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Welcome to the Fish Disks
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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!