xA33ENGLISHUSER.USRZl $  PicaA>A1RC $HRA^P1 A1A1A1A1P1A1** AC5 PD/shareware news / 667 words **A1A1ResourceMaster v2.xA1** RSM2.GIF here **A1This is the first RSC file editor in the same league as thecommercial program Interface. ResourceMaster is capable ofhandling the large colour icon RSC files used by the Thingdesktop. As far as we're aware this is the only RSC editor, apartfrom Interface, capable of handling these large colour icon files.Since Interface has not been available in the UK since Compoclosed the future for ResourceMaster looks very healthy indeed.A1A1ResourceMaster is shareware, programmed by Armin Diedering, inGermany. An English release is under preparation by theTransAction translation crew and UK support should be organised bythe time you read this.A1A1Armin has been programming ResourceMaster since 1992. Earlyreleases were written in OMIKRON BASIC and released through theOMIKRON User Club. Recently Armin switched development over toGNU-C++ and after developing a GEM library work has continued towork on ResourceMaster 2.A1Here's a feature list:A1** bulleted list **A1* Resource files larger than 64KbA1* All flags and object states variableA1* Trees i.e. objects keep in a handy windowA1* Test mode for alert boxesA1* Output files for C, Pascal and BASIC via modulesA1* Names up to 32 characters longA1* DEF, DFN, RSD and HRD definition file import via modulesA1* Full featured and integrated icon editorA1* Standard GEM interfaceA1* Mainly dynamic memory managementA1* Dialogs in windowsA1* Multiple file loadingA1* ST-Guide format hypertext helpA1** end list **A1A1Home Brew GEM!A1** GEMMA.GIF here **A1GEMMA is a STOS extension which enables STOS programs to use realGEM function calls! This means GEM dialogs and the GEM (orreplacement) file selector can be used. A new version of STOS isalso under development to enable the GEM mouse pointer to be usedas well.A1** BC on **A1URL: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/pjones/home.htmA1** BC off **A1A1** German flag here if you can find one **A1News from GermanyA1** Italics intro **A1Most new Atari software originates from Germany so we're delightedto welcome Michael Ruge as a regular correspondent to the AtariComputing news pages. Micheal is an experienced Atarian andcontributor to the respected German ATOS disk magazine.A1** end italics **A1A1There have been plenty of new releases recently, some of them areGerman only at the moment but who knows what happen if there'senough interest.A1A1I've released a new German version of my Chips 'n Chips hypertextwhich includes hardware documentation about TOS and compatiblecomputers and peripherals (hard disks, monitors, Jaguar, ATW800,Hades, Medusa etc.)A1Registration costs 30DM (around 12). The unregistered version isavailable for download from my webpages at:A1** BC on **A1URL: http://members.aol.com/MichRuge@aol.comA1** BC off **A1A1SPIN! release 0.14, programmed by Julian Reschke, is a new CD-ROMfile system driver based on MINT (from Eric Smith) and a installedMetaDOS-BOS Driver!A1Functions included are MINT-XFS on ISO9660, ISO9660/Rockridge,ISO9660/Joliet, ISO9660/Apple, Mac-HFS and Audio-CD.A1A1** ATOS.GIF here **A1On the 7th April the ATOS freeware colour disk magazine inST-Guide/HTML format released their latest issue which containsthe following contents:A1** Bulleted list **A1* CD-ROM on Atari computers with Kodak Photo-CDA1* Home banking with your AtariA1* HadesT60 Computer from Medusa Systems in SwitzerlandA1* GrafTool a creative program for photo reproductionA1* Calamus SL 96A1* GEMAR, SCSI tape streamer software, making backups the easy way!A1** end list **A1** BC on **A1Email: Rainer_Wiesenfeller@w2.maus.deA1URL: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~Thomas.Much/ATOS/A1or http://wwwrzstud.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uk48/ATOS/A1** BC off **A1A1Tommis WorkSpace Manager v1.0A1** TWSM.GIF here **A1TWSM is a fully functioning but time limited shareware "virtualdesktop", programmed by Thomas Knneth. TWSM is designed tominimise desktop clutter by enabling windows to be positionedoff-screen and easily switched between. Includes ST-Guidehypertext help. Registration costs 10DM (around 4) in exchangefor which you get a key to remove the time limit.A1** BC on **A1Email: tskuenne@linguistik.uni-erlangen.deA1** BC off **A1A1SysInfoA1SysInfo v4.02 was released on 24th April 1997. SysInfo is ashareware system diagnostic program which runs on all machinesfrom ST-medium resolution (640x200) or higher. Includes ST-Guidehypertext help. Registration costs DM40 (around 15).A1** BC on **A1Email: Thorsten_Bergner@b.maus.deA1** BC off **