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  1. Hello There!
  2.  
  3. Welcome to Utility Disk 1.
  4.  
  5. A collection of some of the very best Amiga
  6. PD/Shareware utilities.
  7.  
  8. Please make donations if you frequently use a
  9. shareware program, you will benefit!
  10.  
  11. On this disc are various programs, some can 
  12. only be run through CLI, others just from workbench
  13. and quite a few from both.
  14. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  15. Utility           Where ?           Runs From ?          Wotzit ?
  16. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  17. ARC          C Dir             CLI ONLY          File Compression,
  18.                              Archival retrieval
  19. Full Documentation Included on Workbench.         System, Very popular
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  21. DIR          C Dir         CLI ONLY         Replacement for the
  22.                              standard directory
  23.                              command.
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  25. FUNCKEY          ROOT Dir        ANYWHERE             Great function key
  26.                              Programmer, loads
  27. Full Documentation Included on Workbench.         a file on booting.
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  29. POPCLI        C Dir            ANYWHRE         Generates a new
  30.                              CLI window when you
  31.                              want, and has a time
  32. Full Documentation Included on Workbench.         lapse shutdown.
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  34. VIEWILBM      C Dir            CLI & W/B through    Shows a ILBM IFF
  35.                     info & default     picture on screen.
  36.                      tool option.     
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  38. LESS          C Dir            CLI & W/B through    Displays a text file
  39.                     info & default     and is in use now.
  40.                     tool option.         Very useful!
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  42. SYSMONITOR      Root            ANYWHERE          Displays information
  43.                              about the Amiga's
  44.                              status. Good.
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  46. QUICKFLIX      Root            ANYWHERE         Slideshow & graphic
  47.                              cel animation program
  48. Full Documentation Included on workbench.         Demo supplied.
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  50. SLIDE          C Dir            ANYWHERE         Slideshow program. 
  51.                              With fade and
  52.                              other effects. Note:
  53.                              1Meg users will have
  54.                              to run the 'ON'
  55. Full Documentation Included on Workbench.         program first.
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  57. SPRITE ED      Root Dir        ANYWHERE         Double sprite editor
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  59. DOSHELPER      Root Dir        ANYWHERE         Brilliant utility !
  60.                              Gives all the syntax
  61.                              and commands for the
  62.                              CLI commands very
  63.                              quickly..
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  65.  
  66. NOTE: To get into CLI quickly, and use the CLI utilities, RESET the machine
  67. and immediatley press & hold the CTRL key whilst repeatedly tapping 'D".
  68.  
  69. A message will say '*BREAK CLI' - and you're in!
  70.  
  71. Happy hacking....
  72.  
  73.  
  74. 17 Bit Software Utility Compilation #1 - May/June 1988