Applications and Utilities

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Open file manager. Allows closure of single files or all files with the same path.

Recommended version 1.07 or higher

3.1
3.5
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4.0
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D/A (*)

Email utility, mainly useful for Pluto or Hermes users.

Options include automatic Pluto debatching when all mail and news fetchers have quit, timed Hermes RSS feeds, Hermes log trimming and Hermes global whitelist update from Pluto address book and mailing lists.

Recommended version 2.06 or higher

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0
N/W (*)

Ink management, Black and white, Greyscale and Colour scanning for Epson Multifunction printers.

Known to work : CX3200, CX6500, CX6600, RX560, RX620, RX630, RX640, RX700, DX8400, SX400, SX405, SX515, PX800

Should work : CX3600, CX3650, CX3700, CX3800, CX4200, CX4600, CX4800, CX5000, CX5200, CX5400, CX6300, CX6400, DX3800, DX3850, DX4050, DX5000, DX5050, DX6000, DX7400, RX425, RX500, RX600, RX700

Castle USB interface only

Recommended version 1.08 or higher

3.1
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Intended for use with pop-up !Printers, this program makes setting of the USB codes easier. !Printers doesn't normally allow more than one PDF associated with a pop-up printer and forces the connection to Parallel. It can also re-order the PDFs, allowing easy selection of the default pop-up as the first match is used.

Castle USB interface only

Recommended version 1.12 or higher

3.5
3.7
4.0
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N/W (*)

Flexible print spooler. Fully supports the Castle 'USB' interface and 'Parallel' connections. Other supported connections are 'To file' (with optional overwrite protection), 'Shared' printing and a variation of shared called 'Linked' printing. Simtec USB users are covered by the 'To file' connection however there are no printer status checks with this option. Each print device has it's own queue.

This program may also help with problems caused by using USB to Parallel converters.

Recommended version 2.17e or higher

Using PrintSpool in conjunction with Firefox

3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0
N/W (*)

Interfaces with TWAIN to correct USB scanner problems at the point of scanning using similar techniques to USBKick.

Castle USB interface only

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0

Simple front end to ChangeFSI converting Sprites to Jpegs.

Recommended version 1.07 or higher

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0

File time/date stamper - dials may be set from an existing file.

Recommended version 2.06 or higher

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0
N/W (*)

Calculator with Tally-roll feature and editing of entered data.

There are two versions of this program, pre-OS4 and OS4 (This version will also work on earlier OS versions if the Nested Wimp is present). The loader should automatically use the correct version for your machine. Features differ between versions.

Recommended version 3.34 or higher

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0

Attempts to enable USB devices that have failed to appear when switched on or plugged in.

Castle USB interface only

Recommended version 1.07 or higher

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0

Four utilities :-

• !Reset (29/09/2005) - Shut down desktop and reset machine.
• !Bye (21/09/2004) - Shut down desktop.
• !Delay (15/09/2004) - Run programs after a given delay.
• !NumOn (27/03/1995) - Desktop program switching Num-Lock on and Scroll-Lock off every second.

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
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D/A (*)
N/W (*)

Video recordings manager.

This program isn't ideally suited to maintaining tape libraries where the programmes are viewed over and over again. Once viewed, programmes are no longer important.

Videolog needs Dynamic Areas and the Nested Wimp so may not run on all OS versions.

Recommended version 1.63 or higher

Games

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0

Two desktop card games.

3.1
3.5
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4.0
5.0

Three card games in one. Black Lady, Oh Hell and Knockout Whist.

Improved display mode is used automatically when a suitable MDF is available.

3.1
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5.0

Desktop horse racing.

3.1
3.5
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4.0
5.0

A 32bit compatible recreation of the original Napoleon game by Alan Stout that appeared in Risc User.

Recommended version 1.11 or higher

3.1
3.5
3.7
4.0
5.0

A Word WorkOut (CodeWord) puzzle generator. Link the letters of the alphabet to the corresponding numbers on the grid.

Recommended version 2.02 or higher

Aemulor

5.0

The standard version of Aemulor doesn't support sound.

Games that work include Sim City 2000, Heroes of Might and Magic 2, MasterBreak, Alone in the Dark and Spheres of Chaos.

5.0

Fixes the 'Fatal Error: cannot initialise cursor subsytem error' when running Eureka under Aemulor prior to version 2.32 and any unusual looking tool icons with later versions.

Aemulor Pro supports a large number of games including those shown below (with sound) :-

Abuse, Air Supremacy, Ankh, Apocalypse, BHP, Botkiller 1, Bug Hunter in Space, BurnOut, Cannon Fodder, Conqueror, Corruption, Cycloids, E-Type, Exodus, FireBall2, Fish, Formula Two Thousand, Gods, Heroes of Might and Magic 2, Holed Out, Inertia, Interdictor, Iron Lord, Ixion, Mad Professor Mariarty, Master Break, Pacmania, Paradroid 2000, PowerBand, Premier Manager, Quest for Gold, Rick Dangerous demo, Sim City 2000, Small demo, Spheres of Chaos, Starfighter 3000, Styx, Superior Golf, Syndicate+, Terramex, The Last Ninja, The Wimp Game, Twinworld, Wolfenstein, YAIG. Alone in the Dark and TEK may also work but are unstable.

Spheres of Chaos can be found at http://www.spheresofchaos.com/

RComp's Krisalis Collection Gold CD which contains patches for many games can be found at http://www.arsvcs.demon.co.uk/leisure/krisalis/index.html

Some games may only work in their unpatched form, often requiring the ARM610 engine.