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REMEMBER:
MEGADISC WILL
ONLY EXIST AS
LONG AS YOU
BUY IT
How To Drive
MEGADISC 45
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" drawer.
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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/MEGAVIEW
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.
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.
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 BlitzBasic
drawer of issue 33 will, amongst other things, strip the colour
codes from the files on any issue of Megadisc.
INFO ON MEGADISC - ORDERING, MAIL ORDER, CONTRIBUTING, ETC.
Check out the "New_Disk_News" drawer for info on all our new
compilations, such as the Hints_&_Tips disk, the Articles disks, the
Basic disk, 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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CONTENTS OF MEGADISC 45
Megadisc45A
On the main window of MD45A, "Editorial" where your editor opines or
reports and generally tries to make some sense.
Amiga_Tech
AT950727.TXT - Results of the Escom/U.S. distributor meeting
ATech's_Plans - The road ahead for Amiga Technologies
CONVENT.txt - The Official Info Pack on the Amiga Convention '95
ESCOM.txt - Manfred Schmitt and Petro Tyschtschenko at the Amiga press
conference in Frankfurt, May 30, 1995
MS_PR.TXT - Manfred Schmitt at Software Evening of Computer 95
PR3.TXT - Petro Tyschtschenko at the Software Evening of Computer 95
PR4.TXT - Amiga goes POWER PC
PR5.TXT - Petro Tyschtschenko at Video Toaster Expo Conference
PR6.TXT - New Amiga-Distributor / Service Provider for Northern America
PR7.TXT - WDR3-Computerclub TV show from 22nd of October
PR8.TXT - Petro Tyschtschenko in Bradford about Microvitec
PT_PR.TXT - Petro Tyschtschenko in Bordeaux at Solectron
Arexx
Circular - Circles, arcs & ellipses using RexxArpLib
Extensions.txt - Extensions to ARexx: ZedRexx, varexx & EasyRexx
Manager.txt - Homemade dir utility using varexx & GadToolBox
Articles
A_Second_Hard_Disk - Trials & tribulations
Bugs_&_Upgrades - Insects & prospects
Crafty_Arts.Logos - Icon & logo construction
Hints and Tips - A variety from the editor
MegaBites - News and views
Pic_Mail - Sending pictures (& other binary data) via email
zkick.txt - Running WB1.3 software on an A1200
DataRat - Our continuing cyberpunk story
FeedBack
Classifieds - Ads from readers
Readers' Letters, Questions and Hints
Thanks to all involved with Megadisc
Amiga Helpers - Need help with something? Check out this list.
Hardware
Extra_Audio - 4 channel sound & better stereo
Modem - Make your modem safe from parallel phones
Internet
AMosaic.txt - An introduction to the famous Web browser
Internet.guide - A beginner's guide to the Internet
Internet.Guide_Install - AmigaGuide installation script & files
for WB1.3 users
NetLink - Details on getting set up on the Internet
MD_Info
Contains info about contributing to, and ordering from, Megadisc -
Public domain disks, Megadiscs, and commercial hardware and software.
Programs
FLP_by_ANP (Drawer) - Funny Little Programs by Anthony N Peck,
with well documented source code in Assembler
AIO - All in one - an Ask replacement, with timeout
Beep - 'Beep' & flash all screens
CS - Clear the CLI / shell window
Delay - A Wait replacement
Rst - Clear vectors & reboot from CLI
WaitReturn - Pause script till <RETURN> is pressed
WBRst - Reboot from an icon
Message - Pop up a reminder note after a time interval
numbase - Converts a decimal number to binary, octal & decimal
OpusArchive - Simplify archive handling in Directory Opus
Ripple - a very simple pattern generator, with source code in E.
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Megadisc45B
About_the_Icons - Prepared by Leigh Murray
Programming
SIZE.EXE
Pascal tutorials - 21 to 25
Programs
FileSize - Find size of a file or a complete directory tree.
FMS_Manager - GUI interface for FMS virtual floppy disks
Hextract - ROM Kernel headers at your fingertips!
Public_Domain
InfraREXX.txt - Simple yet powerful Infra-red interface system
Music_Web.txt - A graphic MIDI system, like Bars & Pipes
Reviews
17bit5 - The latest CD from 17 bit software
ArtWorksReview - Bargain clipart
CanDo_Down_The_Track - CanDo v 3.006 and assorted ramblings.
DirectoryOpus5.txt - A somewhat critical review
MLink.txt - Simulating a direct Internet connection
Rise - Rise of the West game review
Tutes_&_CLI
Aliases - Hints & tips on alias usage
DosMan - Comprehensive AmigaDOS command help
GoldEd - Alternative dock image files
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