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- Welcome to the Fish Disks
- -------------------------
-
- This text will help you use the disks.
-
- Mimimum system configuration:
- In order to use the Fish-Disks, you need at least AmigaOS 2.0 and 512 KB
- of free RAM. Kickstart 2.1 and 2 MB RAM - the more, the better - and a
- hard disk are recommended.
-
- If you are still using Kickstart 1.3 or an even older version of the
- operating system, then we recommend you to upgrade fast!
-
- AmigaOS 3.x has been available for almost any Amiga since mid 1994.
-
-
- The Fish Disks from No. 1001
- ----------------------------
-
- The Fish Disk from Disk 1001 are being supplied by DELTA Software
- Germany. They are an extract from the FreshFish CDs, which will still be
- available.
-
- From each FreshFish CD there will be 40 new Fish Disks extracted, which
- will be published within 2 months.
-
- As you already have noticed, the information and contents files on each
- disk are now bilingual: English and German.
-
- Furthermore you need AmigaGuide to view the text files. AmigaGuide can
- be found on Disk 1001 if you do not otherwise already have a copy.
-
- In order to save disk space, the Fish Disks make use of standard AmigaOS
- tools whenever possible, such as "AmigaGuide" and "More". They will be
- found using what standard search paths you have set up for your system.
-
- Whenever important nonstandard tools are used, such as "Lha", they are
- included on the disk for your convenience.
-
- If you have a newer Amiga with the AA graphics chipset, then you are
- probably already aware of compatibility problems with some software.
- All programs included on a Fish Disk are tested on an Amiga 4000 with
- a 68040 processor. If any compatibility problems are noted, then they
- are not included except in very special cases. In such cases, they are
- clearly marked has having compatibility problems.
-
-
- How to use LhA
- --------------
-
- LhA is a packer program by Stefan Boberg. A LhA file normally consists
- of several files, which are packed together into one archive, in order
- to save disk space. These files have the suffix '.lha' or '.lzh'
-
- In order to extract files from the archive, you need the CLI-program LhA.
-
- Open a shell or choose the menu item 'Workbench/Execute Command' in order
- to enter the following commands.
-
- The following examples don't use any path names, so be sure that you are
- in the right directory (use the 'cd' command) or add the exact path to
- the file name.
-
- In order to unpack the archive 'FOO.LHA' to a formatted disk in drive
- df0: enter the following command:
-
- lha x FOO.LHA df0:
-
- In order to unpack 'FOO.LHA' to your hard disk work, into a new directory
- 'FOO', enter the following:
-
- lha x FOO.LHA Work:FOO/ ; don't forget the '/' at the end!
-
- If you want to know what the archive 'FOO.LHA' contains of, use the
- following command:
-
- lha v FOO.LHA
-
- If you want to extract only the file 'BAR' from the archive 'FOO.LHA',
- enter the following:
-
- lha x FOO.LHA BAR
-
- In order to extract the file 'BAR' from the archive 'FOO.LHA' into the
- ram disk, use this command:
-
- lha x FOO.LHA BAR Ram:
-
- Using these standard operations you should be able to do most common jobs.
-
- As you can see here with the LhA command, you need a little knowledge
- about your system to use the Fish Disks. If you get stuck somewhere
- then try to find a solution in your computer manuals.
-
-
- Getting Help
- ------------
-
- IMPORTANT: We don't write the software, we only collect it! If you have a
- problem with a program, then please contact the author, not DELTA Software
- or Amiga Library Services. We probably would not be able to help you,
- and would have to refer you to the author anyway.
-
-
- Support Shareware!
- ------------------
-
- Although the disk is your property, you don't own the programs, which are
- on the disk. Many programs are distributed by the concept of Shareware
- and we advise you to have a look at the conditions of the programs. By
- paying the shareware fee, you can motivate the author to release a better
- version.
-
- A final word.
-
- All programs on the Fish Disks are freely distributable software. If a
- program does not fill your expectations, then think about the fact that
- the programs are created in the spare time of the authors, and often only
- to fill their own needs.
-
-
- Copyright (c) 1995 DELTA Software, Thomas Strauss.
-
-
- - Translation English->German by Thomas Strauss and Martin Schulze
-
- - Translation German->English by Daniel Amor
- Have look at his 'Fresh-Fonts'-CD-ROM!
-