge, the first one to allow you to see the differences in the way DirSync does. In fact this feature is one of the most important ones for me. I often use DirSync myself just to compare two directorystructures, not even to synchronise them.
DirSync is almost freeware, but not quite. You must send me a mail that you're using DirSync if you decide to leave it on your harddisc. Well, that's not too much to ask, now is it?
You can download DirSync from my homepage at
http://home.c2i.net/jjvdgeer/riscos.html
or to download it directly:
http://home.c2i.net/jjvdgeer/progs/dirsync.zip
You can also visit the DirSync page, but it seems Fresco doesn't like it (can't it cope with the PNGs? The page validates OK on validator.w3.org). Anyway, this page is at:
http://home.c2i.net/jjvdgeer/dirsync.html
Oh... And of course all 32 bit compatible...
<http://www.pod51.demon.co.uk/Software>
They're officially registered filing system numbers and 32 bit compatible. Although I admit they're largely of curiousity value, they could be gainfully used by sharing via ShareFS on a remote machine, and provide an alternative way of getting these things into an editor (e.g. F2 and type modfs:zap or varfs:inet.path).
There are a couple of immediate shortcomings at present: subdirectories for multiply instantiated modules don't work (I just haven't bothered coding it yet, maybe I shouldn't bother?) and system variables often produce multiple root directories.
Any comments welcome.
I have just uploaded version 1.3 of !Remane - my new batch renaming program. I've fixed a few bugs and added the ability to add the time of file creation to the filename. I find this very useful for detecting duplicate photographs. I have also added interactive help and re-designed the user interface a bit.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/tudor
The program seems to be very stable and I am quite interested in feedback.
You'll find the program by going to the bottom of my webpage and selecting the link to pd. Whilst you are there, why not take a virtual look around Limavady?
!Remane is shareware. 10UKP for one of my programs, 15UKP for the lot.
Following on from a request by Kell Gatherer 32-bit versions of FilerHRun:
http://mysite.freeserve.com/verelanthe/musus/miscfw.htm#filerhrun
and WebMan:
http://mysite.freeserve.com/verelanthe/musus/wip/index.htm
have been produced.
The main function of FilerHRun is, however, to provide an alternative to Filer_Run. Specifically, FilerHRun has the following advantages over Filer_Run:
FilerHRun is ideal for starting tasks, eg.
*IfNTask "Acorn WebServe" FilerHRun <WebServe$Dir>
I have compiled a release version of the Inform compiler for 32bit versions of RISC OS, it will also run on RISC OS 3.00 or above if the 32bit SharedCLibrary is loaded.
The file can be found at:
ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/executables/inform621_riscos32bit.zip
This release does not replace the 26bit version of the compiler release which is still available from the ifarchive.
This is a ZIP archive which contains everything that a new or existing user should need to install the compiler on their computer including release 6/10 of the Inform library.
Don't forget to checkout the 32 bit versions of theZTools package and the Zip2000 interperter which are also available.
All my Atomic Software products have been tested on ViewFinder 1.53 and have been found to be ViewFinder friendly. This is using RiscOS 4.02 on a StrongARM RiscPC.
This includes the commercial ones:
!Nuclides, a Segre chart of the known isotopes and radio-nuclides.
!Elements, a periodic table with a vast amount of data.
!3Dstereo, a 3D visualiser of common and uncommon shapes
!Continuo, a board game
!DigSigGen, a 16-bit Digital Audio signal generator
and the public domain ones below:
!ReNameMid, a file re-namer
!CDrip, a CD ripper using Shine, Lame or Blade
!CD3toCSV, a cataloguer of MP3's
!ID3toName, a dedicated MP3 re-namer
!MP3test, a MP3 tester
!Twicers, finds twicers of files
!Connect, a board game
See the URL below for details or downloads.
http://rogerdarlington.members.beeb.net/
Iyonix compatibility will be tested soon, although since they are all written without assembler, in theory they should work anyway.
Version 0.18 of my little free image processing application is now available for download at:
http://www.compo.iconbar.com/variation.htm
0.18 fixes a lot of the bugs found and reported in 0.17 (which I didn't announce, but some people seemed to find out about anyway) and adds a few new features.
I believe version 0.18 is also now quite stable on Castles Iyonix PC.
Changes in version 0.17/0.18 are:
including...
Fixed Artworks code so that these shapes/fades now render on Iyonix
Split filters up into three groups (small, medium, large) and added quite a few more.
GIF animation output could sometimes save as a sprite when it shouldn't
Added new "pixelise/pontillist" effect - simple currently, but interesting!
Added limited keyboard control/input (arrow keys, return, f3)
Masking - see below for details.
Bugfix: Original and Variation could be one step out from where they were supposed to be in certain circumstances.
Bugfix: Creating a GIF animation now recognises the state of the "loop" option, and makes a looping gif if its on.
"Original and Variation" and "Animation" modes now update the thumbnails a bit faster than they did in 0.16.
"Filter" is slightly faster in 0.17 than it was in 0.16
Removed non-functional "compare" and "undo" from the menu (until they do something).
Reorganised filters. These are now stored in the text file !Variations.Filters0
The format of this file should be easy enough to work out and with care you can now modify the inbuilt set of filters yourself.
Two more filters added - 9x9 and 11x11 box filters for fuzzier smudged effects.
The mask is also offered up to my PCA plugin system and users with PCA sprite tools may find them useful for editing masks too.
CVS stands for "Concurrent Versions System" and is a version control system. Using it, you can record the history of your source files (e.g. source code of your programs, contents of your web site). More information on CVS can be found at <URL:http://www.cvshome.org/>.
The very latest CVS 1.11.5 client source code got ported to a 26-bit / 32-bit compatible RISC OS binary which can run on RISC OS 3.1 machines until the very latest RISC OS 5 machines.
More information can be found at <URL:http://www.cvs.riscos.org.uk/>.
I've just uploaded version 1.59 of ButtonBar to my website at
http://www.flypig.co.uk/dnload.htm
Note that the website address has changed from previous versions, and that www.flypig.co.uk is the new permanent home for all of my freeware.
ButtonBar allows user definable button bars to be created for any program which accepts keyboard input. In the latest version, support for menu selections has been added, so that buttons can be set up to simulate a mixture of keypresses and menu selections.
Included in the download are example bars for several programs including:
Thanks!
Following on from the recent thread in csa.apps I am pleased to announce that the Freeze sources are now available for download from my website.
In addition, GUS has provided me with a copy of the latest release of Freeze (1.60) which is also available from the same page.
For those who don't know, Freeze is a machine state snapper and restorer for RISC OS. Freeze can save the state of a machine and reload it at any time. Using Freeze, an overloaded boot sequence can take less than 5 seconds.
It was written and maintained by Kostas "GUS" Proitsakis but sadly he has now left the RISC OS scene. He has kindly agreed to donate the sources to Freeze to the general community, in the hope that it will eventually be able to run on the new generation of RISC OS machines.
If you are currently using the Acorn User coverdisc/CD version (v1.62), this version offers several improvements, including a 'hidden bar' mode, where the toolbar is made visible by holding the mouse at the top of the screen.
Full documentation (in StrongHelp format) and an example configuration are supplied. WimpBar 2 is compatible with RISC OS 3.1+
Visit the new WimpBar 2 web site to download the lastest version. A mini-FAQ answering a few common questions and an announcements, discussion and help forum is available.
The WimpBar 2 web site can be found at http://www.t220.com/wb2
Enjoy!
An updated version of MouseAxess is now available from my website.
http://lightning.prohosting.com/~cfloeter
This is only a small bug-fix (hiding windows via Screentop-MENU didn't always work on RISC OS 5).
MouseAxess is a 'background' tool providing a number of various enhancements for the RISC OS desktop, which can be accessed with the mouse. For a full feature list, please visit the URL below.
I am converting quite a bit of software to 32 bit neutral to enable it to run in the Iyonix, but unfortunately I've been unable to contact some of the authors, in order to let them have the changes and enable the new versions to be distributed.
As this software is very useful and was released in to the public domain, I hope that the authors intention is that their efforts continue to benefit the RISC OS community on the next generation of machines. Therefor I've decided to make the conversions available on a website, hosting gracefully donated by Stuart Halliday and Quantum Software.
http://www.quantumsoft.co.uk/druck/
The site currently contains the following programs:
Application : !FreeTime
Author : Joeseph Heenan
Original Version : 1.13
New Version : 1.13 (13-Jan-2002) [32bit]
Description : Updates the CMOS clock from a NTP server.
Note : This is only being hosted temporarily until Joeseph
has time to produce an official conversion of 1.14.
Application : !OScliD
Author : Chris Rutter
Original Version : 1.06
New Version : 1.06 (13-Jan-2002) [32bit]
Description : Server to enable the use of *commands on remote
machines, with RISC OS and unix clients.
Module : AltClick
Author : David Walker
Original Version : 1.00 (29 Aug 1996)
New Version : 2.00 (19-Dec-2002) [32bit]
Description : Brings windows to the top of the stack by clicking
with ALT held down anywhere in the window.
Changes : Altered to use Wimp_PollIdle to reduce CPU Load.
Module : OSSys
Author : Unknown
Original Version : 1.70 (12 Nov 1989)
New Version : 2.50 (01-Jan-2003) [32bit]
Description : Enabled SWI's to be issued from the command line.
Changes : Fix to original version which used self modifying
code (but happened to worked on a StrongARM anyway).
Extended to allow the use of R0 to R9 as parameters
for issuing OS_Hardware calls.
Module : SaveWritable (SaveIcon2)
Author : Unknown
Original Version : 1.00 (20 Nov 1997)
New Version : 2.00 (23-Dec-2002) [32bit]
Description : Allows the text of an icon to be saved via a standard
save box when Shift+Ctrl+Copy is pressed.
Changes : Altered to use Wimp_PollIdle to reduce CPU Load.
Utility : Where
Author : Unknown
Original Version : 01-Nov-1995
New Version : 19-Dec-2002 [32bit]
Description : Locates which module an address occurs in.
Useful for finding the culprit of exceptions.
If you are the author or copyright holder of this software and object to being hosted on this site please contact me and I will remove it immediately, and give you all sources relating to the conversions. If anyone is hosting the offical site for the programs, please get in touch as this page is not intended to be a permanent location.
Finally, as these are unofficial conversions I regret I can not provide support for these programs themselves, but will accept reports of problems relating to the conversion on 32 bit machines. It should also be noted that some programs may no longer run on ARM2/3 machines, and some may require the 32bit Shared C Library prior to RISC OS 5. If either point is a problem, please continue to use the existing 26 bit versions.
Version 1.24b of this Home Accounts freeware application is now available from http://www.ksedwards.ukgateway.net/account2/
Number of maximum transactions can be set by the user.
Automatic transfers and individual manual entries can be marked to show that they are Taxable Income or Tax deductable expenses.
Reports on taxable income/expenses can be generated to help calculate tax liability. A report on Automatic tranfers can be created.
A Transaction Details window can be opened to get more information about transactions.
Improvement to date input. Year can now be entered using the "quick" input method. On error, the previously shown date is returned immediately.
Write cursor positioning in main windows is now more accurate (middle of "write pointer" is active; not the top).
If faster redraw is selected, a copied transaction is now pasted in the correct place.
Some file loading and file linking problems in v.1.24 have been corrected.
I am please to be able to announce the release of version 2.00 of my WimpMon software for monitoring Wimp events and messages that are passed around between the Wimp itself and desktop applications.
This is a complete rewrite of the software with a number of new features, including:
More information, including the software itself, is available for download from my web site at:
http://www.compton.nu/wimpmon.html
If you go to them bottom of the index page of my website (address below) and take the link to share ware, you will stumble across my latest opus.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/tudor
"!Remane" is a batch renaming program. Once you drop a selection of files onto the window you can rename them in many imaginative ways. There is a choice of file names. Either todays date or the date stamp of the individual files - very useful for photographs - or any other name you can think of. You can add an extension of any kind or length always assuming that you use RISCOS 4 or 5 or anything that can handle long file names.
A text icon displays a running example but there is a pre-view facility that shows the final filenames before you change them for good - unless you use the undo button which will return all files to their original names.
To give an example:
Say you have a directory full of files called 01,02,03 and so on to 50. You now decide to call them all by todays date with a double ~~ separator, for numbers starting from 120 and an extension /jpg. A few clicks of the mouse and you end up with 2003-01-20~~120/jpg, 2003-01-20~~120/jpg, 2003-01-20~~121/jpg to 2003-01-20~~170/jpg.
If your files are called 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and so on and are hence not in alphabetical order, this can be fixed with the '1 to 01' button which will add up to three leading 0s.
If you simply want numbered files with an extension and nothing extra, this is just as easy. I find the program invaluable in naming photographs.
!Remane is the successor to !NumberFix which I will not develop any further. Anyone registered for !NumberFix is automatically registered for !Remane.
Remane works best on machines that can handle long file names, like RISC OS 4, but it should also work on other machines as long as you keep the names short. At the moment it does not detect long file name.
Registration is ten pound. 15 pound will register you for all my software.
Version 1.31 of !Enigma has just been released and can be downloaded freely from:
The only difference between this release and the previous one is a minor bugfix in the the redraw of the Scrambler window.
!Enigma is a realistic simulation of the war-time coding machine used by the Germans to encrypt their messages. It simulates all known variants of the Enigma very acurately and is to date the most complete Enigma Simulator on any platform. Smooth animated graphics and sound.
More information is available from the address above where you'll also find an on-line manual. Responses, questions, remarks, etc. please to enigma@xat.nl
Version 0.42 of !USBinfo has just been released and is freely available from our website at:
http://www.xat.nl/en/riscos/sw/usb/
USBinfo is a small utility that shows detailed information about the USB system in your computer. It currently only works with the USB systems on IYONIX and the Castle USB card.
This is a major new release that copes with the many changes in the USB API. IYONIX users can use !USBinfo with their USBDriver 0.11 or later.
I've created a 32bit version of NetWatch and put it on my (totally renewed) website.
It's still version 1.63 hasn't changed, expect for a very small bug. (it was possible to scroll the main window (not the pane) ) This is also removed in the 26 bit version. But it wasn't worthy enough to increment the version number...
NetWatch is available at my website:
http://home.student.utwente.nl/m.m.bezemer/netwatchuk.html
For people who don't know what NetWatch is:
NetWatch is a program which keeps up with changes on the internet. The user has to mark the pages of his interest. NetWatch will fetch these pages at defined intervals and calculate a checksum (MD5). This checksum is compared with the store checksum of the page. When these checksum aren't the same the page has changed and NetWatch will warn the user.
It's also possible to download something with NetWatch and when the download gets aborted for some reason, NetWatch is able to resume the download! (At least when the server is able to do)
FTPc 1.40 is now on my web site.
The user menu can now have nested submenus by wrapping entries as follows:
submenu="submenu name"
...list of entries that will go in submenu.
endsubmenu="true"
you may also give a submenu entry a value.
!FTPc is a freeware internet FIle Transfer Protocol Client. It enables you to transfer files/directories to and from your web space from the desktop using drag and drop.
Version 2.03 of !EnBank, The multi-currency accounts package for RISC OS, is now available from the RISC OS pages of the EnVision Software web site: http://www.envsoft.co.uk/riscos/
Please note that !EnBank requires RISC OS V3.5 or later.
Basic home use of the base unit, that's a maximum of 5 Accounts, 10 Standing Orders and 500 Transactions, is free.
Licence details and prices for an unrestricted base unit, multi-currency and Budget Analysis extensions are on the web site. You can also check out !EnBank's full capabilities by requesting a free, no obligation, 60 day trial licence.
CVS port 1.03 is right now available at my website.
The changes included in version 1.03 are:
For more information about my port or for a copy of it (or its source files) please have a look at my website:
http://home.student.utwente.nl/m.m.bezemer/cvsuk.html
For more information about CVS itself and what it does, please have a look at the documentation on the official CVS website at one of the following locations:
http://www.cvshome.org/docs
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual
ROX-Filer 1.3.6 (developer release) is out now! This version should be pretty stable.
ROX-Filer is a small, fast, powerful filer for Unix, Linux and compatible systems. Its user interface is based on the RISC OS filer, and it supports similar concepts, such as application directories, drag-and-drop saving and popup menus. It also implements a RISC OS like pinboard, and a panel which can be used in a similar way to the RISC OS iconbar. It also supports many features not found in RISC OS, including thumbnails of images, keyboard short-cuts, many more options, powerful search facilities, etc.
ROX-Filer can be used on its own, with another desktop (such as GNOME, KDE or XFCE), or as the core component of the ROX desktop. The ROX desktop aims to bring all the good features of RISC OS to modern systems. Get ROX-Filer here: (source and Linux-x86 binary archives at present):
http://rox.sf.net/rox_download.php3
The filer now requires Gtk+-2.0 (which installs easily alongside Gtk+-1.2):
Screenshots:
http://rox.sourceforge.net/index.php3
http://rox.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php
The filer is distributed under the GNU General Public License, which means that anyone can modify it, use bits of it in their own (GPL) programs, etc. Indeed, many of the improvements made to the filer were added by other ROX users and posted as patches to the mailing list.
Changes since 1.3.5:
Bugfixes:
Translations:
http://roxwrap.sourceforge.net/
This already offers a much larger selection of wrapped applications than before (this is less useful for Debian and Mandrake users, since the ROX packages for these systems create wrappers automatically for all installed applications).
Another new ROX-related project is ROX+Linux:
http://lemmit.kaplinski.com/home/green/Linux/
This project aims to create a Linux distribution based entirely on ROX and RISC OS style applications. The mailing list shows that discussions are quite lively!
http://lists.offline.ee/archives/public/rox.linux/2003-January/thread.html
http://rox.sourceforge.net/install.php3
http://rox.sourceforge.net/guide.php3
You can read more, download ROX-Filer, read the comments people have made, and look at some screenshots here:
http://rox.sourceforge.net
http://rox.sourceforge.net/comments.php3
http://rox.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php3
There are two mailing lists; rox-users and rox-devel. You can subscribe here, or look at the archives:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=7023
A selection of tutorials on writing ROX applications is available on-line:
http://rox.sourceforge.net/tutor.php3
Enjoy!
I've updated my RISC OS port of Analog to the current version 5.31. The changes are:
If you don't know what's that all about, Analog is a webserver logfile analyser. Just have a look at http://www.analog.cx/ as this is its real home.
My RISC OS port can be found under "ports" in the software section of my homepage at http://www.sbellon.de/software.html
Website at http://www.pendle.ukgateway.net/ updated Jan.11, 2003 with two new versions of Powerbase and revised documentation in Impression, Ovation Pro, PDF and HTML formats. The HTML appears for the first time.
Versions are 9.12DA and 9.12SH and are functionally-identical. The former (using dynamic areas for memory management) is compatible with RISC OS versions 3.5 to 4.33 (and probably v.5 on the Iyonix, although there has not been an opportunity to test this). 9.12SH uses a 32-bit compatible version of the sliding-heap module for memory management and is compatible with RISC OS 3.1, as well as with later versions.
Powerbase can be used to create databases of information of almost any kind and provides powerful facilities for maintaining such databases and for selectively retrieving and printing information from them. Using Powerbase at an elementary level is particularly easy - you can, for example, set up a simple address-book database in a matter of minutes - yet the needs of more advanced users have not been neglected. Descriptions of Powerbase from various sources have sometimes implied that it is a relational database. It isn't, but it can provide you with some of the facilities which fall outside the sphere of a simple flat-file (card index) type of database and for which a relational database program might otherwise be necessary.
It is best described as a flat-file database with table-validation. This means that text fields within the database can be linked to a list of items in such a way that the field will not accept items unless they are on the list. That list (called a validation table) can have many additional columns providing extra information which may be included in printed reports from the database if required.
We would like to announce txt2pdf 6.3 version.
http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html
txt2pdf is shareware; it is a very flexible and powerful Perl5 script that converts text files to PDF format files, so you can use it in every operating systems supported by Perl5, including RiscOS. Joern-Erik LEO Burkert developed !txt2pdf: a txt2pdf RiscOS GUI (http://www.burkert.org/leo/acorn/). If you prefer we also distribute executables for Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Mac OS X. Inside the Windows version is Visual txt2pdf, a VB GUI.
What's new in this version
Korean font support
Updated FAQ
Test txt2pdf 6.3!
You can find it at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html
Version 1.30 of !Enigma has just been released and can be downloaded freely from:
!Enigma is a realistic simulation of the war-time coding machine used by the Germans to encrypt their messages. It simulates all known variants of the Enigma very acurately and is to date the most complete Enigma Simulator on any platform. Smooth animated graphics and sound.
New in this version:
More information is available from the address above where you'll also find an on-line manual. Responses, questions, remarks, etc. please to enigma@xat.nl
32-bit compatible versions of the following programs can be found on my web site at: http://www.mw-software.com/software/freeware.html
* GhostScript 7.03 - PostScript interpreter
* GView 1.40 - PostScript previewer, front-end for GhostScript
* RasMol 1.40b - molecular graphics visualisation tool
* XChars 1.10 - advanced character picker, the !Chars in RISC OS Select
* DiscSpace 1.20 - graphical disc usage display
* AppDock II 2.50 - NeXT style application launcher
Announcing !BackBoot v0.10 ...
!BackBoot (originally written by Thomas Leonard) has been modified (with permission) to ...
Why use !BackBoot ...
Opening a directory for the first time can be slow, as the filer boots all the !applications inside. One way round this is to Filer_Boot the contents of these directories when the computer starts, but this means that your boot sequence takes ages!
BackBoot waits until the computer hasn't been used for ten seconds and then starts booting directories. As soon as you click with the mouse or press a key, BackBoot stops and waits for another ten seconds.
Full details are available from http://www.avisoft.force9.co.uk/ and it can be downloaded as a 7k ArcFS archive file.
Any comments on the web site, or the application, always welcome.
Announcing !ArmSort v3.20 ...
The only change is ...
ArmSort is a module which implements a *Sort command which provides BASIC programmers with very easy and fast facilities for sorting arrays.
ArmSort caters automatically for ANY number of ANY type of single or multiple dimension BASIC array, in ANY combination of Integer, String or Floating Point arrays, in ANY key sequence. It also has flexible parameters and comprehensive error checking. ArmSort is VERY fast, using the Shell Sort technique in ARM Machine Code, and it is therefore very capable of complex sorts on the large data volumes that RISC OS computers are able to hold and process.
A simple command
On a SA203Mhz this can take about 28 seconds for 50,000 elements. An Iyonix takes about 10 seconds for the same sort!
Full details are available from http://www.avisoft.force9.co.uk/ and it can be downloaded as a 34k ArcFS archive file.
Any comments on the web site, or the application, always welcome.
Gary Partis of Partis Computing has asked me to relay the message that he will be unable to deal with e-mail/phone or FAX enquiries.
Sadly his immediate family is having to deal with a horrific accident involving a hit and run driver on New Years Eve, which has been reported on in the news recently.
If you have any Power-tec, or Partis Computing products, and require support, please follow the instructions found at http://www.partis.co.uk/ closely as they will resolve the vast majority of issues.
Please always try updating to the latest available versions of software to see if they cure your problem.
If you do require further help, please e-mail Partis Computing at the normal address, however you should expect an extended delay before receiving a reply.
Many thanks for your co-operation.
Surftec and Precedence Technologies are pleased to be flying the Acorn/RISC OS flag at the BETT Show starting this Wednesday.
We can be found on Stand D10, just inside the Grand Hall Entrance at Olympia.
For further information on the show visit:
http://www.bettshow.co.uk/
We will be demonstrating the latest Network Computer technologies, including:
If you are able to make it, we look forward to meeting you there!
TimerMod version 4.11 is now available from http://www.armclub.org.uk/free
This release fixes a bug introduced in 4.00 where the seconds value could get out of step when the microsecond value was very small.
TimerMod is a module providing microsecond resolution timing facilities on 26bit and 32bit machines. It provides *commands and SWI's which can be used measure time intervals, and a microsecond version of the monotonic timer.
!CCres v1.01 has been released to address some 'teething problems' with the initial release...
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!CCres is a new application for converting Toolbox Res files (fae) to and from text format. It can be run from the command line, or as a wimp application.
Text file output uses a simple C-like format based on the equivalent OSLib (v6.40) header definitions.
!CCres is FreeWare. It must only be distributed in its original form and there must be no charge for it.
Download from: http://www.davea.web.btinternet.co.uk/ccres/
Please report any anomalies to mailto:DaveA.Web@btinternet.com
!VECstat version 1.02 is now available from http://www.armclub.org.uk/free
It contains a fix to preserve the flags returned by earlier vector claimants. This prevents problems with accented characters being entered while !VECstat is active.
Programmers should note that InsV, CmpV and RemV return information in the PSR flags, so this is one of the few places in RISC OS where the flags should be preserved across the call.
!VECstat monitors calls to system vectors with reason code display, for the entire machine or selected tasks. Its is the companion application to !SWIstat, !SERVstat and !APPstat which monitor SWI calls, module service calls, and application events/timings respectively.
In order to aid the development of 32-bit variants of the well known serial BlockDrivers, I've put up a support page at:
http://www.xat.nl/en/riscos/sw/bd/
A new driver has been added (Internal32) for use on IYONIX and it has just been revised (v2.02) to fix a buffer flush bug.
TimerMod version 4.10 is now available from http://www.armclub.org.uk/free
It contains a fix to prevent the time difference between the local time and UTC being added to the value printed by *TimerStop.
TimerMod is a module providing microsecond resolution timing facilities on 26bit and 32bit machines. It provides *commands and SWI's which can be used measure time intervals, and a microsecond version of the monotonic timer.
RSS 1.14 can now be downloaded from:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/justin.fletcher/XML/
RSS is a little application which began life as a test or example of the use of the ParseXML module. Over the past few days it has grown up a little and gained a decent icon. RSS is able to parse RSS feeds from sites providing news and information in that manner. Such sites include Slashdot, Drobe, The Iconbar, and riscos.org as well as many other non-computer based sites.
Important features since the last release (1.06) :
I would like to thank Richard Goodwin, Chris Willians, Ian Jeffray and Chris Johns for additions, fixes, sprites, bug reports and testing (in no particular order!).
Follow-ups by email, please.
ConfiX version 0.44 is now available from:
http://www.xat.nl/en/riscos/sw/confix/
It is used by most of our own applications and also by a number of ather apps, such as Oregano 2. No licence fee is required to use ConfiX in your own application. ConfiX should be placed inside !Boot.Resources and can easily link to its web page.
Version 0.35 of !USBinfo has just been released and is available freely from:
http://www.xat.nl/en/riscos/sw/usb/
This version is 32-bit compatible and can be used on the IYONIX pc.
!USBinfo is a USB viewer. It will show the topology of your USB system in a graphical manner and allows you to read system information from each device.
I've just put FTPc version 1.39 on my web site.
It fixes a bug which could cause a crash when a drag started in an FTPc viewer was released in an FTPc viewer.
!FTPc is a freeware internet FIle Transfer Protocol Client. It enables you to transfer files/directories to and from your web space from the desktop using drag and drop.
!CCres is a new application for converting Toolbox Res files (fae) to and from text format. It can be run from the command line, or as a wimp application.
Text file output uses a simple C-like format based on the equivalent OSLib header definitions.
Some possible uses include...
!CCres is FreeWare. It must only be distributed in its original form and there must be no charge for it.
As this is the first public release, you are obviously advised to back-up your Res files before converting, and please report any anomalies to mailto:DaveA.Web@btinternet.com
Download from: http://www.davea.web.btinternet.co.uk/ccres/
Since so many people have been requesting coloured folders [either directly on indirectly on the newsgroups] You'll find a selection here:
http://www.ovul8.com/ro/icons.htm
if you have any particlar icons you want designing, email me.
I just put my new Printer Dumper incl. Sources on my homepage. The dumper has been written to allow printing on EPSON Stylus Color 580 because I didn't found an according Dumper between the usual PDumper/Driver/PDFs supplied with RISC OS.
It is likely that the dumper is also working with the EPSON Stylus Color 480, C-20 and C-40. The dumper is also relativ flexible so it might be possible to adapt it for other printers simply by changing the PDF. Because it is open source it can be used as base for adaption of more different printers too. Indeed I am seeing it as an example how to write RISC OS printer drivers using C.
The dumper is still a bit slow and the colours on my printer are not so good as I would like it. But this seems to be a problem of the ink catridge I am using in the monent which is simply more blue than cyan and more violett than magenta :-(. Perhaps other person are making better expierences.
Note that the dumper is using a Module name and a Dumper number which are not registered. If this number/name should be registered by other dumpers I have to change it of course immediately.
Note also that there are problems to use an EPSON Stylus Color 580 under RISCOS because the sequences to change the ink catridges are not documented by EPSON. You unfortunately always need a PC or a person which is an owner of PC to change the ink catridges.
The printer and its source can be downloaded from the computer corner of my homepage:
http://home.t-online.de/home/thomas-milius/indexE.htm
Enjoy. If you have any remarks, improvement advises, questions etc. don't hesitate to contact me.
Happy new year
!DrW2HTML 3.70b has been released to fix a buglet whereby the < and > characters were not coverted correctly. Users will now be able to make more sense of certain sections of the DrWimp textmanual, HTML version :-)
DrW2HTML takes the textmanual of DrWimp and converts it to an HTML manual complete with internal links. This version allows for some slight changes in the textmanual of DrWimp 3.70.
DrW2HTML is available from
http://www.denmarkwa.net.au/~kwright/
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