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          Archimedes        Public         Domain           Library

            39 Knighton Park Road,  Sydenham,  London  SE26 5RN

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          All items in this section count ONE POINT towards
            Bonus Discs UNLESS a different number is shown

This section contains applications, utilities, programming languages, useful
programs, music programs except Coconizer and Sound Samples which are in the
Sounds catalogue. There is some overlap between this, the Games catalogue,
and the Demo catalogue.

Psion/Pocket Book programs are distributed on PC format discs because of
the PC filename extensions used. These are in the 'PC Cat'

Please see the file 'APDL Info' for ordering information

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B012  !Translatr = 7.21 Converts pictures from ST, Amiga, Mac, PC and other
                   foreign formats to Arc spritefiles. Handles most native
                   Arc formats as well as many types of sprite, including
                   Watford and Pineapple Digitiser, Render Bender,
                   Pro-Artisan, Wild Vision etc
      !Creator   = 1.42 Converts Arc sprites or Translator 'Clear' files
                   to GIF, TIFF, AIM, PBMPlus or JPEG
      !GreyEdit  = 1.35 Utility to process 256-level greyscale images


B016     -=- Autosketch part libraries -=-
      Symbols for drawing diagrams using Autosketch. Intended for use in
      school and so although quite comprehensive do not include some of the
      more esoteric symbols. Complete with tutorials


B020     -=- !Reg 1.2 -=-
      Electronic registration system and Records of Achievement for use by
      schools. ROA is part of an assessment scheme providing targets for
      students to aim at. Includes a Genesis application explaining the
      system and the Science National Curriculum as Pipedream files and a
      way of logging attainment using Pipedream


B041  !DSEdit    = 1.04 Raw digitised sound editor, with a selection of
                   examples from Monty Python and BlackAdder
      !SampConv  = 2.13 Converts between many common sound sample formats.
                   Copes with many foreign types as well as Archimedes


B045     -=- AIM 3.00 -=-
      Archimedes Image Manager, a very powerful image processing package
      NB - Needs 2Mb RAM


B050  CAST Cash Book and Stock Controllers, Shareware by Soft Rock Software
       PLUS two more bank account programs


B052  !AMFSpell  = 1.76  65,000+ word spelling checker, very quick and easy
                   to add words to the dictionary. Good alternative to David
                   Pilling's program
      !AMFStore  = 1.10 A database to store textural information. Can store
                   up to 5776 separate entries which may contain references
                   to other entries as well as external references, so it's
                   a sort of freeform relational database


B054     -=- Font handling utilities -=-
      !FontDir   - 1.00 Controls the font directory and avoids problems when
                   there are too many fonts for some applications
      !FontFix   - 1.04 Strips out unwanted rubbish in ported fonts
      FontMenu   - 1.16 RM to create a multi-level font menu which can be
                   shared by applications
      FontSelect - 1.02 Places fonts in various groups within the !Fonts
                   directory so you can decide which ones apps can 'see',
                   avoiding the 'too many fonts' problem
      !MakeBitMap- 0.96 Creates a bitmap version of a font
      !Italicer  - 1.0 Creates an italic version of a font
   ALSO Acorn International Keyboard Handler Generator NB: REQUIRES 2 MEG


B056  HP11C      = 1.0 Emulation of HP11 programmable calc. Does everything
                   the HP11 does. With examples
      !Scicalc   = 1.06c Good calculator with all the usual scientific
                   functions, sin, cos, tan, log, root, not, and, or, eor
                   plus expression evaluation using brackets
      !ProgCalc  = 1.01 Simple programmable calculator
      !3D-Graph  = Non desktop program that can plot 3D graphs
      !GraphDraw = 2.52  Excellent desktop graph drawing package from Chris
                   Johnson. All the functions you would expect and very easy
                   to use. Good instruction and two example graphs. Can save
                   data in CSV, Tab and various other formats
      !GraphPlot = 1.21 Desktop graph plotter. The old pre-desktop version
                   of GraphPlot has also been retained on this disc
      Curver     = Simple non desktop curve plotting


B058  !Address   = 1.02 Desktop address book database
      !Calendar  - 1.00 Suprisingly it's a calendar. You can view it in a
                   desktop window or print it
      !ClipBoard - 1.06 Copies the contents of one writable icon to another
      !Planner   - Creates an A4 year planner as a Drawfile ready to print
      !Today     - Info on famous dates in history
      !Clock     = Not a very exiting clock, but as it only tells the time
                   to the nearest minute it's only polled once a minute so
                   it won't slow down your Arc
      !RiseSet   = Tells the time of sunrise/sunset for today
      !StopWatch * Desktop stopwatch
      !Telephone = Telephone number database
      !TinyClock = Nice large analogue clock on the icon bar
      !ZoneClock = Shows the time in the selected international time zone in
                   a desktop window


B059  Two PCB designers, both called (confusingly) !PCB. One requires a
      multisync monitor although the Author claims it could be used with a
      'tweaked' mode 12 and includes printer drivers for HPGL pen plotters
      (0.3mm), Roland DXY100, Epson GQ laser and HP laserjet, although the
      latter is not complete
      The second uses 'normal' monitors and will work with 'FX' compatible
      DM printers. It is a 'bottom of the range' version of a commercial
      package but apparently fully functional although some of the more
      powerful features of the full package have been removed

       ACL        - Linear circuit filter analyser
      !Resistor  = 1.01 by Michael Spearpoint. Draws a picture of a resistor
                   with the appropriate colour codes from your specified
                   resistance/tolerance
      !Resistor  = 2.23 A different program with the same function but more
                   sophisticated from James Hunter
      PLUS  Draw files of various circuit symbols and information on DIY
            A310 2 and 4meg upgrades


B060  Draw+      = 2.24 Jonathan Martens superb PD drawing package has all
                   the features of RO3 Draw and more. Transformed text and
                   sprites, colour dithering and iconising supported, text
                   objects, sprites, groups can be rotated, skewed and
                   flipped. Transformed text objects can be edited. Some
                   types of Vector objects can be used (not surprising as
                   Vector was also written by Jonathan). Various bug fixes
                   and improvements in font handling. Three example
                   Libraries and some example Draw files are provided
      !Edit2Imp  - 1.00 'unformats' text for importing into a DTP program
      !C»Impress - 2.00 Two apps for converting text files and 'C' files to
                   a format suitable for use in Impression
      !DrawLink  - Links ASCII text files into a format suitable for
                   inclusion in !Draw/!Draw+ as a text area
      !Italicer  - 1.0 Italicises Draw files


B063     -=- Programs from the Archimedes Fractal Group -=-
      !Julia     = 1.10 Quadratic Julia plotter
      !Mbrot     = 1.0 Mandelbrot Set plotter
      !Martin    - 1.0 Uses algorithm discovered by Dr.Barry Martin. Very
                   simple and fast
      !Interfere - 1.0 Interference patterns
      !Packer    = 1.0 A very useful utility for packing sprite files and
                   screen dumps
      !AFGsprite = Allows sprites in AFG format to be manipulated and
                   converts standard sprites to AFG format
      Also several sprites of screendumps produced using these programs


B066     -=- AMF the Doomwatcher Collection Part I -=-
      !AMFBase   = 1.30 Straightforward card database. Not as sophisticated
                   as some, but most people don't need complex features
                   Very simple to set up and use with all the usual
                   functions. Comes with !AMFmerge which is used for mail
                   merging. AMFmerge works with plain text files, so you can
                   do mail merging with Edit
      !AMFFCoder = 1.30 File encrypter. Like all AMF programs it's easy to
                   use and has several different types of encoding
      !AMFEdit16 = 1.20 16x16 Sprite Editor for games programmers. Creates
                   sprites without palette/mode data included by !Paint. Can
                   work with up to 128 sprites at a time. Has an 'animate'
                   function which lets you try out your sprites 'in action'
      !AMFEdit20 = 1.20 20x20 version of the previous program
      !AMFFont   = 1.30 8x8 System font editor. Unlike others the entire
                   character set is displayed, much magnified, in a window
                   Instead of being limited to editing one character at a
                   time you can view/edit the whole lot at once
      !AMFFormED = 3.00 Template Editor. When this was written it was an
                   advance on Acorn's FormEd but it's not as good as the
                   latest programs of this type such as TemplEd or WinEd
                   However it doesn't take up as much disc space as either
      !AMFGraph  = 1.20 Produces graphs in DrawFile format which can be
                   printed or incorporated into a document. Can create bar
                   charts, line charts, pie charts or scattergrams
      !AMFKeys   = 1.30 Lets the 'string' function of the function keys
                   operate within the desktop so you can have 'macros' in
                   Edit, Impression, etc
      !AMFLabel  = 1.20 A nice, straightforward, Disc Label Creator. Just
                   type in the text and print your label
      !AMFMenu   = 1.30 Creates menus from which you can run programs. The
                   'list' appears in a scrollable desktop window. Easy to
                   add or remove items
      !AMFPrint  = 2.40 Text only printer driver. Lets you include codes in
                   text files to switch on underlining, italic, etc
      !AMFTable  = 1.30 Solves the problem of crating tables in Draw. Lets
                   you enter the sizes of rows/columns in a table which
                   makes it much easier than using Draw directly


B071  !AltrFile2 - 1.00 File info editor
      !ArcReset
      !BackSpr   - 1.03
      !DOSForm   - 1.00a Format 720 DOS disks on RO2
      !Formatter - 1.10 Formatter for PC and Arc discs, achieves speed by
                   not verifying
      !FontConv  - 1.44 converts PC WFN fonts to RiscOS outline fonts
      !Guardian  = 5.08 One of the better PD/Shareware virus detector/removers
      !GuessType - 0.27
      !Largeness - 1.07 Allows infinite logical screens
      !Lcrypt    - 1.00 File encrypter
      !ModeSelect- 1.00
      !PtrCopy
      !SCSIreset
      !Star      - icon bar menu
      !Sticky    - 1.11
      !TinyObjs  - 1.00
      !TwEdit    - 1.00
      !WindRaw   - 1.00 Template to Draw file converter
      Slowmo     - 2.19


B077  !DiskCat   = 4.6 By Raffaele Ferrigno. Reads your floppy disks to make
                   a database of their contents. Has search facility and can
                   print records
      !EaziCopy  = 1.0 Makes multiple copies of unprotected discs
      !FileSys   - 1.01 Shows the current filing system
      !FontDisp  - 1.10 Shows a summary of all the font families, styles and
                   weights, bitmap converter and more
      !KeyCaps   = 1.00 Displays a font in a desktop window
      !Interfero - 2.12 Watches for save commands from the RMA and other
                   areas which is often a sign of virus infection
      !IVSearch  - 2.05 Virus detectors
      !Labeller  - 1.00 Disc label printer
      !Loader    - 1.02 Lets you load Basic files by clicking instead of just
                   running them
      !ModeUtil  = 0.11 Lets you give names to your favourite screen modes
                   and select them from a menu
      !PackDir   = 1.35 Archives directories into one very compact file,
                   ideal for hard disc backups
      !PrintSet  = 2.01 for Epson printers. Lets you select various printer
                   fonts and facilities from a menu
      !Read OCR  = A 'trial' character recognition program. Works with
                   sprite files of Watford scanner
      !Snoop     - 1.00 Lets you snoop on wimp parameters from the desktop
      !WindowLog - 1.00 Lists all windows
      SlowMotion - 1.01 Slows down the computer. Makes some games easier to
                   play, especially for young children
      Timer      - 1.01
      !Disable   = 1.00 Disables all Delete/Wipe commands so files can't be
                   accidentally deleted


B078     -=- Archimedes Fractal Group Vol 1 -=-
      Lots of Fractal related goodies
      3dMandels, Acorn Brot, Affine, AFMandel, BBCMAN, Beauty, FastBrot,
      Fireworks, FracScape(2.00), Fractal, FracTrace (2.28), FracVisit,
      Horizon, Interfere (1.01), Julia (1.20), Julias, Jupiter, MiniMandel,
      Mbrot (1.00), Splodge (2.10), Verhulst, - and lots more


B081     -=- Amateur Radio -=-
      A number of applications including
      !ArcFax    - Fax driver for the PK232
      !Locator   - Locator program for VHF/UHF enthusiasts
      !WWLocator - Locator for HF, VHF and UHF
      !ArcPacket - General purpose TNC driver
      !PacMon    - TNC connect warning indicator
      !RickTerm  - Packet TNC driver
      !Tnc and !ComLink - Multi tasking TNC driver with script language
    PLUS two morse tutors


B082  !ACopy     - 1.40 Disc copier
      !Blinker   = 1.00 Makes the caret blink so a LOT easier to find
      !CheckTemp - 1.00
      !FileAct   = 2.12 Makes a command 'act' on files
      !ModeDef   = 1.00 Mode definer. Creates a RM for a new screen mode to
                   your definition
      !SnapShot  = 1.00 Takes a snapshot of the desktop
      !SysBeep   = 1.28 Sets pitch, duration and volume of the 'beep'
      !ToneDial  - Simple program to directly dial a number if your exchange
                   accepts tones
      !DTMF      = 2.01I Lets you dial phone numbers directly from databases
                   using Impulse protocol
      WProtect   = 1.01 Can protect whole discs, apps or files from
                   deletion/corruption
      !WimpDebug = 1.21 Debugging tool for Wimp applications
      WinSup     = Module to improve Heap management and help avoid problems
                   which can cause modules to crash
      !ZoomerBox = A nice effect when windows are opened or closed. Instead
                   of just appearing a dotted line 'box' zooms from
                   nothing to full size or visa versa
      !KillVirus = Removes EXTRA and EXTEND viruses and inoculates discs
                   against EXTEND
      !Bug92Sept6= Removes MODULE virus from files. Includes FileVClaim
                   module which reports attempts to claim the File Vector
                   which is how the MODULE virus replicates itself, warning
                   if there are further attempts at infection


B088  !AccessL   = Stops viruses altering files
      !Hunter    = Good virus killer/remover
      !Illegal   = Finds and removes the 'Illegal' virus
      Zip        = File compressor
      !Access    = Sets file attributes
      !ADFS_Aid  = Skeleton ADFS filing system that lets you save your work
                   if ADFS crashes
      !BurnIn    = Screen saver
      !Camera    = Takes a snapshot of the screen as a sprite
      !ChangeMod = Lets you change the screen mode of a sprite
      !DeskKeys  = Hot keys for Mounting/dismounting discs etc.
      !DirSet    = Sets the CSD to the last directory used
      !Boot      = Skeleton boot application you can put in the root
                   directory of your hard disc and customise
      !FormatUtl = Formats discs!
      !ModeChnge = Shows current mode
      !NewSprits = Alternative system sprites
      !Options   = Lets you change copy options from a menu
      !Palette+  = Screen mode info
      !RAMcram   = 2.20 Lets you change the RAM disc size while it has files
                   on it
      !Reset     = Resets the computer
      !SetDir    = Sets and maintains the CSD
      !ShutDown  = Parks drives and shuts files before switching off
      !SI        = Speed Index. Calculates system speed
      !ResetADFS =
      !ResetIDE  =
      !ResAlias     Resets all Aliases
      PLUS four new screen modes and more


B089     -=- Archimedes Fractal Group Vol 2 -=-
      3dLife     = Fascinating 3D version of life
      ChaosGame  = Series of programs to plot chaos patterns based on bodies
                   with 3 to 12 sides
      DiveB/W    = Interesting...
      FracBasin  = Mandelbrot basins
      FracPal    = No, not a Friendly Fractal but a series of palettes you
                   can choose from when viewing fractals
      Fractal    = 0.29
      JuliaAnim  = Real time Julia set explorer
      Orbits     = Three programs using random numbers to generate orbits
      SpaceFill  = 52 programs to generate space filling patterns
      Splodge    + 2D cellular automata
      StarTree   =


B090  !ARMCode   = 1.07 Instruction investigator. Lets you fiddle with each
                   bit of an instruction and find out the effects
      !CustomVDU + 1.24 Mode selector and creator(?) but no instructions
      !Modes     + 1.00 Mode selector, works with RO3 but only goes up to
                   Mode 29 so really only for RO2
      !DisAssem  = 3.22 Desktop dissasembler with some nice features. Can
                   save disassembled code in text, Basic or AAsm format
      !Hourglass = 3.06 Alternative hourglass, quite nice
      !KeyWindow = 1.52 On screen function keystrip. Useful, but does more
                   than that as it keeps track of up to 32 keystrips,
                   opening and closing them automatically as you load, use
                   and quit applications
      !MusicCat  = Catalogue system for your records
      !Scaler    = As you move the mouse faster so the amount the pointer
                   moves increases. Good for fine work
      !StockCtrl = 1.14 Stock control system by Stuart Ford. Up to 500
                   records per file with search and print functions
      !VMode     - 1.3 Replacement for !Edit as a taskwindow driver
      FRE        = 0.10 Find Regular Expression(s) Given a regular
                   expression (RE) and a list of files it finds those that
                   contain it
      !Info      = 1.03 Information display system. Lets you view Text, Draw
                   and sprite files from one app.
      WinSup     = 1.00 A number of useful facilities for assembler
                   programmers, including a heap in the RMA which is MUCH
                   better than the OS one
      !Autoscrol = 1.00 Automatic window scroller. If you move the pointer
                   near the edge of a scrollable window and click the window
                   scrolls
      !MouSpeed  = 1.10 Controls mouse speed using hotkeys. It doesn't
                   appear on the icon bar and you don't have to click on
                   anything to change speed. It uses ALT+(number) to switch
                   speeds, OK with RO2 but RO3 uses these. However,
                   CTRL+ALT+(number) solves the problem!
      !HourTest  = 1.01 Lets you switch the Hourglass on and off. Intended
                   for testing/viewing new hourglasses. With three new
                   hourglasses to play with
   PLUS - five new mouse pointers as RM's from Dave Thomas


B091  RiscBBS    - Fully multitasking RISC-OS compliant Bulletin Board
                   Server which allows for a versatile BBS-setup
      RSlink     - Lets you link the Arc up to a serial device for
                   transferring text files from one machine another
      !OnTime    - Warns if you spend too long 'on line'


B093  !Contents  - The Author describes this as an 'item location management
                   utility', ie. it keeps track of things. A bit difficult
                   to explain briefly so try it for yourself
      !ModeInfo  + 1.11 Extensive info about screen modes
      !Selector  - 256 Colour selector
      !StrongED  = 3.52 "Excellent text editor". Back as Shareware after an
                   abortive attempt at commercial sales, hardly surprising
                   as it was £29 more expensive than Zap. Now it's only £10
                   dearer, but I still prefer Zap at any price. No lessons
                   have been learned as there's still no proper Shareware
                   message, just 'send me a tenner' at the bottom of the
                   Banner window (!). No documentation, only !StrongHelp,
                   which, though excellent, (with help on Basic, Assembler,
                   SWIs, etc.) is no substitute for a Manual.
      !VDUobject - 1.02 converts VDU sequences to a Drawfile
      !DimWit    - Desktop screen saver
      !NanoEdit  - Compact text editor
    PLUS a demo version of the commercial screen screen protector Twilight


B095  TILE Forth - 32-bit implementation of Forth-83 Standard,
      CCompile   - Desktop front-end for Acorn C v.3
      SpriteOp   = List of SpriteOp SWI's available under RO2. Also applies
                   to RO3 but doesn't cover any new SWI's
      !SWIst-num = Desktop app to convert SWI number to string or visa versa
      SWITrace   - Lets you trace the execution of SWI calls
      !MenuEd    - Helps make the most out of the RISCOS menu system, makes
                   using fonts and sprites in menus much easier


B096  -=- Persistence of Vision -=-
      Probably the best PD/Shareware ray tracer available. Follow up to DKB
      Tracer. Arguably as good as similar commercial packages
      !POVray    = 1.00 The POV application with docs. These mostly refer to
                   PC/Amiga versions so some references, particularly to
                   filenames/directories, are different for this version.
                   Although some complex images can take hours to render POV
                   multitasks so you can carry on with other things while
                   it's working
      !POVscene  = Various definition and include files for POVray. There
                   are only a few examples and samples of images included
                   because of lack of space
      !Model     = 2.00 Used to create scenes for POVray. Lets you 'draw' a
                   scene and then turns this into a script file for POV

B096-A   -=- Additional examples for POV -=-
         A copy of !POVscene with 88 example scripts, some already rendered.
         If you are new to POV this is extremely useful because you'll be
         able to experiment with the examples, which is a lot easier than
         starting from scratch

         B096 and B096-A ordered together cost £2 on either two 800K or
         one 1.6Mb disc. Either gives ONE Bonus point


B097  !AutoMouse - Mouse movements via cursor keys
      !DirList   - 1.03
      !DirSpool  - Creates a text file of a directory listing
      !DiscInfo  - 1.11 Extensive disc information
      !Dumper    - 1.03 'Dumps' a file
      !ExtFiler  - 1.36
      !Filetree  ^ 1.01 Creates a Drawfile showing the file tree of a disc.
                   Each file is shown with a filetype sprite and the diagram
                   is divided into pages
      !Memphis   = 2.08 RAM filing system using the RMA sprite area giving a
                   variable RAM disc with 30 character filenames. Now has
                   other features, eg. it can create a 'slave' filing system
                   on a disc which can use the longer names. No longer RO2
                   compatible but an earlier version (1.08) is included
      !SetDir    - 3.00
      !TextDraw  - 1.06 Converts graphics as Textfiles containing commands
                   like DRAW, MOVE etc. to Drawfiles
      !BurnIn    - 1.10 Screen saver
      !Larger    - 1.36 Adds a number of useful features to the desktop
      !MultiBack - Makes multiple copies of a disc


B099  !Quiz      - 1.51 Multiple choice quiz program for educational use
                   with the option of making your own quizzes
      !WordGames - A selection of ways for children to learn the skills
                   necessary for reading, including anagrams, recognising
                   word shape and learning the rules governing spelling
      !DrawCross - Takes a text file and produces a Draw file crossword
      !Epochs    - 1.31 Shows the geological epochs
      !Factors   - Calculates factors of a number
      !TempConv  - Converts Fahrenheit to Celsius
      !Anagram   - Simple Anagram generator
      !Type      = 1.4 Gives you typing practice though not a typing tutor
      !FourST    - 1.60 Simple demo of a 4 stroke engine
      !Heure     - Tell the time in French
      !Verbs     - Translates verbs between French and English
      !MolecDemo - Demo version of Molecule drawing program
      !Time      - World time display


B100  !BC        : 1.69 Comprehensive and fast Basic compressor and cross-
                   referencer. Output is smaller (which helps it to run
                   faster) and almost impossible to hack. A good manual is
                   provided as a textfile and a Publisher document. Note
                   that only the plain text version is included in the
                   'Individual' version of BC to reduce file size although
                   both, plus a smaller !Help file, are on this disc
      !CloswWin  - Closes windows!
      !Cruncher  - 1.13 Crunches/decrunches files
      !Dissi     - 2.04M Desktop disassembler which can produce source code
                   from any machine code application or module
      !DOOK      - RiscOS3 to RiscOS2 Draw file utility
      !GrabMenu  - 1.10 Saves any menu as a sprite


B101     -=- AMF the Doomwatcher Collection Part II -=-
      !AMFBack   - Predates RO3 and its functions are now part of the normal
                   desktop. Lets you use tiles for a patterned backdrop and
                   gives a sticky backdrop. If you still have RO2 it's the
                   best of this type
      !AMFBoot   - 1.00 Desktop startup app. Lots of features. Can operate
                   manually or automatically and enact commands both before
                   and after the Desktop starts
      !AMFClock  = 1.00 Clock and alarm. Better than !Alarm
      !AMFCmos   = 1.00 CMOS RAM editor. Lets you view/edit/save/load the
                   contents of your CMOS RAM
      !AMFDisc   - 1.00 Display disc structure as a tree
      !AMFEnter  = 1.00 Enter characters into kbd by mouse clicks
      !AMFExpose = 1.00 Lets you change colours of 256 colour sprites and
                   manipulate the RGB components of each colour. Can even
                   change colour to greyscale
      !AMFLife   = 1.00 Desktop Life game
      !AMFPairs  = 1.00 Desktop pairs matching game
      !AMFPortal = 1.10 Limits drive access by restricting access (passsword
                   controlled) to some directories. Useful in schools or for
                   keeping kids out of sensitive areas
      !AMFSearch = 1.00 Locate words in text files. Lets you have up to 16
                   files which can be searched for a word or phrase
      !AMFSlide  = 1.20 Database for slides, photos, or similar. Lots of
                   features and ideal for any collection or hobby
      !AMFUsage  = 1.00 CPU usage monitor
      !AMFUtils  = 1.00 Assorted desktop utils. Set filetypes, control mouse
                   speed, sound volume, etc
      !AMFView   - 1.00 Display text files in window. As it doesn't use much
                   RAM and can display up to 16 files at once it's useful if
                   you only have 1 or 2 Mb and want to read some text
                   without loading !Edit
      !AMFWaste  - 1.00 Desktop dustbin. Many features including automatic
                   clearing after a set time which can be varied from
                   minutes to days to give you enough time to be REALLY sure


B102  !DosFS     = Filing system for DOS discs with cf/lf translation
      !SCSIFiler = Replacement for Oak SCSI filer module
      !SCSIMan   = Desktop manager for Oak SCSI Podule v1.11
      !SSS       = Simple desktop spreadsheet, complete with 'C' source
      !Labels    = 3.1 Simple database/label printer by Rafaele Ferrigno
                   The description 'simple' is the Author's, not mine as
                   it's quite comprehensive. Extensively updated (it was
                   previously called Label) and includes a program to
                   convert files from the earlier version
      !LeastSqs  - 1.01 Finds best fit for a line using least squares method
      !ScrSave   - Screen blanker, bounces a ball while the screen is off
      !Easilarm  - Nice icon bar alarm clock
      !IconClock = My favourite clock, replaces the Switcher icon at the RH
                   side of the icon bar
      !Daily     - Another clock, named after the Channel 4 breakfast TV
                   prog. Doesn't take up any space as it sits in the top rh
                   corner of the screen
      !Tim       = Yet another clock but this one **SPEAKS** the time
      !VirusWarn - 1.03 Detects virus activity, not 100% but a good
                   indication


B110  !IWord     ^ 2.6/4.3 Converts Arc. disc version of Interword to run
                   from the desktop like a normal RiscOS application
                   Installs on the icon bar and responds to file-clicking
      !ISheet    ^ 2.6/4.5 Convert BBC Intersheet ROM to run from the Arc
                   desktop like IWord. Works with the Archimedes version
                   (ISheet II)
      !View      ^ 2.2 Ditto View ROMs. Works with A3, B3 etc. and the
                   Archimedes version of View. Puts function keys in the
                   right place and makes the '£' key work properly
      !VSheet    ^ 2.2 Ditto View Sheet ROMs
      !VStore    ^ 2.2 Ditto View Store ROMs
      !WordWise  ^ 1.2 Converts Arc. version of WW+ to run from the desktop.
                   Works with Watford 40 and 80 column versions
      !Twin      ^ 1.2 Converts Acorns Twin text editor into a RM
      !1stFile   = Converts 1stWord+ files to View, WordWise and Text and
                   visa versa
      !ChartDraw = 3.00  Program from Chris Johnson to Produce charts in a
                   variety of formats. Pie charts, graphs, etc
      !DrawStrip = Produces Drawfiles of keystrips. Has several keystrips
                   but you can easily make your own. Some BBC ROM apps
                   include keystrips produced with this
      !Label     = 2.11 Comprehensive label printer by Jonathan Martin
                   Works with most sizes of labels 1, 2, or 3 wide, and text
                   can be entered directly in a window or from a file
      !MultiPrnt - Allows printing of a 'batch' of files
      !PrinterTx = Text only printer driver
      !Print_buf - Printer buffer
    PLUS various printer drivers for 1WP and PD3, another keystrip printer
       and a HP Desk-Jet screen dumper


B111     -=- Acorns DDE Pascal compiler v4.09 -=-
      Acorn have have released this as Freeware 'as is'. To use it you need
      the Desktop 'C' package. In theory it is possible to use it as a CLI
      driven compiler but it needs either ANSILIB or STUBS and Clib module.
      It doesn't seem possible to link with libraries supplied with v.3
      of the C compiler. As it uses C libraries it can access C functions
      and the string routines are C compatible so you can link together
      objects written in C, Pascal and Assembler. For many purposes Pascal
      is nicer than C so you can now use the language you prefer for various
      bits of your application, then link them all together. An essential
      accessory for anyone who has DDE C


B112     -=- Desktop Utilities -=-
      !Calendar  = Simple desktop calender display
      !Chimes    - Chimes on the hour and half hour
      !CloseUp   = Shows a magnified version of wherever the pointer is
                   Useful with !Paint when working on a large sprite
      |CursCtrl  = Another app to control the mouse via cursor keys
      !DClock    = Digital clock in a small window so you can tuck it in a
                   corner out of the way
      !Dirkiller - Locks/unlocks/wipes directories
      !Grab      = 2.02 Saves a copy of the Wimp sprite pool to disc
      !IconFlags = Calculates Icon Flag word for all the options
      !ModuleHp  = Displays Title and Help strings of a Module
      !Mousey    = Displays X-Y co-ordinates of mouse pointer
      !MultiMod  = Lets you 'squash' a series of modules together into a
                   single file which can be loaded in one go. Saves time and
                   disc space
      !PtrWrap   = Wrap around for mouse pointer. As it moves off the screen
                   on one side it reappears on the other
      !Safe      - Simple file encrypter/decrypter
      !Scrnmode  = 3.00 Opens a window showing available screen modes which
                   you can select by clicking on
      !SpeakCtrl = Switches speaker on and off
      !Speaker   = Another speaker on/off program
      !WinCtrl   = 1.03 Lets you move and scroll windows that don't have
                   scroll bars or resize icons
      Showdir    = Designed to be used in a Boot app when it runs !Boot
                   files of a series of applications to set filetypes,
                   sprites, etc
      PLUS   - 47 new mouse pointers and 5 alternative hourglasses


B113  !CSVtoText - Converts CSV files to text
      !Display   - Displays Drawfiles
      !FormatTXT - Formats text files with page breaks, headers, footers
                   etc. with any page width and length
      !German    - Allows German accented characters to be entered into the
                   keyboard buffer by clicking on them in a small window
                   You could use !Chars but this is much neater
      !Interlace - 2.40 Allows use of multisync modes on standard monitor by
                   interlacing    *** updated May 96 ***
      !MailLabel - 5.22  Nice utility to print sticky labels or envelopes
                   Uses RiscOS printer drivers and fancy fonts
      !MultiPrnt - A 'print queue' application
      !Splosh    - A 'Risc compliant' drawing package by Wayne Keenan
                   Unfortunately somewhat diminished by the complete lack of
                   instructions but quite good
      !SpriteMde - Changes the Mode of a sprite
      !Styles    - 1.05 Lets you set Styles in Impression Junior in a
                   similar way to Impression
      !TIFFinfo  - Provides information on TIFF files
      ColourTrn3 - RM to allow colour 'dithering' to mix colours and give
                   extra colours on the screen
      !ClearInfo - Gives info on graphics files in 'Clear' format


B114  !Shrink    = Basic program compactor
      !CheckTemp = Shows sizes of template definitions in a Template file
      AOF Utils  = Three utilities for Acorn Object Format files. Suppress
                   or Retain global names and Analyse file
      !Spy       = Interrogates Wimp apps and finds out window handles, task
                   id's etc
      BootA      = Multi purpose front end for non wimp programs. Helps them
                   behave like  RISC-OS applications. With a variety of
                   sample apps, eg. FileInf, SetType, Lock, Unlock, change
                   LF to CRLF and visa versa, convert 1WP to text and visa
                   versa, etc


B115  -=-  Historical and Constitutional documents  -=-
      Maastricht = No, it's not a game, (or is it?). The Maastricht treaty
                   as a series of text files

      U.S.A
         Articles of Confederation of the USA
         American Declaration of Arms
         Bill of Rights
         Charlotte Town Resolve
         Declaration of Arms
         Declaration of Independence
         Emancipation Proclamation
         Gettysburg Address
         Mayflower Compact
         US Constitution (including amendments)
         Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speach
         Monroe Doctrine
         Treaty of Paris
      Rulers
         British rulers (from 827)
         French rulers (from 987)
         American Presidents
      Other
         Magna Carta
         Declaration of Rights (France 1789)
         Chart of legal Age of Consent for lesbian, gay
                and hetero sex in European countries
         The Comunist Manifesto by Karl Marx
         WWII German Surrender Documents
         WWII Japanese Surrender Documents

      PLUS    More terrifying then Terminator 2 .......
                  More blood than Rocky XXVII ..............
                     More horrible than The Sound of Music ......
              o----------------------------------------------------------o
              | The May 1993 Draft of the Proposed European Constitution |
              o----------------------------------------------------------o
                 (can you contain your excitement until you get this?)

      AND FINALLY - for a little light relief  *** THE CAMILLAGATE TAPES ***
                   A transcript of the now famous (alleged) conversation
                   between HRH Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles

      PRICE NOTE - As this is a rather special disc the price is ONLY £1.00
                   but you still get ONE POINT towards Bonus Discs



B118  !TxtPrint+ = 2.06 Text printer driver which can reformat, repaginate,
                   print Basic program listings etc
      SpriteGen  = Sample programs for creating a series of sprites for
                   animation etc
      !Hunter    = 1.02 Virus detector/remover. now rather out-of-date but
                   better and faster than many I have seen
      !FileCat   = 2.10 Produces a catalogue of your discs in CSV or plain
                   text format ready for loading into a database or WP
      !ImpChars  = 1.00 Like !Chars but designed to work with Impression
      !ImpChars2 = 2.20 A version of ImpChars improved by Cy Booker. Allows
                   selection of any character from any installed font
      !Indexer   = 1.00 Another disc catalogue program, produces a text file
                   of the root directory of all your discs
      QMC        = 1.00 Quick Mode Change, makes it easier to change between
                   modes from the desktop
      Power Search = Based on the series of articles in 'Archive' on
                   Searching and Replacing by Michael Houlder. With sample
                   application to find all the styles in an Impression doc.
      !Clock     = Yes, another clock. This one sits just above the icon bar

      The remaining programs on this disc are from AMF. Some are
      replacements for utilities on older discs that have been withdrawn

      AMFCoder   = 1.10 Automatically encodes and decodes files of specified
                   type as they are saved and loaded
      AMFProtect = 1.00 Helps guard against viruses by preventing certain
                   files from being altered although letting you load them
                   as usual
      AMFTest    = 1.00 Can check the disc it is on and warn if it has been
                   modified in any way
      AMFWriteProtect = 1.00 RM that prevents alteration of files on all
                   filing systems. Very useful if you suspect virus activity
      FCGuard    = 1.00 Prevents the 'Filecore in use' error
      !Help      = 1.21 Displays text file in scrollable window


B119  -=-  Educational programs  -=-
      !Seismic   = Sampled microseismic sounds from naturally fractured
                   granite from the Cambourne School of Mines Also some
                   sprites of images derived from a Borehole Televiewer
      !Epochs    = 1.30 Screen showing the geological epochs
      !Fourier   = 1.20 Draws Fourier diagrams
      !FourST    = 1.50 Little animated display of Four Stroke cycle
      !TwoST     = 1.00 Ditto for two stroke cycle
      Molecule   = Draws molecular structure, with 34 sample molecules
      !SSystem   = 1.10 Animated view of the Solar System
      !PTable    = 2.06 Displays the periodic table and gives info on the
                   main elements
      !Marks     = 2.11 Teachers mark book. Records up to 13 sets of marks
                   for up to 34 students. Works out averages, relative
                   positions, etc. Easy to use. Can give output as a text
                   file or CSV format so data can be exported to databases
      !Wave      = 1.52 Draws sine waves
      !SWave     = 1.52 Demonstration of standing waves


B120     -=- Educational programs -=-
      !Branch    = A 'branching' database. Items are classified and found by
                   questions answerable by a simple Yes or No. Ideal for
                   children because it's very easy to find the item(s) that
                   fit the category you want without realising you are
                   searching a complicated 'tree'
      !Shopper   = 1.58 Teaches children to handle cash. Pupil is offered
                   items to buy and selects the required coins to pay for
                   them. Graphics based user interface which draws the
                   coins. The pupil answers by clicking on a calculator type
                   keyboard
      !Reveal    = 1.20 Simple desktop puzzle designed for use in schools
                   (actually written for a school in Dumfries)


B121     -=- DBWRender -=-
      = 2.00 Desktop ray tracer. This was ported from the Amiga and contains
      a selection of examples and the full 'C' source code. It is actually
      the program upon which many others programs are based


B122  !Event Shell = 2.02  A major programming tool by Paul Hobbs. It
      consists of the !EvntShell directory which contains various 'library'
      utilities used by programs in a similar manner to the RiscOS !System
      directory. This lets you create Wimp applications in Basic without
      needing to write all your own routines to handle the Wimp, fonts,
      response to Wimp events, etc. If you don't have the PRM's this is
      essential. Includes a debugger and example applications which not only
      act as demos but perform useful functions. Extensive documentation is
      included. An extremely useful package and highly recommended to anyone
      who wants to program the Wimp, especially if you don't have the PRM's
                                                *** updated Nov 95 ***

B122-A   Extras for Event Shell. This disc contains !StrongHlp with a (very)
         large help file for Event Shell and its associated programs as well
         as the normal help files on Basic, SWI's, Assembler, etc. A copy of
         BLib is also included (see B319) which is ideal for linking the
         library routines to your program so they will work without the
         !EvntShell directory


         B122 and B122-A if ordered together cost £2 on either two 800K or
         one 1.6Mb disc. Either gives ONE Bonus point


B123  !ArcTools  : 0.72 General purpose toolkit with memory and disc
                   editors, search, dissasembler, plus other functions. Not
                   a Wimp program but an RM and '*' command driven
      Virtual    = Two programs illustrating Virtual Memory Management. One
                   to be used from Basic, the other more comprehensive and
                   written in C. Both intended as examples for programmers
                   to use in their own code rather than as complete apps
      DragSprite = Info on and an example of the DragASprite SWI in RO3
      UnCFS      = 1.20 By Cy Booker, drastically speeds up CC's Compression
                   Filing System. Once installed it's transparent to the user
      ShowFont   = Short Basic routine by Cy Booker to draw text in any font
                   anywhere on the screen, designed to be used in your own
                   programs
      !Transform = 1.00 Takes a CSV file and transforms it so each row
                   becomes a column
      !Convert   = 1.01 Program to convert various units. Fahrenheit/Celsius,
                   kW/BTU, Ft-Ins/Metres, Miler per Hour/Metres per second


B124     -=- C Tutor -=-
      From Conorado Systems. Over 100 pages of text laid out as a book with
      about a hundred short example C programs. Written for the PC and
      transferred from three PC Shareware discs. As it deals with basics
      rather than advanced programming almost everything is applicable to C
      on any computer. Some examples are PC specific so I have left some
      minor PC specific binaries off this disc
      If you want the collection in original PC format with all examples
      I will supply it archived on a 720K disc for £1.50, two 720k for £2.50
      or a single 1.44Mb disc for £2


B125      -=- Pascal Tutor -=-
      Again from Conorado Systems and similar to B124. Not so many pages or
      examples as Pascal is much simpler. Mainly aimed at the PC and
      Borlands Turbo Pascal in particular but as it's fairly basic stuff
      this isn't important
      This will fit on a 720K disc if you prefer it in PC format


B126  !Hangfire  = Good screen blanker. With a selection of pretty pictures
                   or you can make your own
      !ModeView  = Simple program to replace the Palette icon with one
                   showing current screen mode
      !ThreeDee  = 1.01 Simple drawing program from Robert Seago. Designed
                   for line drawing in perspective and you can move the
                   vanishing point to alter this. A few bugs but interesting
      !VDUret    = 0.02 Another screen saver. Not as sophisticated as
                   Hangfire but it works
      Dictionary = Text file with 40,000+ words, one word per line. This was
                   copied from a PC PD so all the spellings are Colonial.
                   Useful to anyone writing a spelling checker or adding
                   words to one
      3D_Graphic = 0.03 Module with various SWI's for vector graphics. There
                   are a couple of short demos with it. I don't know where
                   it came from as there's no name or Copyright message
      Strip      = 1.00 Module to intercepts printer control codes and stop
                   them being sent to the printer. Useful when sending text
                   files, DUMP's, or other files that may contain non-ascii
                   characters to a printer
      !RMCreate  = Creates a voice Module from a stereo Tracker module
      !PickAPic  = 1.15 Program by Hugh Eagle to let you browse through a
                   collection of Draw, Sprite, Artworks or Poster files and
                   pick the one(s) you want to use. New version has many
                   additional features. It can process archives in SparkFS,
                   ArcFS, etc. format, handle new format Drawfiles, rotated
                   text and transformed sprites in Drawfiles. It will
                   multitask during long operations. Other enhancements are
                   proposed but these depend upon feedback from users.
                   Although PickAPic isn't Shareware, if you like it I
                   strongly suggest you send a contribution to the Author as
                   he suggests that this will encourage him to spend more
                   time on development


B127     -=-  Educational programs  -=-
      !Spell     = Gives practice in the 'look, cover, copy' method
      !DayNight  = 1.30 Shows a map of the world indicating which sections
                   are day and which night at any time
      !KeySpeak  = Each key speaks its name when pressed
      !Turtle    = Very simple Turtle Graphics program
      !Lockout and !Unlock = Companion programs to stop/enable terminals on
                   an Econet network from receiving 'notify' messages
      !WorldMap  + Draws a map of the world in a scrolling window. Allows
                   sections to be 'cut out' and saved as Drawfiles
                 NOTE - This program can require a *lot* of memory, and
                 seems to need even more with RO3. You will need at least
                 2Mb and 4Mb for the larger maps
      !Cycles    = Draws a graph showing the period doubling of the logistic
                   map equation
      !IdentiKey = 2.10 A 'tree' type database which allows groups of items
                   to be catagorised


B132  !Niall II  = Non Intelligent Archimedes Language Learner. Word
                 learning parser named after an Amiga program. Processes
                 user input and tries to learn relationships between words
                 so it can make sense of a sentence. At the end of a session
                 you Save the vocabulary
      Power Search  !Replace and !Styles from Michael Houlder. Replace is a
                 compiler for a search/replace language similar to that used
                 by !Twin and !SrcEdit. Allows complex expressions to be
                 found and modified. !Styles is a filter primarily intended
                 to list the Impression styles used in a 'story'
      !Mace      = 1.9 Module Area and CLI Front End. Provides a Wimp front
                   end for the CLI
      !FontSwell = Simple utility to add font directories to the Font path
      !FontCut   = Another utility to remove font directories which are no
                   longer needed
      CMOSsaver  = Saves configuration settings and creates an Exec file
                   which can be used to reset them if they are changed
      !DelBoot   = 1.03 Removes !Boot files which just contain 'IconSprites
                   <Obey$Dir>.!Sprites' or other non essentials. Saves 1K of
                   disc space for each file removed and speeds up the filer
      !ConvTmplt = 6.00 Program by Cy Booker to help programmers use anti-
                   alias fonts in text icons, convert Interface validation
                   strings to RO3, see which icons are outside the windows
                   extent and insert 'secret messages' into template files

      PLUS a series of utilities by Cy Booker. These are all CLI driven. All
      come with source code, documentation and executable code

      AppSpr1    Check sprite files for non-application sprites
      Chr1       CLI program to print a character given a number
      Copyd1     Supplements *Copy by creating dest. directories
      Dird1      Find files created between dates
      Dirs1      List files sorted by size
      Dirt1      Find files of a specific type
      ExtrctBas1 Extract tokenised basic from executables
      FAppend1   Join files from the *CLI
      Hex1       CLI program to show an Evaluated expression as hex
      SrtSprite1 Re-order individual sprites in a sprite file
      Touch1     Alter a files' date
      TouchDir1  Update directory timestamp to reflect contents
      Union1     Remove duplicated lines from text file(s)
      Unique1    Find unique lines in text file(s)


B133  !AMFSave   = Screen saver from AMF. Fourteen different moving screen
                   patterns are available when the main display is off. Uses
                   much less memory than most others and is a lot less
                   boring than the RO3 blank screen
      !Backdrops : Patterned desktop backdrops. Uses a repeated pattern so
                   it works with non standard screen modes. 41 are provided
                   and you can easily add your own
      !Say       ^ Speech synthesis program. Just type the text in a desktop
                   window to hear it
      !DJPEG     = 1.01 From John Tytgat. Converts JPEG files into PBMplus
                   files which can be read by John Kortinks 'Translator'

           Plus some 'sillies' to liven up your desktop
      !Dolphin   = A dolphin swims across the top of the icon bar
      !Laugh     = When you get an error your computer doesn't just beep, it
                   laughs at you!
      !Azumith   = A (clean) limerick generator
      !Jumper    = An animated sheep on the icon bar


B134     -=- MiniHound 1.00 -=-
      Desktop thesaurus with over 30,000 keywords, which is a lot more than
      'Desktop Thesaurus'. OK from floppy but best from a hard disc. Will
      work from a RAM disc but as it takes over 700K of disc space plus
      about 180K to run you need at least 2Mb to use it this way
      This program is Shareware and when you register (£5) you also get the
      right to use it's 'big brother' Wordhound (see B136)


B136     -=- Wordhound -=-
      The more advanced version of Mini Hound. As well as the normal
      thesaurus function it can find 'sound alike' words and link with
      Impression via the Impulse protocol as well as a dictionary function
      As with Mini Hound it's Shareware but the  registration fee of only £5
      entitles you to use both programs
      You need a hard disc to use Wordhound as it takes 4Mb of disc space
        o-----------------------------------------------------------o
        | Word Hound comes on five 800K discs with an installation  |
        | program. It is offered at the special price of £5 for the |
        | full set. This counts as ONE POINT towards bonus discs.   |
        o-----------------------------------------------------------o


B137  !Simple    = Simple desktop database. No instructions and the program
                   is 'written' in Norwegian (?) but very easy to use so you
                   shouldn't have problems
      !Lifeguard = Another screen saver. Quite nice with some interesting
                   screens
      !ADFSExtra = 1.60 Various items available from an 'icon bar' window
                   Set CSD, bin file deleter, change filing system etc. Some
                   non ADFS commands may need to be altered if you are using
                   SCSI or IDE but as it's written in Basic this is easy
      !ADFSExtra2: 2.27 Improved version of ADFSExtra with additional
                   facilities requiring RO3
      !ACHconfig = Desktop configuration program to set some items missing
                   from the RO3 Config program
      !BankAccnt = Very simple non desktop bank account program
      !CopyCalc  = Calculates number of discs you need to backup a hard disc
      !Equator   = 1.00 Solves quadratic equations
      !Find2     = Crude but effective file finder for hard disc users
      !LDView    = View compressed images in Quick Art or High Art format
      !ModeBar   = 1.1 Simple mode selector to choose from up to five modes
      !Mouse     = Sets mouse speed from a desktop window. Advantage is it
                   can set horizontal and vertical steps separately
      !Move      = Moves a file from one part of a disc to another by
                   rewriting directory info instead of physically moving it
                   Lets you move a file on a full disc


B140  ARCTERM    = 3.11 Comms software by Hugo Fiennes
      ARCBBS     - Very good BBS. XMODEM, YMODEM, YMODEM Batch. User status
                   NORMAL to COSYSOP. Shareware by Zeridajh Software
      !OnTime    = 0.1 on line time indicator
      !rs423     * Shows state of serial port
      !TASK      = A viewdata terminal
      !423State  = Displays state of serial port
      Viewscroll - Program to view and print viewdata frames and text saved
                   from Hearsay
      !Arc100    = VT100 terminal emulator
      !Psion     = Transfers files to and from the Psion Organiser
    PLUS Utils to transfer data between the Archimedes and the Z88 and BBC


B142  !Display   = Displays a Drawfile without loading !Draw
      !FontDraw  = Takes a string and converts it to a Drawfile using a
                   chosen font
      !DrawStrip = Creates function keystrips for printing via !Draw
      !Chart     = Produces charts for !Draw from data. Can print the charts
      !Painter   = 1.00 Art package
      !BigM      = Another art package
      !ModeConv  = A sprite mode converter
      !ModeUtil  = 0.61 A utility that gives info on screen modes available
                   and an easy method of switching between them
      !TText-Spr = Converts Teletext screen to a sprite


B144  !UUencode  = 0.20 Program by Andrew Benham to convert files to UUcoded
                   7 bit format
      !UUdecode  = 0.20 Again from Andrew Benham, decode UUcoded files
      !Packet    - Packet radio terminal program (TNC driver) with two
                   similar utilities !Pkts and !Wefax
      !Locator   - Worldwide locator program for HF/VHF/UHF enthusiasts
      !Wefax     - TNC driver
      !Pkts      - General purpose packet driver program
      !RiseSet   = Just tells the time of sunrise and sunset
      !Sun       = Lets you plot the position of the sun at any time
      !Moon      = Ditto for the moon
      !Mandel    = 6.00 Lets you create a Mandelbrot set by one of three
                   methods: Level Set, Distance Estimator or Continuous
                   Potential. Very comprehensive
      !FastBrot  = Simpler program but very quick
      !Wimpkit   = 1.02 A wimp flag generator
      !Heating   = 1.2 Central heating calculator. Cut down version of a
                   commercial program to calculate heat loss but functional
                   and adequate for DIY
      !Liberator = 3.6 Program for linking the Thorn EMI W.P. with the Arc
      !Knit      - Helps design and save patterns for knitting into the
                   front or rear of jumpers etc
      !Bank      - Bank account program
    PLUS several simple Basic fractal graphics programs with examples


B147  !Forth     = 1.20 Implementation of FORTH with a compiler. Comes with
                   examples though little descriptive text
      HOPE       = Imperial Colleges HOPE language. With user manuals
      !Ed        = 0.2 Text editor for C source code. Not as complex as !Zap
                   but has the basic functions
      !Calc      = Shareware version of the commercial spreadsheet. Commands
                   are available through Fkeys and commands. Includes a
                   couple of example spreadsheets but no docs
      !Sizzle    = Program to flick through screens. Easily adapted to use
                   your own screens
      !Life      = Good version of Life with full tutorial
      !WimpKit   = 1.02 Wimp flag generator. Saves looking up the PRM and
                   working out all those bit values
      Dan's Tiny Basic Compiler = Good "basic" compiler. Compiles short
                 Basic programs to fast code. Small subset of commands with
                 limited string and numerical array handling. Full logic
                 implementation. Includes demos


B148  Hyperbook  - Hypertext database system by Nick van Someren. Complete
                   with several demo files. NOTE - This application has
                   crashed (non destructively) sometimes with RO3
      !Cookie    = Click on the !Cookie icon and a random saying or
                   quotation pops up in a window, some quite amusing


B149     -=- Disc and CLI Utilities -=-
      QL Disc utilities - Read QL discs, convert screens, etc
      !Settype   = 1.01 Sets filetypes
      !Stamp     = 1.01 Data stamps files
      !PCDir     - Filing system for DOS discs if you don't have RO3
      !DosFS     - Another DOS filing system
      !DosForm   - DOS disc formatter
      !FileType  = Set file types
      !Dir       - Set CSD from within desktop
      !Format    - Multi-tasking disc formatter
      !DiscEdit  + Disc sector editor, works on DOS discs
      !SysUtils  - 2.30
      !ADFSDisk  - Creates a DOS partition on a hard disc
      !DiscUtils - Assorted utils from Abacus Training
      !StickyBD  - 2.00 The original
      !HDBackup
      !Apphelp   - Provides a Help utility for an application
      !IconCLI   - Lets you issue *commands from the Icon bar
      !LineEdit  - 2.30 For editing CLI commands
      !LoadProgs - Loads instead of Running a Basic file from the Desktop
      !Logga     - 2.13 Logs time spent using the Arc
      !Warfarin  = 1.10 Emulates mouse with the cursor keys or other user
                   defined keys
      !DiskClone - RM disc copier
      !BestCopy  - Another disc copier
      !Dup       - Copier for most types of disc including DOS, Atari, etc
      File compare- File compare utility
          PLUS - Three desktop dustbins (!Bin, !Dustbin and !Trash) and some
                 file recovery programs


B150  !AS        = 1.21 Assembler by Nicklas RÖjemo mainly for use with
                   Acorns DDE to create AOF files to link with C or Pascal.
                   This fills a gap in Acorn C v4 which has no inline
                   assembler. Includes C source
      DataToAOF  = 0.07 DDE tool by Paul Fidler to convert most Data files
                   to AOF format so they can be linked with other DDE object
                   files
      !VMM       = Virtual Memory Management module with SWI's to enable
                   programs to use a hard disc as virtual memory. With demo
                   files, written in Basic so they're easy to follow, which
                   illustrate its use
      XScheme    = 0.22 Version of Scheme programing language for the Arc.
                   by David Michael Betz. With C source. I don't know how
                   good it is as I have no experience of Scheme and
                   although there is a good Manual this assumes knowledge of
                   the language. Looks like a thorough implementation
      DrLink     = 1.27 Alternative to Acorn's Link. You willl need this if
                   you have a compiler without a linker


B151  !FileFind  = 0.5 Best file locator I've seen for the Arc. Easy to use
                   on any filing system. Can search any path and all you
                   need do to set the start location is drag a file to the
                   !Filefind icon
      !BlakHole2 = 3.34 Superior desktop dustbin with an animation on the
                   icon bar. Lots of other features including file find, RMA
                   utilities, etc
      !Partition = 3.09 Replacement for Acorn's SCSIFS t0 allows partitions.
                   With assembler source so you could modify it for other
                   SCSI filing systems
      !Usage     = 1.00 Shows CPU activity in a window on the icon bar.
                   Additionally you can open a window showing the percentage
                   of time the Wimp spends with each task
      !QuickDir  : 1.00 Speeds up moving about hard discs by letting you
                   move about the directory tree without needing to open a
                   filer window on each intermediate directory
      !Clock     = Digital clock that sits above the LH end of the icon bar
      !Charges   = 1.70 App. for people who use the computer commercially to
                   keep a log of work done on projects
      AC         = Another system usage accounting program
      !SetIcons  = Switches between various sets of icons
      Split/Join = Helps move a large file from a PC to an Arc. by splitting
                   it over several discs on the PC and joining it back up on
                   the Arc. Consists of a PC .EXE file and a CLI Arc. utility


B152     -=- Font Utilities -=-
      !FastFont  = Reads your Font List and creates a Module which speeds up
                   reading the fonts. With C source
      TurboFont  = Similar application to the previous
      SysFont    = Can be used to make any System font (and there are plenty
                   on this disc!) into a Module which can be used with the
                   *Alphabet <fontname> command
      !FontCtrl  = Helps configure your system to get the best out of the
                   font manager
      !FontEd    = 0.32  Acorns Font Editor. A bit old now and only works
                   with RO2 fonts but I don't know of anything better in PD
                   or Shareware. It can't produce RO3 kerned fonts but,
                   unlike earlier versions, it won't crash if you load one
                   Acorn permit this to be distributed under licence but
                   point out that they no longer support it, so if you do
                   have any problems or queries please don't ask them
      !PSfont    = Converts outline fonts to data which can be downloaded to
                   a Postscript printer so you can use your Archimedes fonts
                   with a PS laser
      8x8 Fonts  432 8x8 system fonts. These were scattered over earlier
                 discs so I've put them together here and provided a list.
                 From quite nice to weird to absolutely impossible
      Also Four different system font designer/editors. Three non desktop
      and one Wimp


B154     -=- RayShade 4.00 -=-
      Now a multi tasking Desktop program instead of command line driven
      Perhaps not as comprehensive as PoV on B096 but still very good


B155  !Grabber   = Grabs a desktop window as a sprite
      !Shade     - Converts colour sprites to greyscale
      !Automouse = Move mouse pointer slowly using the arrow keys, useful
                   for drawing and sprite editors etc
      !FormSize  = Tells how much space is needed for 'Wimp_LoadTemplate'
      !AntiTask  - Makes the desktop stop multi-tasking and run a single
                   program
      !NewIcon   = New file and desktop icons
      !KbdInfo   = Draws a picture of the keyboard and gives info about
                   INKEY and internal key numbers. Easier than looking up
                   the manual
      !PlaceIt   = 1.09 Sticky backdrop prog that only takes 16K. If you
                   don't have RO3 it's a must
      !CheckTemp = Displays info about Template files
      !Basic-M/C = Disguises a Basic program so it looks like machine code
      !Speaker   = Very simple program to turn the speaker On or Off. Just
                   runs from disc and changes its app. sprite to tell you if
                   the speaker is On or Off
      !Stereo    = Straightforward stereo Tracker player
      !ShowTrack = 1.02 Combines functions of oscilloscope and 64 band
                   spectrum analyser to display output of background music
                   players. Really needs Arm 3 but works with slower
                   machines at lower refresh rate
      !StopST    = Just stops tracker modules
      !STrename  = Renames Tracker modules
      !RMcreate  = Makes a Module from a Tracker tune
      !ColourMap = 1.00 Demonstrates colours as RGB, CMYK and HSV. Useful if
                   converting files
      !DiscPlot  = 1.02 Displays a Spritefile directly from disc in a
                   window. Uses almost no memory so you can look at a large
                   sprite when it's limited
      !Shapes    = 1.04 Simple 3D graph plotting program
      !Process   = 1.11 256 colour sprite manipulation program. Helps with
                   noise removal, colour separation, conv to black/white or
                   greytones, edge detection etc


B156  !SkyView   = 1.02 Superb program which shows a simulation of the sky
                   at any time and date with all the major astronomical
                   bodies from any location on the Earth. The result is
                   displayed in scrollable windows. Can also print the
                   output via printer drivers
      !EasiBase  = 1.01 Straightforward desktop database with a few nice
                   features. All the usual database functions. Fields can be
                   text, integer, FP or date. Cards are designed using a
                   'FormED' type editor so you can make them the way you
                   want them. Has simple graph plotting feature
      !FreeMemo  = Sits on the icon bar and tells you how much memory you
                   have free
      !Han-D     = The Author says this is called Han-D because he thinks it
                   is and because !PuncuationRemover won't fit. It removes
                   certain types of punctuation from text files
      !KwickLoad = An application launcher. Drag the application to the
                   icon to have it added to the menu
      !TskMaster = 1.32  Several facilities including '*' commands from the
                   desktop, start tasks from menu, open directories, speaker
                   on/off, free memory display, save/restore CMOS, ARM 3
                   cache control, and a desktop 'front end' for Squash
      !JstForFun = New borders for your windows. Some are quite nice


B157  !AWViewer  = Viewer for Artworks files. Lets people who don't have it
                   look at pictures created with CC's Artworks package
      !Jewel     = A Joint Photograph Expert Group image compressor and
                   decompressor based on release 3 of the Independent JPEG
                   group work
      !CSSC      = Compacted Screens Sequence Creator. Lets you display a
                   series of compacted screens in sequence. There is an
                   example program with six high quality images


B158  !Letter    = Program to create a 'letter on a disc'. Can use fancy
                   fonts and graphics
      !ArmState  = Replaces the Switcher and displays free memory and cache
                   state on ARM 3 machines
      !BootCtrl  = Lets you switch the !Boot application on your hard disc
                   on and off
      !CreateApp = 1.04 Helps create an application shell by selecting
                   options from a menu
      !Cursor    = Move mouse pointer with the keyboard and control pointer
                   shape
      !DialCode  = Lets you search for the place name if you know the
                   dialling code and visa versa
      !Disable   = Disables all delete/wipe/remove commands so you can't
                   accidentally delete files
      !Filextras = Various extra file commands to set filetypes, CSD,
                   access, wipe files, etc
      !HourMake  = 1.13 From Jon Ribbens. Design your own hourglass
      !Keyboard  = Displays character set in a desktop window in any font
                   available. If you click on a character it appears at the
                   caret so it duplicates !Chars utility although it doesn't
                   work with every program when used in this way
      !KillSprs  = Deletes sprites in the Spritepool duplicated in ROM. Lets
                   you restore default sprites if they have been changed
      !MF->Edit  = Converts files in Masterfile format to plain text
      !OurGlass  = Another utility to let you design your own hourglass
      !Toolbox   = Opens a window with several icons to perform actions on
                   files, discs, directories etc
      !ViewHelp  = 1.15 Lets you create !Help texts which can be viewed in a
                   window
      !WimpLook  = 1.01 Displays info about other windows and icons on the
                   desktop. Move the mouse pointer over any icon or window
                   to find out about it
      !Wiper     = File/directory deleter
      UUcoder    = A RM which acts as a very fast UUencode/decoder


B160             -=- Powerbase -=-
      6.84 = The most comprehensive and powerful Shareware database for the
      Archimedes. Has just about every feature you could need. Report
      generation, mail merge with Impression via Impulse, import/export CSV
      and can even incorporate sprites into databases. Latest version can
      keep a 'log' of changes made plus other improvements and bug fixes
      Comes with several example databases. Latest version has a 'quick
      tutorial' based on a simple name/address database to help new users
      Can handle mail-merge with Ovation and is Publisher/Style compatible
                                                *** updated Jan 96 ***
     !PrintLbls, a label printing program using CSV files and fancy fonts
      by Steven Haslam, primarily intended for use with Powerbase but is
      completely self contained

   REGISTERED VERSION with printed manual now available, see Commercial Cat


B160-A           -=- Powerbase Admin Suite -=-
         A suite of databases from the Authors of Powerbase for
         school/college administration. They comprise -

      !ALevel  = Analyses A level results and produces statistics on pass
                 rates etc. for results as a whole and individual subjects
      !Appoint = Generates a set of appointments for parents evenings and
                 prints appointment slips for parents and lists for staff
      !Attend  = Student attendance record/register
      !Block   = Helps place students in teaching 'blocks' in optimum
                 fashion and assign students to teachers, split groups,
                 produce timetables etc
      !Exam    = Produces tables with lists of names ready for the entering
                 of exam marks, calculates various data based upon the exam
                 results and produces printed lists

         B160 and B160-A cost £2 if purchased together on two 800K or
         one HD disc.This counts as only ONE POINT towards Bonus discs


B161     -=- Ghostscript -=-
      2.2 = The Ghostscript interpreter ported to the Arc. by David
      Elworthy. This is a variation of the Postscript (TM) language. The
      program on this disc is a full RiscOS implementation and as well as
      the main app. and the standard UGLYR font there are equivalents to
      Charter, Times and Zapf Chancery

B161-A   Additional fonts for Ghostscript. Equivalent to Avante Guarde,
         Bookman, Courier, Helvitica, Hershey, Palatino, Symbol and Zapf
         Dingbats

B161-S   Source code for Ghostscript. The C source for the Archimedes port
         and other versions distributed under the Free Software Foundation
         General Public Licence

      NOTE  If B161-A and/or B161-S are purchased at the same time as B161
      each disc will cost only £1 but do not count toward Bonus Points. So
      B161 and B161-A together would cost £2 or B161, B161-A and B161-S
      would cost £3 but in each case all the discs together would only count
      as one Bonus Point


B162  !Architype = 0.30 "An excellent touch-typing tutor". Can have timed
                   lessons and locked exercises to prevent cheating.
                   Infinite number of lesson and exercise files permitted
                   and can all  be user-edited. Now with large print exercises
      !Calendar  = 1.03I Application for creating calendars via Impression
                   using the ImpulseII protocol. With five sample calendars
      !HexEdit   = 0.94 view/edit any file byte by byte
      !NewChars2 = Improved version of !Chars which can also select fonts
      !PrintFile = Opens a 'Printer' window
      !ReadFile  = Opens a VDU window. Useful if you have !Edit loaded but
                   want to see what text will look like in a Command window
      !Cassette  : 1.35 Program from Mark Bright/Malcolm Knight to print
                   cassette inlays  *** updated Nov 95 ***
      InlayPrnt  = 2.05 Cassette inlays again but output can be as a Drawfile
      !VideoBase = 1.51 Database for video tapes. Improved version with
                   better report generation and more output options plus
                   keyboard shortcuts
      !QZap      = 0.20 Desktop disassembler. Not as comprehensive or
                   powerful as !Dissi or !Disassem but a useful tool for
                   examining machine code applications and simpler to use
                   With C source
      !Printset  = 0.18 Selection of printer facilities from the desktop
      !PrBuffer  - 1.00
      !PD-Impres = Pipedream to Impression data transfer utility


B164     -=- Desktop Customising -=-
      Windows    : 15 new designs which change window icons and scroll bars
                   etc. ranging from the attractive to the bizarre
      Paint      : New template and tool windows for RO3 Paint
      !Customise = Various new sprites and icons including new 3D window and
                   file sprites, backdrops, tool sprites, etc
      !NewTemps  = More new tool sprites
      !FilerPtch : 1.12 Various mods to the Filer module so that app. names
                   don't need to begin with '!', files can be hidden as with
                   DOS, improved Set Type menu, etc. NOTE - needs filer 1.64
      !ConvtApp  : Converts (most) apps to work with !FilerPtch ie. without
                   a leading '!' in their name
      DeskPatch  : Superb suite of customising programs to give solid 3D
                   file dragging, slabbed icons, anti-aliased fonts on the
                   desktop, specialised directory icons, some very nice
                   system sprites (the only ones I've seen so far that I
                   prefer to the standard ones). Lots of other features
                   Needs Filer 1.64
                   DeskPatch-1 and Deskpatch-2 are included. I'm told that
                   Deskpatch-1 works on RO3 but it wipes out the ADFS file
                   icons on my A5000, however Deskpatch-2 doesn't


B165  Password   = Hard disc password application
      !Alert     = Gives an indication when a task that 'hogs' the processor
                   has finished
      !ALT-Keys  = Re-installs the International Keyboard nodule if it has
                   been unplugged
      !ButtonBar = Puts a window on the screen with buttons which simulate a
                   keypress. You can define the buttons to suit any
                   application. Samples are provided for Edit and Impression
                   but you can easily make your own
      !FEd       = 8x8 system font editor. There are lots of these but this
                   one's quite good
      !Grabber   = Interrupt driven screen grabber. Ideal for games screens
      !HPCalc    = Emulation of Hewlett Packard HP15C scientific calculator
      !Indicator = CPU usage indicator with a meter display on the icon bar
      !Lunch     = 0.33 Out to Lunch - screen blanker
      !MoveWindo * When you hold down SHIFT+CTRL you can move a window by
                   clicking and dragging anywhere in it
      !Piggy     = Simple allowance or pocket money organiser
      !Sounds    = 1.02 Database for your record collection
      !Videos    = 1.01 Like !Sounds but for videos
      !Strip     = For people with fingers permanently hooked into mouse-
                   clutching shape lets you simulate pressing function keys
                   etc. by clicking on a keystrip above the icon bar
      ArmSI      = 3.46H Shows the type of computer and equipment and
                   calculates speed index etc

    Plus various clocks -
      !DigiClock = Digital clock in a small window so it doesn't take up any
                   icon bar space
      !DskChimes = Chimes every hour
      !HourAlarm = Does what you would expect
      !IconClk3d = Digital clock on the icon bar that I think is ugly and
                   too big but some people think is wonderful
      !IshClock  = Tells the time to the nearest five minutes or so


B166  DeskLib    = 2.14 Set of C and Assembler files which add to and/or
                   replace parts of the libraries supplied with Acorn DDE C.
                   This has been compiled by a team of people including
                   Jason Williams, David Pilling, Tim Browse, Keith Marlow
                   etc. so it's a professionally produced library. If you
                   program in C on the arc then you NEED this, don't
                   struggle with the libraries supplied with Acorn's C


B168  XLisp Plus = 2.1d Version of Lisp from Tom Almy. Based on the version
                   on B150 from David Betz with enhancements and bug fixes.
                   Full documentation and C source
      XScheme    = 0.28 No proper docs or even an Authors name so you will
                   need to be familiar with the language


B169  PERL       = 3.0 Practical Extraction and Report Language
                 An interpreted language optimized for scanning text files,
                 extracting information, and printing reports. Combines the
                 best features of C, SED, AWK and SH. Full manual in TeX
                 format plus an ascii version

B169S    C source code for PERL. B169 and B169S when ordered together cost
         just £2 This will count as only ONE POINT towards Bonus discs

B169X    It's *just* possible to compress PERL and C source on a single
         800K disc and B169X contains the contents of B169 plus B169S


B170  SBProlog   = 3.1 Archimedes port of SB-Prolog system written for UNIX
                 in the Dept of Computer Science at the University of
                 Arizona. Comprehensive manual and a few example scripts
         Note 1 - You need 2Mb to run this and 4Mb to run the compiler
         Note 2 - The Manual for SProlog is supplied as plain text but there
                  is also a version in PS format (see below)

B170S    C source for SBprolog. B170 and B170S ordered together cost £2
         This counts as only ONE POINT towards Bonus discs

B170P    The Manual for SBProlog in Postscript format. This costs just £1
         extra if ordered with B170 but will NOT give any Bonus Points


B172     -=- Programmers Utilities -=-
      !Zap       = 1.00 NOT the text editor but a non desktop memory editor
                   and disassembler
      !Disass    = Simple disassembler. A Module so it can be used from the
                   CLI outside the desktop
      !DisAsm    = Another simple disassembler
      !FP_Prog   = Basic procedure library to let you use FP opcodes in
                   Basic assembler programs
      !LabelChk  = 1.24 Checks Basic assembler program for duplicate labels
      !LoadBasic = Another last Basic Editor loader but by Steve Turnbull so
                   at least it works
      !Scrab     = Functioning screen grabber module written as an example
                   of claiming events. Source code is available from the Author
      !ShellC    = A desktop window in which to run Acorn C v3 but functions
                   as a general purpose CLI shell window
      !SpeedySWI = Changes textual SIW's in a Basic program to numeric
                   equivalents to make the program run faster
      !Wincode   = 2.00 Lets you design a window and then displays the
                   various parameters so you can incorporate it directly
                   into your code without using templates
      BasicUtils = Collection of short Basic programs to perform assorted
                   tasks. Includes disc readers which may be useful to
                   people who need to read/write non standard formats
      !BasicTask : Application to launch single tasking Basic programs with
                   output trapped in a Task window
      GoodIcon   = Short Impression doc by Toby Smith with hints for
                   designing icons plus examples. A text version is included
                   if you don't have Impression
      !Menus     = Version of David Andrews Menu Editor modified by Paul
                   Hobbs to work under RO3
      !FormEd2   = 3.02 Version of the Risc Squads modification of Acorns
                   FormEd improved and debugged by Paul Hobbs

         The remaining programs on this disc are utilities by Cy Booker

      AppEnsure  = Works like RMENSURE in !Run files but for applications
      ExtractBas = 2.00 Unscramble many of the PD programs that try to
                   disguise Basic as Absolute code
      FontMessage: 1.00 Generates files that can be used by the Font Manager
                   to tell it the names of all your fonts, speeds up many
                   applications
      RAMFsSize  = Ensures a certain size RAM disc exists
      FontWindow = 1.22 Simplifies use of fonts in icons and saves the
                   problem of them looking lousy in low resolution modes


B173     -=- Archimedes Fractal Group disc 3 -=-
      Note - Some programs on this disc require RO3 to work properly. Some
      are not new but are updated/enhanced versions of those on earlier AFG
      compilations. There's so much on this disc that I have just listed the
      program names. A must for fractal enthusiasts

      3DFractals, 3DLife, 4DSolids, Booker, ChaosGame, Dive, DiveBW,
      FastBrot3, FG, FracIFS, JuliaAnim2, Lorenz, Magrathea, Mandel,
      Mandel4, Mandelbrt, Mandel_1, MerryXmas, Newton, Orbits, Scenery,
      Spacefill, Startree, World, BasicFrac, Foglia, Frac-Rep21, IFS_EscTim,
      Julani2, Mandori, Marble-Tex, NewtonFrac, QuasiJulia, Shperagate,
      TAPI+, Texture3, Texture4, Roses, Quasi I-J,M


B174     -=- More Fractals -=-
      !Fractal and !FracPal = These definitive fractal generators by Mike
                 Curnow have appeared on other discs but I have put them on
                 this new disc so that I will be able to update it in future
                 as the others are completely full. There are two separate
                 versions, 0.30 for RO2/3 and 1.07 which is RO3 only
      !FracLand2 = 2.14 A program for generating and 'playing around with'
                   fractal landscapes
      !BreedeCA  = A program for genetically breeding Cellular Automata
                   rules. In effect an enhanced variation of 'Life'


B175     -=- Various Tracker Players -=-
      !ACH_Strkr = 2.00 Desktop Tracker/STracker player with controls which
                   also lets you listen to individual samples of a tune
      !AMFSTrackr= Standard tracker player with desktop front end by AMF
      !DSJukeBox = 1.30 'Juke box' desktop player for Digital Symphony
      !JukeBox2  = 1.30 Popular multi-tune player
      !STracker  = 4.02 Standard desktop tracker player
      !ProTrack  = 1.11 Superior tracker player from BASS
      !S/Tracker = 4.09 Another 'best' tracker player
      !PDTracker = 4.52 Probably the nicest tracker front end by Simon
                   Hatliff. Full of features and can queue up to 512 tunes.
                   Unfortunately with this version the author has chosen to
                   provide instructions in StrongHelp format instead of the
                   previous text file, so you'll have to struggle with that
                   instead of printing them and reading them at leisure.
      !Player2   = Straightforward non desktop player module loader


B176     -=- Tracker tools and utilities -=-
      STSpeedP   : Module to automatically issue a *playspeed command as you
                   switch between screen modes so music speed doesn't change
      !Speaker   = Switches the speaker on/off
      !DeskVu_2  = Desktop vu meter
      !DeskVu_8  = Ditto
      !EchoII    = 1.05 Digital delay line
      !GetSTMod  = 2.08 Archimedes <-> Amiga Tracker etc. converter
      !ProTrack  = 1.11 Desktop Tracker player
      !Restore   = Breaks up a Tracker Module into its constituent parts
      !ShowTrack = 1.02 Lets the Archimedes act like a spectrum analyser
                   Really needs ARM 3 to run properly but works on others
      !SpeakCtrl = 2.01 Switches internal and/or external speakers on/off
      !StopST    = Just issues the 'playstop' command
      !STRename  = 1.02 Renames Tracker modules
      !STtoRhap  = 1.00 Converts a SoundTracker file or module to Rhapsody
                   format
      !TrackCTRL = 2.00 Control Tracker modules from the desktop
      !Volume    = Controls the volume


B177  !AMFTrack  = 1.20 Superb Tracker tune editor and creator. Can work
                   with four or eight channel tunes
      !SampConv  = 2.13 Tool to convert between a large number of sound
                   sample formats
      !STsampFix = 1.01 Modifies samples where the headers aren't word
                   aligned so that they can be loaded by AMFTrack
         PLUS over fifty sound samples


B179  !ImpCompr  = 1.00 App by Jonathan Marten to automatically compress or
                   decompress Impression documents using !SarkFS
      !Finder    = 1.10 Program to 'find' things in data files. In practice
                   it's a sort of shell database that works with text files.
                   Examples include national vehicle number plates,
                   international dialling codes, post codes etc. As files
                   are text you can make your own, which is the main idea
      !Tabs      = Application for intelligently removing or inserting tab
                   characters in text files
      !AddLabel  = 1.00 *very* simple program to print a name and address
                   onto a label using a DM printer
      !Mackro    = 1.01 Inserts strings into the keyboard buffer so instead
                   of typing often used phrases you just click on an icon
      !TidyDesk  = 1.25 Extra desktop functions like allowing windows to be
                   tidied and manipulated, cut/paste icon text, customised
                   keyboard shortcuts, application launching etc
      !Smilies   = 1.03 Inserts those little strings into keyboard
      !WinTool   = Various features to control windows with the keyboard so
                   window order can be changed
      MkBitMap   = 2.00 Application by Cy Booker to make bit maps of fonts
                   to speed up font access
      !Examine   = Best desktop 'magnifier' I've seen. Has a variable zoom
                   which can work in reverse


B180     -=- !MPEGplay -=-
      Port of MPEG moving picture player for X-Windows from the University
      of California. Not as fast as Acorn's player but fast enough (with an
      ARM3). On this disc is the application complete with C source code and
      one demonstration file (F16)
      NOTE - !MPEGPlay requires 1.5MB free RAM to run

B180-A   Three more MPEG pictures for !MPEGPlay, Mickey, ROM  and Moglie

         If B180 and B180-A are ordered together they will cost only £2 but
         will only give you ONE POINT towards Bonus Discs


B181  !QuickFLIC = Displays PC FLI moving picture files in a desktop window.
                 With nine sample files including a nice dancer and and
                 animated Wankel engine. Films are available from APDL and
                 from PC Libraries


B182     -=- Graphics Utilities -=-
      !AnimView  = Another application to show a 'film' of sprite files in a
                   small desktop window
      !Clear2TGA = 1.00 Converts 24bpp Clear format files to 24bpp Targa
      !ClearInfo = 1.02 Gives info on Clear files
      !ExPal     = 1.01 Extracts the palette from a GIF, IFF or Clear file
                   and converts it to a Drawfile
      !FreeHand  = Simple drawing package for 'freehand' drawings which
                   saves its output as a Drawfile. Makes drawing of certain
                   shapes much easier than with !Draw itself
      !FYEO2     = 2.01 For Your Eyes Only. Viewer for JPEG, GIF, PPM and
                   Targa files. An alternative to Translator or ChangeFSI.
                   Unlike Translator it works within the desktop and it's a
                   lot faster and simpler to use. On the other hand as it
                   works within the desktop it's forced to use the Wimp
                   palette. The answer - get both!
      !GreyToRGB = 1.02 Combines three 8bpp Clear or AIM files to a single
                   24bpp Clear file so you can combine Red/Green/Blue images
                   into a true 24bpp image. Can also alter colour values to
                   produce 'weird' images
      !HackSpr   = 1.00 Adjusts poorly converted 16bpp sprites to true 8bpp
                   colour
      !IFFinfo   = 1.00 Provides basic info on ILBM IFF files
      !JPEGit    : 1.10A Extension to !ChangeFSI to give JPEG compression
                   You need ChangeFSI v0.95+ to use this
      !MakeJPEG  = 1.04 Converts GIF, PBM or Targa file to JPEG or visa
                   versa
      !PixelPal  = 2.10 Helps improve 16 colour sprites by showing colour
                   combinations needed to produce extra shades by dithering
      !Shade     = 1.01 Creates a Drawfile of a rectangular area shaded in
                   as many colours as possible from one shade to another for
                   producing backgrounds
      !SpriteMde = 1.12 Changes the Mode of a sprite without altering any
                   other data
      !TargaInfo = 1.00 Gives info about Targa files
      !TIFFinfo  = 1.00c Gives info on TIFF files
      !ChangeFSI = 1.01 As some programs on this disc use ChangeFSI I've
                   included a copy to stop people keep asking...


B184     -=- Desktop Customising -=-
      !3DIcons   : Complete set of low resolution tool icons
      !DeskFonts : Replaces the System font with an outline font whenever
                   VDU5 text is used, which means all over the desktop
      !DDD       = Dozens of 3D file icons for all types of files including
                   many commercial ones
      !Gadjets   : More lo-res window and tool sprites
      !NewIcons3 : Complete set of tool and file sprites for hi-res modes
      !NewLook   : Hi res 3D tool icons again
      !Selector  : Three sets of hi-res tool icons that you can switch
                   between by clicking on a 'button'
      !Tiles     : A series of 'tiles' for your RO3 16 colour backdrop
      !Tiles256  : Ditto for 256 colour modes
      !Tools     : Three sets of lo res tool icons from Stuart Ford
      !Windows   : More hi res tool icons plus a backdrop sprite
      Icons      : Complete set of tool sprites and many icon sprites
      Pointers   + Three different pointers intended for RO2
      !AltColors = A series of alternative desktop palettes


B185  Micro Emacs  = 3.11 Desktop version of the famous editor with all its
                   quirks and peculiarities. A bit ancient but still loved.
                   Has powerful Macro and text manipulating facilities so
                   although I wouldn't recommend it as an actual editor it
                   may be worthwhile loading a file into µemacs just to
                   carry out changes
      JGPsuite   = This appears to be a set of programs including a 'Risc
                   compliant' text editor and printing utilities
                   Unfortunately the Author has chosen to write the
                   instructions in the editor format which makes it somewhat
                   difficult to work out what it does


B186  Micro Emacs plus Source. µemacs 3.11 again but with full 'C' source
                 code including the Wimp specific files


B187  PRMindex   = Desktop index for the Programmers Reference Manual. Two
                   separate data files cover versions 2 and 3
      !VoxClock  = 2.36 Clock that speaks the time. Four sampled voices from
                   which to choose and you can make it tell the time at a
                   variety of intervals as well as when you click on it
      !DarkHorse = 1.03 Nice screen saver with some good graphics. All
                   functions user configurable and you can write your own
                   screens. As it only loads one screen at a time it uses
                   less RAM than many others. The program contains twelve
                   screens complete with source code. Several more 'packs'
                   are available as Individual items (see DH_pack...)
      !Grabber   = 1.03 Another screen grabber, this time by G.J.Lee
      !Indicator = 1.04 By Dick Alstein, displays CPU usage, Free memory,
                   Time, VU meter or the current screen mode on it's icon
      !Mode      = 1.04 Described by the Author as 'the most technically
                   advanced screen mode changer known', ie. click on it to
                   change mode
      !Status    = 1.03 Monitors Wimp messages and displays them in a
                   desktop window
      !WimpMon   = 1.34 Monitors events passed by the Wimp Extremely useful
                   debugging tool


B189     -=- Disc Utils -=-
      !IconDir   = 0.11 Opens directories, runs programs, etc rather like
                   Menon. If you have used Menon try this, it's much better
      !AI_Backup = 1.01 A *very* simple hard disc backup program
      !Catalogue = 1.13 Produces a catalogue of your floppy disc collection
                   Unfortunately the instructions are in German but the
                   program text is English and it's easy to use although
                   non desktop
      !Clone     = 3.00 Protected disc copier. Will only copy discs with
                   simple protection
      !DeskZoom  = 1.21 Amalgamates the !Boot files of a disc into a single
                   file to speed up filer disc access
      !DirCount  = Multi tasking 'count' in a desktop window
      !DiskBase  = 0.65 Another floppy disc contents database. Quite good
                   with lots of features including the ability to catalogue
                   the contents of ArcFS/Spark archives
      !FileList  = Just opens a VDU window
      !IDEFSdisc = Creates a DOS disc partition on an IDE disk for earlier
                   versions of the PC emulator
      !Indexer   : 2.00 Floppy disc indexer by Stuart Ford. Straightforward
                   program to scan root directories and produce output as a
                   text file
      !Kysmet    = 0.82 This is meant to move drive icons to a stack at the
                   left hand side of the screen instead of having them along
                   the icon bar. However it doesn't scan filing systems
                   automatically or restore things properly when you quit.
                   The manual is incomprehensible gobbledegook so it's
                   almost impossible to make any sense of it. I leave it to
                   you to decide if it's worth the trouble of trying to work
                   out how to use it
      !SCUSIform = Desktop formatter for Oak SCSI system. Easier to use than
                   the one supplied with the interface
      !Partition = 3.09 Replacement for Acorns SCSIFS that allows several
                   partitions as different drives. With assembler source so
                   you could modify it for alternative scsi filing systems
      tar        = General purpose archiving program. As it can archive to
                   floppies and can split the archive over many discs it can
                   be used for hard disc backup. Can compress if required.
                   Lots of features. CLI driven so not a desktop program
      !TapeFS    = 1.09 A 'crude' filing system to drive a cartridge tape
                   drive. Written for Acorn SCSI system but may work with
                   others. 'Alpha test' so not a finished product


B190     -=- King James Bible -=-
      The King James Bible as a series of text files, one file for each
      Book. (No, I haven't proof read it to make sure it's correct!). This
      came from a US source and so far as I can tell it's unabridged

    1. Archived on two 1.6Mb or three 800K discs (specify)  --  £3.00
    4. Gospels and Epistles ONLY on one 800K disc           --  £1.00

         Either gives ONE Bonus Point



B191     -=- Earth Map -=-
      Based on the CIA World Data Bank which is 130Mb of COBOL records.
      Compressed by Brian Reid to about 13Mb it shows continent outlines,
      rivers, boundaries, etc. The !EarthMap app. is from John Kortink and
      displays this map in a scrolling desktop window. You can zoom in or
      out or save sections as a Drawfile. This is a *much* more detailed map
      than !WorldMap on B127 and full installation requires a hard disc with
      over 14Mb free. The whole thing, with the display program, is supplied
      complete with an installation program to automatically de-arc and
      assemble the files (some of which are over 2.5Mb) to your hard disc.
      The program enables you to choose not to install rivers or boundaries
      in each continent so you can use less hard disc space if you don't
      need them all

             On six 1.6Mb discs         £10     (Either counts TWO POINTS
             On eleven 800K discs       £12       (towards Bonus Discs)

     *** See also David Pilling's 'Panorama' in the Commercial section ***


B193  A set of phonic animations by Dave Walsh for the letters A to M (no
      'E') intended for use with special needs children, adult literary
      classes or infants. These are provided with Tween source files and
      film for Projector (supplied), Genesis or Magpie. The rest of the
      alphabet will (hopefully) be provided at some time


B194     -=- GCC C++ -=-
      Version 2.7.2 of the Free Software Foundation C++ compiler. It's a
      real memory hog, ideally you need 8Mb. However it includes the C++
      compiler and a standard C compiler. The standard compiler works OK
      with 4Mb. Compiles to standard AOF format so can be linked with files
      produced with other Acorn compilers. Doesn't normally have a linker
      but a copy of DrLink is included which will link AOF files. Comes with
      Unix libraries and a copy of a RiscOS library which was intended to be
      used with an earlier version and is NOT fully compatible, although
      many parts could be re-compiled or altered, and provides much useful
      material. A copy of !Virtual is also provided (see B244)
      This version is now 'useable', especially if you just want to use
      regular C and not C++   *** updated June 96 ***


                 Four 800K discs . . . £4.50   (Either gives 2
                 Two 1.6Mb discs . . . £3.50    Bonus points.)


B196  !Sprich    Superb Shareware German language tutor which uses speech.
                 Registration is only £5 and there are other versions for
                 Chinese, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish etc available from the
                 Authors. Highly recommended
      !LingoMaster = 1.42 Another language tutor from Nigel Caplan. Not as
                 comprehensive or sophisticated as Sprich but you can easily
                 expand the vocabulary yourself


B197  UnixLib    3.6e A complete replacement ANSI compliant C library from
                 C.Rogers for use with Acorn ANSI C versions 3 or 4
                 Incorporates a subset of UNIX system call interface and
                 some System V and 4.3 BSD C libraries. Invaluable if you
                 are porting UNIX programs to the Arc
      C Utils    A series of UNIX-like C library routines including getopt,
                 string handling, file handling, data structures etc, etc


B198  Icon       Implementation of the Icon programming language for the
                 Arc. ported by Paul Moore. Supports large integers, co-
                 expressions, keyboard functions, system() etc. Includes
                 about 350K of documentation, mainly by Ralph Griswold, plus
                 source code


B199  !MUMPS     Interactive interpreter for the MUMPS language by
                 H.H.Verweij. This is a database programming language. It
                 doesn't multi-task but it does support more than one
                 running program internally. With extensive documentation
      !LittleST  A port of Tim Budd's Little Smalltalk by Geoff Lane. The
                 Author admits it's crude and probably contains bugs but it
                 appears to work. C Source included


B200  !APL       1.1 AArchimedes release of the Advanced Programming
                 Language. As usual with APL little documentation is
                 provided other than system specific items. You are expected
                 to buy the Manuals from the Authors
      !J         3.4a The J programming language is very similar to APL
                 Once again very little descriptive documentation is
                 provided, however !J does multi task in the desktop
      FLEX       2.30 Fast lexical analyser generator. A tool for generating
                 programs which recognise lexical patterns in text. Creates
                 output as C source code
      Bison      1.20 A port of the GNU project parser generator which is
                 the GNU version of UNIX yacc


B201     -=- Educational programs -=-
      Cambridge  = Multi-tasking emulation of the imaginary Cambridge
                   Microcomputer used for computer studies
      !Brownian  = 1.30 Simulation of Brownian motion
      !2DWaves   = Simulation of 2 dimensional waves
      !Graph     = Program by Mike Curnow to create a graph from a script
                   input file
      !MathGraph = Another program to draw scientific graphs
      !NCradle   = 1.20 Demonstration of Newtons Cradle
      !PCMdemo   = A program to demonstrate Pulse Code Modulation
      !PI        = Calculates pi to a set number of digits
      !ThreeDee  = 1.01 Much improved version of Robert Seago's perspective
                   drawing program
      !Kinetic   = 1.30 A simulation of the Kinetic Theory
      !Lissajous = 1.00 A lissajous function plotter by Mike Curnow
      !ArcCount  = Shows users free space on SJ fileserver
      !Library   = Simple non-desktop library catalogue program

    PLUS four programs from Dr Roderick Ferguson
      !SciGraph  = Creates a Drawfile of a scientific graph
      !SciModel  = Nonlinear least squares curve fitting application
      !SciTrans  = Allows transformance of 'x' and 'y' fields in the
                   previous programs
      !Atmospher = 1.02 Diagram of the various parts of the Earths
                   atmosphere in a scrolling desktop window


B202  !BSpice    = Berkeley Spice 3A6, Arc port by FKW and ETJ van de Pol as
                   BSpice v1.24.  The famous ciruit simulator from the
                   Electrical Engineering dept of the Uni. of California
      !Nutmeg    = 1.00 Program to take the output from Spice and create
                   diagrams using the data
      !AutoPCB   = Program by Pete Goodwin to create a Drawfile of a double
                   sided PCB with autorouting. The input is in the form of a
                   text file. No instructions, but the methods can be seen
                   from the examples provided. With C source
         NB. Some of these will not operate on the Risc PC but I am told that
         they do work if you use Game On (see the Commercial catalogue)


B203  !A4Extra   = Fixes some 'features' of the A4. Stops the HD from
                   powering down if the external PSU is on, controls the
                   cache and screen blanking and can switch between an
                   external monitor and the LCD display
      !Accounts  = Port of a BBC simple accounts program. Non desktop and
                   runs in Mode 7 but works OK
      !BBCTape   = Helps port programs from your old BBC to the Arc  via the
                   serial port
      !Calenary  = Extremely good desktop diary and Calendar from Ian Palmer
      !CMOSsave  = Another program to save your CMOS RAM
      !MakeCSV   = Converts a formatted text file to CSV format. Useful if
                   you want to transfer data from a document to a spreadsheet
      !MDisplay  = Displays multisync mode sprites on a normal monitor. It's
                   a Module with a desktop front end and the module swi's
                   are documented so you can use it with your own programs
      !MultiSync = Another module to let you display modes 18, 19, 20 and 21
                   on a normal monitor
      !ModeMan   = 1.32 Desktop Mode selector
      !NoteBook  = Very simple desktop notepad
      !ProLabel  = 1.08 Comprehensive disc label designer/printer. Supports
                   outline fonts and pictures (drawfile or sprite)
      !Wrap      = Lets the mouse pointer 'wrap around' so when it moves off
                   one edge of the screen it reappears on the other
      !StickyBrd = Another sticky backdrop program. You probably won't need
                   this if you've got RO3 but if you haven't...
      !Zap       = Oh no... Another program called !Zap. This is a file
                   transfer program for the Z88. It's not as good as the one
                   on B228 (but then I would say that) but it works OK


B204     -=- BBS/Email utilities -=-
      !Binkley   = 2.17 The instructions for this, as with most of this type
                   of program, are written in what is, to me, a foreign
                   language because I don't use BBS/Email. However I'm told
                   it's very good and if you need it you'll know what it is!
      !RUCP      = UUCP clone for the Archimedes. Once again if you want it,
                   you'll understand
      !ReadNews  = 0.24 Newsreader by Julian Wright to complement RUCP
      !Mailq     = Utility to show mails/news queued for RUCP
      !UUCoder   = Package to UUcode/decode by Richard K Lloyd. A lot faster
                   than most similar programs
      Parse      = All in foreign again I'm afraid, but it appears to be an
                   accessory for Binkley so...
      !SerialDev = Serial device driver
      !XSpark    = Archive server for the #N A I X#-ware Xmail suite. As the
                   Author (Steven Haslam) says, if you don't know what that
                   means (me!) you don't need it
              NB. Needs !Spark. Also includes !XSparkFS which uses !SparkFS


B206  Comprehensive beginners guide to the Archimedes by Dave Walsh. It uses
      the Hypertext system 'ClearView' so it's very easy to use and you
      don't need any great understanding of the Arc to use it (which would
      rather defeat the purpose of the whole thing). Ideal for schools where
      it can be used as a learning aid for beginners or a 'reminder' for the
      more experienced. Highly recommended for all new Archimedes owners


B208     -=- Programmers Utils etc -=-
      !ARMForth  = Desktop Forth compiler by Rob Turner of the University of
                   Hull. Unlike many it has good manuals and some example
                   programs. Will even run from floppy disc. Compiles to ARM
                   code and has an inline assembler
      !Glazier   : 0.30 Template editor. So far I haven't had any problems
                   with it. Perhaps as good as or better than TemplEd
      !BasCrunch ^ 1.02 Basic cruncher by Ragnar Hafstaa. Not as
                   comprehensive as !BC but quite fast and works well,
                   although programs sometimes fall over when you try to
                   compress variable and/or function names
      !AmpDebug  : 1.00 Desktop debugger by Ainsley Pereira. Consists of a
                   module which enables programs to report their status so
                   you can insert calls to this in your code
      !Monitor   = 1.00 Program that lets you disassemble, search or execute
                   machine code programs. Can single step and alter code
                   with an in-line assembler. Not completely bug-free but
                   works for most 'normal' code and can save a lot of
                   eyestrain staring at your source code trying to find out
                   why the %$#@&'ed thing keeps crashing
      Arm3Detect = Routines in C, Basic and assembler to detect if an ARM3
                   chip is present
      BasEntry   = Basic library Routines by Hugo Mills equivalent to argc
                   and argv in C
      Prot0      = Two simple Basic program to help recover from a crash if
                   a program runs wild and corrupts Page Zero
      SWIMod     = Module which can convert SWI numbers to names and visa
                   versa, list all the SWI's used by a module etc
      !BBC-GW    = 1.40 Non desktop program to convert BBC basic to GW
                   Basic. Of course many programs can't be converted but
                   this works with straightforward ones
      !GW-Q      = 1.00 Converts GWBASIC to QBASIC format with the advantage
                   that QBASIC files are plain text so you can look at them
                   in an Arc text editor
      !TaskW     = 0.15 If you haven't upgraded to RO3 and (even sillier)
                   haven't got a copy of !Zap this creates a Task Window on
                   the desktop


B209  TLA        = Simple procedure based single pass AOF format assembler.
                   Primarily intended for writing modules to be linked with
                   C without paying the high price for Acorns DDE assembler
      TASM       = Table driven cross-assembler for 8 bit micros with tables
                   for 8048, 8051, 6502, 8085, Z80, 6805, 6800/01 etc. With
                   documentation and examples. Note - you need a C compiler
      C_Utils    = Library of C routines. No real documentation although you
                   should be able to work out what's what from the header
                   files. Contains a version of getopt and regular
                   expression routines from the Free Software Foundation
                   plus a profiler
      DrLink     = 2.70 Replacement for Acorn's Linker supplied with their C
                   and Aasm packages. Not as comprehensive but adequate for
                   normal use and lets you produce executables with TLA or
                   Pascal (on B111) or !AS (on B150) if you don't have a DDE
                   package


B210  !Gofer     = 2.28 The documentation for this says it's 'a Haskell-like
                   functional programming language in the style of Orwell
                   and Miranda but adds an overloading system and proper
                   continuation-based I/O to the Orwell system taught at
                   Oxford'. So there! - Oh yes, it's by Mark Jones, this
                   port is from Bryan Scattergood and there's nearly half a
                   megabyte of documentation plus full C source code


B211  !APTracker = 2.00 Very good Tracker player/editor/creator from Andrew
                   Pepperell. Seems to have all the features you would
                   expect plus (unusual for anything to do with music) good
                   instructions. It looks like a very good program and I
                   suggest you give it a try
      !Sonic     = I *think* it's some sort of tune creator/editor to be
                   used with Creator II, but perhaps not. To quote verbatim
                   from the (very brief) instructions "The sonic player was
                   designed to play music made on the Ultrasonic. Sound
                   effect were created on the Midi sampler that were
                   converted on the ultrasonic. The sonic player is pretty
                   good as a music/sound effect player but will have extras
                   for creator programmers." Sort that out!


B212     -=- Music utils -=-
      !PlayTrack = 1.06 Comprehensive Tracker/Soundtracker player with lots
                   of features, full control of sound, vu meter, display
                   sample waverform, save tune as RM, etc
      !Sound     = 2.1 From Richard Brain. I think this is a program to
                   manipulate sound samples but as the Author couldn't be
                   bothered to write any instructions I can't be bothered to
                   try it. Hopefully someone will find it useful
      !Sound     = Confusing isn't it. A (very) simple program that let's
                   you play about with the Basic SOUND command. Can store
                   several 'notes' and you can 'play' tunes
      !DSP       = From Arm's Tech a bar/scope display
      !Player    = Non desktop program to play tunes. Also Splits the tune
                   up into its constituent parts so they can be manipulated
      !PlayerMod = 1.24 Another good soundtracker player by Nick Smith
      !EasySound = 0.01 Program by G.Lee to play sound samples
      !Spectr+   = Does a rough power spectrum estimation
      !Control   = Another last program to control the internal speaker
      !Transpose = Program from Tony Gibson to raise or lower the pitch of a
                   soundtracker
      !Trk_Print = Again from Tony Gibson, prints Patterns, Samples or
                   Sequences from a Tracker
      !MidiPlay  = 0.5 CLI driven app. by Stephen Goldthorpe. Plays MIDI
                   files in formats 0 and 1. The (short) Help file refers to
                   GEM so I suspect it's an ST port. With C source so it
                   could probably be rewriten it as a 'proper' Arc program


B213  !Supergram = 5.15 The best multi-word anagram generator. It doesn't
                   just give anagrams of single words but entire sentences
                   so it can generate all those phrases made up from
                   politicians names etc. I won't bother to give a detailed
                   description but if you're interested in anagrams this is
                   THE program
      !Address   = 0.53 Straightforward desktop address database. Not the
                   same as the one on B058
      !AddressD  = 2.01 Another desktop address book from Alex Hopkins.
                   Quite good and has decent instructions
      !Addresses = 1.25 Yet another, probably the best of the three. This is
                   by Neil Walker and can sort on various fields
      !TexBase   = Port of a BBC program so non desktop. A sort of text
                   database which lets you 'file' freeform text organised in
                   pages and carry out various searches etc. upon them.
                   Contains a simple editor to create the data

         The following are all non desktop and not really up to the
         standards of todays programs, but they have been sent to me by
         people who are using them so they may be of use

      !DataDes   = Advantage of this is that the database format is very
                   flexible and the files are plain text
      !Database  = Non desktop name and address database
      Birdlog    = A twitchers database
      !CDindex   = Catalogue for your CD's
      !Albums    = Ditto records


B215     -=- Educational programs -=-
      !Palabras  = Program by Tony Gibson for A level Spanish students which
                   acts as a dictionary/phrase book
      !Turtle    = Turtle Graphics program from Mike Charlton. Different
                   from the one of the same name on B127
      !CLIdetect = Temporarily disables the CLI. Stops students (!) pressing
                   F12 and doing things you don't want them to
      !Fuse      = 1.00 Helps you decide what fuse an appliance needs. You
                   choose the appliance and power consumption and the fuse
                   you think it needs. The program shows whether it's too
                   small (the fuse blows) or too large (you have caused a
                   fire)
      !Plug      = 1.00 Rather nice program to teach you how to wire a 13
                   amp plug correctly. You have to drag the three wires to
                   the correct terminals
     !Motor     =  Animation of a four cylinder engine showing the four
                   cycles. Non desktop and rather crude but the cycle is
                   clearly demonstrated with valves opening etc
      !Maths     = 1.00 Non desktop function graph plotter by R.H.Thornburrow
                   When I first tried this it wouldn't run but I've cleared
                   some of the obvious bugs and most of the functions seem
                   to work. In theory it should run on a BBC or Nimbus as
                   well but I've only tried it on the Arc
      Software Choice - A 'Clearview' hypertext from Dave Walsh to help
                   decide what software you need. Mainly intended to help
                   teachers, IT co-ordinators, etc


B216  !Image     : 1.41D  Superb 24 bit image processing package from Ian
                   Palmer. Can alter colour range, filter an image, resize,
                   rotate, merge images etc. Can read sprites (including
                   15bbp and 24bpp), Clear files, PBMPlus, GIF and JPEG. One
                   advantage is that Image doesn't need to hold the file in
                   RAM but can operate from disc, so you can manipulate an
                   image larger than available RAM
      RMAManager = Tries to 'tidy  up' the empty random blocks in the RMA
                   left when modules are killed or give up their workspace
                   so the RAM can be returned to the main pool. Can make
                   quite a bit of RAM available if you have been
                   loading/killing various modules
      !Secure3   : Provides a small amount of security if your computer is
                   stolen. Mainly intended for the A4, it diplays a security
                   screen when the computer is started up. This could easily
                   be bypassed by an experienced user but 99% of computer
                   thieves wouldn't know an Arc. from a Z81 so it might make
                   them discard it or not bother to nick it
      Direction  : Displays the current Path before the CLI '*' prompt like
                   the 'prompt $P$G' DOS command. Seems to work on all the
                   filing systems I've tried
      !A4_Utils  : Helps with changing the monitor and managing the battery
                   on an A4
      !ACH_ResFS : 1.00  Replacement for the Resource Filer which alows some
                   apps (eg Config, Alarm) to be password protected so small
                   prying fingers can't scramble your setup. Would probably
                   be VERY useful in schools
      !BitFlip   : Lets you get at some of the bits of CMOS RAM that other
                   CMOS editors can't reach
      !EasyMode  : Screen mode editor/creator from Gary Lee. Intended for
                   people who understand how the Arc screen modes are set up
                   and is NOT for the novice. If you want to write a Mode
                   Module it can save a lot of time fiddling with parameters
      !MakeDict  = Pieces together the files that make up the dictionary in
                   !WordHound to let you edit it on a 2Mb machine
      !Watcher   = Another app to replace the Task icon and show free memory
                   and cache on/off


B217     -=- Acorns BCPL Compiler -=-
      Like the Pascal compiler on B111 this has been released as 'public
      domain' as Acorn no longer wish to support it. There's no proper
      documentation and it's CLI driven but it does come with source code as
      well as the executables. This is rather old and predates the AOF
      format so unlike Pascal it can't produce linkable files, but the
      advantage is that it compiles directly to executable code so you can
      use it on its own.
      I've never used BCPL so I don't know how good it is but I'm told it
      works well and is stable. As BCPL is actually the precursor to 'C'
      it's probably a good (and cheap!) starting point it you are new to
      compiled languages


B218     -=- C++ Tutor -=-
      Similar to B124 from Coronado Systems and again ported from the PC,
      but as 'C' is meant to be portable this shouldn't really be a problem.
      Comes with lots of short example programs. As the only C++ compiler at
      present is the GNU version (B194) and that needs a LOT of memory there
      might not be a massive demand for this but if you do have the GNU C++
      it's going to be much cheaper than buying a book in order to find out
      what all the fuss is about

         If you want this in the original PC format you can have
         it part-archived on a 720K disc - ** Specify PC format **


B219     -=- Text files - trivia and humour -=-
      Movie Trivia - A quarter Mb text file containing a huge amount of data
                 about films. directors trademarks, directors appearing in
                 their own films, actors trademarks, cameo roles, etc. Hours
                 of browsing for film buffs
      Cookies    Two large 'Fortune Cookie' files totalling over half a Mb
                 of witty and amusing items. Something for everyone
      Coca Cola Recipes  -  Honestly, it's NOT a joke. Twelve recipes for
                 cooking with Coca Cola. (I don't know how people can even
                 DRINK it let alone cook with it...)
      Star Trek  A technical description of the operation of Warp Engines
                 and the true relationship (hitherto not revealed) between
                 Warp Factor and Light Speed. This material has not been
                 published in one place before and the Author has been
                 forced to glean it piece by piece from such places as the
                 Franz Joseph blueprints and the Spaceflight Chronology
                 book. Essential reading if you are building a Starship in
                 the garage
      Unix Hoax! At last it can be revealed. Unix doesn't exist, it's all
                 just a joke!
      Bill Jokes One hundred and eleven 'Slick Willy' jokes. Some of them
                 are even funny
      Wit-4-Wisdom - Over 200K of 'witty and wise' sayings (!?)
      Smoke Kills - It's official - smoking kills computers
      Real Programmers Don't Eat Quiche - Essential reading!
      C Bible    Genesis according to C. 'Let there be Code'
    PLUS - two humorous Drawfiles


B220     -=- Text files - philosophical? -=-
      Abigail    The Book of Abigail. A quasi-religious document recalling
                 the words of the travelling sage Agigail and her five
                 followers
      Venom      "Many have trod the path of the infinite before... It would
                 be foolish for one to beat his own path..., when there is
                 encouragement and guidance to be had". (Hmm)
      Poison     "These writings will not be welcomed by the run of humanity
                 nor are they intended for such animals... My wisdom is not
                 for the public life and the organizations within it,
                 neither for mass movements nor break-away sects.... the
                 wisdom I speak of in these writings cannot exist in such an
                 environment and in such minds". (Same author, hmm again)
      Followers  Book of the Five Followers, sequel to the Book of Abigail



B221     -=- Text files - hardware and programming -=-
      This disc isn't very full at present but I hope to use it as a
      repository for various 'data' and 'hints' files, so send them!!

      C Hints    'Hints for Efficient Programming'. A collection of hints
                 and tips for speeding up 'C' programs. Many refer
                 specifically to Intel architecture but worth reading
      HDriveList Text file containing details of hundreds of hard discs
                 These are all 'old' drives, IDE, MFM, RLL and SCSI, so it
                 could be  useful if you want to use a PC drive on your Arc
                 and don't have the data to format it
      Seagate Drives  Data on 19 common older Seagate IDE drives from ST125
                 to ST2274. Specification, connections, links, etc
      HardDisk!  A magazine review of a *massive* 10Mb hard disc available
                 at the *incredibly* low price of only $895
      AssemTut   Text of a lecture given at Yale Uni. on the subject of
                 assembly language. This is a very simple 'starter' for
                 anyone interested in writing Intel code. (Advice - dont!)
      Copyright  Intended to help U.S. authors register copyright which is a
                 lot more complex than here. However it does give a few
                 interesting pointers
      Shareware  The historic 'Programmers Guide' by Nelson Ford plus
                 letters, most of which predate the founding of the A.S.P
                 Still lots of VERY good tips for Shareware Authors
      ARMrules   Some important rules for ARM code writers concerning some
                 instruction sequences which can cause problems
      Colours    Notes and M/C examples from Roger Wilson on finding the
                 closest colour match among the standard 256 colours
      SpritePlot Again from Roger Wilson - how to display a sprite mode
                 independently and quickly
      ARMDivide  Some examples and notes on machine code divide routines
      StyleGuide Some notes on information contained in the RO3 Style Guide
                 plus example templates and icons
      Smileys    A list of 'smileys' and what they mean
      Trouble Chart - A trouble-shooting flow chart for professional
                 programmers and project controllers


B222    'The Programmers Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC'
                        by Dave Williams

      The definitive Shareware reference book for anyone interested in
      writing PC programs. It contains in one volume almost everything you
      need. I have a bookshelf with about £200 worth of DOS reference books
      and I don't think there's very much in them that I couldn't find here
      It is NOT a 'how to use DOS' book, but is aimed at programming at
      DOS/BIOS interrupt level.

         If you want this in the original PC format you can have
         it part-archived on a 720K disc - ** Specify PC format **


B223     -=- Disc/Compression utilities -=-
      gzip       = 1.2.3 GNU Zip. For creating/de'arcing ZIP files. I have
                   successfully transferred files to/from a PC using this
                   With C source code
      !AutoArc   = 2.10 Makes archiving a series of files/apps using ArcFS
                   easier and lets them be replaced by archives with the
                   same name automatically
      !ArcAuto   = Another program to make archiving a series of directories
                   with ArcFS easier. Intended for archiving applications on
                   a floppy disc
      !BatSpark  = Makes archiving files with !Spark easier. Allows an
                   application to be arc'ed as a series of separate files
      !CFSCopier = Various features to make CFS more convenient to use
      !FSC{-}CFS = 1.01 Lets you switch between a CFS directory and the
                   normal version of the same directory
      !SwapCFS   = 1.02 Another utility to switch between CFS and the
                   regular directory
      !MultiArc  = 1.03 Makes creation of archives consisting of many
                   files/applications using SparkFS simpler
      !Boo       = Application to de-BOO files. With C source
      !Locked    = Simple app to lock harddisc until a password is entered
      !Protect   = Can protect up to 21 directories from unauthorised
                   access. Works with Image filing systems as well so can
                   protect archives (ArcFS, SparkFS, etc.) and DOS
                   partitions as well as conventional directories
      !StopFCE   = Not really needed now but with RO2 if you forget to
                   DISMOUNT discs you can get a 'Filecore in use' error
                   which can stop all filing application until you RMREINIT
                   the module
      SparkFSClk = Allows SparkFS to be used with directories that don't
                   have filenames beginning with '!'
      !UnArj     = 2.30 DDE utility to decompress ARJ files


B224  !DirMenu   = 0.24 When you click MENU on the title bar of a filer
                   window this displays a menu tree of the path of the
                   window so you can move back up the tree to any other
                   directory without passing through the intermediate
                   directories. Invaluable if you have a large hard disc
                   with complex structures
      !FileSplit = 1.01 From Ainsley Pereira, lets you split very large
                   files over several floppy discs so you can transfer them
                   between machines
      !OpenDir   = Opens a directory if you drag it to the icon. Would
                   probably be useful to anyone who is disabled or has
                   difficulty opening application directories ie. using the
                   mouse while holding the SHIFT key
      !Ram3      = An alternative RAM FS. I can't find anything noticeably
                   better than normal but some aspects are different and you
                   may prefer it
      !Renamer   = Useful if you port files from a PC. Changes those 'orrid
                   and ugly upper case names to nice, pretty, Acorn ones in
                   lower case with a capital first letter. Works recursively
                   through directories and has a substitution list so it can
                   substitute certain names. eg README could become ReadMe
      !Convert   = Now we all have RO3 (well, nearly all) and don't use apps
                   like DosFS and PCDir any more we have to manually change
                   the PC LF/CR to a LF when importing/exporting text files
                   This program does it automatically
      !HDSpeed   = Simple program to asses HD speed. Only really useful for
                   comparisons but works on any filing system (even floppies)
      !CMOSSave  = Another CMOS RAM saver. Saves entire CMOS to disc
      !TrashFS   - Another 'dustbin'. I'm told this works but I can't get it
                   to operate properly with RO3 though it seems OK with RO2
      !KeyDir    : Lets you quickly change CSD, URD, etc. from a menu
      !Magnify   = 0.51 Nice Desktop magnifier. Written by SICK so, as
                   usual, the instructions are written in gobbledegook but
                   it's intuitive to use so you don't have to read them
      !MoonTool  : Gives info about the moon. Phase, age, distance, angle,
                   dates of last/next new moon etc. plus other things
      !MouseII   : 2.00 Much improved version of Andrew Heckfords Mouse
                   program. Lets you set mouse step, pointer wrap, cursor
                   control, and can switch to a large brightly coloured
                   pointer for the 'visually challenged'
      !PrntDiary = Prints a 'desk diary' with a month on each page. Days can
                   have personalised entries anniversaries, birthdays, etc
      !PrintLbls = 1.20 A label printer that can use fancy fonts. Takes
                   input from a CSV file so can use output from most
                   databases, spreadsheets, etc. Written by Steven Haslam
                   primarily to work with Powerbase but as it's a useful
                   program in its own right I've put it on this disc as well
      !FontCombi = 1.00 Program from Andrew Heckford to allow font
                   directories to be included/excluded from Font$Path
      !WFNBoss   = Converts WFN (Corel Draw etc) fonts to Archimedes. Not
                   very fast but then you only use it once for each font
      !WinScreen ~ Lets you have several desktop 'screens' and switch
                   between them. Much better than programs like Largeness'
                   which can get a bit confusing. If you don't have a hi-res
                   monitor but want a bbiiggg desktop this will be useful


B225     -=- Emulators -=-
      !Woz       = Apple IIe emulator. Does most things but doesn't include
                   the Apple ROMs. If you have a IIe then it contains
                   instructions for porting them and the Author will supply
                   copies on disc if you give PROOF of ownership of a IIe
      !MZX       = 1.10 48K Sinclair Spectrum emulator. This apparently works
                   very well (I've never owned a Spectrum so I can't test
                   it properly). Can multitask or operate in single tasking
                   mode for speed. Runs at about 60% of Spectrum speed on an
                   ARM2 machine, around normal speed with an ARM2.5 and too
                   damn quick with an ARM3. Now works on RiscPC
      !Trash80   = A TRS 80 emulator from the same Author as !Woz. Again I
                   don't know anything about this computer but I've tried a
                   few simple Basic programs and it seems to work quite fast
      !Spconv    = Converts beween various Spectrum 'snapshot' files so they
                   can be imorted/exported to and from MZX
      !MZXface   = 0.02 From Andrew Clover, lets you cheat with Spectrum
                   games using the Multiface pokes which were published in
                   Spectrum magzines. Includes lots of cheats


B226     -=- Acorn's RiscOS3 upgrade disc 1 -=-
      Comprising !Printers v1.22 and ColourTrans 1.57, all © Acorn Computers
      and distributed with their permission
      The new printer manager requires RiscOS 3.1 or later and 2Mb of RAM
      It permits background printing via a disc file, improved colour
      support, especially with 256 colours, better Printer Definition Files,
      including drivers for HP 500C, 550C (also works with DJ310 colour) and
      1200C, BJC600 and Epson Stylus 800. Other PDF's have been improved and
      the list updated to include more than 300 printers There is less disc
      swapping required for floppy disc users, PS printing is improved,
      better page definition, and many other changes and enhancements based
      upon feedback from users


B227     -=- Four Art Packages -=-
      !FineArt  :~ 1.00 Highly acclaimed program by Barry Alcock. If you
                   follow the PD columns in magazines you will have seen
                   this mentioned so I shan't describe it at length, but you
                   should be aware that it really needs 4Mb
      !Rembrandt = 4.22 Quite good 256 colour art program from R.B.Brown
      !Arctist+  = 1.00 256 colour art package. Rather old now and once
                   withdrawn because it kept crashing, now modified by a
                   user so it doesn't. I have made a few changes to stop it
                   needing a hard reset when you quit and fixed some other
                   bugs
      !ArchAngel = 3.50 Another 256 colour package. Like Arctist it's a bit
                   old but seems to work well and unlike some later programs
                   is OK with only 1Mb. Comes with good instructions


B228  !Attribute = 1.31 Allows view/recursive setting of file attributes
      !Find      = 1.0 Desktop file finder - only works for ADFS
      !Keys      = 1.1 Lets the Fkeys issue OS commands within the desktop
      !MakeApp2  = 1.00 Disguises a Basic program to look like compiled
                   code. An improved version by Dick Alstein based on Stuart
                   Hickinbottom's original
      !RMA_Man   - 1.2 Gives info about the RMA and Modules
      !ModeUtil  = Shows data about screen modes and lets you select them
                   from a scrolling window
      !Mouse     = Speed controller
      !NewBar    - 1.20 Puts icon bar within a movable window
      !StartTask - 0.82 Works like the '*Desktop -file' command used to run
                   apps from your !Boot file but can be used at any time,
                   not just when you first start up
      !TText-Spr - Converts Teletext screens to sprites. Useful if you use
                   Viewdata and want to capture a screen
      !Backup3   = "An excellent hard disc backup utility"
      !Dup       - Protected disc copier. Won't work with the controller
                   fitted to machines which have 1.6Mb drives
      !Guesstype - Tries to make an intelligent guess at unknown file types
                   and set type accordingly
      !WasteBin  = Good desktop dustbin - no frills but works well
      !Z88       = 3.50 Link your Z88 to the Arc. Works at up to 19,200
                   baud. Can save files as an 'Archive' or individually
                   Converts between Z88/Arc Basic. Now acknowledged as the
                   standard Arc-Z88 transfer program and most users say it
                   is better than Z88 Link
      !Acopy     = 1.31 Another disc copier that will copy DFS, ADFS, MSDOS
                   and Atari discs
      !FastForm  - Fast disc formatter (but doesn't check for bad sectors!)
      !FileAct   = 2.12 Performs actions on files dragged to its icon. Many
                   features, can start tasks with 'hot key' etc
      !PCRamDisk = A RAM disc for the PC Emulator that creates a partition
                   on the Arc RAM disc and so doesn't use any PC RAM
      !SetType   - Sets filetypes
      !Wiper     = Forces deletion of locked files/directories
      !FileCheck - 2.00  By Glyn Davies, notifies if a !Boot, !Run or
                   !Runimage file alters in length. Used for detecting
                   virus activity


B229  !StrongED  = Text editor. The early, non desktop, version of Strong
                   Ed, retained because it's an easy to use editor which
                   takes minimal RAM. A worthwhile program in its own right
                   and not just an inferior version of StrongED II
      Crazee Writer = Simple non-desktop text editor
      !Diction   = Simple Desktop spelling checker. Doesn't check text, you
                   type in a word. Easy to add new words
      !CardIndex = 2.20 Desktop database. Much improved version. Better than
                   many of the other PD desktop databases available
      !DiskLib   = 2.0 Creates a Library database of your floppy disc
                   collection. Can print out lists of disc contents, etc
      ArcExam    = 0.10 Archived file examiner/recovery. Displays data about
                   an archive to help you find out what is wrong
      !FileInfo  = 1.40 Gives info about files in a desktop window
      !Access    = 0.10 Sets file attributes recursively
      !BackDrop2 - 1.49 Lets you use a large sprite as a backdrop
      !Decoder and !Encoder 1.20 Encode and decode files
      !DeskAid   = 0.19 Many utilities in a single application that takes
                   only 16K and one space on the icon bar. Prints text files
                   in the background, launches tasks, controls the CSD,
                   dumps files, opens directories, sends printer control
                   codes, sets file types, locks/unlocks files recursively,
                   a comprehensive command line interface which can make '*'
                   commands act on files and more. Every function can be
                   configured by the user
      !FileUtils - 4.07 Various utilities for discs and files
      !Prog      - 1.00 A programmable application. Lets you apply commands
                   to files
      !Runner    - 1.00 Runs applications
      !SparkInfo - 2.02 provides info on Spark files
      Exist      - Finds out if a file exists
      NoLook     - If you put these files in an application directory no-one
                   can look into the directory
      Protector2 - Protects discs and hard discs from unauthorised access


B230  !Menon     = 2.06 The famous disc menu and task launcher. If you have
                   a large hard disc with a complex directory structure you
                   should try this
      !PseudoApp - 1.00 Lets you have a 'pseudo application' in a directory
                   which, when you click on it, runs the 'real' app which
                   can be somewhere else
      !Aidon     - 1.16 Displays disk free space in a small window
      !DiscCat   = 3.10 Makes a catalogue of your discs. Much improved over
                   earlier versions
      !Find      = 1.08 Nice desktop file finder by Joris Röling
      !VKiller   = 2.30 Rather dated now but still a useful virus killer
      !Trash     - 1.40 Another useful desktop dustbin from R.K.Lloyd. With
                   source code in Basic assembler format
      Ripper     - Utility to load third party games etc. and "rip" the
                   graphics from them
      Interface  = 2.0  RM with lots of commands to make your windows and
                   menus easier to design and more attractive
      !FormEd    - 1.02 Original Template designer. Much improved upon now
      !App_Maker - 1.00 Simplifies making an 'application shell'
      !AppHelp   - 1.00 Displays 'help' text for an application in a small
                   desktop window
      DeskModes  = 2.1 Creates new 16 colour modes with 84, 88, 92 or 96
                   columns and 32, 33, 34 or 36 lines. Ideal for desktop
                   with standard monitor
      !Shell     - 1.07 Simple desktop application 'shell'
      !WimpKit   = 1.02 Shows window and icon flags. Useful for designing
                   windows and menus requiring the extra items FormEd can't
                   provide
      !Menus     - 4.20 Lets you create and manipulate Wimp menus


B231  !Scheme    = 1.02 Display creator from Andrew Barron lets you put
                   together folders containing sprites, text files and
                   Tracker music. Looks like a very useful application as
                   although it doesn't work in the desktop it's quite fast
                   and a LOT cheaper than commercial programs
      !Coord     = 1.00 Display mouse coordinates in a small window
      !DeskDump  = 1.00 Grabs desktop screen as a sprite
      !DiscLabel = 3.02 Prints disc labels
      !MouseStep = 2.00 Change mouse step from the desktop
      !PrinterTX = 2.04 Prints text files
      !PrintMan  = 3.40 Sets various fonts etc. for Star LC24-200
      !QuickCLI  - 1.00 For people who can't bear to let go of the mouse for
                   even a second - click on the icon to get the CLI instead
                   of pressing F12. (No - I don't know why!)
      !SetDir    = Sets the current directory
      !InitDM    = Lets you set fonts, etc. Modified for use with KXP1124
      !ColText   = 1.51 Reformats text files into two or three columns
      !Detective = 1.00 Displays file size, type, etc in a desktop window
                   Obsolete with RO3 but RO2 couldn't do this
      !Globe     = 1.60 A small spinning globe
      !Globe2    = 1.00 Similar to !Globe but slightly bigger
      !React     = 2.10 Reaction timer
      !Padlock   - 1.00 Prevents unauthorised access to directories
   PLUS 1W+ printer drivers for Star LC10 printers and 5 animated pointers


B232  !Addr_Book = 1.7 Freeform RM database. Can insert names and addresses
                   into text in most WP's including Impression, Pipedream,
                   1WP and even Interword and View. Since it's '*' command
                   driven you can write simple Basic programs for label
                   printing, mail merging, etc
      !CardBank  = 1.02 Useful database. Modified to work with RO3 and
                   filing systems other than ADFS
      !HelpGen   = 3.03 Help system generator
      !Multifile = 1.18 Straightforward database ported from the BBC/Master
                   so it's non desktop and uses Mode 7 menus. However it's
                   easy to use and has good instructions
      !PipIn     = 0.94 Pipedream <--> Interword file converter, also
                   converts PD files to text and 1WP format. Can be used
                   with Z88 as well
      ArcOutline = 1.04 A 'text outliner' which can help 'design' a piece of
                   writing. Allows up to eight 'levels' of ideas which can
                   be displayed as required
      !AngleConv = 1.04 Converts between deg, Rads and Grad
      !BaseConv  = 1.04 Number base converter
      !Graph     = 1.16 Desktop graph plotter. Can save output as a CSV file
                   but can only print the graphical result (via RiscOS PD's)
                   and not save it as a Drawfile like some others
      !Integrate = 1.01 evaluates definite integrals
      Internat   = 1.00 Allows country, keyboard and alphabet to be  changed
      !VATCalc   = 1.00 Calculates VAT and can also work 'backwards' from
                   the inclusive price
      !Wages     = A (very) simple program to calculate your 'take home pay'
                   given the gross pay, tax free allowance and tax rate. Can
                   only cope with a single tax rate so not for serious use
    PLUS a suite of utilities by Cy Booker including Unformat formatted text
      files, a date orientated recursive *Dir, file list utils, MuFi allows
      all filing system commands to use multiple wildcards Touch, sets a
      files' timestamp and more


B233     -=- Graphics Utils -=-
      !MakeGIF   = 2.05 Program from John Kortink to convert Arc Sprite or
                   Clear files to GIF. Now superseded by Creator but this
                   program may be simpler to use
      !MakeTIFF  = 2.05 Ditto for TIFF files
      !MakeIFF   = Non-desktop program to convert Arc sprite files to IFF
      !HackSpr   = 1.00 Helps you correct palette irregularities in sprites.
                   Useful after converting from 'foreign' formats
      Grid       = temporarily draws a grid over the screen. Useful for
                   lining up objects in Draw, template editors, etc
      !MakePCX   = Converts 2, 4 or 16 colour sprites to PCX format images
                   With C source
      !Dxf-CGM   = By Keith Sloan, converts between DXF and CGM Metafile
                   formats. The Author points out that this program is not
                   complete and cannot cope with complex constructs
      !EPSobject = Converts EPS format files as used by Corel Draw, Aldus
                   Freehand, Adobe Illustrator etc. into vector objects
                   suitable for use in !Draw
      !Design2   = Simple non desktop drawing program that lets you create
                   complex 'mirror image' artwork
      !RGB_Spr   = 1.00 Converts 24bpp RGB description file into a sprite
      !Multi     = 1.22 Program from Alun Jones to display sprites created
                   in any mode on a standard monitor
      !SpriteFix = Converts sprites saved from specialised modes into the
                   nearest standard screen mode
      !SpriteFS  = 1.08 Lets you view the sprites in the System Sprite area


B234  !3DEditor  : 2.16 Provides an interactive front end for raytracers
                   like QRT. A major upgrade from the earlier version with
                   several example files and a Manual as an Impression doc.
      !EditPal   : Utility from Mike Curnow to edit 256 colour palette files
      !ImpDemo   = Image processing program that can add false colour,
                   motion blur, etc
      !SortSprit = 1.11 Sorts sprites in a file into alphabetical order


B235  -=- Various 'movie' programs -=-
      !MPEG      = 2.0.6 A MPEG movie file player by Paul LeBeau based on
                   the player from Berkley Uni, California
      !PlayAVI   = 1.00 Program by Paul Gardiner to play films for
                   Microsoft's 'Video for Windows' package
      !Player    = Simple desktop program to display a spritefile movie
      !View      = 4.01 Another desktop slide show program
      !Vids      = Yet another slide show!


B236  -=- Graphics programs -=-
      !Thumbnail = 1.30 Superb program from Ian Palmer to display a series
                   of miniature versions of pictures so you can find the one
                   you want quickly in a similar manner to PickAPic. It
                   provides support for Sprite, Draw and Artworks
      !ChangeFSI = 1.01 Thumbnail uses ChangeFSI so I have provided a copy
                   on this disc
      !Mask      = 1.11 Lets you select certain items of a sprite or CLEAR
                   file, isolate them and do things like changing or erasing
                   objects or some types or morphing. Comes with utilities
                   for splitting up large CLEAR files, renaming sprites, and
                   an Animator program
      !Pixar     = 0.80 Non desktop sprite editor. !Paint is adequate for
                   most purposes but this program has some advantages, such
                   as 'undo', pattern and image fill and scaling
      !mkBBCfont = Useful little utility to convert a System font into a
                   series of sprites, one for each letter
      !Atari-Scn = Converts Atari Neochrome files into Arc screens
      !Beeb-Scrn = Converts between BBC mode 0,1,2,3 or 5 screens and
                   Archimedes equivalents


B237  -=- FLI player -=-
      Three discs of FLI movies with a non desktop player, !FliPlay (0.06)
      by K.F.Quinn. Each disc contains the player (which is quite small)
      plus some FLI files. These can be interchanged with the desktop player
      on B181 but you will need to change the filetype as they each define a
      different filetype for FLI files

      B237   = !FliPlay plus Fish, Death, F14

      B237-A = !FliPlay plus Buzbuzbee, Catnap

      B237-B = !FliPlay plus Clown2Clown, Firering, Luxopc

      Each disc on its own costs £1.50 and gives one Bonus point
      All three discs together for only £3 but still only one point


B238  GAWK     = GNU port of the AWK programming language. Includes C source
      HUProlog = Humbolt Prolog. Again with full C source code


B239  -=- Programmer's tools -=-
      !PtC       = 1.8 Pascal to C. DDE utility to convert Pascal source
                   code to equivalent C
      !Mnemosyne = Set of DDE tools to help find memory leaks in programs
                   and locate memory-hogging functions by monitoring
                   malloc/free/etc calls
      FindBL     = Program to find all branches to an address in a program.
                   Can be used to disable calls to a piece of unwanted of
                   faulty code in a program where you don't have the source
      !Hunter    = Another hacking tool. Searches through code for a
                   particular item or mnemonic. Useful for those 'UpdateMC'
                   calls used by Demo programmers which crash ith RO3
      !ModulInfo = 1.42 Simple program to display info on a Module. Saves
                   loading it into 'Zap' to get the version number etc
      !Stripper  = Removes comments from C source. Useful if you're running
                   short of disc space or want to pass on your source code
                   but want to make it as awkward as possible for anyone to
                   understand it (not difficult with C anyway!)
      !VecScope  = Monitors the machine vectors. Useful for finding out
                   what's going on while a program is running
      mkproto    = Useful utility for C programmers. Creates a file of
                   prototype declarations of all the functions in your
                   source files. By #include'ing this file they will be
                   automatically declared
      MakeSWI    = Simple Basic program that creates a file of Equates of
                   all available SWI's in form suitable for AAsm, C or
                   Wingpass assembler
      !DAssemble = Very simple desktop assembler by Majid Anwar. There are
                   plenty of these about, most far more powerful than this,
                   but it doesn't install itelf on the icon bar and takes
                   only 32K, so it's useful if you just want a quick peep
      decaof     = C source from Andy Duplain for a program to imitate
                   Acorn's decaof utility that is part of the DDE



B240     -=- BBS/Email utils -=-
      !AnsiEdit  : 2.30 Editor by Darren Hillerby to allow ANSI files to be
                   created on the Arc. With examples
      !BBSview   = Lets you inspect ARCbbs menu and text files without pre-
                   installing them in ARCbbs
      !AreaFix   = This version by Richard Paddle
      !NaixChat  = 1.01 A split screen sysop chat for RISCbbs
      !NodeList2 = 2.05 Program from DoogySoft to let you to view nodelists
      !GrSp>Ansi = Crude program to convert simple Mode 12 screens to ANSI
      !UUDecode  = 1.12 UU decoder by Ian Ashley
      !ZAnsi     = ANSI, VT52, VT100 and VT220 terminal emulation. Supports
                   XModem and ZModem


B241     -=- Comms/Email utils -=-
      !Artic     = 2.18 comprehensive program for Archive users who want to
                   access Compuserve
      !Chugga    = 0.95 Compiles nodelists
      !Mailer    = 1.01 Lets you read your Email/BBS files at leasure
      !RSlink    = General purpose serial link program for text files
      !FidoMail  = 1.70 This appears to be a sophisticated EMail program by
                   Thomas Olsson but although there's lots of documentation
                   none of it says what it actually DOES!
      !Grapevine = 1.32 terminal program from Julian Wright. I'm told that
                   it's one of the best around but as I'm not a comms freak
                   you'll have to try it yourself
      !ModemUtil = 2.10 Another good terminal program from Paul Clifford of
                   Doggysoft
      !RI_Logger = Utility to log online time with multitasking terminals
      !Term7Cost = Calculates cost of calls made using Arcterm7. I don't
                   know if it only works with Arcterm7 or others as well


B242  -=- Disc utilities -=-
      !ClicBack  = 2.89 Superb hard disc backup program from Steve Spry.
                   Allows full, differential or incremental backups either
                   to floppies or another hard disc (eg. Syquest). Lots of
                   features including data compression, partial restore,
                   etc. It's Careware (£10 registration) and it is
                   unrestricted so you won't forget to register, will you?
                   As proceeds go to the Cancer and Leukemia In Childhood
                   Trust (hence the name) it's even less forgiveable than
                   usual. Latest version has several bug fixes (now handles
                   Image files correctly so will back up your PC partition)
                   plus many new features inlcuding a 'don't compress' list
                   so it won't waste time trying to compress things like
                   Archives. *** updated Nov 95 ***

                 NB. We have made arrangements to supply fully registered
                 copies of ClicBack for £12.50, including a laser printed
                 manual. The full £10 registration still goes to CLIC. See
                 Commercial catalogue for details

      !TypeFind  = 2.01 Rather good program for guessing the filetype of
                   untyped files. Main use is identifying files downloaded
                   from BBS's or ported from PC's etc
      !DiscMedic = 0.92 Good desktop disc sector editor from Tim Browse.
                   Seems to work OK on all well behaved filing systems I've
                   tried it with, although it did seem to get a little
                   confused on my A5000 with SCSI, ADFS and IDEFS hard discs
      !DiscSpace = Displays a graphical indication of disc usage showing the
                   amount of disc space used by each directory
      !HDLock    = 2.00 Very good program by John Lageu to restrict access
                   to parts of a hard disc. It's not absolutely secure but
                   is primarily intended for use in schools to prevent
                   students rummaging about where they shouldn't. Also ideal
                   for restricting younger brothers/sisters
      !VZap      = Virus Zap 1.19. Anti-virus program by Paul Vigay.
                   Replaces !Guardian and contains the latest anti-virus
                   code from Disc Commander. Although it doesn't seem to
                   recognise as many viruses as !Killer it's a lot better
                   otherwise and much nicer to use. The only major
                   disadvantage is that, unlike !Killer, it doesn't scan
                   archives. Latest version has improved scanning of !Boot
                   files and can just comment out suspicious lines so you
                   can examine them later and restore them if they are
                   innocent. Registered users can obtain 'free' updates
                                                *** updated Apr 96 ***


B243  -=- More disc utilities -=-
      !Manager   = 1.00 Utility from BASS. No instructions but appears to be
                   some sort of disc cataloguing program
      !Catalogue = 1.00 This one does have instructions. Produces a
                   catalogue of your discs either as a text or CSV file for
                   loading into a database. By Ian Ashley, with C source
      !MakeBoot  = Program from Disk Alstein to create and edit your startup
                   sequence. Looks very easy to use for those who don't feel
                   confident to write their own boot application. Complete
                   with instructions/messages in English, German and (I
                   think!) Dutch
      !ArcMirror = Utility which can be used with ArcFS or SparkFS to create
                   an archive which consists of just a directory structure.
                   BBS's often want to do this (PKZIP can do it on the PC)
      !CRC       = Calculates a 32 bit CRC value for a file
      !Crypt     = 1.00 File encryptor from Stephen Early that uses two
                   separate passwords to encode a file
      !Scramble  = Another file encrypter from Rick Crook
      !DFSreader = 0.01 Filing system for DFS discs. Won't double step so if
                   you've got 40 track discs you'll need a 40/80 switched
                   drive. I've used this extensively and it works well
      !FileAid   = 1.06 Program with various useful functions including a
                   dustbin, screensaver, and assorted file operations like
                   access, set CSD, date stamp, set type
      !MacHFS    = 1.04 Program to transfer files from Apple Mac discs. Only
                   works Mac->Arc and only with 720K or 1.44Mb (if you have
                   the hardware). Much improved from earlier non-desktop
                   version. Now uses a filer-like window although it doesn't
                   work like a conventional filer, mainly because of the
                   strange way Mac discs are organised with forks. However
                   it's a LOT cheaper than the alternatives and it will let
                   you get data off a Mac disc. Hopefully the Author will
                   continue to improve it so we won't be forced to pay the
                   high prices asked for the commercial products
      !Memorizer = 1.00 Useful utility from Ben Summers which remembers what
                   directories you've been using so you can re-open then
                   from a menu instead of having to start again from the '$'
                   directory because you've just closed the one you wanted..
      !Shelter   = 2.3 Monitors disc access and stops some actions. As well
                   as helping to stop virusus it might be useful in schools
      !VEnd      = 0.67 Beta test version of virus killer from Jon Ribbens
                   of Doggysoft. I've tried it on some dirty test discs and
                   it seems to work OK


B244  -=-  Programmer's utilities  -=-
      68KAsm     = Assembler for Motorola 68000 and 68010. Makes it possible
                   for Archimedes owners to write machine code programs for
                   A***a and A***i computers without needing to actually
                   TOUCH the things. You could also write programs for Mac's
                   without spending about £300 for an Apple assembler
      !Virtual   = By Brian Brunswick and Nick Smith. A replacement for the
                   TaskWindow that emulates virtual memory so a task running
                   in the window can be made to believe it has up to 24Mb
                   available. Obviously only programs which can be run in a
                   Task Window can be used so it's effectively restricted to
                   CLI tasks but this does mean that 'memory hogs' like the
                   GNU C compiler can be run without massive amounts of
                   memory. It's not very efficient and you obviously need
                   plenty of spare (fast) HD space. With C/AASM source.
      Checksum   = 1.01 Generates a checksum for an executable and appends
                   some code to it. Helps prevent unauthorised 'hacking'
      DragASprite: 2.02 Module from Andrew Clover which improves on Acorn's
                   It's quicker than the original, allows dragging of 256
                   colour sprites, better semi transparent drags, and has
                   various configurations
      Error      = Module from Armen Software to trap Fatal errors. It can't
                   stop the error happening but it will try to prevent the
                   Task from quitting. This means that with most Basic
                   programs you can keep your data intact to give you a
                   chance to find out what went wrong!
      MenuUtils  = A Module that helps you create Menus from Basic without
                   the need to write your own PROCs
      !Trace     = Utility from Pete Goodwin which allows Basic variables to
                   be output to environment variables. This means that if
                   the Task crashes the value of the variable is preserved
      !WimpExt   = 2.18 Wimp Extensions from Jon Ribbens. A module with lots
                   of SWI's to make programming the Wimp easier. Has calls
                   for most of the things you need to do to create a Wimp
                   program. Good documentation that doesn't assume an
                   extensive knowledge of the Wimp
      AmpCalc    = 1.79 Utility from Ainsley Pereira with several useful
                   functions. Converts SWI number <-> name, ascii code/char,
                   convert SWI names in Basic program to numbers, plus
                   various BBS/Modem utils
      !Basic86   = Program to convert Basic 86 as used on the RM Nimbus and
                   Z88 to true BBC Basic
      !DeRem     = Strips out the REM's from a Basic program
      !iconSprtz = Drag a spritefile to the IconSprtz icon and it's added to
                   the Wimp Pool. Saves a lot of messing about when you're
                   editing application sprites etc.
      IntModule  = 1.10 Module by Steve Hoare that tries to stop the current
                   task with a specified keypress. Can be used to kill a
                   runaway program without pressing RESET. Complete with
                   source code so you can modify the key(s)
      !Memory    = Simple but useful desktop MZAP by Peter Millerchip
      !Wimpey    = 1.00 Utility by Andrew heckford with various tools for
                   programmers. Template array/indirected data calculator,
                   SWI name <-> number translation, Wimp keycode calculator,
                   plus the ability to 'spy' on other apps and find out info
                   on windows, icons, etc


B245  -=-  General utilities  -=-
      Arm3Cache  = Nice module by Mike Harrison to switch the cache on/off
                   with hotkeys. Left ALT/CTRL for OFF, ALT-Shift for ON
      !DeskStart = A desktop 'startup' program that performs a similar
                   function to the the usual *desktop -<file>. Advantage is
                   that it multi tasks so you don't get a 'orrible blank
                   screen while things are loading and it displays a status
                   window which tells you what is happening
      !Macros    = Hotkey keyboard macro program from Paul Clifford. Up to
                   20 definable macros, each with up to 180 characters
      !TaskMstr  = 1.33 Multi utility desktop program from Peter Greenham.
                   Several useful functions but a strange user interface. No
                   icon bar icon, just a small window in the top left corner
                   of the screen. Instructions are a series of Drawfiles so
                   they look pretty but they'll take half a day to print
                   with a DM printer and don't contain much information. The
                   biggest drawback, however, is that the program is written
                   in a compiled language (compiled Basic?) and takes up an
                   incredible 160K when running
      !Thynx3    : 3.01b Another general utility program. Sets CSD, dustbin,
                   set filetypes, control sound, etc. Again a small window
                   with pretty hieroglyphics instead of a nice, simple, menu
                   but it does have proper documentation and only takes 32K
      !FreeMem   = 1.05 Another one of those 'free memory' icons
      !SerialMse = 2.00 Module from Stuart Tyrrell to let you use a PC type
                   serial mouse
      !UniqueID  = Program to read and display the ID number that later
                   machines have. It won't stop someone nicking your beloved
                   but it will ensure you can identify it if it's recovered
      !Reminder  = Just reminds you at intervals to save your work 'just in
                   case'. Of course, commercial programs don't inexplicably
                   crash do they (!), so you don't need this..
      !Saviour   = 1.20 Another auto save. This simulates pressing the F3
                   key at predefined intervals. As this is the Save key in
                   many desktop apps it will either save automatically or
                   open the Save window to remind you
      !MakeRFS   : Modifies the RFS in some way. I think it changes the ROM
                   apps messages but as the Author can't be bothered to tell
                   me I can't be bothered to try to find out
      !NotePad   = 1.30 The first desktop notepad I've seen that's actually
                   worth using. By Steve Tudway and Andy Piper


B246  -=-  More desktop utilities  -=-
      !AllChars  = 0.20 Another 'Chars' style utility. Main advantage of
                   this is that it covers the entire character set including
                   codes 0-31 so it's useful for inserting control codes
                   into text as well as characters 128-255
      !BBC<->Arc = A serial link to transfer files from a BBC/Master. This
                   is the first 'proper' program to do this that I've seen,
                   all the rest have been *very* crude
      !BuffStuff = If you drag a file to the BuffStuff icon the filename
                   appears at wherever the input focus happens to be. Most
                   editors (well, GOOD editors) can do this for themselves
                   but if you've got one that can't...
      !Command   = Desktop '*' command processor with some other functions
                   Something about this reminds me very much of !DeskAid,
                   but it grabs a massive 96K compared with DeskAid's 16K
      !EAN       = Produces a Barcode from it's 13 digit code number
      !Filter    = Filters characters from a file (eg. remove control codes
                   from text files) or replace them with others
      !Jet_Text  = 2.60 Text printing utility by D.Bower for printers using
                   the HP PCL codes, which includes the Deskjet family and
                   many others which emulate it - ie. most lasers. Lets you
                   print text in 'native' text mode instead of 'graphic'
                   mode used by the Acorn PD's so it's *much* faster
      !Labeller+ = Simple label printer by Ben Brown. Not as sophisticated
                   as most others but fine for a single label/envelope
      !Make_Text = 1.00 Program by John Lageu to convert files with lots of
                   embedded control codes (eg. 'Smart' files or WP files) to
                   plain text by stripping out all the control codes. Also
                   removes leading and trailing spaces
      !ModKiller = Lets you kill some of the least used modules. Don't ask
                   me why you can't just press F12 and type RMKILL <name>,
                   some people seem to want to do everything with the mouse
      !MultiScrn ^ Utility from Michael Ellis to extend the desktop. The RO3
                   desktop can have windows outside the visible area, this
                   lets you have several 'views' of the desktop, some of
                   which can be of this 'outside' part
      !Scramble  = File encrypter from Paul Vigay. A feature is that if you
                   enter the wrong password when trying to unscramble the
                   file it will be destroyed, so use with caution (and DON'T
                   forget the password!)
      !Splitter  = Splits up large text files into smaller sections. Unlike
                   most file splitters it's designed only for text files so
                   it has features specific to this
      !TextPrint = Text file printer from John Lageu
      !ClkTstMng * For RO2 users. Just click SELECT on the task manager icon
                   to open the task window instead of using the menu
      !RiscTimer : Keeps track of computer usage. Records amount of time the
                   computer is switched on and the time it's actually been
                   used for the last 28 days
      Schwoosher : Lets you create very large screen modes where the screen
                   seen is a 'window' onto the full screen. Most unusual
                   feature of the program is that although it's from SICK as
                   much as 25% of the instructions are concerned with
                   explaining it and it's possible to understand them!
      !ShareGrph = 1.17 From Neil Walker, keeps track of share prices and
                   provides graphs of performance
      !TypeTute  = Simple typing practice program
      !BBCFontEd = 1.04 Nice desktop system font editor from Graham Hick

    PLUS a couple of mouse pointers (including a large fluorescent one), a
      system font editor from Glyn Clements, a screenmode module to give
      94x28 characters, 16 colours, 60Hz and some clocks -!Time shows
      date/time and also the time all over the world in a window, !TimeUp
      tells you after you've been working for a preset time, and !TinyClock
      (I don't know why it's called this because it isn't)


B247  !Dis-le  = French language tutor from the people who brought you
                 !Sprich. Uses sound so it 'speaks' in French and has a
                 multiple choice quiz. Can also use earphones instead of the
                 speaker for use in class


B248  -=-  Educational programs  -=-
      !Distil    = The winning entry for the 1990 Institute of Chemical
                   Engineers student computing competition, simulates
                   distillation column operation
      Physics    = Series of programs from the Dept of Physics and Astronomy
                   at Glasgow Uni. Ten programs on a variety of subjects. I
                   won't describe them in detail because if you're involved
                   in this field you'll want to try them for yourself
      !Eyeball   = Lets you grab a screenshot from a machine that is
                   connected to yours via Econet. If you're supervising
                   pupils I'm sure you can think of 1001 uses for this
      !FigureIt  = 1.00 Intended to give insight in different number series.
                   Explores primes, Fibonacci series, squares, triangle
                   numbers, etc. Aimed at Key Stages 2,3,4, Attmt Target 5
      !UserPort  = Rudimentary control of User Port from the desktop
      !Calc_570  = 1.02 Very good desktop full scientific calculator by
                   Rupert Thompson
      !Converter = Simple desktop units converter by Ewen Roberts
                   Metres/ft, cm/ins, km/miles, gals/ltr, gm/oz, kg/lb
      !Engine    = An engine power calculator
      !Numeric   = 1.03 From Graham Hick. Calculates integrals of functions,
                   bonded intervals and derivatives plus other features
      !Roman     = 1.00 By Ian Knox, converts decimal numbers to Roman
      !Timetable = 1.05 Nice school timetable program by Markus Bäurle. I've
                   seen more sophisticated ones but this lets you set the
                   number of rows/columns and does the job. Who needs more?
      !Wapuro    = 1.00 From Jason Williams. Lets you enter Japanese script
                   (Hiragana or Katakana) by typing the appropriate
                   Romaaji. Works with any desktop app that can use the
                   supplied fonts


B249  -=-  Desktop customising  -=-
      !Backdrips : 1.07 Desktop backdrop tiles
      !DeskPatch : Version 3.10 I haven't replaced the earlier versions on
                   B164 because each version has different characteristics
                   so you can pick the one you like best
      !FilerPtch : 1.15 Requires Filer 1.64. Various improvements, hidden
                   objects, local directory display options, apps don't need
                   '!' as the first character of their name, better SetType,
                   plus others
      DeskSprs   : Selection of file, tool and icon sprites. Some very nice
      !Desktop+  : 1.51 Enables solid drags, fancy fonts in filer windows,
                   named directory sprites, etc
      Resources² : New templates etc for ROM apps and others. Intended for
                   RO3 but you could use many of these with RO2
      !Tools     : Six new sets of toolsprites from Hugo Mills and an
                   application for selecting them
      !WimpPatch : From James Ponder. Provides 'nicer' Error windows
      !Spritoe   : Another set of toolsprites


B250  -=-  Two raytracers  -=-
      !QRT    =  Quick Ray Tracer 1.5c Easy to use image generation system
                 Complete with manual and a number of examples. Not as
                 powerful as POV or RayShade but much easier to use and so
                 ideal for the less experienced
      !ECQRT  =  1.02 Converts Euclid files to QRT
      DKB     =  2.12 The first major PD raytracer. Written by David Buck
                 and ported to the Arc by John Kortink. Many later programs
                 are based upon this. I was asked for this by an ex Amiga
                 user who has seen the light and where this is a popular
                 program. CLI driven program so not as easy to use as QRT
                 but still highly regarded


B251  -=-  Film/TV/Book texts  -=-
      Dr Who     A list of all episodes/stories with credits and a synopsis
                 of the storyline
      Pratchet   The Annotated Pratchet File v6 "BEING THEE moft LEARNED and
                   EDDYFYING COMPENDIUM intended for the AMUSEMENT of the
                   NOBLE and the INSTRUCTION of the VULGAR pofted on
                   occafion upon THEE NETTTE". If you don't get some of the
                   allusions in the books - get this!
                 Plus a biblography of Terry Pratchet's books with a short
                 description (actually the cover notes)
      RedDwarf   A selection of textfiles with quotes/selections from
                 various episodes
      Adams      A series of FAQ's and various other info on Douglas Adams
      BladeRun   General info on the film Blade Runner plus FAQ's
      STtNG+RD   Star Trek (the Next Generation) meets Red Dwarf - A
                 proposed script (Well, anything's possible!)
      Rocky      The script of the Rocky Horror Show
      Python - Monty Python film scripts - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
                                          Erik the Viking
                                          The Life of Brian
                                          The Meaning of Life
        Sketches - Three buttocks, Architects, Arguments, Blackmail, Cheese
                   Shop, Crocodile, Crunchy Frog, Fish Licence, Good Old
                   Day, Nudge-Nudge, Silly Election, Soft Fruit, Spam.
                   String, Spanish Inquisition, Undertaker, and, of course,
                   the Dead Parrot
         Songs  -  I Like Chinese, Idiot's Song, Ode to Henry Kissinger, Not
                   Noel Coward, Philosopher's Song, The Lumberjack's Song
     PLUS  a list of all the episodes of 'Blake's 7' and 'Star Trek TNG'


B252    -=-  Desktop Customising  -=-
      !FancyDirs : Lets you have 'fancy' icons for directories containing
                   certain types of files instead of boring 'folder' icons
      !NewTemp   : Fancy 3D templates for some of the RO3 desktop apps
      !3D On/Off : Simple app to switch on 3D icons for those who don't know
                   how to do it from the CLI or in their !Boot file
      !Pointers  : Lets you control the pointer with the keyboard and change
                   its shape
      !NewPals   : A selection of desktop palettes
      !NewWindow : Complete set of file, icon and tool sprites
      !Enhancers : Adds 3D tools to ROM apps
   PLUS seven sets of tool/icon sprites - !Chromium, !NewIcons, !Switch,
      !Tøøls, !Risc3_Spr, !Pretty, DeskSpr and eleven sets of tool sprites
      compiled by Edouard Poor


B253    -=-  Dictionaries  -=-
      Large (220,000+ word) dictionary consisting of 26 text files with
      one words per line. This could be a basis for a spelling checker or
      be used to expand the word list of an existing one as most spelling
      checkers can accept extra words in the form of a text file. I'm afraid
      the spelling is colonial (eg. 'color' instead of 'colour') so you will
      need to modify some parts, but that shouldn't be too onerous
    PLUS a copy of the smaller 42,000 word dictionary file from disc B126
    AND a list of over 24,000 names from Aani to Zyzzogeton. An absolute
      must if you've just had a new arrival (or acquired a dog or cat!) and
      can't think what to call it or want to know how to spell place names

         NOTE  - On two 800K discs or one 1.6Mb disc  ** £2.00 **


B254  -=-  TeX  -=-
      ArmTex version 3.141 with LaTeX 2.09
        TeX is a professional typesetting program especially suitable for
      typesetting technical or mathematical material. Many technical
      documents are written using TeX and, when supplied on disc, are often
      in TeX format. Not a package for someone who needs a quick fix or a
      WYSIWYG DTP package. TeX was 'ported' from UNIX and is not
      particularly easy to use but, once mastered, it can produce superb
      printed output and do things that Impression and other DTP packages
      cannot emulate
        With a package of this size and complexity you obviously need a hard
      disc and it will take around 15Mb
        So far as I am aware this version wotks perfectly (even I have been
      able to test it!) and seems OK on the Risc PC
        If you had obtained an earlier version from APDL I will offer a free
      upgrade if you return ALL your ORIGINAL discs plus £1 to cover return
      postage (stamps OK)

         The package consists of -

                 !TeX           the main application
                 !TexFonts      a '!Fonts' directory for the TeX fonts
                 !DviView       shows print preview in a window
                 !MISpell       spell checker (hacked from ISpell on Twenex)
                 !BiBTeX        makes a LaTeX bibliography

      Plus dvi printer drivers for Deskjet, Postscript, Epson, etc. and
      documentation for this implimentation plus 'A Gentle Introduction to
      TeX' from Michael Doob of the Uni. of Manatoba (in both TeX and plain
      ASCII format

      TeX is supplied compressed on ten 800K or five 1.6Mb discs. Three
      further (optional) 800K or two 1.6Mb disc are available with the
      source code

      Prices -   10 x 800K discs  . . . .  £11.00   (either counts TWO
                 5 x 1.6Mb discs  . . . .   £8.00      bonus points)

B254-A               Source code for TeX package
         3 x 800K or 2 x 1.6Mb . . .  either £3.00  (no bonus)



B255  !AppDock2  = 2.41 Neat utility from Martin Wuerthner similar to one
                   provided with NeXT systems. Puts a border of buttons
                   around two sides of the screen and these can have app.
                   icons on them. Clicking a button runs that app. Neater
                   than the backdrop as the buttons are smaller and you can
                   bring it to the front with a keypress
      !DOField   = Non desktop program to show depth of field of a camera
                   lens. Gives numerical data plus a graph
      !Flash     = Calculates exposure required to photograph a subject
                   using a flash
      !Exchange  = Simple desktop program to calculate currency exchange
      !IconPatch * Lets RO2 users imitate the RO3 feature which lets you
                   specify the position of an icon on the icon bar
      !Meditate  = The Editor used to create 'Lunchtime' magazine. Contains
                   the tools you need to put together your own mag.
      !Mileage   = Shows the distance your mouse has travelled
      !Plan94    = Rather nice desktop year planner/diary. The whole year is
                   displayed in a single window
      !Inlay     = Non desktop tape inlay printer by Paul Vigay
      TypeWrite  = Simple non desktop typing tutor
      !Waterways = Draws a large map of the inland waterways in a scrollable
                   window. I don't know how accurate it is but it doesn't
                   admit the existance of the Medway so either it has a few
                   omissions or I've been floating my boat on dry land for
                   years without noticing it!
      !Diary     = Desktop diary from Neil Walker
      !GSSClock  = Unobtrusive clock, sits above the LH end of the icon bar
      !Interest  = Program from Neil Walker to calculate interest paid on a
                   variable sum throughout the year with variable rates of
                   interest. Check your bank/building society isn't cheating
      !MouseOff  = From Martyn Rose, lets you move the mouse off the screen
                   With RO3 you can move windows off screen so this lets you
                   get to the scrollbars and buttons which might otherwise
                   be just out of reach
      !Rat       = Utility from Michael Coe to toggle mousestep between two
                   user-configurable rates. As these aren't limited to the
                   !Configure options of 1 to 5 I can switch between a slow
                   rate for !Paint and !Templed and my usual 8, which I
                   can't do with !Configure
      !SlowPtr   = Another mousestep utility which slows down the mouse when
                   you hold down SELECT and ADJUST. Useful for dragging
                   objects in some applications but you'll have to edit the
                   program to set the fast speed to the one you prefer as
                   there's no external configuration
      !Taxer     = Non desktop program to help calculate your income tax
      !VAT       = Adds 17.5% VAT to a price
      !WrapPtr   = Lets the pointer 'wrap around' the screen
      !Xmas      = Tells you how many days to Christmas


B256  -=0=  Disc and Screen utilities  -=0=-
      !VirusZap  = Module to detect the Extend and Filer virus
      !WatchDog  = Lets you set three levels of write protection to your
                   discs thus help prevent viruses from spreading
      !Scanner   = 1.56 Quite good virus detector/remover but seems paranoid
                   about ARCHIE and EXTEND viruses and finds them where they
                   aren't. This makes it useless for these because you'll
                   never know if it's a false alarm (it probably is!)
      !Finder    = Directory opener/startup application by Guido Steiner
                   Unfortunately all the instructions are in German so if
                   anyone would care to send me a translation...
      !Keeper    = Simple but versatile hard disc backup program from Serio
                   Monesi. Can 'run' a selection of command files to make it
                   easy to back up small parts of your hard disc frequently
      !TurboCopy = A quick disc copier which also keeps a log of copies made
      WatfordIDE : Replacement for the Watford IDE Filer which makes it more
                   RO3 friendly
      !Change    = Changes EOL characters when importing/exporting textfiles
                   from PC's. Can also change spaces to the correct
                   character for 1WP if required
      !CopyDOS   * Fast disc copier for DOS discs if you only have RO2
      !DFS       = Desktop DFS filer by Richard Averill. Possibly not so
                   essential now but I know at least one person who's just
                   traded in his faithful Model B for a Risc PC
      !DiscEdit2 = Non desktop disc sector editor from Ting Zwei Kuei. Seems
                   to be based on Adrian Look's DiscEdit but works with hi
                   density discs (though not on the Risc PC)
      !Links     = Program from Brian Brunswick to set up Unix style 'soft
                   links' on your drive. These are pointers to an object
                   stored elsewhere so they look like the actual object and
                   can make it appear that you have multiple copies of some
                   utilities without actually doing so
      !ModLock   = Locks all the Module files in a directory structure.
                   Useful to avoid accidentally deleting or replacing
                   Modules by accident
      !MultiCat  = A simple disc cataloguer which catalogues EVERY file on
                   the disc with its full pathname
      !ObjBackup = Backs up certain objects to floppy disc. Useful for
                   making regular backups of changeable files you are
                   working on (documents, programs, artwork etc)
      !Opener    = Just opens directories which are dragged to its icon. I
                   couldn't think of any reason for including this (why not
                   just hold down SHIFT if it's an application?) until
                   someone pointed out that some disabled people have
                   trouble with this, so here it is!
      !Q-Format  = Not a quick formatter', it just *wipes the disc, which is
                   faster. However it's still a lot slower than backing up a
                   blank disc but I was asked for it so...
      !SoftLinks = Another program from Martin Wurther for creating soft
                   links on your hard disc
      fsck       = 1.22 Tries to fix the map and directory tree and re-link
                   files. Can give extensive data about a disc. Includes
                   'eliminate' which will delete the actual file without
                   removing the details from the map. Invaluable if you have
                   a broken directory or some other defect on a disc (hard
                   or floppy). If this happens not only can you not get into
                   the directory, you can't even delete it! Although
                   eliminate doesn't fix the fault it does give back the
                   disc space used even if fsck can't fix the problem
                   These programs are CLI driven and should be used with
                   caution. I have repaired bad directories on a hard disc
                   without problems but be careful. Anyone who has a hard
                   disc should not be without this  *** updated Nov 95 ***
                   NOTE - May not work on new type map on RPC 700 but
                   doesn't do any harm.
      !BigModes  = Four new 800x600 screen modes for multisync monitors with
                   2, 4, 12 or 16 colours by Martyn Thorpe
      !MegaMode  = Mode selector. Only works with standard RO3 modes and
                   crashes if you are using something else
      ModeMods   = Two modules giving a total of nineteen new modes with 2,
                   4, 16 or 256 colours
      !ScResizer = Supposed to let you automatically resize your screen by
                   dragging its edges. It doesn't seem to work on either my
                   A5000 or a Risc PC, both of which have multisyncs, but
                   I'm told it does work, so...
      !Slug      = Saturation Line Up Generator. Helps evaluate and/or set
                   up your monitor
      !VIDCmodes = This accompanied the Atomwide Video Enhancer, now placed
                   in the Public Domain so you can use it to enhance your
                   display if you have a later model with multisync monitor


B257  -=-  Text and Font utilities  -=-
      1wpTXT     = 1.03 By Andrea Gall, convert text to and from 1WP format
      EdToAscii  = 1.30 Program to convert text to and from Edword format
      WordChk    = 0.03 Spelling checker module by Geof Lane. Mainly
                   intended for use with technical words not included in
                   normal spelling checkers although it can be used as for
                   'normal' text. Not particularly user-friendly but it is
                   small and because it's a *command driven module you could
                   write your own program to interface with it if you wish
      !DrawFonts = Very simple program by A.Hersee to convert a string of
                   text to a DrawFile
      !Fonter    = 1.00 Prints a sample of text in any chosen font showing
                   all the characters available
      !FontLstr  = Displays a list of all, or a selection of, the fonts
                   available. Can save the list as a text or Impression file
      !FontMsg   = Scans !Fonts directory and creates a message file so
                   fonts aren't scanned when you boot as the references are
                   taken from the message file, which is faster than usual
      !FontMsgs  : Another program by Darren Salt to speed up font directory
                   scanning
      !FontTest  = 1.00 Another font print testing program by Mark Bright
      !FontPrint = Yet another font tester by David Wilkins
      !MathChars = Useful program by Hugo Mills, is similar to !Chars except
                   that it only displays the 'maths' characters in a given
                   font so you don't need a window big enough to display all
                   the characters
      !FontMgr2  : 0.15 Very good Font Manager from Andrew Lindesay. lets
                   you put your fonts in groups and switch the groups in and
                   out of use at will. Seems to work OK in Risc PC. Includes
                   good documentation in text and Impression Style format
                   and a utility to convert from FostMgr1 format
      !FontMgr   = 2.50 An earlier version of FontMgr2. The reason it is
                   included is because I am told this version works with RO2


B259  -=-  Programming tools  -=-
      !ARMmaker  = AOF or Binary single pass assembler by Steven Haslam
                   which can handle floating point instructions. Mainly for
                   use with the DDE but can be used on it's own to produce
                   stand alone code. Source code syntax is similar to the
                   DDE assembler. A not very readable but reasonably
                   detailed manual is provided
      !A-Front   = Desktop front end for the Wingpass assembler
      !Animate   = From Tony Gibson, lets you design sprites for games.
                   These can be viewed in an animated sequence so you can
                   get a good idea of how they will perform
      !Extractor = Program from Andrew Jackson to remove unwanted data from
                   a standard sprite, leaving only the raw data suitable for
                   use in fast sprite plotting routines
      !Trace     = An improvement on the 'tracef' function in the RISC-OS
                   library which outputs to environment variables so you can
                   examine them afterwards, even if the application (and
                   even the desktop) crashes
      !IconSprtz = Just does an 'iconsprites' call with any sprite file
                   dragged to its icon. Simple but useful
      !InfoScoop = When you hit SHIFT this displays info about the object
                   the mouse is over in a window. Even better, you can save
                   the contents of this window as a text file
      !SWIConv2  = Nice SWI name<->number converter. A feature is that the
                   converted item can be inserted into the keyboard buffer
                   which makes it easy to 'type' the name/number into your
                   editor when writing programs

      GameSuite =  A collection of tools and utilities from Andy Southgate
                   The main ones are -
        FastSprite Module for fast plotting of sprites. Twice as fast as the
                   OS routines but gives the non expert programmer a much
                   quicker system. Sprites can be created with !Paint and
                   converted to the format used by FastSprite. Includes a
                   short demo
         Stasis    Provides sound support for games programmers
         Amnesia   Lots of utilities including memory management, etc
             Plus other items by 'third party' contibutors


B260  -=-  Graphics/Art programs  -=-
      !Graffiti  ^ Nice desktop art package from Andrew Lindesay. All the
                   usual tools and feature and very easy to use. Complete
                   with good Manual in text and Impression Style format
      3d_Tutor   = Module and tutorial, with examples, from Paul Mason for
                   producing 3D images based on techniques used in cinema
      !Detail    = Lets you display and manipulate images. Works with CLEAR
                   files and sprites and up to 24 bpp. Can grab a screen,
                   change the palette, etc. A partially crippled version of
                   a commercial package (the distributors describe it as
                   'Shareware' which shows how ignorant they are of the
                   Shareware principle) but it is useful 'as is'
      !Marble    = Non desktop program to produce marbled sprites. You can
                   alter the parameters to give different textures and
                   colours. These can be used for all sorts of things but
                   they're also good for desktop backdrops
      Wowpix     = For producing those weird 3D images
      !DrawGrab  = Converts a DrawFile to Sprite. Works OK with some files
                   but not so good with others
      !DrawLink  = Converts text into a form suitable for 'linking' into a
                   Draw text area
      !Drop      = Rotates DrawFiles about 2 axis in 3D. A bit slow but
                   works OK
      !Pottery   = 2.10  Interesting program from Richard Seago. Works like
                   a potters wheel. As you draw a line in one window so a
                   shaded 3D object is drawn in the other. This resembles
                   the effect that would be produced if the lines you have
                   drawn were to be used to 'mould' a rotating object. The
                   resulting image can be saved as a sprite. Would be a very
                   useful and quick tool for producing sprites for games
      !ShowDraw  = Displays  Drawfiles in a desktop window. If you drag a
                   directory containing lots of Drawfiles to the display
                   window they are shown one at a time in sequence


B261  -=-  Romans  -=-
      A Genesis project from Dave Walsh describing the Romans in Britain.
      Complete with lots of illustrations and aimed at Key Stage 2, although
      there is a lot of text which might make it difficult for children who
      are 'developing' readers


B262  -=-  Seek  -=-
      A 'bible search' program by Mike Williams. Lets you search through the
      King James Bible for any words and then produces a list of all the
      verses that contain that word or words. This list can then be saved
      It just fills a 1.6Mb disc, so although it can be supplied on two 800K
      discs, to use it properly you need either a hard disc or enough RAM
      for a 1.6Mb RAM disc. However you can split it up and run it from 800K
      floppies if necessary but this won't allow you to search the entire
      Bible at once

      On two 800K or a single 1.6Mb disc, either costs  £2.00  (1 point)


B263  -=- Two Genesis databases  -=-
      !Dinosaurs = A database with information about 48 dinosaurs from
                   Allosaurus to Tyrannosaurus
      !Lamborgs  = Another Genesis database, this time with info about
                   Lamborghini cars from 1963 to 1991
    NOTE - This disc also contains the Genesis Browser and Library which is
         required to view Genesis applications. As this takes nearly 500K it
         may not be included on other discs so if you don't have a copy you
         will need this disc. Some Genesis applications require special
         'external' functions which may not be included in the standard
         Library so you are advised to get a copy of this disc before you
         purchase any of our larger Genesis applications where the Browser
         and Library are not included


B264  -=-  Educational programs  -=-
      !Customs   = Superb Genesis application from Dave Walsh which
                   describes the customs and traditions which surround the
                   festival of Christmas around the world. Lots of
                   interesting facts and, as usual with material from Dave
                   Walsh, it's easy to find your way about the various
                   'pages' and a delight to use. Younger children will love
                   this, especially the illustrations, but there's enough
                   information engage the older ones (and adults!)
          NOTE - The genesis Browser is not included on this disc - see B263
      !Highway   = A nice program to test your knowledge of the Highway
                   Code and obviously help you to learn about it. It's all
                   multiple choice questions with illustrations and mouse
                   operated so it's suitable for 'younger persons' and ideal
                   for use in schools
      !Leapfrog  = 1.01 A desktop game by Peter Jones which is aimed at Key
                   Stage 2 Maths. It's a strategy game and I'm not quite
                   sure how it works as a Maths teaching aid but it's
                   written by a teacher so I assume this must be so


B265  -=-  Another collection of 'Educational' programs  -=-
      !Spotter   = 1.10 Gives a variety of information on satellites. It
                   uses the NORAD SGP4 and SDP4 models to give visibility
                   predictions and can display information relative to any
                   point on the Earth's surface, perform real time analysis,
                   and print out the results
      !Daylight  = Displays information about Sun and Moon rise and set at
                   any point on the Earth's surface
      !RoA       = 2.00 Program by John Lageu to print out student Records
                   of Achievements. Data is input in the form of a CSV file
                   which can be the output from almost any database
      !ExprEdit  = From G.Buxton, this can edit mathematical expressions
                   which are then exported as Draw or Sprite files so they
                   can be either printed or incorporated into documents.
                   Supports basic arithmetic functions plus square root,
                   power, and brackets
      !CompInt   = Simple program to calculate compound interest
      !Fraction  = Desktop program to convert decimal numbers to fractions
      !Genotype  = 4.00 I'm not sure what this program by Toby Smith does.
                   The Author says it creates the 'Monohybrid crosses that
                   any course in genetics will throw at you'. As I've never
                   taken a course in getetics and there's a complete lack of
                   any more detailed description of what its function is
                   I'll just have to hope that prospective users understand
      !Gravity   = Uses Newton's law of gravity to display the interaction
                   between a number of objects bouncing around the screen
      !GWord5    = Non desktop 'guess the word' game. All mouse controlled
                   and suitable for younger children
      !Planets   = Another gravity simulation, works in a desktop window
      !Trig      = Program to find any value in a triangle (length, angle)
                   given the other required information. Enter the known
                   details and it will try to calculate the item you want
      !WorldTime : Displays a visual indication of the position of the Sun
                   in a desktop window showing the parts of the world in
                   darkness. Also gives various other information and can
                   'step' the display time
      !Zoo       = 1.20 Nice 'game' from Raffael Ferrigno. Actually a simple
                   'expert system' demo but the idea is that the computer
                   has to guess the type of animal from the answers you give
                   to a series of true or false questions. Could be improved
                   into a useful teaching aid


B266  -=-  Disc utilities  -=-
      !Counter   = Shows both the size of a file or application and the
                   amount of space it actually takes on a disc. You can save
                   a list of data for a disc as a text file
      !DiscIndex = 1.02 Rather nice disc cataloguing program from Neil
                   Carson. With C source
      !DiscTrack : 1.00 Another disc catalogue program from Ainsley Pereira.
                   Has good search facilities to help you find files in the
                   resulting database
      !DiskCopy  = Fairly simple disc copying program from J.Robbins
      !DiskTree  = Program to distplay a simple tree of a disc's structure.
                   Only works on currently logged drive and there doesn't
                   seem to be any way to save the data to disc
      !FreeIcon  = Constantly shows amount of free space on the disc in
                   drive :0
      !FreeSp200 = Just shows the amount of free space on ADFS::4
      !Launcher  = 1.02 Very simple program by David Brunning to launch
                   tasks automatically
      !OverFiler = This works with most Filecore based systems and lets you
                   copy/move files and the drive icon displays the name of
                   the disc in the drive. A bit of fiddly to set up (you
                   need to know the icon number of the drive icon) but most
                   people only need to do this once (not me, I change hard
                   drives more often than some people change their socks!)
      !Tiger     : 4.11 Useful program from Graham Crow. Name is derived
                   from 'Big Cat', because its main use is to let you have a
                   description of up to 110 characters which is displayed in
                   a window by !Tiger. Particularly useful for documents,
                   letters, etc I use an app like this on my PC and it saves
                   a lot of browsing when looking for a particular letter
      !WhichDisc = Shows the name of the current floppy disc in a small
                   window at the bottom left of the screen. This is re-read
                   at a (configurable) interval or you can set it so it's
                   only read when you choose
      !Yadfs     = 2.5 Yet Another Disc Filing System for DFS (BBC) discs by
                   Chris Corbett. Can read/write Acorn or Watford (61 file
                   catalogue) discs, 40 or 80m track, single or double
                   density. Seems to be the best one yet
      !Backup    = 1.06 VERY simple program by Neil Walker to backup a
                   section of a hard disc to floppies. As it only works with
                   up to 10 discs it's only suitable for comparitively small
                   amounts of data
      !BootPass  = App by Spiro Harvey to let you have several levels of
                   boot sequence, each of which is protected by a password.
                   Could be very useful in schools
      !DiscComp  = Just compacts discs. I don't see what's so difficult
                   about typing 'Compact :0' but that seems too much trouble
                   for some people...
      !FastMove  = Very good app by Felix Andrew to speed up 'moving' files
                   from one directory to another. It's a module so it works
                   automatically in the background
      !RPFS      = Creates 'read protected' directories. This stops them
                   from being opened without a password, but if they are
                   applications they can be Run in the usual way


B267  -=-  File utilities  -=-
      !ArcFSInfo = Freely distributable part of ArcFS which, as the name
                   suggests, gives information about ArcFS archives
      !AutoRun   = Intended to automatically run apps on bootup but I can't
                   see why it's any better than the usual methods
      !Compare   = File compare program from Neil Walker
      !DeBOO     = Program by Steve Loft to decode BOO files
      !FastDesk  = A very simple idea. The program can 'remember' all the
                   iconsprites so they can all be loaded in one go. This
                   saves the delays when a directory full of apps. is opened
                   for the first time and the filer loads all the sprites
      !FileKey   = 1.02 Locks/unlocks entire directory structures
      !FileSee   = Displays files in 'dump' format in a desktop window
      !Filters   = Adds patches to the Filer. Most useful is to force the
                   filer to ask for confirmation before deleting files (if
                   you turn on confirm in the Filer window it asks for
                   confirmation before copying as well - which is a bit
                   tedious). Can also set CSD and perform an iconprites
      !FreeDisc  = Another app to show free space on the current drive on
                   the icon bar
      !MakeLZW   = Desktop front end for John Kortink's LZW modules
      !PCconvert = 1.11 Useful app from Simon Osborne to convert Wordstar
                   files into Acorn style ascii. Can also perform other
                   functions (eg. cr/lf transformation) to act as a general
                   purpose PC textfile converter
      !Shield    = Program by Ben carter to password protect a hard disc
      !SoftCorn  = Improved version of !Dup disc copier
      !Squish    = A module and desktop front end which provides simple file
                   compression for sprites
      !Suite     = Various utilities from Neil Walker, force deletion of
                   files/directories, set filetypes, display text files,
                   speaker on/off, set CSD, show time, ARM 3 cache on/off
      !CFSaid    = Checks that a CFS compressed file isn't longer than the
                   uncompressed version and if it is it decompresses it
      !CheckSave = Useful module by Peter Arnold which asks for confirmation
                   if a file would be overwritten by a Save operation
      !DirMenu   = 2.22 Rather nice Directory menu for hard discs by Julian
                   Smith. Lots of user-configurable options
      !FileCheck = Checks files for errors. Main use is to look for physical
                   defects on the disc
      !ScanCFS   = By B.Marsden, another utility to uncompress CFS files
                   which are longer than the original


B268  -=-  Desktop utilities  -=-
      !CaretUtil = Nice program from Peter Gaunt to flash and find the caret
      ColourTest = Generates a Drawfile showing 256 colours. Very useful for
                   testing colour printers or checking how colours will look
                   on a mono printer
      !Diary     = 1.00 Quite nice desktop diary from Nic Regan
      !DoodlePad = Provides a writeable backdrop on which you can 'doodle'
                   with the mouse. Unfortunately it's a Mode 12 sized 'pad'
                   so there's a gap around the sides in other modes
      !FuncKeys  = Rather nice function key strip from Simon Hatliff which
                   installs itself just above the icon bar. Includes
                   definitions for many popular apps (Artworks, Draw, Draw+,
                   Edit, Impression, Poster, etc.) and you can easily write
                   your own for others
      !Graph     = This appears to be a desktop scientific graph plotter
                   form M.Twells, but absolutely no instructions and I don't
                   have the time to play with it
      !ImpFont   = Produces an Impression document contianing all your fonts
      !Invoicer  = By Anthony Goffart, lets you create invoices. However,
                   while it's easy to use and otherwise useful it has a
                   serious flaw in thet the Author has stored the cash as a
                   floating point number and used the Basic STR$ function to
                   convert it to text. As experienced programmers will no
                   this often results in errors. eg four items at £2.20 each
                   cost £8.800000001
      LineEdit   = 1.01 I thought this was in the Library somewhere but
                   apparently it isn't. This is Richard K Lloyd's module to
                   trap OS_ReadLine and let you edit anything typed at the
                   command line. If you make a mistake you don't need to
                   delete everything and start over. As a 4DOS user on the
                   PC I can assure you it's invaluable. Works in Task
                   Windows too
      !LoseCaret ^ 1.14 Forces the application which currently owns the
                   caret to lose it. Stops badly behaved applications
                   intecepting keypresses they don't want instead of passing
                   them on.  *** updated Jun 96 ***
      !NoteBook  = Useful desktop notepad from R.Peach
      !NotePad   = Another, quite nice, desktop notepad from Stuart Marshall
      !Se_Macros = Program from Mike Barnes to insert often repeated phrases
                   into the keyboard buffer with a mouse click
      !Spex      = This displays a text file in a 'paged' desktop window.
                   Personally, I'd rather use !Zap but it might be useful if
                   you want something 'prettier'
      !STDfinder = From Julian Bristow, lets you find out the town from its
                   STD code. As the data is in the form of a text file it's
                   easy to edit/add codes. With C source
      SuperTrash = Nice desktop dustbin from Miles Carter
      !Thoughts  = From G.Rampton, an 'ideas processor' to help you plan
                   projects, docoments, even letters
      !VAT_Calc  = Very simple desktop VAT-adder from Tim Wiser
      !Worldtime = Displays the time in most parts of the world. Data is a
                   text file so if you make lots of foreign phone calls you
                   can edit this to make it disply the time in the places
                   you're about to phone. (No longer will you waken Aunty
                   Ethel at 4am. to wish her 'happy birthday')
      !XWords    = From Geraint Williams, takes a list of words and
                   generates a crossword in the form of a Drawfile. The
                   Drawfile can also incorporate the clues so you can have a
                   nice, neat, completed crossword


B269  -=-  More desktop utilities  -=-
      !Abode     = Another multi-function prog which can run the Basic
                   editor (does anyone REALLY use this horror?), set file
                   types and access, kill modules, execute '*' commands
      BlankCtrl  = Easy control of the RO3 screen blanker. Saves having to
                   load !Config to enable/disable it
      !CheckMod  = Just displays info about Module files dragged to it.
                   Useful to ensure you have the most recent version in yur
                   !System.Modules directory
      !Chime     = Just chimes on the hour
      !CMOS      = By James Hunter, the nicest CMOS saver/restorer I've seen
                   Hunter
      !Cycle     = By Stephen Burke, lets you cycle through the window stack
                   with a keypress, bringing the bottom window to the top
      !FreeRAM   = Another one of those little icons that shows you how much
                   RAm you've got left
      !FuelGauge = Yet another free RAM app
      !Gambara   = Opens a window to show mouse pointer position, state of
                   mouse buttons, window unde the pointer, etc
      !IconDel   = 1.03 From Robert Adamson, invaluable if you constantly
                   open directories on applications and fill up the Wimp
                   Spritepool with icon sprites. It opens a window showing
                   all the sprites and lets you delete the ones you no
                   longer want, releasing the RAM
      !InfoBar   = Module which displays date, time, free memory, etc at the
                   left hand end of the icon bar above the drive icons so it
                   doesn't use up any screen space
      !Intro     = Just displays the name of the owner of the machine. Put
                   it in your !Boot sequence to deter thieves
      !KilleRam  = Wipes all the files off the RAM disc. Saves deleting them
                   manually before resizing, also show free space on RAMdisc
      !LastTime  = Displays the last time the computer was used. Put it in
                   your !Boot file and find out if anyone has been tampering
      !MemCheck  = Simple app to scan memory for possible virus activity
      !ModFiler  = Nice app from Brian Marsden to control Modules from the
                   desktop. Can give info, Kill, Unplug, Save, etc
      !MouseCtrl = Mouse speed control from the desktop
      !Nosey     = Gives info about what's going on in the desktop
      !PicView   = Very good program from Simon Hatliff tp display sprites
                   in a desktop window. Saves all that messing about with
                   Paint to view a sprite
      !QMR       = Quick Morse Reader from Chris Coe. Converts text to morse
                   and visa versa, represented as a series of .'s and -'s
      !Resources : From J.Robbins, adds apps to the Resources filing system
      !ResROM    : A similar program to add apps to the Resource filing
                   system from Ian Jeffray
      !Speak     = 1.00 From Robert Seago, an amalgamation of his earlier
                   !Keyspeak and !Say programs so it can both speak short
                   phrases and say the name of keys as they are pressed
      !SprDisp   = Displays a large sprite on the screen. The sprite can be
                   larger than the screen so it's useful for looking at very
                   large sprites if you don't have a hi res monitor
      !SprView   = Another app to dsplay a large sprite on the desktop by
                   Joss Smith
      !TheMenu   = Gives info about mouse position, free RAM, time, date etc
      !Thieving  = From Simon Hatliff, lets you 'grab' a window as a sprite


B270  -=-  Desktop customising - Visual  -=-
      3DTools    : A set of rather nice 3D tool sprites
      3DTools2   : More 3D tool sprites
      !BackDrop  + A fancy backdrop program mainly intended for RO2
      !Backs     : Several backdrop pictures
      !BackSpr   + Fancy backdrop, again mainly for RO2
      Backtiles  : A collection of 38 tile sprites for use on the backdrop
                   Most of these are 3D and rather nice
      !Customise : Several sets of Tool, file, radio, option etc. sprites
                   with a selector program from Glyn Furlong
      !IconZ 2   : Application from David Jones to animate the Switcher
                   icon. Comes with three animations or make your own
      !MegaIcons : Tool and file icons from Jon Alwyn
      !Megalook  : A selection of very good icon and tool sprites from
                   Matthew Gray, mainly for Hi Res monitors
      !NewIcon   = Rather garish file icons from Ioan Evans
      !RiscOS3+  : Backdrops and tool sprites from Ian Jeffray. These come
                   in 2D and 3D versions so they're suitable for lo res
                   monitors as well as hi res
      !SetIcons  : Tool and file sprites
      !StyleDraw : A set of fancy icons and sprites to make Draw look a bit
                   prettier from Dave Thomas
      XmasIcons  : Well, it's nearly Christmas, so decorate your desktop


B271  -=-  Desktop customising  -=-
      !AcornLogo : Puts the Acorn logon on the top RH corner of the screen
      !AutoFocus = Automatically gives the window with the mouse pointer
                   over it the input focus
      !Banner    = Display a banner window on the screen. This can be done
                   at start-up by including it in your !Boot file or at any
                   time (eg. by running it from within another app).
                   Includes !BanEd which lets you make your own banners
      !BestDesk  = A series of third party items put together in a single
                   package by Ryan Li
      !Customise : Selection of File and Tool sprites by Andrew Heckford
      !Customize : Some programs by Mike Curnow to switch dithering, solid
                   drags, and the FPA on and off
      FilerExt   : Module from Greg Stewart-Nicholls to use anti-aliased
                   fonts in filer windows
      !FontChoos = Choice of 25 System fonts with an app. to select them
      !MacWheel  : Mac' style mouse pointer instead of the hourglass
      !PalMaker  = This seems to be a palette tool for 24bpp palettes but I
                   find the instructions impossible to understand
      !PinFilter : Enhancements to the Pinboard by Andrew Kemp
      !PinLogo   : Another app to put the Acorn logo on the pinboard
      !Rastas    : Really *WILD* backdrop
      !RotateSw  = Puts a rotating Acorn logo on the icon bar
      !Setup     : By Anthony Brion, lets you have several setup sequences
                   in your !Boot application and you can choose which one
                   will operate. Very useful if more than one person
                   habitually uses the compuer but could be used to provide
                   alternative working environments for different tasks
      !Sys_Font  = Eight different system fronts selectable from a menu


      The following discs contain lists of words in alphabetical order, one
      word per line. They are intended for use as, or for supplementing, the
      dictionaries of spelling checkers. Some are very big, and larger than
      about 500K they are split into individual letters of the alphabet.
      Many foreign word lists need accented or special characters but these
      have NOT been used, instead punctuation characters have been
      substituted. This is done so that only normal ascii characters are
      used. You can easily determine what 'foreign' letter must be
      substitued and use 'Search and Replace' in a text editor to change
      them. This is best done by the user as the ascii number of foreign
      characters varies according to which alphabet you are using, and you
      may be using a customised alphabet to match your printer or font

B272  W_Dutch    Almost 180,000 words, nearly 2Mb in total, so large enough
                 to form the basis for a comprehensive spelling checker

B273  W_French   Around 140,000 words, over 1.5Mb
      W_Italian  Over 60,000 words, about 550K

B274  W_Danish   Over 25,000 words, about 260K
      W_German   Around 27,000 words, nearly 330K
      W_Spanish  86,000 words, around 850K
      W_Swedish  A short list of more than 23,000 words

B275  W_Japanese Over 115,000 words, 930K
      W_Norwegia Nearly 62,000 words, 575K
      W_English  21,000 words, 173K. About the smallest dictionary possible
                 for an English language spelling checker. Included as it
                 might be useful for someone who wants to use it as the
                 dictionary for a memory resident program taking minimum RAM


B276  -=-  Lexicon compilation  -=-
      The complete set of discs B272, B273, B274 and B275 on four 800K or
      two 1.6Mb discs (please specify) for just ** £3.50.** (1 Bonus point)


B277  -=-  Specialst word lists  -=-
      W_Medical  Nearly 60,000 specialist medical words. A rather large
                 file, 645K, which isn't too surprising as it contains words
                 like acetylglucosaminylphosphotransferase
      Asteroid   The names of 3,400 asteroids
      Chinese    More than 400 single syllables which form the Pinyin
                 Romanization System
      Myth/Legend  Over 1,300 names of beasts and charcters from myths and
                   legends
      OZ         Nearly 2000 Australian words. If you must write in colonial
                 dialect and want to use words like 'chunderous' this will
                 save adding them to your spelling checker one at a time
      Places     Over 15,000 place names. These are mainly American towns
                 and cities but the list contains lots of others
      SF_Names   Names of More than 750 science fiction Authors, characters,
                 places and books. Just in case you can't remember whether
                 Arrakis has one or two r's
      ShakeNames A list of more than 650 dramatis personae and locations
                 from the works of the Bard
      W_Biology  A short list of biological terms
      W-Legal_L  Over 16,400 words, most rarely needed but in common use in
                 legal letters and documents. Words like 'nonprejudicially'
                 are just not found in most spelling checkers!
      W_Legal_S  The previous list is over 167K but this much shorter list
                 contains over 2,000 words and is only 20K
      W_Scottish The list of words from the Scottish Dictionary on B278
      W_Yiddish  About 70 common Yiddish and 'Yinglish' words. Have you
                 noticed than most spelling checkers can't cope with 'klutz'
                 or 'mazeltov'?
         NOTE - If you have any specialist word lists that you have compiled
                 that you think might be of use to others I would like to
                 have them to add to this disc


B278  -=-  Dictionaries  -=-
      Acronyms   More than 3,300 acronyms with meanings in case you need to
                 know what things like UNICEF mean, (actually United Nations
                 International Children's Emergency Fund)
      DevilsDict The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Pierce. Perhaps this
                 should more properly have been placed with 'Literature' but
                 as I was compiling a disc of dictionaries...
      Dictionary A short dictionary of about 2,500 English words. Not
                 comprehensive but useful
      TelecomDic A dictionary of words and terms used in telecommunications.
                 Many of these are common English words but often with a
                 special meaning when applied to comms
      CompDict   A short dictionary of computer jargon words and phrases
                 with their meaning. PC oriented but most words have a
                 common useage
      CryptoDict A dictionary of cryptographic terms, particularly as
                 applied to computers
      FeudalDict Feudal terms as used in medieval England in case you need
                 to know what words like ESCHEAT or VIRGATE mean
      ScottshDic Around 350 Scottish 'dialect' words and their meaning.
                 Unfortunately it's cut off in it's prime halfway through
                 the L's so if anyone has the full version I'd be grateful
                 for a copy
      ShakeGloss More than 2,000 words found in Shakespear's works which
                 have either fallen out of use of who's meaning has changed


B279  Roget's Thesaurus.  The 1911 version (1.02) as compiled by Project
         Gutenberg. Obviously it won't contain many words which have
         appeared since this time, particularly technical or jargon words,
         but over 1,000 new words have been added to the original.
         This is a single large file, over 1½ megabytes, so you will need a
         lot of RAM to use it. It is *just* possible to load it into an
         editor on a 2Mb machine, but you really need 4Mb


B280  The Hacker's Dictionary  from Project Gutenberg. A 'proper' dictionary
      of computer related terms and words, with particular emphasis on comms
      related subjects. As it's well over 1Mb it has been split into five
      files for easier use. Not only is this absolutely invaluable for
      newcomers to computers (what DO all those funny words mean?) it will
      also be of interest to the more experienced


B281  -=-  Maestro Tunes  -=-
      The complete collection of Maestro tunes as listed in the 'Sounds'
      catalogue. This includes all the compilations shown

          On two 800K discs or one 1.6Mb  (please specify)  **  £2.00  **



      The following two sets of discs are distributed under licence and all
      contents are (C) Acorn Computers. Although these are supplied with the
      machines, as Acorn computers are so well built they last a long time
      so many older models are still in use, sometimes third- or fourth-
      hand, and often the applications discs get mislaid or corrupted along
      the way. You should be able to get replacements from an Acorn dealer
      but you may not have one near you or, sometimes, they want to charge
      an outrageous amount just to copy a couple of discs
      (Risc PC users - please note. Acorn have refused permission for anyone
      to distribute the !65Tube BBC emulator, although this works perfectly
      on the Risc PC. However it appears on the RISC-OS 3 apps. discs!)

B282  -=-  RISC-OS 2 Applications and Utility discs  -=-
      As supplied with all machines fitted with RISC-OS 2. Some modules and
      applications have been updated to later versions
                             Supplied on two 800K discs   **  £2.00  **


B283  -=-  RISC-OS 3 Applications and Utility discs  -=-
      As supplied with all models except the Risc PC
         On two 800K or one 1.6Mb disc (please specify)   **  £2.00  **


B284  -=-  Programming utilities  -=-
      !3Ddemo    : Short program to illustrate the 'R' parameters used in
                   the validation string of a RO3 Template to produce fancy
                   icon borders
      Algorithms = Four short Basic programs demostrating various
                   algorithms. These can all be 'hacked' for use in your own
                   programs. The first has four sort routines, Heap, Shell,
                   Quick and Select, the second three different searches,
                   Brute Force, KMP and Boyer-Moore. There are also programs
                   to demonstrate the use of the 'simulated annealing'
                   technique and searching for the complex zeros of and
                   arbitrary function of one variable using the Muller
                   method. (Don't ask, I have no idea!)
      !BasicLib  = Actually a library of Functions to assemble floating
                   point instructions using the Basic assembler. The best I
                   have seen
      !BSquasher = 1.18 A Basic squasher from Mohsen Alshayef. It's billed
                   as beta test and although it works there aren't any
                   options, so it's 'all or nothing'. The problem is that it
                   sometimes produces code which won't work, giving 'missing
                   variable' errors
      !DBAssist  = 1.02 Debug Assist from Keith Hall. By adding a routine to
                   your program this displays info about critical variables
                   while the program is running. Examples are shown for use
                   with C or Basic
      Fronts     = Three DDE utilities, Data2Asm, Sprite2Asm and Temp2Asm.
                   As the names imply these enable Data, Sprite and Template
                   files to be converted to a format compatible with AOF and
                   suitable for linking with DDE assembler or compiled
                   languages
      GraphDemo  = Three Basic programs from Cy Booker to demonstrate
                   dithering and colour pickers
      !Handles   = Displays the handles of the window and icon under the
                   mouse pointer
      !HourMaker = A program from Simon Heys to let you create customised
                   Hourglass Modules
      MathsFuncs = A series of Basic Functions to simplify complex real
                   number problems
      NPLib      = 1.11  Comprehensive Basic Library from Chris Coe of
                   Norsoft Productions. Lots of procedures and functions to
                   perform most of the tasks required when programming the
                   Wimp. NOT for novices as it assumes an understanding of
                   Wimp programming
      !Obey      = Simple app to display the OS variable Obey$Dir in a
                   desktop window. Can help to track down problems with
                   complex !Run and !Boot sequences
      !PC256     = Converts standard 256 desktop colours to COLOUR and TINT.
                   Useful of you want to reproduce one of these colours in a
                   non desktop program
      !QuickSrc  = Produces a short Basic Assembler program of a Module
                   Header to saves you the trouble of remembering the
                   correct offset for all those pointers
      !Squish    = 2.38 Basic squasher by Kevin and Stuart Swinton. Seems
                   quite good but is *very* fussy about syntax and gets
                   thoroughly confused with multiple-entry FN's and PROC's
      !Status    = 1.03 From Dave Thomas, monitors Wimp messages. Can help
                   you find out what's going wrong with your program
      !SWIConv   = Another one of those little apps to convert between SWI
                   names and numbers
      !TempGrab  = Lets you grab a window off the screen and saves it as a
                   sprite. Useful for illustrating Manuals etc
      !WhichCol? = Shows the Colour and Tint of the pixel the mouse pointer
                   is over
      !WimpAid   = A1.1 Useful little program from Graham Crow to show
                   various info about the Window the mouse is over
      !WimpInfo  = 1.00 From Dick Alstein, another app to give info about
                   the object the mouse pointer is over. This one also
                   displays useful things about icons as well
      !WinLook   = 1.09 Yet another one, this time from David Gilbert


B285  !Atchoo    = With ARM 2 machines this speeds up the System ROMs,
                   with an ARM 3 it turns the cache on or off
      !CrossAid  = 2.00 Helps find a word when only some of the letters are
                   known. Useful for solving crosswords
      !Envelope  = Simple program to address an envelope
      !FixGen    = 2.00  Fixture generator. Given a series of teams this
                   creates a list of fixtures so all teams play each other
                   twice (home and away). Output can be as a list or a
                   fixture grid
      !GHZap     : Searches through program code and disables all those
                   'UpdateMemC' calls put in by incompetent programmers
                   which crash the machine
      !Journo    = Diary program. NOT for recording dates, appointments,
                   etc, but DIARY in the original meaning, for keeping a
                   record of what happened during the day
      !Lottery   = 1.13 From Paul Vigay. The Author describes the purpose of
                   this program as 'to win loads of money', so, as you can
                   imagine, it's an aid to picking the correct numbers to
                   help increase your chances of getting a prize in the
                   national lottery. By using something like this you might
                   even have as much as half the chance of winning as you
                   would doing the pools!
      !MemoryPie = Displays memory useage as a pie chart
      !Mickey    = 2.00 Another utility to display mouse x/y co-ordinated, but
                   the best feature is its ability to set the 'origin' so it
                   can display the pointer position relative to any point
                   you choose rather than the absolute position
      !OldModes  = For Risc PC only, adds a menu of old style mode numbers
                   to the mode picker so you can select them when using
                   badly behaved software that needs a standard mode instead
                   of having to type in the number
      !Pools     = 1.02 Another program with the aim of helping you win
                   money. A pools prdictor from Andrew Ayre. (Anything that
                   keeps you away from thet *^&$£ed lottery!)
      !ProjMan   = 1.03 Project Manager by Neil Vickers. Lets you set up ten
                   different environments which can be selected from a menu.
                   Each environment can open directories, set screen mode,
                   run specified applications, etc. The idea is that you
                   would set these to suit 'projects' you are working on so
                   you can have everything just the way you like it for each
                   working environment
      !ReDraw    = Main use is to force a screen redraw if the system
                   sprites change for any reason, but it can also perform an
                   iconsprites command if you drag a spritefile to it
      !RPCalc    : Reverse Polish Calculator from Circle Software. Anyone
                   old enough to remember the original Sinclair pocket
                   calculator (about a quarter of a century ago) will know
                   what RPN is, and will not thank anyone for reminding
                   them. Still, it is a fully functional calculator
      !RUSure?   : Have you ever hit Shift/Ctrl/F12 by mistake and shut down
                   the computer? This useful app intecepts the call and asks
                   if you're SURE you want to shutdown BEFORE it's too late
      !Speaker   = Yes, another speaker on/off switchererer. Nice thing
                   about this one is that you can hang it on the backdrop
                   and click on it to make it work
      !Spell     = Simple desktop front-end for CC's !SpellMod. Can check
                   individual words or a text file, when it produces a list
                   of probable mis-spelt words. Obviously you need CC's
                   !SpellMod to use it. No substitute for David Pilling's
                   program but if you have a copy of !SpellMod..
      !Start     = Application 'starter' and general command executor
      !Switcher  = Lets you switch between two screen modes of your choice.
                   As most people use one of two modes 99% of the time this
                   does what's required with minimum fuss
      !TaskKill  = 1.26 Nice Module from Paul Clifford to kill the current
                   task. Invaluable for programmers (those who don't have a
                   Risc PC) and the only way out when you run one of those
                   badly written Demo's or games that don't have a proper
                   exit and then remember you'd forgotten to Save chapter 46
                   of your novel
      !WordEnter = 1.13 Lets you enter frequently used words or phrases into
                   the keyboard buffer by clicking on a menu


B286  !Movie     1.06 Previously on B258 but it has grown too big for that
                 disc. It is a large database of film info, including
                 actors, directors, writers, and other stuff. The actual
                 program is fairly crude but the data is all plain text
                 files so you can easily add to it. If you are interested in
                 films it's a must
      MovieGoofs A text file contining lots of mistakes, continuity errors,
                 visible boom mikes, items which mysteriously appear and
                 dissapear during a scene, and other 'goofs' which some
                 people delight in noticing


B287  -=-  Database  -=-
      !DataBase  = 2.60 Nice desktop database by Raffaele Ferrigno. All the
                   usual features and with three example databases. Can use
                   CSV files and the data files are (more or less) plain
                   text so you can alter them with a text editor if you wish
      !RollerDex = Another desktop database. Quite good but the Author
                   (Richard Peach) is one of those strange people who think
                   that you shouldn't give proper manuals with a Shareware
                   program until the user registers. As a result you are
                   going to find it difficult to evaluate the program and so
                   probably won't register. I find this annoying because it
                   will probably result in another person saying 'Nobody's
                   registered so Shareware doesn't work'
      AddressBk  = A rather old, non desktop, address book database by Alex
                   Hopkins. However it's easy to use and has an Arthur style
                   Wimp interface. Not the most up to date available but
                   younger users in particular find it preferable to more
                   complex programs
      !CDtracker : 2.24 Comprehensive database for your CD's. Not only does
                   it let you catalogue your CD (or tape) collection, with
                   full search facilities, it can also (given suitable
                   hardware) play them as well. Comes complete with a huge
                   ready made database. Can import data from similar
                   programs (including the popular !CDIndex and !Cassette)
                   *** updated Nov 95 ***
      !Family    = Family tree app from David Breakwell. Not particularly
                   sophisticated, but lets you input the data for each
                   member in a standard database format and it can then
                   produce a Drawfile of the whole or part of the tree.
                   Comes with two examples, one of which is a family tree of
                   the various Acorn computers
      !Maxfile   = 4.41 This program by Chris Wragg was originally written
                   for the BBC computer but don't be put off by this as it
                   has been extensively updated for the Archimedes. It's not
                   a desktop program, but has all the normal database
                   functions, sort, indexes, sub-files, etc. and is very
                   easy to use. Because of this it's ideal for use in
                   education or for younger users


B288  -=-  Graphics utilities  -=-
      !CAViewer  = Rather useful program from Dean Sivell to display Draw,
                   Sprite, Artworks, Tablemate or Equasor files. Not only is
                   it quicker and less fussy than messing about with the
                   original applications just to look at the file, it also
                   saves you having !Paint, !Draw, etc. running if you just
                   want to browse
      !Cobbler   = Application from Emmet Spier for use with the Multipod
                   which lets you digitise a Mode 21 image if you have less
                   than 4Mb of RAM. Needs a copy of Translator (B012)
      !DrawCat   = 1.10 From Anton Mans, lets you create a printed catalogue
                   of a collection of Drawfiles
      !DrawLots  = Creates Drawfiles of various geometrical shapes. Can save
                   a lot of time because Draw itself can't do this
      GDpatch    = This patches the GDraw Module from Artworks to make it
                   much faster
      !JFIF      = A desktop front end for ChangeFSI which enables it to
                   handle CJPEG and DJPEG files. Although ChangeFSI can do
                   this it can otherwise only do so from the command line
      !JPEGinst  = Another extension for ChangeFSI to enable it to wotk with
                   JPEG files
      !JView     = JPEG file viewer from ARM's Tech which is faster than
                   either ChangeFSI or Translator
      !PICConv   = 1.02 Converts Psion3/Pocket Book PIC files to Mode 13
                   sprites
      !PieDraw   = Nice little app from Mike Williams which produces a
                   Drawfile pie chart from a simple text input file. Ideal
                   for making charts ready to incorporate into DTP docs
      !POVshape  = Lets you create definitions of a variable shape torus for
                   POV as the standard shape has a fixed relationship
                   between major and minor radii
      !Prescribe = Converts objects in a Drawfile into PreScribe-II commands
      !ShowDraw  = Displays a Drawfile in a desktop window. Much quicker
                   than !Draw if you just want to look
      !Spr->ASC  = Converts a Spritefile into a collection of ascii
                   characters. There are obvious limitations but the main
                   aim is to let you send simple pictures, signatures, etc.
                   via email
      !Sprte2IFF = 0.52 Converts a Spritefile to IFF format
      !To24bpp   = Lets you use ChangeFSI to converts a 24bpp foreign file
                   to one of the new 16 or 24 bpp sprites. If you don't have
                   a RiscPC ChangeFSI can't do this within the desktop


B289  -=-  Archimedes Fractal Group - Disc 4  -=-
         Another collection of the best fractal programs from the AFG
      !Dots, !FracPaint, !Julia, !LifeForms (the 'ultimate' game of Life),
      !Mandel (from R.A.Lauritzsen), !MandelB (from Martin Wuerthner),
      !Mars, !PalGen (from Ian Nichols, primarily for generating 256 colour
      palettes for fractal programs but can be used for other graphics progs
      as well), !WavePlasm, !WimpWaves. Plus a series of programs from
      J.O.Linton ((!Animation, !IFS and !Superbrot) and 19 simple Basic
      fractal/graphics programs


B290  -=-  More Fractal and Graphics programs  -=-
      !FracVist2 = FracVisit from Joyce Haslam
      !Hodge     = 1.01 Cellular automata in a small desktop window from
                   Warner Hepping
      !Juliana++ = Modified version of Jan Vleitink's original program from
                   Robin Watts and Jamie Lockier
      !Lyapunov  = Simple Lyapunov program based on an idea published in
                   Scientific American
      !Martin    = From Jean van Mourik
      !Maze      = Maze generator from Jan Vibe
      !Menger    = Another program from Jean van Mourik
      !M_Traj    = 2.00 This program from Joyce Haslam attempts to discover
                   where the points which 'escape' from the usual mandelbrot
                   set go to
      !Penrose   = A program to display various Penrose tiles. Complete with
                   C and assmbler source code
      !Tesseract = A four dimensional (!) cube display from David McQuillan
      !TripATron = 1.50 A series of fractal type graphics displays. The
                   Author says it's ideal for parties (I think the name
                   suggests what *type* of parties!)
      !Wibble    = Very interesting program from Alistair Tunbull. I'm not
                   going to describe it, try it for yourself
      !WimpFrac  = Nice desktop fractal program from Hendrik Pedersen. Not
                   very quick but allows you to adjust most parameters
                   (including the palette) and produces some great images,
                   especially in hi-res modes
         PLUS five Basic graphics programs


B291  -=-  Yet more Fractals  -=-
      !Browse    = A series of fractal images
      !FracPaint = 2.70 Superb desktop fractal generator from Michiel van
                   Schaik. Very comprehensive and with a large selection of
                   palettes and examples
      !Landscape = Great fractal landscape generator from Malcome Banthorpe
      !Mandy     = Mandlebrot generator from Rischard Attrill
      !MandysBit = A floating point program from Robert Templeman
      !Mandel3D  = Makes 3D versions of the images produces by !Mandy
      !Scape     = Nice 3D Mandlebrot landscaping from Martin Hesketh
      !ArcAut    = Good 'cellular automata' program. Input is in the form of
                   script files which produce the display. Unfortunately the
                   Author has taken a few shortcuts which means that the
                   program doesn't work properly on the Risc PC


B293  Two genesis applications plus assorted other material (including a
      crossword) on the Romans in Britain. One of these is a simple database
      about the construction of Hadrian's Wall, the other is a 'mystery'
      where you have to travel around a Roman fort and try to discover the
      whereabouts of a missing merchant. These are mainly intended for use
      in education

      This disc also contains the Genesis Browser and the necessary fonts
      but this cannot be relied upon if the material is added to


B294  Humour - More than 280 files, over 1½ megabytes, of humourous texts on
      a variety of subjects from Adverts to Yuppies. Some of these are
      computer related (Megabyte - Something obtained from an over-friendly
      rottweiller) but most are more general (eg. the Manifesto of the
      Politically Correct Movement). There's something (probably lot's of
      somethings) for everyone


B295  -=-  OS Lib  -=-
      The standard Library for C compilers. If you want to use a compiler
      such as GCC you will probably prefer to use something like DeskLib,
      but many programs supplied with source code were written using OS_Lib
      and, if you want to modify them, you will need a copy

      Supplied on two 800K or a single 1.6Mb disc, either costs  ** £2.00 **
                 (one Bonus point)


B296  -=-  Desktop Customising  -=-
      !NewerLook : 2.03 Andrew Clover's multi-purpose desktop customiser,
                   now improved to work with the Risc PC. Lot's of
                   improvemets, various types of sprite drags, improved
                   pinboard, improved resource filer for pre Risc PC's,
                   plus, of course, a variety of Wimp sprites (2D and 3D)
                   and window tools, new hourgalss, nicer error boxes,
                   replacement windows for the 'resident' apps, etc, etc
      !WelcomeA  : An alternative desktop 'Welcome' screen from Cy Booker
                   You can, of course, create your own screens. Works on
                   RiscPC too


B297  -=-  Utilities  -=-
      !ATool     ^ Nice Shareware app launcher from Anthony Plassaras. It
                   puts a user configurable button bar along the top of the
                   screen. Each button has menus, and these can open
                   directories, launch tasks, etc. Registration is a bit
                   expensive, but it's probably the best program of this
                   type I have seen. Seems to work on everything, including
                   Risc PC
      AddApps    : 1.60 By Ron Clarke. Lets you add applications to the
                   Resources Filer. There are several of these but this
                   seems the best so far
      !EasyMode  ^ An improvement on the Mode Picker for the RiscPC. Instead
                   of a small window with menus for colours and resolutions
                   it gives a proper selection window plus mode selection by
                   hot key
      IClear     = Icon Clear. This is supposed to make it easier to delete
                   all the text in a writeable icon. Personally I've never
                   had any difficulty pressing CTRL-U, but it does have the
                   advantage that if you change your mind you can restore
                   the original
      !MChange   = 1.10 Another mouse speed utility from John Reed. Nice and
                   easy to use and you can type any speed, so it's not just
                   limited to 1-5
      !MoreIBar  = More Icon Bar from Sam Kington. Gives a second 'icon bar'
                   which is a small, scrollable, vertical window in the
                   bottom left hand corner of the screen. It isn't a real
                   icon bar, of course, and doesn't behave exactly like one,
                   but it does save you having to scroll the real icon bar
                   if you have a lot of tasks loaded
      !PhoneDir  = 1.06 From Jason O'Broin, lets you find an STD coder from
                   an area or visa versa
      !RapidKeys = Puts a button bar representing the function keys down the
                   RH side of the screen. The keys display the functions
                   performed in the current application and several are
                   provided. As definition files are plain text you can
                   easily make your own
      !SmallTime = A 'small' desktop clock from James Feeman
      !Quote     : Intercepts keypresses and substitues other characters
                   It's main purpose, as the name implies, it to try to
                   pair quotation marks. I then have to spend ages trying to
                   remove all these from text files so they don't screw up
                   everything when you try to print the resulting text file
                   on a normal printer!!  Use sparingly please
      !SS        ^ Billed as a 'cell editor'. Briefly, it loads data in a
                   variety of formats and displays it in cells rather like a
                   spreadsheet. Obviously data must be 'viewable', but it's
                   ideal for looking at CSV, Tab Separated and various other
                   formats without the need to load a major package
      !TextMax   ^ Puts printer control codes into text so you can use
                   special effects in a text editor (Edit, Zap, etc)
                   Unfortunately it's set up for an Epson printer and there
                   doesn't seem to be any simple way to change it
      !TidyUp    : 1.00 A 'desktop tidier' from Andrew Heckford. Lets you
                   tidy all open windows in a variety of ways, stacking them
                   all together, cascading, iconising them all, making them
                   all the same size, and more. If you are one of those
                   untidy people who always have lots of windows scattered
                   all over the desktop this will probably be useful
      !WordCount : From James Freeman, does what its name suggests, counts
                   the words in a text file
      Lefty      = A Module I wrote to reverse the action of the Left and
                   Right mouse buttons (Select and Adjust). Intended for
                   left-handed people who prefer to have a left-handed mouse


B298  -=-  Disc and File utilities  -=-
      !DeskStart = Replaces the usual *Desktop -file command and has various
                   advantages over the conventional method
      !DFSView   = Simple DFS disc viewer. There are better programs but if
                   you just want to copy a few files from a DFS disc this
                   will probably do
      !DirCtrl   = Puts directories on the icon bar so you can open them by
                   clicking on them. Each directory can have its 'options'
                   set individually, so you can have directories containing
                   applications showing large sprites, those with lots of
                   files showing small sprites, etc. Each directory can be
                   password protected, as can the application itself, so by
                   'hiding' directories inside the !DirCtrl application you
                   can protect them
      !FCoreProt = By Andrew heckford, dismounts a disc if you close it's
                   filer window with the Menu button. Saves crashing
                   Filecore with RO2
      !Filer-    : Produces a menu tree of your hard disc when you click
                   Menu on the backdrop. Various other functions to make it
                   easier to move about on a hard disc
      Fudge      = Rather useful Module from an anonymous Author. Makes apps
                   look as if they are being run from ADFS::0 even though
                   they are really on your hard disc. Lets you run many
                   games and other protected software from a hard disc which
                   will normally only run from floppy. Might also work with
                   some third party hi density drives which often won't run
                   protected software
      !Guest     = I quite like this, it lets you have lots of applications
                   apparently installed on the icon bar, but they aren't
                   really there, they are just 'ghosts', under control of
                   !Guest. When you click on one of them (or drag a suitable
                   file to it) !Guest will run it just as if the program was
                   installed. The advantage is that all those icons aren't
                   using any RAM, so you can appear to have many apps
                   installed without gobbling up huge chunks of memory
      !HDspeed   = 1.10 The definitive hard disc speed test program (but
                   then I would say that, wouldn't I). This will really find
                   out how good you hard disc/interface is
      !ImageProt : 1.01 This module will stop you deleting a non-empty Image
                   file. Useful if you use Image files as compressed
                   directories. It will also stop you deleting your 100Mb
                   DOS partition by mistake!
      !Lockit    = Designed to make a piece of software useable on only one
                   computer. If, like me, you believe software protection is
                   the last resort of the inept, then you will wonder what
                   possible good it could be, but it might be useful to lock
                   a program to a particular machine in a school to stop
                   pupils 'borrowing' it
      !LongFiles : 0.10 By Jason Tribbeck, lets you have up to 55 character
                   filenames on almost any filing system. I've only tried
                   it briefly and it seems to work OK, but do read the
                   instructions carefully first. It's best on a hard disc so
                   the filename cache can be saved before you shut down
      !MultiObey = Multitasks Obey files. Useful for Boot sequences or other
                   long-winded tasks as it lets you see what's going on
      !OakSCSI   = 1.10 A Wimp inteface to the Oak SCSI card so you don't
                   have to use the CLI to set the parameters. As it seems to
                   translate the options into '*' commands it should be
                   fairly robust and work with most versions
      !PROtek    = Hard disc protection program from William Cooke
      !RamDisc²  = 1.01 Potential life-saver from James Aylett. When you
                   shut down this copies the contents of the RAM disc to
                   your hard disc, when you next boot up it puts it all back
                   again, so (provided you shut dowm properly) you don't
                   loose the contents of the RAM disc when you switch off.
                   If, like me, you use a RAM disc as temporary storage for
                   odds and ends and sometime switch off without remembering
                   to save it....
      !ReName    = Another one of those useful little programs you won't
                   need very often, but when you DO it saves you lots of
                   frustration. This renames a series of files with any name
                   you wish follwed by a numerical suffix 01, 02, etc
      !TidyDisc  = By Anthony Brion, this performs two main tasks. It
                   renames 'standard' files with nicely formatted names -eg,
                   !SPRITES to !Sprites, !runimage to !RunImage, etc. (upper
                   case filenames are a real pain on the Risc PC with an
                   outline font in filer windows). The other purpose is to
                   uncompress !Boot, !Sprite, GIF, TIF etc. files compressed
                   with CFS which don't take up any less disc space but slow
                   up disc access
      !TimeLock  = Another hard disc protector, but only prevents access to
                   a directory between certain times. The idea was to stop
                   kids getting into the 'Games' directory at school when
                   they should have been working, but I'm sure there are
                   other uses
      !TreeMenHD : Provides a full hierachical menu of a hard disc. It has
                   lots of features and seems very good, although the
                   instructions are a bit vague on some points
      !TypeFind  = 2.00 Tries to work out the filetype of an untyped file
                   Can recognise lots of files


B299  -=-  Educational programs  -=-
      Chinese    = 1.02  Billed as 'Chinese for RiscOS' by Like Taylor. It
                   appears to be intended as a tuition program, and consists
                   of two applications, a flashcard tuition program and a
                   text reader
      CO2effect  = Global warming simulation by Bandy Ridgwell. Can plot and
                   display likely effects of the various greenhouse gases.
                   Results are shown graphically and can be saved. This is a
                   cut down demo version, the restrictions are that some
                   parameters are fixed and cannot be varied. The full
                   version is available from the Author for the very modest
                   price of £10. This seems like a comprehensive simulation
                   and would be very useful as a teaching aid
      !Fit       = Two programs from Mike Williams, FitLine and FitPower.
                   They try to fit the best straight line through a number
                   of points and the best power function to a number of
                   points respectively
      !Frank     = From Mike Goatly, who describes it as a 'non-intelligent
                   language learner'. It tries to learn about the order of
                   and relationships between words from sentences you type
      Journal    = A series of A5 Drawfiles that can be printed directly or
                   used in DTP documents. They provide ready made pages for
                   students to enter their homework
      !NetCtrl   = 1.15 From James Aylett, a network manager to help you to
                   control a network from a master computer
      NRA        = A series of Style/Publisher templates for NRA documents
                   This might save you a lot of work reinventing the wheel
      !SimNet    = 1.02 Complete network manager from Chris Corbett. Looks
                   like a very useful package, and the main feature seems to
                   be extensive password management for groups of users
                   It's a Shareware program and has good documentation
      !Cubic     = A program from Mike Williams to solve cubic equations
      !Funcy2    = 2.02 Very comprehensive program from Richard Blythe to
                   plot graphs of function
      !Graff     = 1.01 Program by Dave Thomas to display a graphical
                   representation of an equation
      !RPI       = Calculates the infalation of a price based upon the
                   Retail Price Index. Ths data included is from 1925 to
                   1990, but I have modified the program so it's now an
                   external text file so you can easily extend it
         PLUS - A text file containing a comprehensive list of Imperial
         weights and measures plus a whole series of geometric formula


B300  The Internet Starter Pack. Contains all the programs you need for
      Internet connection using a SLIP connection. Lots of documentation,
      including FAQ's
      This comes archived on two 800K or a single 1.6Mb disc for ** £2.00 **


B301  -=-  More Internet tools  -=-
      !ArcWeb    = A Web browser which can translate HTML files
      !Webster   = 0.60 Another HML browser by Andrew Pullen. Very easy to
                   use
      HTMLtools  = Allows HTML pages to be created and edited in Impression
                   Style or Publisher


B302  -=-  Castles  -=-
      A series of pictures, including scanned photographs, notes, and two
      Genesis applications aimed at National Curriculum Key Stage 3 History.
      It deals with various aspects of castles, their construction,
      fighting, etc. plus a pictorial record of a visit to Lewes castle
      This was all compiled by Jim Fanning of Tideway School, who hopes to
      add to it with visits to more castles

      All of this material is compressed from the original four discs on to
      two 800K or a single 1.6Mb disc, either costs just **  £2.00  **


B303  -=-  Music/Sound players and utilities  -=-
      !Compress  = 1.50 A sample compressor/decompressor from David Radford.
                   Helps reduce the huge amount of disc space taken up by
                   high quality sound samples
      !DSymPlay  = Official Digital Symphony player from Oregan Software. If
                   you don't have the full program you need this (or an
                   equivalent) to play Digital Symphony tunes
      !Effex     = Paul Mason's acclaimed sound sample player/editor. Can
                   cut and paste, mix, and add special effects
      !HDSamples : 0.87 Hard Drive Samples. A sound sample player that works
                   direct from disc so it doesn't tie up huge amounts of RAM
                   with large samples. Although it is intended to work from
                   a hard disc it will work from any type of drive, even
                   over a network. Also included is !HDSmerger which joins
                   samples together
      !ITM       = Interactive Technoligies Music System, a desktop tracker
                   player
      !Liss      = 1.03 From Warner Hepping, displays Lissajoux figures
                   modulated by the voices playing
      !Oscillo   = An audio oscilloscope by Christian Ghezzi which displays
                   audio signals. It actually works by displaying the
                   changing contents of a preset memory location, so it
                   should be able to work with most types of sound sampler
                   (provided you know which memory location to monitor)
      !Play      = 1.01 This appears to be a sample player (no instructions)
                   from John Sinclair
      !Q2Track   : 1.01 Cue to track. A superior Protracker/Soundtracker
                   player. As well as the usual functions it has a (non
                   desktop) display of waverforms, VU meters, and lots of
                   other features, including 'user preferences' which can be
                   saved to disc. By Ian Scott and Lovell Fuller
      !SampleChk = Some ported sound samples don't have a length exactly
                   divisible by 4, which can cause them to crash. This tries
                   to fix the problem
      !STModFix  = Another program to fix problems in ported Soundtrackers
                   from Carl Declerck
      !TrackConv = 3.00 Converts Tracker files to other formats. eg. Amiga
                   Soundtracker to Archimedes Tracker, Coconizer to
                   Soundtracker
      !TrackCTRL = 2.00 helps control a Soundtracker Module
      !Transpose = From Tony Gibson, lets you raise or lower the pitch of a
                   Soundtracker
      !Trk_Print = Gives a printout of a Tracker music file. Designed to
                   work with Epson MX-80 so should be OK with most 'Epson
                   compatible' printers
      !ULTrack   = Billed as 'the ultimate Tracker player'. I think that
                   might be just a little over the top but it does have lots
                   of features
      !YATI      = 2.99 'Yet Another Tracker Interface', a desktop front end
                   for the Tracker player module


B304  -=-  Second World War  -=-
      A collection of material relating to National Curriculum History, Key
      Stage 3, Study Unit 4, The 20th Century World.It consistes of a number
      of items, including two Genesis applications, many illustrations and
      scanned photographs of people and events, plus a very good text file
      of the main events of the war years. This is supplied highly
      compressed and if you choose to de-arc it for use in class it will
      fill six 800K or three hi-density discs
      At present the Genesis Browser is included but this may be removed if
      more material is added, so don't rely on it being present

    3 x 800K or 2 x 1.6Mb discs, either costs ** £3.50 ** (1/2 Bonus points)



B306  -=-  The Alternative Way Of Life  -=-
      A huge philosophical quaisi-religious text by H.S.Aziz described as
      'presenting an alternative way of thinking and living'. It consists of
      a series of text files divided into ten 'books', and each of these is
      sub-divided into chapters

      On 3 x 800K or 2 x 1.6Mb discs, either costs just *** £3.00 ***


B307  -=-  Programming tools  -=-
      3D_Utils   ^ 1.07 Module from Michel Grimminck to provide fast swi's
                   for drawing 3D graphics in 256 colour modes. As well as
                   being much faster than the OS (especially for dithered
                   objects) it has useful swi's to rotate objects and draw
                   in perspective. As these can be called from Basic it
                   makes it possible to use vector graphics without machine
                   code. Good documentation and a demo app in Basic
      C++Lib     = A modified library for GNU C++ 2.4.5.with all the ANSI C
                   library routines included as 'extern C' so they will link
                   properly with code compiled using C++. I understand that
                   source code is available but it is not included
      DrawFile   = The spec for the DrawFile Module with headers for C and
                   assembler in OSLib format
      Dynamite   ~ 1.15  Module from Straylight to provide a dynamic area in
                   the RMA for Modules to use without causing fragmentation.
                   This already exists on the RiscPC but not other models.
                   Dynamite creates a dynamic area and implements a shifting
                   heap which can be compacted
      FormEd     : 3.56 From Darren Salt, a much improved version of the
                   Risc Squad's much improved version of Acorn's FormEd
      PopUps     = A module to provide a shared resource of windows for
                   desktop application. These are the windows that are
                   often used by Wimp tasks (Info, SaveAs, Colour Picker,
                   Print Dialogue, etc), so they can be used by several
                   tasks and not have to be defined by each individually.
                   Very easy to use from any language and with extensive
                   documentation and demos
      !WinEd     : 2.32  Shareware template editor from Tony Houghton. At
                   least as good as TemplEd and possibly better (I haven't
                   got used to it yet but it does have some advantages). One
                   particularly nice feature is the ability to preview a
                   window. This lets you play around with it, click on the
                   buttons, drag it about and scroll it, without changing
                   the definition and so saves you the trouble of putting it
                   back in its default setting before saving the file. Good
                   documentation in both text and Impression Publisher
                   format. All serious programmers should try it.
                   *** updated Feb 96 ***


B308  -=-  Desktop customising  -=-
      !Backicon  : 1.00 From Sam Kington, adds functions to the Back icon.
                   Clicking ADJUST brings the window to the front, and
                   SHIFT-ADJUST, SHIFT-SELECT move it up and down the window
                   stack one place
      !GreySprte = A selection of sprites, most with a metalic look
      !Hello     = Makes your computer politely wish you Good Morning, Good
                   Afternoon or Good Evening when you switch on
      !Megaboard ^ 1.63 Enhanced backdrop for Risc PC only by Sham Gardner
                   with advantages over the standard one
      NewerBits  = Improved sprites for ChangeFSI, Style, Maestro, Printers,
                   plus some extra backdrop textures
      NewestLook : Complex desktop enhancer from Brian Bailey. Seems to
                   include a customised version of !NewLook as well as
                   improved sprites for other applications
      !NewGlass  = 1.01 Really nice high resolution hourglass from Andy
                   George. Much better than the standard Acorn offering
      NMicons    = A selection of icons from Nicholas Metcalfe for standard
                   resolution monitors
      !PinExtend : 1.14 Various improvements to the standard pinboard from
                   Andrew Berry
      !Resource  : From Terry Adams, lets you put files into the Resource
                   filing system and also lets you 'rip out' resource data
      !TempOut   : 1.30 From Chris Gilbert, modifies the ROMApps3D
                   application in !NewLook to save RAM
      !Widget    : Collection of various peoples work. Lets you personalise
                   the RFS amongst other things


B309  -=-  Desktop customising  -=-
      !MakeNewer : An installer for !NewerLook, also contains the complete
                   !NewerLook application
      KillScreen : Kills the standard RO3 startup screen and can issue a CLI
                   command to run one of your own if you wish
      !Resizer   : Useful utility from Nick Jarman to add Resize icons to
                   every corner of a window so you can expand/contract it in
                   any direction instead of just from the bottom RH corner
      !ToolBar   : A user-configurable utility which lets you add a Toolbar
                   to most applications that don't have one


B310  !NC-100    : 0.23 Serial link for Amstrad NC100 notebook computer. Can
                   also print via the Archimedes printer and convert between
                   Amstrad Address Book files and CSV, Tab or plain text
      !ACHSave   : 1.01 Useful screen saver from Andrew Heckford. Doesn't
                   take much RAM and can fall back to the standard RO3
                   blanker if there isn't enough RAM for it to work
      !Agenda    = 4.2 Nice desktop diary from Raffaele Ferrigno
      !Artist2   = Non desktop painting program with features such as
                   polygon/circle/rectangle/arc and line drawing, text
                   insertion, spraycan etc
      !CLIguard  = Lets you inspect and get help from Modules if you are one
                   of those people who are terrified of leaving the desktop
      !FontCtrl  : Good multi-directory font app. from Alisdair McDiarmid
                   which lets you have up to ten font directories. Unlike
                   some it's very easy to install
      !Fonter    = Helps adjust spacing between letters in a font. Useful if
                   you have converted a PC font to Arc format and the
                   letters are not correctly spaced
      !HourExt   : 1.10 From Sam Kington, adjusts the Hourglass colours if
                   the palette changes
      !InfoFile  = Gives Info about files and directories
      !Mortgage  = Calculates your monthly mortgage payments
      !RTFreader = 1.1 Extracts text from a RTF (Ritch Text Format) document
      !RTFwriter = 1.1 Converts a plain text file into RTF
      !ShowFile  = Program from Andrew Berry to display files using *Type,
                   *List and *Dump commands
      !Sloth     = Useful module from Sham Gardner to slow up the computer
      SpacePaint = Not particularly brilliant but very easy to use non
                   desktop painting program. Probably ideal for kids
      !TextInfo  = 1.12 Gives info about text files, counts number of
                   characters, words, sentences and lines
      !TidyApp   = If you just hate all those people who use upper case
                   filenames you will probably like this. It tidies up
                   standard filenames to the proper case, eg. !RUN to !Run,
                   !BOOT to !Boot etc
      !WhichFont : Simple app from A.R.Miskin to add font directories to the
                   Font Path


B311  -=-  Queen  -=-
      These discs are from Queen Fan Newsletter (QFN). The first (B311) has
      various items about the group, subsequent discs contain the quarterly
      newsletters and these will be added as they become available. Each
      disc has a suffix which is the number of the QFN issue and contains
      one newsletter. At present this starts at 16 because all previous
      newsletters have been paper only, but some earlier issues MAY become
      available. If you want earlier ones please write to the Editor of QFN.
      The more interest shown the more likely he is to make them available

      Note that although the contents of of these discs may be freely read
      and used by the **purchaser** it is NOT 'Public Domain' and is
      distributed with the permission of the Editor of QFN, David Parr

      Prices - Single discs are as normal discs with one Bonus point per
      disc. The entire set (however many discs it comprises) will always be
      available at £1 per disc. This means that if there are five discs then
      all five, if purchased together, will cost £5, if there are eight
      discs then the set will cost £8, etc., but NO BONUS POINTS

         Complete Q-F-N set - £5.00  (NO Bonus Points for the entire set)

B311-16  QFN-16 - Winter '94

B311-17  QFN-17 - Spring '95

B311-18  QFN-18 - Summer '95

B311-19  QFN-18 - Autumn '95

B311-20  QFN-19 - Winter '95


B312  !Dilo      = 1.20  Spanish language tutor from Mike Smith (Dis-Le and
                   Sprich). Like the others it uses sampled speech


B313  -=-  Educational programs  -=-
      !FrVb_Test = French Verb Test by Graham Campbell. Non desktop program
                   that asks for French translations of English verbs. Not
                   fancy but works well. There is not much data with the
                   program but the questions are in the form of simple text
                   files so you can add to them
      !VerbMast  : 1.52 Comprehensive program from Nigel Caplan which
                   displays verbs in a desktop window. New version now has
                   German as well as French verbs. *** updated June 96 ***
      !Vokabel   = I think this is a German language tutor but as all the
                   instructions are in 'foreign'....
      !Numbers   = 1.22 Program from Richard Sharpe for messing about with
                   numbersm  *** updated Jan 96 ***
      !Tables    = 1.20 Again from Richard Sharpe, a very good desktop
                   Tables practice program. It draws a grid with numbers
                   along each axis and you fill in the answers. Keeps a log
                   of results  *** updated Nov 95 ***
         PLUS -  A text file on Imperial measurement for those people who
                 have forgotten (or never learned) what furlongs, acres, etc
                 are. With useful formulae for calculating areas and volumes


B314  -=-  MIDI programs  -=-
             To use these you will need a MIDI Podule
      !ArcMidi   = 0.22 MIDI sequencer written by L.Frederiks. All functions
                   not yet implimented
      !MIDISequ  = MIDI sequencer from Tony Gibson. Looks like a very useful
                   program
      !Music2Tex = From Chris Stretch this translates Maestro files to TeX
      !NoMIDIc   = 0.24 I have no idea what this does, except that it's
                   something to do with MIDI and it's by Keith Parks. If the
                   Author can't be bothered to describe his own work...
      !SY77Link  = 1.10 By Cristian Ghezzi, lets you transfer voices between
                   computer and a Yamaha SY77 or compatible synthesyzer
      SY77Voices = A colletion of over 60 voices for the Yamaha SY77
                   compiled by Cristian Ghezzi


B315  !65HostExt = Extensions to Acorn's !65Host BBC Emulator to make it
                   easier to set up sideways ROM/RAM
      !BasConv   = By J.Harston, converts between standard BBC Basic, Z80/PC
                   format BBC Basic and text
      Config+    : Program from Sam Kington to add various other options to
                   the standard !Configure program
      !CurlBack  ~ Alternative application launcher from William Waghorn
                   Whenever you put the mouse pointer in the TL corner of
                   the screen a menu appears with your most commomly used
                   files/applications
      !DrawPersp : 1.23 Much improved version of Robert Seago's 'ThreeDee'
                   program for drawing in perspective. With examples
      !LoadImage : Just displays a sprite in a window
      !Palette   : 1.45 Enhanced version of Acorn's Palette utility from
                   James Ponder with lots of extra features - shows current
                   Mode number, contrast and brightness controls, up to 16
                   palettes available, modes can be selected with hotkeys,
                   screensaver, etc
      ReduceDrag : 1.10 From Oliver Betts, lets you cancel a Wimp Drag using
                   the Escape key. Includes source code in Basic Assembler
                   so you can modify it
      !Shutdown+ : 1.40 Enhancement of the standard Shutdown sequence but it
                   offers the option of a full re-boot instead of just a
                   restart
      !SmallTask : Alternative Task Window from Thomas Newcomb that sends
                   its output to a sprite instead of a textfile so most VDU
                   commands work
      !Start     : 1.2 Application from Raffaele Ferrigno to start up tasks.
                   Ideally should be run from the !Boot app on a hard disc
      !TextPrint = Very simple program which prints a text file by sending
                   it character by character to the printer
      !Usr_Sel   = 1.11 Another directory-opener file-selector from James
                   Aylett. Not very sophisticated but quite ueful
      !Z80Tube   ^ 4.00 From J.G.Harston, a complete Z80 second processor
                   emulator. Works like 65Tube. Extras include a Z80
                   disassembler. On a RiscPC this seems to run a lot faster
                   than the original second processor so it should be pretty
                   quick on any ARM 3 machine and adequate on an ARM 2
      !TXT2Text  ^ Yet another one of those apps to convert between text
                   files with CR/LF's and LF's only


B316  -=-  Churches  -=-
      A collection of Genesis applications, pictures and text files from Jim
      Fanning relating to History, Key Stage 3. Study Unit 1. It includes
      material about medieval churches and abbeys, a 'walk through' guide to
      Southease church in East Susses, and a guided tour of Battle Abbey

      On four 800K discs or two 1.6Mb discs, either costs  £4.00  (2 points)


B317  -=-  Star Trek info  -=-
      This contains text files of info about Star Trek. No pictures, no
      graphics, just over 1Mb of text, from the original series to DS9
      Includes list of episodes with a synopsis and credits for each series,
      movie guide, various episode lists and other info, and a complete list
      of ALL the actors who ever appeared in ANY Star Trek episode or film

                 vaj tlhIngan Hol Dajatlh 'e' DaneH

      I'm sure you will know that means "So you want to speak Klingon", but
      if you didn't, but do, there's even a FAQ file on the Klingon language
      with info on how to get books/tapes for those interested


B318  -=-  !Zap  1.30  -=-
      Superb text editor from Dominic Symes. Previously on B138 but now,
      with all it's support programs, it's so big (over 1½ Mb with the third
      party apps) that it fills a disc even when archived. (Don't worry if
      you don't have a hard disc - you only need a small part of this to
      make it work!). In my opinion FAR superior to StrongEd. Supports
      Basic, good undo, learn facility, handles tabs sensibly, runs Basic
      programs, most functions (including keys) user configurable, etc, etc.
      So many features I'm not even going to attempt to list them. Can even
      edit files in byte/word format or show them as disassembled code. Very
      fast. Can edit Basic programs as a text file, colour in Basic and 'C'
      modes, and each type of file can have its own, user defineable,
      mode. Forget StrongEd, DeskEdit, etc. this is THE text editor for the
      Archimedes. v1.30 has lots of improvements, including a large choice
      of bitmap fonts for you to select from. These are especially useful in
      hi-res screen modes as they are much easier to construct (tools are
      included) and faster than painted fonts. The most important changes
      are that it's now fully RiscPC compatible and makes use of the
      additional features available on new architecture machines. It can
      also load extension modules 'on the fly' so you don't have to load
      ones you don't often use until you actually want them. There's even a
      special Zap mode for SAsm now (thanks to James Freeman) so you can
      edit assembler files in glorious colour
   NB - I am often asked if I have the 'Zap Primer'. Of course I do, I wrote
      it, and so it's always included with the APDL version of Zap. Don't
      think that Zap has more features that you need and so try to struggle
      on with !Edit. If you are having problems with the (apparent)
      complexity of Zap and difficulties writing your own 'Keys' file then
      you need the Zap Primer. Still, if you will insist on getting programs
      from some other Library....


B319  -=- Programming Utilities -=-
      !TemplEd   = 1.31 Template editor. I would have said the best, though
                   now you should also take a look at !WinEd on B307. As
                   well as letting you choose the templates you want to edit
                   from a list it has a statistics window giving info about
                   them (including size of indirected data) plus grid lock
                   which makes lining up icons easier. When creating/editing
                   icons you select features from a window instead of going
                   through all those menus. Lots of keyboard shortcuts and
                   supports Interface, MenuUtils etc
      !Blib II   = 1.07 Basic Library manager. Comes with a set of libraries,
                   full documentation and an example program. The Author
                   describes it as 'a sort of Basic linker' as unlike the
                   normal Basic Library it only appends the routines
                   required to the 'core' program. An essential utility for
                   the Basic programmer
      SAsm       = 1.74  Multi-File ARM code Macro Assembler. Comprehensive
                   manual on disc and examples. Improved Macro's and symbol
                   x­ref and can be run from the RMA as a Module. Registered
                   version allows the use of an external macro library. Can
                   produce an assembler listing file and sorted lists of all
                   labels and the duplicate label list can be sent to files.
                   Can now access previous or next sets of Local lables.
                   Includes a new Desktop front end so it can now be used
                   entirely within the desktop
      !BackThrow = 'throwback backthrower', ie. takes files created by the
                   DDE throwback system and feeds them back to the DDE Utils
                   module so you can break off in the middle of compiling a
                   large program and continue later
      !Utils     = DDE utility to allow use of OS commands within the desktop
      !ShowText  = Simple program by Adrew Heckford to display a text file
                   in a desktop window. Primarily intended for use by PD
                   programmers etc, for their 'Help' files but it's also
                   very useful for users of 1Mb or 2Mb machines if they're
                   running out of RAM and don't have enough left to load
                   Edit to read a file
      !KillTask  = Aid for Wimp programmers. If a task goes into some sort
                   of infinite loop and locks up the system (this couldn't
                   happen to you, could it...?) press CTRL-ALT-DEL and the
                   current task is killed, returning control without RESET
      Adhesive   = Extremely useful tool by George Taylor which lets you
                   share code between programs. Procedures are grouped into
                   'objects' rather like the Shared C Lbrary. You could do
                   something similar by writeing a Service Module, but
                   Adhesive objects are faster (no SWI decoding) and easier
                   to construct and expand
      !PollMask  : By Ian Scott, one of those little tools that you always
                   meant to write, but somehow never had the time. It simply
                   calculates the value of the mask required for Wimp_Poll
      PaneDemo   : From Ian Jeffray of Risc Developments, a demonstration
                   (written in clearly commented Basic) of how to use Panes
                   in desktop windows. This isn't very well described in the
                   PRM's and I've seem so many badly constructed windows
                   that fall apart on hi-res screens
      !FormEd    = 2.87 Modification of Acorns FormEd by the Risc Squad
                   Main advance over Acorn's versions is you select
                   templates from a menu instead of having them splattered
                   all over the screen. It wouldn't work properly with
                   RiscOS 3 but I've fixed most of the problems
                 NB - FormEd 2.87 is a bit old now and as the disc is rather
                 full it may be removed if space is needed for updates


B320  CodeMaker= Application from Frank Lyonnet of ARM's TECH. Given a Mode
                 13 sprite it produces code to display it. This code is a
                 textfile in AAsm format, designed to be assembled and
                 linked with C, etc. However, because it's a textfile you
                 could convert it to Basic Assembler format
      GRS programming language - GRS is an object oriented language which
                 supports metaclasses and meta level programming in an
                 incremental environment
      !AForth =  Forth compiler from Mads Meisner-Jensen. Looks quite good
                 Some documentation but familiarity with the language is
                 assumed
      !PascalS : A port of the Pascal S compiler/interpretter. Almost no
                 documentation (although source code is included) and
                 appears to to be unattributed


B321  -=-  Southease  -=-
      A three disc set from Jim Fanning of Tideway School. Mainly compiled
      by the pupils of the school, it relates to NC History, Key Stage 3,
      Medieval Realms. It concerns vists to Southease and contains material
      relating this to a study of a Doomsday village. There are scanned
      photos, plus several Genesis applications
      NB - Because of lack of space the 800K version does NOT contain the
      Genesis Browser so you will need a copy if you don't already have it
      (see B263). It is included with the HD version

    3x800K or 2x1.6Mb discs (specify) either costs ** £3.50 ** (1/2 points)


B322  -=-  Comms/BBS/Email utilities  -=-
      !AT7Nums   = From Paul Welbank, converts newer ArcTerm7 phone files
                   into text files so you can make a printed list, etc
      CipherEngine 0.66 Comprises Cipher Engine/!Suremail from David Seery.
                   This is a Module which both encrypts and compresses files
                   in a form suitable for EMail. Uses 'digital signatures'
                   for file as a tamper check
      !Gopher    : A 'first attempt' at a Gopher client by Anthony Frost
      !ModemHack : From C.Syntichatkis, a variety of useful items to speed
                   up processes while connected to the Internet
      MPack      = Two modules, MPack and MUnpack, for encodeing/decoding
                   files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
                   format. Can also work with split uuencoded format
      !NetReader : 0.10 From Paul Vigay, an app. for offline reading of
                   usenet/EMail messages
      !Rap       = This appears to be a comms program by David Caughley. I
                   say 'appears' as the Author provides no instructions, and
                   then calls it 'Shareware'. I suspect there just might be
                   a shortage of registrations! Still, it looks useful so it
                   might be worth a try
      !Signature : 1.04 Program which uses Public Key encryption to sign and
                   check signatures attached to EMail so you can validate
                   them and ensure that they haven't been altered
      !Term93    : 2.00 A TNC driver and terminal from W.N.Rodger
      !uuexplode = A uudecoder bases on UNIX kiss 1.0 and ported to the Arc
                   by Martin Glanvill. Includes C source code


B323  -=-  Printing utilities  -=-
      !Ctzn_120D ^ Old(ish) program from AMF to insert codes into a textfile
                   to use effects like bold, italic, underline, super/sub-
                   script etc. with a Citizen 120D printer. There are still
                   lots of these around but the program has been written so
                   it can easily be modified to work with other printers
      !Cvrt      ^ 2.01 From Terje Larsen, converts a textfile from one
                   alphabet to another. Main use would be for 'Acornising'
                   files imported from PC's, Mac's, etc. It's table driven,
                   and conversions are provided for several sets, but the
                   table is a simple textfile with a full explanation of how
                   it's made up so you can easily make your own tables
      !DrawPrint ^:1.01 by James McQueen a utility to view/print Drawfiles
      !FanFold  ^: Program by Andrew Ayre to ensure that textfiles aren't
                   printed over the perforations of fanfold paper. It also
                   lets you set top and bottom margins. This is done by line
                   counting so it will work with any printer and paper size
      !LC10codes ^ A *very* crude program but a very simple and useful idea
                   It creates lots Data files which contain codes to switch
                   printer effects on and off. These are set for the LC10,
                   but you can make your own for any DM printer. If you are
                   writing text in !Edit etc. you then just drag one of
                   these files to the Edit window and the code is inserted
                   into the text at the cursor. Crude but effective!
      !OnePrint  ^ Very simple (and again rather crude) program to print a
                   short piece of text on a DM printer. Main use would be
                   for addressing an envelope, printing a label or memo etc
      !Pantone   ^ These are files for Artworks which create a list of
                   professional Pantone or TruMatch spot colours
      !TextMax   ^ From Colin McEwan, another text only printer driver. It's
                   set up for the Star LC200. Unfortunately the Author has
                   written a manual full of witty (!?) comments and very
                   little info and used the WimpExt modules so it might be a
                   bit awkward to alter it
      !RiScript  : Postscript previewer. It can display most PS files and
                   can also save the display as a Drawfile. This looks like
                   a potentially useful tool, but the documentation is
                   pathetic, and I don't have time to try it extensively
             PLUS printer drivers for BJ-130 and Stylus Colour


B324  !awd       ^ Archimedes Window Dump. Grabs the window the pointer is
                   over as a sprite with a 'hot key' combination
      !DataSuite = Not an application but a resource for use with the
                   DataSuite system. It provides additional facilities for
                   use with the DataVox system
      !DesKeys   ^ Puts a large window on screen representing the keyboard.
                   Clicking on a 'key' in this has the same effect as
                   pressing the key. Unfortunately misses out function keys
                   and numeric keypad but it would probably be useful for
                   someone who was handicapped as it would enable them to
                   'type' using the mouse. Works on RiscPC but assumes
                   older Archimedes keyboard layout
      !Family   ^: 2.11 Nice geneology program from Denis Howe. Quite
                   comprehensive. The whole tree is shown in a window and
                   clicking on any name opens another window showing notes
                   on that person. Various print and display options. Looks
                   very easy to use. Can accept data in GEDCOM format. Comes
                   with an example tree and some additional tools for
                   handling GEDCOM files
      !PhonNotes ^ Very simple program from Ben Carter to help you do what
                   it says, make a quick note when you are on the phone
      !RapidKeys ^ Another desktop function key program. Keys are placed
                   vertically down the RH side of the screen. Several are
                   provides but as they are simple textfiles you can easily
                   make your own to suit any task
      !rsynth    ^ This is (or so it says!) a text to speech translator
                   based on a klatt synthesizer. It does work (eventually)
                   but I don't think it will be of any serious use as it is.
                   However it contains a lot of material that may be useful
                   to someone who wants to develop it further
      !ShortCuts ^ 1.05 Multi-purpose desktop utility from Jon Henning
                   Bergane. Lots of features, key shortcuts (including ALT
                   keys), mode selector, play Tarcker/DS tunes, notepad,
                   mouse speed, sound on/off, and others
      !WimpDDLI  ^ Billed as 'an implementation of the Duniho and Duniho
                   Life Pattern Indicator' which can '..indicate your Myers-
                   Briggs type'. In other words, it's one of those multiple
                   choice question thingies that purport to tell you what
                   type of person you are but actually indicate what sort of
                   person the one who set the questions is
      !Windower  ^ From Felix Andrew, lets you move windows up and down the
                   stack, resize them, close them, etc. by using various
                   keys instead of the mouse
      !Xhelp     ^ Simple 'hypertext' reader from Dirk-Willem van Gulik. Not
                   the best I've seen but easy to use and simple to write
                   your own texts. Might be useful in schools or similar
                   environments for creating help texts for programs etc


B325  -=-  GNU Scheme  -=-
      Version 4e1 of the GNU Scheme interpreter. Includes various additional
      bits and pieces with some Archimedes extensions and demos, plus
      extensions for Turtle graphics. Also included is JACAL, which is a
      symbolic algebra package designed to work with GNU Scheme. I don't
      know anything about Scheme but I would anticipate that, like most GNU
      ports, it will be extremely powerful and comprehensive


B326  GNUst      GNU Smalltalk v 1.1.1 Billed as a 'reasonably faithful
                 implementation of Smalltalk-80'. Includes a tutorial which,
                 though it assumes familiarity with computer languages,
                 would enable anyone moderately proficient to use the program
      !Forthmacs Rather nice looking Forth compiler from Hanno Schwalm. Has
                 a good tutorial which dosn't assume previous knowledge of
                 Forth. Seems to have lots of features, including a debugger


B327  -=-  Programming tools  -=-
      !ArmBob    = 1.03 A port by G.C.Wraith of David Betz's Bob 1.5, an
                   object-oriented language with a syntax similar to C++. It
                   is intended as an 'easy introduction' to OOP for people
                   already experienced with C or Basic. As it's designed as
                   a teaching tool documentation is good
      !ArmMUL    = From Dean Sivell, uses shifts and adds to produce
                   multiplication. C source code is included and it would be
                   useful to include these routines in your own code for
                   fixed multiplication
      !FDA       = A DDE file disassembler
      Formula    = The description says 'it generates Macro-assembler code
                   from high level-language-like Commands, which are
                   embedded in other Macro-assembler code'. Documentation is
                   *very* vague, and it appears to need the TLA assembler to
                   compile the code (see B209)
      !OC        = DDE utility to remove comments and whitespace from C
                   source. The resulting code is almost unreadable, but it
                   compiles OK. Probably useful if you have limited disc
                   space (but keep the original safe!)
      Shell Library  Library of C routines from Julian Smith to make it
                   easier to produce arrays, bar graphs, text, etc. in
                   desktop windows. Intended for use with Desklib. Full
                   source is provided so it might be possible to modify it
                   to use other libraries
      Short      = A simple program from Sam Kington to compact messages by
                   using the Risc OS internal dictionary
      StubsHack  = Lets you redirect calls to malloc, realloc, calloc, free
                   etc to your own routines at runtime. Useful for debugging
                   if nothing else. Also includes ** HeapGraph ** which
                   makes the program send info about memory allocation calls
                   to a file. Source included
      !BugView   = 0.65 App from Nick van Someren with a library of routines
                   which you can add to your C code. The main application
                   then displays debugging info via Wimp messages
      !Peek      = Another DDE disassembler


B328  -=-  Programming tools  -=-
      !asm05 and !asm11 = Cross-assemblers based on the Motorola Freeware
                 assemblers for 68HC05 and 65HC11 processors. They need DDE
                 Utils to work properly but can be used from the CLI without
                 it. With C source and full docs for the originals but
                 limited Archimedes docs and some examples The complete DOS
                 versions are also included
      VIM        2.00 A port of the UNIX VIM text editor. I can't think of
                 any reason why anyone would want it, but if someone spent
                 all that time porting it I suppose they must have thought
                 it worth the trouble!
      Utils      A series of utilities ported from GNU/BSD by Alun Jones
                   apropos  - search the whatis database for strings
                   basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
                   cat      - concatenate files and print to the standard
                              output
                   cksum    - checksum and count the bytes in a file
                   comm     - compare two sorted files line by line
                   csplit   - split a file into sections determined by
                              context lines
                   cut      - remove sections from each line of files
                   dirname  - strip filename suffix from pathname
                   expand   - convert tabs to spaces
                   expr     - evaluate expressions
                   fold     - wrap each input line to fit in specified width
                   head     - output the first part of files
                   join     - join lines of two files on a common field
                   logname  - print user's login name
                   man      - format and display the on-line manual pages
                   more     - file perusal filter for crt viewing
                   nl       - number lines of files
                   od       - dump files in octal and other formats
                   paste    - merge lines of files
                   pr       - convert text files for printing
                   printf   - format and print data
                   sleep    - delay for a specified amount of time
                   sort     - sort lines of text files
                   split    - split a file into pieces
                   sum      - checksum and count the blocks in a file
                   tac      - concatenate and print files in reverse
                   tail     - output the last part of files
                   tr       - translate or delete characters
                   tar      - GNU tar, version 1.11.2
                   tty      - print the path of the terminal connected to
                              standard input
                   unexpand - convert spaces to tabs
                   uniq     - remove duplicate lines from a sorted file
                   wc       - print the number of bytes, words, and lines in
                              files
                   yes      - output a string repeatedly until killed


B329  -=-  Music programs  -=-
      !au2snd    ^ Program from Jason Howat to convert uLaw samples to
                   Armadeus format. With C source
      !ClownPlay ^ 0.21 Desktop player for Coconizer tunes by Gareth Boden
                   Works OK, but the control window looks like something
                   copied from an A***a, ugh!
      !Flux      ^ 1.30 Billed as a 'sound to light display' this program
                   from Peter Knight plays DSym or Tracker/Protracker files
                   and displays nice graphics effects in time to the music
      !ITM       ^ Interactive Technologies Music System. A fairly standard
                   desktop Tracker player with lots of controls
      MusicSDP   ^ 1.01 From James Ponder, gives some quite nice graphics
                   displays in time to any music that is playing
      !OT2       ^ 1.51 Octa Track. Looks like a desktop music editor, but
                   absolutely no instructions and no address for the Author.
                   It *seems* to work on the RiscPC but owing to aforesaid
                   lack of info I can't try it properly. However, it's a
                   Wimp program so it should be easy to find out how it
                   works. Comes with lots of sample tunes and voices and
                   info on the format used for the tunes
      !SmartCD   ^ 1.13 A CD player with lots of features. As well as
                   playing/cataloguing audio CD's it can play the music from
                   many games CD's
      SOX        ^ SOund eXchange. A CLI driven utility ported from the PC.
                   It converts sound samples between different formats and
                   can handle Sound Blaster, .VOC, IRCAM, SUN .au, DEC .au,
                   AIFF, HCOM, Soundtool, and others. Can also carry out
                   various other operations on the files. Documentation is a
                   bit cryptic because it's not been 'Acornised', but is
                   understandable. With C source


B330  -=-  Printers 1.28c  -=-
      Another version of !Printers. Acorn don't say what the changes are,
      but I believe there is better support for hi-res colour for Risc PC
      users. There are drivers for some newer printers, eg. Stylus 800,
      800+, Stylus colour, Deskjet 550, 550C (not for use on A5000 for some
      reason), some additional Laserjet models (eg. new drivers for the
      popular 4L/4M series)


B331  -=-  Graphics  -=-
      !GIF->JPG  : GIF to JPEG file converter
      !JPG->GIF  : And the other way
      Morpher    : !MorphDes and !MorphRun by Jason Howat. These can perform
                   2D morphing and produce Acorn Replay files. Unfortunately
                   no instructions or examples
      !Morpheus  = Morphing program from Henrik Pedersen which produces a
                   sequence from two 256 colour spritefiles. This is a cut-
                   down version of the full program which has lots of
                   additional features, however it is functional
      !Spr2Jpeg  = 1.07 A Sprite <> JPEG conversion program from David
                   Rodgman. Needs ChangeFSI, and of course later versions
                   can operate with JPEG files anyway
      !ViewObj   ~ 1.00 A fast 3d object viewing program
      !Ray3D     ^ 2.00 By Robert Taylor, a development of the program that
                   appeared in Archimedes World last year. It has a
                   graphical front end which creates a file for the RayShade
                   program (also supplied). It is therefore very easy to
                   create complex 3D images without needing to write complex
                   scripts. Probably not as powerful as POV but *much*
                   easier to use


B332  -=-  Disc and File utilities  -=-
      !2048     ^  1.10 Counts disc space used by a directory, taking
                   account of the directory itself and the sector size of
                   the disc
      !CAIFS     ^ 1.44 Archive filing system from Daniel Oram. Fairly
                   comprehensive and quite fast. Not quite as easy to use as
                   !ArcFS (you have to create the archive first and then
                   compress it) but it seems to work reasonably well, and
                   with a registration fee of £10 it's cheaper that ArcFS or
                   SparkFS, although I have had some problems. Not as good
                   as ArcFS for commercial purposes but might be worth
                   considering for personal use
      !CataDir2  ^ 1.01 Creates a textfile of the contents of a directory
      !CD_Type   ^ By Martin Sperl, modified by Mike Martin, patches CDFS to
                   show lots more DOS files as equivalent Acorn filetypes
      !Cypher   ^= 2.00 File scrambler, useful if you want to keep your
                   files safe from prying eyes
      !DeepCopy2 ^= Disc copier
      !Director  ^ 0.21 Nice tool from Nick Craig-Wood to create menus of
                   commands and icons. Lots of features and worth trying,
                   especially if you have a complex HD structure
                   *** updated Nov 95 ***
      !DiscStore ^= 1.20 Similar to the many HD application launchers except
                    that it is designed to be used with floppy discs
      !DragCom  ^= Carries out the required command on a file or files
      !FileTypes ^= 3.06 A sort of database of hundreds of filtypes. Drag a
                   file to the icon and, if it understands it, it will tell
                   you all about it
      !FishFS   ^= 3.02 A directory-opener by Phil Norman. Puts icons on the
                   icon bar which can be opened by clicking on them. Easy to
                   customise  *** updated Dec 95 ***
      FloppyBoot ^ 1.00 Utility from Raoul Sargent to allow hard disc users
                   to boot from a floppy disc if there is one in the drive,
                   rather like DOS. If there's no disc in drive :0 it boots
                   as normal. Useful if you want to change your boot
                   sequence for a particular application or for debugging
      !HardCopy  ^ 2.03 A simple backup utility from Phil Norman
                   *** updated Dec 95 ***
      !LongRead  ^ 0.44 Very useful program by Ben Harris which displays a
                   textfile in a window. Main advantage is that it doesn't
                   load the whole file but just caches a part of it, so you
                   can read files which are far too big to fit into RAM
      !MultiBoot ^ By Phil Norman, lets you have lots of alternative Boot
                   sequences by holding down different keys
      OpenFiles  ^ Simple utility to give info about all open files and lets
                   you close any you no longer want open
      !ProCopy   ^ 2.04  At last! The long awaited release of the best
                   multiple disc copier. Will do almost everything you want
                   to make lots of copies of a disc. Can format, verify,
                   save disc images to your hard disc, operate in single
                   tasking or background modes, load disc images from a
                   menu, etc. Works with Acorn 640K, 800K or 1.6mb and DOS
                   720K and 1.44Mb. If you are running a club or user group
                   and can't afford a £2000+ autocopier this not merely
                   useful, it's absolutely essential
                   Fully registered version available - see Commercial cat
      !QSetup    ^ Another program to give you a choice of boot sequences
      !RAMstore  ^ 1.01 By Andrew Berry, saves the contents of your RAM disc
                   when you shut down and reloads it when you boot. The
                   disadvantage of this compared with RAMdisc² on B298 is
                   that it takes up a place on the icon bar, though it does
                   seem slightly better
      !Shredder  ^ File destroyer by Peter Jones. When files are deleted the
                   data is still on the disc, but this program actually
                   overwrites it as a security precaution if it's something
                   you don't want anyone else to be able to recover
      !Yermassa  ^ Billed as 'yet another filetype setter to clutter up your
                   icon bar' from Franz Philipps. Actually, it's rather
                   good, lets you select the type you want from a large menu
                   and the app. icon shows the type that the file will be
                   changed to


B333  !ARMcache  ^ Displays and toggles the state of the ARM3/600/700 cache
      !BackLoad  : Continues the !Boot sequence as a background task
      BogoMIPS   ^ Measures machines speed in Bogo MIPS. Of great interest
                   to the 'my computer is better than your computer' mob but
                   no good to anyone else. Still, it does come with C source
      !Deep4All  : Displays 24bpp 'deep' sprites on non-RiscPC machines
      !DeskMen   ^ 2.01 DeskMenu from Ian Clark. A user definable menu
                   system which ;ets you have up to 256 menus, each of which
                   can have up to 256 items.  *** updated Jun 96 ***
      !DrawCat   : 1.10 Makes a printed catalogue of a clip art collection
                   (no, I haven't any plans to use it on the APDL discs!)
      !EaziEdit  = Another application menu/launcher
      !FreeRMA   = Tries to free up RAM in the RMA
      !Journal   ^ 1.05 Desktop diary from Robert Seago
      NoError    ^ Module that automatically removes an error message from
                   screen after five seconds to save you wearing yourself
                   out pressing RETURN or clicking on OK
      !PostCalc  ^ This is meant to calculate the postage cost of a packet
                   but it's out of date and has a few bugs. However, if you
                   do need it you may be able to alter the rates as they're
                   in DATA statements near the start of the program
      !PrintEmul = Tries to display a file created by PrinterDM when it
                   printed a graphics file
      !RMbroom   = Another program to try to tidy up the RMA
      ScanMemory = Scans all available RAM and reports on the location of
                   the main areas, fragmentation etc. It *just* works on the
                   RiscPC but makes too many assumptions to work properly
      !TaskLog   ^ 1.01 From Graham Crow, keeps a log of how long you spend
                   using tasks. Useful for professionals, especially writers
      !TextForm  ^ A text file formatter from Briam Widdas
      !YouWhat2  ^ No, I don't know why it's called that, but people who use
                   'Help' file readers instead of putting the instructions
                   in a nice text file can't be expected to be rational
                   This inserts messages into the keyboard buffer and was
                   intended to be use to insert a 'signing off' message with
                   a modem, but you could probably find other uses for it
      !ZoomChars ^ Another variation on the !Chars theme from Neil Walker


B334  -=-  Desktop customising  -=-
      AnimateHG  ^ A series of animated hourglasses from Dave Parr
      BootMenu   : As the name suggests, offers a choice of Boot sequences
      !CoolSwtch : 1.05 Lets you switch between tasks with ALT-TAB rather
                   like Windows
      !DragIcons : Another app to enable solid drags
      !FinalLook ~ Gives solid drags, anti-aliased fonts, marbled windows,
                   and perhaps other things, but the Author, Matthew Godbolt,
                   can't be bothered to say what it does so why should I?
      !Iconiser  ^ Replacement iconiser (surprise!) from Peter Burwood. Main
                   advantage is it puts the icons on the RH side of the
                   screen so they don't vanish below all the other windows
      !IconThang ^ Lots of odds and ends. Auto switch from lo/hi res sprites
                   on Mode change, display time and free RAM, launch tasks
      !Judith    ^ 1.43 Another iconiser replacement, this one puts all the
                   icons in a scrollable window
      !NewIBar   : Gives you a flashy marbled icon bar on pre-RO3.5 machines
      !Pebbled   ^ Some rather nice pebbled 3D icons from Peter Eastwood -
                   the only trouble is there are no small ones
      RPCBoot    ^ A user configurable !Boot replacement for the RiscPC
      WelshRsrc  ^ A set of Welsh language resources so that all the main
                   apps can have menus and messages in Welsh
      !Windows   ^ Two sets of tool sprites from David Parr


B335  -=-  Screen utilities  -=-
      !MakeModes ^ Acorn's mode creator for the Risc PC
      !Saviour   ~ Simple screen saver which displays a starfield when on
      !SmallSave ^ 1.15 A 'small, fast, screensaver' by Andrew berry. Works
                   OK and doesn't hog too much RAM or use a place on the
                   iconbar.  *** updated Jun 96 ***
      !UniMode2  : 2.00 This looks like a very comprehensive screen mode
                   creator. Extensive documentation, not only for the
                   program but also for the VIDC, including a lot of stuff
                   from the PRM's
      !MultiEmul = 1.01 Displays a hi res sprite on a lo res monitor


B336  A port of the Free Software Foundation ADA translator and interpreter
      based on version 1.11.2. Ported by Peter Burwood. Includes library and
      DDE controls. Extensive documentation but it refers mainly to the UNIX
      version, though, there is quite a bit of Acorn specific stuff as well


B337  -=-  Programming tools  -=-
      DRWimp     = A series of Basic programming aids and a library of
                   routines from Andrew Ayre
      !DisasmAOF ^ From George Saliaris, a disassembler for AOFs which
                   produces output in Objasm format. Very useful for finding
                   out why some bits of your C program run like a snail
      extASM     : Extended Assembler. A useful Shareware package which can
                   also assemble to AOF format
      ExtBas     ^ Module from Adrian Lees to patche Basic in RO3.1 and
                   RO3.5 to add FP and ARM 610/700 instructions to the Basic
                   assembler
      !FormExpnd ^ 1.10 Alters a template file so it can be loaded by your
                   program and, instead of all the windows being created,
                   you can create them only when they are needed and delete
                   ones no longer required
      !ModJoiner ^ 1.10 From Ian Jeffray, lets you join Modules together so
                   you can load them all with a single command
      !MsgCheck  ^ 1.00 Checks message files for token repetition
      ShadowLib  ^ A nice Basic procedure library from Simon Osborne
      Strings    ^ Tries to display any text strings in a file. Useful for
                   finding messages in code
      !TaskFront ^ Sits on the icon bar and Runs programs dragged to it in a
                   Task Window so you can use all those old utilities
                   without having to set directories etc.
      !TemplRip  ^ 1.00 Grabs windows and local sprites from an application
                   Can save a lot of time when designing your own
      Trapdoor   ^ Simple but effective algorithm for creating passwords
      ZRegister  ^ Module from John Kortink. Tasks 'register' their use of a
                   Module and when none are using it the Module is deleted,
                   freeing space in the RMA. Often this can't be done by the
                   task as it won't know if another task is using the Module


B338  -=-  Printers 1.53  -=-
      Latest version of !Printers from Acorn. This is offered as a new disc
      and not an update of !Printers 1.28 as some older applications will
      not work properly with later versions of !Printers so I want to keep
      the earlier ones available
      Now has support for Cannon BJC and BJC4100 and reintroduces small
      halftone printing after its removal from v1.52.
      *** updated June 96 ***


B339  -=-  Battle of hastings  -=-
      Lots of material collected by Jim Fanning on the subject of the battle
      of Hastings. Includes scanned photos, including several of parts of
      the Bayeux tapestry, maps, a Genesis application (browser included)
      and some textfiles of notes and information. This is all aimed at
      national Curriculum Key Stage 2 or 3

      On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb discs, either costs  £2.00  (1 Bonus point)


B340  -=-  Scouts on Camp  -=-
      Two genesis spplications, lots of pictures, and some scout-related
      stories. This disc also includes the compilation 'Joining the Cubs'
      previously on B292. All put together by Jim Fanning of the 1st
      Peachaven & Telscombe Cliff Group. (The Genesis Browser is included)

      On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb discs, either costs  £2.00  (1 Bonus point)


B341  -=-  MyWorld Screens  -=-
      Over forty screens from Philip Whittaker on a variety of educational
      themes (previously on B292) plus some Xmas related material and a
      series of worksheets to help with maths work from Dave Walsh


B342  GNUplot    ^ 3.4 The famous interactive function plotting program
                   This is an extremely powerful (though not very user
                   friendly) package, and I am sure that most people who
                   need it will have experience of it on other platforms
      !AGP       ^ 1.72 Archimedes Graph plotter by Ben Harris. A Wimp
                   program to plot graphs of functions. Can plot two graphs
                   on the same axis which is useful for comparison. Can save
                   output as its own filetye for realoading or as a
                   Drawfile. Fast and very easy to use


B343  -=-  !RLaB  -=-
      ^ Our Lab. A *VERY* powerful package released under the Free Software
      Foundation licence. To quote, it 'brings the power of stable matrix
      maths tools plus a stable data plotting facility together..' It's CLI
      driven (normally run in a Taskwindow) that uses a structured language
      for input. This can be either typed in directly or as a file. There
      are built in functions and these can also be user defined. Output can
      be either to the terminal (ie. the Taskwindow) or can be sent directly
      to GNUplot, which will give a graphical display. Documentation is
      provided as lots of text files, many of which relate to other
      versions, and a 50 page short manual supplied as DrawFiles. As you
      can imagine, this all takes up a lot of disc space, a minimum of 2Mb,
      so it can't be run from floppies (the binary is 1.4Mb). It is supplied
      archived on 3x800K or 2x1.6Mb discs. As the second 1.6Mb disc is only
      half full it also includes the contents of B342, namely GNUplot and
      AGP. So, if you only have an 800K drive and want to use GNUplot you
      will need B342 as well, if you have a HD drive it is included

       On 3x800K discs or 2x1.6Mb disc - either costs £3.50 (1 Bonus point)


B344  -=-  Internet utilities  -=-
      !FreeNet  ^: 0.13 A TCP/IP stack by Tom Hughes and matches the SWI
                   calls provided by Acorn's TCP/IP suite
      KA9Q<>RUCP = Two programs to let !ReadNews and !RUCP read and write
                   KA9Q format files
      !SLIPdial ^: 0.33 A script driven dialler and control program for
                   !TCPIP by Graham Allan. Main use is to establish a
                   connection with the provider and hand over to !TCPIP and
                   then close down afterwards
      !TCPIP    ^: 2.03 Internet application suite from Adam Goodfellow.
                   Lots of documentation, but mainly historical and
                   technical and assumes an understanding of the Internet


B345  -=-  More Internet utils  -=-
      !Webite   ^: Part of Doggysoft's Termite Internet suite which has been
                   released as PD. It is a cut down version of the web
                   browser for viewing file off-line. This is really just a
                   way of getting a free ad distributed for termite, so it
                   should perhaps be put in the Commercial section, but it
                   is a useful HTML reader so I will include it here
      !DemConfig : 0.2 From Colin Hogben this is intended to make it easier
                   to configure !TCPIP, !NewsBase, !TTFN a,d !SLIPdial for
                   use with Demon. You enter all the details in a single
                   window and it configures all the apps in one go
      !HTTP     ^: This is billed as an HTTP fetcher for ArcWeb. It has no
                   instructions and doesn't seem to do anything once it's
                   installed, so I don't no what it does or how it does it
                   C source code is included
      !MultFetch : 0.02 Multiple fetcher for ArcWeb by Robert Orwin. This
                   one DOES have some instruction, albeit brief
      !Rot13    ^: An 'utterly useless' Module from Sam Kington (his words)
                   which Rot13 encrypts anything you type
      !WebGopher ^ 0.33 Beta test version of a program which can be used with
                   any WWW browser compatible with ArcWeb fetcher protocol
                   to access resources via 'gopher'. The Author admits that
                   there are bugs, but it is functional


B346  -=-  Comms utilities  -=-
      !Autotype  ^ By Nick Smith, this useful app takes any text file and
                   inserts the characters one by one into the keyboard
                   buffer. As well as it's main purpose of 'typing' pre
                   prepared text into a comms program this could have other
                   uses, eg. inserting text into a database, DTP program, or
                   anything that requires text to be typed
      BodgePkt   ^ From Ainsley Pereira this forces the sender/receiver's
                   address in a fidonet mail package
      !Coster    ^ 1.3 By Steve Loft, shows current call charges while you
                   are online. Terrifying, isn't it!
      !DialIt    ^ 1.04 By Ian Young, this dials a phone number via your
                   modem. Most comms programs can already do this, but some
                   can't, or won't accept enough digits to dial via Mercury
      !Download  ^ 1.02 By Emmet Spier, lets you transfer textfiles from any
                   source via the serial port
      FastDriver : Block driver by Hugo Fiennes gives three extra baud rates,
                   38400, 57600, 115200. A5000, A4, A3010/20, A4000 only
      !HS2Cost   ^ Calculates cost of time spent online with HearSay
      !IceManger : Improved Communications Enhancer by Carl Declerck. A
                   module with SWIs to make using the serial port easier.
                   Includes a simple terminal program
      Kermit     = Archimedes C-Kermit. Very ancient now (the Help text
                   refers to Arthur!) but some people still want to use it
      !MultiTalk ^ About as simple as it's possible for a terminal to get
                   Two windows open, type text in one to send it, received
                   text appears in the other
      !NListMgr  ^ 0.95Bc Node List Manager by Steven Haslam
      !NPL       ^ App from John Chambers to dial the NPL clock and reset
                   the computer's clock from it
      !Phone'em  ^ Simple program to dial a phone number
      RS232      ^ Single-page Impression Junior document that shows various
                   wiring options for the serial port. If you don't have a
                   version of Impression the illustrations are separate
                   Drawfiles so it's still useful
      !TermHost  ^ App from David Brain to allow a terminal to run a command
                   line via the serial port. Also useful as a debugging tool
      !Timer     ^ Although written as an online timer this is a general
                   purpose stopwatch that could be used to record the time
                   taken by any task
      !U2        ^ uudecoder/coder by Paddy Spencer who describes it as
                   having 'more knobs and whistles than you can shake a
                   stick at'. I assume this means that it works?
      !Unpost    ^ A 'smart' uudecoder from Nick Craig-Wood
      !Xfront    = 1.04 A desktop frontend for the !X terminal program from
                   Gnome Computers
      UUD        ^ 3.4 A CLI driven fast uudecoder


B347  -=-  Email  -=-
      !EasyMail  ^ Off line mail reader by Mark Veary written using S-Base
      !MailList  ^ Mailing List Robot by Maurice Hendrix. Lots of
                   documentation, none of which seems to explain what it
                   does or how it does it!
      !Reader    ^ By Anthony Frost, a reader/replier for mail from ArcBBS
                   boards
      SendMail   ^ A very small program by Thomas Aeby that acts as an
                   interface between mailers and LL delivery programs
      !TransArc  ^ A BBS mail exchange editor


B348  !Newsbase  ^ An application to deal with Email and Usenet.
                   Unfortunatel the instructions are in StrongHelp format so
                   you'll have to struggle with that instead of being able
                   to read them properly
      !WimpLink  ^ 1.02 Self contained mail package for use with Fidonet
                   type networks by Remco de Vreugd


B349  !ArcDoor   ^ Lets you start an app when a modem connection is
                   established, so it can be used as an auto-start for your
                   comms program
      !BM        ^ The Info box says this is a TCP/IP mail reader by
                   Jonathan Naylor, but no documentation
      !MailBot   ^ This searches a mailbox and sends a reply to every
                   message in the mailbox with a specified file. The Author,
                   Tony Howat, has provided a very good Manual, both as
                   plain text and an Impression document
      !NewsFlash ^ 0.25 Multi-line BBS package by Chris Davis. The Author
                   points out that the documentation is not complete, but it
                   seems brilliant by the standards of most comms programs!
      !TTFN      ^ The Thread Following Newsreader by Robert Orwin


B350  7-Patch    = 1.03 Patches ArcTerm 1.06 to work under RO3
      !7Plus     = The Author, John Ingrams, says this is an Archimedes
                   version of the PC program 7Plus, so if you know what that
                   is, you'll know what this is, if you don't....
      !Arctic    ^ ARChimedes Terminal Interface to CompuServe. The best way
                   to get access to one of the best services, and it even
                   has good documentation!
      !Extract and !Submit = 1.11 Lets you decode/post files as uuencoded
                   tar files in UNIX compatible format
      !HsayBill  ^ Calculates call charges from HearsayII logfile
      !ReadNodes ^ Add-on for RiscBBS
      !RloginD   ^ Remote Login Daemon, creates a Taskwindow linked to the
                   serial port so you can execute CLI commands from a terminal
      !Rs232stat ^ Shows the state of the serial port
      !TouchTone ^ Plays dial tones through the computer's speaker. You can
                   either click on the 'keypad' of type in the number
      !UnixTrans ^ A Module to translate UNIX filenames into Acorn
                   compatible ones


B351  -=- ANSI and Teletext utilities  -=-
      !Ansi2Text = As it's name suggests, converts ANSI files to text
      !ANSIshow  = Displays ANSI files
      !AnsiText  = Another ANSI to text converter
      !ArcANSI   = A module to emulate the PC's ANSI driver
      !TeleDesk  = 3.00 No instructions but it seems to be a complete
                   desktop Teletext software package
      !Teletext  = Teletext screen editor
      !TTXdemo   = A demo of what you can expect to find when you connect to
                   a Teletext service
      !VHost     = 1.01 Complete Viewdata Host system
      !ViewData  = No instructions, but this looks like a complete terminal
      !ViewScr   = Lets you view and/or print text saved to disc while
                   online to a Viewdata service
      !ZAnsiDial = A dialler for the popular !ZAnsi program (B240)


B352  -=- Amateur Radio -=-
      !DeskMorse = 2.16 By Ian Hawkins. This is a multi tasking program
                   mainly intended for training but can also send and
                   receive morse via a tranceiver interface which is
                   described in the manual.
      !LogBook   = As the name suggests, a simple app to keep a contact log
      !Morse     ^ Desktop morse practice
      !RickTutor ^ 1.03 Non desktop versatile morse tutor from Rick Sterry
      !RiscyTNC  ^ Multi tasking terminal program for Ax25 controllers
      !Sender    ^ 1.24 A Random morse code generator/tutor by Steve Eyre


      The following four discs contain educational programs by Mike Smith
      Most are very good, some are Shareware, others PD or Freeware, but all
      have the same intrusive banner screens. There is little documentation,
      even with the Shareware programs! (so how do you evaluate the program
      properly to find out if you want to register without good
      instructions?). What there is tends to be general purpose and not
      specific to that application. Despite these problems (I *hate* people
      who do things that might put others off Shareware) there's a lot of
      very good material here

B353  !Assist_1  ^ Prints a customised periodic table. Data can include
                   atomic number, mass, boiling point, melting point,
                   density, oxidation states, radioactive isotopes, atomic
                   radius, covalent radius, ionic radius, atomic volume,
                   electronegativity, first ionisation energy and electron
                   structure. Graphs showing trends can also be printed
      !Assist_2  ^ Creates printed worksheets based on the chemistry topic
                   of balancing equations. Numbers, reatants or products can
                   be missed out depending on the preferences set. Select
                   from six layout effects.
      !Assist_3  ^ Produces a printed worksheet for science AT4. Topics
                   covered: Earth and Space, Electricity, Electronics,
                   Energy, Forces & Motion, Light and Colour, Motors and
                   Generators, Sound & Waves. Within each topic a variety of
                   worksheets can be generated including, crosswords,
                   anagrams, word searches, missing vowels and True or False
                   questions. Choose from six layouts
      MC_Chem    ^ Desktop multiple choice quiz. The subject is chemistry,
                   but the questions are all simple textfiles so you can
                   alter or add to them or write complete new ones
      MC_Phys    ^ Ditto physics. Topics include acceleration, circuits, EM
                   waves, energy, colour, heat, forces, magnetism, work,
                   vectors, pressure, radioactivity and refraction
      Phy_Sym    ^ Tests knowledge of symbols used in physics
      PTable     ^ Displays info about periodic table


B354  AMedia1    ^ Arc Media 1. Hypermedia info (text and NASA images) on
                   the Solar System. Move between 'pages' by clicking on
                   coloured 'key' words. Extra feature allows you to
                   backtrack last three 'pages' viewed
      MC_Maths   ^ Multiple choice maths quiz including: formulae, geometry,
                   percentages, measurement, standard form & simplification
      !Cloze     ^ A nice idea. Various words are 'removed' from a paragraph
                   of text and you have to try to work out what they are
                   from context
      !CV+       ^ Helps you create a CV, including a scanned photo. Control
                   over layout and fonts is provided.
      !WordTest  ^ Tests knowledge of numbers between 1 and 100 in a variety
                   of languages


B356  !Anagram   ^ Two player word puzzle. Unscramble the anagarm by solid
                   dragging of its letters
      !Birthday  ^ Helps you prepare an A4 poster of the events connected
                   with someones birth date, eg. famous people with the same
                   birthday, historical events on that day, etc.
      !Bottle    ^ Word puzzle like Hangman but bottles are knocked over
                   instead of drawing the scaffold. Hints also available
      !D_Turtle  ^ A simple desktop Turtle Graphics program. Works on the
                   RiscPC provided you use a numbered mode. Supports all
                   major commands as well as procedures, sound effects and
                   sprites. Background graphics can also be imported
      !Guess     ^ Word guessing game - guess the word the computer has
                   selected. As you keep guessing help is given as to which
                   letters are/not in word and their postions
      !Link      ^ Quiz game for two or three players based on the 'block
                   buster' game. Database can be customised so you too can
                   ask for a 'P' please!


B355  !Grid_Eur  ^ Shows a map of Europe and asks questions about the
                   positions and relationships between places. The idea is
                   to teach grid references and compass directions
      !Grid_Afr  ^ Ditto Africa
      !Grid_UK   ^ Ditto U.K.
      !Where_Eur ^ A similar program to the above but asks about the
                   positions of geographical features, cities, etc.
      !Where_Afr ^ Ditto Africa
      !Where_UK  ^ Ditto U.K.
      !OS_Symbol ^ Asks various questions about the symbols used on maps


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B358  !Ejones    ^ A rather slow but pretty name and address database by
                   M.O'Brien and J.Pullen
      !FontSafe  ^ Stops games programs setting the font cache to 0 and so
                   making the Risc PC desktop run like a snail
      !Hiper     ^ A sort of hypertext compiler by Andrew Hunter. It can
                   create hypertext documents with various features. Would
                   be useful for program Help texts, education, and lots of
                   other purposes
      !Justify   ^ Makes a text file fully justified with a straight right
                   margin by padding the text with spaces. Personally I find
                   justified text very difficult to read, but it does make
                   it look prettier if you think that's important
      !NoIcons   ^ Particularly useful if you only have 1Mb. It stops the
                   filer loading all those iconsprites every time it sees a
                   new app, which uses up more RAM in the wimp spritepool
      !Post-It   ^ A simple desktop memo, rather like a post-it note stuck
                   on your monitor
      !RO2_4all  : This is a bit of a 'bodge' but it might let you run a
                   RISC-OS 2 app that won't work with RO3
      !SlotSize  ^ Forces any application that starts up to use the Wimpslot
                   you define and not the one in the !Run file. RiscPC users
                   will find this useful to check if the reason a program
                   won't run is that the Wimpslot is set too small without
                   needing to change the !Run file
      !StripCase ^ Strips file extensions from DOS filenames and makes them
                   lower case


B359  -=-  Disc/file utilities  -=-
      !All       ^ 0.45 Multi-purpose utility. Lock/unlock files, trash,
                   file info, DOS map, etc.
      !CFSCreate ^ From Tony Howat, creates a CFS directory in which
                   everything you put is compressed
      !DirLock   ^ Locks directories so you can't get into them from the
                   desktop between specified times
      !DiscLook  ^ Sits on the icon bar and acts like any other drive icon.
                   By selecting from its menu you can transform it into the
                   equivalent of any drive icon. The only practical use I
                   can think of for it would be if you have lots of drives
                   and the ones on the left vanish off screen when you have
                   several apps loaded. The DiscLook icon could then
                   substitute for one lost off screen
      !DiscBlank ^ Conceals the contents of an 800K floppy by hiding the
                   catalogue and replacing it with a dummy. This can make
                   the disc look empty. When you want to use it the program
                   will restore the proper catalogue
      !DMen      ^ Straightforward disc menu
      !Helios    ^ 2.00 Task launcher/* command executor from Kenny Guy
      !LinkFS    ^ An image filing system that redirects all calls made to
                   it to the 'real' filing system, thereby allowing you to
                   have files or applications apparently together while
                   actually on different drives
      !MoveFiles ^ Module from Ben Gershon that tries to move files rather
                   than copy/delete whenever possible and also prevents
                   directories from being recursively copied into themselves
      !Mycop     ^ Desktop bin that sits where you put it instead of on the
                   icon bar
      !Organise  ^ Directory opener - drag a directory to the icon to add it
                   to the menu
      !PretyFile ^ Renames those ugly upper-case filenames
      !Snglarity ^ What happens when a Black Hole gets smaller - a
                   replacement for the popular Black Hole II for people who
                   just want a small wastebin
      !Toilet    ^ Another bin. Makes a noise like a flushing toilet
      !TrashCan  ^ 1.01 Nice bin from Stephen mansfield
      !TrueCopy  ^ Non desktop multi-format disc copier


B360  Another school visit from Jim Fanning. This time it's to Bodiam Castle
      in East Sussex. Contains Spritefiles of scanned photos plus a Genesis
      application. (Includes Genesis browser)


B361  -=- Educational programs  -=-
      !Coprnicus ^ Lets you identify objects in the night sky. Star maps can
                   be printed or saved as Sprite or Draw files. This is a
                   slightly cut-down version of a commercial program but the
                   main functions are operative
      !Forecast  ^ Lets you create your own weather maps on which you can
                   place all the usual symbols
      !Monarchs  ^ Displays English monarchs
      !Predict   ^ A weather predictor. The Author says it's pretty accurate
      !Spectro   ^ 1.22 A mass spectrometer simulation by Richard Sharpe
      !Statisix  ^ 1.02 Program by Robert Seago to perform statistical
                   analysis. Can take input data in the form of a CSV or
                   Text file or it can be entered directly. Only a limited
                   number of functions are supported


B362  -=-  Educational programs  -=-
      !ChiSquare ^ 1.02 By Robert Seago, does simple statistical Chi-Squared
                   tests, which I gather has something to do with genetics
      !Gauss     ^ Simultaneous equation solver from Richard Sharpe
      !HowMany   ^ 1.01 Again from Robert Seago, illustrates a technique
                   used to estimate the number of animals in a population in
                   a closed environment
      !Mole      ^ 2.00 A molecular modeller from Simon Kilvington. Can save
                   the models as Draw or Sprite files as well as its own
                   file format. With lots of examples
      !MulDiv    ^ Simple non desktop multiplication and division tester
      !Solver    ^ Quadratic equation solver from David Bradshaw
      !Trent     ^ 1.02 Another app from Robert Seago to find the index of
                   quality of a freshwater lake or river. Based on a system
                   developed by Severn Trent Water


B363  -=-  Desktop Customising  -=-
      !Bannerz   ^ 1.02 A selection of 'Welcome' banners by John Noble
      !BDLogo    ^ Puts an embossed Acorn logon on the desktop backdrop. The
                   sprite itself and its position can be changed
      !RPCLogo   ^ A variation on the previous program using a Risc PC logo
      !BeepError ^ 0.33 By Piers Wombwell this lets you assign sound samples
                   to specified errors. You can therefore have different
                   noises for the errors or types of error
      ErrorBeeps ^ Various interesting sound samples to replace the standard
                   error beep
      JW_Icons   ^ Icon and Tool sprites from Jason Williams
      !MacDesk   ^ A few icons to make your desktop look a bit Mac-like
      !NewFiler  : A patch for filer 1.64 by Nick Jarman to make the filer
                   treat directory names beginning with ascii 160 (the
                   'hard' space) as application directories so you don't
                   need the '!' at the start of the name
      !zApp     :~ By Peter Greenham replaces ROM Apps with a customisable
                   version which is more like a normal filer window


B364  -=-  Mainly for use in Education  -=-
      !Circuit   ^ Rather good desktop program by J.Robbins for drawing
                   circuit diagrams. Can save the circuit as a Drawfile for
                   printing. Large library of components. Very easy to use.
      !Spectrum  ^ By Robert Seago, shows information about the
                   electromagnetic spectrum
      RS232Opto  ^ This is an Impression document (with a Text version)
                   which explains how to construct a serial port opto-
                   isolator. Ideal for school projects, ensures they don't
                   blow up the computer if something is connected wrongly
         The following are Econet utilities
      !awServer  ^ 0.05 An 'experimental' fileserver
      !awSpooler ^ A spoolimg printer server
      !CV        ^ Helps network managers view usage on their systems.
                   Mimics SJ Research *CV
      EcoTimeOut ^ Helps eliminate 'No Reply' errors caused by large files
      !Free      ^ Helps network managers view usage on their systems.
                   Mimics SJ Research *FREE
      !FS        ^ A fast (or so it says) fileserver
      !Machines  ^ Lists machines on Econet
      !NetChat   ^ Econet chat program
      !NetSim   :~ Patches the Econet module to fool it into thinking the
                   network hardware is there and installs netFiler
      !NetTime   ^ Reads the Fileserver clock and sets local times to match
      !Network   = 1.19 A network manager by Stewart Brodie with various
                   features
      !Newusers  ^ Displays all the users on a network and lets you do
                   variuos things to them (the Authors words, not mine)
      !Notify    ^ Allows immediate communication between Econet stations


B365  Another project from Jim Fanning of Tideway School. As usual this
      comprises some text files, scanned photos and two Genesis applications
      (NB. The Genesis Browser is not provided on this disc - see B263). The
      project is all about the local area, and includes some historical
      notes and maps. Although this may not be of direct interest to people
      outside the area it does act as a very good example of how students
      can use the computer to collate the results of field trips and other
      studies to produce a computer project


B366  The Meaning of the Holy Quran. A large (114 chapters, over 1.5Mb) text
      by H.S.Aziz. This would appear to be an attempt to explain some of the
      concepts which are not easily understood by the western mind, and
      which, owing to linguistic difficulties, do not easily translate
      accurately from the original Arabic


B367  -=-  Customising utilities  -=-
      !Bars      ^ Lots of 'bar' tiles for the backdrop
      !BdKing    ^ Backdrop King by Andrew Lafferty. Dozens of different
                   tiles in all shapes, colours and textures with programs
                   for selecting them. Probably the most comprehensive and
                   varied selection I've seen.
      !BootSuite ^ 2.11 A comprehensive utility by R.Chasmer which can be
                   installed to a hard disc and enables several users to
                   each have their own customised boot up procedure with a
                   password. Can also keep a log. Lots of features and would
                   probably be ideal for us in a business or school.
      !Iconz_2   ^ By David Jones and based on the program Funky Iconz this
                   replaces the Switcher with a rather nice animated group
                   of spinning balls.
      !Punk      ^ A rather more agressive switcher icon than the one
                   provided by Acorn
      SolidDrag  ^ By Paul Wilkinson, this is for people who prefer solid
                   rather than transparent icon drags on their Risc PC. It
                   intercepts calls to DragASprite and forces solid drags.
      !Whoop     ^ Replaces the error beep with a noise that the name
                   describes perfectly!
      WimPatch35 ^ Forces 3D type raised borders on all menus. This *ONLY*
                   works on RO 3.5 so it's just for the Risc PC 600



B368  -=-  General utilities  -=-
      AddSprites ^ Very useful Module from Andrew Clover. This stops other
                   applications from overwriting your desktop sprites with
                   their own 'improved' ones. Have you ever had your nice,
                   hi-res, fancy icons wiped out by someone else's idea of
                   how your desktop should look - this will stop it
      AlphaConv  ^ By Simon Osborne, converts files from Clares 'AlphaBase'
                   into CSV or textfiles so you can import them into other
                   databases.
      !Caret     ^ 1.02 As well as making the caret flash, if you click on
                   the !Caret icon it forces the window with input focus to
                   the front and puts the mouse pointer over the caret so yu
                   can find it. Useful if you are still struggling with
                   !Edit or !DeskEdit
      !Case2Case ^ 1.01 Nice program by Robert Lytton to change the case of
                   names and automatically set filetypes of DOS files.
                   *** updated June 96 ***
      !CheckCMOS ^ Takes a copy of the CMOS RAM and, the next time you start
                   up, if it has changed it lets you restore the CMOS to the
                   previous state if you don't want it to change. Very
                   useful if you ever need to do a complete reset.
      !ET_demo   ^ Empty Tasks. This allows you to temporarily swap the
                   memory of a task out to disc. The main use for this is to
                   enable you to 'put aside' a memory hungry task for a
                   while and then restore it exactly as before.
      !FlDesk    ^ Flossy Desk 3.00. Various utilities in a single task.
                   Status display, bin, etc.
      !FontSafe  ^ If you have a Risc PC and play PD games this could save
                   your sanity. By Ben Dooks, it stops games configuring the
                   Font Cache to 0 which makes the desktop run like a snail
      !FormText  ^ Utility from Tony Houghton to format text files. It can
                   insert page breaks, margins, headers, footers, and a
                   contents page. Ideal for producing nicely formatted
                   manuals. (Subtle hint to PD/Shareware Authors).
      !LooknFind ^ 0.5 By Robert Lytton, searches through files of defined
                   types for a 'phrase'.
      !MBF       ^ My Best Friend 2.1 Another collection of utilities (bin,
                   various shortcuts, etc.)
      !PtrWatch  ^ There are lots of desktop magnifiers, but this one by Ben
                   Dooks is onbe of the best, and unlike many others it's
                   very fast and works in Risc PC screen modes
      !task      ^ By Alun Jone, this is a replacement for the TaskWindow.
                   Instead of acting within the desktop is works 'full
                   screen', and so is a lot faster
      !TaskMon   ^ By Geoff Williams, monitors the use of tasks and keeps a
                   logfile so you can see how much time you've spent working
                   (and how much playing Lemmings!)
      !TaskMsg   ^ Potentially a very useful tool from James Ponder. It lets
                   you send messages to tasks, so, for example, you can put
                   commands in your !Boot app to load files into editors and
                   do other things not normally possible.


B369  This disc contains the full Genesis browser (also on B263) plus
      various other modules often needed by programs but sometimes not
      included. These include WimpExt, ABCLib, Memalloc, FPE, CLib, etc. I
      normally try to check that they are included with the programs but if
      they are not you will probably find them here.


B370  -=-  Comms/Internet utilities  -=-
      !Connector ^ 0.77b VT102, ANSI and AVATAR  terminal emulator using X-
                   Y or Z- modem file transfer from Andreas Zieringer
      !FreeTerm  ^ 012b Terminal emulator by Tom Hughes/Tony Howat for any
                   TCP/IP stack that supports Acorn sockets interface
      !PGP       ^ 2.3a Pretty Good Privacy. The famous Public Key
                   encryptation program ported to the Arc by Chris Gransden
                   and Paul Allen. Includes a desktop front end (v0.12) by
                   Peter Gaunt
      !PPP       ^ 2.00 PPP driver for Acorn's TCP/IP stack by Sergio Monesi
      !WarDial   ^ 1.01 This turns your computer/modem into a scanner for
                   0800 numbers. For all those nosey people who would like
                   to know which numbers are 'live'.


B371  -=-  More Internet utils  -=-
      !FreeDial  ^ 0.22 Dials your Internet Provider, logs in, and sets up
                   your internet sortware
      !FreeNews  ^ 1.00 The first full release of the Freenet NNTP news
                   fetcher
      !FreeSMTP  ^ 0.09 An internet mail server by Stewert Brodie
      Mpack      ^ 1.50 CLI utilities for encoding and decoding MIME
                   (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) messages
      !POP       ^ 0.97 POP3 mail transport for use with Freent/Acorn TCP/IP
                   It will fetch email and can also send outgoing mail
      !unHTML    ^ At last! A utility by Mike Williams to convert those
                   useless HTML files to plain text, Publisher/Style, or
                   Draw Textarea format so that you can actually DO
                   something with them
      TI2NB      ^ A patch for Termite Internet and !Newsbase which
                   automatically transfers mail to/from !NewsDir/!Mailbox


B372  -=-  More Internet  -=-
      !ArgoBill  ^ 1.10 Displays on-line charges from the Voyager Internet
                   Suite
      !AutoUUD   ^ 1.00 By James Beech, a binary extractor for NewsBase
      !DeltaNet  ^ 1.18 FTP/HTTP/Finger/Auth/NTalk Server by Chris Poole
      !DNSTester ^ 0.02 DNS lookup utility by Stewart Brodie
      !IRClient  ^ 0.15 Internet Relay Chat System from Matthew Godbolt
      !Kanji     ^ 4.00 A reader for 2-byte encoded Japanese emails and news
                   postings
      !Unpost    ^ A 'smart' uudecoder for extracting binaries from USENET
                   or email
      !VoyCost   ^ 0.09 By Dave Ward, helps you keep track of your phone
                   bill with the Voyager software


B373  -=-  C Tools  -=-
      HeaderGen  ^ 1.10 By Frank Fohl, generates header files of C and
                   Assembler source files
      WackyTalky ^ A comprehensive real-time linking system which creates a
                   new type of RM that can make assembling/compiling/linking
                   much faster and easier.
      Rink       ^ 0.10 A much simpler (and perhaps easier to use) run time
                   linker from Ben Summers.


B374  -=-  C libraries and tools  -=-
      AndyLib    ^ A collection of routines to aid writing Wimp programs by
                   Andy Armstrong
      DNSquery   ^ A library of routines to provide DNS lookups
      Makatic    ^ 2.10 A set of command line tools by Julian Smith to
                   automate much of the management of C. C++ and assembler
                   projects.
      !NetLib    ^ Billed as 'the programmer's interface to FreeNet', this
                   is a function call libary for C programmers
      Sockets    ^ 3.00 Acorn's C library for Internet TCP/IP sockets


B375  -=-  More C stuff  -=-
      !Vista     ^ By David Allinson, this is a library of C++ functions for
                   both Easy C++ and Acorn C++. Includes full source code
                   and examples.
      IndentSrc  ^ A RISC-OS port of Unix indent, which automatically
                   formats C source code.


B376  -=-  Programming tools  -=-
      Disassem   ^ By Darren Salt, this patches the Debugger module so it
                   can disassemble the ARM7 instruction set
      Grimace    ^ This is billed as a sprite compiler which can convert
                   Syatem sprites to machine code. Unfortunately the only
                   documentation is in StrongEd format and I'm not going to
                   struggle with that to describe it more fully.
      !IconNo    ^ Very simple app which just shows the number of the icon
                   the pointer is over. There are more complex ones but when
                   writing code for button clicks that's all you need
      !Messy     ^ Again, very straightforward but useful debugging tool.
                   Displays the last five messages sent around the desktop
      !ProgUtils ^ SWI translator, expression evaluator and ARM instruction
                   decoder from Dave Thomas
      !Res2Temp  ^ By Kevin Bracey, converts Resource files to Template
                   files
      THHeap     ^ Tony Houghton's Heap management modules.
      !Tracker   ^ No, nothing to do with music, but a tool which displays
                   special debugging information output by a program being
                   tested.
      Useful     ^ A series of Modules by Nicholas Kingsley to perform tasks
                   often required by programs.


B377  -=-  More programming tools  -=-
      Assembly   ^ A series of useful routines and examples from various
                   people
      GMP        ^ The GNU Multiple precision Library, v1.3.2, ported to the
                   Arc by Alun Jones. This is a comprehensive library of C
                   routines for arbritary precision arithmetic, operating on
                   signed integers and rational numbers. Lots of functions,
                   and speed is very good. Unfortunately documentation is in
                   TeX format, but luckily this is mostly plain text so is
                   readable.
      !HierProf  ^ A partially crippled demo version of a C profiler by
                   Julian Smith. It is functional (or I wouldn't include it
                   at all), but it's a pity that the author didn't release
                   it propely as Shareware as he's not likely to get many
                   registrations this way!
      !Imagine   ^ 1.10 A project management utility from R.F.Windley. This
                   is intended to be used as a replacement for the Desktop C Make
                   utility with lots of extra features to make compiling
                   projects easier
      !SloFilter ^ This reduces the number of NULL polls received by a task,
                   which lets you slow down a task which is carrying out
                   background processing of some sort, thereby allowing
                   other tasks to have more time to work.


B378  -=-  Graphics utilities  -=-
      !BMPSprite ^ 1.01 By Darren Salt, converts BMP format files to and
                   from Sprites and Clear files.
      !Draw2Spr  ^ App by Ian McLaren to convert a Drawfile to a Sprite
      !DrawShape ^ 1.06 Again from Darren Salt, this takes path objects from
                   Draw and moulds them to fit between two other paths
      GIF->JPEG  ^ Does exactly what you'd expect with a name like that
      GIF2RPC    ^ 1.02 From Cy Booker, this converts high quality GIF files
                   to 32K colour Spritefiles
      !InterDraw ^ A program to interpolate Drawfiles by Rosemary Miskin
      RandJPEG   ^ 1.00 Again from Cy Booker, this time to convert JPEG
                   files to 256 colour sprites.
                   NB. This program requires RISC-OS 3.6 or better
      !Spr2Jpeg  ^ 1.07 A program to convert between Spritefiles and JPEG by
                   David Rodgman. Can handle 24bpp sprites if you have the
                   appropriate version of ChangeFSI
      !SwiftJPEG ^ 1.00 A fast JPEG viewer for RISC-OS 3.6 or better. Will
                   work with RO 3.5 if you have a copy of the new
                   SpriteExtend module
      !Widget    ^ Lets colours in the '256 Greys' mode to be programmed so
                   they contain the 8 Wimp colours. This lets you view 256
                   greyscale images without losing the desktop colours
      !Zippo     ^ 1.04 A converter for Clear files from Dave Thomas. Will
                   convert to AIM, BMP,HSI, Irlam, MTV, QRT, Sun, TGA and
                   V12 formats.


B379  NetPBM     ^ Archimedes port of the Portable Bitmap Toolkit. This can convert
                   between many image types (Sun, MacPaint, MGR, GEM, Gr.3
                   Fax, Degas, ,GIF, IFF, PICT, QRT, MTV, AutoCAD, TIFF, HP
                   L/jet, etc., etc.).
      !Waster    ^ DDE utility to remove left hand wastage from sprites in
                   Spritefiles or Drawfiles
      !Gamma     ^ ,Very useful colour correction program for the Risc PC by
                   Rod Davidson. A must for anyone who does any serious
                   graphics work or uses a colour printer and wants to see
                   on-screen what will appear on the paper.


B380  -=-  !Dis-le version 3  -=-
      A new version of the program on disc B247. It now has the full 2,200
      GCSE word list and various other enhancements, training mode, multi-
      choice quiz, spelling tester, dictionary, word search, etc. All these
      enhancements, especially the large number of sound samples required
      for the huge word list, have made the complete package quite a bit
      larger, nearly 7Mb in fact, so you will obviously need a hard disc.
      For this reason (and if you want to see just how good it is before
      getting the full package) I have retained the older version on B247
      NB. The 1.6Mb option also contains the earlier (small) version !Dis-le

      On 9 x 800k or 5 x 1.6Mb discs, either costs  ** £9 **  (0/2 points)


B381  -=-  Tracker players  -=-
      !Harmony   ^ Plays most Acorn format music files with a Playlist, ie.
                   you drop the files onto the icon and it plays them, or
                   you can save/load a playlist file.
      !RiscTrack ^ 2.35 Another multi format music player with lots of bells
                   and whistles by Ian Clark
      !TraxII    ^ 6.74 A rather less sophisticated player by Barry Rowe
      !Trackeys  ^ 4.00 Hot Key control of Tracker player by Michael
                   Richards


B382  -=-  Music tools  -=-
      !Active    ^ 1.02 Provides an indication os how busy the computer is
                   when a tune is playing
      !CDaudio   ^ A player for audi CDs by Ray Middleton. This has various
                   improvements over the standard player, including the
                   ability to remember the tracks on a CD and play them
                   in the sequence you choose.
      DXEN       ^ A desktop Xenakis (??) Tracker player. One sample file is
                   provided. No proper instructions but I believe these
                   files are native to some weird toy called the Amiga.
      !QuickCD   ^ Another CD music player by Chris Jackson.
      !Stereo    ^ 0.06 A stereo channel controller by Dave Thomas
      !Stretch   ^ This is a *very* crude program to increse the play length
                   of a sample by Benjamin Bommer. The author admits that it
                   introduces a lot of distortion, but then that's not
                   entirely unwelcome.
      THSound    ^ By Tony Houghton (imaginative program name, eh?) this is
                   a module which lets you play lots of samles without
                   having to load each as a separate Module. Would probably
                   be ideal for games, etc.
      !Trackster ^ 1.00 By Dave Thomas, this is intended to rip patterns or
                   sequences from Tracker modules so you can examine them
                   (or 'borrow' them?)
      !Vivaldi   ^ A desktop music editor by Andrew Wood. This is supposed
                   to be Shareware, but again it's wriiten by one of those
                   silly people who doesn't think you should get a proper
                   manual until you register. Looks as if it might be quite
                   good.


B383  -=-  Misc. Utilities  -=-
      !CtrlBox   ^ A 'desktop toolbox' by Dave Thomas which gives keyboard
                   shortcuts for many common operations.
      !CutLF     ^  A fairly crude program by Chris Rodliffe to remove
                   unwanted blank lines from double-spaced textfiles.
      !DeskDate  ^ Shows the date at the top RH side of the screen
      !FastTask  ^ This program from Sam Kington is *supposed* to try to
                   learn about the tasks you use and let you start them from
                   the keyboard or tying in the task name. It seems very
                   fragile and I get lots of error messages (it seems to
                   leave files open and then complain about it).
      !FlashCar  ^ Another one of those apps to flash the caret.
      !FlDesk    ~ 3.00 Flossy Desk by David Rushall. This is *supposed* to
                   do all sorts of exiting things, but there seems to be
                   some very sloppy programming and a few shortcuts so it
                   won't work on the Risc PC and I suspect perhaps not too
                   well on a lot of other machines.
      !FreeK     ^ Shows free memory, time and date in a neat little window
                   at the top RH side of the screen or on the iconbar
      !PCMouse   ^ By Michael Kircher, a Module that let's you use a PC
                   style serial mouse
      !RemoveDA  ^ This is a utility by Dave Thomas to show any Dynamic
                   Areas in use on the Risc PC and give you the option of
                   removing them.
      !sclock    ^ A Sidereal Clock by Simon Melhuish (makes a change!)
      SetTimer   ^ This creates a System Variable which represents the time
                   since it was created. There are various uses for this,
                   such as timing tasks, on line time, time the computer has
                   been in use, etc.
      !ShiftKeys ^ Lets you 'press' the Shift, Alt and Ctrl keys by clicking
                   on buttons. Makes mouse operations which need
                   simultaneous keypresses easier for disabled users.
      !StopClock ^ A straightforward desktop stopwatch that counts in
                   seconds so it doesn't grab too many null events and slow
                   up whatever it is you're trying to time.
      TaskBASIC  ^ This sets a new filetype for Basic programs which will
                   run them in a Taskwindow when you double-click on them
      Tasks      ^ Just gives info about all current tasks.
      !Tyme      ^ A clock that tells the approximate time rather nicely.
      !Utils     ^ Multiple utilities in one package from David Starling.
                   Soundtracker player, * commands, screen saver, Drawfile
                   display, CD player, various filer and network utilites.
      WatchMEMC  ^ A Module from Nigel Jones to look out for all those
                   naughty UpdateMEMC swi's that incompetent games/demo
                   programmers use and which screw up your computer.
      !XChars    ^ By far the nicest !Chars substitue I've seen by Martin
                   Wurthner.


B384  -=-  Disc utilities  -=-
      !BlockSize ^ 1.12 Utility by Darren Salt which counts the actual disc
                   space used by by files/directories taking into account
                   the sector size/file allocation unit of the disc.
      !Chopper   ^ 0.02 A program I wrote to 'chop up' large files so they
                   can be put onto floppy discs and then joined up again.
                   Very easy to use. Lots of people have asked for something
                   to do this, so here it is. Now includes a cut-down
                   program !Joiner which can be distributed with split files
                   and SPLIT.EXE and SPLICE.EXE to do the same thing on a PC
                   so that vry large files can easily be transported between
                   PC and Archimedes   *** updated June 96 ***
      DiffUtils  ^ A port of the GNU Diffutils 2.7. This is a CLI program
                   which compares two files and gives info about their
                   differences.
      !DiscEdit  ^ By Chris Poole, the first good Desktop Shareware disc
                   sector editor that works on all floppy disc types and all
                   filing systems, including large format hard discs. If you
                   want a 'dedicated' editor with lots of features rather
                   than a quick look using Zap this is the best I've seen.
                   But it doesn't stop at being just a good sector editor.
                   It also has tools to help with deleted file recovery,
                   bad directory repair, map repair, and various diagnostic
                   utilities. If you have a copy of !Zap then run it before
                   you use this program as it can make use of the ZapRedraw
                   module for fast screen update.
                   This may not do everything that fsck does but it's a
                   *lot* easier to use and is a proper, unrestricted,
                   Shareware application (don't forget to send your
                   registration fee!).
      !DOSmapper ^ A very simple app to add DOS filetypes to DOSmap.
                   Includes sprites for the files.
      !FasterAct ^ Adds a button toe Filer Action windows to let you turn on
                   the Faster option. (If you want fast file operations why
                   mess about with fancy interactive file operations anyway?
                   Switch it off and inactivate the 'Verbose' option from
                   the Filer Menu and everything will speed up by about 30%)
      !FileKill  ^ Deletes files. Unlike 'dustbins' this does not copy the
                   file to a 'bin' by just forces it's deletion, so it's
                   ideal if you are SURE you want to delet it or for use
                   with floppy-only systems
      FlopFS     ^ By Hugo Feinnes, this is an unsupported filing system for
                   Floptical drives. Includes formatting software.
      FSinfo     ^ Simple non desktop program to give info about installed
                   filing systems.
      MagFS      ^ Again by Hugo Feinnes, this is a filing system for
                   magneto-optical drives. Includes formatting software. As
                   it is designed to work with almost any SCSI device it
                   will operate with Syquest or fixed drives and has the
                   additional advantage of allowing you to have more than
                   four drives on the SCSI bus.
      !MaSK      ^ This is a security device which will hide a file 'inside'
                   an image or sound sample. Not only is the data very
                   difficult to unscramble, as the original image/sample
                   will still 'work' no-one will even know it's there.
      !RealCount ^ From Sergio Moesi, another program to give a true count
                   of disc space taken by file(s).
      !WhatFile  ^ Simple app to give info on files which may not have a
                   filetype alias set.


B385  -=-  Logo Manual  -=-
      The Complete Guide to Logo by Dave Walsh. These are described as
      'workcards' and make up 100 A5 cards, but in fact it's a huge
      Impression document in several files totalling over 1.8Mb, so I
      suspect that the adjective 'complete' is fairly accurate. Nicely
      illustrated and laid out, it's obviously intended as a complete manual
      and tutorial for use in schools.
         It was actually written for RM Logo, but it should apply to almost
      any 'brand', and Logo is a farily standard language. However,  because
      it is not supplied as hard copy you can easily make any changes
      required for the version you are using.


B386  -=-  Maths Worksheets  -=-
      Several discs full of maths worksheets for KS 2 and 3. These are in
      the form of both Eureka and Drawfiles. In the words of Dave Walsh the
      sheets cover numbers and the Four Rules in a systematic way. Unlike
      other ways of making worksheets, these are  task analysed to the skill
      you are teaching / practicing eg. carrying tens or decomposing;
      problems in written form; mathematics investigations; probability
      studies etc.
         These form a major resource and will be an invaluable teaching aid
      in any school.

      On 3 x 1.6Mb or 5 x 800K, either costs  **  £5.00  **  (1/0 points)


B387  -=-  Start Write help cards  -=-
      108 Drawfiles by Alan Shelton designed to be printed and turned into
      Help Cards for the popular Start Write package. There are also three
      Index cards for the package. The advantage of this system over a
      conventional printed manual is that the cards can be used by several
      children at once. They have lots of screenshots and were written by a
      teacher using the program in a real classroom so are designed to be as
      helpful and useful as possible.

      On 1 x 1.6Mb or 2 x 800K discs, either costs  ** £2.00 ** (1 point)


B388  -=-  Talk Write help cards  -=-
      123 Drawfiles similar to B387 and anain by Alan Shelton but for Talk
      Write.

      On 1 x 1.6Mb or 2 x 800K discs, either costs  ** £2.00 ** (1 point)


B389  -=-  Stuarts  -=-
      A rather nice 'Magpie' application by A.Shelton. Covers the Monarchs
      and various events (Petition of Right, Civil War, Plague, Great Fire)
      and famous people. Obviously this is not done in great depth, but what
      is covered is done well.
      Normally I don't like Magpie and Genesis very much because they are so
      slow and clumsy, but this really is a very usefil teaching aid.


B390  -=-  Tudors  -=-
      Similar to B389 but covering the life and times of the Tudor monarchs.


B391  -=-  PoV 2.2  -=-
      This is Acorn version 1.5, equivalent to PC version 2.2 of the
      Persistance of Vision raytracing package. There are so many
      enhancements and additions that I shan't even attempt to list them.
      This was previously on disc B096 and the earlier version has been
      retained, mainly because it was a full desktop multi-tasking
      application whereas the new program is CLI driven, ported directly
      from the PC version, so it's not so 'Acornised' as version 1.0. You
      don't need to use it from the command line because it has a desktop
      front end which does all the hard work for you, but this does mean
      that it's not multi-tasking (although you can stop part-way through
      and carry on later).
      Although there are obviously differences in the source file syntax
      because of the extra features it can also accept 'old type' source
      files so you can still use your old scenes.

      As before, the package is available, with a copy of Pete Goodwin's
      !Model application, on either two 800K or a single 1.6Mb disc. The
      first 800K disc (B391) contains everything you actually need,
      including a copy of POVscene with the standard example files. The
      second 800K disc (B391-A) contains lots more examples, some of which
      are very complex.

      B391 or B391-A purchased separately each cost £1.50, both together on
      2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb discs cost £2.00


B392  -=-  MatrixTRK  -=-
      A new song player which promises much higher quality than others
      (including, acording to the !Help file, Digital Symphony). It uses its
      own file format (which is fully described) and comes with tools to
      convert from Scream Tracker 3 format. The player itself with a couple
      of songs will fit onto one 800K disc, and you can just buy this for
      the normal price if you wish. However, we can also offer it with a
      selection of songs on three 800K or two 1.6Mb discs.

      Player/converter with two songs on one 800K disc,  £1.50  (1 point)

      On 3 x 800K or 2 x 1.6Mb discs,  either  ** £3.50 **  (1/2 points)


B393  -=-  Amstrad CPC Emulator  -=-
      A slightly restricted version of the program by Mark Rison. Main
      restrictions are that it can't print or save snapshots or screendumps
      and there's no sound, but you can use it to play quite a lot of games.
      Thirteen are provided on this disc.


B393-A   Lots more games for the CPC emulator

      On 2 x 800K or 1 x 1.6Mb disc - either costs  **  £2.00  **


B394  -=-  Scientific  -=-
      !555       ^ Calculates R/C values for monostable and bistable timers
                   using the popular 555 ic.
      !A>B>C     ^ "The concentrations of the three components A,B, and C are
                   calculated for the system consisting of two sequential
                   non reversible first order reactions during the specified
                   time period, and the resulting concentrations can be
                   displayed graphically."
      !AnyRC     ^ Very useful program from P.E.Marshall. It calculates two
                   resistors (E12 or E24) required to make an intermediate
                   resistance. Parallel and serial options are given.
      !IsoMass   ^ 1.30 By Chris Johnson, calculates from a chemical formula
                   the abundance of each of the isotopic masses and displays
                   the data both as a listing and as a bargraph.
      !MacroLife ^ 1.60 The best and most comprehensive version of 'Life' by
                   Chris Taylor. Lots of features and can use various
                   algorithms.
      !RasMol    ^ 1.10 A full multi-tasking port of the popular molecular
                   graphics program by Roger Sayle. The Acorn version is by
                   Martun Wurther. Includes various examples and scripts.


B395  !Analysis  ^ Program by Giovani Lo Conti to analyse text files. Can
                   produce various outputs, concordances, KWIC, KWOC,
                   readability, statistics, etc.
      !ChrEd     ^ 2.07 Nice system font editor/designer by Darren Salt
      Desktop    ^ Four Drawfiles. Three are 'maps' of the menu structures
                   of !Draw, !Edit and !Paint, and the fourth is a general
                   map of the filer, Task Manager and other main desktop
                   menus. These are very useful to newcomers to the Acorn
                   desktop as it enables them to have a compact printed
                   chart showing the main menu structures and functions.
      LatinGram  ^ This is actually a book, made up of textfiles, separated
                   into 39 chapters, and is a comprehensive course on Latin
                   grammar. It's very well written and easy to read, but I
                   can't find an author's name anywhere. Much better than
                   any of the standard textbooks I can remember.
      !Report    ^ A program by Robert Lytton primarily intended to help
                   teachers prpare reports for the National Curriculum. It
                   lets you select phrases and then 'types' them wherever
                   the caret is.
      Sensible   ^ Displays dates in a more 'humanised' format than the
                   standard options. eg, will show things like 'yesterday',
                   'today'. etc.


B396  -=-  Graphics programs  -=-
      3Dcycle2   ^ By Daniel Mossop, displays a selection of auto
                   stereograms and also cycles the colours to help releive
                   the boredom.
      !Figlet    ^ 2.00 Handy program for producing large text. Ideal for
                   headings, signatures, etc. It was used for most of the
                   APDL catalogue file headings.
      !MArt      ^ 256 colour non desktop art package. Lots of tools and
                   features and easy to use so it's ideal for younger users
      !Monet     ^ Another art package to let you create paintings in the
                   style of the French Impressionists
      !Mturtle   ^ Straightforward turtle graphics program
      !Reflect   ^ A drawing program which produces a 'reflection' of what
                   you are drawing
      !Surface   ^ A 3D surface plotter. Can produce 'pictures' of a variety
                   of shapes.
      !Virtual3D ^ This is a demonstration of a 3D graphics library by Wilco
                   Dijkstra and Mattijs van Delden. You can create 'worlds'
                   and 'drive' or 'fly' around them. It's main uses will be
                   for games and an example is provided. There's lots of
                   potential for anyone interested in writing games.
      !ViwObj    ^ This is by the same authors as Virtual3D and is related
                   to it. It enables 3D objects to be viewed and rotated
      !WindowRd  ^ Window Reader. Just grabs the window the pointer is over
                   as a sprite. Ideal for illustrating manuals etc.


B397  -=-  Disc/File utilities  -=-
      !Back_It   ^ Just copies a series of files/directories to a 'backup'
                   directory. Ideal for keeping a record of the development
                   of a program.
      !BF_Join   ^ Two simple program to split/join large files to a series
                   of floppies
      !ClearDisc ^ Wipes out any deleted files on a floppy disc so they
                   can't be recovered
      !ClickDir  ^ Useful program to set the CSD
      !CopyOpts  ^ Speeds up moving files on the same disc by renaming them
                   instead of copying/deleteing whenever possible
      !DirStack  ^ Remembers the last fifteen directories that were opened
                   and lets you select them from a menu. Saves a lot of work
                   if you close a window and then need it again.
      !DiscListr ^ Fairly crude program to create a CSV file of the contents
                   of a series of floppy discs.
      !DiscScan  ^ Another program to create a database of the contents of
                   floppy discs.
      FilerFix   ~ For RO 3.1 filer this let's you hit the CTRL key AFTER
                   you've opened a filer window to stop reading all those
                   !Boot files
      !HDBackup  ^ A hard disc backup program by Andreas Schubert. It makes
                   use of Frank lancaster's tar to do the work and so can
                   compress data
      InfoZip    ^ Beta release of Info-ZIP's Zip and UnZip. CLI only but
                   quite fast and gives good compression.
      Invisible  ^ Hides files by changing their sprites to a mask and
                   giving them names consisting of just hard spaces
      !LZWBackup ^ A very simple backup program by Ian Prideaux which uses
                   John Kortink's LZW modules for compression
      !NewSet-Ty ^ 1.03 Nice app to set filetypes from a menu by Emmet Spier
      !SectCopy  ~ A disc image copier (800K and 640K only) which will skip
                   over any defective sectors. Main use is to let you
                   recover as much data as possible from a damaged disc.
                   Files will contain garbage where the defective sectors
                   were but for some types of file (eg. text) this could be
                   less serious than losing all the data
      SpeclCase  ^ 0.04 A Module which tries to display filenames in DOSFS
                   and CDFS windows with 'normal' filenames instead of all
                   upper case
      !SpinDown  ^ By Andrew Berry, spins down a hard disc on drives which
                   support it. You are advised NOT to do this with 3.5"
                   drives as modern drives are not designed to be stopped
                   and repeated starting and stopping can seriously shorten
                   their life.
      !SymLinks  ^ Creates 'symbolic links' so that files and applications
                   on your hard disc can appear to be in more than one place