@database ACCUG_Contents_130.guide @author "Dean Ridgway" @$VER: ACCUG_AmigaGuide_Disk 1.02 (27.8.95) @smartwrap @node MAIN "ACCUG Amiga club disk #130" ACCUG Amiga club disk #130 - Released @{"11/26/95" link Calendar} This disk is donated to the Albany-Corvallis Commodore Users Group (@{"ACCUG" link About_ACCUG}) library by @{I}Dean Ridgway@{UI}. Most of the materials on this disk came from @{B}InterNet@{UB}, The @{B}Computer Hotline@{UB} BBS and other public domain or freely redistributable sources. I have tested these materials on the Commodore Amiga 500 and they @{B}APPEAR@{UB} to work. Some have not been extensively tested, but they do come up and appear to run ok. Enjoy! @{B}ACCUG@{UB} assumes no responsibility for the use of materials presented on this disk. We try, to the best of our ability to see that they are without error. Much of the information on this disk was text captured off of @{B}InterNet NewsGroups@{UB} and local Bulletin Board Systems (@{B}BBS@{UB}es). They were posted by people, like you, who are capable of error. The finial responsibility rests on @{B}you@{UB}, the user. @{B}ACCUG@{UB} policy does not condone copying of copyrighted or other protected materials. If you believe that there are copyrighted materials on this disk @{B}PLEASE@{UB} @{"contact us" link Address} so we can remove them. A word about @{"Copyrights" link Copyrights}, @{"Archives" link Archives}, and @{"Viruses" link Viruses}. T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S ================================= Articles Hardware Nothing this month. Programming Nothing this month. Software Nothing this month. Miscellaneous Nothing this month. Files Applications Nothing this month. Art&Graphics Nothing this month. Demos Nothing this month. Development Nothing this month. Games Nothing this month. Miscellaneous Nothing this month. Music&Sound Nothing this month. Telecommunications CitadelBBS - v3.42.M23 - wuarchive.wustl.edu Amiga Citadel 68k Bulletin Board System Version 3.42.M23. This program is FREEWARE, no charge except for media may be made with it's distribution! Citadel is a full featured BBS program (this sounds like a Jane Russell Bra commercial!). Some of the features are: -- Full networking support o Citadel Network(others supported with gateway programs) -- Door Support: STDIO doors built-in. -- Domain Mail Support -- File upload/download support o Selective downloading of parts of archives! -- Rooms (Message Bases are called rooms) Features: o Semi Private Mail (no mail is really private...) o Public - all users can see them o Hidden - all users can see them once they access them by name they seem Public. That way you can create a room and invite those you want in it. o Private - only users invited can access these types of rooms. o Anonymous - User names do not appear on these types of rooms so a user can say what they want without anyone knowing who said it! Great for door games. o Networked - Share rooms with other Citadels (and even other network types like FidoNet). o Read Only - Rooms that your users can read but not post in. o Directory - Rooms that have files to upload/download. -- Citadel is designed to not display ANSI or menus to the user. They are available with a simple "?". Citadel is designed to make the access to messages (reading, writing, downloading) quick and easy. -- Users can download all messages (globally in all rooms or single rooms) using any protocol available. Messages can also be upload so that a User can read message offline composing relies then, and not have a long connect time. Currently, QWK formats are not supported. -- This is a major bug fix release. Users should update to this version since previous version will not be supported. Updating to this version from 3.40 and later versions is simply deleting a file (ctdltabl.sys) and running the configuration utility CONFG with no options. Users of previous versions will have to start from scratch. -- See the file update.23 for a full list of improvements. Citadel will run on a 512K A500 with 2 floppies, however, a 2 MB system with a 20 Mb hard drive is a practical minimum. Citadel runs on all Amigas models and all versions of the OS since 1.3. @{"A342.LHA" system "EXECUTE RAM:ACCUG/ACCUGExtract A342 RAMS 17080 DiskS 24888 DNum 130"} <-- External archiver support files @{"C342M23.LHA" system "EXECUTE RAM:ACCUG/ACCUGExtract C342M23 RAMS 208376 DiskS 407968 DNum 130"} <-- Citadel Executable @{"CITHELPS.LHA" system "EXECUTE RAM:ACCUG/ACCUGExtract CITHELPS RAMS 75152 DiskS 230336 DNum 130"} <-- Help files @{"D342.LHA" system "EXECUTE RAM:ACCUG/ACCUGExtract D342 RAMS 234728 DiskS 691984 DNum 131"} <-- Citadel documentation @{"U342.LHA" system "EXECUTE RAM:ACCUG/ACCUGExtract U342 RAMS 359168 DiskS 639280 DNum 130"} <-- Citadel offline Utilities - This is a full set of utilities. See the Utilities.status for information on which are tested and what are the outstanding problems. Currently, I am working on the outstanding bugs. The port is not complete yet. Also in the works is an Amiga Ease....1.3 compatible. XPR342.LHA <-- XPR protocol support files This software is a port from the Citadel-86 version 3.42. This software has versions available for Amiga, IBM, Atari and MAC. The Support BBS for this and future version is THE AMIGA ZONE (609) 953-8159. For the IBM version (612) 470-9635. User support e-mail can be sent to Tony-Preston@cup.Portal.com Author: @{I}Tony Preston, Hue Jr@{UI}. @{B}[DR's Notes: All of the archives are required to have a complete distribution, however, they would not all fit on a single floppy disk. The remaining archive, D342.LHA (containing the documentation), can be found on @{U}ACCUG Amiga disk #131.@{UU} I have been unable to locate the file XPR342.LHA on any Aminet site or on any of the Aminet, or Fred Fish CD's. This file is simply unavailable, I have EMailed the author and @{"here is his reply" system "RAM:ACCUG/FullView ACCUG_130:files/Citadel_XPR342"} (I did look at the wcarchive site before it went down and still didn't find it). It is not a required file, but it bothers me that its not available. Its probably the main reason its taken so long for CITADEL to make it on a club disk, I've been looking for this file. But its time to give up and get this out and available for use.]@{UB} Text Nothing this month. Utilities Nothing this month. News @{"AT_at_Fall_COMDEX" system "RAM:ACCUG/FullView ACCUG_130:files/AT_at_Fall_COMDEX"} Today I found Amiga Technologies GmbH's booth at COMDEX/Fall, in Las Vegas, the largest computer trade show ("faire" for you Euro types) in North America. About 200,000 people are expected to attend. @{"Virus_WARNING" system "RAM:ACCUG/FullView ACCUG_130:files/Virus_WARNING"} A new trojan hit the road. The program is in the archive swiftr.lha (112315 bytes). It supposed to be a thinking style game (Swifter 2.5), but it deletes all files in sys: and formats DH0:. Reviews @{"Disclaimer" system "RAM:ACCUG/FullView ACCUG_130:files/CSAR_Disclaimer"} Important disclaimer for all files found in the Reviews directory, please read before making @{B}ANY@{UB} use of information found here. The standard @{B}ACCUG@{UB} disclaimer also applies. Hardware @{"GVP_G-Force_040_Combo" system "RAM:ACCUG/FullView ACCUG_130:files/GVP_G-Force_040_Combo"} (Review) The GVP G-Force 040 Combo is an accelerator board for A2000, featuring: - Motorola 68040 CPU (with a working MMU), clocked at 33 MHz. - A Series-II DMA SCSI host adapter on board. - An additional serial port. - An additional parallel port. Software @{"Stardust" system "RAM:ACCUG/FullView ACCUG_130:files/Stardust"} (Review) Stardust, version unknown. Blow up rocks! Asteroids on steroids! Explosions! Chaos! Mayhem! A modern version of the classic "Asteroids". Gameplay fully updated and modernized, with cool graphics and sound. Awful copy protection, though. Miscellaneous @{"Network_CD" system "RAM:ACCUG/FullView ACCUG_130:files/Network_CD"} (Review) The Network CD is a pre-setup CD with several programs including full Workbench, Parnet, Sernet, Ncomm, Term, Twin Express, and several PD collections. The CD32 Sernet cable (null-serial cable) connects to the AUX port on the left side of the CD32 and provides a passthough to the keyboard. It also provides a complete serial port. @{B}[DR's Notes: Since this is both a hardware and software review combined, I stuck it here in Miscellaneous.]@{UB} @endnode @node About_ACCUG "A brief description of the ACCUG." The Albany-Corvallis Commodore Users Group (@{B}ACCUG@{UB}) is a state registered nonprofit organization dedicated: 1) To promote full discussion and exchange of ideas regarding the operation and use of all makes of Commodore computers and their accessories. 2) To provide a forum for educational, business and recreational uses of Commodore computers through demonstrations and presentations of informational data. 3) To acquire and maintain a library of software programs which are in the public domain. 4) To acquire and maintain a library of magazines, books, and other publications relating to Commodore computers. 5) To communicate with other users groups or organizations and exchange ideas, library data and other materials or information that would benefit the @{B}ACCUG@{UB} and its users. To other clubs and members: Our club would appreciate it if you would send any correspondence or newsletters to our @{"current address" link Address}. @endnode @node Calendar "A calendar of events." The Albany-Corvallis Commodore User's Group (@{B}ACCUG@{UB}) currently meets at: @{U}MAIN MEETING@{UU} The last Sunday of the month in the Community Room (LBCC Annex) at the @{B}Heritage Mall@{UB} (14th & Geary) in Albany, Oregon. 13:45 Doors open. 14:00 - 14:30 Demos / Camaraderie. 14:30 - 15:30 General business meeting. 15:30 - 17:00 SIG groups / General interest lecture. @{U}C64/C128 SIG@{UU} This meeting usually follows the main club meeting and runs concurrently with the Amiga SIG. @{U}Amiga SIG@{UU} This meeting usually follows the main club meeting and runs concurrently with the C64/C128 SIG. @endnode @node Address "How to get ahold of us." Our current US snail address: ACCUG P.O. Box 408 Tangent, Oregon 97389-0408 @endnode @node Copyrights "A word about Copyrights." All materials on this disk have been donated for @{B}NONCOMMERCIAL USE@{UB} only. What copyrights there are belong to the original authors. This material @{B}MAY NOT BE SOLD!@{UB} To the best of my knowledge, materials on this disk are freely redistributable. This means that they have met one or more of the following conditions: 1) The materials contain explicit copyright notices permitting redistribution. 2) The materials were posted to a publicly accessible electronic bulletin board and did not contain any copyright notice. (Such materials will be removed if it is subsequently shown that copyright notices were illegally removed.) 3) The materials were posted to a widely disseminated electronic network (such as @{B}USENET@{UB}), thus implying that their author/poster intended them to be freely distributed. This applies only if they contain no notice limiting distribution. 4) The materials contain a notice limiting distribution and I have contacted the author directly and received his written (usually electronicly via @{B}EMAIL@{UB} services) permission to place the materials in the library. Such a file will be accompanied by a text file containing a copy of the author's written (or electronic) permission. 5) The materials contain an explicit notice placing them in the public domain. This is not the same as condition (1). 6) The materials were submitted to me directly by the author with a request to consider them for inclusion in the library. @endnode @node Archives "A word about Archives." Some members of @{B}ACCUG@{UB} have spoken out against using archives on club disks. Many members have stated that they would prefer all programs "ready to run." I feel that archives, because of their data compression routines, allow for more information to be placed on a single disk. Also in the Amiga world, many "ShareWare" authors @{B}REQUIRE@{UB} that their software packages be released @{B}ONLY@{UB} in the @{B}ORIGINAL ARCHIVE@{UB}. Enough said. This document contains much information about the contents of files found on this disk. Each file has an entry similar to the following: Filename.ext - Version - Source - [flags] | DIR 1) Filename is the name of the file, the extension (.ext) will tell you what kind of file it is. Some typical extensions include: .LZH - LHARC style archive (obsolete). .LHA - LHA style archive, replaces LHARC (.LZH). .DMS - DISKMASHER style archive. .GIF - Graphics Interchange Format file. .IFF - Standard Amiga IFF graphics file. 2) Version is the current version of the file. Use this to make sure you are using the very latest version available as periodic upgrades will occasionally appear on @{B}ACCUG@{UB} Amiga club disks. 3) Source is where I originally obtained the file and is useful if the program turns out not to work properly. This can also be used to track a file if it turns out not to be freely redistributable. 4) The flags field contains information about the contents of a archive file. Some typical flags include: 2 - Requires AmigaDOS 2.04, or better. 3 - Requires AmigaDOS 3.1, or better. P - Requires the display to be in PAL video mode. EXE - The archive contains an executable file. DOC - The archive contains documentation. SUP - The archive contains support files such as libraries, fonts, device drivers, etc. XSUP - The archive requires support files such as libraries, fonts, device drivers, etc. and these support files are NOT supplied. SRC - The archive contains source code, this is usually followed by a modifier which tells what type of source code is included. Typical examples: C - Source code in C. MOD - Source code in Modula-II. ASM - Source code in Assembly. REX - Source code in ARexx. 5) The last (DIR) is present if the archive contains subdirectories. Some of the early archive extraction programs require a command line switch to properly extract files from archives which contain subdirectories. Example: MyFile.LHA - v1.04 - wuarchive.wustl.edu - [EXE:DOC:SRC/C] MyFile is the name of the file and it is an LHA style archive. The current version of the file is v1.04 and it was downloaded from wuarchive.wustl.edu (which is an @{B}InterNet anonymous FTP@{UB} site). The file contains an executable program with documentation and source code in C. @endnode @node Viruses "A word about Viruses." As of @{U}ACCUG Amiga disk #125@{UU}, all club disks are @{B}UNINSTALLED@{UB} and @{B}DO NOT BOOT@{UB}, they @{B}MUST@{UB} be used from @{B}WorkBench@{UB}. If this disk boots then it is probably infected with a boot block virus. However, because of the proliferation of nonboot block viruses, Trojan horses, worms, and logic bombs, all material on this disk is presented @{B}AS IS@{UB}. I can not stress this enough "@{B}LET THE END-USER BEWARE!@{UB}" (That's @{B}YOU@{UB}.) Protect yourself and your valuable data, @{B}ALWAYS@{UB} use Write-Protects! For further protection against people who create and spread bogus software, I've begun to digitally "sign" the @{B}CRC@{UB} list (found in the s directory of each disk) with @{B}PGP@{UB} (current version v2.3a.2 can be found on @{U}ACCUG Amiga club disk #109@{UU}). While this procedure does not guarantee that the programs found on this disk are free of virii or trojans, it does guarantee that the programs found on this disk originally came from me and have not been subsequently tampered with. To prevent interference with the check @{B}CRC@{UB} script, I used a detached signature certificate. You @{B}MUST@{UB} have @{B}PGP@{UB} (v2.0+) and my @{B}PGP public key@{UB} to do this validity check. Please get my @{B}PGP public key@{UB} directly from me or directly from someone you trust. @endnode