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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

679.0. "DiskMan Utility" by LEDS::ACCIARDI () Sun Aug 30 1987 01:48

    I have obtained a slick new directory utility program.  This one
    does it all; it makes ARC'ing and de-ARC'ing files a breeze.  It
    also has the desireable property of being self-configurable; that
    is, you decide what the contents of the selector buttons will be.
    You can configure it to offer gadgets for VD0:, DF2:, DF3: or whatever
    you like.  It will also allow you to select whatever IFF viewer,
    text editor, or file printer you like.  It saves your custom
    configuration file to a very tiny file in your sys:devs directory.
    
    There is one small catch; the author designed the program to run
    on a 640 x 400, 3-plane (8-color) screen.  This means that...
    
    It will flicker on a 1080 monitor, and...
    
    It will hog about 100K of CHIP ram.  (CLImate also hogs 100K, but
    what the hell, you only live once.)  You might have trouble
    multitasking with Draw Plus in 640 x 400 x 16 colors, and an active
    WorkBench screen.  (By the way, you'd have even more trouble trying
    to do the above on any other microcomputer.)
    
    This is at least worth checking out.  The executable is only 37K.
    Look for it in JAKE::USER2:[ACCIARDI.AMIGA]

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
679.1	Diskman the Great	39046::FRACTAL		`Tue Sep 01 1987 21:18`	8
	Thanks for the Upload... What a great utility! -ph P.S. I don't even need to use Cli anymore!
679.2	Very nice.	SOFTY::HEFFELFINGER	Give my body to science fiction.	`Tue Sep 01 1987 22:08`	11
	Indeed, thanks! I've liked these sort of utilities since they've started showing up. I like the fact that this one is configurable. However, I've noticed that it does on occasion lose memory. I don't recall what I was doing... a copy, I think. I'll continue to make use of it and see if it happens again. Sure wish the colors were as configurable as the rest of it. Well, enough grousing. It's certainly the best of the bunch. Gary
679.3		LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Wed Sep 02 1987 09:06`	6
	Glad you like it, but I've been a bad person... I neglected to upload the text file that came with the ARChive. It gives credit to the author. I must have deleted it somewhere along the line. I'll download it again and place the docs where you found the other stuff.
679.4		Z::TENNY	Dave Tenny \| DTN 225-6089	`Wed Sep 02 1987 13:49`	9
	re: .2 I don't remember where I saw it, but I think there's a utility which allows you to change the colors for a given screen. The utility was either on Amicus or FISH disks. At least, I think I saw such a utility. Did anyone else see it? Dave
679.5		BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Thu Sep 03 1987 12:26`	3
	i've seen it, think it is called PopColors -dave
679.6		VENERE::ZABOT	Marco Zabot-Adv.Tech.mgr-Turin ACT	`Fri Sep 04 1987 06:45`	3
	Another one is called AnyTime. I think to remember that it comes with GrabbIt !
679.7		Z::TENNY	Dave Tenny \| DTN 225-6089	`Tue Sep 15 1987 00:20`	6
	By the way, did anybody notice that this utility allows double-clicking on directory names to select a dir listing? I traditionally use DUIV (dirutil 4?), and it didn't have this ability. I like being able to fire up microGNUemacs from this utility too! Definitely worth the download time.
679.8	Whoops...	LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Tue Sep 15 1987 00:36`	8
	I've been a very bad boy... I neglected to upload the document for DiskMan. Not only have I forced everyone to guess at all the functions, I've done the author a disservice by not including the credits. I'll post it in LEDS3::$1$DUA9:[ACCIARDI.AMIGA] Sorry for any inconvenience. Ed.