WB2 Best of Fish   All of These disks require Workbench 2.0 Ed: This new series is a collection of all the Workbench 2 -related material to be found on the Fish disks. This list, like Best_of_Fish, will also be updated as new utilities come out. This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK_01 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Annotate A text editor written for ADos 2.0 and up. Takes advantage of Public screens and the system default font. Features in- clude folding, shifting, full clipboard support, macros, scroll bar, editor buffering, printing, text locking, tools menu, and a full Arexx Port. Fixes a bug with AmigaDos 3.0 and the file requester. Version 2.0, an update to version 1.8 on disk number 751. Author: Doug Bakewell Deft A program to change the default tool of project icons. Will search through a disk or directory, finding all icons that contain a specified default tool and change that tool to a different one. It is useful for changing the default tools of all the doc files on disk to your favourite text reader, for example. Version 1.0. Author: Gary Smith FindIt A fully Intuitionised file finder. Features include search multiple drives/directories, search for file names starting with/not starting with given text, file names containing/not containing given text, file names ending with/not ending with given text, files created on/after/before/not-on given date, files containing given text, etc. Found files can be copied, deleted, viewed, or printed. Requires Workbench 2.0. Author: Gary Smith FontViewer A program to view fonts. Features include selectable screen resolutions, outline font support (WB 2.0), ColorFont support, up to thirty fonts shown at once with each in its own window, up to three lines of changeable text for viewing fonts, use file requester to find fonts to view (WB 2.0). Version 1.2. Author: Gary Smith If2.0 A CLI/Shell command, which decides whether your Amiga is run- ning OS v2.x or OS v1.x - and then executes a corresponding command line/argument. Especially useful for zKick-using Amigas. Version 1.2. Author: Thomas Arnfeldt LockIt A simple commodity to protect files or drawers from any access. Uses a WorkBench AppIcon and allows selection of files via ASL- Requester. Requires OS2.0. Version 2.1. Author: Andreas Linnemann PPMC The Powerpacker Mini Clone. This is powerpacker.library meeting gadtools.library: A small utility, useful for compres- sing any text or data file. Version 1.1. Author: Reza Elghazi 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 1.05, an update to version 1.02 on disk number 787. Requires Workbench 2.04+, binary only. Author: Thomas Krehbiel 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. Author: Dan Babcock This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK_02 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AII "Archiving Intuition Interface" allows you to access many features of the LHa archiver via the WorkBench. Requires reqtools.library. Version 1.03, first release. Requires KickStart 2.0 or higher. ShareWare. Author: Paul Mclachlan. AutoSave A small program which calls an ARexx script at regular inter- vals, controlled through a Workbench window. Although intended to provide an "AutoSave" function for applications, the script can do anything. Includes C source, which demonstrates simple use of GadTools and the timer device. Requires Kickstart 2.0 or later. Author: Michael Warner BusyPointers A collection of busy pointers for use with 'NickPrefs'. Author: Dan Elgaard JEd Yet another programmer's editor. Lots of features, including: total customization, a powerful programming language, multi- file/multi-view editing, number of windows is only limited by memory, clipboard support (cut/paste on any unit), any window can have any (non-proportional) font, an Arexx interface, and more. Version 2.05, (apparently unrelated to the version of Jed on disk 297). Requires OS2.0 or later. Author: John Harper NickPrefs An enhancement to IPrefs that manages three new preferences, WBPicture allows you to display any IFF picture in the main Workbench window, supplanting the original (and boring ;-)) WBPattern. BusyPointer lets you edit the clock pointer used by programs when they are busy. You may create an animated pointer. Floppy provides the ability to mess with the public fields of trackdisk, that is, the TDPF_NOCLICK flag, step delay and the like. Requires OS2.0. Author: Nicola Salmoria Wangle Very addictive "sliding-block" single player strategy game. The object is to group four smaller squares of the same color together in such a way as to form a larger square. Once started in a direction, blocks slide until they hit another block, a wall, or in some cases, fall through the floor! Includes 50 levels and a level editor. Author: Peter Händel This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK_03 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. ABackup A very powerful backup utility. Has a full Intuition inter- face, a "batch" mode, can save/load file selection, handle HD floppies, use any external compression program, etc... This new version adapts itself to the default font and screen mode, and may be up to 40% faster than previous versions. Version 4.03, an update to v2.43 on disk 871. Shareware. Author: Denis Gounelle. ColorSaver A "pop-up-anywhere" (almost!) color palette commodity with several features I could not find in other palette tools. Features include: Load/Save color palettes; Sliders select- able between RGB/HSV; Copy, Swap, Range Functions; Complement selected color; Left/right shifting of the entire palette; Ability to permanently alter (patch) the color tables of execu- tables with a statically allocated color table. Requires OS2.04 or greater. Version 0.84 (alpha release). Author: Dan Fish IffBoot Inspired from BOOTLOGO by Markus Illenseer, allows you to show any IFF file during bootup that will exit when the WB appears. Version 1.0, requires OS 2.04 or greater, binary only, includes some sample pictures. Author: Colin Bell, some IFF pics by Justin Trevena 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. Author: Nico Francois This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK_04 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. 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. Author: Tom Kroener 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. Author: Martin W. Scott This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK_5 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AII The Archiving Intuition Interface makes things easier if you are archiving or dearchiving files. You can do it all with the click of a mouse button, instead of typing in a whole line in the CLI. Version 1.35, an update to version 1.03 on disk 799. Now supports KickStart 2.xx as well as 1.3. Supports several archiving formats including LHa, Zoo, Arc, UnArj, and UnZip. Requires reqtools.library. Shareware, binary only. Author: Paul Mclachlan AMaster An address database program with sort, search and selections after each field. The number of entries depends only on the free memory. Has a lot of print options including a print to screen function. Has a full online help system. Includes both German and English versions. Is font independent and has been tested under 2.04 and 3.0. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. This is version 1.52, freeware, binary only. Author: Hans-Peter Guenther AskVersion This little program can be used to check whether you are run- ning under AmigaDOS 1.3 or AmigaDOS 2.04. You can put it into your startup-sequence to execute a 1.3 bootup script. This is version 0.01, public domain. Author: Hans-Peter Guenther BootJob The BootBlock Utility. Includes functions to store, install, view, or execute any disk bootblock. Also self-made boot- blocks can be installed to disk. The most powerful function is to save any bootblock as an executable CLI-File. Now you can start every boot-util, viruschecker, game, or loader from the CLI. Also included is a drawer with 46 different boot- blocks. BootJob requires Amiga OS2.x. This is version 1.30, an update to version 1.00 on disk 760. Shareware, binary only. Author: Michael Bialas FIM The Fast-Intro-Maker. Use this little IntroMaker to create your own Intros in a few minutes. Includes functions to insert selfmade IFF-Pictures, Color-Screentexts, Music and more. Final created Intros will run on OS1.2/1.3/2.x (WB/Cli). F.I.M. requires Amiga OS2.x. This is version 2.2, an update to version 1.0 on disk 760. Shareware, binary only. Author: Michael Bialas PrintManager A printer spooler for AmigaDOS 2.0 or later. Works with all programs, whether they use the parallel or serial device, use PRT: or the printer device directly, are printing text or gra- phics, and has an Intuition interface. Version 1.0, binary only. Author: Nicola Salmoria 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 2.30, an update to version 2.21 on disk 789. Public domain. Author: Dan Babcock This is WB2_BEST OF FISH DISK_06 of the freely distributable software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. bBaseIII An easy to use, versatile, yet full featured database program that will run on any Amiga. Search or sort on any field, print mailing labels, (un)delete records, mail merge, get reports in many formats, scramble files, flag records, and more. Fields are user-configurable, so bBase can be used to keep track of addresses, tape or video collections, recipe files, or anything else you can think of - one program does it all! bBaseIII is a greatly enhanced successor to bBaseII. Version 1.3, an update to version 1.1 on disk number 760. Shareware. Author: Robert Bromley DImpWin A GUI interface for Disk-Imploder (included) by A.J. Brouwer. DImp is one of the most efficient disk archivers available for the Amiga. It offers 7 different levels of compression, the ability to create self-extracting archives, MULTIPLE CYLINDER RANGES, ability to work with any floppy compatible device (such as RAD: & FMS disks) and it can also add a text- file to the archive that will be displayed during extraction. Via the GUI interface, DImp-Win will invoke DImp and tell it what to do. DImp-Win version 1.0, DImp version 2.27. Requires AmigaOS 2.04+. Author: Colin Bell (DImp-Win) and A.J. Brouwer (DImp) GuiArc A graphical user interface for cli-based archivers like lha, arc, ape, zoo, etc. It has the 'look & feel' of a directory tool and can perform all basic actions on archives, such as Add, Extract, List, Test, Delete, etc. You can enter archives as if they were directories. You don't have to know anything about archivers. Fully configurable. Archivers not included, requires AmigaDOS 2.0+. Version 1.22, an update to v1.10 on disk number 863. Binary only, freeware Author: Patrick van Beem. LeftyMouse Yet another LeftyMouse, this one implemented as a commodity. Swaps the left and right mousebutton for lefties. Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04. Version 1.06, an update to version 1.04 on disk 497. Author: Stefan Sticht MouseBlanker Blanks the mouse pointer after a defined timeout or if you press any key. Implemented as a commodity. Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04. Version 1.21, an update to version 1.13 on disk 497. Author: Stefan Sticht QDisk A WorkBench 2.x/3.x equivalent to the cli info command and more. QDisk will monitor your AMIGA DOS devices at specified intervals defined by tool types. There are also tool types to position all windows and set a warning flag when space usage becomes high. Version 1.1, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 853. Binary only. Author: Norman Baccari SMaus A highly configurable "SUN-mouse" utility, implemented as a commodity with a graphical user interface. It activates the window under the mouse pointer if you move or after you have moved the mouse or if you press a key. You can specify titles of windows which shall not be deactivated using wildcards. Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04, uses locale.library if avail- able.Version 1.24, an update to V1.17 on disk 868. Shareware. Author: Stefan Sticht TrashIcon A WorkBench 2.x application icon to delete files. Puts an icon at a possibly user defined position on the WorkBench screen, that deletes all files that are dragged onto it. This is version 1.4, an update to version 1.2 on disk number 839. Author: Mark McPherson Upcat Disk catalog program. Read file information from disks, store it in a catalog in memory, save/load catalogs to/from disk, display catalog in several ways, select files to be displayed, print (selection of) catalog, 32 user definable categories, add comment to records in catalog, ARexx interface, user definable macro menu. Version 1.2, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 854. Binary only, freeware. Requires Release 2.04 or higher. Author: Frans Zuydwijk This is WB2_BEST OF FISH DISK_07 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. APrf A print utility with a full Intuition interface, a preview function, page selection, line numbering, multi-columns mode, customizable headers and footers, an AREXX port, an AppWindow, and more.Version 2.11. Author: Denis Gounelle DiskTest A utility to test the integrity of floppy and hard disks, a la Norton Utilities. Version 2.10, an update to version 2.03 on disk 828. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or later.Public domain. Author: Maurizio Loreti. Genealogist ArJay Genealogist is a specialized database for keeping track of genealogical information. It features a full, easy to use Intuition interface. The program is totally non-sexist and secular in nature, and correctly handles multiple marriages, "unconventional" marriages, adopted children, and unmarried parents. The printed reports include descendant and pedigree charts, personal details reports, family group sheets, and index lists of people and families. Free-form note files can be created using any editor, and IFF pictures can be viewed using any IFF viewer, from within the program. Other features include dynamic on-screen ancestor and descendant charts, extensive online context-sensitive help, flexible "regular expression" searching, and multiple ARexx ports with an exten- sive command set. Up to 1000 people per database, with data- bases held in RAM for maximum speed and responsiveness. PAL or NTSC, AmigaDOS 2.04+ required. 1 Meg RAM recommended. Version 3.04. Author: Robbie J Akins SeekSpeed Measures the seek performance of any valid device. It works by using the system's very accurate E clock and measures the time taken for seeking and reading varying numbers of sectors under both sequential and random access. Every test is per- formed 100 times if possible, and the average reported. GUI interface, can be run form the CLI or WB, Requires OS2.04+. Version 37.12. Author: Richard Waspe This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK 08 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. DiskCat DiskCat is a disk cataloger. The files can be organized any way you want. You can make and name any category you care to. Categories and files can be moved. Through menu selection, all disks that are inserted are automatically searched and the useful information copied. A 40 char comment can be entered for each file. The database can be searched and exported. Version 1.3, requires OS 2.04+, binary only, shareware. Author: Kenny Nagy DiskSalv2 A disk repair, salvage, and undelete utility for all standard disk devices and file system types. Has a full Intuition interface and runs from Workbench or Shell. It can fix most problems in-place, and can reverse a partial or QUICK format. It can copy out from disks that can't be fixed due to physical damage, with a destination going to any AmigaDOS disk device or pipe (eg, TAPE:). In English, locale catalogs included for Danish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish, short manuals in English and Swedish. Extensive update to DiskSalv 1.42 on disk 251. Requires AmigaOS 2.04 or later. Uncrippled Shareware, binary only, V11.27. Author: Dave Haynie LogicShop Build and test logic circuits. Everything is accessed from an intuition interface. Version 1.1, binary only, freeware. Author: Kenny Nagy OnTheBall Demo version of a desktop aid that contains: Calendar -- View & Print adjustable week, month, and yearly schedules. Search forward & backward through appointments. 9 repeat modes. reminder with snooze. Addressbook -- Mailing labels, auto- dialer. Search & sort by any field. Attatch notes. To-Do List -- Sorts by optional due dates. Search/Print. NotePad -- Full-featured text editor, have as many notes open at one time as you like. Attatch notes to any entry in any application. Multi-lingual, works on all Amigas. Preferences. ARexx. Imports Nag(c) files. Create personalized "Tags". Much more... V1.10, binary only. Author: Jason Freund, Pure Logic Software TrackEd A disk sector editor with user friendly hexadecimal/ASCII edit possibilities. Data can be searched on part of a disk or the whole disk in four different ways. Works with all DFx: drives. OS2.0 or higher required. Version 1.24. Author: Camiel Rouweler This is WB2_BEST OF FISH DISK_09 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Columns A GUI-based "paper-saving" utility. Allows you to print text in columns and use various compression modes (up to 160 characters per line and 180 lines per standard DIN A4 page). 5.6 times more characters than in usual modes, but still readable. Written completely in assembly. Kickstart 2.0 and 3.0 compatible, Kickstart 2.0 look, Keyboard controls and saveable settings. Version 2.5, Requires Arp Library V39+. Author: Martin Mares, Tomas Zikmund Knit Converts an IFF picture (8-colors or less) into a knitting pattern. For a specified stitch size, Knit will tell you how many stitches per row are needed and how many rows are used. Knit bases all of its calculations on the size of a standard monitor screen which means that your finished knit- ting should be about the size of your screen. (Thus, if you have a extra large or small monitor, you may need to make adjustments.) Version 1.01, binary only. Author: Don Finlay LazyBench A little utility for lazy people with a hard disk crammed full of goodies which are too difficult to reach because they are buried away in drawers inside drawers inside drawers inside drawers... LazyBench installs itself as a commodity, adds an item under the Workbench "Tools" menu and waits in the background. Use its hot key combination to pop up its window and select an item from the list displayed, thus launching your favourite application without messing around with windows and drawers. Font sensitive, Style Guide compliant and fully configurable. Requires AmigaDOS 2.xx or later. Version 1.14, an update to version 1.12 on disk 935. Binary only. Author: Werther 'Mircko' Pirani MagicMenu Replaces all Intuition menus, supporting both "pull-down" and "pop-up" menus. Menus can be displayed in either the Standard look, or the modern AmigaOS 2.0 style 3D-Look, and controlled exclusively using the keyboard, (no need to grab the mouse anymore!) Configurable handling and appearance. Remembers every menu's last selected item, displaying Pop-Up menus the next time at a position allowing quick selection of the same or neighboring items. Automatically brings the currently active screen (if not visible) to the front for menu selection then returns it to the back after a selection is made. Input timeouts, plus much more! Version 1.27. Author: Martin Korndörfer PcRestore A utility for those people who want to transfer files between MSDOS-machines and the Amiga. Handles disks 'BACKUP'ed under DOS 3.30, 4.X, 5.X. (Perhaps lower version's but untested) Requires OS2.0, ReqTools.library, and a method to read MS-DOS disks (Crossdos filesystem or similar). Version 2.40. Author: Mikael Nordlund PrtSc Have you ever noticed that there is a PrtSc-key on the numeric keypad? If you press it you'll find that nothing happens, but here's the solution. So if you've ever wanted to have a work- ing PrtSc-key, try this. Requires OS2.0 (V36). Version 1.08, freeware. Author: Jan Hagqvist Rego Registration Manager. A style of AddressBook/Database that allows you to keep track of multiple registrations. Useful for Shareware authors, for example. Also allows an optional comment. Version 1.01, shareware. Author: Paul Mclachlan TxtCvt Converts PC text document (Microsoft Word for DOS/Windows or Windows Write) to pure ASCII format. Version 1.0. Author: Njål Fisketjøn This is WB2_BEST OF FISH DISK_10 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AssignManager A new prefs editor which handles your custom assigns in a friendly, all-encompassing way. No more fiddling with Assign commands in User-Startups. Now you can use AssignManager to edit your list of assigns to your heart's content. Version 1.00. Author: Matt Francis AssignPrefs Another program to simplify the assignments done in the startup sequence. The assignment list can be edited with AssignPrefs and then stored for later use. Version 1.02. Author: Thomas Frieden IEv4Demo An icon editor which can create and modify icons up to 640x256 pixels in size, up to 256 colors, edit all non-graphical icon parameters including up to 40 tooltypes, import/export IFF images, recolour icons for DOS2.0, write text into icon in any font and style, scale icon images, edit default icons, select screen resolution and magnification for editing, and much more! Demonstration version of IE Version 4.0, update to IE on disk number 621. This version runs MUCH faster and uses MUCH less memory! Requires Workbench 2.04+. Author: Peter Kiem PickStartup Allows you to select a startup-sequence of your liking. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04+. Author: Bill Pierpont StickIt A computer replacement for the ol' Post-It note. It allows you to stick notes onto your screen which will be displayed every time you re-boot; useful to remind you of things to do. Features: Unlimited number of notes on screen; Notes remember where you left them; User-defined font name/size; User-defined note size; User-defined text/background colour (yep, they can be yellow if you want !); User-defined delay at startup to avoid disk thrashing; User-defined filename for note infor- mation. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04+, version 1.02. Author: Andy Dean VideoTitler Generates professional looking TV titles and credits for your own videos. Outstanding abilities are very smooth scrolling, color slides (AGA-support) and usage of colorfonts. Limited demo version only. Version 1.1 shareware. Author: Andreas Ackermann !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is WB2_BEST OF FISH DISK_11 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AddTools Allows you to add your own items to the "Tools" menu of Amiga OS 2.04's Workbench Screen. Unlike other menu utilities, which only add the ability to run programs by menu, AddTools can also pass them some parameters on "the fly" in the form of icons, selected before choosing the desired menu item. You can also provide default values if no icons are selected, and you can decide if the the program must be run in either synchronous or asynchronous mode when multiple icon parame- ters are selected. Requires OS2.04+, Version 1.11. Author: Alessandro Sala AmigaToNTSC AmigaToNTSC patches graphics.library so it will think you have an NTSC Amiga. AmigaToPAL will patch it to think you have a PAL Amiga. Custom screens will open in the mode selected. Version 1.2, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 575. Binary only. Author: Nico Francois bBaseIII An easy to use, versatile, yet full featured database program that will run on any Amiga. Search or sort on any field, print mailing labels, (un)delete records, mail merge, get reports in many formats, scramble files, flag records, and more. Fields are user-configurable, so bBase can be used to keep track of addresses, tape or video collections, reci- pe files, or anything else you can think of - one program does it all! bBaseIII is a greatly enhanced successor to bBaseII. This is version 1.4, an update to V1.3 on disk 878. Shareware. Author: Robert Bromley IconMiser Intercepts attempts by programs to create icons and substi- tutes images or icons you prefer in their place. Easy to configure, works with 1.2 or above. Supports icon drag-n- drop with 2.0 or above. Version 2.0, binary only. Author: Todd M. Lewis MiserPrint A print utility that puts up to 8 normal pages of text on one sheet of paper. You are able to save paper and time. MiserPrint uses the small built-in fonts (Courier and Letter Gothic) of the HP-Deskjet printers. Version 1.0, requires Kickstart 2.04 or higher. Author: Heinz-Guenter Boettger NoNTSC Converts NTSC-Screens to PAL-Screens. It links into the OpenScreen-Routine and looks at the height of every screen opened. If it has NTSC-Height (200 Pixels), it is converted to PAL-Height (256 Pixel). Author: Thorsten Stocksmeier PFS A filesystem for the Amiga. Offers higher performance on all operations and full compatibility with AmigaDos. Requires Kickstart 2.0 or higher. Shareware release 1.0, version 6.11. Binary only. Author: Michiel Pelt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is WB2_BEST OF FISH DISK_12 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. BaseConvert GUI program to convert a number from one base to another. Shows conversions between Decimal/Hex/Octal/Binary all simultaneously. Requires Kickstart 2.0 or higher. Version 1.1, binary only. Author: Johan Vande Ginste. ConvertHAM A utility to convert HAM picture files to ordinary ILBM files, with 2 to 256 colours (2 to 32 on non-AGA machines). Version 1.2, binary only. Author: David Kinder PublicManager Public screen tool which opens public screens that are freely configurable (depth, size, font, ...) and have their own menu (palette, quit, tools,...) Requires Kickstart >2.04! Version 1.4, an update to verision 1.2 on disk 685. Binary only. Author: Michael Watzl QuickFile QuickFile is a flexible, easy to use flat file database. Files can be larger than available ram, but as much of the file as possible is kept in ram for fast access. Features include: multiple indexes that are automatically maintained; character, date, integer and floating point data types; up to 250 characters per field and 250 fields per record; form and list style displays and reports; unlimited number of views for each file; fast sorting with multiple sort keys; improved search function; fields can be added, changed, or deleted at any time; flexible ascii export/import; flexible multi-column label printing. Runs on WB1.3 or later and should be OK with 512K ram. Version 2.02, an update to version 1.3.3 on Disk 919. Shareware, binary only. Author: Alan Wigginton StatRam A very fast, very recoverable ram drive. It works on any Amiga using V2.04 or greater of the OS. It maintains the remarkable recoverability of the original VD0:, but has now been totally re-written to handle any DOS filesystem, be named what you like and give back memory from deleted files instantly. Based on ASDG's 'VD0:'. Version 2.1, an update to version 1.5 on disk number 871. Author: Richard Waspe, Nicola Salmoria TrashMaster A Workbench 2.x AppIcon to "drag-and-drop" delete files. Deletes any files and directories (and the files in them) who's icon(s) are dropped into the Trashmaster AppIcon. Files can be deleted interactively, with confirmation on each file (delete, all, abort, and skip). Disks will be formatted. Version 1.6. Author: Aric R Caley Worms A monitor-polite ScreenBlanker and InputBlocker. Very useful where the (WB2.0+) Amiga resides in a public place. Blanking is not automatically activated by elapsed time, instead, it must be activated and de-activated by hand. While blanking (the program's name "Worms" will become obvious) and all input will be blocked until the secret key combination is pressed. Version 1.0. Author: Ekke Verheul !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is WB2_BEST OF FISH DISK_13 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. CardZ Patience card games. Includes two version of Klondike, The Wall and Up/Down. Version 1.0, binary only, freeware. Requires Release 2.04 and needs a 640x256 PAL HighRes screen. Author: Frans Zuydwijk DynamiteWar A tiny game for 2-5 players who fight against each other. It is similar to the commercial Dynablaster or Bomberman, except a 1-player mode is not available. On the other hand, there are a great number of extras. To win the game, one player has to disintegrate all other players by exploding bombs. Binary only, shareware. Author: Andre Wiethoff Fleuch A little game with more than five extra large stages. The object is to pickup up your cargo and climb safely to the next stage, without being shot or running into anything, (including your cargo!). Scrolling, shooting, some gravi- tation, similar to Thrust (C64). Version 2.0, and update to version 1.0 on disk number 760. Binary only. Author: Karsten Götze, title music by Andreas Spreen Galactoid A one or two player shoot-em-up game that resembles the old arcade classics Galaga and Galaxian. You must avoid and des- troy waves of dive-bombing enemies. Written in 100% 68000 assembly language using direct hardware access for maximum smoothness and playability. Binary only, shareware. Author: Clay Hellman MineRunner A freeware game like Lode Runner, but with more features. Supports the 4 player adapter for the parallel port, uses soft stereo where possible, doesn't stop multitasking and saves highscores to disk. Version 1.0, binary only. Author: Matthias Bock Parcheese Like the classic board game. The aim of the game is to get all of your markers safely around the board to your home base. Three levels of play, players selectable between human/comp- uter. Version 1.7. Author: Xavier Egusquiza !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK 14 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. DlxGalaga A shoot'em up game. Deluxe version of an old classic. Version 1.0, binary only, shareware. Author: Edgar M. Vigdal VChess Fully functional shareware chess game completely written in Amiga Oberon. Features: selectable screen type (can run right on the workbench screen); sizeable board; Two-human, Computer-Human and Computer-Computer play modes; Load, save games; Load/save/print movelist; Use/save openings; Time limits; Solve for mate; Selectable fonts; Setup board; Rotate board; Show movelist; Show thinking; ... and more. Requires OS2.0+, and should run even on low memory (512K) machines if the opening library is not used. Version 2.0, binary only, shareware. Author: Stefan Salewski !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is WB2 BEST OF FISH DISK 15 of the freely distributable AMIGA software. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AmigaDiary AmigaDiary is a handy workbench tool of the type that currently abound office PC's. It is a mouse driven diary capable of storing all personal events and is the perfect solution to all those forgotten birthdays, missed appoint- ments etc. Version 1.13, binary only. Author: Andrew K. Pearson Imperial An oriental game in which you have to remove tiles from a layout (like Shanghai or Taipei). Every game has a solution and there's a layout editor. English NTSC version. Some other versions available from the author. Version 2.0, binary only, shareware. Author: Jean-Marc BOURSOT TestMaker NOT just a test creator for teachers. Ten years in develop- ing, this one makes up tests, review sheets, quizzes, etc., in a variety of formats, and helps the teacher maintain a question database for use in most subjects. Version 3.12, binary only (Compiled HiSoft Basic), shareware. Author: Bill Lunquist, Bob Black !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!