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- Short: Gives you a tip of the day on bootup!
- Author: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk)
- Uploader: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk)
- Type: Util/Boot
- Replaces: AmiTip10a.lha
-
- AmiTip v1.0b - By Gareth Murfin aka Gaz
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-
- This is a little program I made because I was using a PC and I saw the
- 'Tip of the day' thing on Word. I decided that the Amiga should have
- that too but maybe on BootUp so it happens more often. Then I decided
- to do it and created this. Its a simple little utility which must be
- dragged into your WBstartup drawer and will amuse you on bootup with
- serious, funny and jokey tips which are picked at random from 46.
-
- It has some extra features because I tried to get the most out of
- using BlitzBasic, they are :-
-
- o Needs NO installation, drag into your WBstartup drawer and its done!
- o Can be ran simply by double clicking too
- o Makes rebooting more interesting!
- o Supports Tools types!
- o Works on ALL versions of Workbench and Setpatch *
- o Works on ALL Amiga's *
- o No special requirements *²
- o Supports the NEW $Poo Command! *³
-
- * This is TRUE in theory although it has only been tested on :-
- Workbench 3.1 + Amiga International® SetPatch 97 running on my
- A1200Tg 040/25/25/MMU + 18Meg RAM + 2xCD,520HD,
-
-
- *² Well actually there are very basic requirements, these are :-
- A battery backed up clock (Most Accelerators have these)
-
- *³ Poo is a revolutionary new command like Version. Download it from AmiNet
- or the Alpha URL today!
-
- NOTE: AmiTip only has 46 tips because I couldnt think of anymore, over
- the next few versions I will try and add many, many more tips
- but it would be handy if you, the user could give me ideas for
- new tips! If you want to add some tips and get a mention in this
- doc for it then please do the tips as text in the format below
- and email them to me for me to add. This tip must be like this:-
-
- "Must be 50 characters enclosed within speech marks"
-
- If you have many ideas for tips then simply send me a big list
- of them in this format and Ill add them all and credit you in
- this doc :))
-
- BUGS
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-
- it has been brought to my attention that this program sometimes suffers
- from a 'Window Error'. This is actually caused by a display bug in
- the Blitz Basic programming language. It happens when AmiTip tries to
- open a window over another one. Ie, The Wb has another screen already
- opened. This could be for example a game, BootPic or maybe even a
- browser. The point is to get AmiTip to work the WB has to be empty of
- other screens, for instance if you double click on the amitip icon
- after bootup has finished it should be fine. So if AmiTip fails to
- work turn off all your boot pics etc and see if it works then.
- If you think AmiTip is being executed too early in the WbStartup
- drawer you could try renaming it to 'ZamiTip', this would make it
- the last thing which the wb loads before bootup is finished. It May
- work now, but if it doesnt then please eMail me with details of your
- setup. If you're a coder then you might even be able to help me solve
- the problem.
-
-
- Right then, install this and then let me know what you think via email
- (gazy@globalnet.co.uk) Also look out on AmiNet for my other creations
- which are :-
-
- Dwarfx24.lha - The Ultimate AmIRC enhancement package
- Theme040.lha - An 040 patch for ThemePark
- ZombieFest.lha - A small Zombie Music and Gfx demo
- Dwarfdemo.lha - A small Music and Gfx demo with nice scrolling text
- JoyMouse.lha - Mouse emulator for CD³² pad
- Zippyxdemo - GFX & SFX MegaDemo
- Hoppyxdemo - GFX & SFX MegaDemo
- Carnlevels - Replacement levels for Carnage
-
-
- Other Cool Utilities Ive made in Blitz Include :-
-
- AmiClock10a.lha - A nice Blitz Clock with date
- AmiGreet10a.lha - Greets you on BootUp
- AmiBlank10a.lha - Funky ScreenSaver!
- AmiTip10a.lha - Gives you a Tip every day of the year!
-
- At the moment I have coded in BlitzBasic, Arexx, Dos and Reality, I hope to learn
- C++ in the future but right now Im working on a game in BlitzBasic, let me know if
- you want to help or you just want details...
-
-
- C O M I N G S O O N * * * DAWN OF THE DEADER RPG * * * C O M I N G S O O N
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- |®|
- Gaz (Alpha Software) +-+
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- Email - gazy@globalnet.co.uk
- URL - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/ (Alpha Software URL)
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