Where THE STORE! went....what packages are available
Jim Webb
jrw at mtune.ATT.COM
Tue Feb 6 11:46:34 AEST 1990
All....
As people have found out, THE STORE! has closed. An end of
an era and all that :-) In any case, the following packages can be
released to the world, but, please, I do not want any flames telling me
that HDB is not listed! What is listed here is what I have been told
can be released. I open the floor for suggestions on their distribution.
My 1st idea was to uuencode them and then post them to unix-pc.sources,
but I am open to suggestions since this would mean posting over 20,000
blocks to netnews in one shot, and that times the number of systems out
there is a pretty hefty number :-) I am open to just about anything save
getting mail asking me to send them out individually to people; I wish I
had the time, but I don't :-( If "someone" out there has a box with the
above number of blocks free, I will be glad to help them set up a new
store.... Or maybe, there is nothing of interest listed below, and all
of this is moot :-) Anyway, these are the available packages:
4014EM: A 4014 Emulation for the UNIX PC! .... this port allows the
use of the terminal emulator from within the UNIX PC telephone
manager. It replaces the foundation set terminal emulator
(async_main) with a new one which allows SLK selection of 4014
or VT100 mode. Updated 6/86 to use mouse input and other good
stuff! Written by Terry Kovacs based on UNIX PC code
CLEANOFFICE: Is your Office window getting too crowded? Would you like
to customize your menu structure? Then this is the tool for
you! With CLEANOFFICE you can create new menus, move stuff
to them, have duplicate entries, and in general make your
user interface what YOU want it to be!
By: T. S. Greenwood
COMPRESS: File compression tool - gets about 50-60% compression of text
files using Lempel-Ziv encoding. The claim is that it
outcompresses the standard pack(1). Comes with an uncompress
and zcat tool of course .... and a full man page describing
several options.
Ported by John Leon
CTC: This is a program designed to make the interface to
CTRACE a little easier (see above) - naturally it
requires that you have CTRACE and a development set
to run.
Created by Joe Steffan and ported by Harold Bamford
CTRACE: This is a C debugging tool created to help in finding some
of the more obscure types of bugs .... It reads the named
C files, inserts printf() lines to report the values of
variables and the line numbers, and writes the modified
programs to standard output. It can then be compiled and
run. The output may be massive ... but sometimes it's the
only way .... naturally requires the development set.
Created by Joe Steffan and ported by Harold Bamford
DSH: The DOS Shell - this is a set of aliases for KORN
shell users which emulate the syntax and function
of MS-DOS2 commands. This could be handy to help
DOS users bridge the gap to UNIX!
Written by: D.B.Preston and W.M.Brelsford
Ported by: Steve Coffin
HACK: Similar to ROGUE but with twice as many monsters,
tricks, and a little dog that follows you around.
Try this one if you're all rogue'd out .... complete
with some introductory documentation. (Version 1.0.3)
(updated on 08/24/86)
Original by Jay Fenlason, updated by Andries Brouwer
Ported by Nigel Haslock and Larry Weber
HFC3.0: **FOR VERSION 3.0 ONLY** - If you have a UNIX PC and an ISN, Datakit,
Sytek, or Ungermann-Bass connection, you need this installable driver.
It allows both terminal emulation and uucp using tty000 at RS232 speeds
(up to 19.2Kb)! You can run EMACS on a remote host! A must for
ISN sites like MT, FJ (soon) and HO (soon). Includes many of the tty
driver fixes you've been waiting for. WARNING: most of these LANs will
need to be set up specially to use EIA (RTS/CTS) flow control.
Version 2.4. 10/1/86 NOT for VERSION 3.5 use only on 3.0
Not for system 85 data module connections!
Contributed by: Jonathan Clark and Chun Liew
HFC3.5: **FOR VERSION 3.5 ONLY** - If you have a UNIX PC and an ISN, Datakit,
Sytek, or Ungermann-Bass connection, you need this installable driver.
It allows both terminal emulation and uucp using tty000 at RS232 speeds
(up to 19.2Kb)! You can run EMACS on a remote host! A must for
ISN sites like MT, FJ (soon) and HO (soon). Includes many of the tty
driver fixes you've been waiting for. WARNING: most of these LANs will
need to be set up specially to use EIA (RTS/CTS) flow control.
Version 3.1. 12/2/86 NOT for VERSION 3.0 use only on 3.5
Not for system 85 data module connections!
Contributed by: Jonathan Clark and Chun Liew
IHVDIAG: If you just made a hardware card for the UNIX PC and you
want to create diagnostics for it, this is for you. If you
are not an Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) - skip it.
Created by Mark Smith
MONITOR: A new libmon.a that allows monitor(3) and profile(2) to work.
If you want to use profiling or monitoring on the UNIX
PC you should get this library to make it work!
From Julia Harper
ROGUE: A game of dungeons and dragons that takes place on
your screen! Complete with full documentation.
This version is known as Superrogue 9.0!
Ported by Steve Coffin
WSDB: A windowed sdb(1). If you are a user of the sdb(1)
symbolic debugger then you'll want the windowed version.
Provides the features of sdb(1) but allows easier
debugging of full-screen or windowed applications.
(updated 01/01/86)
Windowized by Larry Weber
ADVENTURE FINALLY! The classic on which all others are modelled is
here. This is the origional Adventure game which started it
all. But for those of you who already got the covetted 350
out of 350 points there is still a reason to play this version.
This is the brand-spanking-new version of UNIX Adventure.
The cave is almost twice as big as before, and has lots of new
creatures in it.
Ver: 1.0 (08/87)
Contributed by: David Platt and Ken Wellsch.
AMAZE: Walk a maze - FROM THE INSIDE - makes use of some of
the neat graphics capabilities of the 7300 so that you
can walk around INSIDE a maze rather than on top of it.
Created by: Fred Hicinbothem
ARC: Provides an easy interface to ar(1). Uses an english style
interface instead of the one letter codes of ar.
Also provides online help, and full documentation.
Ver: 2.0 (3/87)
Contributed by: Daniel Keys.
ATC: Train for a new field! Prepare for a new career. Play this
game enough and you too could become an Air Traffic Controller.
The objective is to guide the incoming planes through your air
space, and to the appropriate runway for landing or take off.
Just when you think you've got the hang of it, it gets harder.
Ver: 1.1 (3/87)
Contributed by: S.Coffin.
BACKGAMMON: This is the second backgammon submission to THE STORE!
The display is still curses-like but this one offers on-line
help. I haven't ever tried playing them against each other
so for the time being both this one and VBACK will remain
available. If you're a backgammon fanatic, let me know
which you prefer.
Submitted by: J. S. Walden
BIGBEN: This tool gives you a full screen clock for the 3B1
It prints the current hours and minutes in banner(1) format
and the full date in normal format on the bottom of the
screen until an Enter is hit. It updates the screen every
60 seconds by default or every 'n' seconds where 'n' is the
first argument to the command.
by: Jerry Martinez. (8/24)
CALCULATOR: A four function calculator with memory for your "Office"!
Fully windowized with user Help available - it really
looks great .... AND it does the job!
(updated with 6/15 catalog - now version 2)
Created by: Gregg Stratton of Computer Dimensions
CAPCTRL3.0: **REQUIRES RELEASE 3.0** This is a loadable device driver
that makes your "Caps Lock" key be the "Ctrl" key and vice
versa! When installed, you can switch between 'normal' and
'reversed' functionality as desired. Also switches between
your active windows without using the suspd, choose, rsume
sequence. (THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH RELEASES PRIOR TO 3.0!)
Created by: Paul Fox (updated 08/24)
CAPCTRL3.5: **REQUIRES RELEASE 3.5** This is a loadable device driver
that makes your "Caps Lock" key be the "Ctrl" key and vice
versa! When installed, you can switch between 'normal' and
'reversed' functionality as desired. This does not switch
between your active windows without using the suspd, choose,
rsume sequence.
(THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH RELEASES PRIOR TO 3.5!)
Created by: Steve Coffin (updated 12/86)
CASINO: The time-honored game of Blackjack has been ported to the
UNIX PC. Full casino rules including splits, doubles,
and insurance are available while you watch the cards
being dealt on your screen. Practice up and break the
bank at Atlantic City!
Ported and Pixelized by: Bill Libby
COMM_DOCS: Three memos on modems, remote print, and Email. They
contain some helpful hints on configuring an external modem for
use on any EIA port, setting up a system to do remote printing,
and getting the kinks out of your email setup.
From Keith Palmby of Convergent Technologies
CPR: C-program printer will neatly format the output of your
C programs within a directory. Very useful for providing
program documentation.
Original by Joe Steffan et al; ported by Harold Bamford
CRYSTAL: The first UNIX PC text adventure! Patterned after the
original Adventure game, you move about Crystal Cave
by giving one or two word commands while searching for 26
treasures - but beware the dwarves, djinn, balrog, unicorns,
pirate, Forest Ranger, bugbear, and assorted other nasties!
(updated to version 1.7 on 08/24 to provide better rope tricks)
Recoded in C and ported by Kevin O'Gorman
CSCOPE: A great tool if you ever have to examine code - allows
the user to get a sense of the overall structure without
detailed examination of stacks of paper. For C coders.
(updated 6/15/86 with 03/86 version)
Original by Joe Steffen, Ported by Harold Bamford
ELOCK: Provides a lock for your PC. No need to worry about leaving
the PC logged in. Not even Suspd works while this program is
running. It puts up a new window with LOCKED written in it,
and prompts for the user's password. It exits when the correct
password is entered.
Ver: 1.02 (3/87)
Contributed by: Svante C. Seleborg.
ENGINE: A demonstration of low level graphics access.
It draws an engine which runs at the given speed
for the specified length of time.
Ver: 1.0 (3/87)
Contributed by: Amperfax Corp.
FATBIT: This is the beginnings of a picture drawing tool.
It's main use as delivered is the creation of icons
or small pictures which are then translated into
a static array initialization suitable for adding
to your C programs to use with wrastop operations.
COMPLETE WITH C SOURCE, EXECUTABLE, AND MAKEFILE!
Created by Fred Hicinbothem
FONTS: Some C source, makefiles, and assorted stuff to start
you off experimenting with fonts. There are two simple
C programs which display various fonts, plus there are
three old english fonts in varying sizes.
Created by Kevin Redden and Fred Hicinbothem
FORM_MAKER: This is a MUST for anyone writing code for the UNIX PC
that uses forms .... no more fooling around with those
C structures, recompiling, looking, changing, ad nauseum.
NOW you can simply use a screen editor interface (like vi)
to draw your form - then use the form_maker to make it
just right with SLKs, comments on the form, command menus
for the fields, labels, help, etc. - ALL INTERACTIVELY!!!
Then, when you're done, a C source file will be waiting
for you that you can imbed in your application code.
A boon to mankind by: Ray Fyhr (with README document)
GOB: A very elemental adventure with tongue in cheek nature.
Moves are made by choosing between a few alternatives at
each stage. Accumulate gold, luck, curses, and experience
on your way to the rescue of a prince or princess.
Ported by Kevin O'Gorman
HRDCPY: A program that allows all I/O to a terminal to be saved in a
file. The advantage over tee(1) is that command line
editting and history are available (like ksh in emacs mode).
Original code by Mike Veach
Ported by Harold Bamford
ICON: The Icon programming language was developed at the
University of Arizona under an NSF grant. It is a
high-level language with extensive facilities for
processing strings and lists which incorporates many
novel features. It has been compared to SNOBOL.
Version 5.10 by R.E.Griswold and W.H.Mitchell (8/85)
Ported by: Rick Fonorow
ICONOCLAST: Are you bored with the little "working" icon with the AT&T
symbol that shows up in the lower right-hand corner???
Use this neat little tool to change it to anything you want!
NOTE: You MUST have a development set to use this !!!!
A team effort based on pieces by:
J.C.McMillan, S.Coffin, F.Hicinbothem, and D.H.Nochlin
INEDIT: A "front-end" program to apply input line editting and history
(like ksh in emacs mode) to any interactive program. Useful
for dumb interactive programs like sdb(1).
Original code by Mike Veach
Ported by Harold Bamford
INSTALLDOC: This document provides a tutorial on how to create
installable software packages for the UNIX PC. It
tells you how to package your application so that it
can be distributed via floppy disk or via THE STORE!
This is a MUST if you're a developer ....
A stellar effort by: Fred Hicinbothem
LARN: This game is similar in style to Rogue and Hack, but with a different
feel to it - you search the caves for a cure for the dreaded
disease your daughter has contracted, while encountering all manner
of interesting things. This is version 12.0 as captured from usenet.
Created by: The Prince of Gems (alias Noah Morgan)
Maintained by: James McNamara
Ported by: Ed Barlow and Fred Hicinbothem
LESS: The best pager in the world - better than more, pgr, or page. Allows
forward and backward paging plus built-in help for a multitude of
commands. Plus a full manual page.
Ported by: T. W. Beattie
LOGO: Logo is a computer programming language which was designed to be
both simple to use and powerful. It was designed by scientists at
MIT and Bolt, Beranek, and Newman based on LISP but with far easier
notation for the beginner. This version of Logo was originally coded
in C at the Boston Children's Museum and extensively modified at the
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional HS, hence it is known as LSRHS Logo.
It has extensive command help, and nroff'able documentation.
Have fun with the turtle-graphics by writing simple programs
to draw stuff on your screen - excellent beginners language!
Ported and windowized by Tim Thompson
MAGIC: A simple adventure game using two word commands for new adventurers.
If you're just getting started with adventures and you're not ready
for CRYSTAL, this may be for you. Find your way into and explore a
mountain cavern using two word commands.
Ported by Kevin O'Gorman
MOUSE: Now for your stealing pleasure, the source code
for two of the games contained in the SCREENGAMES
package - bounce.c and etch.c ! Learn the secrets
of mouse handling by examining these two short
programs - complete with the Makefile - all you
need is a development set and away you go ....
Packaged by F. Hicinbothem
Originals by S. Coffin and W. Colon
MSDOSW: MSDOS Format and Write functionality soon to be released
in 3.0 is yours NOW! Allows you to put UNIX files onto
DOS disks for reading by MSDOS. If this is the sort of
thing you want to do, this facility lets you do it!
Created by Walter Gregory
MTOOLS: This is a set of tools for using MS-DOS floppies on the UNIX
PC. It comes from Emmet Gray, via usenet. These commands
make it much more like using MS-DOS commands to manipulate
the floppies, and are much better than the stuff that is
supplied with the System software (you couldn't remove
files!)
Ver: 1.2 (08/87)
Contributed by: Emmet Gray and Dave Wood.
NGREP: This is the blindingly fast Boyer-Moore grep variant from
usenet (James A. Woods, author). It uses Henry Spencer's
public-domain regexp(3) routines, also from usenet.
Darryl Waggoner did the packaging for the 7300, and
distributed sources on usenet.
Packaging for THE STORE (and egrep, in case you don't have
the real one) courtesy of Dave Wood.
Ver: 1.0 (08/87)
Contributed by: James Woods and Dave Wood.
OTHELLO: Play the game of OTHELLO. 0, 1, or 2 can play. Each
player places stones using the mouse. The program also
keeps track of past game statistics, offers easy, medium
and hard games, and provides full help.
A fun game. Version 1.1 12/86
Created by: Rick Sladkey
PACMAN: That old video favorite as ported to the UNIX world. This
is the version for old-style character terminals so it
doesn't make use of all the possible UNIX PC graphics, but it's
still fun to play - unless the monsters eat you!
Submitted by: Bob Schreibmaier
PHONESRC: Some source code to help figure out how to use the modem
and dialer. This original C code is the labor of someone who
spent a good deal of time trying to figure out the program-
matice interface to the dialer and modem - and ended up with a
rudimentary terminal emulator. He donated the C source to us
so that later generations wouldn't have to suffer so much!
Thanks to: Kevin O'Gorman
PONG: Well, here it is - somebody took the source code from
SCREENGAMES and fixed it so pong doesn't cheat - or so
I'm told! No source code this time, just a revised game!
Submitted by: R. A. Brown
PROG_CALC: A programmers calculator - hex, octal, AND, OR, XOR !
Lets you calculate in signed or unsigned, long or short
or char, and decimal or octal or hex. Perform AND, OR,
XOR, shifts, and modulos. Fully windowed with HELP!
Created by: Gregg Stratton of Computer Dimensions
QUIZ: The /usr/games quiz - with the standard very hard questions!
Ported by Mike Ody
REMINDERS This replaces the UNIXCAL Package. The UNIX
calendar(1) command - plus a windowed entry form! Enter
things you want to be reminded of, and automatically receive
mail on the day (and the day before) the event! A great
appointment reminder function you use from your Office or
from UNIX. ALSO - A real egrep and fgrep are included!
Now provides better date verification, moves the calendar file
into the Filecabinet and provides an option to edit it.
origionally Ported by Bob Lewis and Windowized by Fred Hic
Ver: 1.1 (3/87)
Contributed by: Jeffery Small.
ROSE: This package provides three design-drawing programs originally
developed for the BLIT terminal. They are self cycling and
randomized but can also accept user parameters. They are
basically polar plots of assorted types.
[Note: you must install the system drivers (2 floppy set) that
came with your Foundation Set to use this one.]
Ported by: Pete Maurer
SCREENGAMES: Three games that use the capabilities of the UNIX PC.
Life (a pattern growth game); Bounce (our first try
at a PONG game; and Etch (use the mouse to draw).
Originals by: Steve Coffin, Kurt Kanaskie, and Willy Colon
SE This is a screen oriented version of ed. All the commands
which ed understands also work here. So for all of you out
there who didn't want to learn vi or emacs but wanted a full
screen editor, this is for you!
Ver: 1.0 (08/87)
Contributed by: Arnold Robbins.
SEE: A cross between grep, head, and tail to see specified lines.
SEE will let you print lines surrounding a keyword, or will
let you specify prcisely the lines of an ascii file you want to see.
Created by Dennis Rister
SHAH: ..... is our first entry in the UNIX PC CHESS tournament.
Provides a display of the board and movement by clicking on
the pieces with the mouse .... averages between 15 and 30
seconds per move. If you play CHESS for fun, you should
enjoy trying to beat the SHAH !!! (updated 03/01 with fixes)
Created by Jim Bennett
SNAKE: An old favorite - march your snake around the screen to collect
the booty - but be careful, the more you collect the longer the
snake gets! It's all over when you run into yourself or a wall!
Use the h,j,k,l (and H,J,K,L) keys to move around.
Submitted by : Jerry Martinez
TREK: STAR TREK - the ASCII Terminal version from /usr/games
Ported by Mike Ody
TWE: This is a typewriter interface for a standard printer.
It makes your printer act like a typewriter but also
provides some very limitted editting functions. It
handles different page sizes, margins, and allows you
the choice of sending output to the printer after every
character, line or page. Great for one page letters,
labels, 4" X 6" 'Buck' slips, or create your own format.
Ver: 1.10 (8/86)
Contributed by: Dave Neal.
UNIXCAL: The UNIX calendar(1) command - plus a windowed entry form!
Enter things you want to be reminded of, and automatically
receive mail on the day (and the day before) the event!
A great appointment reminder function you use from your Office
or from UNIX. ALSO - A real egrep and fgrep are included!
Ported by Bob Lewis and Windowized by Fred Hic
UNIXGAMES: The old favorites: arithmetic, backgammon, blackjack, craps,
fish, fortune, hangman, mastermnd, maze, moo, number, ttt, wump
Ported by Mike Ody
VBACK: Visual Backgammon with three levels of play, doubling, and
a "curses-type" display. This was the initial backgammon game
for the UNIX PC. Let me know if you prefer this one or
the BACKGAMMON version above!
Original by R.A.Brown and G.K.Francis
Ported by R.A.Brown
VIKEYS: This tool allows you to use all the 3B1's extra keys like
Exit, Move, Prev, and all the others in vi. Especially great
for the new user of enhanced ed who doesn't want to learn all
the special features of vi but would still like to use them.
Contributed by: Reuel Robertson. (8/24)
Packaged by: Susan M. Woodbury.
VSH: The Visual shell. A shell designed especially to ease the
effort of programming - well integrated with editor and
compilation tools. Full manual pages included.
Original by Joe Steffan; ported by Harold Bamford
VSPELL: A beautiful screen oriented spelling checker for ascii files!
If you have the UNIX PC Document Preparation package (nroff, spell,
and all that good stuff) then VSPELL is for you. Check spelling
in any flat ascii file using the spell(1) facility, but with a user
interface that makes it downright pleasurable! With documentation.
A boon to personkind from: Brian Downs
WINDY: A neat little tool to modify or examine the window parameters
as described in window(7). Use the source to learn how to deal
with windows. The tool itself is great - run "windy vi" to get a
full screen vi that goes away on completion, or change your window
parameters whenever you want. Sent with full documentation on use!
Created by: Jim Reeds
WORLD: This is an Adventure style game. Instead of a
cavern however you are on a survey expedition to
an alien world. Points are scored in samples
collected, and items found. All this to get out
of latrine duty!
Ver: 1.0 (08/87)
Contributed by: Doug McDonald and Dave Wood.
XLISP: A public domain version of the LISP programming
language - an experimental object oriented language.
This is version XLISP 1.4 from the original which
appeared in net.source on NETNEWS.
Original and documentation by David Betz
Ported to good old UNIX PC by Don deCourcelle
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