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From: walrus@wam.umd.edu (Udo K Schuermann) (CSAA)
Subject: (CSAA) KingFisher 2.1
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Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 03:49:00 -0400
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TITLE
KingFisher
VERSION
2.1
AUTHOR & AUTHOR'S ADDRESS (inquiries, registration, technical support)
Udo Schuermann
6000 42nd Avenue, Apt. 405
Hyattsville, MD 20781-1518
USA
email: walrus@wam.umd.edu
DESCRIPTION
KingFisher 2.1, the successor to the popular KingFisher 1.40,
a disk catalog tool originally aimed at Fred Fish's Amiga
Library collection, but now capable of a more general purpose
format, real multi-user capabilities, and a lot more.
KingFisher began as a tool to catalog, maintain, and search
Fred Fish's AmigaLibrary disks ("Fish Disks.") It has been
redesigned into a multi-purpose, multi-user, multi-database
cataloging tool capable of delivering detailed information on
software using Fred Fish's new Product-Info Specification. As
such, it can be used to catalog not only the Fish Disks, but
your club's selection of software, as well, even the contents
of Aminet itself.
PRE-RELEASES (KingFisher 2.0)
Pre-release versions of KingFisher 2.0 have been available
since March on Fred's FreshFish, FrozenFish, and GoldFish
CD-ROMs, but only now has the program achieved the envisioned
set of features that make a first public release feasible.
FEATURE OVERVIEW
KingFisher 2.1, the product of nearly 20 test releases over a
beta test period of three months, offers some of the following
capabilities (features marked with {*} are new or
significantly improved over the older KingFisher 1.40):
{*} - Fully resizable GadTools interface operating on the
default public screen; uses the default screen font
(even if proportional) for all menus, gadgets, and
displayed text.
{*} - Multiple copies of KingFisher 2 can operate
simultaneously, using a minimum of additional RAM
overhead through the use of Client-Server technology.
{*} - Multiple copies of a supplied program, RexxFisher,
provide ARexx ports at the cost of approximately 25K
per client. This contrasts sharply with achieving the
same goal with KingFisher 1.40 where the cost was 350K
for a complete, secondary copy of KingFisher.
{*} - Supplies any number of independently accessible
databases to multiple clients (such as KingFisher,
RexxFisher, etc.)
{*} - Search Sets can be built (as well as saved and
restored) to select from a list of matching software
that a previous search produced. Matching records are
listed and can be selected for instant viewing through
a standard listview.
{*} - Any number of search expressions are memorized by
KingFisher 2 and can be recalled at the press of a
button to save typing.
{*} - The layout of information used for the display,
printing, and exporting can be re-defined to suit
individual taste or need.
{*} - Uses locale.library and comes supplied with Dansk,
Deutsch, Nederlands, and Suomi language catalogs.
More are expected.
- Context sensitive and fully integrated AmigaGuide(R)
documentation.
- Includes a complete, ready-to-use database of
descriptions for Fish Disks 1-1000!
REQUIREMENTS
RAM requirements are less than for KingFisher 1.40 and merely
a fraction thereof when multiple copies are run: approximately
200K. Also required is Kickstart V37 (2.04) but V38 (2.1) is
required for localization.
COMPATIBILITY
Tested with 68000 through 68040 CPUs, V37, V38, V39, and V40
system software, Picasso II graphics board. Enforcer and
Mungwall used during testing.
HOSTS
Any AMINET site such as: ftp.wustl.eduinet:
DIRECTORY
fish/docs/
FILENAME
KingFisher21.lha (759K)
PRICE
KingFisher 2.1 is shareware and costs $20(US) or DM30. A
registration site in Germany is available for European users.
The unregistered version is limited to two simultaneously
running clients (KingFisher or RexxFisher.)
._. Udo Schuermann
( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu
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