fnf@phx.mcd.mot.com (Fred Fish) (10/16/90)
Disks 371-380 are now available. Shipping to those who have preordered disks began Saturday (10/13/90) and should be complete by Wednesday. Note that you can get a copy of the catalog (2 disks) of the complete library contents by sending either two new blank disks with no labels (you'll get back different disks because yours will just go into the "bulk blank disk pool") and $1 to cover postage and mailer or $3 for disks, postage, and mailer to: Fred Fish Catalog Disk Requests 1835 East Belmont Drive Tempe, Arizona 85284 USA Thanks to all who submitted new and interesting material. If you submitted something in the past and it has not yet appeared in the library, please feel free to resubmit it, particularly if it was several months ago. I sometimes hesitate to include material submitted more than about six months ago because of some vague feeling that as soon as I include version 1.01 submitted many months ago, I'll see version 5.23 posted on usenet. For those wishing to submit material for possible inclusion in the library, here are a few simple guidelines that will make my job of organizing the material MUCH easier: 1. Don't submit bootable disks or disks with any other sort of proprietary material included, since I then have to go examine each file to decide if it is distributable or not, and if not, what effect removing it might have. 2. Organize the distribution in a manner similar to my disks. I.E, place all files related to a particular submission under a single directory on the disk. If there is more than one submission per disk, it's ok to to place each submission in it's own directory. 3. Try to write a simple entry for my "Contents" listing that summarizes your submission. It should be about 3-10 lines, and include the current version number, the version and disk number of the most recent version (if any) that was last included in the library, whether or not source is included, and an "Author" list. 4. Ensure that your submission will run correctly from it's subdirectory and if necessary, supply a script runnable from workbench (via c:IconX) that makes all necessary assigns, copies fonts and libraries, etc. Thanks!!! ====================================================================== CONTENTS OF DISK 371 -------------------- This is disk 371 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Fractals A Fractal generator that generates many different types of fractals based on the iteration of complex-valued formulas. The program can generate the Mandelbrot and Julia sets, as well as the sets of more unusual formulas such as lambda*COS(Z) and Newton-R. Version 2.1, includes source and some sample creations. Author: Ronnie Johansson. LockDevice A package to protect filing devices from being accidentally formatted. Can be used with any filing device and file system. Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Olaf Barthel Port2 Sample C program showing how to control a mouse connected to the second mouse/joystick port. Executable creates a second mouse pointer that is controlled by a mouse plugged into port 2. Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Olaf Barthel PPLib A shared, runtime library to aid in the development of programs that need to decrunch files crunched with Power- Packer. Version 34.1 (release 1.1), binary only. Author: Nico Frangois PPMore A "more" replacement program that reads normal ascii text files as well as files crunched with PowerPacker. The crunched files can result in considerable disk space savings. Version 1.7, update to version on disk number 334, binary only. Author: Nico Frangois PPShow A "show" program for normal IFF ILBM files or ILBM files crunched with PowerPacker. The decrunching is done auto- matically as the file is read. Version 1.2, update to version on disk number 334, binary only. Author: Nico Frangois PPType A "print" program that will print normal ascii files or files crunched with PowerPacker. Several nice features such as page headers and numbers, adjustable tab sizes, page info taken from preferences and more. Version 1.1, binary only. Author: Nico Frangois CONTENTS OF DISK 372 -------------------- This is disk 372 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Magnetic_Pages A software package that allows you to create and display a disk-based magazine. The magazine produced is of a similar format to that of a traditional paper magazine. You can combine text and graphics on a single page, branch to different sections by clicking on icons and play sound and music. Features a full intuition driven interface. Version 1.0, shareware, binary only. Author: Mark Gladding. PLW Phone-Line-Watcher. For users of Hayes compatible modems. Monitors the serial port and records all incoming calls. Allows a remote user to login, receive and leave a message, and transfer files via Zmodem in either direction. Two level DOS access, Disabled DOS-requestors and more. Greatly enhanced version of initial release on disk 363. Version 2.8, binary only. Author: Christian Fries RemapIcon A utility to remap icons to be exchanged between Kickstart 2.0 and Kickstart 1.2/1.3 Workbench environments. The icon images are remapped to reflect the different colour palette used by the Workbench releases. Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Olaf Barthel CONTENTS OF DISK 373 -------------------- This is disk 373 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Multiplot An intuitive data plotting program featuring flexible input options, arbitrary text addition, automatic scaling, zoom and slide with clipping at boundaries, a range of output file formats and publication quality printed output. Workbench printers are supported via transparent use of the PLT: device. This is version XLNc, an update to the version on disk 333. Includes many new features, a nicer user interface, and low memory options allowing it to be used in half megabyte machines. Includes source. Authors: Alan Baxter, Tim Mooney, Rich Champeaux, Jim Miller CONTENTS OF DISK 374 -------------------- This is disk 374 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. IPDevice Pipes for Power People. A pipe-like DOS device that passes data immediately rather than waiting until a buffer is full. It also allows multiple writers to a single channel, maintained connections, and piped connections to a Shell. Binary only. Author: Pete Goodeve Mat A comprehensive String-Search/Pattern-Match Utility for both text files and directories. A powerful command line syntax allows automatic file editing, construction of command scripts, and so on. Example Shell scripts are included. Binary only (a much enhanced version of the original on Disk #102). Author: Pete Goodeve. PopArt Intuition based image data generator and animator. Includes source. Author: Phlip SoftSpan Soft Span BBS program. Intuitive, command-line based menu system with message bases, uploads, downloads, file credit system, extensive help system, etc. Version 1.1, an update to that on disk number 343, includes bug fixes and some enhancements. Binary only. Author: Mark Wolfskehl CONTENTS OF DISK 375 -------------------- This is disk 375 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. BI A brush to C code image converter. This is version 1.3, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 184. Contains bug fixes and support for AmigaBasic. Binary only. Author: Terry Gintz CardMaker A programmer's aid for creating card image data that can be used in any card game that uses the standard 52 card deck. This is version 2.1, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 184. Contains bug fixes and support for AmigaBasic. Binary only. Author: Terry Gintz ParM Parameterable Menu. ParM allows you to build menus to run programs in either the CLI or WorkBench environment. ParM can have it's own little window, or attach menus to the CLI window you are running it from. Version 1.1, includes source. Author: Sylvain Rougier, Pierre Carrette TextPlus A word processor for the Amiga, with both German and English versions. TextPlus enables you to write letters, books, programs etc. in a very easy and comfortable way. Version 2.2, an update to version 2.0 on disk number 359. Now includes full source. Author: Martin Steppler CONTENTS OF DISK 376 -------------------- This is disk 376 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AztecArp An Arp package fixed to work with the 5.0 release of the Aztec 'C' compiler. The original Manx support files were incomplete, contained bugs, and had the wrong linker format. This is an update to the version on disk number 353, fixing a couple of bugs and adding some new useful features. Includes source. Author: Olaf Barthel Matrix Solves systems of linear equations. Includes both PAL and NTSC versions. Version 1.00, includes source. Author: Rudiger Dreier Plotter A two-dimensional mathematical function plotting program. Includes both PAL and NTSC versions. Version 3.71, includes source. Author: Rudiger Dreier ToolLibrary A shared library for the Amiga. Contains some mathematical (evaluation of strings) and Intuition (menus, requester) functions. Version 2.06, includes source. Author: Rudiger Dreier. CONTENTS OF DISK 377 -------------------- This is disk 377 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AnsiRead2 Bridges the gap between IBM and Amiga ANSI by displaying IBM ANSI text and graphic animations (as usually captured from bulletin boards) in their full intended colors and motion. Includes several samples. Version 0.2, binary only, shareware. Author: Glenn Kauffman Formatter A disk formatting program with an intuition interface which supports write verification, disk installation, fast formatting and automatic start. Formats a 3.5" disk in a multitasking environment in about 1:36 minutes (with verify turned on). Version 2.4a, includes source. Author: Olaf Barthel Icon2C A simple tool to turn any Workbench icon file into 'C' sourcecode, similar to the program of the same name by Carolyn Scheppner on disk number 56. This version has an arp interface and offers support for Kickstart 2.0 icons. Version 1.2, includes source. Author: Olaf Barthel IE An icon editor which can create and modify icons up to 640x200 pixels in size (also dual render). It can set stack size, position of icon (also free-floating), default tool, 10 tool types and control over opened window. It can also generate the C source code behind the icon for program inclusion. Now reads/writes IFF files and handles 4 or 8 colour icons. Version 2.0, update to version on disk number 342, source available from author. Author: Peter Kiem IntuitionEd Intuition based utility that creates C source code for screen, window, border and text structures. IntuitionEd can also write the code for several functions required for the opening and closing of these structures. The code can then be compiled by either Manx and Lattice. Shareware donation to the author will receive an enhanced version capable of writing gadget structures as well. Version 1.0, binary only, several samples included. Author: Niels Thorwirth PowerLOGO An experimental programming language based on Lisp and LOGO. It is versatile, highly interactive, organizes programs as collections of procedures, and includes lists as first-class data objects. Version 1.00, binary only. Author: Gary Teachout CONTENTS OF DISK 378 -------------------- This is disk 378 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Adapt CLI utility that converts special German characters in files imported from MS-DOS systems into the right Amiga codes. Can easily be changed to work with other languages. Version 2.2, includes source. Author: Lars Eggert ANSIMaster ANSI editor that provides the full IBM font set and color capability. Very useful for the design of custom ANSI screens/graphics for telecommunications. Version 1.0, binary only. Authors: James Davis and Joe Rattz, Jr. DevRen A DEVice RENamer, originally designed to allow the renaming of an external drive on an A2000 (always recognized as DF2:) to be DF1: However, works with any mounted device such as RAD: RAM: RAW: CON: etc, as long as the original and renamed version have the same character length. Version 1.5, includes source. Author: Stefan Rosewig JoyLib Both a linktime version and a shared library of Joystick routines featuring a technique which proves to be extremely fast on 68010 or higher processors, and still faster than most of the other routines on standard processors. Includes source for library in Assembler and the demonstration program in C. Author: Oliver Wagner MachIII A "mouse accelerator" program that also includes hotkeys, the features of sun mouse, clicktofront, popcli, title bar clock with a bbs online charge accumulator, Arexx support and much more. This is version 3.0, an update to version 2.6 on disk 254. Binary only. Author: Brian Moats and Polyglot software MuchMore Another program like "more", "less", "pg", etc. This one uses its own screen to show the text using a slow scroll. Includes built-in help, commands to search for text, and commands to print the text. Works with PAL or NTSC, in normal or overscan modes. Supports 4 color text in bold, italic, underlined, or inverse fonts. Version 2.7, this is an update to version 2.5 from disk 253. Includes source in Oberon and assembly code. Author: Fridtjof Siebert MuchMorePoPa Extended version of MuchMore V2.7. Displays texts that have been packed with PowerPacker. Version 2.7, includes source in Oberon and assembly code. Author: Fridtjof Siebert Observer Working example for a Lattice LSR-program. Opens a small window and displays volume names of all inserted disks (DF0: through DF3:). Includes source in Lattice C. Author: Oliver Wagner TheGuru A program to bring the Guru back into Kickstart 2.0, for those who will miss it, (well sorta anyway!). Version 1.0, binary only. Author: Nico Frangois CONTENTS OF DISK 379 -------------------- This is disk 379 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Append CLI utility that allows you to directly append one or more files to another without having to use the roundabout methods necessary with the AmigaDOS "join" command. Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Oliver Enseling FileEncrypt Another intuition based file encryptor to enable you to scramble your highly secret, hard earned source code and prevent your co-workers from taking credit for it! Includes (unscrambled) source. Author: Lorenz Wiest LLSort Replacement for the AmigaDOS SORT command. Pure bit set and may be made resident. Features COLSTART and FIELDS parameters and sorts in either ascending/descending order. Also sorts with or without case sensitivity. Binary only. Author: Les Leist TheA64Package A comprehensive emulator/utility package to assist Commodore 64 users in upgrading to the Amiga. According to the author, this package compares to or surpasses the commercially available packages of the same nature. Many of the utilities require a hardware interface that allow the Amiga to access C64 peripherals such as disk drives and printers. The hardware interface is free with a shareware donation to the author. Version 1.00, binary only. Author: Cliff Dugan, QuesTronix Xnum A useful CLI conversion utility that takes a decimal, binary, octal or hex number as input and displays the number in all four formats. Binary only. Author: Oliver Enseling Yawn! A small WorkBench sliding block puzzle to keep your mind and fingers busy while your compiler is busy crunching away on your highly secret, hard earned source code that you hopefully remembered to unscramble first! Features selectable size from 4x4 to 7x7 and European, Hindi or Arabic numerals. Includes source. Author: Lorenz Wiest CONTENTS OF DISK 380 -------------------- This is disk 380 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Oberon A freely distributable demo version of a powerful Oberon compiler. Oberon is a modern, object oriented language developed by Prof. Dr. Niklaus Wirth of ETH Z|rich in Switzerland as a successor to Modula-2. This single pass compiler creates standard Amiga object files, uses a large variety of optimizations to create fast code, supports writing of reentrant programs, allows you to call code from other languages like C and Assembler, etc. The package includes the compiler, an editor, a link utility, a program to display compilation errors and some demo programs. Version 1.16, binary only. Author: Fridtjof Siebert ====================================================================== -Fred