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- ALL THE UTILITIES ON THIS DISK WILL WORK WITH AMIGA DOS V2.0 ASWELL AS
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- 1.1, 1.2, AND 1.3 VERSIONS - UPDATED BY GEARS FOR ZIRCON
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- PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE :-
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- NO demos or intros at the start of the disk which may stop things like
- Graphics Rippers or Sound Rippers from working properly.....
- NO "Ego-boosting" tactics
- NO "I've got 932173283792479274 utilities on MY disk, you've only got
- 924247274627462".....Sorry Demolisher, but it's the truth - face it.
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- *** Late news :-
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- 1) Menu's were supposed to be in alphanumerical order, but something went
- wrong somewhere.
- 2) Thanx to Crazy Joe's P.D. - Poor Joe is overworked at the moment!
- 3) Thanx to NBS for sending me a disk I did'nt order - I payed for two and
- you send me three - AND they're on TDK Electron Beam disks !
- 4) Disk shortages are becoming more apparent....It's up to 30% more to buy
- 10 disks now than the same time last year. (I think)
- 5) This disk is released late 'cus I had loadsa set-backs including A-Level
- homework, viruses, and a whole load of other stuff
- 6) The BBC's new programme "Caught In The Act" is a complete copy of ITV's
- "You've Been Framed" which is a complete copy of SKY T.V.'s etc...etc..etc..
- 7) I've have disposed of the "List Menu" which was listing the menu after
- a program had run becuase I know you guys like to "play" with the utils
- before going back to the menu, so I left the return command out. Thanx to
- all the members who wrote in pointing this out.
- 8) NOTE TO BEATMASTER - This disk is not an "Ego boost" for our group, and
- does not attempt to fit 200 or more utilities into one disk. My motto is
- QUALITY NOT QUANTITY.
- 9) DON'T BUY THE DEMOLISHER 202 UTILITIES DISK !!! Most of the utilities
- don't work and the whole disk hasn't been tested properly. Some of the
- utilities are chained off each other (You have three or four different
- utilities which are really the same utility - pathetic)
- 10) I have put all doc files on this disk and full details on exactly how
- to use each utility are in these files.
- 11) If any of these utilities are shareware please give a donation to the
- author if you use and enjoy the program....We P.D. guys are mad dudes who
- work for nothing !!!
- 12) This disk has been tested on V1.3 and V2.04. All programs work on these
- models. If you have an earlier version of this disk, send it to me and I'll
- copy this one for you - free of charge - then send it back to you. Three
- programs have been omitted (the ones that did'nt work on the Plus) and
- replaced with equally good ones.
- 13) The new Amiga Plus no longer says "Break - CLI" but "Break - Shell" !
- Nice !! Adding shell into the ROM is a HUGE improvement !!!
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- ZIRCON INFORMATION
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- Put that iron in your pocket, eat that nuclear warhead, keep your nose
- pointing south, stick a biro in your ear, dribble on the keyboard, sit on
- a box of sugar puffs and put your 3D shades on because we're back with ...
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- Z I R C O N M E G A U T I L S I I
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- Yeh, yeh, yeh I know that there isn't 60 utils like ZIRCON MEGA UTILS I
- but these hot NEW utilities took up so much space that I had to drop the
- whole idea of putting 75 utils on one disk and go for quality not quantity.
- But, one day, who knows ....
- This disk was supposed to be released in mid-December 1991, but along
- came good old Commodore and released the Amiga A500 Plus.
- Oh, great....NICE COMPUTER !!!! The new chips and ROM are a real boost...
- It boots from any drive, internal or externals. There's 1 Meg of Chip-RAM
- on-board, and a battery backed-up clock aswell (No, you can't get a virus in
- the clock). Pity about the timing Commodore, you could have told us a bit
- more about it!!!!!!
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- If you're considering getting one, heres some comparisons :-
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- A500 A500 Plus
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- Higest resolution: 640 x 512 pixels 1280 x 1024 pixels
- (with multi-sync monitor)
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- Workbench: 1.3.3 2.0
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- DOS supplied: AmigaDOS 1.3.2 AmigaDOS 2.0
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- Operating system: Kickstart 1.3 Kickstart 2.04
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- Memory (chip RAM): 512 Kb 1024 Kb (1Mb)
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- Custom chips: Agnus/Fast Agnus Super Fat Agnus
- Denise Super Denise
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- THE BIT WHERE I GO ONTO A DIFFERENT SUBJECT AND CAN'T THINK WHAT TO CALL IT
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- As I type it is the middle of winter here in the U.K. and it is FREEZING !
- Last night it was -10 degrees celcius !!! That IS cold .... and it hasn't
- got warmer than 2 degrees celcius over the past 4 days !!! It's cold, foggy,
- and there's ice everywhere .... If I were you I'd stay here and enjoy this
- disk ....
-
- Anyway, I'm going to ask anybody who has this disk in there possesion to
- send me......... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING !!!!!!
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- NO SHAREWARE FEES - NO UPDATE FEES - NO STUPID "GIVE ME MONEY OR ELSE" FEES
-
- But there is a catch (Oh, no...I thought so) all I ask of you (YES YOU!) is
- to SEND THIS DISK TO ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE !!!!! YES!!! Send it
- to any P.D. library which doesn't already have this disk.....If you do this
- the library will probably give you a free P.D. disk in return (You have to be
- fast, though, or somebody else will do it !) Send it to your mates, your
- teachers (Maybe not) even your granny (Errr.....Don't give it to them in a
- birthday present, 'cus they'll probably use it as a coaster)
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- THE FORMALITIES !
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- This disk has been distributed into the Public Domain. It is P.D. as long
- as none of the files contained on this disk are altered or modified in any
- way. Programs can be copied from this disk to your own disks and this disk,
- in its unaltered state, may also be copied.
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- Zircon has the right to place this, and any Copyright on their software, as
- have the authors of all the utilities on this disk. If this disk is altered
- in any way, you are breaching that Copyright.
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- Please contribute to any programs which are Shareware.
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- THE BIT WHICH YOU WANTED TO READ..THE ACTUAL ZIRCON INFORMATION !!!! (COO!)
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- Zircon - The HOTTEST, started in 1988 and (after a few name changes) is
- still going strong ... (Incidently, if you want to become a Zircon member,
- read the next text file...DO IT NOW !!!!! NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW!!!!!! NOW!!!)
- So, err.....(Calculations.....Click..Ding!) Its been going for 4 (and a bit)
- years in 1992 !!!!
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- Hey, if any of you wonderful people want a good strategic racing game, try
- LPD 44 from Deja Vu ... Its featured in CU Amiga (Page 87) and is available
- from any good P.D. library or Deja Vu themselves. It's written by my mate
- Steve Rennocks and is compatible with all Amiga's (1 Meg needed) I do a bit
- of work for them so I thought I'd give them a bit of a plug. It's called
- Formula One Challenge and its &3.50.
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- My hands are cold !!! And the external drive doesn't like this temperature
- at all !!! Somebody send me a few quid for the gas bill !!
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- This is a Public Domain disk, it may be distributed in any manner as
- long as it is unaltered.
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- By the way, if you're wondering what the word Zircon means, get out the
- Oxford English Dictionary and you'll find this :-
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- Zircon n. Translucent crystalline native silicate of zirconium used as a
- gem.
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- More recently, it's been the name applied to the MEGA TOP SECRET U.S.
- spy satellite which (apparently) runs on technology light years ahead of it's
- time.
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- As you can see, it's a pretty KICKIN` name for a KICKIN` group !
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