Short:    Multi Function Commodity
Author:   m_berndt@wanderer.gun.de (Martin Berndt)
Uploader: scholly@wanderer.gun.de (Ulrich Scholz)
Type:     util/cdity


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                       MultiCX 2.21 (27.10.95)

                 The ultimate Multi-Function-Commodity
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MultiCX  is the smallest Multi-Function-Commodity for the Amiga, thought
as  a  replacement  for  many  larger  and  sometimes  badly  programmed
programs.  It is a 100% pure commodity, which means that it does not use
interrupts and no special input handlers. Some Patches (SetFunction) are
installed in a very clean  way, so that they do not interfere with other
programs which use the same vectors.
As a result MultiCX can safely be disabled or removed at any time.

If you need a clean Commodity without bad hacks there's no alternative !


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                              News in v2.0
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                           Advanced EditHook

                         Advanced ResetHandler

                              AssignWedge

                              NewLookMenus

                              NewLookProps

                             Opaque Windows

                          ShapeShifter Support

                               TagScreens

                              WB Extender

                            and many more...


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                      !!! MultiCX is SHAREWARE !!!
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Short History:

2.0 (9.9.95)    FINAL RELEASE VERSION

                - improved SHAPEFREEZER
                - fixed bug in EDITHOOK
                - finished AmigaGuide documentation

2.01 (10.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - fixed serious bugs in Moire Blanker and Mouse Blanker
                - implemented AVOIDWINDOW

2.02 (12.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - improved Screen Blanker
                - improved OPAQMOVE and OPAQSIZE
                - fixed serious bugs in SHAPEFREEZER and FIXOPENWB
                - enhanced and improved EDITHOOK

2.03 (14.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - fixed documentation bug (NEWLOOKMENUS)
                - enhanced EDITHOOK
                - OPAQMOVE and OPAQSIZE completely rewritten,
                  works with OS 2.x and OS 3.x now!

2.04 (15.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - OPAQMOVE no longer ignores alien BorderGadgets
                  (MUI's Iconify Gadget etc.)

2.05 (15.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - improved DragBar recognition in OPAQMOVE
                - fixed small bug in OPAQSIZE

2.06 (16.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - improved LOCKPATCH

2.07 (18.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - improved LOCKPENS
                - added "List of Patches" to documentation

2.08 (19.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - fixed serious bug in error cleanup code

2.09 (24.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - POPCLI and External Preferences should work with faked
                  WBStartupMsgs (with empty MP_SIGTASK field) now, but
                  the Path will not be cloned then!

2.10 (25.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - implemented Deadlock Protection System for some very
                  nasty programs

2.11 (26.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - implemented NOBOOTWRITE and IOALERT
                - implemented NODISPLAYBEEP

2.12 (28.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - implemented ALERTTIME
                - changed behaviour of IOALERT

2.13 (29.9.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - enhanced and optimized NOFORMAT and NOBOOTWRITE,
                  now ETD commands are detected as well

2.14 (2.10.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - hopefully solved deadlock problems with some very
                  nasty programs (DOpus5 etc.)

2.15 (4.10.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - made NEWLOOKMENUS more waterproof, some bad programs
                  tried to define NULL-MenuStrips

2.16 (8.10.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - fixed bug in ASSIGNWEDGE, so IDCMP_DISKINSERTED will
                  be handled correctly now
                - added some Notes and Hints

2.17 (9.10.95)  PUBLIC RELEASE

                - improved StringGadget recognition routine

2.18 (10.10.95) PUBLIC RELEASE

                - fixed bug in SHAPEFREEZER

2.19 (24.10.95) PUBLIC RELEASE

                - added some sanity checks for ASSIGNWEDGE

2.20 (25.10.95) PUBLIC RELEASE

                - improved LOCKPENS

2.21 (27.10.95) PUBLIC RELEASE

                - implemented Joystick emulation for ShapeShifter
                - improved some routines


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
     322     146 54.6% 27-Oct-95 11:17:10  FILE_ID.DIZ
     864     665 23.0% 19-Mar-95 01:10:26 +HandleCX
    1033     333 67.7% 09-Sep-95 01:29:36 +MCX_Install
   18812   12912 31.3% 27-Oct-95 11:13:16 +MultiCX
   66370   17782 73.2% 27-Oct-95 11:10:34 +MultiCX.guide
     482     242 49.7% 09-Sep-95 01:17:16 +MultiCX.guide.info
    2635    1316 50.0% 27-Oct-95 11:25:18 +MultiCX.info
   18480   12729 31.1% 27-Oct-95 11:11:50 +MultiCX_OS3
    2635    1309 50.3% 27-Oct-95 11:24:10 +MultiCX_OS3.info
     632     280 55.6% 09-Sep-95 01:17:54  MultiCX2.info
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
  112265   47714 57.4% 01-Nov-95 14:02:46   10 files