The upgrades available here were primarily produced to overcome issues with running software on the BeagleBoard and other OMAP3 based hardware. The software in question is no longer supported by the original author. In some cases the original application source is still available, and has been recompiled. In other cases compiled versions of more recent support binaries are provided.
Ray Favre's original DrWimp site is now fully maintained once again. The latest versions of the DrWimp library and the various applications (such as Calibre, meDDLe, Labella) are available from there.
A number of applications that process jpeg files make use of the IJG (Independent JPEG Group) software to load or do various transformations. For example, the applications !JCut, !JClean, and !Jigwas make use of the jpegtran binary. The applications themselves are still available (as of 31 Dec 2011) from the Vale RISC OS: Requiescat In Pace site, but the jpegtran binary supplied with them does not run on BeagleBoard based machines such as the ARMini.
The latest version 9 of the IJG software, released in January 2013, has been compiled for use with such applications, and also allows access to newer features such as smart scaling. These versions have been compiled using the Norcroft compiler and SharedCLib, and with the two file command line option, so should be a drop in replacement for the much earlier versions supplied with a range of RISC OS software.
Download a zip containing the cjpeg, djpeg and jpegtran binaries filesize 194 KB
The complete version 9 jpeglib compiled library for RISC OS is avaiable on request
The very useful news ticker program which scrolls the ticker text in a window. RSS/RDF tickers are supported, as well as the BBC News ticker. The last version of !Ticker released does not run on the BeagleBoard. Although this application does not appear to be currently supported, the source code is still available from the original site. The souce of Ticker and the CryptRand module have now been recompiled to run on OMAP3 BeagleBoard devices. The version and release date have been updated to prevent confusion between the old and new compilations, but no change has been made to the actual code. This release has changed the hardwired default url to one that is valid.
Download !Ticker, version 0.87a (27 Jan 2012) filesize 95 KB