UK Supported Shareware by Joe Connor ============================================================================ The Shareware fees are set to cover the currency handling, stationary, media and postage costs incurred in mailing out master disks. Support for users in other countries is available, details on request, please feel free to ask or get involved with translation or support in other countries if you are able. The currently supported software is: Version Software UK-Fee Status Brief description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- V1.70e Kandinsky: 15 Shareware Vector art package V1.10e Selectric: 13 Shareware Replacement File Selector V1.07e Two-In-One: 9 Shareware Archive management utility V4.8 GFA Flydials 13 Shareware Enhanced GFA GEM routines [German] V1.05 GFA Shell 5+ Freeware GFA Shell [German] V1.01 GFA Patch 5+ Freeware GFA patch for compiler [German] V3.3e Everest: 9 Shareware Text editor V1.52i gale: 10 Shareware File compare utility V4.7 GSZRZ: 13 Shareware XYZ modem alternative V1.25e OCR 8-12 Freeware Optical Character recognition V01.07.94 ST-Guide 5+ Fairware Hypertext help system V3.5e Idealist 13 Shareware Printer manager V1.83e ADDRESS 15 Shareware Name & Address manager, ACC/PRG, XAcc ============================================================================ How to register inside the UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Check the amount for the software you wish to register 2) Make a cheque payable to Joe Connor for the required amount 3) Be sure to include your name and address in a legible format! 4) Send cheque to UK Address below 65 Mill Road, Colchester, CO4 5LJ, England Email: jconnor@cix.compulink.co.uk How to register outside the UK ------------------------------ Different arrangements exist depending on the software concerned. There may be an alternative local registration point or other conditions so please refer to the specific documentation for details. Why register? ------------- The best reason for registering is to support and encourage the authors to continue to produce English language versions of their software. In most cases you'll also obtain the benefits reserved for registered users. This includes access to the free update service. Update service -------------- The latest versions are listed every month in the Shareware column of ST Applications each month. Reviews of new features and additions to the scheme also featured. Read the advert at the end of this documentation for more details. To receive an update: - Send a self addressed envelope including return postage and a double sided floppy disk. Please state clearly: 1) The software you would like updated 2) The version you're currently using 3) 'Keep' if you would prefer me to retain your disk until a later version becomes available. Alternatively if you have Internet access you can use 'anonymous ftp' to obtain the latest English language release version of all the above software from: micros.hensa.ac.uk Other sites may carry the on-line archive but minor updates to the English language version are sometimes made without changing the version number. Overview of Software ============================================================================ Kandinsky v1.70e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A powerful vector drawing program without equal on the Atari platform. If you create or edit GEM Metafiles this Application is for you! + All known GEM standards are suported, including the Clipboard, SpeedoGDOS, MultiTOS and the GEMINI-AV protocoll. + Support for GDOS, Speedo GDOS and other GDOS replacements to handle GEM Metafiles. To save and print you'll need to boot using GDOS and a suitable ASSIGN.SYS which includes a printer driver and META.SYS. + Compatibility option to save GEM Metafiles without SpeedoGDOS commands to offer backwards compatibility for pre-Speedo applications. + Supports for VDI devices from No: 11 to 70 with dialogs (optionally) in windows enabling background events, ideal for MultiTOS, Geneva or Mag!X users. + Undo supports almost all actions + Directly reads GEM/3-Artline format files from the PC + Objects remain fully editable after creation, e.g. text or arc angles + Powerful alignment tools make it easy to position objects relative to each other. + Support for the popular CSV (comma separated value) format, with automatic generation of a coordinate system + The registered version features PostScript and Tektronix file export + IMG file handling as pseudo objects. + Extended features for GEMINI desktop users. + Drag & drop objects between Kandinsky windows and GEMINI desktop. Selectric v1.10e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A replacement File Selector offering an unrivalled range of tools and features all wrapped up inside a superb enhanced GEM user infterface. * The number of files which can be handled is dynamic, limited only by the amount of free memory (not static like so many other File Selectors). Selectric only reserves as much memory as it needs. One little comparison test you might like to try with other FSs is to try handling over 1000 files without problems... * In many cases Selectric does the thinking for you. Open up a folder then close it again and the slider remains where you left it, it doesn't return to the top again! * The real time slider make's moving through the file list very intuitive, for many the built-in FS is fast enough but faster is better right? * Nearly all of the main functions can also be accessed from the keyboard. Installing Let 'em Fly! takes care of the remaining few. * The number of files displayed changes automatically depending on the current screen resolution. This ranges from 8 files in ST high, through 12 files with OverScan up the maximum of 24 files using TT high and some graphic cards. Each time Selectric is called it checks the current resolution and displays the appropriate number of files. Ideal for Autoswitch-OverScan users. * Using the optional Auto Locator only the first letter of a filename needs to be entered, Selectric will seek out the first matching filename and select it. Also if an Application passes a filename to Selectric it will attempt to localise the correct file. * Wildcard entry is fully supported so it is possible to select files using lines like: '*MOUSE*.[A-Z]??' * Five different Search criteria with two optional switches, reverse and numerical order. * Currently ten different file extensions and paths can be stored for rapid activation. Applications which pass parameters to Selectric can recall the full path. * A wide selection of file operations are available (including Copy). Most functions work recursively, so it's possible at a single stroke to copy/delete etc a folder containing files and other folders. * Selectric works on all ST/TT Computer in all resolutions and naturally with all graphic cards. Two-In-One v1.07e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This archive manager designed to cope with the increasing sophistication and diversity of tools employed to minimise the disk space occupied by Applications. If you've ever got in a tangle with ZIP, LZH, ZOO, ARJ, ARC packed or UUENCODED files then this is the utility for you! Without leaving Two-In-One it's possible to: o Create archives o Extract archives o Extract individual or groups of files from archives o View text and image files inside archives; I use this feature before I decide whether to extract loads of files for a program I don't have a use for, this feature alone saves a lot of wasted time and disk wear and tear! o Create self extracting archives in ZIP or LZH format o Create PFXPAKed executables o Virus check files and archive o UUENCODE or UUDECODE file and archive o Kobold support Everest v3.3e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everest is a fast, ultra compatible and easy to learn ASCII text editor. Listed below are just some of the tasks Everest can assist you with: - Programming - Text entry prior to further formatting through other programs (eg TeX or Calamus) - Editing configuration files without changing the existing text format - Writing batch files Everest offers the following features: - No cursor overrun (or similar annoying glitches found on fast editors) - Standard GEM interface - Capable of loading large (>300Kb) files without problems - Almost every command can be controlled via the keyboard, drop down menus or dialogs (even block marking!) - Enables the use of GDOS (mono-spaced) fonts, provided GDOS (or GDOS replacement such as NVDI) is installed. (The fonts supplied with Gemini are particularly recommended) - Everest employs dynamic memory allocation to leave the maximum possible memory for other applications. Ideal for multitasking environments and accessories - Hard tabs - GEM Clipboard support - up to 10 active files. Although most TOS versions only support 7 windows various utilities are available to increase this limit (eg WINX). - File Lists; load groups of files for different tasks - Auto expanding abbreviations - ST-Guide support implemented. IdeaList v3.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IdeaList is a versatile tool used to print out ASCII files and files in Wordplus Format or RTF. Using IdeaList can save to 80% of paper consumption. Drivers for all popular printers included offering tailor made control over your printer functions. You'll soon be printing out high quality multi-column readmes with headers/footers and wondering how you managed without IdeaList! Features - Program or accessory versions - Four different kinds of font size selectable - Text can be printed in up to 9 columns. IdeaList automatically reorganises the text, wrapping lines which are too long - Separated output of front and back pages. - Editable headers/footers. Display your choice from: filename, file date current date/time, page number and many other options... - All margins adjustable, opional line numbering - Editable ASCII printer drivers, just in case yours ins't included - IdeaList can produce output GDOS or Speedo GDOS fonts in four directions - Laserjets and other suitable printers can use 'soft' fonts downloaded to your printer by IdeaList - Separate management for continuous and single feed paper, including options to skip pages, not line feed etc... - 'Raw modes' to print bold and underline text on printers which do not support these styles - Page preview, including mouse controlled magnifying glass which can be moved around, the text under the glass appears in the menu bar - Background printing, file viewer and direct link to editor support. - Editable printer queue with slots for up to 36 entries - Comprehensive Info concerning the file in memory. Size, No. of Pages etc - Clipboard support, - IdeaList can be used as a CALCLOCK clone (printer spooler) - Batch mode. No menu line, no windows, just output of all the files that have been passed at start-up. - Drag & drop, Clipboard, VA-protocol, GEMINI and MultiTOS support gale v1.52i ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- gale, French for equal, is designed to establish the differences between two files of any type. Despite the French name gale is programmed and developed by David Reitter and Christof Schardt in Germany. Have you ever lost track of the latest version of a program or text you've working on? Or have you found two files with the same name in different locations and have no idea which one is the latest or what the difference between them is? Maybe that killer application you're programming has sprouted a extra few bytes and you're not sure why. If you find out you've released a nasty bug gale can even generate a compact patch program providing an efficient update method for your users. gale offers all this is a stylish extended GEM interface which makes file comparison childs play! * Files are loaded side by side in a single window divided by a customisable vertical slider which can be freely positioned as desired. * Text or binary files of any size (limited only by the available memory) are rapidly loaded. * Smooth scrolling both backwards and forwards through files combined with flexible jump and find features make it easy to navigate even the largest files. * Double clicking on any line displays the individual line in a separate window with the differences highlighted. * Optional line numbering can be toggled on/off as desired. * Automatic line equalisation can bridge the 'gap' between large areas of differences between otherwise basically similar files. Control over equalisation is fully user-definable. * Files can be evaluated either as characters or by interpreting each line as a numerical value. * gale is fully compatible with the Atari ST, TT and Falcon030 computers using all major TOS and multitasking operating systems. All resolutions from 640x200 pixels (ST medium) upwards are supported. * Files can be edited. In addition to line insertion and deletion invidual lines can be edited. Changes can only be saved in the registered version. * A difference/correspondence file can be saved or printed. * Patch program generator! gale can generate an executable program (PRG) designed to update existing files. Don't upload a complete new archive, when only a few bytes need changing, issue a patch instead. Have you heard about ST Applications? This is a blantant advert! """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ST Applications is a serious (no games), well written magazine for the whole Atari range of computers and includes a Falcon supplement every month. All writers are freelance and Atari computer owners of some years experience. ST Applications is published monthly and consists of 60 black and white well-produced A4 pages which is normally obtained through subscription. Each issue costs 2.50 or 24 for an annual subscription. This magazine is *highly* recommended. Subscribers get discounts on FaST Club software, accessories and hardware and 20% off PD and Shareware disks (1 each). A Disk Magazine is also offered which contains a compilation of the latest PD software, this is bi-monthly and not a magazine. Further details can be obtained from: The FaST Club, 7 Musters Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7PP, UK Tel: 0602 455250 Fax: 0602 455305 Subscription Rates: UK 12 issues - 24 (plus 6 Disk Mags - 36.00) Air Mail Europe - 27 (plus 6 Disk Mags - 40.00) Air Mail World - 37 (plus 6 Disk Mags - 48.00) A 3-Issue trial can be obtained for the price of 5.00 A sample issue costs 2.50. ST Applications back issues cost 2.00 each, 1.25 each if you are ordering three or more issues. Set 1: Issues 1 - 12 9.95. Set 2: Issues 13 - 24 9.95. Cheques and postal orders (crossed) drawn on UK banks should be made out to SIMPLE LOGIC and CO. (Overseas customers please ask for alternative ways to pay). Credit card facilities coming soon. Guarantee: If at any time you wish to cancel a subscription, just write and the unused portion of your subscription will be refunded in full by return of post. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22nd June 1994