Decompression danger — Unzip only in RISC OS

In most cases the files offered here are compressed into a Zip file, and the usual caveat applies:

Use only RISC OS to open (decompress) the Zip file. Do not use a foreign operating system (such as Windows or Mac or Linux) to decompress RISC OS files, because it will mangle the Acorn filetypes within the Zip.

The standard RISC OS harddisc will have !SparkFS or !Sparkplug or a similar utility to do the job; it normally lives in the Utilities directory.

Files to download

Some articles in the magazine have accompanying files, such as:

software listings to save you typing them in
ready-to-go utilities
photos larger or more colourful than those printed
details omitted from the printed magazine for space reasons.

Click below to download the files that interest you.

Current issue — Archive 24:6

Building the smallest portable … Chris Hall … p.16
Chris describes the steps he took in putting together a battery-powered speedometer
Download 2816 K
XML and direct debits … Richard Wheeler … p.22
Performing direct debits in the Single Euro Payments Area via XML messages
Download 1 K
A glass button, in eight steps … Steve Royd-Marker … p.30
An Artworks tutorial
Download 55 K

Previous issues

Archive 24:5

SchemEd (part 3) … David Brown … p.26
Create a new symbol in the drawing app for schematics
Download 40 K
A one-wire bus from Basic … Alan Adams … p.39
Many sensors talking to a Raspberry Pi down a single wire
Download 29 K

Archive 24:4

Using GPS with RISC OS (part 3) … Chris Hall … p.24
Adding a Witty Pi to control power consumption and a Papirus for display
(+ Full colour of screenshots and photos that were printed mono in magazine)
Download 773 K
Adaptation … Gerald Fitton … p.34
The Mbox file icon (&b86) by Richard Hallas, enlarged to see the curious details in it
Download 120 K
SchemEd (part 2) … David Brown … p.47
Simulating a large signal, analyzing it with Bspice
Download 106 K
Forensic science: real-life CSI … Bimal Jangra … p.52
Fingerprints and blood clues – in full colour + Photodesk hint&tip)
Download 178 K

Archive 24:3

Pico RISC OS now for every Pi … Chris Hall … p.16
Tailored version of OS now works on all models of Raspberry Pi
Download 1 K
Using GPS with RISC OS (part 2) … Chris Hall … p.21
Steam locomotive gains a 21st-century speedometer
(Full colour of screenshots and photos that were unclear in mono-printed magazine)
Download 665 K
An XML batch to bank … Paul Porcelijn … p.33
Ro tells the bank to collect direct debits
Download 178 K
Monitors – from CRT to LCD … Gerald Fitton … p.36
Ways of writing a monitor-definition file (before EDID),
with help from Steve Harrison’s Anymode module
Download 3 K
Safe to back up? (hint&tip) … p.44
How to stop email activity while backup is happening,
with help from Christopher Martin’s Taskensure utility
Download 42 K

Archive 24:2

Creating an app with !Appbasic … Richard Ashbery … p.22
A tutorial in making your own desktop software
Download 17 K
Using GPS with RISC OS (part 1) … Chris Hall … p.11
Some Pi hardware that will help your computer know its place
Download 2 K

Archive 24:1

ArmX6, HDMI and better audio … Jim Lesurf … p.25
Huge step forward in RISC OS sound output
Download 282 K
Using !Cat – a directory tree … Chris Hall … p.31
His utility to show graphically what’s in a directory
Download 635 K
Fridgesniffer with data-logger … Somnath Bera … p.52
A hardware project using Arduino
Download 687 K