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
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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and the document files have been archived.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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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That's it for now...
-Fred
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