ACCUG Amiga club disk #116 - Released 09/25/94 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 (obsolete). .ZOO - ZOO style archive (obsolete). .LHA - LHA style archive, replaces LHARC. .LZH - LHARC style archive (obsolete). .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: 2 - Requires AmigaDOS 2.04, or better. P - Requires the display to be in PAL video mode. EXE - The archive contains an executable file. DOC - The archive contains documentation. SUP - The archive contains support files such as libraries, fonts, device drivers, etc. 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! For further protection against people who create and spread bogus software, I've begun to digitally "sign" the CRC list (found in the s directory of each disk) with PGP (current version v2.3a.2 can be found on ACCUG Amiga club disk #109). While this procedure does not guarantee that the programs found on this disk are free of virii or trojans, it does guarantee that the programs found on this disk originally came from me and have not been subsequently tampered with. To prevent interference with the check CRC script, I used a detached signature certificate. You MUST have PGP (v2.0+) and my PGP public key to do this validity check. Please get my PGP public key directly from me or directly from someone you trust. 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. 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 CD³²_serial_port Since I've taken it upon myself to investigate just about every means possible to obtain a Amiga AGA computer with a CD-ROM drive that will play CD³² games etc. I have to add another installment to this saga concerning the serial port of the CD³²... It IS possible to use this to transfer data back and forth using this port. DaveHaynie_on_IBM Amiga GURU Dave Haynie talks about IBM and MAC hardware and operating system software. Programming Code_Bloating A long thread about the amount of compiler overhead between assembly and SAS C. Software Recent_Aminet.30Aug94 Recent uploads to Aminet on August 30, 1994. Recent_Aminet.06Sept94 Recent uploads to Aminet on September 6, 1994. Recent_Aminet.13Sept94 Recent uploads to Aminet on September 13, 1994. Files Applications Nothing this month. Art&Graphics Nothing this month. Games ColConquestII.LHA - v1.34f - wuarchive.wustl.edu - [EXE:DOC:SUP] | DIR Colonial Conquest II is a complex space strategy game for one or two persons that contains elements of the Microprose game Civilization and common space strategy games. The aim of each player is to colonialize a maximum of the 26 earth-like planets that are shown on the universe map. Every planet has its own surface composed of oceans, forests, mountains, deserts etc where different machines (power-plants, irrigation robots, space port etc) have to be built to guarantee a rapid grow and a high production of the colony. People can direct the machines or work as scientists which will make the technology level rise and allow new inventions (battlestars, planet scanners, energy cannons etc). Each player will have to explore the universe, build war ships for space battles and troop transporters for the invasions of other worlds. The game is easy to handle as it has an intuitive, mouse-based interface. It also has decent graphics with some rendered HAM images. Colonial Conquest II is a sequel to Colonial Conquest I. Many bugs have been removed and hundreds of details improved. The new and outstanding features are: - Intelligent computer opponent. In the one player mode, the computer will simulate a highly aggressive alien race that colonizes planets, explores the universe, performs coherent attacks, invades planets and uses the surviving population as slaves for a maximum material production. - Espionage. Spy satellites can now scan planets or view them from space. - 50 different alien life forms that can be discovered. - Army forces have to be constructed to defend planets or invade others. - Lots of new objects & space ships. - Title music, more graphics. - Background story. When playing in the two player mode, a new aim can be to be incorporated in a huge empire that is not interested in the small colonies at the begining. Empire points are distributed among the players for discoveries, production and fleet force. The first player who has reached a certain amount of empire points is incorporated and wins the game which means that the two player do not necessarly have to annihilate each other. Colonial Conquest is a PAL game, but it works on NTSC machines too (vertical screen scrolling). Besides this, it should work on ALL Amigas with MORE THAN 1MB of RAM. Author: Christian Mumenthaler. [DR's Notes: This is an update to ColConq_v105.LHA which can be found on ACCUG Amiga Disk #099.] Miscellaneous Nothing this month. Music&Sound Nothing this month. Utilities AlertPatch219.LHA - v2.19 - wuarchive.wustl.edu - [2:EXE:DOC:SUP] AlertPatch replaces the system exec.library/Alert() with two custom routines to give the user a choice of how the alert is to be displayed, either as an intuition window or a system alert with additional information. 1. Alerts now displayable as windows. With options to Continue, Suspend or Reboot for all alert types. 2. Displays description of alert and name of the offending task. 3. Dumps contents of CPU data and address registers and displays a text representation. 4. Can list or get information on alert numbers from cli or listview. 5. Sound support through a sound daemon such as MSD or UPD. Author: David Swasbrook. DiskSalv11_31.LHA - v11.31 - comp.binaries.amiga - [EXE:DOC] | DIR This is the latest version of DiskSalv2, the leading shareware disk recovery program for the Amiga. This program works on any standard AmigaDOS file system-based device, on OFS, FFS, or DC file systems. It can fix most disk problems in-place. For those that can't be fixed, it can find any existing files and recover them to another AmigaDOS disk or pipe. Finally, it can search whole disks for lost partitions, which may then saved out as DOSDrivers files or recovered directly. This program is freely redistributable shareware. A $10 fee is suggested, but not required, for its use. The program is not crippled in any way. Author: Dave Haynie. [DR's Notes: This is an update to DiskSalv.ZOO which can be found on ACCUG Amiga disk #001.] News Latest_Rumor Summary of meeting with Commodore UK, David Peasance and John Smith, London 05-Sept-1994. 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 Microbotics_SX1 (Mini-Review) Well, let me first congratulate all you guys over there at Microbotics/Paravision for a functionally excellent product!. Yep, top marks, you seem to have catered to everyones need - right down to the Karaoke audio input. The AT keyboard adapter is a nice touch, the floppy port is great, and the RGB port is an answer to prayer - not to mention Hard drive, parallel+serial IO, and memory expansion capability. Software Aminet_CD_3 (Review) The AmiNet CD Volume 3 is a snapshot of the most recent and popular files of the AmiNet (about 1/3 of the entire AmiNet), the worldwide Amiga File network. Is made available as "AmiNet Gold" and "AmiNet Share." GNU_C (Mini-Review) GNU C COMPILER, ported by Philippe Brand and Fred Fish. GNU C++ COMPILER, ported by Philippe Brand and Fred Fish. Several GNU utilities by several people. These GNU programs can be used to compile C programs and C++ programs on Amiga computers. The utilities provide Amiga versions of most of the POSIX commands like rm, ls, mkdir, etc. This review assumes that you are familiar with these products from using them on other platforms. WeirdScience_CD (Review) I have found a new CD from Weird Science, it is a CD of networking utilities for the CD32, CDTV, A570 and other CD-ROM devices.