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- GaRpA_RASP ! V1.24
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- by Carl Harrison (c) CopyRight 1997
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- Written in AMOS_Pro V2 Compiled in August 1997
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- Every fancied having a "different" Amiga EVERY time you booted up ?
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- Do you run a BBS? Would you like random log-on and log-off ANSI screens?
- Would you like different UPD or IFX settings EVERY bootup?
- Would you like different WorkBench Backdrop, Window and Picture on EVERY
- bootup?
- Would you like random worms samples?
- Would you like random worms levels?
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- Any program that uses an external data file can be RASP'd (especially
- nice wb commodity type programs)
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- R.A.S.P. "Random Amiga Settings Program" only requires three pieces of
- information to work. These are;-
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- Source Directory
- WildCards (MulTiSearCh) i.e. no need for *.* or #?
- Destination Directory and Filename
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- In the Source Directory, RASP can read upto 500 entries per "3 pieces of
- information". Once run, RASP will plough through a text file (see below)
- actioning 3 pieces of information at once until the end of the text file
- has been reached or an error occurred - in which case RASP will end and
- control will return back to your Amiga. PLEASE NOTE: RASP is pretty much
- crash proof. It won't crash because of your setup, if anything it will only
- tell you what piece of information was processed last before the crash
- thus helping you debug your config file.
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- THE Ultimate Random Amiga Settings Program.
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- R.A.S.P.
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- What is it?
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- It is a CLI program that reads in three pieces of information at a time.
- These are;- (1) Source Directory (must have / at end)
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- (2) Wildcards (use one space for ALL files or in-string
- search for wildcards i.e. IFF/SND or JPG will pick all
- IFF/SND or JPG files.)
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- (3) Destination Directory and Destination Filename
- i.e. Data:Pics/defaultWBbackground.Pic
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- Holds upto 500 objects PER directory for randomisation !!!!!!
- UNLIMITED DIRECTORIES!!!!
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- INSTALLATION
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- Chuck it somewhere in yer Startup-Sequence or User-Startup.
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- (I put it in after setpatch and before PICBOOT and IPREFS)
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- The only argument required is the script file location (file enclosed).
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- example on how to make a random WorkBench Backdrop script.
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- Copy a picture and rename it to WBBACK.PIC and put it anywhere you want.
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- In WBPATTERN (prefs) choose the above picture.
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- Have a directory of pictures, datatypes only relevant if yer have 'em
- so just put in pictures that yer datatypes support.
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- In the script file, the first three lines should be for the above;-
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- HD1:PICTURES/
- IFF
- HD0:THE_DIRECTORY_AND_NAME_OF_THE_WBBACK.PIC
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- Thats It! Simple. (To cover ALL wildcards, have a SPACE instead of the
- wildcard-associated-letters, and you can repeat this as many times as you
- want! ALL random settings YEHAAA!
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- This program is E-Mail Ware. Please E-Mail me just to show your appreciation
- of my work. Thanks. Long Live yer Miggy!
-
- WoRkBench-ThEmEs - AVAILABLE FROM AMINET NOW!
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- Have FUn, as I certainly did in making this product.
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- E-Mail me with yer suggestions to
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- garpa@southwales.u-net.com
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- Version Modification History
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-
- There are now two versions available in this archive. One is the graphical
- version with the progression bar, the other, a quiet non-graphical (slighly
- faster too (coz of the non-graphical presence)).
-
- Garpa_rnd Graphical Version
- Garpa_rnd2 Quiet Version
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- V1.23 - Hard-Drive COPY routine re-wrote for approx 35% increase in
- boot-up speed. Routine modifications has allowed a drop in nearly 10k of
- program space, although the program still takes up as much memory (not much
- anyways so doesn't really matter - bit of a perfectionist i think.... ;)
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- V1.24 - "directory snooper" routine optmised. Used more machine-code
- related instructions to speed up directory reading. Speed increase of about
- 200%. All I need now is an extremly FAST copy command....Any ideas? ;)
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- This program should work on all WB2.0 and above Amiga's.
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- Program tested on CD32 020 SX32 10MB RAM
- A1200 18MEG RAM Blizzard 4 030 50Mhz 68882 50Mhz
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- Support Amiga! Release E-MAILWARE !
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