Quantum Software

This page contains software originally published by Stuart Halliday of Quantum Software and previously made available from Quantum Software's own website. Stuart gave his kind permission to allow the software to continue to be made available shortly after announcing in 2006 that he was shutting down Quantum Software.

Please note that this page is merely a means to make that software available, and that RISCOSitory/Soft Rock Software cannot provide any kind of support or help with its use - the software is provided 'as is'. That said, updates may be made available for some items, where it is practical to do so.

Software Index

Back_It

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BackIt v1.63
Zip file size: 266 kbytes
BackIt v1.62
Zip file size: 261 kbytes
BackIt v1.61
Zip file size: 259 kbytes
About Back_It
Back_It is an easy to use program designed to back up your valuable programs or data every day to another drive or directory whilst you continue working. The user has full control over the items being backed up and items are ZIP compressed to take up minimum disc space.
Compatibility
Back_It works on any RISC OS computer runnning RISC OS 3.1 or later, up to and including the IyonixPC; it does not (yet) work correctly on systems based around the BeagleBoard, PandaBoard or Raspberry Pi.

BgrdImage

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BgrdImage
Zip file size: 9 kbytes
About BgrdImage
You supply a path to a directory of JPEGs or Sprites and this little program sets one as your desktop wallpaper - but it is intelligent enough not to repeat itself until its displayed all of them.
Compatibility
BgrdImage should work on any RISC OS computer running RISC OS 3.1 or later.

Blinds

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Blinds
Zip file size: 679 kbytes
1000+ icons in 'Sprite' format
Zip file size: 139 kbytes
About Blinds
Blinds is an icon an application manager; with it running on your computer you can make up to 32 individually tailered blinds-like windows which open and shut at the click of a mouse. These windows when closed take up virtually no valuable desktop room, yet are easily accessible.

Files or applications placed on a blind can be very easily altered to show either text only, sprite and text or just the icon picture.

Compatibility
Blinds works on any RISC OS computer running RISC OS 3.1 or later, but for the IyonixPC and anything more recent you will need to update the Brandy relocatable module.

Campins

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Campins v1.18
Zip file size: 902 kbytes
Campins v1.17
Zip file size: 524 kbytes
About Campins
Campins is a collection of RISC OS scripts which, when run, will download an image from somewhere on the internet and use it as your desktop wallpaper - enabling you to have a backdrop that changes at regular intervals.
Compatibility
Campins is designed to work on versions of RISC OS from 3.5 and above, and works best with RISC OS Select or better - but is not compatible with the BeagleBoard, PandaBoard or Raspberry Pi.

CFSIBatch

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CFSIBatch
Zip file size: 287 kbytes
About CFSIBatch
This is a batch processor, allowing you to process any number of files in the background using ChangeFSI, while you get on with other tasks.
Compatibility
CFSIBatch should work on RISC OS 3.1 and later, provided the version of ChangeFSI found on the computer contains a module called JCOMPMOD.

ConvertLFS

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ConvertLFS
Zip file size: 33 kbytes
About ConvertLFS
This program is for those people that have bought RISC OS 4 and previously used LongS to generate long file names on their drives. Now you don't need to use LongFS, but this application will convert your files back from 'name}002' to their correct long names.
Compatibility
Unknown: RISCOSitory has no data on which to test ConvertLFS.

IEURL

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IEURL
Zip file size: 9 kbytes
About IEURL
This program allows users of Fresco to make use of Internet Explorer Favorites files that they may have imported from other sources, such as from the office.
Compatibility
Unknown: RISCOSitory has no system on which to test IEURL - but it should be compatible with any RISC OS system on which Fresco can be run.

Impressive

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Impressive
Zip file size: 754 kbytes
About Impressive
Impressive provides an extended button bar addon for Impression Style, Publisher or Publisher Plus, set up ready to use with over 80 different icons which, when clicked upon will make Impression perform its functions fast and accurately without you having to do anything more, and its functions can be easily tailored to your own special requirements.
Compatibility
Unknown: RISCOSitory has no system on which to test Impressive - but it should be compatible with any RISC OS system on which Impression Style, Publisher or Publisher Plus can be run.

Keystroke

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Keystroke
Zip file size: 993 kbytes
Keystroke Library
Zip file size: 224 kbytes
Paint v2.51 actions by Dave Symes
Zip file size: 308 bytes
About Keystroke
Keystroke is a sophisticated macro-making program that allows the user, via a simple-to-use window system, to control one or more desktop programs by replaying icon clicks, mouse movement, text insertion, running programs, etc. at your command. By doing this in a controlled and interactive way you can actually make other programs more powerful and much easier to use.
Compatibility
v4.09b of Keystroke should run on all RISC OS computers running RISC OS 3.1 and later.

NoSpam

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NoSpam
Zip file size: 6 kbytes
About NoSpam
NoSpam is a 'patch' application to fix a bug in the antispam tool Monty v1.24.
Compatibility
Unknown: RISCOSitory has been unable to test NoSpam.

nOver

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nOver
Zip file size: 28 kbytes
About nOver
nOver is a RISC OS program designed to optionally alert you when you attempt to overwrite a file. It can also optionally keeps a backup of the original file if you do wish to overwrite your original. But wish to have a automatic backup made of it.
Compatibility
nOver should work on the following versions of RISC OS: 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, StrongARM 3.7 and RISC OS 4 (Select). Unfortunately, the software is not 32-bit compatible, so it will not work on RISC OS 5.

PenTwist

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PenTwist
Zip file size: 13 kbytes
About PenTwist
PenTwist is designed for use with the Paradise Pen Tablets - Paint Pal deluxe. It pops up a small window on the bottom left of your desktop, and when clicked this will swap the actions of the nib and lower button of the pen.
Compatibility
Unknown: RISCOSitory is not able to test this software.

OKMonitor

Missing in Action
Unfortunately, the OKmonitor page that finished up in my downloads lacked a link to download the file, so the zip file is also missing. If someone can provide a copy, please let me know.
About PenTwist
PenTwist is designed for use with the Paradise Pen Tablets - Paint Pal deluxe. It pops up a small window on the bottom left of your desktop, and when clicked this will swap the actions of the nib and lower button of the pen.
Compatibility
According to Quantum Software's original web pages, OKMonitor runs on any Acorn Risc computer with RISC OS 3.1, 3.5, 3.6 or 3.7 and StrongARM and uses 16K of RAM. Applications known not to work with OKmonitor are FireWorks, Eureka and DataPower.

PlaySnd

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PlaySnd
Zip file size: 146 kbytes
About PlaySnd
This program uses Rick Hudson's PlayIt sound module to play a sound sample either when the application is run, or by way of a star command.
Compatibility
PlaySnd should work on the following versions of RISC OS: 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, StrongARM 3.7 and RISC OS 4 (Select). Unfortunately, the software is not 32-bit compatible, so it will not work on RISC OS 5.

Qunpack

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qunpack
Zip file size: 108 kbytes
About Qunpack
Qunpack is designed to take the fragments of the Quake game (V1.01 to V1.06) off its CDROM (or whereever it is held) and extract the contents into a standard RISC OS directory. This is to allow the PAK files and other Quake text files to be read easily without having to use a PC card to decompress them first!
Compatibility
Unknown: RISCOSitory has been unable to test this software.

RemoveIcn

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RemoveIcn
Zip file size: 7 kbytes
About RemoveIcn
This program removes icons of your choice from the Icon bar so that people can't fiddle with them. It also contains dummy replacement Floppy/Harddrive icons which remove all of the normal options these have so that you know they can't accidentally format or rename your discs.
Compatibility
RemoveIcn should run on all RISC OS computers running RISC OS 3.1 and later.

RunCheck

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RunCheck
Zip file size: 3567 bytes
About RunCheck
This is a small command line program which allows you to check if a particular application is loaded and, if not, proceeds to run it.
Compatibility
RemoveIcn should run on all RISC OS computers running RISC OS 3.1 and later.

ScoreChk

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ScoreChk
Zip file size: 7 kbytes
About ScoreChk
This is a simple application to monitor the Scoring file in MessengerPro, and let you know when this file changes.
Compatibility
Unknown: RISCOSitory has been unable to test this software.

TempDir

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TempDir
Zip file size: 39 kbytes
About TempDir
This program places an icon on the Icon Bar to which you can drag and drop files in order to save them to disc quickly, without having to first open a filer window. It creates a new directory for each day, into which the files are saved.
Compatibility
TempDir should run on all RISC OS computers running RISC OS 3.1 and later.

WimpInfo

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WimpInfo
Zip file size: 12 kbytes
About WimpInfo
WimpInfo is a useful tool for programmers, designed to reveal what your windows and tasks are up to.
Compatibility
WimpInfo should run on all RISC OS computers running RISC OS 3.1 and later.