HALL@SU-SUSHI.ARPA (Keith Hall) (02/28/86)
CURRENT STATE OF THE LIBRARY
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This is a followup of my message on Feb. 9. Sorry it took me so long
to get organized. I thank everyone who sent me encouraging messages,
suggestions, and offers to assist. I have thus far sorted thru approx
600 files, took what I thought would be of most interest to the serious
ST user, and compiled a set of 8 single-sided/4 double-sided disks.
More disks are on their way. If you don't yet have a library, or are
trying to get a user group started, I will distribute disks in our
library on either single- or double-sided disks. The charge for a
single-sided disk is $6 in which case you can select the disks you
want individually. I am posting the directory listing of each single-
sided disk on this bulletin bboard in groups of two. If you want double-
sided diskettes, please order the pair of disks listed on one of my
announcements together (in order to simplify my copying procedure) as
one double-sided diskette for $10. I will ship 1st class domestic, so
if you are overseas or desire special shipping, please add the appropriate
amount.
There is plenty of public domain software, but acquiring, testing, and
documenting each piece (I have learned!) is extremely time-consuming.
So I ask for others' help: if you are liason to a user group or have
written software yourself for the public domain, I will be happy to
trade with you disks on a one-for-one basis, which would augment both
our libraries. Just drop me a note and we'll compare lists for overlap.
So here are the first two disks:
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ST Public Domain Software Library
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****** DISK #1 -- MISC UTILITIES ******
READ_ME The contents of this disk (what you are reading).
ACCS (folder) A collection of desk accessories.
FREERAM.ACC Displays no. of bytes unused (available to application).
RAMD97K.DOC Instructions for using ramdisk below.
RAMD97K.ACC Creates 97kbyte ramdisk at system boot. Must install
(and can save using SAVE DESKTOP) drive "D".
RAMDISK.ACC Creates ramdisk and loads entire contents of disk onto
ramdisk. Must install pseudo disk drive "D", which will
then be the ramdisk.
SAMPLE.ACC Sample desk accessory which when selected creates
full-screen resizable ellipse filled with Atari logo.
SPOOL.ACC Printing spooler.
BTERM.C C source for dumb-terminal emulator uses procedures
defined in BXFER.C.
BXFER.C C source for Lattice C which implements file transfer
using CompuServe "B" protocol. Untested.
CALC.PRG Simple, four-function calculator.
COMPARE.PAS Pascal program to check for equality of two files.
COMPARE.PRG Compiled version of above.
DEBUG.C Utility C code which provides "printf-like" procedures
for use in debugging in GEM.
DEG2NEO.TTP Degas to Neochrome format picture converter.
DISKDOC.PRG VERY useful utility from Antic to inspect and repair
disks. Data may be viewed by file or by sector. This
program makes full use of GEM features; I was suprised
to see a program so polished in the public domain.
DSBOOT.PRG Makes double-sided disks bootable.
DUMP.DOC Instructions for program below.
DUMP.TOS Provides hexadecimal/ASCII dump of file.
EFFCTNEO.PRG Displays Neochrome (.NEO) files using various special
effects.
FILECOPY.PRG Program to read files into temporary storage then dump
them from memory onto (presumably) other disks to make
backups.
FIXREAL.PAS Utility Pascal procedure which rounds real numbers to
specifed precision.
FONT.C Program to convert fonts from 8-bit Ataris to Degas
format.
FONT.PRG Compiled version of above.
FORMATED.PRG Atari disk format utility which includes setting as
executable the boot sector, and defining a serial number
in the boot sector. Untested.
HI25.PRG Program for monochrome systems which adjusts the height
of the characters to yield 25 lines of text on the screen.
HI25.S Assembler source for above.
HI50.PRG Like HI25.PRG except that the characters' height is
adjusted so that 50 lines will fit on the screen.
HI50.S Assembler source for above.
ICON8.DOC Instructions for following program.
ICON8.TOS Icon editor which displays and allows editing of eight
icons simultaneously.
KOA2DEG.PRG Koala to Degas format picture converter.
LISTFILE.PAS Pascal program to dump source code to a printer, with
consideration given to page width and length.
LISTFILE.TOS Compiled version of above.
MAKE1MEG.TOS Adjusts values of memory parameters so that machine
believes 1 meg of memory is available. (They would
normally be set automatically at boot time.) This
effect is the opposite of that caused by the following
program.
MAKE512K.TOS Convinces machine that only 512K of memory is available.
MUSH.TOS Provides interpretation, register dump, and partial
stack dump of program state which caused crash. Useful
for debugging.
NEO2DEG.PRG Neochrome to Degas format picture converter.
NOVERIFY.PRG Cancels the read-after-write verification which normally
occurs when writing to disk.
PRINTDIR.DOC Instructions for program below.
PRINTDIR.PRG Program to print recursively the directory structure
of an entire disk.
PRINTDIR.RSC Resource file for above.
RAMCOPY.FIL Text file which contains list of programs to be copied
into ramdisk when the following program is executed.
Useful, for instance, when collecting various frequently-
used utilities in the ramdisk.
RAMCOPY.PRG Program to copy files listed in RAMCOPY.FIL into ramdisk
(device H:).
SECED.DOC Instructions for program below.
SECED.PRG Editor for disk sectors. Useful for inspecting and
restoring damaged disks. Hexadecimal and ASCII values
are displayed.
SETTIME.TOS Program to query the user for time and date and set the
system clock accordingly.
SLIDENEO.PRG Displays all Neochrome pictures in the current directory
in succession, creating a slide show.
SLIDEDEG.PRG As above, except for Degas picture files.
SLIDEPIC.PRG As above, except for .PIC (old Neochrome) picture files.
SQUSQ.DOC Instructions for using STSQ.TTP and STUSQ.TTP below.
STSQ.TTP "ST SQueeze": utility to compress binary or text files.
STUSQ.TTP "ST UnSQueeze": the inverse of STSQ.TTP above.
TIMESET.PAS Pascal source for another program to set the system clock.
TIMESET.PRG Compiled version of above.
VARRECS.PAS Type declarations of variant records which can be used
to coerce types (i.e., circumvent type-checking).
VERIFY.PRG Cancels the effect of NOVERIFY.PRG. Read-after-write
verification resumes when writing to disk.
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****** DISK #2 -- DEMOS ******
READ_ME Contents of disk (what you are reading).
BOINK.PRG Bouncing, rotating checkered sphere complete with
sound effects; Atari's answer to Amiga demo.
CHESS.PRG Impressive demo of forthcoming 3-D chess game.
CIRCLES.PRG Balls bounce in confines of rectangle with rectangular
grid superimposed.
COLOR512.PRG Displays all 512 color simultaneously; RGB components
of each color is displayed when pointed to by mouse.
Use color monitor in low-res mode. Space bar quits demo.
CORES.PRG Hexagons form colored columns; bad termination sometimes
requires reboot.
COSINE.PRG Colored lines form overlapping waves.
CUBE.PRG 3-D rotating cube; space bar quits demo.
HEX.PRG Colored hexagons spiral to form larger hexagons; bad
termination sometimes requires reboot.
KALEIDSC.PRG Octagonal kaleidoscope.
MANDBROT.PRG Program to request parameters of, then plot fractal.
MANDELBR.DOC Explanation of program below.
MANDELBR.PRG Displays Mandelbrot fractal, and allows region selected
by mouse for "zoom-in".
PIECHART.PRG Sample multi-color piechart.
PIESLICE.PRG A cylinder is drawn then slices move in and out.
PROFESS.PRG Demo of VIP-Professional shows layout of spreadsheet.
PROFESS.RSC Resource file for above.
QAX.PRG More lines moving around the screen.
QUIX.PRG Monochrome lines bounce off screen borders (as in arcade
game of same name).
QUX.PRG Collections of moving parallel lines provide illusion of
transforming 3-D image.
RTXDEMO.C C program executed in demo below.
RTXDEMO.PRG Demo of multitasking OS kernel being developed for ST.
SIEVE.PRG Sieve of Eratosthenes benchmark for Personal Pascal.
SPARKLER.DOC Instructions for below.
SPARKLER.PRG Electronic version of firework.
STARDEMO.PIC Picture file for program below.
STARDEMO.PRG Teaser for forthcoming game.
ZAPLINES.C Demonstrates graphics, sound effects from C.
ZAPLINES.DOC Instructions for program ZAPLINES.
ZAPLINES.PRG Compiled version of above.
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I can be reached as:
Keith Hall
1510 Oak Creek #305
Palo Alto, CA 94304
phone: 415-324-0284 (friendly answering machine will talk to
you in my absence)
email: hall@su-sushi.arpa
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