zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (03/12/91)
>From: Fred Fish <fishpond!fnf@phx.mcd.mot.com>
Disks 461-470 are now available. All shipping to those that have preordered
disks should be complete by 3/13/91.
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 (prefered way)
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 and GREATLY increase your chances of having the material
accepted for inclusion:
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/xicon) that makes all
necessary assigns, copies fonts and libraries, etc.
Thanks!!!
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CONTENTS OF DISK 461
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DFrags Disk Fragmentation reporting utility. Displays disk
fragmentation for both floppy and hard disk devices.
Does not attempt to change any data, just gives a report.
Version 2.02, shareware, binary only.
Author: Custom Services
DiskPrint Prints labels for 3.5" disks, primarily for PD library
disks. Label data files can be loaded into memory so
labels for most PD disks are available after a few mouse-
clicks. Features include three different label sizes,
default file, different label library functions, Amiga-
LibDisk contents read-in and easy handling. This is
version 2.7.2, an update to version 2.3.5b on disk 441.
Shareware, binary only.
Author: Jan Geissler
Logic A small game that is somewhat reminiscent of "life".
Version 2.0, includes source in assembly.
Author: Thomas Jansen
MandAnim A Mandelbrot Animation program that allows you to easily
generate series of lo-res/16-color pictures. Features
full mouse and/or keyboard operation, zooms, auto-save,
high (+cheat) speed, iconization, preview, ease, etc.
The generated pictures all remember their positions and
settings so they can be reloaded. This is version 1.2,
an update to version 1.1 on disk 387. Binary only.
Author: Ekke Verheul.
NewList A powerful LIST replacement. Supports many features
including sorts, character filters, case sensativity,
most options offered by LIST, date construction,
UNIX wildcards, and much more. Sort routines are VERY
fast and memory usage is minimal. Version 4.5, binary
only.
Author: Phil Dietz
SBall A game using the joystick to control a "bouncing ball".
Binary only.
Author: Hertzig Wolfgang and Meisner Christian
TDraw An easy to use Window Title Bar Pattern Editor for use
with TBar. Load, save, test, and edit patterns. Saves
script files that can be executed later to change window
patterns at anytime (like on boot-up). Includes TRand,
a utility to pick a random TBar file so your WorkBench
will look different each time you reboot. Version 1.0,
binary only.
Author: Phil Dietz
Tron Another game based on the lightcycle race sequence in the
science fiction computer film "Tron". This is version 1.0,
unrelated to other Tron releases in the library. Includes
source in assembly.
Author: Thomas Jansen
CONTENTS OF DISK 462
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CacheDisk Improves floppy disk throughput by caching entire tracks of
data. Buffers disk reads and writes for maximum speed gain
and has a user setable number of buffers for each drive.
Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Terry Fisher
DisTerm The dissidents telecommunication program. Has built in
phone directory requester, autodial, various file transfer
protocols, ascii send and capture, full/half duplex, split
window, color requester, macro keys, selectable baud, CR/LF
expansion, automatically configured per phone entry. Binary
only.
Author: Jeff Glatt
Humartia An arcade game where each player controls a jet and must
destroy the opponents jet, which is accomplished when a
jet has been hit 75 by either missiles or air mines.
Binary only.
Author: Jason Bauer
SeaLance Game based on a Trident submarine simulator. You must use
the weapons at your disposal to liberate the earth's cities
from alien occupation. Binary only.
Author: Jason Bauer
Up&Down The object of this game is to get four of your chips in a
row (across, down, or diagonally) without letting your
opponent get his chips in a row first. Binary only.
Author: Jason Bauer
CONTENTS OF DISK 463
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ExecRexx A program that turns an ARexx script into an executable
which can be run from WorkBench or the CLI. Binary only.
Author: Jeff Glatt
FileIO A file requester library based upon an example by R.J. Mical.
Has numerous features, including uses other than disk I/O.
Version 1.C, update to version 1.9 on disk 393. Binary only.
Author: Jeff Glatt, Jim Fiore, R.J. Mical
ILBM The ilbm reader/writer library 0.5 and examples. Also can
be used for non-ILBM files. 100% compatible with original
Electronic Arts code. Binary only.
Author: Jeff Glatt
LibTool A utility that can quickly convert C or assembly code into
an Amiga shared library. Also makes all support files
including C and assembly include files, bmap files, Manx and
Lattice pragmas, C glue stubs. Can also make a device.
Binary only.
Author: Jeff Glatt
PrintSpool A shared library to easily add text or graphics print
spooling to any C or assembly program. Binary only.
Author: Jeff Glatt
RexxIntuition An ARexx function library which allows ARexx scripts to open
windows/screens, add menus, add proportional, boolean, and
string gadgets, use requesters, load/save ILBM pictures, use
a color requester, print text in various colors, sizes, and
styles, draw colored lines and boxes, print text or graphics,
etc. Binary only.
Author: Jeff Glatt
RexxLib A shared library that can be used to easily add an ARexx
implementation to any program in a memory efficient manner.
Binary only.
Author: Jeff Glatt
CONTENTS OF DISK 464
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Cross A program that creates crossword puzzles. Has a message
data file to allow easy translation into almost any human
language, with English and German currently supported.
This is version 3.3, includes source in M2Amiga Modula-2.
Author: Jurgen Weinelt
FileWindow A completely public domain file requester which may be used
in any program, even commercial ones. It uses dynamically
allocated memory to hold the file names so the only limitation
is the amount of memory available. Includes a filter option
to limit display of filenames to only ones with a specific
extension. Names are automatically sorted while they are
being read and displayed. This version has been enhanced
by Bernd Schied for more device gadgets, renaming of files
and directories, ANSI-C source, and more. Update to version
1.10 on disk 336. Includes source.
Author: Anders Bjerin, Bernd Schied
PictureEditor An "object-oriented" paint program that allows you to
create, modify, load, and save hierarchical structured
picture objects. Version 1.12, shareware, binary only.
Author: Hans W. Stremlau
Scan CLI utility to display the individual character contents
of any file. Displays the ASCII and Hex values, count and
percentage of total along with actual character (if
displayable). Listing is displayed on a console window or
optionally written to an output file. Possible uses would
be to scan files for binary characters, relative character
counts, matching numbers of special characters, determining
LF/CR configurations, etc. Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: Dan Fish, console routine by Jim Cooper
CONTENTS OF DISK 465
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FCS Prerelease version of an iterated Fractal Construction
Set program, used to generate iterated fractal images
such as Sierpinski's triangle, ferns, etc. This is
version 0.99, binary only.
Author: Garth Thornton
Lz An lharc compatible archiver that is reported to be much
faster than other available archivers and produce smaller
archives. Version 2.00, binary only.
Author: Jonathan Forbes
MRBackUp A hard disk backup utility that does a file by file copy
to standard AmigaDOS floppy disks. Includes an intuition
interface and file compression. Version 5.02a, an update
to version 3.4 on disk 327. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Mark Rinfret
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.
This is version 2.2E, the same as on disk 375. However,
this release includes the source (the description on
disk 375 claims the source is included but it was not).
Author: Martin Steppler
CONTENTS OF DISK 466
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DICE Dillon's Integrated C Enviroment. A C frontend, pre-
processor, C compiler, assembler, linker, and support
libraries. Features include ANSI compatibility, many
code optimizations, and autoinit routines (user routines
called during startup before main is called). This is
version 2.06.15 (2.06B), an update to version 2.06.14 on
disk 443. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Matthew Dillon
HamLabDemo Demo version of an expandable image format conversion
utility. Converts GIF, TIFF, PBMPLUS, Spectrum 512, MTV,
QRT, and Sun images into HAM and SHAM. Images can be
scaled, dithered, color corrected, and cropped. This
demo version is limited to processing images of 512 by
512 pixels or less. Version 1.1, shareware, binary only.
Author: J. Edward Hanway
Mosaic Mosaic is a game played with a set of 81 two-by-two tiles
on a 24-by-24 playing area. The objective of the game is
to place your tiles such that squares of the same pattern
are connected as much as possible. Version 1.0, includes
source.
Author: Kirk Johnson and Loren J. Rittle
StopWatch A stop watch application with the precision of one milli-
second (variable), which scans the joystick button. Full
multitasking capability and intuition interfacing, ARexx
port for parameter and result handling, and supports all
non-proportional WorkBench fonts. Written in Modula 2 and
assembly language. Version 2.0, binary only.
Author: Christian Danner
CONTENTS OF DISK 467
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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 XLNd, an update to version
XLNc on disk 373. Includes bug fixes, many new features,
postscript and HP LaserJet III support, logarithmic axes.
Author: Alan Baxter, Tim Mooney, Rich Champeaux, Jim Miller
PowerSnap A utility that allows you to use the mouse to mark characters
anywhere on the screen, and then paste them somewhere else,
such as in another CLI or in a string gadget. Checks what
font is used in the window you snap from and will look for
the position of the characters automatically. Recognizes all
non proportional fonts of up to 24 pixels wide and of any
height. Works with AmigaDOS 2.0 in both shell and WorkBench
environments. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Nico Francois
CONTENTS OF DISK 468
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Post An excellent PostScript interpreter for the Amiga which
implements the full Adobe language. Supports type 1 and
type 3 fonts, screen output, file output, and printer
output. Requires Arp library V39+ and ConMan V1.3+. This
is version 1.5, an update to version 1.4 on disk 446.
Changes include better type 1 font rendering and some bug
fixes. Includes source in C.
Author: Adrian Aylward
Vlt Vlt version 5.045, a partial update to version 5.034 on
disk 455. Includes new executables with and without
Tektronix emulation, and a new xprascii library. You
still need the files from disk 455 to make a complete
distribution. Binary only.
Author: Willy Langeveld
CONTENTS OF DISK 469
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AirAce A fast paced WWI biplane shoot'em up game built using
Accolade's Shoot'Em Up Construction Kit. Binary only.
Author: Robert Grace
FastLife A fast life program featuring an intuition interface, four
screen sizes, 19 generations/second, and 153 patterns in
text file format. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Ron Charlton
Triangle A game like chinese checkers, consisting of fourteen pegs
and one empty hole in a triangular formation. The object
of the game is to leave one peg in the original empty hole
or have eight pegs on the board and no possible moves.
Version 1.1, includes source in BASIC.
Author: Russell Mason
WordPuzzle The object of this game is to find a word in a puzzle
arrangement. There are three different variations of the
game. Version 1.1, includes source in BASIC.
Author: Russell Mason
CONTENTS OF DISK 470
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BCF FORTRAN-77 compiler, linker, and runtime support library.
No Amiga specific hooks, just vanilla FORTRAN. ANSI
compatible with extensions. Version 1.3c, binary only.
Author: Andre Kostli
KeyMenu An alternative to Intuition's method of menu selection via
the keyboard. Uses one key to activate the menu for the
currently active window, the cursor keys to move through
the menu as you choose, and the return key to select the
desired menu item or escape key to abort selection. Works
with AmigaDOS 2.0 mouse accelerator and has option to blank
Intuition's pointer. Version 1.03, includes assembly source.
Author: Ken Lowther
TripleYachtZ An implementation and variation of the game "Yacht". Plays
both Single (the standard game) and Triple, which differs
from normal Yacht-Z in that all scores in the 3rd column of
your scorecard are worth three times as much as the normal
value and those in the 2nd are worth double. Version 1.2,
binary only, source available from author.
Author: Stephan Iannce
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-Fred ><>
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