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This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| File size: | 1117 bytes |
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| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Possible future improvments to the package (some are almost done but just need tidying up, others may never happen) : � A user-friendly WIMP interface for the configuraion of the package (a 'la !PCconfig - configuration program for the PC card). � Faster versions of the current components + Compiling, and incorporation in to a module to provide proper commands rather than using Alias's (these slow things down as these require disc aceess, whereas commands from a Module wouldn't). This would mean RIScutils's commands could be issued from BASIC programs, which cannot currently be done, as my use of Alias's invokes an error. � A sprite scaling program, that automatically scales given sprite to the size of a large Icon (34x34) or a small Icon (18x18), or a user defined size. Useful as people designing Icon's can of ten spend over half an hour per icon trying to guess at resizing an original drawing / sprite in !Draw to be the correct size of an icon. This program does that job in less than a minute. � Command that quits a named Task from the comand line + Command that quit's all Tasks except those named from the command line. Better than *RmClear to free memory (especially for PC Card users), as the programs you want to Quit are quitted, and the ones you want to stay are left. With RmClear you have to Quit all progs. + Not all Tasks use modules, so RmClear may not Quit everything - this new command would. � A debugging program for Obey files (E.g. Boot sequence) - When an Obey file with an error is run, RISC OS will tell the user what error has occurred, but not which file (some Obey file's run several other's - E.g. RISC PC's boot sequence - PreDesktop, Desktop files) the bad line is in, and which line number the bad line in that file is - This Program will give the user this information. So when de-bugging long files containing many similar commands with only one line wrong (E.g. a large Pinboard file with one wrong Pin command), the user will not have to spend � an hour looking at each line, as the program would give the error's line number. � A program that makes RISC OS load !Printers automatically when the Print key is pressed (if it isn't already loaded), instead of the user having to go to the hassle of moving the current window, and going through however many Filer Windows to find !Printers before printing. Just like the Windows Printer Manager does. � Complete control of mouse from command line, simulated button clicks + movement. Status can be recorded, so mouse macro's can be made. Buttons on button bars, options on 'pop-up menu's', icon's on icon bar, etc, can all be 'Clicked' from the command line, through use of command(s). � Circular irregular frames for Impression Publisher Plus : Through use of 'complete mouse control' (see above), mouse is moved in circular path, whilst re-shaping a rectangular frame using nodes. � Help Files in HTML format. This is much more user friendly than Draw or Text formats, as pages can be linked (HyperText) to make accessing the various sections easier. This will make RIScutils easier to use, and user's problems can be solved quicker. Also presentation is of better quality. � Command that instantly puts all open windows on-screen, so windows cannot be 'lost' off the edge of the screen, taking ages to 'find' them again. � An increase in speed for the Echo command. Very useful for RISC OS 3.5 and above users, as their Boot sequence uses a lot of Echo commands. This would mean their machines would Boot up faster. � Component that will scan the contents of a given directory, and create a file that will restore objects orignal names after storage on a DOS disc. � Component that will re-name DOS discs that have 'illegal' characters in their name (E.g. spaces, dots, stars, etc). Currently these discs cannot be accessed through RISC OS, because of the 'illegal' characters. Also RISC OS cannot re-name these discs 'normally'. This command would let it do so, therefore letting the user access these discs. � Component that shows users a 'Percentage done' of their Boot sequence when a machine is Booted up. Then users can tell how long it will be before their machine is fully booted, at any given point in their boot sequence. � A host of other small improvements. Probably too small to bother mentioning individually, but some may happen nevertheless.
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A program| 00000830 20 74 68 61 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 52 49 53 43 | that makes RISC| 00000840 20 4f 53 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 21 50 72 69 6e 74 65 | OS load !Printe| 00000850 72 73 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 |rs automatically| 00000860 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 50 72 69 6e 74 20 | when the Print | 00000870 6b 65 79 20 69 73 20 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 28 |key is pressed (| 00000880 69 66 20 69 74 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 61 6c 72 65 |if it isn't alre| 00000890 61 64 79 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 29 2c 20 69 6e 73 |ady loaded), ins| 000008a0 74 65 61 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 |tead of the user| 000008b0 20 68 61 76 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 67 6f 20 74 6f | having to go to| 000008c0 20 74 68 65 20 68 61 73 73 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 6d | the hassle of m| 000008d0 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e |oving the curren| 000008e0 74 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 67 6f |t window, and go| 000008f0 69 6e 67 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 68 6f 77 65 |ing through howe| 00000900 76 65 72 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 46 69 6c 65 72 20 57 |ver many Filer W| 00000910 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 64 20 21 |indows to find !| 00000920 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 |Printers before | 00000930 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 2e 20 4a 75 73 74 20 6c |printing. 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Status| 000009c0 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 72 65 63 6f 72 64 65 64 | can be recorded| 000009d0 2c 20 73 6f 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 6d 61 63 72 6f |, so mouse macro| 000009e0 27 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 6d 61 64 65 2e 20 |'s can be made. | 000009f0 42 75 74 74 6f 6e 73 20 6f 6e 20 62 75 74 74 6f |Buttons on butto| 00000a00 6e 20 62 61 72 73 2c 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |n bars, options | 00000a10 6f 6e 20 27 70 6f 70 2d 75 70 20 6d 65 6e 75 27 |on 'pop-up menu'| 00000a20 73 27 2c 20 69 63 6f 6e 27 73 20 6f 6e 20 69 63 |s', icon's on ic| 00000a30 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 2c 20 65 74 63 2c 20 63 61 6e |on bar, etc, can| 00000a40 20 61 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 27 43 6c 69 63 6b 65 64 | all be 'Clicked| 00000a50 27 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 |' from the comma| 00000a60 6e 64 20 6c 69 6e 65 2c 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 |nd line, through| 00000a70 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 28 | use of command(| 00000a80 73 29 2e 0a 0a 8f 20 43 69 72 63 75 6c 61 72 20 |s).... Circular | 00000a90 69 72 72 65 67 75 6c 61 72 20 66 72 61 6d 65 73 |irregular frames| 00000aa0 20 66 6f 72 20 49 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 | for Impression | 00000ab0 50 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 72 20 50 6c 75 73 20 3a |Publisher Plus :| 00000ac0 20 54 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 | Through use of | 00000ad0 27 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 |'complete mouse | 00000ae0 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 27 20 28 73 65 65 20 61 62 |control' (see ab| 00000af0 6f 76 65 29 2c 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 69 73 20 6d |ove), mouse is m| 00000b00 6f 76 65 64 20 69 6e 20 63 69 72 63 75 6c 61 72 |oved in circular| 00000b10 20 70 61 74 68 2c 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 72 65 | path, whilst re| 00000b20 2d 73 68 61 70 69 6e 67 20 61 20 72 65 63 74 61 |-shaping a recta| 00000b30 6e 67 75 6c 61 72 20 66 72 61 6d 65 20 75 73 69 |ngular frame usi| 00000b40 6e 67 20 6e 6f 64 65 73 2e 0a 0a 8f 20 48 65 6c |ng nodes.... Hel| 00000b50 70 20 46 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 20 48 54 4d 4c 20 |p Files in HTML | 00000b60 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 |format. This is | 00000b70 6d 75 63 68 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 66 |much more user f| 00000b80 72 69 65 6e 64 6c 79 20 74 68 61 6e 20 44 72 61 |riendly than Dra| 00000b90 77 20 6f 72 20 54 65 78 74 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 |w or Text format| 00000ba0 73 2c 20 61 73 20 70 61 67 65 73 20 63 61 6e 20 |s, as pages can | 00000bb0 62 65 20 6c 69 6e 6b 65 64 20 28 48 79 70 65 72 |be linked (Hyper| 00000bc0 54 65 78 74 29 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 61 63 |Text) to make ac| 00000bd0 63 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 76 61 72 69 |cessing the vari| 00000be0 6f 75 73 20 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 65 61 73 |ous sections eas| 00000bf0 69 65 72 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6d |ier. This will m| 00000c00 61 6b 65 20 52 49 53 63 75 74 69 6c 73 20 65 61 |ake RIScutils ea| 00000c10 73 69 65 72 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 |sier to use, and| 00000c20 20 75 73 65 72 27 73 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 | user's problems| 00000c30 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 6f 6c 76 65 64 20 71 | can be solved q| 00000c40 75 69 63 6b 65 72 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 70 72 65 |uicker. Also pre| 00000c50 73 65 6e 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 6f 66 20 |sentation is of | 00000c60 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 71 75 61 6c 69 74 79 2e 0a |better quality..| 00000c70 0a 8f 20 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 |.. Command that | 00000c80 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 74 6c 79 20 70 75 74 73 20 61 |instantly puts a| 00000c90 6c 6c 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 |ll open windows | 00000ca0 6f 6e 2d 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2c 20 73 6f 20 77 69 |on-screen, so wi| 00000cb0 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 |ndows cannot be | 00000cc0 27 6c 6f 73 74 27 20 6f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 65 |'lost' off the e| 00000cd0 64 67 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 |dge of the scree| 00000ce0 6e 2c 20 74 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 67 65 73 20 74 |n, taking ages t| 00000cf0 6f 20 27 66 69 6e 64 27 20 74 68 65 6d 20 61 67 |o 'find' them ag| 00000d00 61 69 6e 2e 0a 0a 8f 20 41 6e 20 69 6e 63 72 65 |ain.... An incre| 00000d10 61 73 65 20 69 6e 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 66 6f 72 |ase in speed for| 00000d20 20 74 68 65 20 45 63 68 6f 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e | the Echo comman| 00000d30 64 2e 20 56 65 72 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 66 |d. Very useful f| 00000d40 6f 72 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 33 2e 35 20 61 |or RISC OS 3.5 a| 00000d50 6e 64 20 61 62 6f 76 65 20 75 73 65 72 73 2c 20 |nd above users, | 00000d60 61 73 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 42 6f 6f 74 20 73 65 |as their Boot se| 00000d70 71 75 65 6e 63 65 20 75 73 65 73 20 61 20 6c 6f |quence uses a lo| 00000d80 74 20 6f 66 20 45 63 68 6f 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |t of Echo comman| 00000d90 64 73 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6d |ds. This would m| 00000da0 65 61 6e 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e |ean their machin| 00000db0 65 73 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 42 6f 6f 74 20 75 70 |es would Boot up| 00000dc0 20 66 61 73 74 65 72 2e 0a 0a 8f 20 43 6f 6d 70 | faster.... Comp| 00000dd0 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |onent that will | 00000de0 73 63 61 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 |scan the content| 00000df0 73 20 6f 66 20 61 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 64 69 72 |s of a given dir| 00000e00 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 72 65 61 |ectory, and crea| 00000e10 74 65 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 |te a file that w| 00000e20 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 73 74 6f 72 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 |ill restore obje| 00000e30 63 74 73 20 6f 72 69 67 6e 61 6c 20 6e 61 6d 65 |cts orignal name| 00000e40 73 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 73 74 6f 72 61 67 65 20 |s after storage | 00000e50 6f 6e 20 61 20 44 4f 53 20 64 69 73 63 2e 0a 0a |on a DOS disc...| 00000e60 8f 20 43 6f 6d 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 74 68 61 74 |. Component that| 00000e70 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 2d 6e 61 6d 65 20 44 4f | will re-name DO| 00000e80 53 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 61 76 |S discs that hav| 00000e90 65 20 27 69 6c 6c 65 67 61 6c 27 20 63 68 61 72 |e 'illegal' char| 00000ea0 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 |acters in their | 00000eb0 6e 61 6d 65 20 28 45 2e 67 2e 20 73 70 61 63 65 |name (E.g. space| 00000ec0 73 2c 20 64 6f 74 73 2c 20 73 74 61 72 73 2c 20 |s, dots, stars, | 00000ed0 65 74 63 29 2e 20 43 75 72 72 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 |etc). Currently | 00000ee0 74 68 65 73 65 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 63 61 6e 6e |these discs cann| 00000ef0 6f 74 20 62 65 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 65 64 20 74 |ot be accessed t| 00000f00 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 2c 20 |hrough RISC OS, | 00000f10 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 27 |because of the '| 00000f20 69 6c 6c 65 67 61 6c 27 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 |illegal' charact| 00000f30 65 72 73 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f |ers. 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