fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish) (08/24/88)
I've finally got my Amiga 1000 talking to fishpond via a 100 ft cable so I didn't have to tear down and move the A1000 after all. This posting gives the contents of recently released disks 147-154, along with some information about the catalog disks for those new to comp.sys.amiga. The catalog disk has now been split into TWO disks, AmigaLibDisk0a and AmigaLibDisk0b. The first disk now contains the DirMaster database of the contents of all released disks, and the second disk contains the "Contents/README.listXX" files from each disk. To receive a copy of the catalog disks send two blank disks and three loose first class stamps to: Fred Fish Catalog Disk Request 1346 West 10th Place Tempe, Arizona 85281 USA I continue to get email with no phone number or U.S. mail address included, for which I can't respond because of some bogosity in the return path, causing the return mail to get bounced back. If you sent me such mail in the last few months and didn't get a reply, consider adding such information to your signature file. Below is a listing of the contents of disks 147 to 154: CONTENTS OF DISK 147 -------------------- This is disk 147 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. This disk contains the latest version of MicroGNUEmacs (MG 2b). Many additions and enhancements since the original works by Dave Conroy. A large amount of credit should go to the vast number of contributors and Beta testers. *Note: In order to fit all of the files on one disk and preserve the Workbench environment, the machine specific source code files and the document files have been archived. An executable copy of the public domain archive program "Zoo" has been placed in the "c" directory for the convenience of those who may not already have it. CONTENTS OF DISK 148 -------------------- This is disk 148 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. EFJ "Escape from Jovi" A machine-code game featuring hi-res scrolling, large playfield, disk-based Hi-Score list, stereo sound, and multiple levels. Use a joystick in port 2 to control the ship. Binary only, shareware ($8). Author: Oliver Wagner Fme Nicely done map editor for the Fire-Power (tm) game. Features interlaced hi-res with intuition interface. See the "Readme.fnf" file for information on making a bootable disk. Includes source. Author: Gregory MacKay HandyIcons Adds a menustrip to the WorkBench window that allows you to run selected Workbench Tools by menu selection. Can be set up to provide custom environments. Current version supports only WorkBench Tools and not Projects. Binary only. Author: Alan Rubright Scrambler A simple program that will encode/decode a text file into illegible gibberish, which resembles executable code, to evade prying eyes. Version 0.01, Binary only. Author: Foster Hall CONTENTS OF DISK 149 -------------------- This is disk 149 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AnimalSounds A sample of digitized animal sounds along with a simple sound player. Authors: The Trumor Company, Inc. Sound Player by Don Pitts DX-VoiceSorter Written to be used with Jack Deckard's VoiceFiler program. (Disk 82). It allows for the sorting of a number of voicefiles stored using that program into a new voicefile of voices made up from various files. Includes source. Author: David Bouckley Keep A nice little utility program with an intuition interface for BBS and network junkies who download messages in one large file and then read them off-line. Using only the mouse, you can drive through such files a message at a time, examine each at your leisure and tag those you wish to keep. Version 1.2, binary only, but source available with donation to author. Author: Tim Grantham Less Like Unix "more", only better, with forward and backward scrolling, searching and positioning by percent of file and line number, etc. Now lets you also print the current file. Very useful! This is Amiga version 1.3, an update to the version on disk number 92. Includes source. Author: Mark Nudelman, Amiga port by Bob Leivian Scheme To quote the ReadMe file: "Scheme is a statically scoped and properly tail-recursive dialect of the Lisp programming language invented by Guy Lewis Steele Jr. and Gerald Jay Sussman." Binary only. Amiga port by Ed Puckett CONTENTS OF DISK 150 -------------------- This is disk 150 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. AirFoil An update to the Airfoil generator on disk #71. Generates airfoil models as well as their corresponding streamline and pressure distributions. Includes source. Authors: Russell Leighton Addendum by David Foster DC10 An AmigaBasic DC-10 instrument flight simulator. Appears to be quite in-depth with flight-planning and take-off options along with an extensive documentation file. Requires rebuilding on a separate disk and was successfully done so by following the author's instructions in the ReadMe_First file. Author: Jan Arkesteijn ExecLib A working example of how to build and use user-defined disk-resident libraries. Of special interest to developers working with Lattice C. Author: Alex Livshits Iconizer A utility program that saves your current mouse pointer to a small icon. You can restore the pointer just by double-clicking on its icon. Allows for building a whole library of pointers and to use them whenever you want. Binary only. Author: Alex Livshits Pilot An implementation of the PILOT language for the Amiga, including a demo done for the National Park Service. PILOT is a limited use language for use in educational and computer based instruction programs. Binary only with Beta test kit available from authors. Author: Terry LaGrone StealMemBoot A small utility designed to be a direct replacement for NoFastMem kind of programs. It modifies the boot block of a disk, so when you boot with it, all memory allocations will return only CHIP memory. Author: Alex Livshits CONTENTS OF DISK 151 -------------------- This is disk 151 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. GlobeDemo A graphics demo which displays very smooth transitions of the rotating earth. Features a pop-up menu. Includes source. Author: Bob Corwin Icons Yet another potpourri of interesting icons to choose from if you need one for your own program. Author: Dave Turnock Pcopy A small intuition-based disk copier similiar to the resident "DiskCopy" except with write-verify and other user-selectable options. Useful for making multiple copies with reliable data. Requires two disk drives. Includes source. Author: Dirk Reisig SCT A CLI-based utility (SetColorTable) for displaying and/or setting a screen's colors. You can save the colors of a screen to be restored later, or copy one screen's colors to another. Includes source. Author: aklevin SlideShow Very nicely done slide-show program written in assembly language. Features forward/backward presentation and creative screen wipes. Currently works only with IFF lo-res pictures. Executable only along with some new IFF pictures to have come my way. Shareware ($16). Authors: Mike McKittrick and Sheldon Templeton Surveyor A little utility that opens a window on the current screen and displays information about the pointer. Allows for absolute or relative measurement between two points on the screen. Very handy for precise positioning of icons and such. Includes source. Author: Dirk Reisig CONTENTS OF DISK 152 -------------------- This is disk 152 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Blk A requester making tool employing various recursive algorithms including a recursive parser. It takes input text files and converts them to C-source for including as requester declarations. Includes source. Author: Stuart Ferguson RunBack A variant of Rob Peck's RunBackGround program from disk number 73. Allows you to start a new CLI program and run it in the background, then closes the new CLI. This version automatically searches the command-search-path to find the program. Includes source. Author: Daniel Barrett UUCP This is a version of uucp (Unix to Unix Copy Program) for the Amiga, along with some miscellaneous support utilities like cron, mail, and compress. Includes source. Author: Various, submitted by William Loftus CONTENTS OF DISK 153 -------------------- This is disk 153 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Dme Version 1.30 of Matt's text editor. Dme is a simple WYSIWYG editor designed for programmers. It is not a WYSIWYG word processor in the traditional sense. Features include arbitrary key mapping, fast scrolling, title-line statistics multiple windows, and ability to iconify windows. Update to version on disk number 134, includes source. Author: Matt Dillon HP11 Emulates an HP11C calculator including the program mode. Features an ON/OFF button that turns the calculator into an icon that will sit and wait until you need it again. Documentation on the features is scarce, perhaps some industrious HP owner could write a small tutorial for the benefit of those that don't own an HP calculator. Binary only. Author: David Gay HPMam A program to manipulate settings and fonts on HP LaserJet+ printers and compatibles. Includes an Intuition interface and some sample picture files. Version 1.0, binary only, shareware. Author: Steve Robb Synthemania An interesting, very small (and very persistent!) musical piece. If you plan on stopping it without using three fingers, you better read the document file first! Binary only. Author: Holger Lubitz CONTENTS OF DISK 154 -------------------- This is disk 154 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library. Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents. Ada An Ada Syntax checker for the amiga. Includes lex and yacc source. Author: Herman Fischer; updates by William Loftus AssemblyDemos A interesting group of assembly language demos for your visual and aural pleasure. Binary only. Author: Foster Hall DiskLib Two utilities for those people who like to split up PD disks into disks of different categories. Includes source. Author: Wilson Snyder Guardian Another virus diagnosing and vaccination program. Recognizes any non-standard bootblock. Includes a small utility program to permanently place the program on a copy of your kickstart disk in place of the seldom (if ever!) used Debug() function. Binary only. Author: Leonardo Fei PrintSpool A print-spooling program. Very useful for printing files in the background. Many command-line options. Version 1.0.0, Includes source. Author: Frangois Gagnon Utilities A group of four little utility programs, Cal, Undelete DClock and WhereIs. Binary only, see the ReadMe file for a description of each. Author: Dan Schein VirusX An update to the virus-detecting program of the same name on disk number 137. This version also checks for the Byte-Bandit strain. Version 1.21, Includes source. Author: Steve Tibbett Virus_Alert! Yet another anti-virus program with a twist. Once installed a message is displayed just after a warm or cold boot notifying the the user that the disk and memory are virus-free, and forcing a mouse-button press before continuing. Anything writing to the bootblock thereafter will destroy the message and a normal virus- infected boot (???) will take-place. Versions 1.01 and 2.01, Binary only. Author: Foster Hall Wicon A "Window Iconifier". Allows you to turn your windows into small icons which can be later recalled. Currently installed with MacWin to give your windows a "rubber- banding" effect. Version 1.14, Includes source. Author: Steven Sweeting ============================================================================ That's it for now... -Fred -- # Fred Fish, 1346 West 10th Place, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA # noao!nud!fishpond!fnf (602) 921-1113