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| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
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| 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 |
712.0. "Fish Disks 89-102 Available" by NAC::PLOUFF (LANsman Wes) Thu Sep 17 1987 14:53
Here is the latest listing of Fish disks. Note that Fred Fish has
pulled disks 57, 80 and 88 from circulation due to potential copyright
problems, and has replaced them with disks 97, 90 and 89 respectively.
----------------
Article 6712 of 6780, Tue 00:05.
Subject: Disks 89-102 available
Keywords: disk library
From: [email protected] (Fred Fish)
Path: calgary!alberta!ihnp4!cbosgd!clyde!rutgers!sunybcs!boulder!hao!noao!mcdsun!fnf
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Date: 8 Sep 87 06:05:01 GMT
I've finally dug my way out from under the stack of disks people have
been sending me recently (hey, this is great! I was wondering when
you guys were going to catch on...). After much sifting and sorting,
disks 91-102 are now ready for release. The bulk of the rest of this
posting is a detailed listing of the contents of each disk, including
disks 89 and 90 which replace 88 and 80 respectively.
Actually it is a very good thing for the continued existance of the
library that authors have starting sending me material directly. Given
the problems with disks 57, 80, and 88, I've started applying much stricter
selection rules about what will and will not be included in the library.
Direct submissions by the author of a given program will, of course, almost
always be included providing I believe they fit in with the general
"flavor" of the library. Material for which source is not available
and for which no ready means of author contact (I.E. telephone number)
is included, will almost always be rejected unless I have other reasons
to believe it is freely redistributable.
CONTENTS OF DISK 102
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Dbug Machine independent macro based C debugging package.
Provides function trace, selective printing of internal
state information, and more. This is an update to the
version released on disk 41, and now includes a machine
independent profiling mechanism. Includes source.
Author: Fred Fish; profiling support by Binayak Banerjee
Match_stuff Heavy duty text pattern matching stuff. The pattern
syntax is an extension of standard AmigaDOS filename
matching. Also includes some simply matched text
replacement capability. Includes source.
Author: Pete Goodeve
Sectorama A program designed to help Amiga users recover lost or
damaged data from floppy or hard drives, or to repair
a damaged volume. The author wrote this out of
frustration with existing tools when he had multiple
hard disk drive failures over the course of several
months. Binary only.
Author: David Joiner
SiliCon A smart input line interpreter that provides a separate
command window with full editing and recall of previous
commands. Actual name is "Sili(Con:)". This is an
update to the version first released on disk number 50.
Binary only.
Author: Pete Goodeve
Xicon Xicon lets you use icons to call up scripts containing CLI
commands. This is version 2.00, an update to the version
first released on disk 31, and includes close gadgets, window
size specification, text display capability, plus more.
Binary only.
Author: Pete Goodeve
CONTENTS OF DISK 101
--------------------
CirPlane A circular plane generator for VideoScape 3D. Generates
a clockwise circular polygon with the specified number
of vertices. Used, for example, to cap a cylinder or to
generate surface detail. Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: Thad Floryan
IconAssembler This program loads existing WorkBench icon files and
allows you to change either the primary or alternate
images to another image loaded from an IFF-brush file.
Binary only.
Author: Stefan Lindahl
MicroSPELL MicroSPELL is a standalone spelling checker which scans
text files and reports on misspelled words. It has a 1000
word "common word" list, a 43,000 word main dictionary, and
supports multiple user dictionaries. Also interfaces quite
nicely with MicroEMACS 3.9, with an emacs macro to step
through the source file, stopping at each suspect word and
allowing the user to dispose of it in different ways.
Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: Daniel Lawrence
Midi A midi library and utilities set. This looks like a
very complete package, though I have no way of testing
anything since I have no midi hardware. The midi utilities
include a midi monitor to display incoming midi messages
to the console, a routing utility, a midi library status
utility, and more. Also includes source.
Author: Bill Barton
PsIntrp A postscript interpreter that reads postscript files and
previews them on an Amiga screen. Interactive input and
output takes place in a small window. The page to be
show is composed behind the window in an interlaced screen
with 16 colors. Can also take input from a file. Includes
source in assembler.
Author: Greg Lee
StartUps Three replacements for the standard C startup files,
Astartup.obj and LStartup.obj. The options include
(1) BothStartup.obj, for WorkBench programs or CLI
programs with or without command line parameters,
(2) WBStartup.obj, for WorkBench programs or CLI
programs that require no command line parameters, and
(3) CLIStartup.obj, for CLI programs that require command
line parameters but do not need to be able to be runnable
from WorkBench. Includes source.
Author: Bryce Nesbitt
CONTENTS OF DISK 100
--------------------
Berserk This animation, unveiled at the September 87 meeting
of the First Amiga Users Group, got Leo a standing ovation.
It is a "must see" for every Amiga user, and ranks up
there with "Juggler" as a premier demo for the Amiga.
Author: Leo Schwab
Conman Extremely useful replacement for the standard console
handler, that provides line editing and command line
histories completely transparent to any application program
that uses CON: windows. This program is shareware, and well
worth a donation to the author. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: William Hawes
WBLander Another interesting Workbench display hack. This one
is really a game in disguise. Previously released
on disk number 85 as "Rocket", this one has been
upgraded to have sound effects. Binary only.
Author: Peter da Silva
CONTENTS OF DISK 99
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This disk contains a distribution of Brian Reed's shareware ray tracing
package called A-Render, version v.3, binary only. This looks like a very
nice package, though I haven't had much time to play with it. It was
submitted directly by the author for inclusion in the library.
CONTENTS OF DISK 98
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Access A 16 color terminal program based on Comm version 1.34.
Includes new macro window, custom gadgets, colorized
menus, etc. Version Beta 0.18, binary only.
Author: Keith Young (based on comm by D.J.James)
Backup A simple backup program that writes normal AmigaDOS
disks as the backup destination. To recover files, you
just copy from the backup disk. Requires manual
decisions about what subdirectories to backup to
what disks to make everything fit. Includes source.
Author: Alan Kent
DCDemo A demo version of DiskCat 2.3, a disk catalog program.
Demo is limited to cataloging 100 files at a time.
Binary only.
Author: Ed Alford, MicroAce Software
HdDriver A complete driver for a WD-1002-05 hard disk controller
card. This card can handle 3 hard disks and 4 floppies,
but the driver currently only handles one hard disk.
Includes source.
Author: Alan Kent
QBase Quick-Base is a "MailBase Management utility", that lets
you define and maintain records of your family, friends,
and other associates. Currently a maximum of 200
records per file. Binary only.
Author: Kevin Harris
Thai A simple Thai quiz program developed by the author while
he was learning the Thai language. It loads complete
Thai sentences and words from a supplied file. If you
click on the sentence or word gadget the program will
pick a random sentence/word. You then click on the
Thai/Speak/Phonetic/English gadget to display that
version (or speak it). Includes source.
Author: Alan Kent
CONTENTS OF DISK 97
-------------------
This disk replaces disk number 57, which was pulled from circulation
because of questions about the redistribution status of material in
the "Ogre" subdirectory (replaced with "shm"). If you encounter a disk
number 57 in circulation, please advise all parties concerned that the
disk should be erased immediately.
CutAndPaste Public domain implementations of the Unix cut and paste
commands. Includes source.
Author: John Weald
GraphIt A program to plot most simple functions in 2 or 3
dimensions, as well as 2d parametric equations in
term of t. Includes source.
Author: Flynn Fishman
Juggler Stunning animation of a robot juggler with ray traced
reflective spheres. Uses HAM mode display and sound
effects to boot! This is version 1.2 and apparently
fixes some bugs in the original version released on
disk number 47. Binary only.
Author: Eric Graham
MouseReader Shareware program, submitted by the author, to read
text files and view iff files using only the mouse.
Binary only.
Author: William Betz
Shm A simple graphics demo which approximately simulates the
motion of two interacting pendulums. Includes source.
Author: Chris Ediss
Splines Program to demonstrate various curve fitting and
rendering techniques. Also includes something unique
for the Amiga world, pop-up menus. Includes source.
Author: Helene (Lee) Taran
CONTENTS OF DISK 96
-------------------
AnimPlayer An animation reader and displayer that is the result
of a consortium of animation software developers, which
includes the authors of Videoscape, Sculpt3D, Silver,
Forms-In-Flight, and Animator:Apprentice. Includes
source.
Author: Martin Hash et al.
Chess A port of a chess game posted to Usenet. Still uses
a "curses" type interface, so needs to be Amiga'ized.
According to Bob, plays a better game than some of the
commercial Amiga chess games. Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: John Stanback; ported to Amiga by Bob Leivian
HackBench HackBench provides the source for a WorkBench-like program,
for experimentation and validation of new interface ideas.
It is not intended to be an actual WorkBench replacement.
Author: Bill Kinnersley
Label Simple program to print labels with arbitrary text.
Version 1.3, binary only, but source available from author.
Author: Mike Hansen
LineDrawer Makes a line drawing based on drawing commands stored
in a text file. Includes a demo that draws an outline
map of the USA and state borders. Version 1.0, includes
source.
Author: John Olsen
PopUpMenu Example code implementing pop-up menus that are reasonably
compatible with Intuition menus. Includes source.
Author: Derek Zahn
Tek4695 A Tektronix 4695/4696 printer driver. Includes source.
Author: Philip Staub
TimeRam A program to test the access speeds of Fast and Chip ram.
Binary only.
Author: Bruce Takahashi
WarpText Fast text rendering routines, to be linked with application
programs. Reported to be able to display text as fast,
or faster than, "blitz". This is an update to the version
released on disk 87. Version 2.0, includes source.
Author: Bill Kelly
CONTENTS OF DISK 95
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Cmd Cmd redirects the serial.device or parallel.device output
to a file. Useful for capturing print jobs for debugging
or "offline" printing. Version 4, includes source.
Author: Carolyn Scheppner
CygnusEdDemo Demo version of CygnusEd, an editor from CygnusSoft
Software. CygnusEd supports simultaneous editing of
multiple files, multiple views of the same file,
very fast display, margins, word-wrap, status-lines,
insert/overstike mode, online help, soft scroll
borders, screen overscan, adjustable tab size, macros,
text formatting options, block/line/word cut/copy,
and more. Also includes demo 3.0 version of MandFXP.
Binary only.
Author: CygnusSoft Software
Gomf Gomf stands for "Get Outa My Face", a phrase many a
programmer has mumbled when a Guru alert appears
unexpectedly. This interesting little program can
generally make the Guru go away and allow you to
clean up and shutdown more cleanly. Version 1.0,
binary only.
Author: Christian Johnsen
Journal Journal is a program that records a sequence of mouse and
keyboard events as they occur and stores them in a file.
The file can be played back with another program, also
supplied, which causes the same sequence of events to
occur again. Very useful for creating demonstrations
of programs or documenting repeatable bugs. Version 1.0,
binary only.
Author: Davide Cervone
MergeMem Program which attempts to merge the MemList entries
of sequentially configured ram boards. When successful,
allows allocating a section of memory which spans
board boundries. This is version 2, an update to the
version released on disk 56. Includes source.
Author: Carolyn Scheppner
PrinterStealer A program similar in function to "Cmd" that allows
diversion of output destined for the printer to
a file for future output or debugging purposes.
Binary only, source available from authors.
Author: Alex Livshits and J-M. Forgeas
Record-Replay A program, similar in function to "Journal", that
records and plays back mouse and keyboard events.
Binary only, source available from authors.
Author: Alex Livshits and J-M. Forgeas
CONTENTS OF DISK 94
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AudioTools Demo programs from Rob Peck's article in the July/August
issue of Amiga World on accessing the audio device.
This is version 2, an update to the release on disk
number 84. Includes source.
Author: Rob Peck
ClickUpFront ClickUpFront is another program, similar in function to
the ClickToFront program from disk 86, that allows you
to bring any window to the front simply by double-clicking
in any part of it. Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: Davide Cervone
HeliosMouse Another "sunmouse" type program. Automatically activates
a window simply by moving the mouse pointer into the window.
Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: Davide Cervone
Iff2Ps A program to convert any IFF file to postscript for
printing or viewing on a postscript compatible device.
Version 1.2, binary only.
Author: William Mason and Sam Paolucci
ModulaTools Various useful routines for those programming in Modula
on the Amiga. Binary only.
Author: Jerry Mack
Terrain3d Program which demonstrates generation of good looking
pseudo-random scenery. This version is a derivative of
"sc" distributed on disk 87, but now displays terrain
in 3d relief. Includes source.
Author: Chris Gray; 3d version by Howard Hull
CONTENTS OF DISK 93
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Dme Version 1.27 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 87 (which was binary only). This
release also includes source.
Author: Matt Dillon
MicroEmacs Version 3.8i of Daniel Lawrence's variant of Dave
Conroy's microemacs. This is an update to the version
released on disk 61. Includes source.
Author: Dave Conroy, MANY enhancements by Daniel Lawrence
CONTENTS OF DISK 92
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As6502 Contains a portable 6502 assembler, including source
in C.
Author: J. Van Ornum; Amiga port by Joel Swank
Bawk Text processor inspired by the Unix awk utility.
This is an update to the copy released on disk 65.
Bawk searches files for specific patterns and performs
actions for every occurance of these patterns. The
patterns can be regular expressions. The actions are
expressed using a subset of the C language. Includes
source in C.
Author: Bob Brodt; Amiga port by Johan Widen
HunkPad HunkPad pads an object file out to where it is exactly
a multiple of 128 bytes, thus making it immune to having
garbage appended on to the end of it by xmodem type
file transfer protocols. Version 2, includes source.
Update to version released on disk 84.
Author: J. Hamilton
Less Like Unix "more", only better, with forward and
backward scrolling, searching and positioning by
percent of file and line number, etc. Very useful!
This is Amiga version 1.2, an update to the version
on disk number 74. Includes source.
Author: Mark Nudelman, Amiga port by Bob Leivian
Ndir Library that implements the 4BSD unix directory access
routines (opendir, closedir, readdir, etc). Includes
source in C.
Author: Mike Meyer
Parse A recursive descent expression parser that parses
expressions, computes the expression value, and prints
it. Includes support for some built in transcendental
functions. Includes source in C.
Author: John Olsen
Shar Two programs to pack and unpack shell archives on the
Amiga. Shell archives are the traditional Usenet
method of bundling multiple text files for posting
as a unit or for sending via electronic mail. Includes
source in C.
Author: Fabbian G. Dufoe
SmallLib A replacement for amiga.lib that is about 8 times smaller.
Binary only.
Author: Bryce Nesbitt
UUencode Programs to encode/decode binary files for transmittal
via mail or other text-only methods. The binary file
is expanded by approximately 35% for transmittal. This
release is an update to the version on disk number 53,
and includes a simple line-by-line checksum technique that
can read and write files compatible with the older
uuencode/uudecode, plus a file size test modification that
is transparent to older uudecodes.
Author: Mark Horton with mods by Alan Rosenthal and
Bryce Nesbitt
CONTENTS OF DISK 91
-------------------
This disk contains a distribution of ADL (Adventure Definition Language).
ADL is a superset of an older language named DDL, by Michael Urban,
Chris Kostanick, Michael Stein, Bruce Adler, and Warren Usui. ADL
enhancements were made by Ross Cunniff, who submitted this material
for inclusion in the library. The disk is essentially unchanged except
that:
(1) Many icon files have been added to help workbench only
users get at least some information about this disk
and about ADL (which is only usable from the CLI
environment).
(2) The disk name has been changed to AmigaLibDisk91.
(3) The standard library files "GeneralInfo", "Contents",
and "Distribution", along with their associated icons,
have been added to the disk.
(4) The directory 'c' has been added, along with a very
nice text reader program called "less", which is the
default tool for reading all the text files for which
there are icons.
Included here are the sources to the ADL compiler, interpreter, and
debugger. The binaries were compiled by Ross with the Lattice 3.03
compiler. Ross noted in his letter that currently ADL is a
CLI environment program only, but that he hopes to offer a more
Amiga'ized version in the future. Also, the stack size should be
set to at least 10000 before attempting to run ADL.
CONTENTS OF DISK 90
-------------------
Note that many of the programs on this disk are shareware/freeware.
This means that if you find them useful, you are morally obligated
to send a small donation to the author to help support his efforts and
fund further development. I hope that by including them in this
library I have furthered the author's goals of widest possible
distribution and thus maximum return. Also note (for those that
like to split hairs) that I am distributing this disk as a "freebee".
To receive a copy, just request it when ordering any other disks from
the library.
This disk replaces disk number 80, which was pulled from circulation
due to the redistribution status of files in the directory "tools".
If you encounter a disk number 80 in circulation, please advise all
parties concerned that the disk should be erased immediately.
AmiGazer Compute a view of the night sky, using a database of
1573 stars, for any date, time of day, and latitude.
Click on stars for info about them. Binary only.
Author: Richard Horne
CardFile Study aid card file program written in AmigaBasic.
Useful for organizing small blocks of data, such as
can be done with a 3X5 card file system. Binary only.
Author: James Parks
Conman Extremely useful replacement for the standard console
handler, that provides line editing and command line
histories completely transparent to any application program
that uses CON: windows. Version 0.98B, binary only.
Author: William Hawes
IMandelVroom A slightly modified version of Kevin Clague's mandelbrot
program (on disk number 78) that uses his "ring detector"
to draw an approximation of the interior strange attractor
contours. Binary only (with patches for original source).
Author: Kevin Clague, enhancements by Howard Hull
NewDemos Some new demos, including replacements for the standard
"lines" and "boxes" demos, that use only a few percent
of the CPU time, so it is reasonable to have lots of them
running simultaneously to demo multitasking. Binary only.
Author: Steve Koren
Othello Othello game, binary only.
Author: Matthew Bellew
PrinText Program to display ASCII text files on the screen with
scrollbar, arrow gadgets, automatic word-wrap, a search
function, speech, IFF picture loading, and online help.
Version 1.2, binary only.
Author: Opher Kahane
PrtDrvGen Program to automatically generate custom printer drivers.
Version 2.2b, binary only, source available from author.
Author: Joergen Thomsen
RainBench Simple program which cycles the hardware color register to
get an interesting effect on your workbench screen.
Binary only.
Author: Brendan Keliher
ShortCut A utility that collects keystroke sequences and allows
you to replace them with a single key stroke. Binary
only.
Author: Opher Kahane
ShowPrint A full-feature IFF picture file screen dump utility.
Can display and print all sizes of pictures including
those larger than the screen. Allows adjustment of printer
output in three modes: ASPECT, FULL, and CUSTOM output.
Print vertically or horizonatally, in B&W, grey scale, or
color, etc. Binary only.
Author: Brian Conrad
Sizzlers A series of graphics demo programs. Version 1.7.0,
binary only.
Author: Greg Epley
SpaceAceDemo Shareware shoot-em-up spaceship game. Binary only.
Author: Stephen McLeod
Timer Creates a small window containing a timer. Version 1.5,
binary only.
Author: Bill Beogelein
CONTENTS OF DISK 89
-------------------
This disk replaces disk number 88, which was pulled from circulation
due to the redistribution status of files in the directory "snap".
If you encounter a disk number 88 in circulation, please advise all
parties concerned that the disk should be erased immediately.
AutoEnquirer An example of a screen contraption that is like a
requester except that it's not quite as demanding,
goes where you want to put it, and remembers where
it was put. Includes source and Manx'ified version
of Chris Gray's fractalish terrain generator as a demo.
Author: Howard Hull
DEMOlition Another neat little display hack. In the spirit of
these things, ya gotta run it to find out what it
does. Includes source.
Author: Kriton Kyrimis
DirMaster A very nicely done shareware disk cataloger, submitted
by the author for inclusion in the library. Includes
sample database of some disk libraries. Version 1.0a,
binary only.
Author: Greg Peters
FuncKey A shareware function key editor, submitted by the author
for inclusion in the library. Version 1.01, binary only
(source available from author).
Author: Anson Mah
MFF-Demo Demo copy of the MicroFiche Filer program from Software
Visions Inc. The MicroFiche File is a full-powered
database program for manipulation of text, numbers, and
pictures. It uses the microfiche metaphor for dealing
with your data graphically. This is a full production
version except that the save option has been disabled.
Includes a sample database of my disk library. Binary
only.
Author: Gary Samad
Screenshift Screenshift is a small program that allows you to adjust
the position of the screen on your display, just like the
preferences function. Works from CLI or WorkBench.
Includes source.
Author: Anson Mah
Snake A variant on the old "bouncing lines" program, this
on uses multiple vertices and Bezier splines. Includes
source.
Author: KABjorke
THAT's ALL FOLKS....
-Fred
--
= Drug tests; just say *NO*!
= Fred Fish Motorola Computer Division, 3013 S 52nd St, Tempe, Az 85282 USA
= seismo!noao!mcdsun!fnf (602) 438-3614
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| 712.1 | Why not start a FISH topic! | MPGS::BAEDER | | Thu Sep 17 1987 16:06 | 3 |
| TO: Moderator...can't we just put all the fish listings into a single
topic??? Thanks...scott.
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| 712.2 | fish 103-110 | MPGS::BAEDER | | Sat Oct 31 1987 12:04 | 334 |
| Taking the bull by the horn, here is the next set from fred...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Path: decwrl!labrea!jade!ucbcad!ames!hao!noao!mcdsun!fnf
Subject: Disks 103-110 now available
Posted: 29 Oct 87 15:40:45 GMT
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az.
Hi everyone, time for another new batch of disks. If you sent me
material for my library since the last batch of disks, and it doesn't
show up here, don't panic! I'm still digging out from under the
pile and expect to release another batch in a week or so (along with
some of the contents of the Badge killer demo contest). Then I get
to start sorting through the 10 megabytes of usenet stuff that has come
in since the last batch. Talk about a flood of goodies!
For those that are new to this newsgroup, or the Amiga in general, you
can obtain a catalog disk, listing the contents of the entire library,
by simply sending me a blank disk and a couple of loose first class
stamps. Send to:
Fred Fish
Catalog disk request
1346 W. 10th Place
Tempe, Arizona 85281
USA
Mailing of preordered disks begins tonight and should be complete by
this weekend. So watch your mailboxes...
Below is a list of the contents of disks 103-110:
CONTENTS OF DISK 103
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AvlTrees Library and test program that implement routines for
creating and using balanced binary trees (AVL trees)
held entirely in memory. Includes source.
Author: Paul Vixie
Calc A programmable calculator program with similarities to a
hand-held RPN calculator. Can run either interactively
or in "script" mode by reading programs from a file.
Version 1.0, shareware, binary only.
Author: Bob Brooks
Cref A C cross referencer program. Includes source.
Author: Mike Edmonds; Amiga port by Joel Swank
DosKwik A pair of programs which allow you to save files, or
a group of files, to one or more floppies for quick
loading (loading up a ram disk for example). Does not
store files in DOS format, which is why it is faster.
Binary only, shareware.
Author: Gary Kemper
IntuiDOS IntuiDOS is a program to give improved control over,
and handling of, the material on all diskettes in the
'CLI-area' by employing a multi-disk, scrollable
directory and using Intuition techniques to issue
DOS commands. Written in assembler. Binary only.
Author: Lennart Sandin
MFF-Update A text import utility for MicroFiche Filer (demo version
released on disk 89) and updates to some PD disk library
databases. Binary only.
Author: Gary Samad
Pack-It Pack-it will take all the files and directories on a disk
and pack them into a single file for electronic transmission
via modem. Binary only, shareware.
Author: Gary Kemper
Sol Amiga version of solitaire game posted to usenet some
time ago and modified to use Amiga console control codes
in place of curses calls. Includes source.
Author: David Goodenough; Amiga port by Joel Swank
CONTENTS OF DISK 104
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This is disk 104 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
This disk contains a copy of Glenn Everhart's large and powerful
spreadsheet program called AnalytiCalc, submitted to me directly by
Glenn for inclusion in the library. The remainder of this file
is Glenn's "Abstract.txt" file that describes AnalytiCalc.
Source and documentation is included on the disk in arc'd form because
it otherwise would not all fit on the disk.
AnalytiCalc Abstract:
AnalytiCalc is a large and powerful spreadsheet program with
sufficient extra features to have some pretentions of acting as an
"integrated system". It is a virtual memory system supporting up to
18000 columns and 18000 rows, multiple equations per cell, an outlining
system, built-in cell annotation, and datafile access from any cell(s)
of the sheet, plus an array of functions not present in most commercial
spreadsheets. This disk represents the initial Amiga port of AnalytiCalc,
and as such the console interface is somewhat crude and in addition requires
use of a custom keymap (one such is supplied) for sensible operation. This
will be improved upon, but meanwhile the program is released with complete
sources, documents, and executables. The graphics program and the DIF
file access program are not yet ported; these will be released when
they are ready. AnalytiCalc for the Amiga uses files compatible with those
for AnalytiCalc on MS-DOS, VMS, or RSX-11M or IAS. An example project
planner spreadsheet is included in the distribution to show off some of
the things you can do. More example sheets will be forthcoming in the
future. AnalytiCalc also supports matrix math, FFTs, infinite windowing,
linear regression, date arithmetic, internal and external macros, LOTS
of cell addressing modes, goal seeking in up to 8 dimensions, and more.
[lots more stuff deleted for this posting -- Fred]
CONTENTS OF DISK 105
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AsmProgs Some misc assembly tools, programs, etc. "AsmFilter"
(actually in AmigaBASIC) turns the output of the Metacomco
disassembler into a file that can be re-assembled.
"AddKickMem" adds the KickStart memory to your free memory
on an Amiga 1000 with Kickstart in ROM. "Clear" fills
unused areas of memory with a specific byte pattern.
"L" is a replacement for the BCPL "list" program, but
with some graphics enhancements. "SharpFont" is an
8 pixel non-proportional font. "Stack" is a replacement
for the BCPL stack program. Includes some source.
Author: Glen McDiarmid and Kirk Davies
BasicProgs Some more AmigaBASIC programs. LeastSquare solves
least squares problems and graphs the results. Curves
is a demo of one use for LeastSquare (find curves to
fit a set of points). Freud is a Freudian analysis
program. Includes source, needs AmigaBASIC from Extras.
Author: George Trepal
Bison A replacement for unix "yacc" command. This is from
the GNU (GNU is Not Unix) effort, and was obtained
from the Free Software Foundation. This is an update
to the version on disk 51, with some more bug fixes
provided by Fred Walter. Includes source.
Author: Bob Corbett and Richard Stallman. Bug fixes
by Johan Widen, Doug Leavitt, & Fred Walter
DrunkenMouse Another cute program in the tradition of "display hacks".
Includes source.
Author: Alex Livshits
FlamKey Installs a little key on the WorkBench screen title
bar, and then waits in background until somebody clicks
on the key. When activated, allows the keyboard and mouse
inputs to be locked out until a password is entered.
Shareware, binary only.
Author: Alex Livshits
GravityWars The object of this game is for one player to hit the
other player's ship with a missle, before being hit
yourself. The ships and planets don't move, but
aiming the missle in the presence of gravity fields
and black holes makes hitting your target difficult.
Version 2.0, shareware, binary only. This is an update
to the version on disk number 84.
Author: Ed Bartz
IPo2C A utility to write a C-language definition of the current
intuition pointer to a file, which can then be used
in a program via SetPointer to mimic the intuition pointer.
Includes source.
Author: Alex Livshits
Pere-et-Fils Example of creating and using reentrant processes.
Includes source.
Author: Jean-Michel Forgeas
Record-Replay A program that records a sequence of mouse and keyboard
events as they occur and stores them in a file. The file
can be played back to cause the same sequence of events to
occur again. Very useful for creating demonstrations
of programs or documenting repeatable bugs. This is
version 2.0, an update to the version on disk 95.
Shareware, binary only.
Author: Alex Livshits and J-M. Forgeas
CONTENTS OF DISK 106
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FuncKey A shareware function key editor, submitted by the author
for inclusion in the library. This is version 1.1, an
update to the version on disk 89. Binary only (source
available from author).
Author: Anson Mah
MoreArt A small selection of some additional Amiga artwork
submitted to me since the last "art" disk.
Authors: Dana Dominiak and Larry Zasitko
QuickFlix An IFF slideshow and cel animation program that takes
full advantage of the Amiga's multitasking operating
system, supports all the graphics modes, can run with
internal timing or be triggered by an external source,
caches images in memory to achieve rapid frame rate,
etc. Version 0.13, binary only, shareware.
Author: Jeff Kunzelman, Rodney Iwashina, Takeshi Suganuma
RistiNolla A Finnish game. The name means something like CrossZero,
and is also called Go-Moku. Version 1.0, shareware, binary
only.
Author: Mika Pihlajamaki
CONTENTS OF DISK 107
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3DPlot A plotting program which draws a surface removing
hidden lines. Converted to FORTRAN-77 from an AmigaBasic
version from Disk 71. Version 1.1, includes source.
Author: Original Author Unknown,
FORTRAN Conversion by James R. White
AmigaPlot An x-y plotting package for scientest or engineers.
Plots up to 30 curves, each of which may contain up to 1000
data points using options stored in a data file. This program
is shareware. Version 1.20, source available from author.
Author: James R. White
Convert Converts a file containing rows and columns of numbers
to a Lattice Unicalc spreadsheet file. This program is
shareware, and includes source.
Author: James R. White
Drill A program to drill children in addition, subtraction,
and multiplication. Written in FORTRAN-77. This program is
shareware and includes source.
Author: James R. White
SlowCopy A program to slowly copy a file to the printer to avoid
filling the printer buffer. Written in FORTRAN-77. Version
1.11, includes source. This program is shareware.
Author: James R. White
StopWatch A CLI utility program to print out the elapsed
time between keypresses. Useful for timing benchmark
Written in FORTRAN-77, includes source.
This program is shareware.
Author: James R. White
Text Files Two text files describing how to build a batch
file using public domain programs to do an incremental
hard disk backup in less than five minutes, and how to
avoid interlace flicker.
Author: James R. White
CONTENTS OF DISK 108
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AList A directory listing program based on Dave Haynie's LD4
program, with extensions and enhancements. Includes source.
Author: Ed Kivi (original by Dave Haynie)
MonIDCMP MonIDCMP lets you monitor the IntuiMessages that pass through
an IDCMP window. It prints the message class, mouse
coordinates, qualifier values, and other useful information
when appropriate. Great for debugging applications and
for snooping around in the inner workings of other programs.
Includes source.
Author: Davide Cervone
Steam A program to calculate the thermodynamic, heat
transport and critical flow properties of water, both for
single and two-phase mixtures. Version 1.10, FORTRAN-77
source available from author. This program is shareware.
Author: James R. White
Tek An enhanced version of Dave Wecker's vt100 (v2.6) which
includes emulation for a Tektronix 4010/4014 graphics
terminal. This is a much improved version of the Tek4010
program from disk number 52. Includes source.
Author: Enhancements by Nick Giordano and Terry Whelan
CONTENTS OF DISK 109
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Machine A neat new animation from Allen Hastings.
Author: Allen Hastings
SimCPM A CP/M simulator for the Amiga. Simulates an 8080
along with H19 terminal emulation. Includes source.
Author: Jim Cathey; Amiga port by Charlie Gibbs
UUpc Version 1.0 of a suite of programs that will allow you
hook up your Amiga as a usenet node. Includes source.
Author: Richard Lamb, Stuart Lynne, Jeff Lydiatt
CONTENTS OF DISK 110
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A68k A 68000 assembler originally written in Modula-2 in
1985 and converted to C by Charlie Gibb in 1987. Has
been converted to accept metacomco-compatible assembler
source code and to generate Amiga objects. Includes source.
Author: Brian Anderson; C translation and Amiga work
done by Charlie Gibb
Pdc An optimizing C compiler for the 68000 processor. This
is an update to the version first released on disk 53,
though apparently not based on the code from that disk.
Major porting work was done by Jeff Lydiatt to get it to
the point where it would compile and execute simple programs
on the Amiga. This version now generates metacomco-
compatible assembler source code, which can be assembled by
the assembler also provided on this disk and then linked by
the freely redistributable linker "blink" (also provided).
Includes all compiler source and some library and startup
source code. Requires amiga.lib from developers kit to
generate complete running example executables.
Author: Matthew Brandt; major porting work by Jeff Lydiatt
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