**** AGA Utilities **** ------------- ** NOTE: LATEST TITLES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TEXT FILE ** ** NOTE: (LHA) means the program is compressed in LHA format ** ** NOTE: MOST of these programs require a Hard Drive to be useful ** ** NOTE: Some of these programs aren't officially AGA, but need WB2+ ** Disk Title No.Disks Ref.No. ---------- -------- ------- A1200 WORKBENCH HACKS ......................... 1 ....... AU001 misc. utils for WB3. 1200 UTILS 1 .................................. 1 ....... AU002 Includes GIF and PCX Datatypes for Multiview. JPEG LOADER ................................... 1 ....... AU003 with 7 JPEG pictures that will display as HAM8 WINBLEND ...................................... 1 ....... AU004 AGA fractal generator, good quality fractals. A1200 UTILS ................................... 1 ....... AU005 more assorted utils, some are very useful. VIEWTEK ....................................... 1 ....... AU006 AGA Picture and animation viewer. Supports all AGA screen modes. Includes MakeAnim7 to transform standard anim5 into much faster Anim7 that takes full advantage of the new chipset. The best picture and animation viewer available on the Amiga! Get this! Latest Version. MANDELSQUARE .................................. 1 ....... AU007 another fractal generator that takes advantage of the AGA chipset. NOTE: requires FPU. PC TASK V2 .................................... 2 ....... AU008a/b update to this excellent software PC emulator that now supports VGA emulation. Runs a lot of serious programs but very few games. 2 DISKS as it comes with the required MSDOS Operating System. If you don't have a copy of this disk, then there must be something wrong with you! Just joking, but it is a brilliant emulator that actually works, just don't expect to run Strike commander on it! Remember, this is a slightly disabled Shareware version without Hard Drive support. SKICK ......................................... 1 ....... AU009 ROM V1.3 image on floppy that allows a lot of old games to work again on your new system, Recommended, for all you that upgraded from a lesser machine, and now have loads of stuff that just won't load. AGA UTILS 1 ................................... 1 ....... AU010 Too many utils to list here, but you should find something of use! AGA UTILS 2 ................................... 1 ....... AU011 like above but better! A1200 HD INSTALL .............................. 1 ....... AU012 Thinking of getting a cheap Hard Drive to add to your A1200? Then get this essential disk! FRACTUALITY DEMO .............................. 1 ....... AU013 good demo of this great top quality Fractal Generator, Save Disabled, but a great introduction to a great program. WBSTARTUP TOOLS ............................... 1 ....... AU014 specially compiled disk with essential tools for your WBstartup. AGA UTILS 3 ................................... 1 ....... AU015 Latest in this line of excellent disks. They keep getting better! QUICK GRAB V1.1 ............................... 1 ....... AU016 Very quick and efficient screen grabbing utility that works with ALL screenmodes. Alows delay between grabbing, and will save grabs to any user definable directory. Presently the only screen grabber for WB3 and the new screen modes. KillAGA ....................................... 1 ....... AU017 small utility that disables the AGA chipset for misbehaving programs. Disk also includes some other small utils that we have included to fill the remaining space. DEGRADER DISK ................................. 1 ....... AU018 includes all the various degrader utils around at present including: Degrader, Kill AGA and others. Makes your machine MUCH more compatible with older software. ACTION REPLAY IV 1200 ......................... 1 ....... AU019 An almost fully functional copy of the very popular Action Replay for your A1200/A4000! Includes screen grabber, music grabber and even gives you more lives in loads of games etc. etc. May be dodgy, and Datel may not like it, so get it now! It really works, and stays resident and freezes at the touch of a key. Very Good. WB3 RAINBOW AGA ............................... 1 ....... AU020 Gives a 24bit copper list background to your workbench. Very pretty! 8 COLOUR ICONS ................................ 1 ....... AU022 A complete WB icons replacement set. Very colourful and well constructed icons. We are presently deciding whether we prefer these or the MagicWB, If you are on the look out for some nice replacement icons, then try these AND MagicWB - you won't be dissapointed! PIC VIEWERS ................................... 1 ....... AU023 contains ALL the AGA compatible pic viewers we could find! TIFFView v1.04 - View/print TIFF,GIF,IFF files. 2 JPEG viewers for AGA machines. ViewTek (latest version) A1200 TOOLS 1 ................................. 1 ....... AU024 NFA util disk packed with AGA/020+ utils, including: Action Replay, Speccy Emulator (020), PC Emulator (020), Viewtek, 3ROM and A1200 RUN. Useful disk. MAGIC MENU .................................... 1 ....... AU025 The latest version of this great utility. If you havn't heard of it, it gives 3D look menu's with many more neat features like 'Floating' menus. Very useful. AGA UTILS 4 ................................... 1 ....... AU026 Another disk in this excellent and useful series. AGA UTILS 5 ................................... 1 ....... AU027 Next in the series. AGA UTILS 6 ................................... 1 ....... AU028 The latest and best in this great series. VAMPIRES AGA UTILS ............................ 1 ....... AU029 Includes: SysInfo, DoubleX, Degrader, Relokick 1.3 and the best GIF Datatype for Multiview. This is a great disk for someone on the look out for a mixed utils disk. OS2/3 UTILS ................................... 1 ....... AU030 A very good util disk, contains a lot of the stuff that Commodore should have included with the Workbench. You are bound to to find something of use. A1200 HD UTILS ................................ 1 ....... AU031 Includes Findit, KillAGA, ABackup, AskEnv, Password Qmouse and other utils. ESSENTIAL for AGA users with Hard Drives! HDCLICK ....................................... 1 ....... AU032 A brilliant menu system for Hard Drive users. Takes advantage of the '020 and AGA for a great way to launch your favourite programs. Excellent. **SHAREWARE** SUPER DARK 2.1a ............................... 1 ....... AU033 The BEST screen blanker on the Amiga. Features loads of different effects including Music, 3D and FireWorks! Brilliant. Always the very latest version of this great program. WB3.0 DATATYPES ............................... 1 ....... AU034 Contains ALL the datatypes available for the WB3.0 at present. Includes - PCX, GIF, JPEG. Also includes a few other utils to fill the space. Good disk. Now includes BMP, Macpaint and Windows icon images. MAND 2000 Demo ................................ 1 ....... AU035 A great demo of the latest and greatest Fractal generator on the Amiga. Takes full advantage of the 256 colour mode and faster CPU of the 1200 and 4000. Some great features such as Real-Time zooms and Workbench window support for generating Mandels. This is a very interesting program. AIBB 6.5 ...................................... 1 ....... AU036 Amiga Intuition Based Benchmarks. Like SysInfo but better. Does a full check of your Amiga, with many more tests than comparable programs. Fully supports the AGA and faster processors. Highly recommended. A1200 DIAGNOSTICS ............................. 1 ....... AU037 This program runs a FULL test on your A1200, and checks virtually everything. Highly recommended for testing the health of you machine. Does not work on A4000. LOON'S A1200 FIXES VOL. 1 ..................... 1 ....... AU038 The first in the series by Loons. This disk fixes many old games to run on the new hardware. Very useful for those of you who have upgraded from the A500. LOON'S A1200 FIXES VOL. 2 ..................... 1 ....... AU039 Next in the series, features more different games. Very useful. ASSASSIN'S FIX DISK ........................... 1 ....... AU040 Includes all of the major system degraders for the AGA machines. Includes Kick 1.3, Degrader and MUCH MORE. Even includes fixes for 4 popular games. You NEED this! IMAGINE OBJECTS ............................... 1 ....... AU041 A miscellaneous selection of 3D objects in Imagine format. This disk is very popular since Imagine 2.0 was given away on Amiga Format's cover. Excellent quality models for all you 3D fans. ANIMAN AGA .................................... 1 ....... AU042 A rather neat talking head that sits on the WB screen and responds to input from a sound sampler. Brill idea, that works well. Very neat, and accepts spoken cammands to control your Amiga. NOTE: Needs Sound Sampler and a copy of WB2.04 for the speech libs and devices. If you have all these, then GET THIS!!!!! KING CON ...................................... 1 ....... AU043 Adds many things that should have been built into the Amiga Operating system. Most useful of this is a scroll bar in all shell windows that lets you have a full scrollable history of commands. Also, file name completion by simply pressing the TAB key. Menus for full shell control, and much, much more. ESSENTIAL for all CLI/Shell users. FAST JPEG 1.1................................... 1 ....... AU044 The FASTEST JPEG picture viewer availble for the Amiga. It is always around TWICE as fast as Viewtek, and usually produces MUCH better pictures. This is the ultimate JPEG viewer, and the special AGA version is unbeatable. Nobody should be without this disk. Also includes some extra utils to fill the space. COMPILER'S DISK ............................... 1 ....... AU045 A disk created especially for those of you who would like to compile your own disks. Includes ALL the most common LIBS, along with a copy of SNOOPDOS, that lets you know what files are missing when putting loads of utils onto the one disk. If you ever wanted to take all the best stuff off magazine coverdisks, and format the rest, then this is the disk for you! WB3.0 only. AIBB + UTILS .................................. 1 ....... AU046 A miscellaneous disk, with AIBB, Snoopdos, Quickgrab, Blanker, WBGames and the latest version of SYSINFO. A very good disk, with some essential utils. Not autobooting, but formatted with the Fast File System, and packed to the limits. FREEFORM DEMO ................................. 1 ....... AU047 Fantastic demo of a forthcoming raytracing package. Brilliant user-friendly interface, and astonishing speed. Claimed to be comparable to Real 3d, but 20 times faster!! Comes with demo pictures, anims and objects. Also, full manual in AmigaGuide format. One of the best ray tracers I have seen, and has full AGA support. Get this for a taste of Amiga ray-tracing. RELOKICK 1.4 .................................. 1 ....... AU048 Updated, and now disables all you new machines incompatible features, to ensure your old software works. Is as good as a ROM1.3 rom sharer. Very useful. MAGIC Wb 1.2p ................................. 1 ....... AU049 The very latest updated version of this great Workbench improvement system. Includes more fonts, icons and backdrops! Along with these additions, it is also faster! The system is now in 8 colours instead of 256, so it also takes up less disk space. The only slight problem is that the icons look a bit weird in more than 8 colours, though if you are willing to stick to 8 colours, this is THE WB upgrade to get. Also, it is now a lot more happy working with a floppy based system! Get this, and give your Amiga a real treat. Also suitable for Magic WB 1.0 users. POINTER ANIMATOR .............................. 1 ....... AU050 A WB3.0 only hack to spruce up those boring mouse pointers. Some very impressive 16 colour animated mouse pointers with full docs telling you how to make your own, and many built-in designs. For that finishing touch on your WB disk. EPU 1.4 ....................................... 1 ....... AU051 This is the first shareware version of the popular Disk Expander software. Written by the same person, and does a very similar job. If you can't afford disk expander, then get this. It virtually doubles disk space by quickly and invisibly compressing files in the background. One of the most truly useful utils in the Public Domain. Get this if you have ever run out of disk space! RUN It 1.8 .................................... 1 ....... AU052 The latest version of this program to degrade your AGA machine to an A500. This is the BEST program of it's type available. Get this if you have trouble running any old software. ICONIAN ....................................... 1 ....... AU053 The best Icon Editor available for the Amiga. Allows editing of amazing 256 colour icons. Fully featured, and easy to use. Shareware, with full AGA/WB3 support. ClOUDS AGA .................................... 1 ....... AU054 Creates beautiful AGA fractal clouds. Fast and very easy to use. PROFESSIONAL FILING SYSTEM (PFS) .............. 1 ....... AU055 a replacement disk filing system. If you format your floppies with this system, it gives an amazing boost to performance. Upto 20x directory scans, and 2-3x file reads. Get this if you are tired of slow floppy access. If you pay the shareware fee, you also get a version that will work with a HardDrive! Takes full advantage of 68020+ for EVEN MORE SPEED! Easy to setup and use. LIKE THE AMI-FILESAFE SYSTEM BEING RAVED ABOUT! GBLANKER ...................................... 1 ....... AU056 The latest and possibly greatest screen saver. Around 10 blanker modules, and takes advantage of faster processor and AGA. Even includes a full colour flying toasters module! AGALAB ........................................ 1 ....... AU057 An essential utility for all AGA programmers. Converts AGA graphics into raw code for including in your own programs. WB3.0 MONITORS ................................ 1 ....... AU058 A selection of updated monitor files for all those of you with Multi/Dual scan monitors (like 1940/42). Includes an updated Super72 file for less flicker, and to make it compatible with the 1940/42. Also includes updated overscan prefs, and setpatch. If you have a Multiscan/Dual Scan or VGA monitor, then you NEED this disk! VIEWTEK V2.1 .................................. 1 ....... AU059 Latest version of this great picture/animation viewer. Now has many more features, it is more stable and it is also faster. Also includes completely updated docs. MAGIC WB Extras disk 1 ........................ 1 ....... AU060 Includes many more backdrops and icons. If you've got a version of Magic WB, you need this. Includes MWB icons for all the most popular programs. PPSHOW 4.0 .................................... 1 ....... AU061 The latest version of this great picture/animation viewer. Some prefer it to Viewtek. It uses less memory, it is faster and it will show compressed pictures. Excellent. MAINACTOR 1.52 ................................ 1 ....... AU062 A fully featured animation editing program. Allows you to change the format of animations, and make them animate more smoothly. Will convert PC animations to Amiga and back again. Easy to use and very professional. Shareware. CPKv2.3 (LHA).................................. 1 ....... AU063 An AGA only molecular renderer. Would be very useful for anyone studying science at university, or just anyone with a passing interest of how things work at molecular level. Very interesting. KILLAGA 2 ..................................... 1 ....... AU064 update to this degrader type program. Gets more programs working on your AGA machine. Plus some other degrader programs. BLACKBOARD AGA ................................ 1 ....... AU065 A brilliant AGA Image Processor. Like Art Department and ImageFX, except it's PD. Changes picture formats and creates special effects etc. Brilliant. AGRAPHICS ..................................... 1 ....... AU066 A disk packed with miscellaneous AGA graphics utilities, if you're into graphics, then this disk is excellent. VIDEOTRACKER AGA .............................. 1 ....... AU067 Create stunning intros and demos. Features include HAM8, 256 colours, super-hi-res, 24bit etc. If you like AGA demos, then get this disk and create your own! VIDEOTRACKER AGA DATA DISKS ................... 4 ....... AU068a/d 4 disks filled with modules, pictures and effects for use with VideoTracker AGA. BLITZ BLANKER ................................. 1 ....... AU069 AGA screenblanker. Probably the best screen blanker available today. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS .............................. 1 ....... AU070 Another miscellaneous AGA utils disk. There are some very hard to find utilities on this disk. IMAGE STUDIO .................................. 1 ....... AU071 A very impressive Shareware Image Processor. Will convert pictures into different formats and change colours etc. Very easy to use. MOVIEGUIDE AGA ................................ 2 ....... AU072 MovieGuide is an extremely extensive film database. A hard drive and an AGA machine is required to run the program. It contains thousands of films in hundreds of different categorys and gives relevant information to that movie. There is a very flexible search and sort facility allowing you to find a film by Director, Title, Year etc etc. ( 2 Disks ) SWERVE AGA .................................... 1 ....... AU073 a stack of backgrounds done in Maximum Overscan in 64 colour, which you can use in a variety of Paint and Mulitmedia Packages. ASSASSINS A1200 FIXES 2 ....................... 1 ....... AU074 Yes folks the ASI lot are back with another Helping of degraders for your shiny new Amiga. On here we have Runlame, Runpal V1.1, Shutup, KillAGA, ForceVGA, SKick and also some AGA game fixes, i.e. Megolomania, R-Type, Jimmy Whites Snooker and Powermonger. ASSASSINS MULTIVISION AGA ..................... 1 ....... AU075 On this disk there are a host of gfx utils for all you AGA owners out there. Viewtek V2.0, Fast J-PEG, DJ-PEG GUI, and load of datatypes for PCX, Macpaint, ICO, BMP and GIF. ILBM KILLER ................................... 1 ....... AU076 an IFF/AGA ILBM file viewer w/delete. Z GIF ......................................... 1 ....... AU077 a gif viewer ideal for aga machines, very fast. AGA HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL ................. 1 ....... AU078 a guide for al you aga owners out there who are into the more technical side of computing. FLIP 1.66 ..................................... 1 ....... AU079 fastest player for FLI/FLC anims. AGA SOFTWARE COMPILATION ...................... 4 ....... AU080a/d ANIM POINT .................................... 1 ....... AU081 pointer animator commodity. PROMOTOR ...................................... 1 ....... AU082 the ultimate screen promotion tool. MON ED 3a ..................................... 1 ....... AU083 moned version 3 (change syncs fo monitor). TV BONZAI ..................................... 1 ....... AU084 build your own music videos. WINDOW BLENDER.................................. 1 ....... AU085 +3.0 only. AGA eye candy. Looks great. VARK UTILS #7 ................................. 1 ....... AU086 TREV'S MUI PICS ................................ 1 ....... AU087 here are some pics for you to use in the background of your workbench as long as you have magic wb. T.U.D.E. v1.0 ................................. 1 ....... AU088 this disk contains a degrader by N.O.M.A.D which will help get old programs working, also on this disk is a program called DMS workbench v2.04 which will allow to crunch and decrunch files as DMS. BALLS! ......................................... 1 ....... AU089 this is the best lottery predictor so far, programmed by NFA, in hires 256 colour glory. looks very good. HHS FAST UNIVERSAL GIO MODULE 2.0 .............. 1 ....... AU090 brilliant loader for use with photogenics, possibly the fastest shareware loader available. CYBERSHOW 5.0 .................................. 1 ....... AU091 very fast and comprehensive picture viewer for those of you lucky enuogh to own a CyberGraphX graphics card. Brilliant. SHAREWARE. BLITZ BLANKER 2.6 (LHA)......................... 1 ...... AU092 the very best screen blanker available for the amiga. This one is the business, with some amazing modules and its also very compatible with graphics cards. This progarm is so large and advanced that it is supplied compressed in LHA format to fit on the disk. Please let us know if you don't know how to de-compress an LHA file. LZX 1.2 ........................................ 1 ...... AU093 this is the latest version of the very BEST compression program on the Amiga. It can compress your programs by about 50%, so you can store them away so they don't sit there filling up space. LZX is similar to LHA, but much FASTER, and has much better compression. Recommended. MUI 2.3 (LHA).................................. 1 ...... AU094 this is the Amiga user interface replacement. MUI is needed by a lot of new programs such as AMosaic. It is useful, and it also just makes your Workbench look much better. Great. VMM 3.2 ....................................... 1 ...... AU095 if you have a hard drive and an MMU in your processor (030 or 040), this is the program for you! it allows you to use your hard drive space as RAM. this will save you ££££s! It's a bit slower than usual, but that's a small price to pay for all that extra RAM. Just imagine, 128 MEG RAM!!! MCP 1.04 ..................................... 1 ...... AU096 this is just about the most compreshinsive utility available. Screen blanking, mouse blanking, crunch patches and HUNDREDS of other features. Install this, and make your Workbench a joy to use. ICONIAN 2.93 ................................. 1 ...... AU097 this is a great update to the very best icon editor around. This is MUCH better than the Commodore effort, and even allows 256 colour icons! Can easily turn pictures into icons. Brilliant! AWS .......................................... 1 ...... AU098 this shows a brilliant picture whilst your machine boots. It shows detailed info, and makes your Amiga look much more professional. SHAPESHIFTER 3.2 ............................. 1 ...... AU099 this is an unbelievable program! It allows you to have a fully-working Apple Macintosh computer on your Amiga. You can run all the most popular and Powerful programs around, like Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Doom 2! NOTE: 6 Meg RAM +, Apple Macintosh ROM (not supplied), and Hard Drive required. SWAZINFO .................................... 1 ...... AU100 this is a very useful replacement for the workbench 'Information' requestor. With this installed, it makes it much easier and quicker to alter program's tooltypes. Very handy if you use Workbench a lot. TERM (LHA) .................................. 1 ...... AU101 this is always the latest version of what is probably the best Comms program available on the Amiga today. It has literally hundreds of different features, and is extremely powerful. If you have had a MODEM for a while and are feeling restricted by your present Comms program, then this is for you. ZXAM ........................................ 1 ...... AU102 this is the latest version of the AGA only Spectrum emulator. If you used to have a Speccy, and you miss all your old games, then this is for you. This disk even comes with some of the best Speccy games as well! (SEE SEPARATE SPECCY SECTION FOR GAMES). PHOTOGENICS V1.2D ........................... 1 ...... AU103 this is a brilliant useable demo of the Amiga's best graphics program. If you have been wondering what all the fuss is concerning Photogenics, then grab this disk and decide for yourself! REORG V3.11 ................................. 1 ...... AU104 As your disks get fuller, you have probably noticed that they get slower and noisier. Well, this brilliant program reorganises them so that your drives (floppy & hard drives) work faster, quieter and more reliably. Recommended. SNOOPDOS V3.0 ............................... 1 ...... AU105 have you ever had a program that just refused to load? I bet you have! Well, it could be for many reasons, such as missing libraries or fonts etc. Well, if you have this problem, simply run this program and it will tell you exactly what the problem is. **THIS IS ESSENTIAL!!** VIRUS KILLER 6.58 ........................... 1 ...... AU0106 the latest version of the Amiga's very best virus killer. To be totally safe from the virus threat, get this and keep it running at all times. DISK SALV V2.31 ............................. 1 ...... AU107 the very best disk recovery program available in the Public Domain. If you've ever had a dreaded 'Read, Write' error on an important disk, then this disk is for you! Can even repair crashed Hard Drives. **ESSENTIAL** PD BASE .................................... 1 ...... AU108 if you have a large collection of PD disks, and always have trouble finding what you want, then this disk is for you! It allows you to easily catalogue your PD/Shareware disks with a very easy-to-use Database program. Very handy. NOTE: Requires MUI (Disk AU094). DELITRACKER 2 (LHA)......................... 1 ...... AU0109 here is the best music module player on the Amiga today. It plays virtually all MOD types, and has loads of fancy options and great graphic effects!