Short:        Fish disk 0005
Uploader:     Fish Disks <aminet aminet net>
Type:         misc/fish
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


============================== README.list5 ==============================
This is disk 5 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
It contains many of the programs, written by Commodore-Amiga people,
that were included in disk number 1.  However, they have been cleaned
up so that they compile cleanly on the AMIGA, return resources 
allocated, etc.

cons		Console device demo program with supporting macro routines.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

freemap		Creates a visual diagram of free memory.  Comes with
		custom icon so can be run from workbench screen.
		Author: Robert J. Mical

input.dev	In combination with hander.interface.asm (supplied),
		lets a user trap keyboard or mouse events before they
		get to Intuition and if desired, install new (phony/
		generated/other-devices-mouse-simulations) into the
		input stream.  Handler.interface.asm is needed to convert
		the calling sequence performed by the input.task for
		the input stream management into something that a
		C program can understand.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

joystick	Shows how to set up the gameport device as a joystick.
		Reports parameters received from joystick hooked to
		right port.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

keyboard	Sample program to demonstrate direct communications with
		the keyboard.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

layers		Shows use of the layers library, used by Intuition to
		create windows (layers handles all overlapping drawing
		areas and keeps things straight, sending to the back,
		bringing to the front, making larger/smaller, etc.)
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

mandelbrot	Latest and greatest mandelbrot program.  New features
		include the ability to save images in "iff" format,
		for reading into Deluxe Paint or other programs that
		use iff.  Also includes code from GraphiCraft to handle
		color palette and change colors at will.  Many additions
		by RJ Mical.
		Author: Robert French

mouse		Shows how to set up the gameport device as a mouse so
		that hooking up the mouse to the right port gives access
		to mouse information.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

one.window	Produces a window with a console attached.  Does graphics
		in the top half and limits the console activity to the
		lower half.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/18/85

parallel	Demonstrates access to the parallel port.
		Author: Tom Pohorsky  12/1/85

printer		Shows how to open and use a printer, does a screen dump
		of the workbench screen if there is a graphics-capable
		printer attached.
		Currently does not compile under Lattice C Ver3.02 and
		does not link under Lattice C Ver3.03.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

print.support	Printer support routines.  Currently won't compile,
		missing a header file "local.h".
		Author: unknown

proctest	Sample code to create a process, set up message ports,
		pass messages, etc.  Sample slave code for create process
		test (littleproc.c) currently does not link under either
		Lattice C 3.02 or 3.03 (unresolved global variables not
		in libraries).
		Author: Rob Peck  1/4/86

region		Demonstrates how a drawing area can be split into linked
		rectangular regions.  Draws a rectangle in a single
		playfield display, then draws "Behind a Fence" several
		times behind an apparent fence in the rectangle.
		Only works under Lattice Ver3.03.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

samplefont	A sample font that produces clubs, hearts, spaces, and
		diamonds as its four characters.  Shows precisely what
		is contained in an Amiga font.
		Author: Unknown

serial		Demonstrates access to the serial port.  Requires an
		external terminal connected to the serial port.
		Author: Unknown

singlePlayfield
		Creates and displays a 320 by 200 by 2 bit plane
		single playfield display.  Completely covers Intuition's
		display, but gives the system back at exit.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

speechtoy	Latest and greatest version of Dave's cute speech demo
		program.  Comes with custom icon so can be run from
		a workbench screen.
		Author: Dave Lucas

speech.demo	A much simplified version of speechtoy.  Also includes
		exec support functions for extended IO requests,
		CreateExtIO() to allocate and initialize a new IO request
		block and DeleteExtIO() to free an extended IO request
		block.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

text.demo	Sample program that asks AvailFonts() to make a list of
		the fonts that are available, then opens a window and
		then prints a description of the various attributes that
		can be applied to the fonts, in the font itself.
		Previous versions were released as "whichfont".
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

timer		Simple timer example program.  Includes dynamic
		allocation of data structures needed to communicate
		with the timer device, as well as the actual device
		IO.
		Author: Rob Peck  12/1/85

trackdisk	Demonstrates use of trackdisk driver.  Useful example of
		"raw" disk read/write.
		Author Rob Peck  12/1/85

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