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UK Supported Shareware by Joe Connor
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The Shareware fees are set to cover the currency handling, stationary,
media and postage costs incurred in mailing out master disks. Support for
users in other countries is available, details on request, please feel free
to ask or get involved with translation or support in other countries if
you are able.
The currently supported software is:
Version Software UK-Fee Status Brief description
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V1.70e Kandinsky: £15 Shareware Vector art package
V1.10e Selectric: £13 Shareware Replacement File Selector
V1.07e Two-In-One: £ 9 Shareware Archive management utility
V4.8 GFA Flydials £13 Shareware Enhanced GFA GEM routines [German]
V1.05 GFA Shell £ 5+ Freeware GFA Shell [German]
V1.01 GFA Patch £ 5+ Freeware GFA patch for compiler [German]
V3.3e Everest: £ 9 Shareware Text editor
V1.52i Égale: £10 Shareware File compare utility
V4.7 GSZRZ: £13 Shareware XYZ modem alternative
V1.25e OCR £8-12 Freeware Optical Character recognition
V01.07.94 ST-Guide £ 5+ Fairware Hypertext help system
V3.5e Idealist £13 Shareware Printer manager
V1.83e ADDRESS £15 Shareware Name & Address manager, ACC/PRG, XAcc
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How to register inside the UK
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1) Check the amount for the software you wish to register
2) Make a cheque payable to Joe Connor for the required amount
3) Be sure to include your name and address in a legible format!
4) Send cheque to UK Address below
65 Mill Road, Colchester, CO4 5LJ, England
Email: jconnor@cix.compulink.co.uk
How to register outside the UK
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Different arrangements exist depending on the software concerned. There may
be an alternative local registration point or other conditions so please
refer to the specific documentation for details.
Why register?
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The best reason for registering is to support and encourage the authors to
continue to produce English language versions of their software. In most
cases you'll also obtain the benefits reserved for registered users. This
includes access to the free update service.
Update service
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The latest versions are listed every month in the Shareware column of ST
Applications each month. Reviews of new features and additions to the
scheme also featured. Read the advert at the end of this documentation for
more details. To receive an update:
- Send a self addressed envelope including return postage and a double
sided floppy disk. Please state clearly:
1) The software you would like updated
2) The version you're currently using
3) 'Keep' if you would prefer me to retain your disk until a later version
becomes available.
Alternatively if you have Internet access you can use 'anonymous ftp' to
obtain the latest English language release version of all the above
software from:
micros.hensa.ac.uk
Other sites may carry the on-line archive but minor updates to the English
language version are sometimes made without changing the version number.
Overview of Software
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Kandinsky v1.70e
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A powerful vector drawing program without equal on the Atari platform.
If you create or edit GEM Metafiles this Application is for you!
+ All known GEM standards are suported, including the Clipboard,
SpeedoGDOS, MultiTOS and the GEMINI-AV protocoll.
+ Support for GDOS, Speedo GDOS and other GDOS replacements to handle GEM
Metafiles. To save and print you'll need to boot using GDOS and a
suitable ASSIGN.SYS which includes a printer driver and META.SYS.
+ Compatibility option to save GEM Metafiles without SpeedoGDOS commands to
offer backwards compatibility for pre-Speedo applications.
+ Supports for VDI devices from No: 11 to 70 with dialogs (optionally) in
windows enabling background events, ideal for MultiTOS, Geneva or Mag!X
users.
+ Undo supports almost all actions
+ Directly reads GEM/3-Artline format files from the PC
+ Objects remain fully editable after creation, e.g. text or arc angles
+ Powerful alignment tools make it easy to position objects relative to
each other.
+ Support for the popular CSV (comma separated value) format, with
automatic generation of a coordinate system
+ The registered version features PostScript and Tektronix file export
+ IMG file handling as pseudo objects.
+ Extended features for GEMINI desktop users.
+ Drag & drop objects between Kandinsky windows and GEMINI desktop.
Selectric™ v1.10e
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A replacement File Selector offering an unrivalled range of tools and
features all wrapped up inside a superb enhanced GEM user infterface.
* The number of files which can be handled is dynamic, limited only by the
amount of free memory (not static like so many other File Selectors).
Selectric™ only reserves as much memory as it needs. One little
comparison test you might like to try with other FSs is to try handling
over 1000 files without problems...
* In many cases Selectric™ does the thinking for you. Open up a folder then
close it again and the slider remains where you left it, it doesn't
return to the top again!
* The real time slider make's moving through the file list very intuitive,
for many the built-in FS is fast enough but faster is better right?
* Nearly all of the main functions can also be accessed from the keyboard.
Installing Let 'em Fly! takes care of the remaining few.
* The number of files displayed changes automatically depending on the
current screen resolution. This ranges from 8 files in ST high, through
12 files with OverScan up the maximum of 24 files using TT high and some
graphic cards. Each time Selectric™ is called it checks the current
resolution and displays the appropriate number of files. Ideal for
Autoswitch-OverScan users.
* Using the optional Auto Locator only the first letter of a filename needs
to be entered, Selectric™ will seek out the first matching filename and
select it. Also if an Application passes a filename to Selectric™ it will
attempt to localise the correct file.
* Wildcard entry is fully supported so it is possible to select files using
lines like: '*MOUSE*.[A-Z]??'
* Five different Search criteria with two optional switches, reverse and
numerical order.
* Currently ten different file extensions and paths can be stored for rapid
activation. Applications which pass parameters to Selectric™ can recall
the full path.
* A wide selection of file operations are available (including Copy). Most
functions work recursively, so it's possible at a single stroke to
copy/delete etc a folder containing files and other folders.
* Selectric™ works on all ST/TT Computer in all resolutions and naturally
with all graphic cards.
Two-In-One v1.07e
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This archive manager designed to cope with the increasing sophistication
and diversity of tools employed to minimise the disk space occupied by
Applications. If you've ever got in a tangle with ZIP, LZH, ZOO, ARJ, ARC
packed or UUENCODED files then this is the utility for you! Without leaving
Two-In-One it's possible to:
o Create archives
o Extract archives
o Extract individual or groups of files from archives
o View text and image files inside archives; I use this feature before I
decide whether to extract loads of files for a program I don't have a use
for, this feature alone saves a lot o