VirtualRPC-SA Hard Disc drive

VirtualRPC-SA comes supplied with the latest universal !Boot sequence and the standard set of RISC OS applications and utilities. Also included in the installer are some filing utilities, such as ArcFS, Sparkplug and others.

You can also install a set of optional software collections into the RISC OS hard disc directory. These optional software collections are not required for VirtualRPC-SA to function, but are provided free of charge with VirtualRPC-SA to give users a wide range of quality RISC OS software that they may wish to use.

These software packs are as follows.

Shareware Pack - This contains Shareware and Careware software, use of these products will be subject to the licence agreements supplied with each application. In addition you should be aware that use of any of these applications for more than a particular period (normally 30 days) will require a separate payment to be made to the author concerned, or in the case of Careware, to a charitable organisation.

Public Domain and Freeware Applications Pack - This contains Public Domain and Freeware software, use of these products will be subject to the licence agreements supplied with each application, however you will not normally need to pay a fee to use these applications. This pack contains a selection of the best PD and Freeware for RISC OS, included are desktop utilities, design packages, graphics tools and much more...

Public Domain and Freeware Games Pack - This contains Public Domain and Freeware games, use of these products will be subject to the licence agreements supplied with each game, however you will not normally need to pay a fee to play them. This pack contains a selection of the best PD and Freeware games for RISC OS.

Programmers Pack - This contains Public Domain and Freeware software aimed at those who are interested in programming under RISC OS. Use of these products will be subject to the licence agreements supplied with each application, you will not normally need to pay a fee to use these applications, however any program you produce using them may be subject to certain licence restrictions.

Networking Plugin - This contains networking and internet software for RISC OS. We have included software to manage Acorn Access network shares, to browse the Internet, transfer files using FTP, connect to remote machines via a terminal and a host of useful networking utilities. We have also included software to help you develop and publish websites.

Assuming a user was to install VirtualRPC-SA and all the packs then they would end up with a disk build as shown below. Note that we have colour coded items to show which pack they are in. These colour codes should not be used to indicate the copyright status of individual applications. You should always read the licence conditions supplied with each application. Those shown in black are installed as part of VirtualRPC-SA itself.

RISC OS also comes with the following applications built into the ROM.

Please note that we reserve the right to make changes to this disc image, and to add and remove programs at any time. This document is intended as a guide only.

The VirtualRPC-SA software packs were produced with the help and assistance of a great number of RISC OS authors, developers and copyright holders, including: RISCOS Ltd, Pace Micro Technology, Castle Technology Ltd, David Holden of APDL (The Archimedes Public Domain Library), ARM Ltd, Clares Micro Supplies Ltd, MadSoft, Robert Seago, Graeme Barnes, Derek Haslam, Rosemary Miskin, Darren Salt, Chris Johnson, Paul Reuvers, Ian Macfarlane, Paul Johnson, John Pettigrew, Paul Vigay, Aaron Timbrell, Rik Griffin, Richard Goodwin, Peter Naulls, Mathias Seifert, Andrew Flegg, David Snell, Robert Richards, Martin Wuerthner, Paul Taylor, Chris Hall, Ray Favre, Terry Swanborough, David Ruck, Kate Crennell, David Crennell, Alex Waugh, Clive Gringras, Dave Lawrence, Acorn Arcade, Henrik Bjerregaard Pedersen, Thomas Olsson, David Bradforth, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wuerthner, Mark Daniel, Nat Queen, Ian Jeffray, Tony Howat, David Pilling, John Crane and many many more. We thank all the authors who have contributed to the VirtualAcorn project.

HD Build document updated 10/5/06