ACCUG Amiga club disk #062 - Released 02/21/93 This disk is donated to the Albany-Corvallis Commodore Users Group (ACCUG) library by Dean Ridgway. Most of the materials on this disk came from QuantumLink, InterNet, The Computer Hotline BBS and other public domain or freely redistributable sources. I have tested these materials on the Commodore Amiga 500 and they APPEAR to work. Some have not been extensively tested, but they do come up and appear to run ok. Enjoy! ACCUG 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 InterNet NewsGroups and local Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes). They were posted by people, like you, who are capable of error. The finial responsibility rests on you, the user. ACCUG policy does not condone copying of copyrighted or other protected materials. If you believe that there are copyrighted materials on this disk PLEASE contact us so we can remove them. Our address can be found in the About_ACCUG file. 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: .ARC - ARC style archive. .ZOO - ZOO style archive. .LHA - LHA style archive, replaces LHARC. .LZH - LHARC style archive. .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 ACCUG 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: EXE - The archive contains an executable file. DOC - The archive contains documentation. 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.LZH - v1.04 - ab20.larc.nasa.gov - [EXE:DOC:SRC/C] MyFile is the name of the file and it is a LHARC style archive. The current version of the file is v1.04 and it was downloaded from ab20.larc.nasa.gov (which is an InterNet anonymous FTP site). The file contains an executable program with documentation and source code in C. Notes: All materials on this disk have been donated for NONCOMMERCIAL USE only. What copyrights there are belong to the original authors. This material MAY NOT BE SOLD! 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 USENET), 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 EMAIL 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. This disk employs a custom boot block as a simple form of virus protection. If you boot this disk and do not get a black screen with a scrolling message, then this disk 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 AS IS. I can not stress this enough "LET THE END-USER BEWARE!" (That's YOU.) Protect yourself and your valuable data, ALWAYS use Write-Protects! A word on archives. Some members of ACCUG 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 REQUIRE that their software packages be released ONLY in the ORIGINAL ARCHIVE. Enough said. Now for the files: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- About_ACCUG A brief description of the Albany-Corvallis Commodore User's Group (ACCUG) and our current mailing address. Calendar A calendar of events, usually just the time and place of our main monthly meeting. Sometimes there will be notices of special events. Contents This file. Map_To_LBCC.pp A PowerPacked IFF graphic file containing a simple map of the ACCUG[0, main meeting location at the Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC). Set_Up An IconX script file that makes using this disk easier for those with single disk drives and no HardDrive. Running this script is required if you want to utilize the archive self-extraction scripts provided on this disk. Articles Hardware Nothing this month. Programming Nothing this month. Software Fred_Fish_801-810 List of programs on Fred Fish disks 801 thru 810. Files Applications Nothing this month. Art&Graphics Nothing this month. Games Intruder.LZH - ? - hubcap.clemson.edu - [EXE:DOC] Intruder Alert is a fast paced arcade action shoot 'em up game with awesome graphics and superb sound effects. It requires 512K, a joystick and loud speakers! It runs on the A1000, A500, A2000, & A3000, and has been tested in AmigaDOS 1.2, 1.3, and 2.04 -- In fact it was developed on the A3000 with 2.04 and an A1000 with 1.3, so it has been thoroughly tested on those. Authors: Jay Stelly & Dave Speyrer. Miscellaneous Nothing this month. Music&Sound MASC.LZH - ? - alt.sources.amiga - [EXE:DOC:SRC/ASM] Here is a little program that converts raw sounds back and forth between the Mac and the Amiga. Author: Blaise Tarr. Utilities ASWARM3.LHA - v1.0 - Computer Hotline (1:357/1) - [EXE:DOC:SRC/C] | DIR ASwarm is a screen blanker with two levels of protection, the first of which is an animation of bees chasing wasps, hence "swarm". The second level of protection will erase this animation if it cannot be displayed at a reasonable rate in order to prevent the animation itself from burning into the screen. Author: Jake "wulf" Rose. LogDir.LHA - ? - alt.sources.amiga - [EXE:DOC:SRC/C] | DIR Here is a short little program I wrote to get over the annoyance I felt every time I crashed my machine and I then had to 'cd work:foo/bar/....' etc. to get back to the directory I am using to develop a program in. LogDir is made resident under WShell and is made part of your prompt. Each time a command is issued, a Lock on the current directory is obtained and turned into a full path name. The ENV: variable "currentdir" is compared against this full path name. If the paths are different, then the full path name is written to the "currentdir" variable. Requires KickStart 2.04, WShell, ARexx, rexxarplib.library and ENV: directory assigned to a disk or partition on a HardDrive. Author: John Verhoeven. REND105.LHA - v1.05 - Computer Hotline (1:357/1) - [EXE:DOC] | DIR Rend24's purpose is to convert one or more input images into individual viewable ILBM images or a single viewable ANIM animation. The input images may be 24-bit ILBMs, GIF format images, or even JPEG compressed images. You control the format of the output images and/or animations, including the color depth, dithering, and size. Rend24's strength lies in its ability to convert batches of images at a time. You tell Rend24 where to find the input images, how many there are, and then sit back and watch it go. FEATURES: o Runs under Workbench 1.3, 2.0, and 3.0. o Generally fast conversion times. o Supports most standard IFF-ILBM image formats, from 2-color through HAM all the way up to 8- and 24-bit. o Supports reading Compuserve GIF format images directly. o Supports reading JPEG/JFIF compressed images directly (thanks to the Independant JPEG Group). o Can generate individual pictures or a standard IFF-ANIM Op 5 animation, with or without palette locking. o Supports HAM-E and DCTV format rendering. o Supports Floyd-Steinberg dithering to increase the number of apparent colors. o Now includes a handy-dandy front-end for CLI-phobes. o Supports arbitrary scaling of input images. o Full support of AGA modes (as of 1.05). Author: Thomas Krehbiel. News Amiga_Book This new release from COMPUTE Books contains 256 pages of hints, tips, and troubleshooting info for the Amiga computer. AmigaVision_Pro Commodore Business Machines, Inc. today announced it is now shipping AmigaVision (TM) Professional, a new implementation of the Commodore icon-based authoring tool. WeirdBench COMPUTE's Amiga Resource is happy to announce an irregular new column beginning in the March 1993 issue. Written by comp.sys.amiga's Dan Barrett, the column is entitled W E I R D B E N C H and its focus and style will be familiar to BLAZEMONGER fans throughout the universe! Every WeirdBench column will concentrate on the WEIRD and STRANGE aspects of the Amiga... information that you cannot get ANYWHERE else. Reviews Disclaimer Important disclaimer for all files found in the Reviews directory, please read before making ANY use of information found here. The standard ACCUG disclaimer also applies. Hardware Emplant Emplant MAC II, IIx, and IIcx emulator, with software version 1.7. A hardware Macintosh emulator which runs concurrently with AmigaDOS. Evesham_Reference_40 A SCSI/Autoconfig RAM interface for the Amiga 500/500+ bundled with a 40MB (45MB?) NEC SCSI drive and 0, 2MB, or 4MB of SIMM RAM. There is a similar Reference 100 bundled with a 100MB drive but otherwise identical. Gravis Gravis Gamepad control pad and digital joystick. This is a game controller similar to that used by the Sega or Nintendo game systems. The Gamepad consists of a thumb-operated directional pad and four buttons. Switches allow left- or right-handed operation and autofire capability. Compatible with all Amiga models, as well as the Atari ST line. Software Enigma Could also be called "enigma.mod" or "mod.enigma". The music plays through a few different styles. I think it has a classic sound. WingCommander Wing Commander, version A6.81E. A 3D space combat simulator and interactive movie.