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- == Workbench 2.0 Utilities Compilation ==
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- DATE:1-12-91
- COMPILED BY:STP
- FOR:WB2.0
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- NOTES:Roll on WB3.0?
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- Well Workbecnh 2.0 is here at last. After such a long wait and many rumours to
- the contrary we now have a new Amiga, the A-500 plus, sporting not only the all
- singing all dancing WB2.0 but the enhanced chip set as well, great news eh ?
- Despite groans of incompatability from the majority of the industry, I for one
- am more than pleased with the beast. Workbench has not only become a useable
- alternative to the CLI and Shell, but also a real pleasure to use for the
- majority of tasks (and it looks good!). Yet despite the many improvements over
- Workbench 1.3 there are still a few options that have been left "for future
- developement." and until we see these new features many of us will turn to the
- public domain for a whole new breed of WB2.0 utilities. Commodore has
- effectively killed a great number of the smaller Workbench hacks with its
- rather brilliant commodities program, so now we are looking for new ideas such
- as PowerSnap and AssignX which take advantage of the new system features and
- improve even further the capabilties of the Workbench.
- I have included on this disk Super Duper which is one of only a few disk
- copiers which behave themselves in a multitasking environment, this one in
- particular can handle FFS and still looks good when you mess about with the
- default font settings. AssignX is here because the idea is so simple, yet we
- have all met with the problem of "please insert volume..", thanks Steve for
- that one (How long before SID 2.0 I wonder ? Soon please..8^). View80 is here
- because I like it, and it opens a screen of its own so if you`ve messed about
- with the overscan of the Workbench, the text still reads properly. There are a
- few AREXX bits and pieces on here, but you will have to track down some extra
- libraries (Fish disks somewhere..). The greatest WB2.0 utility I have come
- across so far is Tool Manager, it is totally brilliant and no one should be
- without it; more utilities like this please.
- Of course there are many utilities that I could have included on here but most
- of these are already easily availiable on collection disk so there was really
- no point, utils like Zap, Eye, Fenster, ppmore (>v1.7 looks best.) and so many
- more.
- The one utility I should most like to get my hands on is SID 2.0 thanks Steve
- for the original SID 1.6, but doesn`t it look awful under WB2.0 (and fails too
- work properly I am told ?)
- Anyway enough of my dribble, try the utilities, if you like em then consider
- the authors, if you can do better or have some fab WB2.0 stuff then send it to
- me, address at bottom of textfile.
- I will in time do more of these collections, as the need arises so keep an eye
- open for them.
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- Here are a few A-500 plus type notes:
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- Get some fast ram, this has cured a few incompatability problems for me, and
- money spent on ram is never wasted.
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- Wouldn`t it be great to play LLAMATRON 2112 on the plus ?
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- Try holding down both mouse buttons when you switch on or reset your plus.
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- Why is Deluxe Paint IV sooo slooow ?
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- Bye for now 8^(
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- Send utils or write just for a natter to:
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- S.T.P.
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- Flat 5,
- Queens Road,
- Bungay,
- Suffolk.
- NR35 1RN
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- (Until July 1992)
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