From zerkle Mon Apr 3 20:27:34 1995 Received: by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA18652; Mon, 3 Apr 95 20:27:33 PDT Received: from wor-srv.wam.umd.edu by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA18646; Mon, 3 Apr 95 20:27:27 PDT Received: from rac3.wam.umd.edu (walrus@rac3.wam.umd.edu [128.8.70.33]) by wor-srv.wam.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA15084 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 1995 23:27:25 -0400 From: Udo K Schuermann Received: (walrus@localhost) by rac3.wam.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.10) id XAA27256 for announce@cs.ucdavis.edu; Mon, 3 Apr 1995 23:27:24 -0400 Message-Id: <199504040327.XAA27256@rac3.wam.umd.edu> To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (comp.sys.amiga.ANNOUNCE) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 23:27:23 -0400 (EDT) X-Department: Department of Redundancy Department X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 4620 Subject: SUBMIT KingFisher 2.9 Errors-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu X-Server: Zserver v0.90beta Status: RO submit NAME KingFisher VERSION 2.9 SYNOPSIS An update to the PREMIER "Fish Disk" & CD-ROM software catalog maintenance and search tool available to all Amigas with KS2.04 or later. See PURPOSE section below for more details. NEW FEATURES ----- KingFisher 2.9 ------------------------------------------ Display formatting - all promised features implemented! Display proportions - adjusts gadgets to screen resolution! Prettier logo - uses available display pens (KS 3.x) Gadget images - bad use of 4th (blue) color fixed ----- KFServer 2.9 -------------------------------------------- OnDisk index supported - Potentially big reduction of RAM use Minor fixes - VersionLinks & deleting; uptime ----- RexxFisher 2.9 ------------------------------------------ Display formatting - same fixes as with KingFisher 2.9 PURPOSE KingFisher is a tool specifically designed to maintain and search one or more databases for software. The program permits manual browsing, but offers a powerful expression parser through which you can explain to KingFisher exactly what you are looking for. The layout of database records for display is programmable, as is the format used for printing and that for writing records to a file. This permits complete customization, separately for each database. KingFisher uses a resizable GadTools window on the default public screen or on a custom screen, offers the choice of both smart and simple refresh windows, and supports proportional fonts (including scalable fonts) of nearly any size. KingFisher supports more than one database, and databases that are larger than a single disk volume, which are spread over any number of disks to be mounted on request. Using advanced Client-Server Technology, KingFisher supports multiple simultaneous users with a minimum of memory overhead (as little as 30K) for each user (an ARexx-based interface named RexxFisher provides a BBS with the means to serve many databases to many users!) KingFisher's multi-user support in NO WAY hinders its value in a single-user environment! KingFisher is localized. Catalogs are supplied for Dansk, Deutsch, Espanol, Nederlands, Suomi, and Svenska. More are expected as translators are found (hint, hint!) Fully integrated AmigaGuide help provides context sensitive assistance and information on menu items and gadgets under the mouse pointer. Hundreds of links cross-reference over 150K of documentation. KingFisher comes with a complete, read-to-use database of descriptions for Fred's "Fish Disks" 1-1000! The command "Install database..." helps adding existing databases from CD-ROM. REQUIREMENTS With Fish Disk Database (1.5MB), approximately 2.2MB of harddisk space is needed. The program requires about 300K of memory to run, depending on the size of the database index files and some other factors. Kickstart V37 (2.04) is required; V38 (2.1) is required for localization. COMPATIBILITY O/S: Minimum KS V37 (2.04); V38 recommended; V39/V40 best! CPU: 68000 through 68040. Untested on 68060. Display: Picasso II, EGS Spectrum, CyberGraphics. Enforcer and Mungwall used during testing. PRICE Shareware registration fee is $20(US) or DM30. A registration site in Germany is available for European users. --------------------------------------------------------------- NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW --------------------------------------------------------------- USERS GROUPS and their members are eligible for a 20% discount! You must provide name and mailing address for your users group to be eligible for the discount price: $16(US) or DM24. --------------------------------------------------------------- RESTRICTIONS The freely distributable, unregistered (EVALUATION) version is limited to a maximum of two simultaneous users. Register for the full version and show your support! AUTHOR & AUTHOR'S ADDRESS (inquiries, registration, technical support) Udo Schuermann 6000 42nd Avenue, Apt. 405 Hyattsville, MD 20781-1518 USA email: walrus@wam.umd.edu LOCATION A PATCH file for the REGISTERED version of KingFisher 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 (but not 2.2) is available on any Aminet site, for example: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/biz/dbase/KF-REGS-pch-29.lha (659709) The EVALUATION version is also available on Aminet: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/biz/dbase/KingFisher29.lha (849373) ._. Udo Schuermann "The future's not what it used to be." ( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu -- G'Kar, Babylon-5, "The Long Dark"