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* Fish-Disk #801 *
Convert A program that provides the means to easily convert numer-
ical values between international, Imperial and US systems
of measurement. It does this in twelve fields of measure-
ment, including area, capacity, density, energy, fuel con-
sumption, length, power, pressure, speed (velocity), temp-
erature, volume and weight. It has a flexible, easy to use
GUI and works under OS 1.3 and 2.xx. The registered version
also has an ARexx port. Version 2.0, shareware, binary only.
Author: Mike Fuller
CyberCron A cron utility for AmigaDOS 2.0. Uses the new, more flexible,
AmigaDOS 2.0 technique for running programs. Offers an ex-
tended set of options that may be specified for any given
event. Version 1.5, an update to version 1.3 on disk 682,
and includes various bug fixes, code tweaks, four new ARexx
commands, documentation in AmigaGuide format, and more.
Includes source.
Author: Christopher Wichura
CyberX10 A program that can be used to control the CP290 home computer
interface for use with the X10 home automation system. It
requires KickStart 2.04+ and supports localization under Work-
Bench 2.1+. Includes documentation in AmigaGuide format.
Includes source.
Author: Christopher Wichura
Luna A small program that will display the time and date of the
phases of the moon for a month in any year from 1900 to 3000
AD. If a lunar eclipse occurs in that month, its time and
date will also be displayed. It has an easy to use GUI and
works under OS 1.3 and 2.xx. Version 1.0, freeware, binary
only.
Author: Mike Fuller
PowerData Patches AmigaDOS, enabling all programs to read and write
files packed with PowerPacker in way that is completely trans-
parent to themselves and the system. Programs will read power-
packed datafiles directly, and will also magically start com-
pressing their own datafiles, as they create or update them.
This is version 38.105, the official successor of another pro-
gram by this author, Powerpacker Patcher. Partially localized
for use with Workbench 2.1. Requires Workbench 2.04+. Share-
ware, binary only.
Author: Michael Berg
TWC Two Way Chat & Send enables you to make use of your modem's
full duplex feature. With TWC you can connect to another
Amiga running TWC, then you may transmit files AND chat at
the same time, in both directions. GUI-driven, needs Kick-
Start 2.04 or higher. Version 2.03, freeware, binary only.
Author: Lutz Vieweg
* Fish-Disk #802 *
AppISizer An AppIcon utility to get the size of disks, directories or
files. Gives the size in bytes, blocks and the actual size
occupied. Requires KickStart 37.175 or higher. Version 0.41,
an update to version 0.20 on disk 787. Binary only.
Author: Gérard Cornu.
FastLife A fast life program featuring an Intuition interface, 33 gen-
erations/second on Amiga 3000/25, 19 generations/second on
Amiga 2000/500/1000, and 200+ patterns in text file format.
Runs with Kickstart 2.04 and later, and uses the ReqTools re-
quester package (included). An update to version 1.1 on disk
608. Changes include support for all screen modes, screens as
large as memory allows, run for a specified number of gener-
ations, stop at a specific generation, CLI and ToolTypes sup-
port for file name filter and "ON" character within Picture
files. Version 2.2, binary only.
Author: Ron Charlton
Fd2AsmInc This little program creates assembler include files from ".fd"
files (I.E. the original Commodore .fd-files). There are sev-
eral ways to format the output file. Version 1.0a, OS 2.xx
only, freeware, includes source in assembly.
Author: Hanns Holger Rutz
QMouse An unusually small and feature-packed "mouse utility". Was
inspired by, but not derived from, the original QMouse by
Lyman Epp. Features include automatic window activation
(like WindX), top-line blanking for A3000/A2320 users, system-
friendly mouse blanking, mouse acceleration/threshold, "Pop-
CLI", click-to-front/back, "SunMouse", "NoClick", "WildStar",
Northgate key remapping, and more. Requires Kickstart 2.0,
but is not a commodity. Only 3K. Version 2.30, an update to
version 2.21 on disk 789. Public domain, assembly source
included.
Author: Dan Babcock
* Fish-Disk #803 *
Hackdisk A complete replacement for trackdisk.device featuring a verify
option and better performance. Hackdisk is supplied as an OS
module that may be RamKick'ed or placed directly in the Kick-
start ROM. This is version 2.00, an update to version 1.12 on
disk number 783. Now includes support for 150RPM HD floppy
drives and untested support for 5.25 inch drives. Free for
non-commercial use, assembly source included.
Author: Dan Babcock
HyperANSI The ultimate in ANSI editors. Allows you to edit up to 999
pages at a time, with a unique 'transparency' mode which
allows you to 'see through' the pages ( and save as a
single page ). Other features include; Copy, Move, Fill,
Replace, Text alignment & justification, line drawing, char-
acter painting (colors and/or text), half character painting,
and keyboard remapping for all 255 IBM characters, plus more.
Shareware, version 1.02, binary only.
Author: Mike D. Nelson
MiniPac A very tiny PacMan clone, only about 8K. Binary only.
Author: Philippe Banwarth
SCAN8800 A specialized database program to store frequencies and sta-
tion names for shortwave transmitters. It can also control
a receiver for scanning frequency ranges. Version 2.27,
binary only.
Author: Rainer Redweik
* Fish-Disk #804 *
AmigaWorld A database program that contains information about every
country on Earth. It enables you to have a look at the data
of one country, or to compare several countries. It is easy
to handle, and you can use it with your favourite colors,
font, and even language (at the moment there are English and
German data files). Requires 1MB of memory. This is freeware
version 1.0, Modula-2 source is available by the author.
Author: Wolfgang Lug
DiskMate A disk utility with multidrive disk copier (either DOS or non-
DOS disks), disk formatter, disk eraser, disk installer, and
floppy disk checker. Version 3.0, binary only.
Author: Malcolm Harvey
Euphorion A scrolling "shoot'em up" action-game, which contains eight
different levels, bonus-stages and a highscore table. This is
version 1.1, binary only.
Author: Carsten Magerkurth
Password A program to password protect an AutoBooting HD based system.
Supports a list of authorized users and their passwords.
Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Malcolm Harvey
PubChange PubChange is a commodity for AmigaDos 2.04. It isn't a public
screen manager, but it is useful when used in conjunction with
one. It is designed to make public screens easier to use.
Whenever a new screen is brought to the front, this screen is
examined. If it is a public screen, it is made into the de-
fault automatically without having to explicitly do it from
within a public screen manager. Thus, the current default
public screen is always the one which you have most recently
brought to the front, and applications which use the default
public screen will appear there. Version 1.2, an update to
version 1.0 on disk 771. This version fixes two serious bugs
and adds minor features. Binary only.
Author: Steve Koren
TrueEd A shareware editor. Version 5.5, and update to version 3.40
on disk 630. No documentation, binary only.
Author: Jurgen Klein
* Fish-Disk #805 *
CDTV-Player A little utility for all those people, who'd like to play
Audio-CD's, while multitasking on workbench. It's an emula-
tion of CDTV's remote control, but is a little more sophis-
ticated. Version 1.5, an update to version 1.0 on disk 759.
Public domain, binary only.
Author: Daniel Amor
Cleo Implementation of a new experimental Pascal like language.
Besides the normal data types, includes 2D and 3D data types,
and an RGB color data type. Includes a compiler and inter-
preter, example programs, and documentation. Version 1.0,
includes full source in C to compiler, interpreter, and
examples.
Author: DIALLO Barrou
Clouds A program which creates randomly clouds on your screen. You
may save them as IFF-files and use them as background for your
workbench. Uses new AGA-feature (5-bitplane-hires-screen).
Version 2.0, public domain. Includes complete source in KICK-
PASCAL.
Author: Daniel Amor
RussianFonts This is a scalable vector font. It's the Russian equivalent
of the Times Roman font. It comes in two versions, ADOBE
TYPE 1 (pbf-file) and PAGESTREAM FONT (dmf-file). This Font
is shareware. Designed with FontDesigner.
Author: Daniel Amor
Sizer A small and pure shell utility that gives the size in bytes,
blocks and the actual size occupied by a directory, device,
file or 'assign'. Accepts multiple arguments. Version 0.81,
an update to version 0.36 on disk 777. Now requires KickStart
37.175 or higher. Binary only.
Author: Gérard Cornu
* Fish-Disk #806 *
HDFixer Some of the newer A3000's have high density floppy drives. In
the 37.175 version of Kickstart, HD disks are not completely
supported in HD mode. This program patches the system so that
Kickstart V37.175 owners are able to use 1.71 MB HD disks.
This very user friendly, totally new programmed version, comes
as a Commodity and supports the new OS2.x functions like
Public Screens, scaleable fonts, shortcut gadget activation
and so on. Requires Workbench 2.04. This is version 2.00, an
update to version 1.10 on disk 690. Binary only.
Author: Peter-Iver Edert
Icons Some icons which can be used in the ToolManager dock window
(ToolManager © by S.Becker) for instance. There are also a
few tips for ToolManager users in the doc file.
Author: Andre Weissflog
MXReq Creates a customizeable mutual exclude requester from a shell
or AREXX script. The user can select one out of up to eight
entries, each of them writes an own value to an environment
variable. Including executable, sources, docs, examples and
a small bonus tool. Version: 1.20
Author: Andre Weissflog
XSearch A program to search files and directories on any Amiga device.
Has options to search for files or directories matching a
given name pattern, length, date of last change, iff type,
comment, internal strings, and protection bits. Supports the
Amiga clipboard. Uses AmigaDOS 2.0 style interface. Includes
both German and English versions. Version, 1.1, an update to
version 1.0 on disk 724. Includes source in KICKPascal.
Author: Stefan Plöchinger
* Fish-Disk #807 *
RoachMotel A game where the object is to collect all the spray cans to
complete the level. If you touch any creatures you will lose
one life, except when stomping on a roach or hitting a roach
or boyd with your head while wearing the toupee. Written in
AMOS, binary only.
Author: Ryan Scott
VCLI Voice Command Line Interface allows you to execute CLI or
ARexx commands, or ARexx scripts, by spoken voice command
through your Perfect Sound 3, Sound Master (Sound Magic), or
Generic audio digitizer. VCLI is completely multitasking and
will run continuously in the background, waiting to execute
your voice command even while other programs may be running.
With VCLI you can launch multiple applications or control any
program with ARexx capability completely by spoken voice
command. VCLI is compatible with both NTSC and PAL. This is
version 5.2, an update to version 5 on disk number 751. New
features include the capability to load alternate vocabulary
files by spoken voice command, a choice of Amiga hardware
timers to reduce interference with other programs, and immun-
ity of the display to changes in system fonts. Binary only,
requires AmigaDOS 2.0.
Author: Richard Horne
VoiceCode This file contains complete documentation for voice.library
(Ver 6.4), the public domain Amiga library of voice recogni-
tion functions for the Perfect Sound 3, Sound Master (Sound
Magic) and Generic audio digitizers. Included are descrip-
tions of the functions that will allow your program to learn
and recognize spoken words through your 8 bit audio digitizer.
Also included are code examples in C and assembly language.
Author: Richard Horne and David Benn
XTrash A constant trashcan implemented as an application icon. Can
erase anything; files, directories, trashcans and disks. Disk
formatting requires an external formatter. Conforms closely
to the AMIGA Style Guide. Requires AMIGA OS 2. Version 1.01,
includes source in KICKPascal.
Author: Stefan Plöchinger
* Fish-Disk #808 *
KingFisher A specialized database tool providing maintenance and search
capabilities for the descriptions of disks in the format used
by this library. KingFisher's database can span multiple
(floppy) disk volumes, can be edited by text editors that
support long text lines, can add disks directly from unedited
email or usenet announcements, can remove disks, rebuild a
damaged index, find next or previous software versions, print
or export (parts of) the database, and more. Includes a data-
base of disks 1-800. This is version 1.15, an update to ver-
sion 1.11 on disk 783. Binary only.
Author: Udo Schuermann
Look A powerful program for creating and showing disk magazines.
Supports IFF pictures, IFF brushes, ANSI, fonts, PowerPacker,
and many more features. Programmed in assembly language to
be small and fast. German language only. Version 1.5, an
update to version 1.2 on disk 743. Now runs on NTSC machines
in interlace mode and includes many new features. Shareware,
binary only.
Author: André Voget.
* Fish-Disk #809 *
CPK A program to render a space filling representation of atoms
in molecules. This is the type of representation one would
find in the plastic 'CPK' (Corey, Pauling, Kendrew) models
often used in organic chemistry. There are no hard coded
constraints on the number of atoms it can process, it cor-
rectly handles intersecting 3-dimensional spheres by using
the Bresenham circle algorithm in 3D, and computes using the
the current display screen resolution for simplicity and
speed. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Eric G. Suchanek
EPU A program like Stacker or XPK that allows applications to
access compressed data from AmigaDOS devices without knowing
that the data is compressed, and automatically compresses
new data. The file size is not limited by memory and the
settings of the handler can be changed at any time. Version
1.0, shareware, binary only.
Author: Jaroslav Mechacek
GetString A small utility that puts up a string requester and stores the
result in an environment variable (either local or global)
that can be used in Shell scripts. Requires OS 2.04+ and
ReqTools.library. Written in E, source included.
Author: Diego Caravana
SmallMath "Drop-in" replacements for the Commodore IEEE math libraries
for users with a math coprocessor. Since these libraries do
not contain the coprocessor-emulation code normally present,
they are 60%-90% smaller than the usual libraries. For the
same reason, however, they cannot be used without a coproces-
sor. Version 1.2, an update to version 1.1 on disk 718,
fixes a bug in the cmp() function. Public domain, partial
source included.
Author: Laz Marhenke
* Fish-Disk #810 *
Amiga_E An Amiga specific E compiler. E is a powerful and flexible
procedural programming language and Amiga E a very fast com-
piler for it, with features such as compilation speed of
20000 lines/minute on a 7 Mz amiga, inline assembler and
linker integrated into compiler, large set of integrated
functions, module concept with 2.04 includes as modules,
flexible type-system, quoted expressions, immediate and typed
lists, low level polymorphism, exception handling and much,
more. Written in Assembly and E. Version 2.1, public domain,
includes partial sources.
Author: Wouter van Oortmerssen
MakeDMake An automated DMake file generator. You give it the names of
all the C-files used to produce your executable (except
#include'd .c or .h files), and it will automatically scan
them to find all dependencies, and produce a ready to use
(in many cases) DMakeFile calling DCC with options you will
need for normal compilation and linking. Version 0.19, an
update to version 0.15 on disk 789. Includes source.
Author: Piotr Obminski, from original code by Tim McGrath
PrintManager A printer spooler for AmigaDOS 2.0 or later. Works with all
programs, whether they use the parallel or serial device, use
PRT: or the printer device directly, are printing text or gra-
phics, and has an Intuition interface. Version 1.0, binary
only.
Author: Nicola Salmoria
Snake An updated version of the old computer game which lives in a
Workbench window. You control a "snake" which grows by eating
"frogs" and avoiding obstacles. Requires AmigaDOS 2.0. C
source included.
Author: Michael Warner
StarClock StarClock displays time, date and stardate of the popular TV
series Star Trek in a small window on the right hand side of
the workbench screen. StarClock is a commodity. Requires OS
2.0 or greater. Version 1.01, binary only.
Author: Michael Laurent, Volker Goehrke
TimeKeeper A program that restores system time after resets. This is
accomplished by storing the current time in a resident struct-
ure at regular intervals and restoring it at reboot. Useful
for Amigas that don't have a battery backed up clock. Requires
KickStart 2.0 or higher. Version 1.0, includes source in C.
Author: Mattias Moltkesson
* Fish-Disk #811 *
bsh A powerful advanced shell and interpretive programming
language. Runs on AmigaDOS 1.2 - AmigaDOS 2.1. Major
features include command history, command line editing,
command substitution, redirection and piping, redirection
of standard error file, concurrent piping for external
commands, here documents, aliases, file name completion
using wildcards ('*', '?'), pattern permutations, variables,
array variables, local and environment variables, variable
exporting, C-like expression evaluation, conditionals,
looping, more than 50 builtin commands, more than 40
builtin functions, script programming, workbench startup
via newbsh, directory aliases, shell window manipulation
and command search by CLI path, by bsh path variable,
command hashing and resident command loading. Version 0.98,
shareware, binary only.
Author: Gary Brant
MagicNoises A MED module package including: Happy Hour, Magic Voices, Take
it slow, Terminator II.
Author: Lars Rößiger
WhiteLion A new Othello (Reversi) playing program. Strong and fast, it
explains the rules and plays different strategies depending
on the selected level. Supports interLaced resolutions.
Version 1.2_FD, english and german executables. ShareWare,
C sources and special version available when registering.
Author: Martin Grote
* Fish-Disk #812 *
PPMC The Powerpacker Mini Clone. This is powerpacker.library
meeting gadtools.library: A small utility, useful for compres-
sing any text or data file. This is version 1.2b, an update
to version 1.1 on disk 751. Many new enhancements, including
a complete Shell interface, hypertext documentation, a brand
new look, localization, Danish, Dutch, and French catalogs,
etc. Includes 68030 and 68040 versions, plus source for SAS
C.
Author: Reza Elghazi
SCAN8800 A specialized database program to store frequencies and sta-
tion names for shortwave transmitters. It can also control
a receiver for scanning frequency ranges. Version 2.28, an
update to version 2.27 on disk 803. Now works on NTSC Amigas.
Binary only.
Author: Rainer Redweik
* Fish-Disk #813 *
AmigaBase A hierachical, programmable, in-core database that runs under
OS 1.3 and OS 2.0. Has a full intuition interface. Features
include two display methods, filter datasets, search datasets,
print datasets, and much more. Nearly everything can be real-
ized by programming AmigaBase. Datatypes can be Integer, Real,
Boolean, String, Memo (Text), Date and Time. Number of data-
sets is only limited by available memory. Also included in
the package are some example projects. Version 1.21, an up-
date to version 1.20 on disk 792. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Steffen Gutmann
GIFdatatype This program is a datatype that understands the GIF file for-
mat. Once installed, it allows any datatype-aware programs
(such as MultiView) to read GIF files as if they were IFF.
You can also use them as screen backdrops. Datatypes only
exist at WB3.0 and greater. Version 39.2, binary only.
Author: Steve Goddard
MinedOut A remake of the BASIC program of the same name for the Sin-
clair Spektrum, by Ian Andrews. Mined Out is a strategy game,
like Mine on disk 725 or AMines on disk 707. The object of
the game is to find a way from the bottom of the minefield
to the top, to escape a computer enemy. Version 1.0, share-
ware, binary only.
Author: Dieter Seidel
* Fish-Disk #814 *
BootJob The BootBlock Utility. Includes functions to store, install,
view, or execute any disk bootblock. Also self-made boot-
blocks can be installed to disk. The most powerful function
is to save any bootblock as an executable CLI-File. Now you
can start every boot-util, viruschecker, game, or loader from
the CLI. Also included is a drawer with 46 different boot-
blocks. BootJob requires Amiga OS2.x. This is version 1.30,
an update to version 1.00 on disk 760. Shareware, binary
only.
Author: Michael Bialas
FIM The Fast-Intro-Maker. Use this little IntroMaker to create
your own Intros in a few minutes. Includes functions to
insert selfmade IFF-Pictures, Color-Screentexts, Music and
more. Final created Intros will run on OS1.2/1.3/2.x (WB/Cli).
F.I.M. requires Amiga OS2.x. This is version 2.2, an update
to version 1.0 on disk 760. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Michael Bialas
MemBar A simple program to display the free memory using a window
with bars for chip and fast memory. Version 1.0, public
domain, includes source.
Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann
Monopoly Demo version of a Monopoly game written in C. Version 1.0,
shareware, binary only.
Author: Ken Gilmer
NoteEdit NoteEdit is a utility to write and save crypted notes. The
ability of an automatic diary is included as well. Version
1.0, freeware, includes source.
Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann
TreeGrow TreeGrow is a program which generates quasifractal trees or
plants. The idea is taken from "Spectrum der Wissenschaft",
the german release of "Scientific American". Version 1.0,
freeware, includes source.
Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann
* Fish-Disk #815 *
AntiCicloVir A link virus detector that detects 27 different such viruses.
Checks your disk and memory for known link viruses, and can
also detect known bootblock viruses in memory. Version 1.7,
an update to version 1.6a on disk 767. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Matthias Gutt
InspireDemo Demo version of a new, easy to use, AmigaDOS 2.0 text editor.
The demo is the same as the registered version, except that
save and print are disabled in the demo. Inspire uses the
new features of AmigaDOS 2.0 extensively, including using the
ASL requester for font and file selection, and the gadtools
library for standardized gadgets. The display database is
used so you may open any type of screen that your computer
is capable of. Features include an ARexx port, undo, find
and replace, bookmarks, text centering, word wrap, case
conversions, clipboard support, auto indenting, and more.
Version 1.2, binary only.
Author: Josh Van Abrahams
ShuffleRun A game for two players. Try to collect more points than the
other player. A level editor is implemented. 300 levels are
included, 100 can be edited. Version 1.0, freeware, includes
source.
Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann
* Fish-Disk #816 *
Egypt A small game for one or two players. Find three chests of
gold in a computer generated maze. Version 1.0, freeware,
includes source.
Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann
Look A powerful program for creating and showing disk magazines.
Supports IFF pictures, IFF brushes, ANSI, fonts, PowerPacker,
and many more features. Programmed in assembly language to
be small and fast. German language only. Version 1.6, an
update to version 1.5 on disk 808. Shareware, binary only.
Author: André Voget.
Revenge Revenge of the Blob, an animated interpretation using Bill
Watterson's original cartoon strip character "Calvin". Tells
the story of Calvin's encounter with his mother's food, and
how the dreaded tapioca monster gets back at Calvin for
turning his nose up at it. Version 1.0.
Author: David Wiles
* Fish-Disk #817 *
CTimer A pair of programs for use with Sys1.3 and Sys2. CTimer will
measure the execution time of any section of code from a
complete program down to a single line. Freeware, includes
source.
Author: Chas A. Wyndham
EditKeys A keymap editor. Supports editing of string, dead and modi-
fiable keys, as well as control of repeatable and capsable
status of each key. Runs equally well under AmigaDOS 1.3 or
2.0. This is version 1.3, an update to version 1.2 on disk
642. Binary only.
Author: David Kinder
Hextract A complete header file reference. Definitions, structures,
structure members and offsets, flag values, library contents,
function definitions, registers, library offsets, prototypes,
and pragmas. The data from a set of V2.x Amiga and Lattice
header files is included and packed for immediate reference
by Hextract. Version 1.3, an update to version 1.2 on disk
726. Freeware, includes partial source.
Author: Chas A. Wyndham
Install A replacement for the AmigaDOS Install command, with an
Intuition front end. This is version 1.2, an update to
version 1.1 on disk 643. Includes source in assembly.
Author: David Kinder
S-Text Turns texts into completely self-contained, self-displaying
compressed files callable from Workbench or a CLI. S-Texts
will save disk space and can be transferred from disk to disk
without having to think about reader and decompression compati-
bility. Version 1.2, an update to version 1.1 on disk 760.
Freeware, binary only.
Author: Chas A. Wyndham
* Fish-Disk #818 *
LoadLibrary Another LoadLib program, but this version runs in it's own
task, and uses the reqtools.library for multiselection and
other user friendly file handling. All installed LoadLib
libraries can also be removed from the system. Supports the
locale.library and Amiga-Guide. Version 2.52 an update to
version 2.52 on disk 743. Freeware, binary only.
Author: Nils 'Jon' Görs
TankHunter A simple action game for two players. Destroy the tank of
your opponent. 50 levels are included. You can choose
between sound effects or a background song. Version 1.0,
freeware, includes source.
Author: Benjamin (Pink) Stegemann
UUCoderWindow An intuition user interface for the CLI commands UUEncodeX
and UUDecodeX, written by Michel Bekke. Requires AmigaDOS
2.x. Version 1.0, freeware, binary only.
Author: Nils 'Jon' Görs
WatchStack A program that monitors the stack of any selected task or
process 50 (PAL)/60 (NTSC) times per second and reports the
allocated stack, maximum stack usage and current stack used.
This program is a clone to StackWatch, disk 494, but improved
a little bit. Requires AmigaOS 2.0. Version 2.02, binary only.
Author: Brian Ipsen
* Fish-Disk #819 *
JukeBox A program to play compact digitial audio discs by emulating
a graphical user interface similar to common CD players. It
provides a command line oriented, fully programmable ARexx
user interface, as well. Version 1.2522, shareware, binary
only.
Author: Franz-Josef Reichert
MemoMaster A program that warns you about events (like birthdays and
anniversaries) as they approach. Version 2, includes source.
Author: Jeff Flynn
OctaMEDPlayer Standalone player program for playing songs made with OctaMED.
Can load sng+samples-format and MMD0/MMD1-modules made with
MED V2.10 or later, or any version of OctaMED. Can play stan-
dard four channel Amiga songs, MIDI songs, 5 to 8 channel
OctaMED songs, and multi-modules. Has a nice 2.0 look and
works fine under 2.0 as well as 1.3. Version 4.04, an update
to version 3.00 on disk 688. Binary only.
Author: Teijo Kinnunen and AMIGANUTS UNITED
* Fish-Disk #820 *
Databench Databench is a new low-cost Database with some nice features
like fast search, filter, password, import/export and more.
Includes both English and German versions. Demo version only,
binary only.
Author: Eric Hambuch / APC&TCP Vertrieb
QuickFile A flexible, fast and easy to use flat file database using ran-
dom access with intelligent buffering to minimise disk access,
multiple indexes for fast access to records, form and list
style screens and reports, and fast sorting and searching.
Files are quickly and easily defined, and fields can be added,
changed, or deleted at any time. Version 1.2, shareware,
binary only
Author: Alan Wigginton
SysInfo A program which reports interesting information about the
configuration of your machine, including some speed compar-
isons with other configurations, versions of the OS software,
etc. Lots of new enhancements including information on
devices, resources and ports, and graphical speed comparisons.
This is version 3.11, an update to version 3.01 on disk 758.
Binary only.
Author: Nic Wilson
VirusZ A virus detector that recognizes over 500 bootblocks (200 boot
viruses) and over 95 file viruses. The filechecker can also
decrunch files for testing. The memory checker removes all
known viruses from memory without 'Guru Meditation' and
checks memory for viruses regularly. VirusZ has easy to use
intuitionized menus including keycuts for both beginners and
experienced users. VirusZ performs a self-test on every
startup to prevent link virus infection. Written entirely in
assembly language and operates with Kickstart 1.2/1.3, OS 2.0
and OS 3.0. Version 3.00, an update to version 2.27 on disk
786. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Georg Hörmann
* Fish-Disk #821 *
Diff Port of GNU Diff, containing "cmp", "diff", "diff3", and
"sdiff". Provides all the features of BSD's diff plus options
to diff non-ASCII files, to ignore changes that just insert or
delete blank lines, to specify the amount of context for con-
text diffs, plus more. Version 2.1, an update to version 1.10
on disk 281. Includes source.
Author: Mike Haertel, et. al. Amiga port by Carsten Steger
Indent A C source code formatter/indenter. Especially useful for
cleaning up inconsistently indented code. Version 1.7, an
update to version 1.4 on disk 702. Includes source.
Author: Various, Amiga port by Carsten Steger
* Fish-Disk #822 *
NetHack A screen oriented fantasy game where your goal is to grab as
much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and
escape the Mazes of Menace alive. On the screen is a map of
where you have been and what you have seen on the current dun-
geon level. As you explore more of the level, it appears on
the screen in front of you. Nethack generates a new dungeon
every time it is played, thus even veteran players will con-
tinue to find it entertaining and exciting. This is part 1
of a 3 part distribution. Part 1 contains the binary portion
of the distribution. Part 2 and part 3 contains the source
portion of the distribution, and can be found on disk 823 and
824. This is version 3.1pl0, an update to version 3.0pl10 on
disk 460. Includes source.
Author: Various; see documentation
* Fish-Disk #823 *
NetHack A screen oriented fantasy game where your goal is to grab as
much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and
escape the Mazes of Menace alive. On the screen is a map of
where you have been and what you have seen on the current dun-
geon level. As you explore more of the level, it appears on
the screen in front of you. Nethack generates a new dungeon
every time it is played, thus even veteran players will con-
tinue to find it entertaining and exciting. This is part 2
of a 3 part distribution. Part 1 contains the binary portion
of the distribution and can be found on disk 822. Part 2 con-
tains part of the source and part 3 (on disk 824) contains the
remainder of the source. This is version 3.1pl0, an update to
version 3.0pl10 on disk 460. Includes source.
Author: Various; see documentation
* Fish-Disk #824 *
AlphMan A programmer tool which may help you to create an intuition or
gadtools user interface. It opens a window with a gadget for
each keyboard key. If you press a key the dependent gadget
will be disabled. So you may check whether a key has been
used or not. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. Version 1.00,
freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
GadgetTest A programming example of how to create and handle all of the
types of the new AmigaDOS 2.04 gadgets. Requires AmigaDOS
2.04 or higher. This is version 0.01, includes source.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
NetHack A screen oriented fantasy game where your goal is to grab as
much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and
escape the Mazes of Menace alive. On the screen is a map of
where you have been and what you have seen on the current dun-
geon level. As you explore more of the level, it appears on
the screen in front of you. Nethack generates a new dungeon
every time it is played, thus even veteran players will con-
tinue to find it entertaining and exciting. This is part 3
of a 3 part distribution. Part 1 contains the binary portion
of the distribution and can be found on disk 822. Part 2 con-
tains part of the source and can be found on disk 823. Part 3
contains the remainder of the source. This is version 3.1pl0,
an update to version 3.0pl10 on disk 460. Includes source.
Author: Various; see documentation
Pager A program to number lines and pages for various kinds of text.
It uses printf style formattings and has a lot of cli options,
including lines per page, multiple sources, quiet option etc.
Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. This is version 1.00, free-
ware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
* Fish-Disk #825 *
AII The Archiving Intuition Interface makes things easier if you
are archiving or dearchiving files. You can do it all with
the click of a mouse button, instead of typing in a whole line
in the CLI. Version 1.35, an update to version 1.03 on disk
799. Now supports KickStart 2.xx as well as 1.3. Supports
several archiving formats including LHa, Zoo, Arc, UnArj, and
UnZip. Requires reqtools.library. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Paul Mclachlan
ASokoban An implementation of the UNIX game Sokoban for the Amiga.
Has the original 85 levels of the UNIX game, a nice Intuition
GUI, undo and backup functions, and is fully multitasking.
Requires Kickstart 2.0. Version 1.1, binary only.
Author: Panagiotis Christias
VirusChecker A virus checker that can check memory, disk bootblocks, and
all disk files for signs of most known viruses. Can remember
nonstandard bootblocks that you indicate are OK and not bother
you about them again. Includes an ARexx port. Version 6.22,
an update to version 6.06 on disk 680. Binary only.
Author: John Veldthuis
WComm A commodity which enables the user to manipulate windows with
43 user definable hotkey commands. You can move, size, re-
size, set to prefs, zoom, exclude, include, close tile cascad-
ing, and kill windows. You can cycle screens. WComm also has
a title clock, a palette window (with up to 256 colours), a
popup shell, and a notify system, which can inform you about
any important event and date, such as the birthdays of your
friends, etc. You may also automatically start any command,
a backup for example, at specific intervals. WComm is control-
led by some configuration files and can be handled by the use
of the several asynchronous windows. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04
or higher. This is version 1.80, freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
* Fish-Disk #826 *
Asteriods A very nicely done asteriods game. All images and sounds are
loaded from disk as IFF files, and can be replaced by the user
if desired. This demo version has been partially disabled to
keep the player from going past level 5. Version 0.85, share-
ware, binary only.
Author: Mike Seifert
Date2Day A simple program that gives the day name for the date selected
by three gadgets. Uses GadTools library, so requires AmigaDOS
2.04 or higher. Version 0.1, binary only.
Author: Gérard Cornu
DMEFReq A tool to replace the arp filerequester calls of dme or other
editors with the asl one. It saves the selections to some env
variables which can be easily examined from rexx or batch
scripts. Includes examples of how to use it in DMe. Requires
AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. Version 1.00, freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
MemSnap A small memory monitor useful for seeing how much memory
other programs take up. Based on a program called Memeter,
which broke under Kickstart 2.0. Requires Kickstart 2.0 or
higher. Version 1.1, an update to version 1.0 on disk 696.
Includes source.
Author: Martin W. Scott
SoftLock A program to help prevent unauthorized access of your bootable
hard drive by requiring a password each time you reboot. Has
been tested under both AmigaDOS 1.3 and 2.04. This is version
1.0.2, an update to version 1.0.1 on disk 633. Shareware,
binary only.
Author: Allan Baer
* Fish-Disk #827 *
AMaster An address database program with sort, search and selections
after each field. The number of entries depends only on the
free memory. Has a lot of print options including a print to
screen function. Has a full online help system. Includes
both German and English versions. Is font independent and
has been tested under 2.04 and 3.0. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04
or higher. This is version 1.52, freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
AskReq This is another batchfile requester. It displays a message
and prompts the user for a string or optionally for a number.
It may be also used to request a choice between the specified
gadgets. Has a lot of CLI options. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04
or higher. This is version 1.00, freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
AskVersion This little program can be used to check whether you are run-
ning under AmigaDOS 1.3 or AmigaDOS 2.04. You can put it into
your startup-sequence to execute a 1.3 bootup script. This is
version 0.01, public domain, includes source.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
AztecErr A Manx quickfix support program. If you use the quickfix op-
tion of AztecC version 5.xx, you can set CCEDIT to this pro-
gram. It opens a window which displays all errors one after
another. It also has an ARexx port and a gadtools user inter-
face. This is version 1.25 an update to version 1.0 on disk
761. Removed some enforcer hits and is now font independent.
Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. Freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
CloseWD A tool which enables you to kill windows which are left on
any screen from other programs, which have been terminated by
gurus or other things. You can specify the window by pattern
matching in the string gadget or by setting a timeout that
gives you time to select the proper window. It has a gadtools
interface and an "ask-before-closing" option. This is version
2.11 an update to version 1.2 on disk 742. Removed some en-
forcer hits and is now font independent. Requires AmigaDOS
2.04 or higher. Freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
FRequest FRequest is a handy program which lets you select a file by
using the ASL file requester and executes a CLI command with
the given selection. FRequest can be easily used in batch
files and has a lot of options. You can use it as an frontend
for any program which does not directly support filerequester
selections. It exchanges '[]' in the specified command line
with the selection. It has a debug ability for testing of
options before execution. This is version 1.55, an update to
version 1.5 on disk 743. It now supports multiple file sel-
ections and the save filerequester option. Requires AmigaDOS
2.04 or higher. Freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
PickFile A random generated executor. It uses a file, or optionally a
directory, to start the given commandline which the selection.
Can be easily used for slideshows, wbpattern, font, wbpicture
changes. Any []`s will be exchanged with the selection. In-
cludes examples. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. This is
version 1.00, freeware, binary only.
Author: Hans-Peter Guenther
* Fish-Disk #828 *
DiskTest A utility to test the integrity of floppy and hard disks, ala
Norton Utilities. This is version 2.03, an update to version
1.18 on disk 663. New features include a completely revised
GUI, implemented with a text scroller. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04
or later. Public domain, includes source.
Author: Maurizio Loreti
Post An excellent PostScript interpreter for the Amiga which imple-
ments the full Adobe language. Supports type 1 and type 3
fonts, screen output, file output, and printer output. This
is version 1.86enh, an update to version 1.7 on disk 669. In
this enhanced version all AmigaDOS 1.3 compatibility has been
removed to facilitate a better, more consistent user interface
using GadTools menus and GadTools gadgets, full support for
and use of ASL file requesters has been added, many bugs have
been fixed, and the source has been upgraded to work with SAS
C 6.x. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or later. Includes source.
Author: Adrian Aylward, enhancements by Robert Poole
PSFonts Postscript font files from the GNU Ghostscript 2.5.2 distribu-
tion, for use with the "Post" postscript interpreter on disk
828. This is part one of a three part distribution. Parts
two and three can be found on disks 829 and 830 respectively.
Author: Various, see docs.
* Fish-Disk #829 *
PSFonts Postscript font files from the GNU Ghostscript 2.5.2 distribu-
tion, for use with the "Post" postscript interpreter on disk
828. This is part two of a three part distribution. Parts
one and three can be found on disks 828 and 830 respectively.
Author: Various, see docs.
* Fish-Disk #830 *
PSFonts Postscript font files from the GNU Ghostscript 2.5.2 distribu-
tion, for use with the "Post" postscript interpreter on disk
828. This is part three of a three part distribution. Parts
one and two can be found on disks 828 and 829 respectively.
Author: Various, see docs.
* Fish-Disk #831 *
GrabKick A tool to copy the contents of any Kickstart ROM into a file.
Note that there are many legitimate reasons for wishing to
make a file copy of a ROM image. I don't condone using this
program for any illegal uses however. You should be aware of
the laws in your region with regard to fair use of software,
including software contained in ROMS. Version 1.1, includes
source.
Author: Ralf Gruner
Term A gift-ware telecommunications program written for AmigaOS 2.0
or higher. Features include total configurability, full ARexx
control, Xpr-transfer support, filetype-identification after
download, cut & paste/point-and-click on screen, auto upload
and download, unlimited size scrollable review buffer, solid
and fully-featured VT102/VT220/ANSI emulation, support for
external terminal emulation libraries, optional fast atomic
terminal emulation, hotkey support, powerful phonebook and
dialing functions, ability to save and print the contents of
the screen as IFF-ILBM or ASCII file, full overscan and screen
resolution support (AGA and ECS screen modes included), async-
hronous operation and a lot more. This is version 3.1, an up-
date to version 2.3 on disks 725 and 730. This is part one of
a three part distribution, and contains the main program, doc-
umentation, and auxiliary data files.
Author: Olaf `Olsen' Barthel
* Fish-Disk #832 *
FakeKey A utility for use in scripts with programs like Diskcopy that
require the user to press a key before the program runs. It
sends a user-specified key press to the active window, after
an optional delay. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher. This
is version 1.0. Includes source in assembly.
Author: Douglas Nelson
NameThatMonster
A commodity for use with Moria and similar games that use the
slash key for identification. It allows you to identify a
monster or object with a single press of the middle mouse but-
ton. Requires 2.04 or higher and a three button mouse. In-
cludes source in F-Basic.
Author: Douglas Nelson.
Term A gift-ware telecommunications program written for AmigaOS 2.0
or higher. Features include total configurability, full ARexx
control, Xpr-transfer support, filetype-identification after
download, cut & paste/point-and-click on screen, auto upload
and download, unlimited size scrollable review buffer, solid
and fully-featured VT102/VT220/ANSI emulation, support for
external terminal emulation libraries, optional fast atomic
terminal emulation, hotkey support, powerful phonebook and
dialing functions, ability to save and print the contents of
the screen as IFF-ILBM or ASCII file, full overscan and screen
resolution support (AGA and ECS screen modes included), async-
hronous operation and a lot more. This is version 3.1, an up-
date to version 2.3 on disks 725 and 730. This is part two of
a three part distribution, and contains the main program as a
68020/030/040 executable, and the program source code.
Author: Olaf `Olsen' Barthel
* Fish-Disk #833 *
Term A gift-ware telecommunications program written for AmigaOS 2.0
or higher. Features include total configurability, full ARexx
control, Xpr-transfer support, filetype-identification after
download, cut & paste/point-and-click on screen, auto upload
and download, unlimited size scrollable review buffer, solid
and fully-featured VT102/VT220/ANSI emulation, support for
external terminal emulation libraries, optional fast atomic
terminal emulation, hotkey support, powerful phonebook and
dialing functions, ability to save and print the contents of
the screen as IFF-ILBM or ASCII file, full overscan and screen
resolution support (AGA and ECS screen modes included), async-
hronous operation and a lot more. This is version 3.1, an up-
date to version 2.3 on disks 725 and 730. This is part three
of a three part distribution, and contains the documentation
in DVI and PostScript formats.
Author: Olaf `Olsen' Barthel
ZIP A program which can interpret and run standard series and
interactive fiction plus Infocom game files. Includes sound
and proportional font support and other Amiga specific
features. Version 1.00, Amiga release 2.2, includes source
in `C'.
Author: Mark Howell, Amiga port by Olaf Barthel
* Fish-Disk #834 *
InfoTools Several tools to query information about or to disassemble
Infocom game files. Source in `C' is included.
Author: Mark Howell, Amiga port by Olaf Barthel
PInfocom A portable Infocom standard series game file interpreter that
can also analyze any Infocom game file and display vocabulary
lists, object trees, etc. Has many informative and debugging
options that can be enabled at runtime. Includes extensive
documentation, sound and proportional sound support, and many
Amiga specific features. This is version 3.00, Amiga release
2.34. Includes source in C.
Authors: InfoTaskForce & Paul D. Smith; port by Olaf Barthel
WBGenie WBGenie is a WB-program launcher with a difference. It is
intended to be a WB interface to a set of WB programs (which
the author is in the process of writing) to make performing
housekeeping chores on the Amiga simple. WBGenie is a WB2.x
only program and is a commodity. It makes use of appicons and
appwindows. Includes some sample code to demonstrate how to
write a tool type array without affecting existing tool types.
Version 1.02, binary only.
Author: Steven Velletri
XEM Sample code and documentation how to create and interface to
external terminal emulation libraries as supported by terminal
programs such as LR-Comm, `term' and X-Comm. This is version
2.0 and includes sample library and sample interface source
code in `C' and assembly language.
Author: Ueli Kaufmann
* Fish-Disk #835 *
MandelSquare Yet another program to generate images from the Mandelbrot
set, different from most implementations in that it runs
only under AmigaOS 2.x, requires an '020/'030/'040 CPU and a
numerical coprocessor. The calculation routines were
written in '881 assembly language for maximum speed and
precision. Also included is a `movie mode' which allows
generation of long camera zooms to spots in the Mandelbrot
set. The resulting animations can be saved in ANIM-opt-5
format, allowing to replay them using `MandelSquare' or
standard animation software. Enhancements include support
for the AGA chipset (now you can finally create images in
256 colours!) and several bug fixes and improvements in the
image and animation creation code. This is version 1.6, an
update to version 1.3 on disk 589. Includes source in C and
assembly language.
Author: Olaf `Olsen' Barthel
Mine A new Modula-2 implementation of an old computer game. You
have an N * N square with mines hidden in some fields. Your
job is to mark them with a flag as fast as possible. High-
score lists are supported. This is version 1.8, an update to
version 1.6 on disk 758, and contains a few improvements and
some bug fixes. Requires AmigaDOS 2.0, includes source.
Author: Thomas Ansorge
Mines A game in which you have to logically find out which parts of
the mine-field are not mined. There are many kinds of mine-
fields and you have to be very careful to be able to solve the
most difficult levels. Mines opens its own window on a Work-
bench screen and it's multitasking friendly. This game was
made and tested under Workbench 2.0, so the colors may look a
bit strange under WB1.3. Version 2.0, binary only.
Author: Teemu Sipilä and Marko Malmberg
SuperDark A screen blanker with some special features. It is similar
to the AfterDark screen blanker in the PC and Mac worlds.
Features include a lot of different screen effects, a screen
locker, and more. Version 1.2, includes source.
Author: Thomas Landspurg
SuperFormatter A easy to user disk formatting program with an Intuition
interface. Options include quick format, verify, trashcan
icon installation, FFS versus old filesystem, and more.
Version 1.0d, binary only.
Author: Mark Warpool
* Fish-Disk #836 *
DocPrint This program is a papersaver for those who use fanfold paper
in their printers. It is able to print the odd and the even
pages separately with pagenumbers and header and footer. Can
be called from Workbench or via CLI with textname as argument
for use with DirOpus or SID. Can print powerpacked files.
All settings can be stored in a config file. Comes in two
versions, English and german. Needs AmigaDOS 1.3 or higher,
powerpacker.library (included) and PAL-mode. This is version
2.00, shareware, binary only. Written in Modula2.
Author: Hartmut Jäger (Bäri-Soft)
FSim A process simulation system for the Amiga. It calculates
complex systems consisting of algebraic and differential
equations and shows the results in a graphic representation.
A user with only a small knowledge of C programming is able
to use FSim to create complex models and connect them to a
comfortable user interface. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Jens Hartkopf
Slicer A program for creating abstract art based on mathematical
functions, such as the Mandelbrot set, Julia sets, and related
abstractions (chaotic dynamical systems). Features include
fast fixed or floating point arithmetic, many different func-
tions, many computation options, many coloring and rendering
options, batch mode, multi pass mode, and four dimensional
navigation. The pictures it makes can be thought of as cross
sections or "slices" revealing the insides of solid objects.
This is version 2.1 an update to version 2.0 on disk 634.
Binary only.
Author: Gary Teachout
* Fish-Disk #837 *
AquaPack This package is a replacement of the old Aquarium program.
NewFish, NewAqua and CliAqua support a packed database but
are also compatible with the old (unpacked) database. The
entire package supports a user configurable database path.
CliAqua has the same functions as NewAqua, but is controlled
via CLI. It has an interface to install on a BBS. AquaPack
is written in SAS-C. NewFish is version 2.71, NewAqua is
version 1.01, and CliAqua is version 1.01. Source is avail-
able from the author.
Author: Silvano Oesch, Paul Wittwer
Life Another version of Tomas's Life game. Features include wrap-
ping the screen as in a torus, independent setting of the
horizontal and vertical resolutions, computing only a specific
number of generations, redisplay only every N generations,
a macro language to set up initial generations, and more.
Works with horizontal resolutions up to 262,112 pixels and
vertical resolutions up to 65,535 pixels. This is version
6.1, an update to version 5.0 on disk 316. Includes source.
Author: Tomas Rokicki
UnixDirs A program which intercepts calls to dos.library to add the
UNIX style '.' and '..' syntax for current and parent direct-
ories, respectively, to file and path names. I.E., you can
refer to files in the current directory as './foo' and files
in the parent directory as '../foo', or any combination of the
two. Similar to program on disk 321, but independently devel-
oped. Includes source.
Author: Martin Scott
* Fish-Disk #838 *
ABackup A powerful backup utility, that may be used both for hard disk
backup and for file archiving. Features include a full Intu-
ition interface, a "batch" mode, save/load file selection,
support for HD floppies, support for XPK library, a child task
for disk write, error recovery when writing to a disk, cyclic
backup to and restore from several drives, optional data com-
pression, function to rebuild the catalog, support for both
soft and hard links, and more. Includes French and English
versions. Version 2.40, an update to version 2.00 on disk
780. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Denis Gounelle
GZip GNU zip is a compression utility designed to be a replacement
for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are much
better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. GZip
currently defaults to using the LZ77 algorithm used in zip 1.9
but can also decompress files created by zip, compress, or
pack. Version 1.0.5, includes source.
Author: Jean-loup Gailly
LE-NAG LeverEdge NAG is a program to remind you of events before you
miss them. Events can be scheduled to occur once or repeat
daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. You can be alerted of the
event in a number of ways from a screen flash to a message
requester. Version 93.03.03, an update to version 92.10.21
on disk 761. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Craig M. Lever
* Fish-Disk #839 *
Japanese Two programs to help teach Japanese. "Word A Day" is a pop-
up program to put in your WBStartup drawer. It will randomly
select one word out of it's 1019 word database and display it
along with the English. "JapaneseVocabulary" is a quiz type
Japanese vocabulary builder. Both programs are standalone and
complete, and also work with the "Japanese Talking Picture
Dictionary" by the same author.
Author: Wayne Quigley Sr
LazyBench LazyBench is a utility for lazy people with a hard disk cram-
med full of goodies which are difficult to reach because they
are buried away in drawers inside drawers inside drawers in-
side drawers... Supports tools and projects and both OS 1.3
and OS 2.xx versions are supplied with this distribution.
LazyBench for the OS 1.3 opens a little window on the Work-
bench screen and delivers a fully configurable menu which
brings up to 30 applications at your fingertips. LazyBench
for the OS 2.xx adds an item under the Workbench "Tools" menu,
installs itself as a Commodity and waits in the background.
Use its hot key combination to pop its window and then select
an application from a list of up to 100 applications. Binary
only.
Author: Werther 'Mircko' Pirani
SSW Solar System Wars is a game similar to Space Wars, pitting two
players against each other, in orbit around 0 to 3 stars. You
can choose from 48 different solar systems, or use the random
system selector for a different challenge every round. A var-
iety of weapons are available. Supports two button joysticks
but does not require them. Version 1.14, binary only.
Author: James Cleverdon
TrashIcon A WorkBench 2.x application icon to delete files. Puts an
icon at a possibly user defined position on the WorkBench
screen, that deletes all files that are dragged onto it. This
is version 1.2, binary only.
Author: Mark McPherson
* Fish-Disk #840 *
OctaMED A music editor which was originally designed for making music
for programs (demos, games, etc), but works well as a stand-
alone music program as well. OctaMED is the 8-channel version
of MED. This is a freely distributable release of the fully
functional commercial version 2.0. Versions later than 2.0
remain commercial and are *not* freely redistributable at this
time. Previous releases were version 1.00b on disk 579 and
a demo of version 4.0 on disk 755. Binary only.
Author: Teijo Kinnunen and Ray Burt-Frost
* Fish-Disk #841 *
AniMan AniMan combines Amiga animation, speech synthesis, and voice
recognition, to provide you with an animated talking head
that will run any Amiga program by voice command. Ask for
an Amiga program by name, and AniMan will oblige. If AniMan
becomes impatient, you may be insulted. AniMan will also
recite poetry if you ask nicely. It is designed to work with
the Perfect Sound 3, Audio Master (Audio Magic), or generic
audio digitizers. Also requires 1MB of fast memory. This is
Version 5.0 of AniMan, an update to version 3.2 disk 723. New
features include support for AGA and improved performance.
Binary only.
Author: Richard Horne
GifInfo A small program that gives information about GIF files, such
as size, number of colors, etc. Includes documentation in
English and French. Version 1.12, binary only.
Author: Christophe Passuello
PowerData Patches AmigaDOS, enabling all programs to read and write
files packed with PowerPacker in way that is completely
transparent to themselves and the system. Programs will read
powerpacked datafiles directly, and will also magically start
compressing their own datafiles, as they create or update
them. This is version 38.115, an update to version 38.105 on
disk 801. Partially localized for use with Workbench 2.1.
Workbench 2.04+ only. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Michael Berg
* Fish-Disk #842 *
AntiCicloVir A link virus detector that detects 30 different such viruses.
Checks your disk and memory for known link viruses, and can
also detect known bootblock viruses in memory. Version 1.8,
an update to version 1.7 on disk 815. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Matthias Gutt
GadToolsBox A program that lets you draw/edit GadTools gadgets and menus
and then generates the corresponding C or assembly code for
you. This is version 2.0, an update to version 1.4 on disk
731. Includes source.
Author: Jan van den Baard
* Fish-Disk #843 *
BrowserII A "Programmer's Workbench". Allows you to easily and con-
veniently move, copy, rename, and delete files & directories
using the mouse. Also provides a method to execute either
Workbench or CLI programs by double-clicking them or by
selecting them from a ParM like Menu with lots of arguments.
Uses whatis.library to detect file types and executes commands
based on these. Version 2.13 for AmigaDOS 1.3 and 2.31 for
AmigaDOS 2.0 (localized). Update to version 2.04 on disk 649.
Binary only.
Author: Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette
MeMeter A WB 2.0 only version of MeMeter (only 2000 bytes). Update
for original MeMeter, which didn't work under 2.0. Includes
source in C.
Author: Pierre Carrette
ParM Parametrable Menu. ParM allows you to build menus to run
any program in either in WorkBench or CLI mode. This is an
alternative to MyMenu which can run only when WorkBench is
loaded. ParM can have it's own little window, can attach
menus to the CLI window you are running it from, or to the
WB menus, just like MyMenu. Versions 3.6 & 4.3, an update
to version 3.6 on disk 649. Binary only.
Author: Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette
WBRun A RunBack style program which use parm.library. Runs programs
in WorkBench mode from any CLI. Programs are fully detached.
The program you run must support WorkBench startup. Includes
source in C. Versions 1.3 and 2.0.
Author: Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette
WhatIs WhatIs.library can detect file types and is fully parametrable
by an ascii file. You can describe file types and they will
be recognized by the library. A few tools are also included.
Author: Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette
* Fish-Disk #844 *
DBB Digital Breadboard is a full GUI digital logic circuit simu-
lator. Digital Breadboard currently supports 2 and 3 input
AND, OR, NAND, and NOR gates, NOT and XOR gates, D, JK, and
SR edge-triggered flip-flops, multiple independant clocks,
switched and pulsed inputs, outputs, Vcc, GND, independant
4-channel oscilloscope, event counters, variable speed timer,
preferences printing, and more. Requires AmigaDOS 2.x. This
is version 1.1, freeware, binary only.
Author: Dan Griffin
DiskPrint A label database which prints and stores disk labels for 3.5"
and 5.25" disks. Primarily created as a combined database and
print utility for FD disks, it includes easy-to-use label lib-
rary functions (like printing labels for a whole FD series in
one turn or multiple print of one label) and labels for most
FD disks which are available within a few mouse clicks. Fea-
tures include a fast search routine, user-definable label lay-
out, different label sizes, intuition-based disk directory
read-in and a lot more. Very configurable. Works fine with
every printer connected to the parallel port and AmigaOS 1.2,
1.3, and 2.x. This version now includes DESKJET support for
single label sheets. Includes both English (PAL & NTSC) and
German versions. This is version 3.59, an update to version
3.51 on disk 685. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Jan Geissler
* Fish-Disk #845 *
ISL Imagine Staging Language, a decompiler and compiler which
allow the user to create and modify Imagine staging files
in a manner much more powerful than that provided by Imagine
itself. Imagine is the 3d rendering and animation program
published by Impulse. ISL does not require any particular
version of AmigaDos, but it only works with version 2.0 of
Imagine. Version 1.4, binary only.
Author: John T. Grieggs
Sz'kwa Sz'kwa, a children's game from Northern China, as described
by Clifford A. Pickover in his book `MAZES for the MIND,
computers and the unexpected'. Requires Workbench 2.04 or
higher. This is version 1.1, binary only.
Author: A.R.Mohowitsch
TextPlus A TeX frontend word processor that provides facilities for
tables, lists, mailmerge, footnotes, inclusion of IFF graph-
ics, an ARexx-Port (111 commands) and full OS2.0/3.0 compat-
ibility. Makes use of PasTeX, Georg Hessmann's Amiga imple-
mentation of TeX. New features are support for LaTeX, Make-
Index (automatic index generation) and printing via PRT:
(TeX is not needed for the latter). This is the German ver-
sion 4.10, an update to version 4.00 on disk 700. Disk 846
contains the English version. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Martin Steppler
* Fish-Disk #846 *
FileCache This package is for compiler and assembler writers. It im-
plements a cache for include files with a file cache server.
Can greatly speed up compilation and assembling. Binary only.
Author: Christophe Passuello
IObject A linker library that emulates some gadgets of the gadtools
library (CheckBox, Cycle, Button, Scroller, Integer, String)
and an area of text with scrolling. Works with all versions
of WorkBench. Includes examples and documentation in English
and French. Binary only.
Author: Christophe Passuello
TextPlus A TeX frontend word processor that provides facilities for
tables, lists, mailmerge, footnotes, inclusion of IFF graph-
ics, an ARexx-Port (111 commands) and full OS2.0/3.0 compat-
ibility. Makes use of PasTeX, Georg Hessmann's Amiga imple-
mentation of TeX. New features are support for LaTeX, Make-
Index (automatic index generation) and printing via PRT:
(TeX is not needed for the latter). This is the English ver-
sion 4.10, an update to version 4.00 on disk 700. Disk 845
contains the German version. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Martin Steppler
* Fish-Disk #847 *
ADM A comfortable and flexible address database with font sensi-
tive windows, commodity support, application window support,
an ARexx-port, public screen support, and fully controllable
from the keyboard. It includes user flags (grouping), email
support, and freely configurable label printing. It can fill
out letter forms and call your word processor, print remit-
tance orders, dial the modem, and has online help. Requires
AmigaDOS version 2.04 or later. Version 1.01, German version
only. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Jan Geissler
MidiChords A program which replaces and extends the chord-key-play-
function, as may be found on several low priced keyboards.
To make full use of this code a MIDI interface and a keyboard
capable of MIDI reception is required, however, a limited
audio output is available too. Some special harmonic routines
are: Chord Finding, Sequencing and Random Play. Chords and
sequences are played by simple mouse clicks and recorded
Seqfiles can be saved (and loaded). On-line information may
be switched on/off. Version 3.2, binary only.
Author: Theo Brugman
* Fish-Disk #848 *
Amiga_E An Amiga specific E compiler. E is a powerful and flexible
procedural programming language and Amiga E a very fast com-
piler for it, with features such as compilation speed of
20000 lines/minute on a 7 Mhz amiga, inline assembler and
linker integrated into compiler, large set of integrated
functions, module concept with 2.04 includes as modules,
flexible type-system, quoted expressions, immediate and typed
lists, low level polymorphism, exception handling and much,
much more. Written in Assembly and E. Version 2.1b, an
update to version 2.1 on disk 810. Public domain. Includes
partial sources.
Author: Wouter van Oortmerssen
CWeb A programming tool that allows you to program top down, by
splitting your program into many small, and understandable
modules which `ctangle' tangles into a compiler understandable
file. By applying `cweave' to the program you can produce a
pretty-printed listing for processing with `TeX'. This is
version 2.7, an update to version 2.0 on disk 551, now with
full ANSI and C++ support. Includes source.
Author: Donald Knuth, Silvio Levy, port by Andreas Scherer
Poker A "fair" version of a casino video poker machine in which a
deck is dealt randomly. Regular casino rules apply. This is
a variation of the version that appeared in the October 1992
of JUMPDISK, the Original Disk Magazine for the Amiga.
Author: Richard Ramella
* Fish-Disk #849 *
AmigaPascal This is a mini PASCAL compiler, which may be used for smaller
projects. It is not yet quite complete and can only be run
from the CLI. Works on all Amigas, and OS versions from 1.2
to 3.1. Version 1.0, freeware, binary only.
Author: Daniel Amor
BackGammon The computer version of the game. This is a tiny little game
which runs on Workbench. Works on all Amigas, and OS versions
from 1.2 to 3.1. Version 0.9, freeware, binary only.
Author: Igor Druzovic and Daniel Amor
CDTV-Player A utility for all those people, who'd like to play Audio CD's
while multitasking on WorkBench. It's an emulation of CDTV's
remote control, but is a little more sophisticated. Allows
access to the archive even without a CDROM drive (i.e. AMIGA
500-4000), although you can't play a CD. Program and KARAOKE
(live on-screen) included. Recognizes CDs automatically.
Version 1.8, an update to version 1.5 on disk 805. Freeware,
binary only.
Author: Daniel Amor
MathPlot A function plotter with lin/log plot, a complete KS 2.0 inter-
face, and ARexx support. Needs Kickstart/WorkBench 2.0 and
mtool.library (included). Version 2.01, an update to version
1.04 on disk 573. Shareware, source available from author.
Author: Ruediger Dreier
RRT Demo of a real time mapping of a reflection of a graphic onto
a sphere. Is system friendly, multitasks, and uses an Intui-
tion screen. Written in C with small assembler assist. In-
cludes source.
Author: Adisak Pochanayon
* Fish-Disk #850 *
4-Get-It A fully playable version of an arcade quality puzzle game with
10 levels. The full version has almost 300 levels and 700K+
additional graphics. Impressive sound and graphics. Requires
1 MB. Binary only.
Author: Adisak Pochanayon
FastGIF A very fast GIF viewer with a graphical user interface, file
requester, support for AGA chips set, support for viewing in
a WorkBench window, IFF saving (registered version only), and
GIF89a compability. Includes English and French versions.
Version II (1.01), an update to version 1.00 on disk 690.
Shareware, binary only.
Author: Christophe Passuello
MineField Another MineField program. This one has nice graphics, sound,
adjustable parameters, and a 3D look interface.
Author: Adisak Pochanayon
* Fish-Disk #851 *
AmigaWorld A database program that contains information about every
country on Earth. It enables you to have a look at the data
of one country, or to compare several countries. It is easy
to handle, and you can use it with your favourite colors,
font, and even language (at the moment there are English,
German, Swedish and Dutch data files). Requires 1MB of memory.
This is freeware version 1.1, an update to version 1.0 on Disk
804, New features include information about currencies.
Modula-2 source is available from the author.
Author: Wolfgang Lug
ArmyMiner An utimate "XMines-type" game that integrates all of the best
aspects of the previous Amiga versions of the game. Options
include: Automatically mark or clean the neighbours of a
square; Safe start (no explosion at first click); Safe click
(gadget-like behavior for squares); Question marks (for con-
figuration analysis). You can also specify your own custom
board settings. The game has a very useful pause option,
sound effects, high-score tables and a very nice interface.
It works under OS v1.3 or 2.0, NTSC or PAL. Version 1.0,
binary only.
Author: Alain Laferriere
GraphPaper Creates graph paper. You specify the size and number of cycles
in both the X and Y directions. Each major cycle may be
divided into minor cycles and may be linear, logarithmic, or
log/log. It will print the graph paper on any preferences
supported graphics-capable printer. Version 1.2, includes
source.
Author: Bill Ames
HyperANSI An ANSI editing program. Allows you to edit up to 999 pages
at a time, with a unique 'transparency' mode which allows you
to 'see through' the pages ( and save as a single page ).
Other features include; Copy, Move, Fill, Replace, Flood fill,
Text alignment & justification, line drawing, character paint-
ing (colors and/or text), half character painting, and keyboard
remapping for all 255 IBM characters ...Plus more. Version
1.6, an update to version 1.02 on disk 803. Shareware, binary
only.
Author: Mike D. Nelson
SingleFile A small utility that can be used to determine if there are
duplicate files or directories on a given volume. It can be
used to help save hard disk space and reduce backp times.
CLI usage only, version 1.0, binary only, shareware
Author: Phil Dobranski
* Fish-Disk #852 *
CPUClr A small hack, inspired by CPUBlit, that replaces the BitClear
routine of the graphics library with a highly optimized 68020
(or higher) routine. This results in about a 60% speed up on
a 68020 and should be even more on a 68030/68040. This is
version 3.20, an update to version 2.0 on disk number 709,
includes source.
Author: Peter Simons
OriginsDemo Demo version of a commercial genealogy program. The number
of records is limited in practice only by available memory
and storage. You may track attributes of people, such as
date and place of birth, death, burial, and marriages, and
parent/child relationships. Details such as baptism,
immigration, and occupation are also allowed for. Reports:
individual, family group, pedigree, Ahnentafel, descendants,
Tiny-Tafel, alphabetical lists. Free-form text for sources
and notes; display of IFF pictures; ARexx functions. The
demo version allows a limited number of records, has
printing of some reports disabled, and has GEDCOM utilities
removed. Requires minimum 1 MB of ram, OS V1.3 or greater,
and arp.library. Version 1.06, binary only.
Author: Jeff Lavin
ReSourceDemo Demo version of the commercial disassembler. Very fast,
intelligent, interactive. Over 900 menu functions. Most of
the Amiga structure names are available at the touch of a
key (user-defined structures also supported). Base-relative
addressing, using any address register, is supported for
disassembling C programs. Choice of traditional 68K syntax
or the new M68000 Family syntax. Online hypertext help.
Requires minimum 1 MB of ram, OS V1.3 or greater, and
arp.library. Version 5.12, an update to version 3.06 on disk
number 232, binary only.
Author: Glen McDiarmid
* Fish-Disk #853 *
ADtoHT A program to convert AutoDoc-files to AmigaGuide-format.
Creates links to functions and include-files. Requires
OS2.0+. Version 1.01, includes source, freeware.
Author: Christian Stieber
AppISizer An AppIcon utility to get the size of disks, directories or
files. Gives the size in bytes, blocks and the actual size
occupied. Now supports 5 tooltypes and command line options
for the positioning and replacement of the internal AppIcon,
and for the positioning of the output window. Requires
KickStart 37.175 or higher. Version 0.61, an update to
version 0.41 on disk number 802. Binary only.
Author: Gérard Cornu
Hyper Will lead you through documents that are written to be used
with the legendary `Am*gaGu*de' from Commodore. An ARexx port
gives access to it from other applications. Requires OS 2.x.
Version 1.17e, an update to version 1.15a on disk number 786.
Shareware, binary only.
Author: Bernd (Koessi) Koesling
IconAuthorDemo A replacement for IconEdit2.0. It can transform IFF images or
brushes into resized 2-BitPlane brushes or icon files that
match the WorkBench2.0 colors. Online help is available via
`Hyper'. Demo version limited to processing provided demo
image only. Requires OS 2.x. Version 1.08, an update to
version 1.06 on disk number 786. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Bernd (Koessi) Koesling
MapTrix A texture map/backdrop generator featuring a large number
of fractal effects, including mountains and clouds, wave
synthesis, and "static" generators. Also has some image
processing tools, including emboss, ruffian, convolutions,
resizing and smooth. Supports DCTV if available. Requires
AmigaDOS 2.04+. Version 1.0, shareware, binary only.
Author: Alexander D. DeBurie
PhxAss PhxAss is a complete macro assembler, which supports the
instruction-set and addressing modes of all important Motorola
processors (MC68000,68010,68020,68030,68040,6888x and 68851).
It understands all common assembler-directives and can generate
not only linkable object-files but also absolute code, which
can be written to memory, to a file or directly to disk using
the 'trackdisk.device'. In all cases the user has the oppor-
tunity to choose between the large and small code/data-model.
Version V3.00, an update to version V2.11 on disk 749. Binary
only.
Author: Frank Wille
PhxLnk Linker for Amiga-DOS object-files, which also supports the
small-code/data model. Version V1.35, an update to version
V1.27 on disk 749. Binary only.
Author: Frank Wille
QDisk A Workbench 2.x or better program to display the space usage
of your Amiga DOS devices. (A WorkBench type "Info" command)
Also shows other information relating to drives. Supports tool
types to position windows and set a warning flag when space
usage becomes high. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Norman Baccari
* Fish-Disk #854 *
DiskMate A disk utility with multidrive disk copier (either DOS or non-
DOS disks), disk formatter, disk eraser, disk installer, and
floppy disk checker. Version 4.1, an update to version 3.0
on disk number 804. Binary only.
Author: Malcolm Harvey
DRAFU "Draw a function". Display any mathematical function by itself
or overlay on top of a previously displayed function. Can also
calculate integrals over those functions. Save the result in
an IFF or ACBM file (disabled in this demo version). Many
screen mode/display options. Includes an AREXX interface and
its own scripting language. Version 0.82, compatible with
WorkBench 1.2/1.3/2.0. Binary only.
Author: Andreas Kleinert & Ulrich Degens
Upcat Disk catalog program. Read file information from disks, store
it in a catalog in memory. Save/load catalogs to/from disk,
display catalog in several ways, select files to be displayed,
print (selection of) catalog, 32 user definable categories,
add comment to files in catalog. Version 1.0, freeware,
binary only.
Author: Frans Zuydwijk
* Fish-Disk #855 *
Banner A tiny utility to create - surprise, surprise - banners.
By default BANNER uses an internal font that is ideal for
title pages or sources headers. You may also render your
banner from any amiga font with (nearly) unlimited font size
and variable aspect. Version 1.4, binary only.
Author: Tobias Ferber
HWGRCS Part 1 of a complete RCS 5.6 port to the Amiga currently at
patch level 2. It is not related to the old RCS on Disks 281,
282 & 451, but all new and shiny. The Revision Control
System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of text files. RCS
automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and
merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised
frequently. For example: programs; documentation; graphics;
papers; form letters; etc. Included are RCS 5.6, GNU DIFF
1.15 and LP as a neat V37 line print utility. Complete sources
are contained in part 2 of the distribution on disk number 856.
Author: Many, Amiga port by Heinz Wrobel, docs prepared by
Hans-Joachim Widmaier
KeyCall Provides up to 10 hotkeys using F1-F10 and your choice of
qualifier. The advantage of using hotkeys as opposed to
menu or docking programs etc, is of course, that the keyboard
is always available regardless of the screen you are currently
working in. Compatible with both 1.3 and 2.x systems.
Version 1.3.2, binary only.
Author: Mick Seymour
LP A very powerful tool to prepare text files for printer output.
Offers a great variety of options including indention, page
headers, page numbering, multi-columns and WITH files.
Includes TI and FILES, two utilities to check your printer
output and create WITH files for LP. Version 1.18, includes
source in C.
Author: Tobias Ferber
* Fish-Disk #856 *
ButlerJames A database program designed primarily for address management,
but can be used for other purposes as well. Hotkey activated,
allows you send selected groups of data directly to the
keyboard input stream or printer. Very useful to avoid having
to continuously enter an often used address into your favorite
word processor for example. Compatible with OS 1.2/1.3/2.0
Binary only.
Author: Christoph Zens
DockImages An ILBM Dock-Images-Picture with a collection of Dock-Images
for AmiDock (Gary Knight) or the ToolManager (Stefan Becker)
or a similar program.
Author: Various, collected and submitted by Wolf-Peter Dehnick
HWGRCS Part 2 of a complete RCS 5.6 port to the Amiga currently at
patch level 2. It is not related to the old RCS on Disks 281,
282 & 451, but all new and shiny. The Revision Control
System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of text files. RCS
automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and
merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised
frequently. For example: programs; documentation; graphics;
papers; form letters; etc. Included are RCS 5.6, GNU DIFF
1.15 and LP as a neat V37 line print utility. Binaries and
documentation are contained in part 1 of the distribution on
disk number 855.
Author: Many, Amiga port by Heinz Wrobel, docs prepared by
Hans-Joachim Widmaier
* Fish-Disk #857 *
AnimBrushes Eight AnimBrushes for use with ToolManager 2.0 (Copyright
(C) 1990-92 Stefan Becker). They have been designed for a
four color non-interlaced hi-res screen.
Author: Gérard Cornu
Eval A full-featured floating point expression evaluator that
can assign variables, has many built-in functions and
constants, allows input and output in any number base, and
uses a C-like syntax for expression evaluation. Full ANSI
C source is included and easily portable to other platforms.
Version 1.12, includes source.
Author: Will Menninger
MakePatch Scans a file for changed, inserted or removed bytes and saves
these changes to a small patchfile. This file contains all the
information for the supplied "Patch'Em" program to patch an
old version into the new one. Very useful and time-saving for
sending updates to Beta testers for example. Not just limited
to programs, you can use MakePatch/Patch'Em with all kinds of
data; graphics, sound, lharc archives, etc. Version v0.017,
includes assembly source. Requires OS 2.04 minimum.
Author: Peter Simons
SolitaireSamp Sampler package of an integrated collection of five Solitaire
card games. Included are: Carlton, Martha, Pas Seul, Slider
and Poker Squares. Nicely done, with online help and instruc-
tions. Binary only.
Author: Richard Brown & Tower Software
UDraw A drafting tool that is bitmap oriented rather than object
oriented. The original intent with UDraw was to provide
a mechanism for the rapid drawing of schematic diagrams.
However, UDraw has applications beyond this original intent.
Makes heavy use of "clip boards", files which contain clips
of various items that are displayed simultaneously but behind
the work area, parts of which can be lifted off and pasted to
the working screen. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Ron Stefkovich.
* Fish-Disk #858 *
DocDumpDrv More printer drivers for DocDumpV3.6 (FF800). Included are
drivers for the HP-Deskjet+, HP-Deskjet500 and HP-Laserjet
SeriesII. The Laserjet version uses a softfont, which is
included.
Author: Robert Grob
EPU A program like Stacker or XPK that allows applications to
access compressed data from AmigaDOS devices without knowing
that the data is compressed, and automatically compresses
new data. The file size is not limited by memory and the
settings of the handler can be changed at any time. Version
1.4, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 809. Shareware,
binary only.
Author: Jaroslav Mechacek
SuperDark A screen blanker with some special features. It is similar
to the AfterDark screen blanker in the PC and Mac worlds.
Features include a lot of different screen effects, a screen
locker, and more. Version 1.5, an update to version 1.2 on
disk number 835. Includes source.
Author: Thomas Landspurg
* Fish-Disk #859 *
DCmp A utility that allows you to compare two disks block by block.
Written in order to check the reliability of the Video-Backup-
System, (VBS), DCmp can create a file containing a list of
differing sectors which can be used in conjunction with a
disk-editor to correct the defects. Version 1.51, an experi-
mental release. Works with all Amigas using Kickstart 1.3
or higher and supports req[tools].library. Also comes with
FCmp, a file compare utilility. Includes C-source.
Author: Tobias Ferber
DirKing A very powerful replacement for the AmigaDOS 'List' and 'Dir'
commands. It gives full control on the format of the directory
listing and what information should be printed. The directory
can be sorted on any field, or on several fields in the order
you want. Supports many filters, such as name and date, and
the filters can be made effective on files only, directories
only or on both. You can also define a pattern for each level
of the directory tree. Has an LFORMAT option which is useful
for generating scripts. A unique feature is the ability to
monitor the scanning process. English version supplied,
German, French and Dutch versions available from the author.
Version 2.12e, an update to version 2.11e on disk number 784.
Binary only, shareware.
Author: Chris Vandierendonck
NewDate A replacement for the AmigaDOS 'Date' command. Besides the
usual date options, NewDate enables date output in your own
defined format. NewDate also supports English, German, French,
Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish and Polish datenames.
Version 1.10, binary only, freeware.
Author: Chris Vandierendonck
PARex Replace strings in any file, whether plain text files or pure
binary files. By using scripts you can define any number of
search and replace strings to be used for processing a file.
You can use all ASCII codes when defining these strings, so
non-printable characters are no problem. PARex makes patching
files very easy. Version 2.12, binary only, shareware.
Author: Chris Vandierendonck
PPMC The Powerpacker Mini Clone. PPMC is powerpacker.library
meeting gadtools.library. It's a OS2.0+ utility, useful for
packing and unpacking text and data files. It has a complete
CLI interface and is localized under OS2.1 and higher. This
is version 1.2c, an update to version 1.2b on disk 812. Some
new enhancements as the multiple file packing and/or unpacking
under Shell and many code optimizations. Includes Danish,
Dutch and French catalogs, a 68030 version, hypertext docu-
mentation and source for SAS/C.
Author: Reza Elghazi
* Fish-Disk #860 *
AzMake A work environment for Aztec C. You can compile, assemble,
link, print, etc your programs by clicking a gadget. Typing
in the Shell is out. Version 2.3, an update to version 1.1
on disk number 586. Binary only, shareware.
Author: Christian Friedel
bBaseIII An easy to use, versatile, yet full featured database program.
Search or sort on any field, (un)delete records, print mailing
labels or envelopes, get printouts in many formats, scramble
files, flag records, and more. Fields are user-configurable,
so bBase can be used to keep track of addresses, tape or video
collections, recipe files, or anything else you can think of -
one program does it all! bBaseIII is a greatly enhanced
successor to bBaseII. Version 1.1, an upgrade to bBaseII,
version V5.5 on disk 710. Binary only, shareware.
Author: Robert Bromley
CConvert A utility to convert IFF files to raw bitplane data. It
features options to create sprite data lists or interleaved
bitmaps. It can generate RAW files as well as linkable object
files. Version 1.82. Includes source in assembler.
Author: Klaus Wissmann
LazyBench LazyBench is a utility for lazy people with a hard disk cram-
med full of goodies which are difficult to reach because they
are buried away in drawers inside drawers inside drawers in-
side drawers... Supports tools and projects and both OS 1.3
and OS 2.xx versions are supplied with this distribution.
LazyBench for the OS 1.3 opens a little window on the Work-
bench screen and delivers a fully configurable menu which
brings up to 30 applications at your fingertips. LazyBench
for the OS 2.xx adds an item under the Workbench "Tools" menu,
installs itself as a Commodity and waits in the background.
Use its hot key combination to pop its window and then select
an application from a list of up to 100 applications. Versions
1.01 (OS 1.3) and 1.04 (OS 2.xx), an update to the version 1.00
on disk number 839. Binary only.
Author: Werther 'Mircko' Pirani
Minterm Minimizes boolean algebra formulas. Minterm can minimize
formulas with up to 15 variables. Version 2.0 for AmigaOS
2.04 an higher. An old version (1.1) is included for users
still requiring OS 1.2/1.3 compatibility. Binary only
Author: Achim Pankalla
SysInfo A brand new release of this popular program. It reports
interesting information about the configuration of your Amiga,
including some speed comparisons with other configurations,
versions of the OS software, and much more. Version 3.18,
an update to version 3.11 on disk 820. Binary only.
Author: Nic Wilson
* Fish-Disk #861 *
AskReq Yet another batchfile requester, similar but unrelated to the
program of the same name on disk number 827. Opens up a
window, displays a message and solicits a Yes/No type answer
from the user. Requires OS2.x, version 1.00, both English
and German versions and includes source in C++.
Author: Harald Pehl
KingFisher A specialized database tool providing maintenance and search
capabilities for the descriptions of disks in the format used
by this library. KingFisher's database can span multiple
(floppy) disk volumes, can be edited by text editors that
support long text lines, can add disks directly from unedited
email or usenet announcements, can remove disks, rebuild a
damaged index, find next or previous software versions, print
or export (parts of) the database, and more. Includes a data-
base of disks 1-850. This is version 1.30, an update to ver-
sion 1.15 on disk 808. Binary only.
Author: Udo Schuermann
* Fish-Disk #862 *
BEAV "Binary Editor And Viewer", is a full featured binary file
editor. Just about any operation that you could want to do
to a binary file is possible with BEAV. You can: Insert or
delete in the middle of a file thereby changing it's size;
Edit multiple files in multiple windows and cut and paste
between them; Display and edit data in hex, octal, decimal,
binary, ascii, or ebcdic formats; Display data in byte, word,
or long word formats in either Intel or Motorola byte ordering;
Send the formatted display mode to a file or printer. The
display and keyboard handling functions for BEAV are based on
microemacs. Version 1.40, portable, and includes source and
makefiles for several other systems.
Author: Peter Reilley, Amiga port by Simon J Raybould
BioRhythm An intuition based easy-to-use program that shows your 3 basic
BioRhythms plus the average-"rhythm". Take a look, dump it to
your printer and make your plans for "when to do what". This
is version 2.2, an update to version 1.0 on disk 759. This
version has some new features and is 400% faster. Binary only,
PAL version. C-Source available from author on request.
Author: Thomas Arnfeldt
GlobeAnim An animation which displays a smoothly rotating earth.
Includes separate versions for both PAL and NTSC systems.
Author: Hannu Mikkola
PhoneList Simple phone list database, unique in the fact that it allows
easy usage from either the WorkBench or CLI. Allows you to
add, delete, search and create an alpha-sorted list.
Author: Michael Hoffmann
ScopePrint Simple program for displaying/printing Oscilloscope simulations
of sine and square waves. Presents you with a two-channel
o-scope and allows you to input the frequency, phase, and
amplitude of the signal(s). Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Wim Van den Broeck
* Fish-Disk #863 *
GuiArc A graphical user interface for cli-based archivers like lha,
arc, ape, zoo, etc. It has the 'look & feel' of a directory
tool and can perform all basic actions on archives, such as
Add, Extract, List, Test, Delete, etc. You can enter archives
as though they were directories. You don't have to know any-
thing about archivers. Fully configurable (Archivers not
included). Version 1.10, requires AmigaDOS 2.0+, freeware,
binary only.
Author: Patrick van Beem.
Luffar The game of Noughts and Crosses, the object is to get exactly
five "Noughts" (six doesn't count!) in a row up/down/across
or diagonally, before your opponent gets five "Crosses" in a
similiar fashion. 0, 1 or 2 human players, rewind and ahead
buttons. Version 1.0, freeware, binary only. (Source available
from author).
Author: Magnus Enarsson
Lyr-O-Mat A simple, fun program designed to generate sentences out of a
word list and a sentence pattern database. German and English
database included. Version 1.0. Binary only.
Author: Karlheinz Klingbeil of CEKASOFT
MPE A compiler tool for users of the M2amiga programming environ-
ment. MPE does the same job better than your batch file. You
can do everything with the mouse or the right amiga key. With
this Modula-2 Programming Environment you can compile, link,
and run your program. When there is an error, the editor is
started automatically. You can set all switches for M2C, M2L
M2Make, M2Project, and M2LibLink. This is version 1.60, an
update to version 1.38 on disk 766. Binary only.
Author: Marcel Timmermans
NetMount A tiny application that simplifies the ParNet mount procedure.
You need ParNet (see dis 400) from The Software Distillery to
use NetMount. Binary only.
Author: Tobias Ferber
Noisome A commodity that allows you to play sound samples when a key
or mousebutton is pressed, or a disk is inserted or removed
You can have different samples for the space and return keys
as opposed to other keys, special samples for the mousekeys,
a sample to be played instead of the visual display-"beep"
and more... The samples are played in mono or stereo, and two
can be played simultaneously. The audio allocation priority
can also be set. Includes several sound samples. Version 1.0,
binary only.
Author: David Larsson
PowerPlayer A very powerful, user friendly and system friendly module
player. It can handle nearly all module-formats, can read
powerpacked & xpk-packed modules and comes along with its
own powerful cruncher that uses the lh.library. Has a simple
to use interface and an ARexx port. Version 3.9, a major
update to version 3.4 on disk 769, binary only, now shareware.
(Previous versions were freeware.)
Author: Stephan Fuhrmann
* Fish-Disk #864 *
Change Small CLI-only program to translate numbers from one numbering
system to another. Binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal
numbers are supported. Version 1.00, includes source in C++.
Author: Harald Pehl
MouseAccel Yet another mouse accelerator, this one implemented as a
commodity. If you find the built-in accelerator too slow, try
this one. Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04. Version 1.07, an
update to version 1.01 on disk 497. Includes german version
and source in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
SCAN8800 A specialized database program to store frequencies and sta-
tion names for shortwave transmitters. It can also control
a receiver for scanning frequency ranges. Version 2.33, an
update to version 2.28 on disk 812. Binary only.
Author: Rainer Redweik
* Fish-Disk #865 *
AntiCicloVir A link virus detector and exterminator. Also detects other
types of viri. This version can detect: 126 Bootblock;
12 Link; 23 File; 5 Disk-Validator; 5 Trojans; and 3 Bombs;
Automatically checks each inserted disk for bootblock and
disk-validator viruses. Can scan all files of a specified
directory for known link viruses, and constantly monitors
memory and system vectors. Version 2.0, an update to version
1.8 on disk 842. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Matthias Gutt
Back&Front Sends a window to the back or bring it to the front with
defined actions. For example, bring a window in front by
double-clicking in it and send it back with the middle mouse
button. Any keyboard or mouse event can be trapped. Number
of required actions can be changed (double-click vs triple-
click). Implemented as a commodity. Requires at least AmigaOS
2.04. Version 1.09, an update to version 1.03 on disk number
497. Includes german version and source in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
Genealogist ArJay Genealogist is a specialized database for keeping track
of genealogical information. It features a full, easy to use
Intuition interface. The program is totally non-sexist and
secular in nature, and correctly handles multiple marriages,
"unconventional" marriages, adopted children, and unmarried
parents. The printed reports include descendant and pedigree
charts, personal details reports, family group sheets, and
index lists of people and families. Free-form note files can
be created using any editor, and IFF pictures can be viewed
using any IFF viewer, from within the program. Other features
include dynamic on-screen ancestor and descendant charts,
extensive online context-sensitive help, flexible "regular
expression" searching, and multiple ARexx ports with an exten-
sive command set. Up to 1000 people per database, with data-
bases held in RAM for maximum speed and responsiveness. PAL or
NTSC, AmigaDOS 2.04+ required. 1 Meg RAM recommended. Version
3.04, binary only.
Author: Robbie J Akins
* Fish-Disk #866 *
CFX Crunched File eXaminer allows the user to examine and find
files using several different search criteria. CFX knows a
huge amount of the current Amiga filetypes, including a vast
number of "cruncher" types. CFX can also give in-depth dis-
assemblies of crunched files, including most address crunched
files, relocator crunched files, and some major archive crun-
ched types. This version requires kick 1.3 or 2.0. Version
5.275, an update to version 5.242 on disk number 750. Binary
only, freeware.
Author: Bob Rye and Marcus Mroczkowski
Degrader Degrades your machine to try and get badly written programs
to work. Allows you to block memory, add non-autoconfig
memory at reset, turn audio filter on or off, intercept
privilege violation errors, switch off cache/burst modes and
can slow down a fast machine. Also can swap the boot drive
and force 50Hz or 60Hz. Will do things straight away, after
one reset or after every reset. Version 1.30, an update to
version 1.00 on disk number 562. Binary only.
Author: Chris Hames
DRED The Disk REDucer. This program allows the user to arrange
data on a set of disks using a best fit algorithm. If you have
ever found it difficult to figure just which files should go
onto which floppy, then DRED is for you! Most of the time
(there are exceptions!) you can achieve 99% fullness of
floppies/media. Requires kick 1.3 or 2.0. Version 2.003.007,
binary only, freeware.
Author: Bob Rye, Marcus Mroczkowski and Brett O'Callaghan
Floozy Disassembles the Foozle FidoNet mail management system logfile
into readable, human understandable statistics. Floozy's out-
put is clear and concise and fully covers all aspects of Floozy
use. All message base names, number of messages, and in/out
packets/bytesizes are noted and further stats are calculated on
these figures. Requires kick 1.3 or 2.0. Version 1.0204,
binary only, freeware.
Author: Bob Rye
Oscillograph An emulation of an oscillograph, with five internal signal
generators. The internal signals can be freely edited, even
mathematical functions can be used. External signals can be
used when a digitizer is connected to the Amiga. This program
can be used for learning, demonstration, and even simple
technical applications. The german original and the english
translation are included, as well as a set of oscillations.
Version 2.0, binary only.
Author: Michael Gentner
PC-TaskDemo PC-Task is a software IBM-PC emulator. It allows you to run
the majority of IBM-PC software on your amiga with no
additional hardware. Runs just like a normal application
allowing multitasking to continue. The program has a
graphical user interface and no additional filesystem/device
mounting is required. A few clicks with the mouse and it is
operational. VGA, EGA, CGA, MDA, Serial, Parallel, Mouse,
2 Floppy drives and 2 Hard drives are emulated. The hard
drives can be partitions or hard drive files like the
bridgeboard can use. This is the demonstration version
2.01 full version is available from the author. Binary only.
Author: Chris Hames
Xerox4045 A printer driver for printers supporting the Xerox 2700
command set. The 4045 (a hulking 8 PPM laser unit), is
probably the most popular member of this family, so it got
the name. The focus of this version was to get the dot
graphic functions working. This appears to be working
correctly as printing from Professional Page V2.1 and Tax
Break have been successful in 300X300 graphics mode.
Version 1.0.
Author: Bob Schulien
* Fish-Disk #867 *
CenterScreen A commodity which centers the frontmost screen horizontally
on hotkey. Useful if you normally operate with overscan
screens and an old program opens a normal size screen.
Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04. Version 1.07, an update to
version 1.03 on disk 497. Includes german version and source
in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
ComplexPlot Allows the transformation of a drawing by a complex function.
The drawing can be edited with the mouse (line, circle and
fill modes included), and generators for cartesic and polar
nets can be used. The freely editable complex function then
changes the drawing in many interesting ways. Both english
and german versions are included (and some demo drawings).
Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Michael Gentner
DeluxePacMan A pacman type game. Commercial quality, with excellent
graphics and responsiveness. Automatically adjusts to either
PAL or NTSC. Can be controlled with a joystick, mouse, or
keyboard. Written in assembly. Version 1.4, an upgrade to
'PacMan' on disk 717. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Edgar M. Vigdal
GetDate A small program that allows users with an A500 or A1000 with-
out a Battery backed-up clock to set the date and time from
the startup-sequence. The user is prompted for the current
date and time. The last date/time entered becomes the default
for the next boot. Binary only.
Author: James Weir
LeftyMouse Yet another LeftyMouse, this one implemented as a commodity.
Swaps the left and right mousebutton for lefties. Requires
at least AmigaOS 2.04. Version 1.06, an update to version
1.04 on disk 497. Includes german version and source in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
* Fish-Disk #868 *
CDTV-Player A utility for all those people, who'd like to play Audio-CD's,
while multitasking on workbench. It's an emulation of CDTV's
remote control, but is a little more sophisticated. Access
to the archive even without a CD-ROM-Drive (i.e. AMIGA 500-
4000), although you can't play a CD. PROGRAM & KARAOKE (live
on-screen) included. Recognizes CDs automatically. AREXX-Port
for usage in other programs. Version 2.0, an update to
version 1.8 on disk number 849. FISH-WARE, binary only.
Author: Daniel Amor
MouseBlanker Blanks the mouse pointer after a defined timeout or if you
press any key. Implemented as a commodity. Requires at least
AmigaOS 2.04. Version 1.21, an update to version 1.13 on disk
497. Includes german version and source in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
Request Opens the OS 2.0 autorequester from script files. Title, text,
gadgets and publicscreen of the requester can be changed by
commandline options. Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04. Version
1.04, an update to version 1.00 on disk 497. Includes source
in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
RussianFont Three Russian Vector Fonts, with a special Russian keymap that
matches the Russian typewriter. These fonts are compatible
with Russian Fonts found under WINDOWS (=> easy exchange).
Version 3.0, update to version on disk number 805. Designed
with FontDesigner. Binary only, shareware.
Author: Daniel Amor
SMaus A highly configurable "SUN-mouse" utility, implemented as a
commodity with a graphical user interface. It activates the
window under the mouse pointer if you move or after you have
moved the mouse or if you press a key. You can specify titles
of windows which shall not be deactivated using wildcards.
Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04, uses locale.library if avail-
able. Includes english and german docs, german catalog file.
Version 1.17. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Stefan Sticht
* Fish-Disk #869 *
Clock A simple Clock program but with the handy feature that you can
"snapshot" the clock to stay with any screen or it can be free
to pop to the frontmost screen automatically. Up to 4 alarm
times can be set, which can simply put up a requester or
cause some program to run in background. Hourly chimes can
also be made to run a program (I.E. a sound sample player).
Uses locale.library with OS2.1+ Version 2.00, binary only.
Author: Bernd Grunwald
CL_SEP92 This is the September 1992 release of CheatList for the Amiga.
Cheatlist is a collection of various forms of help (cheats,
hints, codes, etc.) for Amiga games. Included in the package
is PokeList, a similar file which details pokes usable with the
Action Replay cartridge. The September release covers 500
games, and on average, another forty games are added each
release. Shareware.
Author: Various, compiled by Peter Monk
Uhr A small configurable digital clock (Uhr is german for "clock"),
that makes use of the FormatDate() function in WorkBench 2.1's
locale.library. Requires at least Kickstart 2.04 and WorkBench
2.1. Version 1.03, an update to the version on disk 757.
Includes source in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
* Fish-Disk #870 *
AmigaGuide Archive distribution of the AmigaGuide hypertext utility direct
from Commodore. Contains developer examples and tools for
AmigaGuide under V34/V37 and V39, plus a new free print/sign/
send-in distribution license for AmigaGuide, amigaguide.lib-
rary, WDisplay, and their icons.
Author: Commodore Business Machines
FollowMouse A pair of small blinking eyes following the mouse movements
on the screen. Runs from both the WorkBench and CLI. Version
1.2, an update to the version on disk number 757. Includes
source in PASCAL.
Author: Kamran Karimi
Installer Archive distribution of the Amiga Installer utility direct from
Commodore. Contains V1.24 of the Installer, documentation and
examples for developers to use when developing their software.
Also contains various enhancements and fixes detailed in the
documentation enclosed. The documentation has also been
enhanced and brought up to date.
Author: Commodore Business Machines
SoftProtect A software disk write-protection. With the permission of the
user, disables floppy writes even on write-enabled disks.
Switches to enable/disable states with a gadget. Runs from
both WorkBench and CLI. An update to 'AskFirst' on disk
number 753. Includes source in assembly.
Author: Kamran Karimi
StackCheck A program that determines the maximum stack usage of another
program. It uses a completely different method than all
the other stack-watching programs like WatchStack or Xoper
and is very reliable. In most cases it does not require any
CPU time to do its work. Version 1.0, includes source for
Aztec C and GNU C.
Author: Günther Röhrich
SWAP Memory management may be considered as one of the weak points
of Amiga OS. SWAP was written as a trial to provide swapping
for Amigas without any special hardware. The main intention
is to let the user choose a task, swap it to disk so that its
occupied memory is released, and do other things. Later on,
he could swap the program back to main memory and let it
continue from the point it was interrupted. Includes source
in C and assembly.
Author: Kamran Karimi
WindowShuffle Activates and brings to front next or previous window with
hotkeys. Hotkeys can be changed. Implemented as a commodity.
Requires at least AmigaOS 2.04. Version 1.07, an update to
version 1.05 on disk 497. Includes german version and source
in C.
Author: Stefan Sticht
* Fish-Disk #871 *
ABackup A very powerful backup utility that may be used both for hard
disk backup and for file archiving. Has a full Intuition
interface, a "batch" mode, can save/load file selection, handle
HD floppies, use any external compression program, etc...
Includes both English and French versions. Version 2.43, an
update from version 2.40 on disk 838. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Denis Gounelle.
DImpWin A GUI interface for Disk-Imploder (included) by A.J. Brouwer.
DImp is one of the most efficient disk archivers available
for the Amiga. It offers 7 different levels of compression,
the ability to create self-extracting archives, MULTIPLE
CYLINDER RANGES, ability to work with any floppy compatible
device (such as RAD: & FMS disks) and it can also add a text-
file to the archive that will be displayed during extraction.
Via the GUI interface, DImp-Win will invoke DImp and tell it
what to do. DImp-Win version 1.0, DImp version 2.27. Requires
AmigaOS 2.04+. Binary only.
Author: Colin Bell (DImp-Win) and A.J. Brouwer (DImp)
Planetarium An astronomy program which displays and animates the planets
of the solar system at specific times. Useful for quickly and
easily determining the best times to view the planets, observ-
ing retrograde, etc. Version 1.0, OS 1.3, 2.x, 3.0 compatible.
Shareware, binary only.
Author: Jim Schwartz
StatRam Stat-RAM or 'SD0:' is a very fast recoverable ram drive that
takes advantage of FFS under WB2 or FFS International under
WB2.1 or 3. This work is based on ASDG's 'VD0:'. ASDG-RAM
has been reliable for many years since it was placed in the
PD. However it has always been slow because it uses OFS, or
old file system. On an accelerated machines, SD0: is up to 7
times faster, and averages 5 times faster than the original
VD0:. It's also 4 to 5 times faster than RRD. It survives
the deepest re-boot, even the ColdReboot of rekicking a KS
file. Version 1.5, binary only.
Author: Richard Waspe
TrashIcon A WorkBench 2.x application icon to delete files. Puts an
icon at a possibly user defined position on the WorkBench
screen, that deletes all files that are dragged onto it. This
is version 1.4, an update to version 1.2 on disk number 839.
Binary only.
Author: Mark McPherson
UnivConq A strategy game where two human players battle for control of
the universe. The game has several variables that allow the
players to vary the density of planets, the initial number of
ships, and the length of play. Status information is contin-
ually updated to allow the player to concentrate on strategy,
not statistics. Includes digitized pictures and sound.
Version 1.08. Compatible with WB 1.3 & 2.x. Binary only.
Author: Randy Wing
* Fish-Disk #872 *
Convert A units conversion utility inspired by "Units" ( by Gregory
Simpson) but is easier to use and can be customized by changing
the data file (conv.dat) alone and does not require recompila-
tion of the program. V1.3, binary only.
Author: David Whitmore.
ToolManager Part 1 of a 2 part release of the very popular program by
Stefan Becker. This part contains LHA archives of the binary
files and graphics. Part 2 can be found on disk number 873.
ToolManager is a full featured program for either WorkBench
or CLI tool management. Includes the ability to add menu
items to the 2.x "Tools" menu, add WorkBench icons or dock
Windows. Features multi-column docks that automatically
detect largest image size, ARexx, sound and Locale support.
Version 2.1, an update to version 2.0 on disk number 752.
Includes source, lots of graphic images, and programmers
support for using the toolmanager.library. Requires 2.x for
full functionality
Author: Stefan Becker
* Fish-Disk #873 *
Cross A program that creates crossword puzzles. Has a message
data file to allow easy translation into almost any human
language, with English and German currently supported.
This is version 5.1, an update to version 4.1 on disk 537.
Includes source in M2Amiga Modula-2.
Author: Jurgen Weinelt
FInf A very versatile directory listing utility. It can examine the
contents of files and display a short type description. In
addition, FInf has a whole slew of options that allow you to
filter files by type, date, age, size etc., as well as recur-
sive directory descending, and adjustable output formatting.
So next to simply listing directories, FInf is extremely useful
for creating hybrid commands that perform functions closely
tuned to your specific needs. Version 1.15, binary only.
Author: Peter Struijk
MRIconSort MRIconSort is a nifty little tool which will alphabetically
sort and align your icons and optionally create icons for files
and drawers which don't have them. If you have drawers with
tons of icons which are a hopeless jumble, this program is for
you! Version 1.01, binary only.
Author: Mark R. Rinfret
ToolManager Part 2 of a 2 part release of the very popular program by
Stefan Becker. This part contains an LHA archive of the
source, TeX docs and programmer's support files. Part 1 can
be found on disk number 872. ToolManager is a full featured
program for either WorkBench or CLI tool management. Includes
the ability to add menu items to the 2.x "Tools" menu, add
WorkBench icons or dock Windows. Features multi-column docks
that automatically detect largest image size, ARexx, sound and
Locale support. Version 2.1, an update to version 2.0 on disk
number 752. Includes source, lots of graphic images, and
programmer's support for using the toolmanager.library.
Requires 2.x for full functionality.
Author: Stefan Becker
* Fish-Disk #874 *
DFA NOT just another address utility. DFA(ddress) features email
support, dialing, different types of printing addresses, full
commodity support, application icon, Arexx port, font sensitive
windows and can be fully directed by the keyboard. This is
version 1.23, lots of enhancements and bug fixes since version
1.1 on disk number 782. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Dirk Federlein
TWA A commodity that remembers the last active window on any
screen. If screens are shuffled, the window is automatically
re-activated, when that screen is brought to front. Version
1.2, an update to version 1.0 on disk number 781. Binary only.
Author: Matthias Scheler
* Fish-Disk #875 *
ADoc A help utility for the Amiga. Features include automatic
search of any work on which you clicked, ability to use Auto-
Doc and AmigaGuide files, support of locale.library, an AREXX
port, and more. Version 3.01, an update to version 1.21 on
disk number 747. Binary only.
Author: Denis Gounelle
APrf A print utility with a full Intuition interface, a preview
function, page selection, line numbering, multi-columns mode,
customizable headers and footers, an AREXX port, an AppWindow,
and more. Includes both English and French versions. Version
2.11, an update to version 1.40 on disk number 747. Binary
only.
Author: Denis Gounelle
AZap A "new generation" binary editor, able to edit files, memory
or devices like hard disks. It can open several windows at
the same time, supports locale.library, and handles all OS3.0
file systems. This is version 2.04, an update to version 1.00
on disk number 759. Binary only.
Author: Denis Gounelle
Blanker An attempt to provide the Amiga community with a future-
compatible, easily expandable screen blanker. Provides a
a platform for others to write custom screen blanker modules
and not have to worry about the difficulties associated with
setting up a Commodities interface and dealing with concur-
rency problems. Version 2.3, includes source and several
sample blanker modules.
Author: Michael D. Bayne
KillAGA Allows you to run old, badly written, programs (mainly demos
and some games) from your A1200/4000 hard disk without having
to continually reboot and switch chip settings. On return from
the program, the system returns to full AGA state. Version
2.0, binary only.
Author: Jolyon Ralph
SeekSpeed Measures the seek performance of any valid device. It works
by using the system's very accurate E clock and measures the
time taken for seeking and reading varying numbers of sectors
under both sequential and random access. Every test is per-
formed 100 times if possible, and the average reported. GUI
interface, can be run form the CLI or WB, Requires OS2.04+.
Version 37.12, binary only.
Author: Richard Waspe
* Fish-Disk #876 *
ArmyMiner An ultimate "XMines-type" game that integrates all of the best
aspects of the previous Amiga versions of the game. Options
include: Automatically mark or clean the neighbours of a
square; Safe start (no explosion at first click); Safe click
(gadget-like behavior for squares); Question marks (for con-
figuration analysis). You can also specify your own custom
board settings. The game has a very useful pause option,
sound effects, high-score tables and a very nice interface.
It works under OS v1.3 or 2.0, NTSC or PAL. Version 1.1, an
update to version 1.0 on disk number 851. Binary only.
Author: Alain Laferriere
BattleStar A fun text-based adventure game. It is reminiscent of Dungeon
(aka Zork) and Adventure. You start out on a space ship under
attack and must get off and back to the planet. Ported from
UNIX, with very little "amiga-i-zation". Runs from the CLI
only. Includes source.
Author: David Riggle, Amiga port by David Ingebretsen
* Fish-Disk #877 *
Lyapunovia A mindboggingly colorful program that produces fractal
pictures from a simple mathematical formula called "Lyapunov
Space". Lyapunovia pictures vary from colorful candy to mean
metal (or something), offering you everything you ever wanted
in visual representation of mathematical abstractions. Lyapun-
ovia has been tested on all Amigas from WB1.2 to 3.1. The
program supports AGA graphics, floating point units, 68020+
CPUs, and 24-bit output (to 65000 x 65000 pixels!). A zoom
factor of 10,000,000,000,000,000 is possible. Version 1.5,
an update to V1.0 on disk 784. This is the full program, the
difference between the unregistered and the registered version
has been eliminated. Binary only, shareware.
Author: Jesper Juul
* Fish-Disk #878 *
bBaseIII An easy to use, versatile, yet full featured database program
that will run on any Amiga. Search or sort on any field, print
mailing labels, (un)delete records, mail merge, get reports in
many formats, scramble files, flag records, and more. Fields
are user-configurable, so bBase can be used to keep track of
addresses, tape or video collections, recipe files, or anything
else you can think of - one program does it all! bBaseIII is
a greatly enhanced successor to bBaseII. Version 1.3, an
update to version 1.1 on disk number 760. Shareware, binary
only.
Author: Robert Bromley
DockBrushes Fifty plus 16-color dock brushes for use with ToolManager,
AmiDock, or just as Icons.
Author: David Voy
DrChip Four utilities to make your C programming life a little easier.
Included are: ccb -- A C-source code indentation beautifier;
flist -- generates lists of functions from either C or C++
files; hdrtag -- ViM, Z, and emacs support tags; toproto --
converts source code to and from old K&R style to the new
prototype-using style. Binary only, freeware.
Author: Dr. Charles E. Campbell, Jr.
Scypmon Machine-language monitor with many features. Provides you with
all functions like assembler, disassemble, search, transfer,
fill, trackloadings etc. Version 1.7, fixes 2 nasty bugs of
version 1.6 and should now run without errors. Binary only.
Author: Joerg Bublath
* Fish-Disk #879 *
DiskTest A utility to test the integrity of floppy and hard disks, a
la Norton Utilities. Version 2.10, an update to version 2.03
on disk 828. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or later. Public domain,
includes source.
Author: Maurizio Loreti.
Find A pattern matching program which uses the weighted Levensthein
distance algorithm. Requires OS1.04 or later. Commodity and
Arexx Support. Manual in AmigaGuide format. Version 1.0,
Includes source.
Author: Karlheinz Klingbeil
Millim A utility that generates millimetered paper with linear or
logarithmic scale (both in x and in y) on a PostScript line
printer (on whatever printer, with a PostScript interpreter
like Post from Adrian Aylward, disk 669). Public domain,
includes source in PostScript.
Author: Maurizio Loreti.
Watcher A little title-bar commodity which can be customized to show
various information such as the free space on hard drive par-
titions, free memory, system time and date etc. Font and
Overscan sensitive, can jump between public screens by clicking
on it's Zoom gadget. Includes WatcherPrefs, a utility that
allows you to customize what Watcher displays and its general
behavior. Version V37, includes source
Author: Franz Hemmer
* Fish-Disk #880 *
Oberon This is a freely distributable demo version of a powerful
compiler for Oberon-2. Oberon-2 is one of the most modern
object-oriented languages. This language was designed with the
aim to increase the power of Modula-II and to extend it with
object-oriented facilities while reducing its complexity.
This implementation features a parallel incremental garbage-
collector, a runtime source-level debugger, fast compilation,
optimized code, language extensions to access AmigaOS, etc.
Version 3.0, an update to version 1.16 on disk 380. Binary
only.
Author: Fridtjof Siebert
SnapWindow A small utility that allows you to attach window activation/
pop window-to-front to function keys. This allows you to
instantly find and activate the desired window. Also includes
a sunmouse and screen blanker. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Jason Scott Chvat
* Fish-Disk #881 *
CopyC_DEMO A Disk Tool for making backup copies, formatting, relabeling,
installing, etc. Includes selective tracks, doscopy, block-
copy, ramcopy, bitmapcopy, syncwords, and more. Written in
assembly. Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Ludwig Huber
Lyr-O-Mat A simple, fun program designed to generate sentences out of a
word list and a sentence pattern database. German and English
database included. Version 1.1, an update to version 1.0 on
disk number 863. Includes source.
Author: Karlheinz Klingbeil
PrintFiles A freely redistributable print utility to replace the standard
workbench Printfiles command. Supports Arexx, application
icon, and setting up a print list with unlimited number of
entries. Requires OS 2.04. Includes two versions, V1.4e
in English and V1.4d in German, an update to V0.91 on disk
number 683. Binary only.
Author: Karlheinz Klingbeil
Shuffle A small game to play whenever you haven't something else to
do. Turns your workbench into a "sliding-block" type puzzle
game. Requires OS2.04 or later. Version 1.0, includes
source.
Author: Karlheinz Klingbeil
* Fish-Disk #882 *
GALer GALs (Generic Array Logic) are programmable logic devices.
"GALer" is the software and the hardware which is necessary
to program your own GALs. The supported GAL-types are
GAL16V8, GAL16V8A, GAL16V8B and GAL20V8, GAL20V8A, GAL20V8B.
The circuit diagram for the GAL device programmer is avail-
able from the author. Version 1.4, an update to version 1.3
on disk number 633. Now includes both English and German
versions. Shareware, includes source.
Author: Christian Habermann
Solit A freely-distributable, non-Klondike, solitaire card game for
the Amiga under Workbench 2.x. Version 1.06, binary only,
shareware.
Author: Felix R. Jeske
* Fish-Disk #883 *
BBBBS Baud Bandit Bulletin Board System. Written entirely in ARexx
using the commercial terminal program "BaudBandit". Features
include up to 99 file libraries with extended filenotes, up to
99 fully threaded message conferences, number of users, files,
messages, etc. are only limited by storage space, controlled
file library and message conference access for users and
sysops, interface to extra devices like CD-ROM and others,
all treated as read only, complete Email with binary mail and
multiple forwarding, user statistics including messages
written, files uploaded or downloaded, time, etc, plus much
more. Now includes a complete offline reader/answer called
bbsQUICK.rexx. This is version 5.9, an update to version 5.7
on disk 761. Includes complete ARexx source.
Author: Richard Lee Stockton
bbsQUICK An offline read/reply/upload/download module for BBBBS.
Complete GUI with support for multiple BBBBS systems. Includes
complete ARexx source.
Author: Richard Lee Stockton
* Fish-Disk #884 *
AII The Archiving Intuition Interface makes things easier if you
are archiving or dearchiving files. You can do it all with
the click of a mouse button, instead of typing in a whole line
in the CLI. Version 1.38, an update to version 1.35 on disk
825. Supports several archiving formats including LHa, Zoo,
Arc, UnArj, and UnZip. Requires reqtools.library. Shareware,
binary only.
Author: Paul Mclachlan
BackUP A freely distributable, shareware hard drive backup program
that features a custom Intuition interface, multi-floppy drive
support, high-density drive support, incremental/full backups,
on-the-fly compression using lh.library, optional verify, two
types of backup logs, safe-backups and a restorable config-
uration. BackUP requires Workbench 2.x, 1MB RAM and lh.library
V1 (supplied). Version 3.88 is an update to V3.77 on disk
number 724, containing new features, some optimizations and a
few bug fixes. Binary only.
Author: Felix R. Jeske
Budget93 Ernie's Budget program for maintaining checking, credit card
accounts and personal budgets. Journal input accounting for
each checking and card account. Automatic distribution of
journal entries into account categories. Reports by month for
journal and account categories. Example journals included.
Version 10.00, binary only, shareware.
Author: Ernie Nelson
P-Compress A compression program that produces smaller files faster than
any other current general-purpose cruncher, using LZH com-
pression algorithms. Can handle single files, whole drawers,
disks, or selected files or types of files within drawers and
disks. Includes compression and decompression object files
which can be linked to your own programs to allow them to
access and output data in LZH format. Version 2.9, an update
to version 2.5 on disk 760. Provides compatibility with OS.3.
Author: Chas A. Wyndham, LZH code by Barthel/Krekel
PostSplit Update of the Pagestream Postscript file splitter found in the
PSTools directory of disk 732. Also includes a couple of text
files: pgsfonts.lst -- a listing of the most common DMF Page-
stream font ID numbers. Useful for finding what fonts were
used in a document. Adobe.lst -- Listing of the ID numbers
from the 750 most common Adobe fonts found on the Amiga and
PC. Postsplit version 1.05, includes source.
Author: Ian Parker
QuickTrans All 17 functions of mathtrans.library and also of mathieeesing-
tras.library. Faster and about as accurate as Commodore's
libraries. Mathtrans.library trig functions over twice as
fast; log and exponential about 3 times as fast. Mathtrans.
library is update of quicktrans on disk number 592. Mathieee-
singtrans.library is new, with most speed gains comparable to
those of mathtrans.library. Log and tan are about 4 times as
fast as Commodore's. Version 100, binary only.
Author: Martin Combs
S-Anim5 Turns Anim5 animations (DPaint, Videoscape, P-Animate etc.)
into self-contained self-displaying compressed files callable
from the Workbench or CLI. As with S-Text and S-Pic these
solve all decompression and display problems and save a lot of
space as well. No compiling needed. Version 1.1, freeware,
binary only.
Author: Chas A. Wyndham
S-Pic Turns IFF ILBM pics into completely self-contained self-
displaying compressed files callable from the Workbench or CLI.
As with S-Text (on disk number #817), S-Pic will give you
space-saving files which can be distributed without having to
bother about display and decompression compatibility. No
compiling needed. Version 1.2, freeware, binary only.
Author: Chas A. Wyndham
* Fish-Disk #885 *
False The language FALSE and it's compiler were designed for only
two reasons: building a working compiler in just 1k (!) and
designing a language that looks cryptic and fuzzy (in the APL
tradition). The result is a language that is quite powerful
(for it's size). It's a Forth type language with lambda
abstraction and lots of other goodies. Version 1.1, includes
source.
Author: Wouter van Oortmerssen
KCommodity Part 1 of a 2 part release of this popular commodity. This
part contains the binaries, docs, and support files. Part 2
contains an LhA archive of the sources and may be found on
disk number 886. KCommodity is a multifunctional commodity
for OS 2.0. Includes window-activator, time-display in several
modes and formats, alarm function, KeyStroke-Clicker, time to
environment, Window/Screen cycling, LeftyMouse, ESC-Key can
close Windows, Revision Control System, telefone bill calcu-
lator, Screen/Mouse-Blanker, Mapping of german "Umlauts", PopUp
Shell, AppIcon support, user definable HotKeys, Exploding Win-
dows, Screen Dimmer, Mouse accelerator and more. Fully con-
trollable via ARexx-Port. Completely rewritten UserInterface
and several new functions like TagScreens in enhanced version,
Display dump (which may dump to a file, too), localized and
much more. Again "some" bugfixes were made. Version 2.5a, an
update to version 2.00 on disk number 746. Requires OS 2.0 or
later. Written in assembly for speed and efficiency.
ShareWare, includes source.
Author: Kai Iske
* Fish-Disk #886 *
GoalKeeper Computer Soccer administration program. With this program you
can create your own mini-League with up to eight teams. Is fit
for the European and the UK way of counting scores. Now you
can really find out who's the best at 'Kick Off 2','Sensible
Soccer' or real soccer! Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: Camiel Rouweler
KCommodity Part 2 of a 2 part release of this popular commodity. This
part contains an LhA archive of the sources. Part 1 contains
the binaries, docs, and support files and may be found on
disk number 885. KCommodity is a multifunctional commodity
for OS 2.0. Includes window-activator, time-display in several
modes and formats, alarm function, KeyStroke-Clicker, time to
environment, Window/Screen cycling, LeftyMouse, ESC-Key can
close Windows, Revision Control System, telefone bill calcu-
lator, Screen/Mouse-Blanker, Mapping of german "Umlauts", PopUp
Shell, AppIcon support, user definable HotKeys, Exploding Win-
dows, Screen Dimmer, Mouse accelerator and more. Fully con-
trollable via ARexx-Port. Completely rewritten UserInterface
and several new functions like TagScreens in enhanced version,
Display dump (which may dump to a file, too), localized and
much more. Again "some" bugfixes were made. Version 2.5a, an
update to version 2.00 on disk number 746. Requires OS 2.0 or
later. Written in Assembler for speed and efficiency.
ShareWare, includes source.
Author: Kai Iske
PatchLibrary This is the initial release of the patch.library programmer's
pack. It provides easy-to-use functions to safely install
custom code for library functions. Two example programs
ShowNeededFiles and CPUClear demonstrate how the library works.
ShowNeededFiles patches dos.library to print messages whenever
Open(), LoadSeg() or Lock() is called. CPUClear patches
graphics.library/BltClear() to use the CPU instead of the
Blitter. Version 1.55, assembly source is included for the
example programs.
Author: Stefan Fuchs
Pyramid A program that create pyramids under the POV raytracer author-
izing the user to set up parameters such as the height, the
texture, the number of stages, etc... and that allows one to
choose the pyramid as desired. French and English versions,
with two example pictures. Version 2.0, Binary only.
Author: Nicolas Mougel
TextPort Four text porting utilities: StripCR -- strips the CR character
from the end-of-line codes of MSDOS text files, for AmigaDOS
or unix compatibility. AddCR -- converts AmigaDOS text files
to MSDOS, but doesn't touch EOL codes that are already comp-
atible. StripHR -- strips out hard returns from a text file,
leaving paragraph formatting intact. Useful for wordproces-
sors. Reformat -- re-wraps a text file to a different line
length. Version 1.0, PD, includes source.
Author: Alex Matulich, Unicorn Research Corporation
TrackEd A disk sector editor with user friendly hexadecimal/ASCII edit
possibilities. Data can be searched on part of a disk or the
whole disk in four different ways. Works with all DFx: drives.
OS2.0 or higher required. Version 1.24, includes source.
Author: Camiel Rouweler
* Fish-Disk #887 *
ARTM Amiga Real Time Monitor. Displays and controls system activ-
ity such as tasks, windows, libraries, devices, resources,
ports, residents, interrupts, vectors, memory, mounts, assigns,
locks, fonts, hardware, res_cmds, a little SystemMonitor and
display the last Alert. Version 1.7, an update to version 1.6
on disk 652. Shareware, binary only.
Author: Dietmar Jansen and F. J. Mertens
FHSpread A Spreadsheet program that uses its own custom screen. Can
be switched between hires, laced and PAL, NTSC. Version 1.71,
should work on any amiga with at least 1MB. Binary only.
Author: Frank Hartog
JACOsub Timed script player for professional-quality video titling.
Extremely flexible script format allows generation of
outlines & shadows around multiple fonts, complete control
over position, style, margins, color, auto-wordrapping, etc.
Time events may be non-sequential and overlapping. Displays
IFF graphics with the title text. Several 3rd-party script
formats supported. True multiple-video buffering for super-
clean transitions between displays. On-the-fly shift and
ramp time adjustments. Thoroughly tested by many users.
Version 1.5 shareware, binary only, includes demo and fonts.
Author: Alex Matulich, Unicorn Research Corporation
ThrowMouse A Workbench tool that replaces often used mouse clicks through
icon tooltypes. May be used with WBStartup to open any work-
bench drawer etc. Version 0.70, freeware, binary only, with
source available from the author.
Author: Roland Mainz
MakeLink A replacement for the CBM "MakeLink", fully compatible.
Features are soft & hard links, links to files & directories
and link loop warnings. Version 0.90, freeware, binary only,
with source available from the author.
Author: Roland Mainz
NBuff Rewrite of A.C.R. Martin's original DBuff double-buffer
routines from an early library disk. No more memory leaks nor
misuse of MrgCop()! The JACOsub video titler uses NBuff.
NBuff allows any number of video buffers, not just two.
A single #define makes it fast and Intuition-unfriendly
(like DBuff) or friendly (which is a bit slower). Another
#define controls whether NBuff will or will not use the Layers
library for transparent, automatic buffer boundary clipping.
Version 2.2, PD, C source + binary demo. Docs in NBuff.c.
Author: Alex Matulich, Unicorn Research Corporation
SegTextMaster A little tool for programmers who need to use large amounts of
text in their programs (I.E. adventure games). It creates an
array of characters with a header. Makes compiling/assembly
time very quick and reduces space requirements. Requires
AmigaDOS 1.2 or higher. Version 1.0, binary only, sample
source for application included.
Author: Titus v. Kraft
X10Commander Allows owners of the X10(R) CP290 HOME CONTROL INTERFACE to
program the 128 event capable interface or send direct commands
through it to control lights, appliances, etc... Version 1.0,
binary only.
Author: Gregory MacKay
* Fish-Disk #888 *
CFN When working in the Shell, allows you to complete filenames
by just hitting the <TAB> key in a manner similar to that
commonly found on UNIX systems. When similar filenames exist,
CFN will complete the file name up to the point they differ,
then wait for you to add more characters, after which you can
simply press the <TAB> key again to complete a unique file
name. Version 1.0, includes source.
Author: Andreas Günther
MainActor A modular animation package containing modules for various
animation and picture formats. You can create/edit/time/play
animations of any size. An arexx port is integrated. Version
1.0, binary only.
Author: Markus Moenig
NewList The ultimate 'ls'. Fast, small, powerful, and fully config-
urable. Features include links, networking, Envoy, mufs,
assign adds, datatypes, a pager, complete output formatting
(date,header,etc), various recursions, and all the sorts and
filters a person will ever need. Newlist runs in 10 major
languages as well. Version 8, an update to version 6.0 on
disk number 597, binary only, WB2.0+ required.
Author: Phil Dietz
SwitchWindow A replacement for the CBM "IHelp" commodity. It allows you to
arrange the windows in many different ways via hotkeys and a
powerful REXX port. Version 0.85, freeware, binary only,
source available from the author.
Author: Roland Mainz
* Fish-Disk #889 *
Csh Replacement for the Amiga shell, similar to UN*X csh. Main
features include over 100 built in commands, 70 functions,
new system variables, file name completion, freely
programmable command line editing, file classes, auto cd,
lazy cd, intuition menus for the shell window, automatic
RX-ing, local variables, $( ), statement blocks, high speed,
plus much more. This is version 5.31, an update to version
5.19 on disk 624. Includes source.
Author: A. Kirchwitz, U. Dominik Mueller, C. Borreo, S. Drew,
M. Dillon
DiskCat DiskCat is a disk cataloger. The files can be organized any
way you want. You can make and name any category you care to.
Categories and files can be moved. Through menu selection,
all disks that are inserted are automatically searched and the
useful information copied. A 40 char comment can be entered
for each file. The database can be searched and exported.
Version 1.3, requires OS 2.04+, binary only, shareware.
Author: Kenny Nagy
DxConverter Converts binary/hex/ULONG integers/ASCII/RAWKEY codes to
binary/hex/ULONG integer or ASCII. Fully intuitionalized.
Version 1.0, binary only, freeware.
Author: Kenny Nagy
SCSIutil A CLI utility to issue commands to a SCSI disk using a spe-
cific SCSI id number. Commands include inquiry, seek, start/
stop motor, read sector(s), play audio CD sectors, insert,
eject, read capacity, etc. Version 1.815, an update to
version 1.0 on disk number 669. Freeware, includes source.
Author: Gary Duncan and Heiko Rath
* Fish-Disk #890 *
DiskMate A disk utility with multidrive disk copier (either DOS or non-
DOS disks), disk formatter, disk eraser, disk installer, and
floppy disk checker. Version 4.3, an update to version 4.1
on disk number 854. Binary only.
Author: Malcolm Harvey
DropBox WorkBench AppIcon Commodity that examines the filename of the
file dropped in it, then searches a configurable database for
an action to perform on it, such as read, display, edit, unarc,
etc. Requires OS 2.04+. Version 1.01, binary only.
Author: Steve Anichini
FileRexx Opens an ASL-filerequester on the frontmost PublicScreen, and
prints the selected file/directory to StdOut, into an environ-
ment-variable (if choosen), or into an arexx-variable (if File
Rexx has opened a rexx-host). The size of the filerequester
will adjust automatically to the actual visible screensize if
not affected from the given arguments. Version 1.3, binary
only.
Author: Michael Hohmann and Hartmut Goebel
LogicShop Build and test logic circuits. Everything is accessed from
an intuition interface. Version 1.1, binary only, freeware.
Author: Kenny Nagy
OnTheBall Demo version of a desktop aid that contains: Calendar -- View
& Print adjustable week, month, and yearly schedules. Search
forward & backward through appointments. 9 repeat modes.
reminder with snooze. Addressbook -- Mailing labels, auto-
dialer. Search & sort by any field. Attatch notes. To-Do
List -- Sorts by optional due dates. Search/Print. NotePad --
Full-featured text editor, have as many notes open at one time
as you like. Attatch notes to any entry in any application.
Multi-lingual, works on all Amigas. Preferences. ARexx.
Imports Nag(c) files. Create personalized "Tags". Much
more... V1.10, binary only.
Author: Jason Freund, Pure Logic Software
SltChr Allows users of ASDG's CygnusEd Professional to select a
character via point-n-click rather than having to remember
(or lookup) the ascii keycode for it. Useful for entering
international, special, or infrequently used characters.
Version 1.0, includes source in C. Requires AmigaDos 2.0.
Author: Njaal Fisketjoen
* Fish-Disk #891 *
AskEnv A requester construction tool for use with DOS-scripts, AREXX
and any other language that can start an external program.
System and file requesters may be called by command line args,
and config files allow construction of complex requesters
containing almost any type of gadtools gadgets. Extended
gadget types can call file requesters and start programs.
Results are stored in environment variables. Requires OS 2.04,
Version 2.5, binary only.
Author: Bengt Giger
DiskSalv2 A disk repair, salvage, and undelete utility for all standard
disk devices and file system types. Has a full Intuition
interface and runs from Workbench or Shell. It can fix most
problems in-place, and can reverse a partial or QUICK format.
It can copy out from disks that can't be fixed due to physical
damage, with a destination going to any AmigaDOS disk device
or pipe (eg, TAPE:). In English, locale catalogs included for
Danish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, and
Swedish, short manuals in English and Swedish. Extensive
update to DiskSalv 1.42 on disk 251. Requires AmigaOS 2.04
or later. Uncrippled Shareware, binary only, V11.27.
Author: Dave Haynie
HDClick A Harddisk-Menu and Workbench-Tool. Easily start programs,
batchfiles or ARexx-scripts simply by clicking on a gadget.
Opens its own screen or only a small window on the Workbench.
Includes an AppWindow/AppIcon to view pictures, listen to
samples, print texts or even decrunch archives by just drag-
ging an Icon on the AppObject. Gadgets can have their own
fonts and colors. Unlimited number of sub-menus. Easily
configurable, with Online-Help. Requires OS 2.04. Version
2.53, an update to V2.0 on disk 605. Binary only, shareware.
Author: Claude Müller
ROMTagMem Adds non-autoconfig memory as early as possible to the memory
list. In situations where you have only CHIP memory and non-
autoconfig memory, your system will run faster and have more
CHIP memory available if as many system structures as possible
are not in CHIP memory. Binary only.
Author: John Matthews
Skew Skeleton Writer is a tool for generating C code for various
Intuition based applications. You click the mouse and the
code gets written. Similar to PowerSource and GadToolsBox,
but with slightly different functionality. Version 1.28,
an update to version 1.2 on disk 746. Includes source.
Author: Piotr Obminski
* Fish-Disk #892 *
DviHp A printer driver for HP LaserJet (trademark of the Hewlett
Packard Company) and compatible printers. It translates DVI
files, usually generated by TeX, to a code understood by
HP-LJ (PCL - printer control language). DviHp supports down-
loading fonts, which gives you extremely fast output. It
allows you to include IFF ILBM files into your documents.
Version 1.0, binary only.
Author: Ales Pecnik
Gemini10X All-new printer driver for Star Gemini-10X and 15X printers.
Features graphics resolutions twice as high as the Commodore
provided "EpsonXOld" driver. Version 35.1, binary only.
Author: Michael Böhnisch
Indent A C source code formatter/indenter. Especially useful for
cleaning up inconsistently indented code. Version 1.8, an
update to version 1.7 on disk 821. Includes source.
Author: Various, Amiga port by Carsten Steger
Look A powerful program for creating and showing disk magazines.
Supports IFF pictures, IFF brushes, ANSI, fonts, PowerPacker,
and many more features. Programmed in assembly language to
be small and fast. German language only. Version 1.9, an
update to version 1.6 on disk 816. Shareware, binary only.
Author: André Voget
MouseAideDEMO DEMO version of a "Mouse" utility which has all the standard
functions: Mouse Acceleration with threshhold, window and
screen manipulation by mouse and keyboard, mouse and screen
blanking, SUN (auto-activation) mouse, user definable "hot
key" command, Keyboard "String" macros, etc... But also has
functions other "Mouse" programs do NOT, such as: Shell-
Cycling, Key Clicking, KeyClosing, Multi-Icon-Select with
Mouse, Middle Mouse Button Windowing, EZ-Date generation,
Mouse Port switching, Workbench to the front function, Ez-
Dragging, Freezing Mouse & Keyboard of all input, etc...
Now features an easy to use Pop-Up 2.xx style intuition
interface and the ability to function correctly in all the
new screen modes! Written in assembly for efficiency in size
and CPU usage. Version v9.69a, an update to version v7.12a
on disk 788, Binary only.
Author: Thomas J. Czarnecki
TeXPrt A front-end for DVI printer drivers with a (nice?) GUI. It is
highly configurable and can be used with various DVI printer
drivers. Configuration files for Georg Hessmann's DVIPrint
(PasTeX), DVILJP (AmigaTeX) and DVILJ2P (Gustaf Neumann) are
included. TeXPrt has an ARexx port and interprets 18 ARexx
commands. TeXPrt runs on an AppWindow and supports an
(optional) AppIcon for selecting DVI files. Needs at least
Kickstart 2.04. This is Version 2.0, freeware, includes
source in C.
Author: Richard A. Bödi
* Fish-Disk #893 *
AmigaWorld A database program that contains information about every
country on Earth. It enables you to have a look at the data
of one country, or to compare several ones. Among other things
it displays location, capital, area, population, languages,
currency and the flag of each country. AmigaWorld is very
easy to handle, and you can use it with your favourite font,
screen mode and colors. You can also choose between English,
German, Swedish and Dutch output. It works on every Amiga
that has one MByte of memory and Kickstart 1.2 or later.
Freeware version 2.0, an update to version 1.1 on Disk number
851. New features include flag display and information about
religions and international organizations. Modula-2 source is
available from the author.
Author: Wolfgang Lug
BadLinks A utility which tests the links in newly written amigaguide
documents. Rather than manually clicking on every button in
your amigaguide document to ensure each will link up with a
valid node, just run BadLinks. Will work on documents which
reference nodes in other amigaguide documents too.
Version 1.17, binary only.
Author: Roger E. Nedel
Clouds A program which creates random cloud scenery. You may save
the pictures as IFF-files and use them as background for your
workbench. Uses new AGA-features. Operational on all AMIGAS
with all Workbench-Versions, but needs at least 2.1 to gain
access to all features. Version 2.9, an update to version 2.0
on disk number 805. Public domain, includes complete source
in KICK-PASCAL.
Author: Daniel Amor
* Fish-Disk #894 *
AntiRascism Some texts, pictures and programs dealing with the problem
of violence & rascism. Sources included. Version 1.0.
Author: Daniel Amor and others
CDTV-Player A utility for all those people, who'd like to play Audio-CD's,
while multitasking on workbench. It's an emulation of CDTV's
remote control, but is a little more sophisticated. Access
to the archive even without a CD-ROM-Drive (i.e. AMIGA 500-
4000), although you can't play a CD. PROGRAM & KARAOKE (live
on-screen) included. Recognizes CDs automatically. AREXX-Port
for usage in other programs. Version 2.05, an update to
version 2.0 on disk 868. Docs in English, Français & Deutsch.
Supports CDTV-Drives & XETEC-Drives. FISH-WARE, binary only.
Author: Daniel Amor
GreekFont This is a scalable vector font. It's the Greek equivalent
of the Times Roman font. It includes the Greek typewriter
setmap and is available as ADOBE TYPE 1, PAGESTREAM FONT
(dmf-file), PROPAGE FONT & INTELLIFONT. This Font is
shareware. Designed with FontDesigner.
Author: Daniel Amor
LazyBench LazyBench is a utility for lazy people with a hard disk cram-
med full of goodies which are difficult to reach because they
are buried away in drawers inside drawers inside drawers in-
side drawers... Supports tools and projects and both OS 1.3
and OS 2.xx versions are supplied with this distribution.
LazyBench for the OS 1.3 opens a little window on the Work-
bench screen and delivers a fully configurable menu which
brings up to 30 applications at your fingertips. LazyBench
for the OS 2.xx adds an item under the Workbench "Tools" menu,
installs itself as a Commodity and waits in the background.
Use its hot key combination to pop up its window and then
select an application to be launched. Versions 1.01 (OS 1.3)
and 1.10 (OS 2.xx), an update to the versions on disk number
860. Binary only.
Author: Werther 'Mircko' Pirani
Resize A font-sensitive utility to change the dimensions of the shell
window. Offers two options: Reporting the current dimensions
of the shell window and setting new ones. Includes source.
Author: Bernd Raschke
* Fish-Disk #895 *
FMsynth A program to create sounds with FM synthesis. It has six
operators, a realtime LFO and a free editable algorithm. The
sound can be played on the Amiga keyboard and saved in IFF-
8SVX format. Version 1.1, giftware, includes source in
Oberon-2.
Author: Christian Stiens
MakeDMake An automated DMake file generator. You give it the names of
all the C-files used to produce your executable (except
#include'd .c or .h files), and it will automatically scan
them to find all dependencies, and produce a ready to use
(in many cases) DMakeFile calling DCC with options you will
need for normal compilation and linking. Version 0.22, an
update to version 0.19 on disk 810. Includes source.
Author: Piotr Obminski, from original code by Tim McGrath
MuchMore Another program like "more", "less", "pg", etc. This one uses
its own screen to show the text using a slow scroll. Includes
built-in help, commands to search for text, and commands to
print the text. Supports 4 color text in bold, italic, under-
lined, or inverse fonts. Can load xpk-crunched files, has a
display mode requester and is now localized (german catalog
included). Version 3.3, an update to version 3.0 on disk
number 560. Includes source in Oberon-2.
Author: Fridtjof Siebert, Christian Stiens
StAid2 Demo of the multi-purpose educational UTILITY called "Student
Aid ][". This utility allows you to create, load, edit,
practice and print TRUE/FALSE, MULTIPLE CHOICE and FILL IN THE
BLANK tests or quizzes on any subject you desire. It will also
save grades to monitor progress. This demo contains some
sample tests on various subjects, and has all features enabled
except for SAVE TEST. Works on WB1.3 to 3.x, NTSC & PAL. (May
not work with FastROM). Ver 0.8, binary only. DEMO is freely
distributable.
Author: Rick Rojas
* Fish-Disk #896 *
AnsiView A utility to view IBM ansi pics on the AMIGA. Supports the 16
color IBM Ansi standard fully. Works on any AMIGA running any
version of AmigaDos. Version 1.0, binary only with source
available from the author.
Author: Marcus Trisdale
DA "Digital Aesthetics". A program that provides you with a
soothing audio environment in which to work, similar to the
cd's/tapes available of rainstorms, ocean surfs, rivers, etc.
The sounds are contained in modules called "EMods", short for
Environment MODules. With DA, you can control various aspects
of these EMods, and link EMods together in a list to be played
in sequence. Two short EMods are provided, with more available
when you purchase the registered version. Version 2.5, OS2.x
required, binary only.
Author: Greg Grove
Riff A little iff reader written in modula-2, M2amiga. Version 1.1,
includes source.
Author: Marcel Timmermans
SamPull A utility which will allow you to manipulate and save the
samples of a music module, (just Noise/Sound/Protracker MOD
format for now), to disk in a quick and user-friendly graphic
environment. As an added bonus, SamPull features sub-programs
which will scan for MODs in memory or on any format of disk.
Version 2.0, OS2.x required, binary only.
Author: Greg Grove
ScriptTool A small Workbench-utility which lets you to run commonly used
commands and scripts from Workbench's Tools-menu. Version
1.02 and needs DOS2.0 (V36). Freeware, includes source.
Author: Jan Hagqvist
WBStart WBStart is a package to emulate the WorkBench startup proce-
dure, by loading a program, creating a process for it, and
then sending it a WB startup message. Includes a handler
process which does the starting of the processes for you and
then waits for the startup reply messages. Version 1.3, an
update to version 1.2 on disk number 757. Includes source.
Author: Stefan Becker
* Fish-Disk #897 *
DNet A link protocol that provides essentially an unlimited number
of reliable connections between processes on two machines,
where each end of the link can be either an Amiga or a Unix
(BSD4.3) machine. Works on the Amiga with any EXEC device
that looks like the serial.device. Works on UNIX with tty and
socket devices. Achieves better than 95% average throughput
on file transfers. This is version 2.32, an update to version
2.10 on disk number 294. Includes sources for both the Amiga
and Unix versions.
Author: Matt Dillon and others
EPP E Preprocessor. Simple, easy-to-use macro preprocessor
intended for use with Wouter van Oortmerssen's E language
compiler. Allows E programmer's to "include" (similar to C)
E source code modules, thus adding modularity to the E lang-
uage. Should work on any OS version. Update to V1.0, improved
speed; bug fixes; new OPT TURBO directive for turning on Turbo
mode for single modules; CtrlC made reliable. Version 1.1,
includes source.
Author: Barry Wills.
PrtSc Have you ever noticed that there is a PrtSc-key on the numeric
keypad? If you press it you'll find that nothing happens, but
here's the solution. So if you've ever wanted to have a work-
ing PrtSc-key, try this. Requires OS2.0 (V36). Version 1.08,
freeware, includes source in assembler.
Author: Jan Hagqvist
VerCheck A little script utility especially for 2.04 users with 1.3 Rom
sharer/KickDisk. This helps you to boot under the right system
when using an alien Kickstart. Version 2.00, now includes
CPU/FPU checking too. Freeware, includes source in assembler.
Author: Jan Hagqvist
* Fish-Disk #898 *
AniMan The final version (5.2) of AniMan, the voice recognition
program that allows you to converse with an animated talking
head to execute any ARexx or CLI command. AniMan appears as
a full color animation in a miniature window on the 3.0 Work-
bench screen. AniMan is fully multitasking and runs in the
foreground or background, listening for your voice commands
even while other programs may be running. Many improvements
requested by users are now included. Menu operations have
been improved. Documentation is provided in AmigaGuide format.
Audio digitizer support has been expanded to include Perfect
Sound 3, Sound Magic (Sound Master), DSS 8, and Generic digi-
tizers. AniMan 5.2 requires AmigaDOS 3.0. An update to
version 5.0 on Disk #841. Binary only.
Author: Richard Horne
NarTest A little tool that lets you to play with the new features of
V37 narrator.device. Also ideal for designing the speech for
your own programs. Version 1.01, needs DOS2.04 (V37). Free-
ware, includes source in assembler.
Author: Jan Hagqvist
Sci-Fi_Demo A demo of Sci-Fi Type: 14 3d fonts for Imagine and other
rendering programs. Includes: Ultra (a full sample fonts),
A short doc file with ordrering info, and an iff (hi res 16
color) image depicting the rest of the set.
Author: Doug Brooks
VCLI The final version (7.0) of Voice Command Line Interface (VCLI)
which will execute CLI commands, ARexx commands, or ARexx
Scripts by voice command. VCLI allows you to launch multiple
applications or control any program with an ARexx capability
entirely by spoken voice command. Many improvements requested
by users are now included. VCLI now has its own ARexx port so
that its internal options and functions can be controlled by
ARexx command. Menu operations have been improved. Document-
ation is provided in AmigaGuide format. Audio digitizer sup-
port has been expanded to include Perfect Sound 3, Sound Magic
(Sound Master), DSS 8, and Generic digitizers. This is the
fastest version of VCLI yet, and it runs well under either
AmigaDOS 2.0 or 3.0. An update to version 5.2 on disk number
807. Binary only.
Author: Richard Horne
* Fish-Disk #899 *
ARoach Based on Xroach for X-Windows, displays disgusting cock-
roaches on your screen. These creepy crawlies scamper
around until they find a window to hide under. Whenever
you move or resize a window, the exposed orthopteras again
scamper for cover. Version 1.0, requires at least AmigaDOS
Release 2, includes source.
Author: Stefan Winterstein
GoodDouble Some sample source using a couple of functions that make for
MUCH EASIER handling of double clicks with ALL buttons. Works
perfectly! (at least with DICE...). Version 0.3
Author: Piotr Obminski
SmartPlay A quite small, and really fast multiformat moduleplayer for
OS2.0+. Supports most moduleformats around, and will play
all modules with the _right_ replayroutines. The CPU usage
of this player is also really low, so it will run fine even
on a 7MHz Amiga, while doing some highspeed serial transfers.
100% coded in assembler. Version 3.1, binary only.
Author: Peter Hjelt
Targis A fast-paced action game. It offers 200 pre-defined levels
and the ability to design your own levels and characters.
Binary only.
Author: David Ashley
* Fish-Disk #900 *
Columns A GUI-based "paper-saving" utility. Allows you to print text
in columns and use various compression modes (up to 160
characters per line and 180 lines per standard DIN A4 page).
5.6 times more characters than in usual modes, but still
readable. Written completely in assembly. Kickstart 2.0 and
3.0 compatible, Kickstart 2.0 look, Keyboard controls and
saveable settings. Version 2.5, binary only.
Author: Martin Mares, Tomas Zikmund
Popper Replaces Intuition menus with popup menus which appear under
the mouse pointer instead of in the top of the screen. You
can also "rip" menus from the menu-bar and keep them on the
screen as a window all the time (or close them with the close
gadget, of course). Version 1.1, binary only.
Author: Pierre Dak Baillargeon
Robouldix Playable demo of a game based on BoulderDash. Uses 32 colour
graphics, senses and adapts to PAL and NTSC. Over 500 diff-
erent objects in the registered version. (About 40 in the
demo version). Requires at least one megabyte of memory.
Binary only.
Author: Svante Berglund, Patrik Grip-Jansson
Touch Amiga version of the Unix utility with the same name. Touch
changes the date and time stamp of all specified files to the
current date and time. Workbench 2.0 wildcards are supported.
Requires OS2.0, includes source.
Author: Dave Schreiber