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GrafTool

GrafTool is a German image viewer, editor and manager. GrafTool is compact, fast, supports long filenames and can output images via any GDOS, NVDI or SpeedoGDOS device driver.
Graftool can play

  • FLI, DL and GL animations - more than one simultaneously, if your system is up to it
and can display the following image formats:
  • ART,
  • BMP,
  • GEM,
  • GIF,
  • GTL (GrafTool Catalogue format)
  • ICO,
  • (X)IMG,
  • JPEG,
  • NEO (NeoChrome),
  • PAC (STAD),
  • PBM (Unix),
  • PPM,
  • PCD (Photo CD, base image only),
  • PCX,
  • PI? (Degas),
  • GL,
  • PGM,
  • PNM,
  • PNG (Portable Networks Graphics),
  • PPM,
  • SCR,
  • SPC (Spectrum 512 Images),
  • TGA (Targa)
  • TIFF,
  • TNY
  • FNT (GEMDOS fonts).
Currently images can be saved in
  • IMG,
  • TIFF,
  • PNG,
  • GIF and
  • PCX formats.
Catalogue files with comments can be created, searched and converted via an external utility to HTML format for display in CAB etc. ASCII image lists can be loaded from a drop down menu option or via VA-Start or Drag&Drop to display slideshows and catalogues or perform batch image conversion.
Images can be edited using a range of impressive functions including: Convert, Reduce, Crop and Filter - which includes a preview option.
GrafTool is resolution independent and runs on all Atari and most TOS compatible systems. German ST-Guide hypertext help is available in a separate archive. There's currently no English version but it appears English and French releases are planned. Amazingly GrafTool is RegisterWare - or to put it another way it's free! All you have to do is email or write (enclosing SAE and International Reply coupon) to the author and he'll send you a key by return. For more details contact:

Joergen von Bargen
Venusberg 10c, D-20459 Hamburg, Germany
Email: Joergen_von_Bargen@hh.maus.de
URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JJvB/


STarCall Pro v2.5

STarCall Pro is a suite of GEM based, multitasking aware, comms programs which are distributed as shareware. The software runs on any Atari system and most TOS compatible systems with 1Mb memory minimum. The modules are available separately or as a complete package.
STarCall offers terminal, fax, BBS/email and voice modules. The English release includes full English documentation and program modules.
STarCall includes software to access the BBS networks or using STarBox/STarPoint you can set up your own BBS. All the features you'd expect are included: VT52, 100, 102, 200 and ANSI emulation, batch/script programming, buffer management, password protection, chat mode, logfile, telephone book, modules for protocols and many other tools.

STarFax, the fax module, can be installed as a desktop accessory, called from STarCall or run as a stand alone program. STarFax works with any Class 2 compatible FAX modem which includes the TKR, ACCEX, ELSA, ZYXEL and USR modems. A separate utility, ViewFax, is used to display and print faxes. There's also a driver to convert Calamus documents into fax files.
If your modem offers voice support STarCall can be used as a virtual answering machine to answer calls and it's capable of recognising the difference between modem, fax and voice calls and acting appropriately. Pricing, including delivery, is as follows:

  • STarCall Terminal: DM 40 (around £14)
  • STarFax module only: DM 50 (around £17)
  • Printed manual: DM 15 (around £5)
  • STarCall Pro - all modules: DM 99 (around £35)

Ingo Linkweiler, Marktstr. 48, D-45711 Datteln, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)2363-55629
Fax/Mailbox: +49 (0)2363-55661
Email: Ingo_Linkweiler@do.maus.de URL: http://www.ob.rhein-ruhr.de/~infinity/


SMURF v1.0

SMURF is a stylish image viewer and editor, programmed by Christian Eyrich and Olaf Piesche of Therapy Seriouz Software. They're currently working on the English release, in the meantime here's a few more teasers:
The current German release includes over 63 import modules including:

  • BMP,
  • IMG,
  • TIFF,
  • GIF,
  • JPEG,
  • Targa,
  • GODPaint,
  • RAW,
  • ICN,
  • IFF,
  • Neochrome,
  • PCX,
  • PICT,
  • Pixar,
  • SGI,
  • TruePaint,
  • XBM and
  • XGA.

There are also fourteen (eclectic) export modules:
  • Degas Elite,
  • BMP,
  • CMP,
  • Enhanced Simplex,
  • 16-bit Falcon raw,
  • GEM
  • (X)IMG,
  • GODPAINT,
  • Inshape Image,
  • PCX,
  • PIX,
  • PIXAR,
  • PPM,
  • SGI,
  • TGA and
  • Truepaint Image.
    There's still no sign or mention of mainstream formats such as TIFF, JPEG and GIF but there's still time.
    There are five different dither modules, 36 edit/filter/effects modules which offer some exciting options for manipulating images.
    There's an excellent 5x5 filter which sports 71 pre-defined filters. Other fun selections include Solarize, Twirl, Wind, Spherical Image and Bump It Up.
    On a more serious note there's some mundane functional options including Rotate, Clip'n'Pic and SoftScale and finally some photo manipulation style options including Gamma correct, Brightness, Contrast and Greyscale.
    External plug-in modules offer batch conversion and GDOS printing facilities.

    The user interface can be adjusted from Standard to Therapy and there's on-line Bubble-GEM help along with a skeleton ST-Guide hypertext inviting the user to refer to the printed manual.
    UK support will be via CyberSTrider although currently no registration details have been announced.
    Email(1):christian_eyrich@n.maus.de
    Email(2):olaf_piesche@w2.maus.de
    Email(3):denesh@cyberstrider.org
    URL: http://www.cyberstrider.org/


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