Short: Speaks to you on BootUp! Author: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk) Uploader: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk) Type: util/boot Replaces: Amigreet11.lha AmiGreet v1.1b - By Gareth Murfin aka Gaz ----------------------------------------- This is a little program which I coded in Blitz, originally I wanted a small Arexx script which either said Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Goodnight when I rebooted depending on what the time of day was. I tried even this simple task in Arexx but I found that Arexx didnt seem to handle it very well. So I thought I would give it a go in Blitz. And here it is! It has some extra features because I tried to get the most out of using BlitzBasic, they are :- o Needs NO installation, drag into your WBstartup drawer and its done! o Says a different message every hour of the day when you reboot o Uses Blitz Say and not Commodore, this SHOULD be more realistic :) o Can be ran simply by double clicking o Makes rebooting more interesting! o Works on ALL versions of Workbench and Setpatch * o Works on ALL Amiga's * o No Special requirements *² * This is TRUE in theory although it has only been tested on :- Workbench 3.1 + Amiga International® SetPatch 97 running on my A1200Tg 040/25/25/MMU + 18Meg RAM + 2xCD,520HD, *² Well actually there are very basic requirements, these are :- A battery backed up clock (Most Accelerators have these) The Translator.lib (Included, simply copy to LIBS:) The Narrator.device (Included, simply copy to devs:) History ------- 11th July 1997 - v1.1 Won 'Software of the month' from Software of the Month club publishing! - v1.1 was reviewed in a Swedish Amiga Mag and got 3/5 stars! 22nd August 97 - v1.1b was released with a few minor changes suggested by AmiGreet users. Foreigners! ----------- Hello there! Are you from a different country to England? If so I want you to help me write a version of AmiGreet for your country. Ive already had talks with a Swedish man who wants me to make a Swedish version and I want people from all over the world to contact me and discuss a version for their country. All you would have to do is supply me with 24 different messages in your native language, 1 for each hour of the day ;) and Ill do the rest. You will be fully creditted in the documents and a new version of AmiGreet will be released! Et Voila ;) In particular I want to do Swedish, German, French, Finnish and Dutch versions of AmiGreet because Ive met some nice people from these countries ;) Other Notes ----------- Right then, install this and then let me know what you think via email (gazy@globalnet.co.uk) Also look out on AmiNet for my other creations which are :- Dwarfx24.lha - The Ultimate AmIRC enhancement package Theme040.lha - An 040 patch for ThemePark ZombieFest.lha - A small Zombie Music and Gfx demo Dwarfdemo.lha - A small Music and Gfx demo with nice scrolling text AmiClock10a.lha - A nice Blitz Clock with date AmiGreet10a.lha - Greets you on BootUp AmiBlank10a.lha - Funky ScreenSaver! AmiTip10a.lha - Gives you a Tip every day of the year! JoyMouse.lha - Lets a CD³² pad emulate the mouse ZippyXdemo.lha - Mega demo made in Dos scripts HoppyXdemo.lha - Mega Demo made in Dos scripts CarnLevels.lha - New levels for Carnage! Vikrad.lha - 4 Player War Sim! At the moment I have coded in BlitzBasic, Arexx, Dos and Reality, I hope to learn C in the future but right now Im working on a game in BlitzBasic, let me know if you want to help or you just want details... Gaz (Alpha Software) Email - gazy@globalnet.co.uk URL - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/ (Alpha Software URL) _ _ // \\// Amiga Makes it possible....® \/ ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1352 711 47.4% 11-Jul-97 13:48:08 AmiGreet.info 13632 4487 67.0% 22-Aug-97 02:07:10 +AmiGreet 383 257 32.8% 11-Jul-97 13:48:04 +AmiGreet.info 3850 1912 50.3% 22-Aug-97 02:19:18 +Amigreet10b.readme 1501 581 61.2% 11-Jul-97 13:48:04 +Amigreet10b.readme.info 65760 33859 48.5% 07-Nov-91 16:21:20 +narrator.device 10524 5715 45.6% 19-Jun-97 12:52:06 +translator.library -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 97002 47522 51.0% 30-Aug-97 02:14:58 7 files