fnf@fishpond.uucp (Fred Fish) (08/16/90)
Disks 361-370 are now available. Shipping to those who have preordered disks begins tomorrow (8/16/90) and should be complete by this weekend. Note that these disks contain only material that was submitted to me on standard AmigaDOS disks. Because of operator error (the details of which are too embarrassing to admit) all recent electronic submissions and usenet material have been lost. 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 for postage and a 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 361 -------------------- Brush_4D Converts IFF images into Sculpt 4D object format. Works with any IFF image, including HAM & Extra Halfbrite. Convert brushes in full color, with optional wrap, to 3D shapes. Also includes optimization routine. Version 1.00, shareware, binary only. Author: Bruce Thomson FileMaster A file editor like NewZap or FedUp, which allows you to manipulate bytes of a file. You may also change the file size or execute a patch. Version 1.20, update to version on disk number 298, includes source in assembly. Author: Roger Fischlin TextPaint Version 0.97 of the Ansi editor. Several significant enhancements and bug fixes since the release of version 0.90 on disk number 346. Binary only. Author: Oliver Wagner Turn An interesting board game with the simplicity of checkers yet requiring the "move-lookahead" of a good chess player. Binary only. Author: Peter Handel XColor-Lib Link library with a full-fledged color requestor along with several color functions like copy, spread, exchange, antique black & white, etc. to aid in creating your own custom color requestors. Contains several demos along with include files for C, AmigaBasic, DevPac Assember and KickPascal. Author: Roger Fischlin CONTENTS OF DISK 362 -------------------- ArchEdge Intuition interface for several of the more popular archiving utilities such as ARC, ZOO, LHARC and PAK. Includes an "Auto-Pad" function that will automatically add some morsels for the modem. Version 1.5, includes assembly source. Author: Robert Lang Fenster A program which can operate on windows owned by another program, to close them, change their size, refresh gadgets, move the window to the background, etc. This is version 2.2, an update to version 2.1 on disk 305. Includes source in assembly. Author: Roger Fischlin Imperium_Romanum Strategic, "RISK" style game for up to four players. Based in the ancient times of Rome, Athens, Alexandria and Carthago. Binary only, shareware ($10), with C source available from the author. Version 1.50E. Author: Roland Richter KeyMenu Allows fast, easy access to pull-down menus from the keyboard without having to remember all the special amiga key sequences Version 1.01, binary only. Author: Rainer Salamon MemRoutines Some "plug-compatible" replacements for the Lattice C functions memcpy(), memcmp(), and memset(). Unlike the Lattice functions that deal with data one-byte at a time, these versions deal with longword chunks, which can improve performance of Amigas equipped with a 68020 or 68030. Includes source in assembly. Author: Robert Broughton PUZZ Very nice implementation of the sliding-block-puzzle concept. Good graphics and the ability to create your own puzzles using an IFF ILBM file and a text file. Includes source and several sample puzzles. Version 1.0. Author: Martin Round Rubik Another 3D Rubik's cube solver independantly authored from the version on disk #285. Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Martin Round sMOVIE A smooth scrolling text displayer, useful for creating video titles, slide show intros, etc. Includes source. Author: Martin Round CONTENTS OF DISK 363 -------------------- BootBase Another bootblock save/restore utility. Includes an auto-compare function. Includes source. Author: Steven Lagerweij LabelPrint3.5 A program that allows you to easily print labels for your disks. This is version 3.5, an update to version 3.0 from disk 277. Shareware, binary only (source available from author). Author: Andreas Krebs MigaMind A small WorkBench "Master-Mind" type game. Includes source. Author: Ekke Verheul PLW Phone-Line-Watcher. For users of Hayes compatible modems. Monitors the serial port and records all incoming calls. Current version only allows remote user to receive a predetermined message, login, and leave a reply. Possible updates will allow them access to AmigaDos. Version 1.1, binary only. Author: Christian Fries RandSam Plays random soundsamples at random times, with random volume, random cycles, and a bit random period. It will definitely catch the attention of the unsuspecting Amiga user (particularly one that has the stereo turned up!) when a lion suddenly roars as they're typing away on their favorite word processor! User modifiable start-up configuration file. Include source and some sample sounds. Author: Steven Lagerweij SampleScanner By-passes the Amiga Dos file system and scans a disk directly, block by block, for sound samples. Allows you to "hear" the disk as it is being scanned. If a sample is found, it can be saved to disk for editing, direct use, etc. Author: Steven Lagerweij WO An intuition-based address book that allows saving of data in normal or password-encoded form. Version 1.0, includes partial source, (password encoding routines not included). Author: Heinzelmann CONTENTS OF DISK 364 -------------------- Aniptrs2 Some more animated pointers to choose from to "liven" up your display environment. Binary only. Author: Bob McKain, pointer animation program by Tim Kemp DPFFT Update to version on disk number 324. DPFFT includes the ability to plot a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of the data, customized amplitude and phase spectrum, prewhitening capability, and a Welch window for spectral smoothing. Version 2.2, binary only. Author: A. A. Walma Iconaholism A selection of some very nice looking icons designed for an 8-color WorkBench. Includes script files to view the icons in their intended colors. Author: R.G.Tambash MemLook Similar to "MemFlick" on disk #206. For lack of a better explanation, it gives sort of a graphical view of your machine's entire memory area. Features memory guage and controllable scrolling speed via the cursor keys. Version 1.1B, binary only, source available from author Author: Thomas Jansen SNAG_Pointers Results of the Southern Nevada Amiga Groups (SNAG) first animated pointer contest. Authors: Various, pointer animation program by Tim Kemp CONTENTS OF DISK 365 -------------------- Badger Reminder program for your startup-sequence. Badger will open a window and display any important events that are 'due'. Badger will not bother you if there is nothing to report. Events are entered via menu and prompts. Binary only, shareware. Author: George Kerber DmeAsm A utility for those who use Matt Dillon's Dme editor and HighSoft's DevPac Assembler. DmeAsm is a CLI command file that takes your source code as a parameter and opens a window similar to the Assemble window inside Devpac (Genam2) and gives similar options. If no parameter is supplied then the window will still open and you can supply your own. Version 1.1, includes source in assembly Author: Nic Wilson & W Weber EasyBackup A CLI-based hard-disk backup/restore utility. Features incremental backups by archive bit status, by datestamp, or command-line query. Incremental backups can be appended to an existing backup set. Includes source. Author: Oliver Enseling EasyMouse Another threshhold-mouse-accelerating, screen-to-back, window to-front, mouse-blanking, screen-blanking, auto- window activating, low-memory-warning, auto-window sizing, configuration-saveable clock! Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Oliver Enseling TrackDos A program that allows easy transfer of data between DOS, memory and trackdisk.device. DOS means the data contained within a file, memory means the data contained anywhere within the memory map and trackdisk.device means data stored on a disk not accessable with DOS (eg. bootblocks special loader disks etc.). The transfer of data between these three areas is not normally easy or convenient. TrackDos was written to overcome this. Binary only. Author: Nic Wilson Password A program which enhances your computers security by making it complicated enough that users without your password will get discouraged trying to boot and use your system. This should keep out most casual or nontechnical users. Update to version on disk #243. Version 1.42p, binary only. Author: George Kerber Udate Udate is a replacement for the AmigaDOS date command, containing many options similiar to the UNIX date command. Udate will allow you to set the date and time via prompts or directly from the command line, will display any part of the date or time using the options in any color desired, and will also make an automatic adjustment of your system clock for Daylight Savings Time so your computer will be one less clock you will ever have to set twice a year for DST. Update to version on disk #311, this version is slightly smaller and works correctly with the 68030. Version 1.14c, binary only. Author: George Kerber View80 Very impressive scrolling text file reader. Three scrolling modes and controllable via keyboard or mouse. Opens file requestor if no filename is given. Automatically configures screen size for PAL or NTSC machine. Sample operation in reading the document files. Version 1.1, includes source. Author: Federico Giannici CONTENTS OF DISK 366 -------------------- 3DTicTacToe A three-dimensional "four-in-a-row" version of TicTacToe, human against computer. Version 1.2, binary only. Author: Ron Charlton DosError A small CLI utility that will return a slightly more verbose description of a DOS error code than that returned by the System. Can save a trip to the manual for vague or unfamiliar error codes. Version 2.0, includes source in assembly. Author: Robert Lang IntuiFace An intuition interface that handles the important functions of creating, inserting, extracting and listing files for three popular archiving utilities: ARC, ZOO and LHARC. Version 1.00, binary only, shareware. Author: Matthias Zepf LoanCalc Entirely keyboard driven mortgage utility. Although similiar programs exist, this one is unique in that it is designed to track 'Open' mortgages that allow any size payment to be made at any time as well as providing an amortization table for fixed mortgages with monthly, semi-monthly, bi-weekly and weekly payment schedules. Version 1.2, binary only. Author: Robert Bromley Makewords "PhoneWord" takes a full or partial telephone number and attempts to create a word from the various "alphabedigit" combinations. "Unjumble" may useful in solving the Sunday morning newspaper "Scramble". Includes source. Author: Ron Charlton MeMeter A small utility for monitoring the Amiga's memory usage. Unique snapshot facility allows you to store the current numbers, launch a program, see how much memory it requires, end the program, and see if it returns all the memory. Version 2.1, binary only. Author: Gaylan Wallis NDebt Amusing, but saddening, this program opens a small window that displays a continuously updated tally of America's national debt, based on its historically phenomenal growth rate. Version 1.1, includes source. Author: Ron Charlton PrintStudio Very nice intuition-based general purpose print utility that prints text with a variety of options. Prints several graphic formats with yet more options. Print any part of a picture, print screens and windows, save screens and windows as IFF files, modify color palettes, change printing parameters and lots more! Version 1.2, binary only, shareware. Author: Andreas Krebs CONTENTS OF DISK 367 -------------------- Enigmas Nifty graphic simulation of the World War II German Enigma-Machine, a message encoding/decoding device that produced extremely difficult to crack cryptographic code. Binary only. Author: Gaylan Wallis GwPrint An intuition-based text file print utility. Offers a wide selection of adjustable features for controlling pagination, headers, trailers, margins, date and page-numbering and various print styles/sizes. Version 2.0, binary only, shareware. Author: Gaylan Wallis HyperDialer Database for names and addresses, full intuition interface. Dynamically allocated, with configurable script startup file. Iconifies to titlebar icon. Search, sort, insert, delete, full file requesters. Uses modem to control dialing of multiple phone numbers. Binary only, shareware, with source available from author. Author: David Plummer SCM Screen Color Modifier. A palette program that allows the changing/saving/loading of a screen's colors. Includes a separate loader program that can be used in batch files to set a screen's colors to predefined values after a program has been launched. Version 1.0, binary only. Author: Jean-Marc Nogier SuperView A shareware file-viewer that displays all types of IFF files with many features like: Workbench support, all display modes, auto overscan, color cycle (CRNG, CCRT), AmigaBasic ACBM files, first cell in and ANIM file, Type 5 animations and more. Written in assembly, pure code for residency under 1.3. Version 3.0, binary only. Author: David Grothe Tricky Another of Peter's innovative and addictive games. Sort of a "video-bowling" concept where the object is to wipe out groups of "computerized" symbols in such a fashion that the last item hit becomes the target for the next ball (with a few tricks of course!). Lots of levels and the usual level editor that accompanies most of Peter's games. Binary only. Author: Peter Handel CONTENTS OF DISK 368 -------------------- Elements Very nice interactive display of the the Periodic Table of Elements. This is version 2.0, an update to version 1.3a on disk 297. This version adds general row and column information, plus a test mode where the program asks specific questions about the selected element or row/column. Binary only, shareware. Author: Paul Thomas Miller GraphicsPak A set of functions for general graphics operations such as boxes/lines, blitting, and opening/closing the libraries. It is used by both of the PopMenu and ListWindow test programs. Includes source. Author: Paul Thomas Miller Lila A shareware utility that allows you to print listings or other text files on Postscript printers, with header, page numbers, and multicolumn pages. Can print in portrait or landscape orientation. Version 8912a, binary only. Author: Bertrand Gros ListWindow Gives simple initialization, handling, and freeing of Macintosh-like "list-windows." These are user-sizeable windows with a scrollable list of text strings, optionally sortable. The list can be scrolled with a scroll-bar, up and down arrows, arrow keys, or a SHIFT+key combination which searches for the first occurance of the specified key. Source and a sample program included. Author: Paul Thomas Miller NewEx An assembly program to replace xicon, IconX and similar utilities. Unique in the fact that it uses a WorkBench "Tool" icon instead of a "Project" icon. This allows workbench startup of programs that could ordinarily only be started by the CLI. Version 1.1, includes assembly source. Author: Kjell Cederfeldt PopMenu A set of functions for the setting up, drawing, and handling of pop-up menus that are affixed to windows. Clicking on the menu box area will open up the full menu, with the list of menu items inside. Source and a sample program included. Author: Paul Thomas Miller SuperMenu An information display system you can use to quickly and easily display text files (and sections of text files) with the press of a button. Version 2.0, shareware, binary only. Author: Paul Thomas Miller SysInfo A program which reports interesting information about the configuration of your machine, including some speed comparisons with other configurations, versions of the OS software, etc. Version 1.4, binary only. Author: Nic Wilson Today Amiga implementation of IBM PL/1 history program. Tells you important events and birthdays on current or specified day. Command line options include once-per-day setting for startup sequences. Version 0.91, binary only, shareware. Author: David Plummer, data files originally from an IBM VM/CMS version by Mike Butler CONTENTS OF DISK 369 -------------------- AQData Information to aid users in updating B. Lennart Olsson's Aquarium Version 1.12 database. Includes information on disks up to number 360. Author: Howard Hull Flip Another program in the long tradition of screen hacks. Run it and see what happens. Binary only. Author: Andreas Schildbach Fortune Randomly display a 'fortune' selected from a fortunes file (supplied), by text or voice. New version will work from the Workbench or CLI. Version 2.04g, update to version on disk #311, source included. Author: George Kerber Spy A program that tracks calls to AmigaDOS and Exec functions, reporting them to the screen, along with their calling parameters and the results. Version 1.0, includes source. Author: Federico Giannici VAXterm A VT220 terminal emulator that is close to the real VT220 terminal in both supported facilities and user interface. Designed primarily for connection to VAX/VMS, it should work with any host computer with VT220 terminal support. Supports file transferring for ASCII files by means of DCL commands. Version 2.4, includes source. Author: Tuomo Mickelsson XprTransmit XprTransmit is an Cli-based command that allows you to easily access to any Xpr Library without having to worry about call-back-function et cetera. It is able to access every "serial.device"-like exec-device. Only little documentation. Version 1.0, binary only. Author: Andreas Schildbach CONTENTS OF DISK 370 -------------------- SKsh A ksh-like shell for the Amiga. Some of its features include command substitution, shell functions with parameters, aliases, local variables, local functions, local aliases, powerful control structures and tests, emacs style line editing and history functions, I/O redirection, pipes, large variety of built-in commands, Unix style wildcards, Unix style filename conventions, filename completion, and coexistence with scripts from other shells. Very well documented. Version 1.5, an update to version 1.4 on disk 342. New features include user definable keymaps, an ARexx port, many new internal and external commands, selective disabling of wildcards, preparsing of script files, bug fixes, and more. Author: Steve Koren ====================================================================== -Fred -- # Fred Fish, 1835 E. Belmont Drive, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA # 1-602-491-0048 asuvax!mcdphx!fishpond!fnf
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (08/21/90)
In article <1990Aug16.024948.465@fishpond.uucp> fnf@fishpond.uucp (Fred Fish) writes: >CONTENTS OF DISK 362 >-------------------- > >MemRoutines Some "plug-compatible" replacements for the Lattice C > functions memcpy(), memcmp(), and memset(). Unlike the > Lattice functions that deal with data one-byte at a time, > these versions deal with longword chunks, which can improve > performance of Amigas equipped with a 68020 or 68030. > Includes source in assembly. > Author: Robert Broughton Isn't the Amiga exec function CopyMem (or it's partner CopyMemQuick) already the absolute optimum? I use it heavily, it's extremely fast. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ rutgers!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
rda353l@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (a.r. 8947277 baxter) (08/23/90)
After seeing this post, I thought to myself 'Hmmm, some nice stuff there, time to go and ftp', however ux1.csc.uiuc.edu only has up to disk 350. Are there any sites with 351-360, and/or 361-370? Thanks , Anthony rda353l%monu6.cc.monash.oz@uunet.UU.NET Robotics and Digital Technology {uunet}!munnari!monu6.cc.monash.oz!rda353l Monash University, Caulfield