Short:        Fish disk 0588
Uploader:     Fish Disks <aminet aminet net>
Type:         misc/fish
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


This is disk 588 of the freely distributable AMIGA software library.
Below is a listing of the significant directories and their contents.


FifoLib		FIFO: is like PIPE: but is based on fifo.library rather
		than its own implementation.  Fifo.library is a general
		fifo library implementation that supports named fifos,
		writing to a fifo from a hardware exception, multiple
		readers on a fifo with each getting the same data stream,
		efficient reading, and automatic or manual flow control.
		Programs that require non-blocking IO can access one side
		of a FIFO: connection via the fifo.library instead of the
		FIFO: device.  Version 3.4, an update to version 3.1 on disk
		519.  Includes some source.
		Author:  Matt Dillon

FracBlank	A commodities screen blanker written for AmigaOS release
		2.x.  When running will blank the screen and start to draw
		real plane fractals such as described in the September 1986
		issue of Scientific American.  The resulting images may
		remind you of spiders' webs, lace or even the Chladnian
		patterns formed by grains of sand strewn across a vibrating
		surface.  This is version 1.8, an update to version 1.4 on
		disk 535, and includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements
		(such as multicolor mode).  Includes source in `C' and
		assembly language.
		Author:	 Olaf `Olsen' Barthel

MandelSquare	Yet another program to generate images from the Mandelbrot
		set, different from most implementations in that it runs
		only under AmigaOS 2.x, requires an '020/'030/'040 CPU and a
		numerical coprocessor.  The calculation routines were
		written in '881 assembly language for maximum speed and
		precision.  Also included is a `movie mode' which allows
		generation of long camera zooms to spots in the Mandelbrot
		set.  The resulting animations can be saved in ANIM-opt-5
		format, allowing to replay them using `MandelSquare' or
		standard animation software.  Version 1.3, includes source
		in `C' and assembly language.
		Author:	 Olaf `Olsen' Barthel