From fishpond!fnf@uunet.UU.NET Mon Feb 15 16:02:43 1993 Received: from relay1.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.1) id AA04055; Mon, 15 Feb 93 16:02:38 PST Received: from cygnus.com by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA16459; Mon, 15 Feb 93 19:02:35 -0500 Received: from fishpond.UUCP by cygnus.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA13746; Mon, 15 Feb 93 16:02:35 PST Message-Id: <9302160002.AA13746@cygnus.com> Subject: Disks 811-820 now available To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (comp.sys.announce moderator) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 93 17:02:36 MST From: Fred Fish Content-Length: 15745 Content-Type: binary X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Status: RO Disks 811-820 are now available. Shipping to all those who have preordered disks should be complete by 18-Jan-93. 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 811 -------------------- bsh A powerful advanced shell and interpretive programming language. Runs on AmigaDOS 1.2 - AmigaDOS 2.1. Major features include command history, command line editing, command substitution, redirection and piping, redirection of standard error file, concurrent piping for external commands, here documents, aliases, file name completion using wildcards ('*', '?'), pattern permutations, variables, array variables, local and environment variables, variable exporting, C-like expression evaluation, conditionals, looping, more than 50 builtin commands, more than 40 builtin functions, script programming, workbench startup via newbsh, directory aliases, shell window manipulation and command search by CLI path, by bsh path variable, command hashing and resident command loading. Version 0.98, shareware, binary only. Author: Gary Brant MagicNoises A MED module package including: Happy Hour, Magic Voices, Take it slow, Terminator II. Author: Lars Rv_iger WhiteLion A new Othello (Reversi) playing program. Strong and fast, it explains the rules and plays different strategies depending on the selected level. Supports interLaced resolutions. Version 1.2_FD, english and german executables. ShareWare, C sources and special version available when registering. Author: Martin Grote CONTENTS OF DISK 812 -------------------- PPMC The Powerpacker Mini Clone. This is powerpacker.library meeting gadtools.library: A small utility, useful for compres- sing any text or data file. This is version 1.2b, an update to version 1.1 on disk 751. Many new enhancements, including a complete Shell interface, hypertext documentation, a brand new look, localization, Danish, Dutch, and French catalogs, etc. Includes 68030 and 68040 versions, plus source for SAS C. Author: Reza Elghazi SCAN8800 A specialized database program to store frequencies and sta- tion names for shortwave transmitters. It can also control a receiver for scanning frequency ranges. Version 2.28, an update to version 2.27 on disk 803. Now works on NTSC Amigas. Binary only. Author: Rainer Redweik CONTENTS OF DISK 813 -------------------- AmigaBase A hierachical, programmable, in-core database that runs under OS 1.3 and OS 2.0. Has a full intuition interface. Features include two display methods, filter datasets, search datasets, print datasets, and much more. Nearly everything can be real- ized by programming AmigaBase. Datatypes can be Integer, Real, Boolean, String, Memo (Text), Date and Time. Number of data- sets is only limited by available memory. Also included in the package are some example projects. Version 1.21, an up- date to version 1.20 on disk 792. Shareware, binary only. Author: Steffen Gutmann GIFdatatype This program is a datatype that understands the GIF file for- mat. Once installed, it allows any datatype-aware programs (such as MultiView) to read GIF files as if they were IFF. You can also use them as screen backdrops. Datatypes only exist at WB3.0 and greater. Version 39.2, binary only. Author: Steve Goddard MinedOut A remake of the BASIC program of the same name for the Sin- clair Spektrum, by Ian Andrews. Mined Out is a strategy game, like Mine on disk 725 or AMines on disk 707. The object of the game is to find a way from the bottom of the minefield to the top, to escape a computer enemy. Version 1.0, share- ware, binary only. Author: Dieter Seidel CONTENTS OF DISK 814 -------------------- 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 MemBar A simple program to display the free memory using a window with bars for chip and fast memory. Version 1.0, public domain, includes source. Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann Monopoly Demo version of a Monopoly game written in C. Version 1.0, shareware, binary only. Author: Ken Gilmer NoteEdit NoteEdit is a utility to write and save crypted notes. The ability of an automatic diary is included as well. Version 1.0, freeware, includes source. Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann TreeGrow TreeGrow is a program which generates quasifractal trees or plants. The idea is taken from "Spectrum der Wissenschaft", the german release of "Scientific American". Version 1.0, freeware, includes source. Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann CONTENTS OF DISK 815 -------------------- AntiCicloVir A link virus detector that detects 27 different such viruses. Checks your disk and memory for known link viruses, and can also detect known bootblock viruses in memory. Version 1.7, an update to version 1.6a on disk 767. Shareware, binary only. Author: Matthias Gutt InspireDemo Demo version of a new, easy to use, AmigaDOS 2.0 text editor. The demo is the same as the registered version, except that save and print are disabled in the demo. Inspire uses the new features of AmigaDOS 2.0 extensively, including using the ASL requester for font and file selection, and the gadtools library for standardized gadgets. The display database is used so you may open any type of screen that your computer is capable of. Features include an ARexx port, undo, find and replace, bookmarks, text centering, word wrap, case conversions, clipboard support, auto indenting, and more. Version 1.2, binary only. Author: Josh Van Abrahams ShuffleRun A game for two players. Try to collect more points than the other player. A level editor is implemented. 300 levels are included, 100 can be edited. Version 1.0, freeware, includes source. Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann CONTENTS OF DISK 816 -------------------- Egypt A small game for one or two players. Find three chests of gold in a computer generated maze. Version 1.0, freeware, includes source. Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann Look A powerful program for creating and showing disk magazines. Supports IFF pictures, IFF brushes, ANSI, fonts, PowerPacker, and many more features. Programmed in assembly language to be small and fast. German language only. Version 1.6, an update to version 1.5 on disk 808. Shareware, binary only. Author: Andri Voget. Revenge Revenge of the Blob, an animated interpretation using Bill Watterson's original cartoon strip character "Calvin". Tells the story of Calvin's encounter with his mother's food, and how the dreaded tapioca monster gets back at Calvin for turning his nose up at it. Version 1.0. Author: David Wiles CONTENTS OF DISK 817 -------------------- CTimer A pair of programs for use with Sys1.3 and Sys2. CTimer will measure the execution time of any section of code from a complete program down to a single line. Freeware, includes source. Author: Chas A. Wyndham EditKeys A keymap editor. Supports editing of string, dead and modi- fiable keys, as well as control of repeatable and capsable status of each key. Runs equally well under AmigaDOS 1.3 or 2.0. This is version 1.3, an update to version 1.2 on disk 642. Binary only. Author: David Kinder Hextract A complete header file reference. Definitions, structures, structure members and offsets, flag values, library contents, function definitions, registers, library offsets, prototypes, and pragmas. The data from a set of V2.x Amiga and Lattice header files is included and packed for immediate reference by Hextract. Version 1.3, an update to version 1.2 on disk 726. Freeware, includes partial source. Author: Chas A. Wyndham Install A replacement for the AmigaDOS Install command, with an Intuition front end. This is version 1.2, an update to version 1.1 on disk 643. Includes source in assembly. Author: David Kinder S-Text Turns texts into completely self-contained, self-displaying compressed files callable from Workbench or a CLI. S-Texts will save disk space and can be transferred from disk to disk without having to think about reader and decompression compati- bility. Version 1.2, an update to version 1.1 on disk 760. Freeware, binary only. Author: Chas A. Wyndham CONTENTS OF DISK 818 -------------------- LoadLibrary Another LoadLib program, but this version runs in it's own task, and uses the reqtools.library for multiselection and other user friendly file handling. All installed LoadLib libraries can also be removed from the system. Supports the locale.library and Amiga-Guide. Version 2.52 an update to version 2.52 on disk 743. Freeware, binary only. Author: Nils 'Jon' Gvrs TankHunter A simple action game for two players. Destroy the tank of your opponent. 50 levels are included. You can choose between sound effects or a background song. Version 1.0, freeware, includes source. Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann UUCoderWindow An intuition user interface for the CLI commands UUEncodeX and UUDecodeX, written by Michel Bekke. Requires AmigaDOS 2.x. Version 1.0, freeware, binary only. Author: Nils 'Jon' Gvrs WatchStack A program that monitors the stack of any selected task or process 50 (PAL)/60 (NTSC) times per second and reports the allocated stack, maximum stack usage and current stack used. This program is a clone to StackWatch, disk 494, but improved a little bit. Requires AmigaOS 2.0. Version 2.02, binary only. Author: Brian Ipsen CONTENTS OF DISK 819 -------------------- JukeBox A program to play compact digitial audio discs by emulating a graphical user interface similar to common CD players. It provides a command line oriented, fully programmable ARexx user interface, as well. Version 1.2522, shareware, binary only. Author: Franz-Josef Reichert MemoMaster A program that warns you about events (like birthdays and anniversaries) as they approach. Version 2, includes source. Author: Jeff Flynn OctaMEDPlayer Standalone player program for playing songs made with OctaMED. Can load sng+samples-format and MMD0/MMD1-modules made with MED V2.10 or later, or any version of OctaMED. Can play stan- dard four channel Amiga songs, MIDI songs, 5 to 8 channel OctaMED songs, and multi-modules. Has a nice 2.0 look and works fine under 2.0 as well as 1.3. Version 4.04, an update to version 3.00 on disk 688. Binary only. Author: Teijo Kinnunen and AMIGANUTS UNITED CONTENTS OF DISK 820 -------------------- Databench Databench is a new low-cost Database with some nice features like fast search, filter, password, import/export and more. Includes both English and German versions. Demo version only, binary only. Author: Eric Hambuch / APC&TCP Vertrieb QuickFile A flexible, fast and easy to use flat file database using ran- dom access with intelligent buffering to minimise disk access, multiple indexes for fast access to records, form and list style screens and reports, and fast sorting and searching. Files are quickly and easily defined, and fields can be added, changed, or deleted at any time. Version 1.2, shareware, binary only Author: Alan Wigginton SysInfo A program which reports interesting information about the configuration of your machine, including some speed compar- isons with other configurations, versions of the OS software, etc. Lots of new enhancements including information on devices, resources and ports, and graphical speed comparisons. This is version 3.11, an update to version 3.01 on disk 758. Binary only. Author: Nic Wilson VirusZ A virus detector that recognizes over 500 bootblocks (200 boot viruses) and over 95 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. VirusZ performs a self-test on every startup to prevent link virus infection. Written entirely in assembly language and operates with Kickstart 1.2/1.3, OS 2.0 and OS 3.0. Version 3.00, an update to version 2.27 on disk 786. Shareware, binary only. Author: Georg Hvrmann ====================================================================== |\/ o\ Fred Fish, 1835 E. Belmont Drive, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA |/\__/ 1-602-491-0048 fnf@fishpond.cygnus.com ====================================================================== -Fred