********************************** * ___________ __________ * -Created By Anthony Finnerty * | | | | * -In 1992 * | ___ | | ______| * * | |___| | | |___ * * | ___ | | ___| * -28th October 1992- * | | | | | | * * |___| |___| |___| Software * * * ********************************** Whats it all about?? -------------------- Well its a replacement for the workbench 1.3 disk and it contains most of the old 1.3 disk, but it now has more than ever>>>> - For example look at the Icons on the old 1.3 disk, they are bloody awful then look at mine, see the difference? Also there's now a really wide range of `C' commands plus most of the really important library files, there's also this palette much better eh? A nice backdrop nothing like this was compiled onto workbench 1.3 and of course there's the Sytem Font to, yeah I didn't like the old 1.3 system font, what was its name? Oh yeah Topaz! orrible! so i've put this new one on which of course is much better. Any Downsides? -------------- Well yes I suppose there is really and you've probably noticed already, yes you've guessed it, the loading time yeah I admit it takes a lot longer to load but what do you expect a hard-drive? Is it Hard-Drive installable? ---------------------------- Yes, but as yet no script has been written although if this disk ever gets released it may have an Installer program on it. Would there be a problem with installing it on a Hard-Drive? ----------------------------------------------------------- Probably not, but I think i've already thought of one I'm not to sure but I think it would not allow the music to run. Does this run on a WB2.00 enviroment? ------------------------------------ Definitely not! Well it would sort of but a lot of things wouldn't work, for instance the backdrop wouldn't load and some of the programs too. Anyway I might do a workbench two version sometime in the future, that is if I release it! What about Accelerated machines? ------------------------------- Well it should work, because i've tried it on a GVP combo 30MHz 68030 board and it worked, but that was on a workbench 2 system. The Utilities: ------------- DiskMaster version 3.2 - This is a utilitie for looking at disks basically it replaces the use of shell for things like deleting copying files etc - however it has also alot of other uses, for example it has a block reader for look at sections of your disk which you never see it will also read some protected games, it also has a formating system which is totally independant of Workbench and also has a superb copying program which is also independant of workbench It also can read files, view pictures and play music modules (soundtracker only.) DFC - --- This copies and formats disk - simple and easy to use, no explanation needed Zap! - ---- Another simple program, this one allows you to search through the Amiga's memory in real time (look at it working etc) useful for seeing if there's any viruses in memory. LHarcA - ------ This program allows you to archive your files (packs them together, crunches them which makes them smaller) however it is rather complex. FixDisk - ------- This a replacement for WB's DiskDoctor, but Fixdisk compared to Diskdoctor is much more advanced, however its very easy to use and within 5 mins you will know how to use it. (*WARNING* don't do anything your not sure of it could damage your disk, but don't let that put you off it more or less foolproof.) PPmore - ------ Text file reader no explanation needed, but here's an example of how to use it. use CLI for this: PPmore [DEVICE] Readme.txt (By the way this file is being shown using PPmore) IconMaster - ---------- Allows you to create your own icons, or alter others - no explantion needed NoCLICK! - ------- Use this to get rid of those headache creating clicks from your disk drives. --There's also a lot more but they don't need to be explained.-- Extra Commands which are not shown in the `C' directory ------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT - Tells you what version of AF'swb 6.5 you've got etc... ENDSHELL - Gets you out of shell (same as ENDCLI) SDATE - Set the Date with ease no need to goto Prefs. REN - Rename those files (Same as RENAME) CLEAR - Clear that Shell window. The following do not require `cd' example normally you'd type cd df0: to access drive df0: However when you are in Shell just type the following to access those drives. 0 - this goes to drive df0: 1 - " " df1: R - " " RAM: RD - " " RAD: H0 - " " DH0: | H1 - " " DH1: < AS long as you've got a hard disk. H2 - " " DH2: | ------ I hope you enjoy using this system interface as its took me nearly 1 year to produce it, the reason is that I keep adding to it new utils etc, but lately I've been speeding up the loading time, it used to take 5 minutes to load but now I've got it down to 3 minutes 15 seconds.