ICPUG LIBRARY - DOS/WB - 1 - issue 3 - NOV 88 ============================================= Since these were first written many new programs have arrived some of which incorporate some of those listed below. For example MACHII (on Utils_ ) will take the place of ClickToFront, PopCli, AutoPoint and SunMouse. However not everyone wants these composite programs therefore these single programs will be left on this disk. Similarly now WB1.3 is available and has a recoverable ram disk ASDG-RRD can sink slowly in the west.......except for those who do not have WB1.3. Lastly RUNBACK is a useful program in that it is NOT the same as 'Run'. In fact some programs you may come across reccommend RunBack rather than Run. After all, if it was the same as Run...there wouldn't have been much point in writing it ib the first place. This is 1 of a set of five disks aimed primarily at the new Amiga user rather than the professional user. That is not to say any of these programs are too 'easy' for the professional, rather that they will enable the new and perhaps less knowledgable user to get that bit more from his Amiga. This disk contains 18 programs which are roughly workbench and Dos types. Some programs can be entered into the 'c' directory and therefore be executed from the CLI simply by typing in the required program name. For example if 'Less' (from Fish disk 92) was in the C directory then simply type 1>less and the program will fetch the file and display page 1 on the screen. To read the next page press the space bar etc. (but see the detailed instructions with the program). Some programs are perhaps better installed in your startup-sequence; for example Blitzfonts and Keylock to name but two. For new owners a short note on how to install these programs in the startup-sequence may be in order. For a start everything must be done from the cli, or command line interface to give its full name. The whys and wherefores won't be explained here so just copy the following exactly and watch for spaces between characters. To edit your startup-sequence type the following. 1>ed s/startup-sequence In a few seconds a new window will appear with the instructions to the Amiga on what to do. Towards the end of the sequence you will see 'Loadwb' Put the cursor at the end of 'Loadwb' and press return. this will make a space after 'Loadwb'. Type in the space and press return after each entry:- Blitzfont Keylock These two instructions should now be between 'Loadwb' and the last instruction. Press the 'Esc' key followed by the 'x' key then 'Return'. The new startup sequence will now be saved to disk. Owners of Amiga 500's or 1000's with 1 disk drive are strongly recommended to create a Ram disk before doing anything. Its a good idea to include the instructions to make a ram disk in your startup sequence. So what to do? At the 1> prompt do the following. 1>makedir ram:c ;Makes a directory called c in ram. 1>copy c ram:c ;copies c directory in your current drive to c directory in ram. 1>cd ram:c ;makes ram:c the new current drive. 1>assign c: ram:c ;assigns or 'gives' the name c: to the directory c in the new ram disk. Note: The ';' semicolon is the same in essence as Rem on a C64 computer. To put these commands in your startup-sequence type the above instructions into the startup-sequence BEFORE the command 'Loadwb" otherwise it won't work. Now you have a ram disk you can put an ICPUG library disk in your internal drive and copy a program from the library disk to ram. Remove the library disk and replace with your own disk. Issue the copy command to transfer the program from ram to your own disk. 1>copy popcli/popcli ram:c ;copies the program Popcli ;in the directory Popcli to the ;c directory in your ram disk. Replace your library disk with your OWN disk. 1>copy ram:c/Popcli df0: ;This will copy Popcli from ram ;into the Root directory in df0: Test this by typing 1>dir df0: You should see all the directories ie. devs, libs, s etc and the various files and Popcli in the root directory. The contents of a disks root directory always appear at the end of a disk after a list of subdirectories. To run Popcli type 1>Run Popcli You may have already found out that by typing a program name by itself at the prompt will enable that program to run. However doing that will tie up the cli from which the command was typed. It is better to type 'Run' first. This will create a new cli automatically in which the program can run, thus leaving the original cli in place so that you can continue to control your Amiga. In order to copy some of the new programs from the library disk to your boot disk do the following. Put your library disk in df1 or your internal drive df0 if you have an Amiga 500. At the prompt:- 1>cd df1: ; makes this the current drive. 1>copy Blitzfont/Blitzfont df0:c ; loads Blitzfont into c directory 1>copy Keylock/Keylock df0:c ; loads Keylock into c directory 1>copy Less/Less df0:c ; loads Less into c directory Now when you boot your Amiga these new programs will be installed ready to go. Simply type the name of the program to run at the prompt. The Amiga will automatically look for the program name in the c directory and than of course execute it. To copy other programs to your boot disk use a similar procedure. It might be an idea to make another copy of your boot disk to experiment transferring programs. It is invariably necessary to read the various text files supplied and the form they take is something like these. Readme readme.doc Contents Text Txt.doc Usually the source or program code itself can be read if the program name ends in xxxxxxxx.c The .c is what to look for. Very often further notes are included here which give an insight to the program although most of what you see is c language. To read these files type 1>less setfont.c Read the source code 1>less Don't type the < > Example 1>less Readmelist.84 would show via the 'Less' text reader program the list of program contents on Fish disk 84. Many programs are large and have huge text files. It really does make life a lot easier to print out these files. There are now several Print utilities that will help you format your printed text quite well without using a text editor or word processor. Look in PrintUtils_1. However, for a quick print then 'Type' is quiet adequate. To type any file to the printer the easiest, but not necessarily the tidiest way, is to type at the prompt 1>type >prt: Readmelist.84 The >prt: tells your Amiga to send all its output to your printer wether it is a parallel or serial printer. However you must make sure that preferences also is set up correctly i.e. that the correct choice has been made for serial or parallel printer. If in any doubt about any of these programs drop a line to one of the librarians or organisers and we will try and help out. ***************************************************************************** Fish 55 Palette A Tool which allows you to change another programs custom screen colours. Based on Charlie Heaths program from disk 1. Author Carolyn Scheppner Fish 58 ASDG-rrd Extremely useful shareware recoverable ram disk. This Amigados device driver implements a completely Dos compatible disk device in memory that survives Guru's, resets and crashes. An absolute must for those with lots of RAM Author Perry Kivolowitz. Fish 60 Blitz Blitz is a small program that is designed to be loaded into memory and that sits in the background until activated by its hotkey. It allows you to view a text file, much like a type command, but you can move backwards and forwards through the file. Screen updates are very fast. Author Hayes Haugen Fish 60 Blitzfonts Makes the text output to the screen up to 6 times faster transparently to well written programs. The program is very small and is written in assembler for speed. Author Hayes Haugen Fish 65 Sunmouse Makes your mouse behave like the Sun Microsystem Sunwindows mouse. That is you no longer have to 'click' in the window to make it active. Just move the pointer into the window and start typing. Fish 70 Dotil Lists in alphabetical order, all the files on any two directories, showing file size, creation date/time and amount of free disk space. Also copies, renames or deletes files and/or directories, and moves files from one directory to another. Version 2.0 Author Dan Franki Fish 71 Timeset Handy little utility that allows you to set the system time without resorting to preferences. Ideal to install in startup-sequence. Author unknown Fish 152 Runback Neat program that detaches the program from the issuing Cli. Read the notes first. Latest upgrade Originally issued by Commodore-Amiga. Fish 73 Expose Will automatically cause all the screen dragbars and screen depth arrangers to become exposed. Allows a minimum of 1 pixel of the drag bar to be visible and make the window smaller if necessary. Author John Russell. Fish 75 Mouseoff Enhanced verison of previous release on disk 73. Causes mousepointer to disappear and then reappear if mouse movement id detected. Good with slideshows. Denny Jenkins & Tom Smythe Fish 75 Setfont A neat little utility that lets you change the workbench font that you see on the screen & menu bar. If you don't like Topaz then try something else. Author Dave Haynie V2.0 Source code included together with readme files. Tip: don't use proportional fonts, they look very odd. Fish 81 Keylock Freezes the keyboard and mouse until the correct password is given. Protection against computer mad cats and children. Author Andy Rachmat Fish 84 Popcli Provides a simple way of starting another cli at any time without having to load workbench or exit whatever program you are using. Also has a built in screen blanker that automaticaly balnks the screen console after a period of time. Version 3 Author John Toebes Fish 86 Autopoint Will provide a screen saver facility and automatically select the window under the mouse pointer. Author Jude Katsch Fish 86 Clicktofront Clicktofront extends the user interface so that a a double click in a window brings it to the front. Now as long as you can see any part of a page you can bring it to the front without having to hunt for the page gadgets. Author Bryce Nesbitt Version 1.1 Fish 149 Less A very useful text reader. Put it in your c directory. V1.3 Now includes a print utility. Author Bob Leivian Fish 108 Dots-Perfect Printer driver for the Epson - MX 80 with the Dots- Perfect upgrade kit installed. Includes source. Author Robbie Akins. Fish 108 PrintPop A utility to enable the user to send common control settings to the PRT: printer device. When installed, a left - Amiga F1 sequence will pop up a small window with various options. Includes source. Author Robbie Akins. Pete Miles Issue 2 Jan 1988 Issue 3 Nov Less 1.3 added Runback upgraded. Issue 4 Jan 1989 Various changes to the notes referencing later programs.