From megalith!errors@uunet.uu.net Mon Aug 8 05:35:10 1994 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.5) id AA17920; Mon, 8 Aug 94 05:30:58 PDT Received: from uucp7.UU.NET by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxcbi17296; Mon, 8 Aug 1994 08:30:37 -0400 Received: from megalith.UUCP by uucp7.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Mon, 8 Aug 1994 08:30:38 -0400 Received: by megalith.miami.fl.us (AmigaSmail3.3 for ) id <0cmj@megalith.miami.fl.us>; Mon, 08 Aug 1994 03:49:03 GMT Sender: overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us Errors-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Warnings-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (CSAA-Submissions) X-Newsgatesoftware: Amiga Newsgate V1.6 Reply-To: walrus@wam.umd.edu (Udo K Schuermann) Message-Number: 904 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce X-Newssoftware: CSAA NMS 1.2 From: walrus@wam.umd.edu (Udo K Schuermann) (CSAA) Subject: (CSAA) KingFisher 2.1 Message-Id: Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 03:49:00 -0400 Status: RO TITLE KingFisher VERSION 2.1 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 DESCRIPTION KingFisher 2.1, the successor to the popular KingFisher 1.40, a disk catalog tool originally aimed at Fred Fish's Amiga Library collection, but now capable of a more general purpose format, real multi-user capabilities, and a lot more. KingFisher began as a tool to catalog, maintain, and search Fred Fish's AmigaLibrary disks ("Fish Disks.") It has been redesigned into a multi-purpose, multi-user, multi-database cataloging tool capable of delivering detailed information on software using Fred Fish's new Product-Info Specification. As such, it can be used to catalog not only the Fish Disks, but your club's selection of software, as well, even the contents of Aminet itself. PRE-RELEASES (KingFisher 2.0) Pre-release versions of KingFisher 2.0 have been available since March on Fred's FreshFish, FrozenFish, and GoldFish CD-ROMs, but only now has the program achieved the envisioned set of features that make a first public release feasible. FEATURE OVERVIEW KingFisher 2.1, the product of nearly 20 test releases over a beta test period of three months, offers some of the following capabilities (features marked with {*} are new or significantly improved over the older KingFisher 1.40): {*} - Fully resizable GadTools interface operating on the default public screen; uses the default screen font (even if proportional) for all menus, gadgets, and displayed text. {*} - Multiple copies of KingFisher 2 can operate simultaneously, using a minimum of additional RAM overhead through the use of Client-Server technology. {*} - Multiple copies of a supplied program, RexxFisher, provide ARexx ports at the cost of approximately 25K per client. This contrasts sharply with achieving the same goal with KingFisher 1.40 where the cost was 350K for a complete, secondary copy of KingFisher. {*} - Supplies any number of independently accessible databases to multiple clients (such as KingFisher, RexxFisher, etc.) {*} - Search Sets can be built (as well as saved and restored) to select from a list of matching software that a previous search produced. Matching records are listed and can be selected for instant viewing through a standard listview. {*} - Any number of search expressions are memorized by KingFisher 2 and can be recalled at the press of a button to save typing. {*} - The layout of information used for the display, printing, and exporting can be re-defined to suit individual taste or need. {*} - Uses locale.library and comes supplied with Dansk, Deutsch, Nederlands, and Suomi language catalogs. More are expected. - Context sensitive and fully integrated AmigaGuide(R) documentation. - Includes a complete, ready-to-use database of descriptions for Fish Disks 1-1000! REQUIREMENTS RAM requirements are less than for KingFisher 1.40 and merely a fraction thereof when multiple copies are run: approximately 200K. Also required is Kickstart V37 (2.04) but V38 (2.1) is required for localization. COMPATIBILITY Tested with 68000 through 68040 CPUs, V37, V38, V39, and V40 system software, Picasso II graphics board. Enforcer and Mungwall used during testing. HOSTS Any AMINET site such as: ftp.wustl.eduinet: DIRECTORY fish/docs/ FILENAME KingFisher21.lha (759K) PRICE KingFisher 2.1 is shareware and costs $20(US) or DM30. A registration site in Germany is available for European users. The unregistered version is limited to two simultaneously running clients (KingFisher or RexxFisher.) ._. Udo Schuermann ( ) walrus@wam.umd.edu -- Read all administrative posts before putting your post up. 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