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Path: sparky!uunet!megalith!overlord Reply-To: fnf@cygnus.com (Fred Fish) Message-Number: 310 Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc Distribution: world Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce Approved: overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us From: fnf@cygnus.com (Fred Fish) Subject: Disks 781-790 now available Message-ID: <overlord.0nlf@megalith.miami.fl.us> Date: 26 Dec 92 00:59:04 EST Lines: 510 Disks 781-790 are now available. Shipping to all those who have preordered disks should be complete by Monday (28-Dec-92). Note that you can get a copy of the catalog (2 disks) of the complete library contents by sending $3 for disks, postage, and mailer to: Fred Fish Catalog Disk Requests 1835 East Belmont Drive Tempe, Arizona 85284 USA Thanks to all who submitted new and interesting material. If you submitted something in the past and it has not yet appeared in the library, please feel free to resubmit it, particularly if it was several months ago. I sometimes hesitate to include material submitted more than about six months ago because of some vague feeling that as soon as I include version 1.01 submitted many months ago, I'll see version 5.23 posted on usenet. For those wishing to submit material for possible inclusion in the library, here are a few simple guidelines that will make my job of organizing the material MUCH easier and GREATLY increase your chances of having the material accepted for inclusion: 1. Don't submit bootable disks or disks with any other sort of proprietary material included, since I then have to go examine each file to decide if it is distributable or not, and if not, what effect removing it might have. Unless the material is particularly interesting, I frequently just toss such disks into the recycling bin. 2. Organize the distribution in a manner similar to my disks. I.E, place all files related to a particular submission under a single directory on the disk. If there is more than one submission per disk, place each submission in its own directory. 3. Try to write a simple entry for my "Contents" listing that summarizes your submission. It should be about 3-10 lines, and include the current version number, the version and disk number of the most recent version (if any) that was last included in the library, whether or not source is included, and an "Author" list. 4. Ensure that your submission will run correctly from its sub- directory and if necessary, supply a script runnable from workbench (via :c/xicon or c:iconx) that makes all necessary assigns, copies fonts and libraries, etc. 5. Send your submission in a sturdy envelope with sufficient padding. Thanks!!! ====================================================================== CONTENTS OF DISK 781 -------------------- PowerSnap A utility that allows you to use the mouse to mark characters anywhere on the screen, and then paste them somewhere else, such as in another CLI or in a string gadget. Checks what font is used in the window you snap from and will look for the position of the characters automatically. Recognizes all non-proportional fonts of up to 24 pixels wide and of any height. Works with AmigaDOS 2.0 in both shell and WorkBench environments. This is version 2.1b, an update to version 2.0 on disk 726. Binary only. Author: Nico Francois TKEd TKEd is a very comfortable Intuition-based ASCII editor with an english and german user-interface. It can read texts packed with PowerPacker, has user-definable menus, a comfortable AREXX interface with 109 commands, an interface to some errortools for programmers, macros, undo, wordwrap, supports foldings, has an online help mode, and many other features. TKEd is re- entrant and can be made resident. It's Kickstart 1.3/2.04 compatible, supports the new ECS-screenmodes, an application window and checks itself for linkviruses. Version 1.11, an update to version 1.05 on disk 689. Binary only. Author: Tom Kroener TWA A commodity that remembers the last active window on any screen. If screens are shuffled, the window is automatically re-activated, when that screen is brought to front. Version 1.0, binary only. Author: Matthias Scheler WBVerlauf Allows the owners of AGA machines to create a nice Copper background for a selectable color, using the whole 16 million color range of the AGA chips. By specifying the color of the first and the last line of the screen, WBVerlauf will make a smooth color change by setting a new color value on every scanline. Requires Kickstart 3.0. Version 1.4, binary only. Author: Christian A. Weber CONTENTS OF DISK 782 -------------------- DFA NOT just another address utility. DFA(ddress) features email support, dialing, different types of printing addresses, full commodity support, application icon, Arexx port, font sensitive windows and can be fully directed by the keyboard. This is version 1.1. Shareware, binary only. Author: Dirk Federlein TwilightZone A modular screen blanker with a user-friendly control panel. Provides: Selection of blanker module from an expandable list of modules; A "blank-now" feature by moving the mouse pointer into a corner of the screen; A "blank-never" option by moving the mouse pointer into a corner of the screen; Adjustable timeout, and selectable wakeup events. Version 1.1/2.0, binary only. Author: Rainer Koppler ValCon Converts a value from one number notation system to another. Currently the decimal, hexadecimal, binary and octal systems are supported. Version 1.10, freeware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck Yak "Yet Another Kommodity". Features a sunmouse that only acti- vates when mouse stops, KeyActivate windows, Click windows to front or back, Cycle screens with mouse, Mouse and Screen blanking, Close/Zip/Shrink/Enlarge windows with programmable hotkeys, Activate Workbench by hotkey (to get at menus when WB obscured), Pop up a palette on front screen, Insert date (in various formats), KeyClick with adjustable volume, Pop- Command key for starting a command (like PopCLI), Gadtools interface. All settings accessible from Workbench tooltypes. Version 1.2, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 753, has some new features and several bug fixes. Includes source. Author: Martin W. Scott CONTENTS OF DISK 783 -------------------- APipe An "Amiga pipe" device. If opened for read, it will run the file name as an Amiga CLI command, with the output going to the opening process. If opened for output, it will run the file name as an Amiga CLI command, with output to the opened file sent to the command as input. Version 37.4, an update to version 37.2 on disk number 601. Author: Per Bojsen DiskInfo A program like the AmigaDOS 'Info' command, but it gives more extensive information on the disk (volume) and/or on the device requested. Version 1.00, freeware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck Hackdisk A complete replacement for trackdisk.device minus support for 5.25 inch and 150RPM floppies. It offers a verify option and is faster than trackdisk 2.0. Hackdisk is supplied as a Rom- Tag module and may be RamKick'ed or placed directly in the Kickstart ROM. Free for non-commercial use, assembly source included. This is version 1.12, an update to version 1.10 on disk number 697. Author: Dan Babcock KingFisher A specialized database tool providing maintenance and search capabilities for the descriptions of disks in the format used by this library. KingFisher's database can span multiple (floppy) disk volumes, can be edited by text editors that support long text lines, can add disks directly from unedited email or usenet announcements, can remove disks, rebuild a damaged index, find next or previous software versions, print or export (parts of) the database, and more. Includes a data- base of disks 1-770. This is version 1.11. Binary only. Author: Udo Schuermann CONTENTS OF DISK 784 -------------------- BindNames A solution to the problem of having to continually edit your startup-sequence to add assignments for logical variables when you add a new program. BindNames will read one or more files in a special directory and then create all the logical assignments at once and it can figure out dependencies, so it doesn't matter how you order the entries in the file(s). It will create directories that it can't find, such as RAM:Env and RAM:T and will generate warnings for assignments that it can't resolve. Version 1.0, includes source, public domain. Author: Dave Haynie DirKing A very powerful replacement for the AmigaDOS 'List' and 'Dir' commands. It gives full control on the format of the directory listing and what information should be printed. The directory can be sorted on any field, or on several fields in the order you want. Supports many filters, such as name and date, and the filters can be made effective on files only, directories only or on both. You can also define a pattern for each level of the directory tree. Has an LFORMAT option which is useful for generating scripts. A unique feature is the ability to monitor the scanning process. English version supplied, German, French and Dutch versions available from the author. Version 2.10, shareware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck Lyapunovia A mindboggingly colorful program that makes pictures from a simple mathematical formula. (And it's NOT Mandelbrot!) Lyapunovia pictures vary from colorful candy to mean metal (or something), offering you everything you ever wanted in visual representation of abstract nothings... This freely redistributable version of Lyapunovia has been thoroughly tested to work on all Amigas. Special registered versions with precision-extension, optimized for bigger CPUs, and support of WB 2.0/2.1 and WB 3.0 displaymodes (all 256 colors) are available. Version 1.0, binary only. Author: Jesper Juul CONTENTS OF DISK 785 -------------------- FileStorage Small demo of a file librarian, a database for files. The database exists as a number of index files and disks where FileStorage puts your collection of files. FileStorage 'remembers' how many free bytes each storage disk has and tries to fill the disks to the maximum. For each file you can add a 320 character long description and set 16 different (user definable) filetypes. Searching / adding / deleting / changing it's all there! Version 1.2, binary only. Author: Joep Grooten RomCon Converts a decimal value into a value represented by roman numbers. You can convert from decimal to roman or from roman to decimal. E.g. '1992' equals 'MCMXCII'. Version 1.10, freeware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck ScrnTst A program to reveal small irregularities in the beam sweep of computer monitors. Uses the MOIRE effect to render such defects more readily observable. A short program which should be compatible with OS 1.3 as well as releae 2.0. Version 2.0, binary only. Author: William Barish SeePix Based on Olaf Barthel's "LoadImage v1.11". SeePix is an IFF viewer/printer, featuring the ability to modify the colors of a pic for printing, allowing for truer colors in the printout (i.e. Blue prints Blue, not Purple), without modifying the pic itself. SeePix features an ARP interface, Iconization and the PathMaster File Selector. Manx AZTEC "C" Source included. Author: Hank Schafer Showgerb A Gerber display program. Gerber plotfiles are generated by several CAD packages. This program will display them on an Amiga using 1.3 and probably 2.xx and 3.xx. Source is not included but can be requested from the Author. Includes several sample plotfiles. Version 1.00, binary only, shareware. Author: Paul Gill Timing A program to clock the time between two events. You can use several names, enabling the timing of different events. Useful mainly in scripts though other uses are possible. Timing can give the elapsed time in ticks, seconds or in the normal hh:mm: ss format. Version 1.21, freeware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck UCD A utility for changing the current directory. It scans a disk and builds a file containing information about the directory structure that makes it possible for UCD to change directory to any directory in the scanned volume by simply naming the directory without pathname information. UCD can keep track of the directory structure of multiple volumes. Now supports wildcards. Version 1.15, an update to version 1.0 on disk 734. Binary only, shareware. Author: Uffe Holst Christiansen YAPS "Yet Another Public Screen Manager". Using YAPS, you can open Public Screens in ALL(!) Amiga-DisplayModes, even in the new A4000/A1200 Modes. Requires OS 2.04 (V37+), works even under OS 3.0 (V39+). Binary only. Author: Karlheinz Klingbeil (CEKASOFT) CONTENTS OF DISK 786 -------------------- Hyper Will lead you through documents that are written to be used with the legendary `Am*gaGu*de' from Commodore. An ARexx port gives access to it from other applications. Requires OS 2.x. Version 1.15a, an update to version 1.00 on disk number 739. Shareware, binary only. Author: Bernd (Koessi) Koesling IconAuthorDemo A replacement for IconEdit2.0. It can transform IFF images or brushes into resized 2-BitPlane brushes or icon files that match the WorkBench2.0 colors. Online help is available via `Hyper'. Demo version limited to processing provided demo image only. Requires OS 2.x. Version 1.06, an update to version 1.00 on disk number 739. Shareware, binary only. Author: Bernd (Koessi) Koesling Macro A small utility that records a sequence of keypresses that can be recalled at any time. Handy for "on the fly" recording because of its simplicity. (Doesn't need a window, doesn't use the functions keys, so it won't interfere with other uses of them, etc.) Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Piero Filippin RSM An ARexx compatible serial port manager. Run your serial port from other programs! Version 1.42, C source included. Author: Ron M. Battle VirusZ A virus detector that recognizes over 500 bootblocks (196 boot viruses) and over 70 file viruses. The filechecker can also decrunch files for testing. The memory checker removes all known viruses from memory without 'Guru Meditation' and checks memory for viruses regularly. VirusZ has easy to use intuitionized menus including keycuts for both beginners and experienced users. The totally new bootblock lab offers all important bootblock operations on one screen. VirusZ performs a self-test on every startup to prevent link virus infection. Written entirely in assembly language and operates with Kick- start 1.2/1.3, OS 2.0 and OS 3.0. Version 2.27, binary only, shareware. Author: Georg Hvrmann CONTENTS OF DISK 787 -------------------- AppISizer An AppIcon utility to size disks, directories or files. Gives the size in bytes, blocks and the total occupied. Requires KickStart 37.175 or higher. French and English documentation. Version 0.20, binary only. Author: Girard Cornu. GetSC Gets the colourmap of a single specified or all available screens. The colour values are given in hexadecimal format. GetSC is also the perfect tool to compile a collection of colourmaps for use by the SetSC program. Version 2.00, shareware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck MakeInfo A modified GNU makeinfo that allows you to easily create a AmigaGuide(R) hypertext file from a TexInfo .tex file. in addition to the usual plain ASCII file and a TeX .dvi files. This version fixes two nasty bugs: makeinfo working on 68030 machines only, and amiga.tex not handling correctly all foreign characters. Version 1.49b, includes source. Author: FSF, amiga enhancements by Reinhard Spisser and Sebastiano Vigna RIVer Many programs contain in their binary code an embedded version ID, which is used by the AmigaDOS command 'Version'. RIVer is not a replacement for this command, but rather an extension. RIVer enables you to add this embedded version ID as a comment, or to print it in a table where each field of the ID is clear- ly printed. Version 2.00, freeware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck Scale Plays 1-4 simultaneous musical scales on the Amiga's 4 sound channels, using Rob Peck's AudioTools package. Six octave range, ascending/descending, multiple steps, several different speeds of playing simultaneous scales, overall tempo control- ler. Intuition interface. Includes source. Author: Dick Taylor SetSC Allows you to change or remap the colours of a screen. SetSC gets the colourmap from a file by using the map's name, from the Workbench screen or directly from the command line. SetSC is very useful in scripts, where you can change the screen colours one or more times during script execution. Version 2.10, shareware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck Spartan The sources to the Spartan PD scsi interface driver for Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 originally by Paul Harker. This is an enhanced version that includes a major bugfix and * SCSI-Direct support. Versions 34.3 (generic) and 34.4 (true SCSI). Author: Several, see documentation Viewtek A feature packed Picture/Animation Viewer. Shows most ILBM's (including 24-bit ILBM's), most Compuserve GIF format images, most JFIF format JPEG images and most ANIM Op-5 format ani- mations, with support for different palettes for each frame. Supports SHAM, CTBL, and PCHG images, full support of ECS/AGA display modes (ie. show 256 color GIF's directly, show 800x600 HAM animations, etc.). Supports viewing contents of clipboard. Iconifies to a Workbench AppIcon. Includes a version written for GVP's Impact Vision 24, to support true 24-bit display. Version 1.02, requires Workbench 2.04+, binary only. Author: Thomas Krehbiel Yacht The famous 5 dice game revised for the Amiga features contin- ually updated onscreen scorepad which displays all possible scores after each roll. Another feature is the player con- trolled dice roll - hit the STOP ROLL gadget when you feel lucky! Version 1.1, binary only. Author: Richard Gallagher CONTENTS OF DISK 788 -------------------- Cheats Have an old game that you got frustrated with and put away? Get hopelessly lost in an adventure game maze? Get to level 218 of your favorite game when your cocker spaniel mistook your scrap of paper listing entry level codes for his favorite sock? Well there might be something in this huge list of game solutions, hints and tips that you can use! Author: Many! see individual listings. MatchPlay A small CLI program that enables experimenting with AmigaDOS pattern matching. It's the best way to learn how to use and interpret those patterns. You give a pattern and a string as arguments and the program determines if the pattern would have matched the string. Requires OS2.x, version 1.00, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck MouseAideDEMO A DEMO version of a "Mouse" utility which has all the standard functions: Mouse Acceleration with threshold, window and screen manipulation by mouse and keyboard, mouse and screen blanking, SUN (auto-activation) mouse, user definable "hot key" command, Keyboard "String" macros, etc... But also has functions other "Mouse" programs do NOT, such as: Shell-Cycling, Key Clicking, KeyClosing, Multi-Icon-Select with Mouse, Middle Mouse Button Windowing, EZ-Date generation, Mouse Port switching, Workbench to the front function, Freezing Mouse & Keyboard of all input, etc... Now more 2.0x friendly then older versions, including the ability to fuction correctly in 'Super-HiRes' screen mode! Written in 100% assembly language for efficiency in size and CPU usage. Version v7.12a, an update to version v5.02a on disk 711, Shareware, Binary only. Author: Thomas J. Czarnecki NPD A little utility to convert NoisePacker 2.xx modules to Pro- Tracker format. Works on 1.3/2.0/3.0. Version 2.40, binary only. Author: Nils Corneliusen NTSC&PAL Two small command line utilities to switch back and forth be- tween NTSC and PAL display modes. Should work on any machine with a "Fatter Agnus" or better. Binary only. Author: Paul O'Flynn QC A small CLI command that returns information about the current shell. Such as: the shell/cli process number, the prompt used, the current directory, the default stack size, the current FAILAT level, the DOS error that occurred with the last command run, the return code of the last command, and more. Version 1.10, freeware, binary only. Author: Chris Vandierendonck CONTENTS OF DISK 789 -------------------- MakeDMake An automated DMake file generator. You give it the names of all the C-files used to produce your executable (except #include'd .c or .h files), and it will automatically scan them to find all dependencies, and produce a ready to use (in many cases) DMakeFile calling DCC with options you will need for normal compilation and linking. Version 0.15, includes source. Author: Piotr Obminski, from original code by Tim McGrath PongoDemo Demo version of PONGO 1.1, a 3D dynamic modeling program that loads, animates and transforms 3D objects in many different ways. This demo version only supports the IFF ANIM5 file format for animations, with the "Save Imagine object" feature disabled. Supports the following types of morphing: Transcale, Taper, Shear, Rotate, Twist, Bend, Waves, Radial Bend and Metamorph. All transformations may be combined (i.e. you might both Twist and Shear an object at the same time). Requires 1 MB ram, and a PAL Amiga (does NOT run on NTSC computers). Author: Guido Quaroni, submitted by AMIGABYTE QMouse An unusually small and feature-packed "mouse utility". Was inspired by, but not derived from, the original QMouse by Lyman Epp. Features include automatic window activation (like WindX), top-line blanking for A3000/A2320 users, system- friendly mouse blanking, mouse acceleration/threshold, "Pop- CLI", click-to-front/back, "SunMouse", "NoClick", "WildStar", Northgate key remapping, and more. Requires Kickstart 2.0, but is not a commodity. Only 3K. Version 2.21, an update to version 2.20 on disk 731. Public domain, assembly source included. Author: Dan Babcock CONTENTS OF DISK 790 -------------------- UChess A powerful version of the program GnuChess version 4 for the Amiga. Plays a very strong game of chess. Code has been re- written and data structures re-organized for optimal efficiency on 32 bit 68020 and better Amiga systems. Fully multitasking, automatically detects and supports 640X480X256 color AGA mode machines, and does not at any time BUSY wait. Requires a 68020 /030/040 based Amiga computer system with AmigaOS 2.04 or later and 4 Meg of ram minimum. Special "L" version optimized for 68040 and requires 10 Meg of ram minimum. Supports a variety of standard features such as load, save, edit board, autoplay, swap sides, force move, undo, time limits, hints, show think- ing, and a supervisor mode that will allow two humans to play with the computer acting as a "supervisor". Version 2.04, includes source. Author: FSF, Amiga Port by Roger Uzun ====================================================================== -- Read all administrative posts before putting your post up. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu. Comments to CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us. MAIL ALL COMP.SYS.AMIGA.ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO announce@cs.ucdavis.edu.