Short:    Speaks to you on BootUp! (Many Languages)
Author:   Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk)
Uploader: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk)
Type:     util/boot
Replaces: Amigreet.lha


                AmiGreet v1.4 - By Gareth "Gaz" Murfin
               -----------------------------------------
               Now with 2 different messages per hour and
                    Polish, Dutch & German versions!!


 · Winner of 'Software of the month' from SOMC Software publishing dept (Aug 97)

 · Top Swedish Amiga Magazine 'Amiga·info' say "This program is meant to greet
   you on bootup, and thats exactly what it does!" 3 out of 5 Stars!  (Aug 97)

 · AmiGreet was on AFCD21 and AmiNet CD21! (Dec97)


 Brief
 -----

 AmiGreet greets you in the Amiga 'voice' each time you boot up. Its messages
 change according to the time of day and it now has 2 different random messages
 per hour! There are also Polish, German and Dutch versions included in this
 archive.

 Intro
 -----

 This is a little program  which I coded in Blitz, originally I wanted
 a small Arexx script which either said Good Morning, Good Afternoon,
 or Goodnight when I rebooted depending on what the time of day was.
 I tried even this simple task in Arexx but I found that Arexx didnt
 seem to handle it very well (it handled it but not like I wanted!).
 So I thought I would give it a go in Blitz. And here it is! It has
 some extra features because I tried to get the most out of using
 BlitzBasic, they are :-

 o Easy installation, Click the installer and its done!
 o Says a different message every hour of the day when you reboot
 o Uses Blitz Say and not Commodore, this SHOULD be more realistic :)
 o Can be ran simply by double clicking
 o Makes rebooting more interesting!
 o Proper Version String
 o Editable ToolTypes
 o Works on ALL versions of Workbench and Setpatch *
 o Works on ALL Amiga's *
 o No Special requirements *

 * So long as the installer has been run.


 Check out the AmiGreet Guide in the ARC for more details...


 Foreigners!
 -----------

 Hello there! Are you from a different country to England? If so I want you
 to help me write a version of AmiGreet for your country. Ive already had
 talks with a Swedish man who wants me to make a Swedish version and I want
 people from all over the world to contact me and discuss a version for their
 country. All you would have to do is supply me with 24 different messages
 in your native language, 1 for each hour of the day ;) and Ill do the rest.
 You will be fully creditted in the documents and a new version of AmiGreet
 will be released! Et Voila ;) In particular I want to do Swedish, German,
 French, Finnish and Dutch versions of AmiGreet because Ive met some nice
 people from these  countries ;)



 A guide to making a foreign version of AmiGreet :-


                         Creating Foreign AmiGreet's!
                         ----------------------------

  follow these simple rules :-

  1. Change each of the statements below into your native language, they dont
     have to be an exact translation so long as you realise that 0 is midnight,
     1 is 1am, 2 is 2am etc.... So make sure the words relate to the time.

  2. DONT use Special characters (umlauts/accents etc..) because Blitz Basic
     cant handle them!

  3. DONT use ? ! or . because they will distort the speech. Commas (,) are OK.

  4. Type the speech how it SOUNDS not looks! To test how it sounds goto DOS
     and do this :-   SAY <text>
     PLEASE test all the speech you do because Im not foreign and I dont know
     how it should sound! ;-)).

  5. Thanks alot for this I appreciate it. tell me your eMail & name and Ill
     put you in the AmiGreet credits which can be found in the Docs.

  Please post this form back to gazy@globalnet.co.uk once you have finished
  editting it.

  If a=0 Then Speak "Good morning, it is just past midnight, welcome to workbench"
  If a=1 Then Speak "Good Morning, it is quite late, may be you should go to bed"
  If a=2 Then Speak "Good morning, it is very late, I suh Jest you go to bed now"
  If a=3 Then Speak "Good Morning, it is extremely late, do you suffer from insom nia"
  If a=4 Then Speak "Good morning, and isnt it a butiful day outside"
  If a=5 Then Speak "Good Morning, you are up very early, you must be enthusiastic"
  If a=6 Then Speak "Good morning, its 6 in the morning, you must be an early bird"
  If a=7 Then Speak "Good Morning, its very early, why doent you go back to bed for a while"
  If a=8 Then Speak "Good morning, I hope you had a good nights sleep"
  If a=9 Then Speak "Good Morning, its not long past 9, welcome to workbench"
  If a=10 Then Speak "Good morning, I hope you enjoy using your amiga this morning"
  If a=11 Then Speak "Good Morning, its nearly lunch time, I bet you are hungry"
  If a=12 Then Speak "Its lunch time, shouldnt you be eating or something"
  If a=13 Then Speak "Good afternoon, I hope you enjoyed your lunch"
  If a=14 Then Speak "Good afternoon, welcome to amiga workbench"
  If a=15 Then Speak "Good afternoon, it is past 3 o clock, enjoy using your amiga"
  If a=16 Then Speak "Good afternoon, I hope you have had a good day today"
  If a=17 Then Speak "Good afternoon, its tea time, go and get some tea and then come back"
  If a=18 Then Speak "Its after 6 o clock, I hope you enjoyed your tea"
  If a=19 Then Speak "The night is just beginning, I hope you enjoy it"
  If a=20 Then Speak "Its past 8 o clock, welcome to your Amiga"
  If a=21 Then Speak "its past 9 o clock, why doent you have an early night"
  If a=22 Then Speak "It is getting late, enjoy the rest of the night"
  If a=23 Then Speak "its after el levin o clock, doent stay up too late"




  Also Check Out :-
  -----------------

  Also look out for these programs which were all done by the author. They are
  available from http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/

  AmiClock     - Nice Wb Clock
  AmiGreet     - Greets you on bootup
  Carnlevels   - New levels for carnage
  Dwarfdemo    - Small aga demo about DWaRFx
  |DWaRFx      - Ultimate IRC scripts!
  JoyMouse     - Use CD³² pad as a mouse
  Theme040     - 040 upgrade for Themepark aga
  ZombieFest   - Small zombie film demo
  Zippyxdemo   - Aga MegaDemo
  Hoppyxdemo   - Aga MegaDemo
  Skoolz Out   - Skool Daze clone
  DMscript     - Upgrade to DiskMaster
  Dotd Rpg     - Dawn of the dead text RPG
  SetPatch97   - Unofficial GateWay 2000 SetPatch
  LunaIRC      - NEW Amiga IRC Client!
  VikRad S.E   - 4 Player War game.
  Gloom3       - Commercial DOOM game
  GloomRejects - Gloom 3 Rejected files
  GloomLoading - Bug Fixes for Gloom3
  WbLogo       - Wb backdrop animator
  AmiTip       - Brings up a tip on bootup
  Rejects      - 3 minute Cartoon with sound


  Gaz - gazy@globalnet.co.uk
      - GalaxyNet #AmIRC (SpryNet.Us.GalaxyNet.Org)
      - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/
 

  AmiGreet® is Copyright © Gareth Murfin
            C< Alpha Software.


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
     628     271 56.8% 03-Dec-97 19:48:52  AmiGreet.info
   10148    4182 58.7% 05-Dec-97 10:17:38 +AmiGreet.Guide
    1504     590 60.7% 15-Nov-97 18:50:48 +AmiGreet.Guide.info
    6966    2994 57.0% 30-Nov-97 15:16:48 +AmiGreet.readme
    1501     582 61.2% 15-Nov-97 18:50:48 +AmiGreet.readme.info
   13796    4517 67.2% 28-Nov-97 01:44:54 +AmiGreetDE
     413     288 30.2% 26-Nov-97 21:19:28 +AmiGreetDE.info
   14272    4750 66.7% 28-Nov-97 01:41:06 +AmiGreetNL
     413     288 30.2% 05-Dec-97 10:05:34 +AmiGreetNL.info
   13684    4635 66.1% 28-Nov-97 01:44:44 +AmiGreetPO
     413     288 30.2% 26-Nov-97 21:19:28 +AmiGreetPO.info
   22220    6230 71.9% 28-Nov-97 01:44:20 +AmiGreetUK
     413     287 30.5% 05-Dec-97 10:05:40 +AmiGreetUK.info
   63009   43351 31.1% 20-Nov-97 21:15:50 +life.iff
   49536   26131 47.2% 04-Feb-96 21:06:52 +Play16
    6220    3388 45.5% 08-Oct-97 23:32:28 +Say
   65760   33859 48.5% 07-Nov-91 16:21:20 +narrator.device
    6724    1601 76.1% 05-Dec-97 10:03:52 +Install
     570     332 41.7% 15-Nov-97 18:50:48 +Install.info
  109956   60617 44.8% 02-Sep-92 12:33:30 +Installer
   10524    5715 45.6% 19-Jun-97 12:52:06 +translator.library
   28836   17407 39.6% 06-Jul-94 12:39:04 +MultiView
   13928    8872 36.3% 28-Jun-80 21:50:38 +PPMore
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  441434  231175 47.6% 06-Dec-97 15:04:40   23 files
