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REMEMBER:
MEGADISC WILL
ONLY EXIST AS
LONG AS YOU
BUY IT
How To Drive
MEGADISC 32
RIP
SEE FULL LISTING OF
CONTENTS AT THE
IF YOU COPY IT
BOTTOM OF THE FILE
YOU'LL KILL IT
For details of how to order from Megadisc, check the MD_Info drawer
For details on using Megadisc's mail order for commercial hardware and
software check the "MD_Mail_Order" file.
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Just like the others, all you have to do is click on icons with the
mouse. But to get a "full view" of it, read the rest of this doc.
TEXT & GRAPHICS DISPLAYER - FULLVIEW
To find out all about FullView's features, read the "FullView_doc" on
the MD24_B disk or our Catalogue disk, or press the HELP key right now,
or select HELP from Fullview's menu. Fullview has many alternatives, specifically
the ability to move up and down through the files at variable speed
using the mouse - try it now: click the mouse once to move up or down
depending on whether the mouse is in the top or bottom half of the
screen; click again to stop. To exit a file press "q" or "ESC" or use
the menu QUIT. Experiment with it, you can run it by mouse, menu or
keyboard (arrow keys) as it suits you.
We hope you like FullView (by Jon Potter with thanks), and would
appreciate any feedback about it.
KILLING VIRUSES
Regarding disk infestations - we have the excellent program
Virus-Checker by John Veldthuis on this issue in the Virus drawer - use
it to eradicate all viral problems, bootblock or file type.
GRAPHICS
To exit the graphics in the HARDWARE drawer and elsewhere, click
the left mouse button in the top left corner of the picture; or press
the ESC key; or press the "q" key. (It's almost hard to stay in them!)
PRINTING OUT FILES - AND STRIPPING ESCAPE CODES
Fullview will print out any file from the Menu - either the current
page or the whole file.
Some printers don't like the Escape Codes that we put in the text
files to liven it up - the NX1000 colour printer tends to print out
slowly in colour, for example. Randall Crook took this problem in hand
and wrote us a little utility called SCSTRIP which takes a normal text
file (ASCII file) and strips out the codes. They can then be printed in
any normal way. Check the program out in the MD_INFO drawer of MD24.
Meanwhile, you'll have to SAVE the files you want to print, from the
Fullview menu - up will pop a requestor so you can save it to some place
with some name (perhaps RAM:FILE). Then use SCSTRIP on it to strip the
codes, and then you can print it out, with Fullview if you wish, by
LOADing it in via the menu again.
Note that Chas Wyndham's program Re-View in the Programs drawer of
issue MD30 is very useful for converting MD text files to files that are
easily read by other text readers - ie, it adds codes to the ends of
lines.
** Note that the program STT (SaveTheTrees) in the Programs drawer of
issue 31 will, amongst other things, strip the colour codes from the files
on any issue of Megadisc.
INFO ON MEGADISC - ORDERING, MAIL ORDER, CONTRIBUTING, ETC.
Have a look at the files in the MD_INFO drawer for more info about
MEGADISC, such as how to order public domain disks or Megadisc from us,
how to contribute to Megadisc, etc.
See the PUBLIC_DOMAIN drawer for a file listing all our Megadisc
THEME PACKS, ie packs of PD disks selected by us on particular themes,
saving you the effort of tracking down the good stuff in the catalogue
listings.
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ABOUT THE MD32 MAIN ICONS
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These icons were prepared by Leigh Murray, based on the Julia picture by
Erik Harting on MD30.
The Hi-Res Interlaced picture was first converted to the Hi-Res
Non-Interlaced format used for icons. The number of colours was reduced to
four, and the palette changed to match the standard Workbench 1.3 colours.
Several versions of the picture were made, using different colour
combinations. Then the colour registers were swapped so that the colours
were allocated to registers in the standard Workbench 1.3 order (colour 0
blue, colour 1 white, colour 2 black, and colour 3 orange). The
image-processing portion of DeluxePhotoLab, Colors, was used for all these
conversions.
The resulting modified picture was loaded into DeluxePhotoLab Paint. Much
cutting and pasting later, the icon images were saved as brushes. These
brushes were imported into the IE icon editor program for transformation
into the final icon.
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CONTENTS OF MEGADISC 32
MEGADISC 32A
ARTICLES
CDTV - A look at this interesting machine
CDTV_&_CD - A general overview
DIY_Beware - A cautionary tale
DTP_Business - How a contributor runs a DTP business on his Amigas
Fred_Fish - A plea from FF: let's keep him in his element
Graphics&Text_WPs - Overview of word processors
Hard_Disk - A new user enthuses
Modems_&_Protocols - An explanation
Perfect_Machine - A muse on what the Amiga could be
Piracy - The debate continues
Scala_Wishlist - What a user would like to see
Virtual_Reality - A scholarly look
Hints_&_Tips - A variety from the editor
MegaBites - News and views from the editor
Bugs_&_Upgrades - A collection of insects and prospects
TUTES_&_CLI
Buying_Modems - What to watch out for
Coloured_CLIs - Jazz up your Shell
PhotoScan - Using a scanner for a Rogues' Gallery with pic
Workbench2_Screen - How to set yours up
Sub-directory:
WindowSizing_WB2 - how to do it with icons
PROGRAMS
ColourTool2.5.2 - Programming tool for handling colours and palettes
Mymem - Memory gauge
IFF_Displayer - AGA-compatible pic displayer
Boot_pic - Displays a pic before WB2 bootup
InstantAccess - Interesting new utility/database/displayer
S-Text - converts text to an executable portable program
Deft_Icons - icon utility
pAddRocMem - tiny replacement program
PassWord - Computer security program
AII - Archiving Intuition interface
TrT - Calculates transfer times in communicating
Mod2Sample - Converts a ST mod into a sample
WorldTime - calculates the time anywhere
pSetClock - tiny replacement program
REVIEWS
A4000_I & II - Two views of the new Amiga flagship
AntiFlicker_MDE - Software anti-flicker program (on MDE_32)
Art_Expression - Structured drawing program
Audio_Gallery - New language-learning system
CD_Player - Locally assembled system
Compress_Disk - Disk compression program
Derringer_Accel - The cheapest and best accelerator
Digital_Novel - A futuristic novel on disk
GPFax_II - Another look at GPFax
ImageFX - New multimedia program
Migraph_Scan - Hand scanner
Morph_Plus - Powerful morphing program from ASDG
ProCalc_v_MaxiPlan4 - Head-to-head look at these spreadsheets
Scram2000 - Ram/SCSI board
TruePrint_24 - 24-bit printing program
VXL_Accelerator - Another accelerator for the A500/2000
PROGRAMMING
C_for_Beginners_III - How to program in C, from the very basics
Postscript_II - How to program in Postscript, second of a series
Sub-dir: C_for_Beginners - More on C for beginners, with example programs
AREXX
Compound_Variables - A tutorial
RX_Parse - Tutorial
ChangeDefaultTool - a program with tutorial
MEGADISC 32B
DIR_UTES
DirUtes_Ovw - An overview of major directory utilities with pic
Using_DirUtes - How, in fact, to use them
MyDirOpusSetup.txt - A user's setup with pic
FLIGHT_SIMS
Parts 6 & 7 of this series on the theory of flying and how it affects computing,
with illustrations.
HARDWARE
Sound_Mixer - How to make a cheap one
Noisy_Fan_Fix - You work it out!
SCSI_Termination - Light shone on this black art
Sub-dir: Analogue_Controls - Make a footpedal analogue setup for Flight Sims
and driving simulators
VIRUS
The very latest Virus-Checker and NoVirus Brain file.
MD_INFO
Contains info about contributing to, and ordering from, Megadisc -
Public domain disks, Megadiscs, and commercial hardware and software.
HYPERBOOK
A full treatment of the use of Hyperbook, with Hyperbook display program, and
numerous tutorials, listings and pics demonstrating how to set it up and use it.
PUBLIC_DOMAIN
PD_Since_MD31 - All the latest disks
MD_Theme_Packs - Listing of the latest special PD Packs
Fish770-741 - The Latest Fish disks
New_Best_of_Fish - like it says
New_AmigOz_Disks, New_TBAG_Disks
PD_Updates - changes to the catalogue
GAMES
Barbarian II
Battle Command
Centurion
Formula I Grand Prix
RolePlaying Games and Fate
Sim Earth
Tetris
The Manager
Troddlers
FEEDBACK
Classifieds - Ads from readers
Readers' Letters, Questions and Hints
Thanks to all involved with Megadisc
MD_Shareware - A scheme for paying shareware fees
On the main window of MD32A, "Editorial" where your editor opines or
reports and generally tries to make some sense.
On the main window of MD32B, some large icons with info on our latest
compilation disks - MD_Extras, MD_Articles disks, Starter disks and
more.
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