Short: TheChoice V2.00 - Simple Program Selector Author: c_wich@river.prima.ruhr.de (Carsten Wich) Uploader: c_wich@river.prima.ruhr.de (Carsten Wich) Version: V2.00 Type: util/boot INTRODUCTION ============ The Choice is a small Program Selector especially useful for Game Partitions on Harddisks, SyQuests or even CD-ROMs. I first wrote it in Modula2 (M2Amiga) because I just found no simple program selector that fully suits my needs. Although the first version of it worked good enought for me, some of my friends liked the program very much and made some proposals for future versions. I switched to SAS-C because the support for M2Amiga is not that good anymore. Especially the lack of actual includes for OS3.1 really bothered me. I have completly rewritten the code in the C programming language and made a lot of improvements. TheChoice runs on every possible screenmode, even on graphic cards ! LEAGAL THINKS ============= TheChoice Copyright (c) 1993-1995 Carsten Wich can be freely distributed, as long as the whole archive 'TheChoice2.lha' is copied and all of the files are in their original form without any changes. Upload to BBS's and includions on any cover disks or CD's is WELCOMED. This software is published without any warranties. The author does NOT take any responsibilities for any defects on soft- or hardware, that may result by this program or by using this program. I have tried to write the program code according to the AMIGA User Interface Style Guide and the AMIGA ROM Kernel Reference Manuals V2.04 so that the program should run correctly on any future operating systems. It is also tested with Enforcer. Although this program may be freely distibuted and used it would be very nice of the people who permanently use it to send me a small fee (I would say at 15,- DM or $10,- US) as a little acknowledgement for my work. You can send it cash, as a EuroCheque or via a Bank Transfer on my Bank Account. This would naturally increase my motivation to develop the program even further. FILES ===== Listing of archive 'TheChoice2.lha': Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 18844 11250 40.2% 14-Oct-95 10:24:52 TheChoice 411 198 51.8% 14-Oct-95 10:28:04 TheChoice.config 907 613 32.4% 14-Oct-95 10:29:22 TheChoice.info 10678 4334 59.4% 14-Oct-95 10:37:06 TheChoice.ReadMe 1432 538 62.4% 14-Oct-95 10:29:22 TheChoice.ReadMe.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 32272 16933 47.5% 14-Oct-95 10:37:26 5 files SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS ================== The program only needs a minimal Amiga System : - Any Amiga with at least 512 KB RAM - min. OS 2.04 - diskfont.library min. V36 when you want to select another font than the default one HISTORY ======= 2.00 - 14.10.1995 - Second AmiNet Release - Completly rewritten in SAS-C V6.55 - Runs on any screenmode using any font. - The maximum number of programs / gadgets now depends on the chosen screen mode and font. - Can be configured using shell arguments or tooltypes. - Supports borderless windows and onebitplane screens. - No source code made publically available anymore. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 18844 11250 40.2% 14-Oct-95 10:24:52 TheChoice 411 198 51.8% 14-Oct-95 10:28:04 TheChoice.config 907 613 32.4% 14-Oct-95 10:29:22 TheChoice.info 10678 4334 59.4% 14-Oct-95 10:37:06 TheChoice.ReadMe 1432 538 62.4% 14-Oct-95 10:29:22 TheChoice.ReadMe.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 32272 16933 47.5% 01-Nov-95 02:20:30 5 files