Introducing the Amiga Freely Redistributable Software Library What's Available There are "do-nothing-useful" examples of various capabilities of the AMIGA, real development tools, editors, languages, games, and other odds & ends. Also included are machine readable form of many of the examples (received directly from C-A sources) out of the official AMIGA manuals, including the ROM Kernel Manual. How To Obtain Disks First, check with your local dealers and user groups. Most already have many of the disks. Since these disks can be copied freely, and widespread distribution is encouraged, they propagate out to central distribution points fairly quickly. If you just can't wait, or can't find copies locally, I am willing to make these disks available for the cost of media, duplication, mailing materials, postage, and miscellaneous expenses (like wear and tear on my drives). Naturally, you are encouraged to make copies for your friends, local user groups, dealers, etc. My goal is to get as much software as possible into the hands of people that can use and enhance it, and make the AMIGA the success it deserves to be. Generally, each disk contains all source necessary to recreate the executables provided. Programs are compiled with the latest Lattice C compiler (and/or Manx C compiler) available at the time of release. In a very few cases (usually noted in the description) the code will not compile or run for some reason, but was considered interesting enough to include anyway. Disks are typically 85 to 95 percent full. How to Order To order, send a list of the disks you want, and payment in U.S. funds to: Fred Fish Amiga Library Disks 1835 East Belmont Drive Tempe, Arizona 85284 USA The per disk fee as of October 1989 is as follows: 1 to 9 disks $6 per disk 10 to 49 disks $5 per disk 50 to 99 disks $4 per disk 100 or more $3 per disk complete library $2 per disk (see note below) The price includes cost of media, mailing materials, and first class domestic postage. Overseas orders add $5 per order for air mail. Time and other jobs permitting, all disks will be mailed within 5 days of receipt of order (most are filled the next day). The above prices and address are current as of October 1989. If the per disk charge in effect at the time your order is received is less than the amount stated above, you will be charged the lower rate, and an appropriate credit for the difference added to your account. It is highly unlikely that the per disk charge will be higher (it has always decreased, reflecting my decreasing cost for disks since beginning distribution of the library). Feel free to order more than the current number of disks available. Excess funds will be placed "in escrow" (refundable at any time) and drawn against for automatic mailings of future disks as they become available. These disks will be charged against your account at the per disk charge in effect at the time they are shipped. I hope to add at least four to six disks per month to the library. The "complete library" price ($2 per disk) applies only to orders of a complete set of all disks in the library at the time of the order. The funds cannot be applied towards disks not yet completed. This offer is intended to provide a relatively low startup cost for new user groups, dealers, or other users, to obtain a complete library set. Notes Please keep in mind that most of the materials in this library are intended for use by experienced programmers, or at least experienced Amiga users. Many are runnable only via the CLI user interface, as they contain no icon files (particularly the early disks). If you are inexperienced with the Amiga CLI interface, you may need the assistance of an experienced user to make use of some of these disks. I do not provide telephone support for instructions on how to run specific programs from the library. I do not guarantee the performance or usability of any of the materials in this library. I will replace or rewrite, at no additional charge, any disk ordered from me which turns out to be defective or unreadable. Catalog Disk Because the current library has grown so large, it is no longer cost effective to distribute a printed catalog. Therefore, the catalog disks replace the printed catalog, and will be updated at each new release of disks to reflect the current state of the library. It currently takes two disks to hold a complete catalog. There is no duplication fee for the catalog disks. To receive the latest available catalog at any time, simply return the original disks, or send two blank disks, to: Fred Fish Catalog Disk Update 1835 East Belmont Drive Tempe, Arizona 85284 USA Please enclose sufficient postage for 3 ounces First Class mail. Note that you can always obtain the latest catalog automatically by following the above procedure but specifying that you want the disks to be held until the next update. Library Submissions If you have written a program that you would like to see appear in the library, I encourage you to submit it on disk directly to me, along with a letter indicating you would like to see it included in the library. You can increase the chances of your submission being accepted by following a few simple guidelines: (1) Don't submit bootable disks or disks with any other proprietary material included, since I then have to go examine each file to decide if it is distributable or not, and if not, what effect removing it might have. (2) Organize the distribution in a manner similar to the library disk organization. I.E., place all files related to a particular program under a single directory on the disk. If there is more than one program per disk, place each one in its own directory. (3) Try to write a simple entry for the "Contents" listing that summarizes your submission. It should be about 3-10 lines, and include the current version number, the version and disk number of the most recent version (if any) that was last included in the library, whether or not source is included, and an "Author" list. (4) Ensure that your submission will run correctly from its subdirectory and that it does not depend upon the name of the disk. If necessary, supply a script runnable from workbench (via c:IconX) that makes all necessary assigns, copies fonts and libraries, etc. CAT FISH Catalog Listing A complete catalog over 280 pages and full of interesting information of the entire library cross-referenced by file name and subject area is available from the ASCITEC AMIGA User's Group now for $20.00. These listings are made using a laser printer on double-sided three-hole punched paper for a quality binder reference and contain information on disks currently available in the library. Some of the contents include: Complete listings of all disks and file descriptions (README and CONTENTS files) with disk numbers and page numbers for each file. Currently over 210 pages. An alphabetic sorted file name cross-reference listing with disk and page numbers given for each file. Duplicate file names are sorted with the most recent listed first. Currently over 31 pages. A subject category sorted file name cross-reference listing based on a three page 15 point major subject category outline with disk and page numbers given for each file. Currently contains 106 total categories and over 37 pages. CLI notes for accessing any public domain disk file for reading, copying, and execution of files on the disks. Future upgrades are easily obtained by mail at a low cost. The complete CAT FISH library listings cost $20.00. Future upgrades will cost $7.00. USA taxes and mailing costs are included. Mailing outside of the USA and Canada will cost an additional $5.00. Other information will also be included in future upgrades based upon prompt user suggestions and feedback. To order, make checks payable to "ASCITEC" or "THE AMIGA CLASS" at the AMIGA Science and Technology User's Group address given below. Address all orders and questions regarding CAT FISH to this address: ASCITEC CAT FISH Listing P. O. Box 201 Los Altos, CA 94023 CAT FISH Catalog Disk These materials are also available from ASCITEC on disk for $10.00 with the explicit agreement that: They will not be copied and they will not be placed upon any User Group or computer Bulletin Board. ADOC Documentation The documentation files corresponding to the most popular FD files are also available from ASCITEC on either double-sided three hole punched paper or on disk for $10.00. This provides users with a quick reference for the most used files in the library. The documentation files include the most recent versions of the following files: ASDG, Aquarium, Berserker, CLICon, ClockDJ, Conman, DiskTalk, DPlot, DMouse, DPSlide, Echo, Find, GPrint, Graph, HeadClean, Iconizer, IconMerger, IffLib, JPClock, LabelPrint, Mackie, MakeIcon, Marge, MG1B, MRPrint, MouseCoords, MuchMore, PcView, Plot, Plot.MultiPlot, Plot.ThreeDPlot, Plot.Translate, PowerPacker, PrintSpool, Print1.2, RunBack, Scripit, SetFont, SlideMaster, SlideShow, TaskX, TextDisplay, VCheck, View, VirusControl, VirusX, Vlt, WBRes, XenoZap, XHair, Xicon, ZeroVirus, and Zoo.