Computer-Corner

History

I worked with a lot of computers and operating systems. There is an overview about this available.

Actual

At home I am working since 1994 on computers which are based on the operating system RISC OS.

Because RISC OS-Computers with their ARM-Processors are very fast, stable and make small usage of resources, and RISC OS is one of the best documentated operating systems and has a high flexibility, these computers are still my best choice. People, who want to know more about these computers should read the Homepage of the German Acorn Computerclub GAG.

You can send me an E-mail if you have any common or technical questions on RISC OS-Computers. I will try to answer or give you an address of a person which may be able to help you.

Downloads

The usage of the programs or the descriptions is done on your own risk.

Freeware

I wrote all of the following programs myself. They are Freeware and are packed as ZIP-Files. Unpack them for example by using SparkFS. Excuse me but an English manual is not available in the most cases. I shall change this if the programs are more professional or on your demand.

RISC OS

• Nesting program Polygonplacer (1.4M).
• HTTPServ V0.12 (2.2M). HTTP-Server with cgi-bin (PHP, SQLite and SSI support).
• !Psionconv. Psion S5 file to HTML-Converter.
• CassConv (4k). Program to process digitalized analogue recordings (Maximal amplification, splitting, frequence translation).
• !ZipFE (3k). FrontEnder user interface for ZIP-compression tool (not included).
• RegExtract. Program to compare the registry of Windows CE computers after changes.
• !PDPEICal. Flexible adaptable printer driver (dumper) for ink and laser printers.
• !PrtInfo. Flexible adaptable printer maintainance tool.
• !IntelDMA (11k). Modul which allows DMA transfers on the Iyonix between RAM and RAM or PCI using the DMA-unit of the Intel Xscale 80321.
• Concatenate (2k). Program to concatenate several files.
• NetTraffic (7k). Two programs to messure the maximal throughput inside a network between two RISC OS Computers.
• !FTDI (38k). Allows usage of USB devices containing an FTDI USB-Serial converter under DeviceFS.
• USBSDvEmu (5k). Modul to simulate a serial interface under USB (eg. reqwuired for PPP).
• !TchScrn (100k). Allows usage of monitors containing D-WAV-EGalax USB Touchscreen units and of the official 7" RaspberryPi Display.
• !TchScSBS (17k). Extension to TchScrn to use it with your fingers instead touchpens and on machine without real keyboards (in conjunction with !VKeyboard or !Chars).
• !COMCentre (179k). Allows usage of mobile phones and surfsticks with USB-Connection (UMTS/GSM-Internet access, SMS send/receive, manage phone numbers etc.).
• 3rdButton (2k). Modul to simulate the menu mouse button on keyboards with the menue key in case mouse has only two buttons.
• USBDevSwp V0.06 (143k). Allows switching of configuration of non USB conform devices likes surfsticks into another configuration. List of devices is mainly from January 2015.
• !GetMonInfo (52k). Analyzation of computer monitors with generation of MDFs. <
• !DMT-3000 RS (3k). Recording of measures from MONACOR DMT-3000 RS digital multimeter into a CVS file.
• !WKnowWYL V0.08 (79k). Fetch geocoordinates of streets by Googles/Nominatims API.
• !MapView V0.13 (850k). Displays OSM-Maps etc..
• !GPXRoute (73k). Editing of Garmin GPX routes and track point files.
• !GPXTrack V0.09 (650k). Convert Garmin GPX track files to CSV or Draw files
• !KMSwitch (218k). Key/Mouse Switch for RISC OS Computers with network interface.
• !MiniIRCSrv (51k). Small standalone IRC server for support/experimental chat.
• !IRCBot (94k). Adapter to use Taskwindow programs as IRC bots.
• !HomeCntrl (3.5M). Graphical user interface for house automation systems.
• !DPBasicERP (1.3M). DataPower based basic ERP System.
• !HistoryFS V0.06 (241k). Simple document management system based on an Image Filing system.
• ExtdVars V0.02 (25k). Crude collection of a few variables and commands to create other special variables (Command Output, Questions)
• SSI V0.03 (17k). Server Side Includes eg. for usage with HTTPServ.
• FileAccess V0.13 (39k). Module which allows to control file access for various users.
• MakeMJPEG V0.03 (228k). Subprogram for other programs to create Motion-JPEG Stream files.
• !MediMan V0.03 (69k). Simple limited DICOM® file parser
• !DBDevTool V0.02 (43k). Small development tool to create SQL queries. Supports in the moment only DataPower as database.
• rostersync(3k). Toolbox resources language synchronization tool.

Windows CE

• DataExchange. Javascript HTML-page to import/export Pocket-Outlook data on Windows CE computers.

Portated Programs

All of the following programs I portated in accordance with the license or with agreement of the author to RISCOS. They are packed as ZIP-Files. Unpack them for example by using SparkFS.

• !SIBOConv. Psion S3 file from/to HTML/TSV/text converter. ATTENTION: PostCardWare!
• !Text2PDF. Text/PDF converter (11K). With FrontEnder user interface. With the RISC OS source (5K).
• as31 V2.0b3 (RISC OS 04-15-2007). 8031/8051 cross assembler written by Ken Stauffer (University of Calgary) and Paul J Stoffregen (87K). With the RISC OS source (133K).
• dcraw V9.06 (RISC OS 01-30-2011). Digital-Camera RAW-file to TIFF converter written by Dave Coffin (106K). With the RISC OS source (168K).

Modified Programs

Following RISC OS programs have been available as Open Source. I have modified them to my requirements.They are packed as ZIP-Files. Unpack them for example by using SparkFS.

Open-Source

This chapter contains source code developed by myself. The conditions of usage are described as a separate document.

• Nesting program Polygonplacer (67k).
• CassConv(5k). Program to process digitalized analogue recordings.
• !Psionconv. Psion S5 file to HTML-Converter.
• Some C-Libraries (17k), which I wrote myself and which I using in a lot of programs (13.01.2001, updated 28.04.2002).
• RegExtract. Program to compare the registry of Windows CE computers after changes.
• !IntelDMA(12k). Modul which allows DMA transfers on the Iyonix between RAM and RAM or PCI using the DMA-unit of the Intel Xscale 80321.
• Concatenate(2k). Program to concatenate several files.
• !FTDI(79k). Allows usage of USB devices containing an FTDI USB-Serial converter under DeviceFS.
• !TchScrn(42k).
• !TchScSBS(43k).
• USBSDvEmu(14k). Modul to simulate a serial interface under USB (eg. reqwuired for PPP).
• 3rdButton(9k). Modul to simulate the menu mouse button on keyboards with the menue key in case mouse has only two buttons.
• USBDevSwp(28k). Allows switching of configuration of non USB conform devices likes surfsticks into another configuration.
• !KMSwitch(31k). Key/Mouse Switch for RISC OS Computers with network interface.
• !MiniIRCSrv(42k). Small standalone IRC server for support/experimental chat.
• !IRCBot(25k). Adapter to use Taskwindow programs as IRC bots.
• rostersync(4k).

Documentations

EPOC

• Documentation of the EPOC data file format as HTML file.

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