PMP - Program Information

Disclaimer All of the software listed below is copyright myself (Philip Murray-Pearce) and free to use with attribution. Please note that each program is provided 'as is': I make no claims as to its reliability or suitability for any purpose and use is at the user's risk; I take no responsibility for any failure, loss, or damage caused directly or indirectly by it.
Program	Description
Onomata	Onomata provides tests on vocabulary files of up to 2000 items divided into up to 99 different groups. The tests may be 'on screen' with corrections and a running score displayed; multiple choice and type-in answer formats are available. Alternatively, a set of 20 questions may be saved as a text file for subsequent use or printing. Onomata allows vocabularies for those languages which use the following alphabets / scripts:- Latin1 (for e.g. English, Latin, French, German, and western European languages in general), Latin2, Latin3, Latin4, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Devanagari, and Kanji/Kana. The program requires an Acorn computer with Risc OS 3, 2Mb RAM, floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor.
Jiten	Jiten is a freeware Japanese and English dictionary program. It provides an on-screen dictionary for Japanese and English using the Edict dictionary file coordinated by Professor Jim Breen at Monash University in Australia. Words can be translated from Japanese to English and vice versa; alternative translations are given where applicable and the program includes a dictionary browser facility. Word entry is in Kanji/Kana, Romaji, or English and results of searches are displayed in Kanji/Kana, Romaji, and English; it is not necessary to be able to read Kanji/Kana to be able to use the program. Jiten is provided with the Edict file from 1998. The latest version of Edict is available from http://ftp.edrdg.org/pub/Nihongo/00INDEX.html (under the name edict.zip in the Datafiles - A: Dictionary Files section). Jiten was originally designed to be able to take advantage of updates to Edict as these became available; these, however, are now so large that only the smaller edict_sub.zip sub-set on the site will work. (Click here for a version of Jiten which uses a 2022 Edict_sub file.) [Jiten, in versions with and without the 1998 Edict file, is also available (as of September 2022) on the same page (under the names JitenF.zip and JitenC.zip in the Sofware - L: Miscellaneous Computers section).] The program requires an Acorn computer with Risc OS 3, 4Mb RAM, 4Mb of hard drive space, and a colour monitor with a resolution of at least 800x600 (preferably 1024x768 or better).
EuroDict	EuroDict provides an on-line dictionary for English and other languages using European alphabets i.e. Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic. Words can be translated from English to a foreign language and vice versa; alternative translations are given where applicable. EuroDict also allows the user to export its dictionary files as text for use in other applications. Non-keyboard characters can be entered using a clickable panel, function keys, and/or standard Alt-Key combinations; Cyrillic and Greek can be typed directly from the keyboard if preferred. The dictionaries provided with Eurodict can be modified by the user and new ones added. Languages included are:- Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Frisian, Gaelic, German, Gothic, Greek (modern), Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Old English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. The program requires an Acorn computer with Risc OS 3, 144k RAM, 300k (more if further dictionary files are added) of hard drive space, and a colour monitor with a resolution of at least 640x480 (preferably 800x600 or better).
LatinVocab	LatinVocab is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) for self-testing on Latin vocabulary from Latin to English and vice versa. It works with files of up to 1000 words arranged in up to 100 vocabularies; some examples are provided but you can edit these or make others of your own by using the 'creator' program also included. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
LatinNoun	LatinNoun is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) for self-testing on the case endings of the five Latin noun declensions. Two types of testing are available: identifying the case of a noun and rewriting a noun in a given case. Some example files of nouns are provided but you can edit these or make others of your own by using the 'creator' program also included. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
LatinVerb	LatinVerb is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) for self-testing on the endings for the four main Latin verb conjugations; it covers all indicative and subjunctive tenses, active and passive, as well as infinitives, participles, and imperatives. Testing is in the form of translation, which can be from Latin to English or vice versa, or parsing. Some example files of verbs are provided but you can edit these make others of your own by using the 'creator' program also included. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
EuroVocab	EuroVocab is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) for self-testing on the vocabulary of Western European languages (i.e. English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Welsh, and others using the same diacritical marks) or polytonic Ancient Greek (i.e. with breathings, iota subscripts, diaeresis, and accents). It works with files of up to 1000 words arranged in up to 100 vocabularies; some examples are provided but you can edit these or make others of your own by using the 'creator' program also included. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
FrenchVerb	FrenchVerb is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) for self-testing or viewing the endings of the indicative and conditional tenses, active and passive, of 60 regular and 40 irregular French verbs. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
Logotur6	Logotur6 is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) which provides an introduction to the LOGO programming language through turtle graphics in up to 16 colours. It incorporates primitives for movement, colour & filling, word & date display, repetition, procedure definition, use of variables & parameters, and conditional control; it also allows the use of a variety of mathematical operators and functions. Users can save any procedures they have defined for future reloading and editing; they can also save the display screen as required. For fuller details, please refer to the !Help file provided within the program; also, once LOGO is running, try loading the procedure definition files USEFUL, TESTL6, TESTL6A, and TESTL6B for programming examples. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
MentArith	MentArith is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) intended to let children practice their times tables and other simple arithmetic. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
Fraction	Fraction is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) intended to let children practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions; it also provides a brief explanation of the calculation processes involved. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor. There is also a version converted to run directly on a Windows PC here.
TimeTell	TimeTell is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) intended to help teach children to tell the time on a standard 12-hour analogue clock face. It displays a time on screen and the child responds by using the mouse to point to and click on the correct words to represent the time shown; success is rewarded by a simple animation and tune. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor.
Timeline	Timeline displays timelines for a variety of aspects of history, including Roman emperors and English monarchs. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3, a floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor.
View-Edit	View-Edit converts text files created by the BBC Micro View text-editor ROM into a format suitable for using with the !Edit text-editor provided as a utility on Acorn RiscOS computers. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3 and a floppy or hard drive.
HTML-Text	HTML pages from websites can be saved as text files by browsers such as Fresco. Unfortunately this process generally leaves large numbers of unwanted spaces and blank lines in the text file as well as unnecessary HTML markers for images. HTML-Text removes these. It also concatenates lines of text split for display purposes on the HTML page, forming correct text paragraphs for transfer to a text editor or DTP program. The program is designed to work on any Acorn computer with Risc OS 2 or 3 and a floppy or hard drive.

Disclaimer
All of the software listed below is copyright myself (Philip Murray-Pearce) and free to use with attribution.
Please note that each program is provided 'as is': I make no claims as to its reliability or suitability for any purpose
and use is at the user's risk; I take no responsibility for any failure, loss, or damage caused directly or indirectly by it.

Program

Description

Onomata

Onomata provides tests on vocabulary files of up to 2000 items divided into up to 99 different groups.
The tests may be 'on screen' with corrections and a running score displayed; multiple choice and type-in answer formats are available.
Alternatively, a set of 20 questions may be saved as a text file for subsequent use or printing.

Onomata allows vocabularies for those languages which use the following alphabets / scripts:- Latin1 (for e.g. English, Latin, French, German, and western European languages in general), Latin2, Latin3, Latin4, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Devanagari, and Kanji/Kana.

The program requires an Acorn computer with Risc OS 3, 2Mb RAM, floppy or hard drive, and a colour monitor.

Jiten

Jiten is a freeware Japanese and English dictionary program. It provides an on-screen dictionary for Japanese and English using the Edict dictionary file coordinated by Professor Jim Breen at Monash University in Australia.
Words can be translated from Japanese to English and vice versa; alternative translations are given where applicable and the program includes a dictionary browser facility.
Word entry is in Kanji/Kana, Romaji, or English and results of searches are displayed in Kanji/Kana, Romaji, and English; it is not necessary to be able to read Kanji/Kana to be able to use the program.

Jiten is provided with the Edict file from 1998. The latest version of Edict is available from http://ftp.edrdg.org/pub/Nihongo/00INDEX.html (under the name edict.zip in the Datafiles - A: Dictionary Files section).
Jiten was originally designed to be able to take advantage of updates to Edict as these became available; these, however, are now so large that only the smaller edict_sub.zip sub-set on the site will work. (Click here for a version of Jiten which uses a 2022 Edict_sub file.)
[Jiten, in versions with and without the 1998 Edict file, is also available (as of September 2022) on the same page (under the names JitenF.zip and JitenC.zip in the Sofware - L: Miscellaneous Computers section).]

The program requires an Acorn computer with Risc OS 3, 4Mb RAM, 4Mb of hard drive space, and a colour monitor with a resolution of at least 800x600 (preferably 1024x768 or better).

EuroDict

EuroDict provides an on-line dictionary for English and other languages using European alphabets i.e. Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic.
Words can be translated from English to a foreign language and vice versa; alternative translations are given where applicable. EuroDict also allows the user to export its dictionary files as text for use in other applications.
Non-keyboard characters can be entered using a clickable panel, function keys, and/or standard Alt-Key combinations; Cyrillic and Greek can be typed directly from the keyboard if preferred.
The dictionaries provided with Eurodict can be modified by the user and new ones added.
Languages included are:- Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Frisian, Gaelic, German, Gothic, Greek (modern), Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Old English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

The program requires an Acorn computer with Risc OS 3, 144k RAM, 300k (more if further dictionary files are added) of hard drive space, and a colour monitor with a resolution of at least 640x480 (preferably 800x600 or better).

LatinVocab

LatinVocab is a single-tasking program (originally written for the BBC Model B and Master computers) for self-testing on Latin vocabulary from Latin to English and vice versa. It works with files of up to 1000 words arranged in up to 100 vocabularies; some examples are provided but you can edit these or make others of your own by using the 'creator' program also included.