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• Text related tools
• Printer tools
• Disk/file tools
• Replacement icons/icon tools
• Fixes/enhancements

• 7up 2.09e (71 Kbytes): An ASCII text editor- quick and efficient with several useful features (like column-block editing, which is handy for ASCII drawings, columns etc.).
  (a text editor in case you didn't know is a word-processor program for plain text (i.e. no underlining, bold text etc.) and is thus a lot smaller and faster to use for things like programming, email, writing "readme" files, memos and just about anything involving plain text).

• Everest 3.5e (127 Kbytes): Another ASCII text editor. Similar to '7up' but with slightly different features. The package also includes an HTML template to ease the contruction of web pages. Also has the ability to save text with CR or CR/LF line-endings. Very fast and reliable.

• Edith 1.0 (67 Kbytes): Yet another ASCII text editor. What makes this one special is the fact that it can be used as either a normal program or as an ACCessory! It also has the ability to save text in UNIX mode (LF) or the usual Atari/MSDOS (CR/LF) mode. There's an immediate scrollbar feature as well- the text scrolls up and down as you move the scrollbar!!
  (Having a text editor as an ACCessory proves to be pretty useful at times- you can for example create HTML documents while testing what you've done using a web browser- all without exiting one program to enter the other one. This applies to normal TOS, as with multi-tasking operating systems such as 'MagiC' you can run several programs at once anyway).

• UNIX2ST (45 Kbytes): If you've come across ASCII text files which look pretty garbled when trying to view them from the desktop it's a pretty big chance that the file has a UNIX line-ending (LF) as opposed to the Atari ST/MSDOS type line-ending (CR/LF).
  The package holds the programs 'unix2st.ttp' and 'st2unix.ttp' so you can convert either way.
  (Even though there are more user friendly programs which do the same job, this is one of the most reliable ones and has the added bonus of keeping the time/date even after the file has been converted.
  If your TOS supports it you can even drag the text file to be converted to the unix2st/st2unix icon!)

• Blinex 1.6 (29 Kbytes): Does the same as 'UNIX2ST'/'ST2UNIX' above, but if you also have problems with certain letters and symbols coming out as different ones than originally intended you need to use this program instead.
  Since different computer systems place their character sets differently these problems occur.
  Blinex converts to/from Apple Macintosh, PC and UNIX (ISO 8859-1/ANSI) character sets which are the 3 most common ones used. Saves you a lot of time as you would otherwise have to use a text editor and do a 'search/replace' for every single character that came out wrong!

• DC-dirdump (4 Kbytes): This little program allows you to create a text file with the contents of your harddisk/disk drive. Very useful if you for example want to show someone which files are inside a particular folder without having to manually write them down.

• Idealist 3.90 (362 Kbytes): A printer utility which allows you to print any ASCII text file (i.e. 'Readme' files), email messages, '1stWord+', RTF documents etc. with the possibility to select font, number of columns, one/both sides of sheets, email attributes and lots of other things resulting in economical and efficient printing. Comes with lots of printer drivers.
  In addition you might want to expand its use with the Idealist tools (136 Kbytes) package containing utilities for printing out documents as a book, reformatting text for printing etc.

• Hcopy 1.7 (56 Kbytes): An excellent formatter/copier which formats MSDOS (the disks will be usable on the ST as well as on PCs). Lots of useful functions. Supports HD disk drives as well. Use this instead of the rather limited and slow desktop formatter/copier!

• Selectric (77 Kbytes): This is a replacement for the built in Atari fileselector (which is a mess!), which in addition to selecting files also lets you perform useful file tasks such as copy/move/delete/rename/find/show info and a whole lot of other things, all without leaving the program you're currently using! (it can be called upon from the accessory/CPX which is included). Don't leave home without... eh..- it's highly recommended!

• Maxidisk (21 Kbytes): A reset-proof (warm reset) RAM-disk. A RAM disk is part of the memory set aside to act as a (super-fast) floppy disk or hard disk drive, with the exception that you have to save the contents to a disk or the harddisk before you switch the power off (or else you'll lose everything).
  Very useful for work-sessions where you load/save files a lot while working on them (especially handy when you have to wait for a disk loading/saving), or when copying floppy disks:
  Copy the desired files to the RAM disk, insert the blank disk, and copy the files back to the floppy disk! (sure beats 'disk shuffling'!!) ;-)

• Bootsie (48 Kbytes): With TOS 2.06 installed, booting takes a lot longer than with older versions of TOS. Bootsie speeds this up by writing a special bootsector to a floppy disk so that the harddisk will start booting a lot faster. It can also display a small greeting as well as a 'pling' sound- like on the Apple Macintosh.

• Autosort 4.1 (8 Kbytes): Resort the order of the programs in the 'Auto' folder- useful for programs which have to be installed in a special order as many programs are very picky about this and refuse to work if they aren't set up correctly.
  (Can also be used to change the order of CPX modules, ACCessories or other programs if needed)

• HD fdc (1 Kbyte): If you've upgraded your ST/STF/STFM/STE to TOS 2.06 you might have noticed that the disk drive has started making a lot more noise than before. This is due to the support of HD (1.44 Mbyte) disk drives with the new TOS. With this program the 'step rate' can be set back to 3ms like it was with the older TOS version, and the drive will quieten down considerably. Put it in the 'Auto' folder.

• Checkdisk (20 Kbytes): A useful utility for harddisk users. Defragment the drive, undelete files etc.

• ST-tools (104 Kbytes): Undelete files from your hard disk/floppy disk drive etc.

• Date-time (79 Kbytes): Change the date and/or time stamp of any file. Useful if the previous date is wrong (incorrectly set clock etc.).

• Icons (1) (195 Kbytes): ACCessories/CPX modules, various programs/applications, archivers/compression programs (ZIP, LZH etc.), various Atari "Fuji" logos, AUTO folders, calculators/spreadsheets/graphs/office etc, 3D images/technical drawings/CAD, cartoon/animal characters, clipboard file/folder, communications (modems/file-transfer/terminals/Internet/WWW/email/news/MAUSnet, various computers.

• Icons (2) (199 Kbytes): Databases/address/phonelists/data-storage libraries, Atari desktop/desktop replacements, disks (floppy disks/harddisks/CD-ROM/streamer/disk+file utility software), desktop publishing, electronics/electronic design, emulation of other systems (Apple Mac, IBM etc.), filename extensions, various folders, fonts/font-editors/font-utilities, games/entertainment.

• Icons (3) (210 Kbytes): Graphics (pictures/graphic tools/graphic tools), help/information/readme files/documentation, keyboard utilities, various logos/emblems, mathematical software, mouse accelerators, movie players/films/animations, operating systems (TOS, MagiC, MiNT etc.), programming (assembler/BASIC/"C"/RSC files/RSC editors/Modula/Pascal etc.).

• Icons (4) (199 Kbytes): Printers/printer utilities, RAM-disks, screen/display (screensavers, resolution, accelerators), anti-virus/keys/TOS patches/encryption etc., setup/inf/preference files, UNIX type command line interpreters/shells, "snapshot" type screen grabbers and scanners, music/sound/MIDI, GEM/TOS/APP/PRG/TTP etc., system utilities/enhancers, text editing/text-tools/word processors.

• Icons (5) (81 Kbytes): Clocks/calendars/schedule-keepers, system tools, TOS 2.06 original icons, trashcans/trashcan folders, viewers for text files, images and other files, various large icons (use a RSC editor such as Interface for these, and not Iconjuggler!).

• Animated colour/black+white icons (70 Kbytes): Animated colour/mono icons (use a colour RSC editor such as Interface!).
  These icons change their appearance when clicked on (i.e. a folder pops open etc.). You need a replacement desktop such as Thing to be able to use them, and even though the icons are really colour icons they're suitable for black/white systems with replacement desktops such as the one mentioned.

• Icon-juggler (24 Kbytes): Organize icon setups for TOS 2.xx. (This is NOT an icon-constructor, just an organizer for adding/deleting icons and saving them as "DESKICON.RSC" files). Only suitable for black/white icons. For colour icons you need to use Interface.

• Interface (718 Kbytes): Edit .RSC files- translate programs, customize menues, edit graphics/desktop icons. Works with 'DESKICON.RSC' files as well (design/edit your own desktop icons for TOS 2.xx). Handles colour and black/white icons.
• ORCS (162 Kbytes): Another RSC editor. Useful for editing icons. Only handles black/white icons. If you need to edit colour icons use Interface instead.

• Atari-support (181 Kbytes): Atari made this package with fixes for all TOS versions available- you will probably find something here you'll benefit from using.

• The "Phantom typist" bug fixer (1 Kbyte) : If you've experienced strange things happening when entering text (i.e. using a text editor, word processor etc.) this patch may well cure your problems.

• NVDI fixer (13 Kbytes): NVDI (New Virtual Device Interface) is a widely used screen-accelerator (invaluable to most who have started using it). This program fixes some minor bugs for versions 3.00 until 4.11 release 4.

• TOS shell-function trap fixer (11 Kbytes): Fixer for some of TOS' shell function calls; (shel_envrn(), shel_find(), shel_read(), and shel_writ().

• SOS TOS 2.06 (223 Kbytes): A whole range of fixers as well as utilities for TOS 2.06 (which is the latest TOS version for ST users).

• TOS-patch 2.06 UK (24 Kbytes): TOS 2.06 fixes, mainly for the United Kingdom version.

• TOS 2.06 fixes/utilities (224 Kbytes): Yet another TOS 2.06 fix/utility package- allows you to repatch TOS and finally replace the existing ROM chips with your own programmed EPROMs -This file is in German.

• TOS 3.06 fixes/utilities (229 Kbytes): Same as above, but for TOS 3.06 -This file is also in German.

• VDI fixer (5 Kbytes): This fixes a few bugs concerning the VDI workstations (Virtual Device Interface) which several TOS versions had. -In German.

• Arrowfix (19 Kbytes): A patch which fixes the window-scrolling bug.
  This little program goes in the AUTO folder and removes a bug where a single mouse-click is sometimes intepreted as two clicks, forcing the window to scroll down two lines instead of one.

• Fserial (52 Kbytes): Software for increasing the speed of the modem port.

• HSmodem 07 (124 Kbytes): Get better reliability from your modem as this adds better modem routines than TOS is able to, and with added hardware circuitry such as RSVE you can even use modern, fast modems above the original 19200 limit of the Atari ST!

• RSVE (26 Kbytes): A relatively simple hardware project which modifies the Atari ST in such a way that you can use high-speed modems, and not be bound by the standard 19200 baud limitations.
  Works well together with HSmodem which is needed for the computer to recognize the improved hardware.

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