Sonderdisk

Special disks are a series of commercial programs which were distributed by Maxon Computer GmbH at a price of less than 100 Deutschmarks. Unlike the Special-Line-Disks of the Heim Verlag, the special disks were never published on CD. Whoever owns such a disk should archive it immediately. A database with descriptions and screenshots of the programs was published with the public domain database of Maxon.

Disk series: Sonderdisk

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  • Ariadne 3
    Ariadne is an object-oriented drawing program, i.e. graphic objects can be changed at will even afterwards. It also offers the possibility to open any graphic object (with a double click), whereupon a new drawing layer is provided. The objects on this layer can then be opened again, and so on. This hierarchical structure is particularly suitable for the hierarchical representation of complicated things, e.g. block diagrams, circuits, process and program sequences, terms and knowledge. Of course Ariadne can also be used as a drawing program only and offers completely different possibilities than a pixel oriented painting program due to its object orientation.
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  • Patience
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  • Panda
    Not everyone has two monitors. In our country, color monitors are rare and not everyone wants to have a second one next to their b/w monitor. But nevertheless many would like to run a color game or test during programming if their program would run on color. PANDA offers an ideal solution. PANDA emulates the color mode on a b/w monitor. Once started, your ST wakes up in low or medium resolution: Emulation of medium and low resolution, grayscale conversion, four-frame mode, saving the image in 32K and DEGAS format, variable setting of the refresh rate, display of the original image. Despite the enormous computing work that PANDA has to do in the background, it reaches speeds of up to 90% depending on the image frequency.
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  • Special Paint
    Top-class painting program, many features: independent recognition of many graphic formats, fully automatic conversion of color graphics to b/w graphics, GEM image files can be edited up to screen size (e.g. Word plus, Time Works), etc.
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  • Opaque
    How about a functional and original desktop? Opaque offers the possibility to assign an icon to each program. Gone are the days when there were only 3 icons. Each program now presents itself through a meaningful icon. Even the drives can be changed. Furthermore you can define the icons with wildcards, e.g. *.BAS, *TXT, *.ACC or even WORD????.PRG for different program versions. The program contains over a hundred new icons, own icons are easy to create with the included editor and can be assigned to any program or file. Only useful with TOS 1.0, 1.02 and 1.04
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  • Tristan
    For all music lovers who not only play from sheet music, but also write on sheet music, the TRISTAN music notation system offers the ideal opportunity to put their music on paper professionally. Scores of up to 100 pages with a maximum of 32 staves per page can be edited. All the symbols commonly used in classical music notation, including percussion and grace notes, can be edited conveniently with the mouse. Several clefs, collective flags, trills and slurs are also available. As a special bonus, an automatic transpose function is built in, which saves a lot of effort when changing keys. A printout is possible on 9- and 24-needle printers, whereby the print image is optimized by an internal higher resolution of the characters (similar to Signum!).
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  • ICSIM 3
    The program simulates the behavior of logic electronic circuits. Blocks and connections are dragged by mouse. Thus a circuit can easily be tested before putting it into practice. ICSIM contains all common devices (e.g. 74xx), a circuit can contain up to 32 inputs and 250 devices. NEW:
    • workspace larger than screen
    • Now with IC generator with max. 8 inputs per device - definition of own devices using logic tables
    • Summarization of a circuit to a device
    • Output of logic tables
    • 9 and 24-needle drivers
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Sonderdisk 028
  • Master Etikett 3
    Prints labels of all kinds. VHS video, Video 2000, floppy disk, cassette, package and folder labels; never again incorrectly labeled stickers. All data is easily entered and can be saved for later use. For floppy disk stickers, the directory is automatically read in on request. Each label can be given a personal touch with different fonts (also SPEEDO) and graphic clips, and additional functions of a drawing program are available. Data loading/saving, data interface e.g. to databases, optimized 24-pin dot matrix printing, new label shapes. Executable from TOS 1.04.
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  • EasyStat
    EASYSTAT is used to calculate and illustrate statistical procedures. In addition to descriptive statistics, inductive statistics are also taken into account. It is suitable for all users of statistics (scientists, technicians, students). A built-in simple command language enables users to write test procedures themselves. It includes a specially designed editor and an on-line help system. Excellent graphic output.
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  • Ultradisk
    Ultradisk is an ultra-fast, resizable, reset-proof and reset-resident RAM disk for all TOS versions. The size and the drive identification can be freely determined, and all this without loss of content and without rebooting the computer. Also included is an ultra-fast printer spooler, which ensures that you can continue working while the computer is still sending data to the printer. Also included are a mouse speeder, a time display and a screen saver.
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  • FastSectorBackup
    Hard disk backup. Security through data backup. FastSectorBackup backs up entire partitions as well as specific files, which can be conveniently selected (wildcards, date, archive bit or simply by mouse click). Batch files are available for automation. Backed up files can be restored as desired (also individually). Thus, the program is not only used for backing up the current hard disk, but also for archiving programs.
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  • ST-Himmel
    With this program the view of the starry sky can be calculated for different places and times. It shows all stars (~3000) visible to the naked eye (in good weather) with their names, magnitudes and distances. Furthermore it offers: planets, sun and moon phase, star clusters and nebulae, the constellations, the zodiac and the proper names of 190 stars (e.g. Big Bear instead of Ursa Maior). A zoom option allows a detailed view of the universe.
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  • Länder der Welt
    Geography learning program with easy to understand user interface. Länder der Welt conveys the position of the individual countries on the world map. Where is Togo, for example? Länder der Welt helps and ensures with its training and checking functions that the user does not have to ask this question a second time.
Sonderdisk 040
  • Datist 2.5
    Graphics say more than 1000 numbers, so you should rely on DatiST when evaluating data. DatiST displays your data as cake, row, bar, column and line graphics in several variations, either in 2D or 3D. DATIST also has drawing program functions so that graphics can be labeled or manipulated in many ways. Variable printer adjustment (e.g. Epson 9N/24N, NEC 24N, IBM PPR 24N, IBM AGM 24N, HP Laser, Atari-Laser!...) On Falcon (and only there) an alternative fileselector is needed (e.g. Selectric or the one from Harlekin)
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  • 1stTrenn
    A fast, automatic and precise hyphenation for 1stWord Plus. 1stTrenn replaces the built-in hyphenation aid completely, i.e. is activated automatically instead of the built-in manual hyphenation (F10). Works in the background (accessory), fast and reliable hyphenation, runs with the German language 1stWord Plus versions 1.89, 2.02, 3.15 and 3.20.
Sonderdisk 043
  • Koala
    KOALA, the monochrome emulator, makes it possible to run software written for monochrome monitors (e.g. SIGNUM!) on a color screen. KOALA has the following features:+ Free adjustment of the refresh rate. So you can choose between high frame rate or high computing power.+ Image build-up during disk access can be switched off+ Screen hardcopy on disk (color and b/w image). KOALA is compact, fast and suitable for all ST- TOS versions (1.0-1.6).
Sonderdisk 044
  • GEM-CALCplus 3.6
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  • Yincheng
    This game is based on the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong solitaire. The object of the game is to clear the board, which is filled with 144 tiles. Only two matching tiles positioned according to certain rules may be removed at any one time. YINCHENG contains a two- and a three-dimensional game variant, which differ in the rules, but hardly differ in the quality of play. YINCHENG is an ideal game for cold winter evenings, which will surely captivate everyone to the computer.
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  • Complex
    Quiz with more than 3500 questions from the areas of history, geography, sports, general education, animal world, art, science and theater, the program can be extended with your own questions, thus offering the possibility to create a specialized quiz (e.g. motor world, law, computer science or even foreign language). 1-6 players
Sonderdisk 050
  • BBAUM
    BBAUM is an extremely powerful tool for the program documentation of C, PASCAL and GFA-BASIC programs. Especially the familiarization with foreign source codes is simplified by graphically displaying the function or procedure dependencies in form of a tree. BBAUM examines:
    • C source texts
    • PASCAL source texts
    • GFA-BASIC source code (2.0, 3.0 and 3.5)
    • DMP files (internal tree structure)
    • directories (structure of your hard disk/disk)
    BBaum manages includes or outsourced program parts and automatically adds them to the appropriate places in the main program. Optionally, the routines defined in the system library (e.g., 'printf' or 'getchar') are also displayed. BBAUM also allows to search for a specific name and jumps to that position in the graphic immediately. This is especially useful when creating a directory tree, as it allows you to quickly find a specific file. BBAUM supports all 8-, 9- and 24-needle printers. Depending on the size of the graphic, several matching pages can be printed. For print time optimization, a direct control of the Centronics interface is also implemented. BBAUM also supports the generation of function prototypes, which facilitates the changeover to the new ANSI-C standard.
Sonderdisk 051
  • Ordne HDB
    After frequent writing and deleting on hard disk, the related parts of a file (cluster) are often widely scattered, which leads to considerable delays. The program completely rearranges the structure so that all clusters of a file are directly adjacent to each other. Further functions: rescue or regenerate deleted files, restructuring of directory entries, FAT analysis, occupy defective sectors, show folder structure, change names (disk/folder) and others. ORDNE HDB supports the drivers AHDI, CHDH, ICD, Eickmann-HDplus and Vortex.
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  • Steuerlotse 92
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  • Public Painter 2
    Painting program with many features. Processes packed format or images from Snapshot. Has lasso function, block manipulations, rotate, bend, distort, overlap, resize.
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  • Shorty
    Drawing program as program and accessory. SHORTY is compact, fast and has numerous drawing operations, so that besides the standard operations, extensive block commands (lasso, contour, rotate, mirror, light/dark, small/large, Rambo), a turbo fast magnifying glass, snap, grid, splines and various coordinate systems are available. SHORTY can handle various image formats, supports handy scanners, where it also allows to put an image in the background as a template, and loads SIGNUM! fonts (screen and printer). Thus it is also suitable for quick insertion of large headlines. A virtual large screen (up to 2560*1600 pixels)
Sonderdisk 068
  • SAM 4.7
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  • Fotolab 3
    FOTOLAB processes images with 256 gray levels. It is used to process scanned photos, especially to prepare (rasterize) them for high-quality printing on conventional monochrome dot matrix and laser printers. So you can print scanned grayscale photos in good quality or prepare them for other programs (e.g. Signum, 1stWord, ...)FOTOLAB offers: Digital filters (increase sharpness, enhance contours, smoothing, anti-aliasing, blurring), grayscale manipulations (brightness, contrast, lookup-tabels), as well as rasterizing (flexible rasterizing for various output devices [laser, matrix, photo platesetter]). Absolute image size processing, comfortable user interface, TIFF format, any size of planes during export, e.g. for imagesetters with 2400 dpi.
Sonderdisk 076
  • GEMPlot
    Mathematical function plotter and drawing program with high-resolution print output. Haven't you always been looking for a drawing program or a function plotter that offers not only the resolution of the screen but also the full printer resolution? With GEMPLOT you have found it - finally clean high quality printouts. Image format up to 32000*32000, drawing functions, BGI vector fonts, reading of IMG, STAD, HPGL and GEM-meta. The function plotter works with symbolic derivation, automatic scaling, zero and integral calculation.printout on 8/9 needle (max. 240*216 dpi), 24 needle (max. 360*360 dpi) and HP-DeskJet/LaserJet (max. 300*300 dpi) or compatible printers.
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  • Haushalt-Manager
    The Haushalt-Manager is a program for managing private finances. All income and expenses are under control. Quickly know how much you have spent on the car or how much money you still have in your savings or checking account. Fixed cost management, accounting, sorting by category (eg car, computer, food), searching for amounts and much more makes the Haushalt-Manager your private financial manager. From TOS 1.02
Sonderdisk 078
  • MultiTeX
    TeX is internationally recognized as a top-class typesetting system. For complicated tables or mathematical formulas, automatic content and keyword indexing and optimal printing results. MultiTeX 5.1 is the logical further development of the popular Atari PD TeX 2.0: even more convenience thanks to a completely new shell. Extensive new graphic possibilities with CSG Level 2, fully adapted to MultiGEM (see picture): Under MultiGEM now simultaneously edit, view, print, etc. (MultiTeX of course also runs without MultiGEM). MultiTeX 5.2 runs on all Atari ST/STE/TT and all known graphics cards and large screens, color or b/w. Support for all common printers: 8/9 and 24-needle, Atari Laser, HP DeskJet and LaserJet, CANON and IBM inkjet printers, and of course, to top it all off, PostScript. The package contents are enormous: PLAIN TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, MakeIndex, Large TeX (now configurable), MetaFont: Everything is there. Special TT versions with FPU support are included. Useful additions like editor and RAM disk complete the package.
Sonderdisk 079
  • Little Boot
    You know the situation - you use several programs that either do not understand each other or simply need to run in a different environment. Changing the names of the autostart programs, accessories, desktop infos and Assign SYSs manually is extremely impractical. LittleBoot makes this a breeze. Certain settings can be defined as a set and activated with a click. LittleBoot is activated in the auto folder and runs (nevertheless) in an attractive GEM environment. Optionally, a welcome screen is displayed or a password is requested when starting the computer.
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  • DPE
    DPE is used to display measurement series.The program, which is fully integrated into GEM, allows various display modes, logarithmic scale, automatic scaling, range selection by mouse, regression (Lin, Pot, Exp, Log), display of error bars, as well as the additional display of a function f(x). The editor is used for manual input of the measured values, respectively for changing the imported data, which is especially comfortable due to the block functions (Cut, Copy, Paste). DPE supports the import of measured values via measuring instruments connected to the serial interface (RS 232) and is therefore well equipped for use in laboratories of all kinds. Of course, data can also be entered manually or read from an ASCII file...A calculator with the functions "LN, SIN, COS, TAN, COT, SQR, EXP, INT, ABS, FAK, SGN, DEG, RAD, RND,..." and the constants "PI, NA, k, Vm, e, me, u, h, G" is also helpful. GDOS is necessary for this.
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  • Delite
    With Delite there is finally a real GEM shell available for GFA-BASIC developers. A menu bar, which offers the most important file and setting functions, is available as well as an own desktop with icons for GFA sources, RSC files, finished compilates, text files. Even the obligatory trash can has its place. Of course, all installed accessories (as you would expect from a GEM program) can be used without any restrictions: Every GFA-BASIC project can be placed as an icon on the desktop and loaded into the interpreter with a double kick. For each GFA source an individual setting of parameters, compiler/linker options and environment variables can be defined and automatically saved. This ensures that you will always find the Delite desktop with all your projects as you left it. The compile and link process can be started by pressing a key. Finished compilations appear automatically as icons on the desktop and can be started directly. With an appropriate resource construction set, the popular GEM resources can also be loaded and edited directly with a double click. Switching between the GEM interpreter and RCS is thus reduced to just a few mouse clicks, without tedious searching for the appropriate files. Also ASCII text can be loaded comfortably by double-click into an external text editor, or be transferred to a "View" program (e.g. GUCK). If you program smaller and larger projects (especially GEM programs) in GFA-BASIC, Delite is the ideal development environment.
Sonderdisk 085
  • Karteye
    Manages data of all kinds. Featuring macro functions, mask editor, mailing lists and numerous data masks
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  • DarkStar
    Animated screensaver. A screen saver is used to protect the screen (oh what?!). But screen savers that darken the image are obsolete, so now there is DARKSTAR. After an adjustable time, it offers either a flight through space with animated stars or calculated characters whose shapes are constantly varying. DARKSTAR is multitasking capable, i.e. it lets GEM programs continue to run when the image is switched to dark. DARKSTAR runs in all original resolutions.
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  • SDISK 1.51
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  • 1st Sign
    Sophisticated text system with highest print quality. Pixel accurate (1/90") text positioning, automatic pagination, tabs, indents, block functions, chapter hierarchy, page overview, table of contents.1st_Sign supports graphic integration (IMG) and offers graphic objects (lines and boxes with fill patterns). Printing is done in maximum printer resolution on 24-pin dot matrix and HP Laser (Deskjet)-compatible printers. 1st Sign works with up to ten fonts per document and supports SIGNUM! fonts. An integrated macro processor and a keyboard editor create a comfortable and personal working environment. Clean GEM integration, online help, spooler.
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  • Lazyshell III
    You surely know it. Again and again you have trouble with packed files. LAZYSHELL II is finally an easy to use shell for all unpackers. One push of a button is enough - there is no need to enter annoying parameters. LAZYSHELL supports all packers because it is freely configurable. LZH, ZOO and ARC are included, and under MultiTOS you can continue packing or unpacking in the background, so that you can continue working with another program during this time.
Sonderdisk 093
  • DSP-Kit 1.09
    Since the release of the FALCON series, digital signal processing has been on everyone's lips. Although the DSP-Kit is not (yet) based on the FALCON-DSP, it allows a wide range of simulations of digital signal processing systems - even on "normal" ST/TT's. An ingenious graphical representation of signal processing components and their signal flow circuitry allows (besides more abstract topics like control engineering) also the audible (!) reproduction of sounds (e.g. sound synthesis) on the monitor speaker, a D/A converter on the parallel port (building instructions included), or the DMA sound unit of the STE/TT. Filters of first and second order, characteristic curves, rectifier, sample & hold, signal and spectral display (FFT) incl. optional distortion calculation, delay, integrator, differentiator, subsystems and many more are available. Everything is fully GEM compliant (with WINX max. 31 windows) and very easy to use. The ideal tool (or even the ideal playground) for communications and control engineers who want to "try it out" themselves.
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  • Toolbox
    Toolbox runs as a program and an accessory and is therefore always there when you need to draw something quickly. Toolbox runs fully in GEM (up to 11 windows), offers selected functions, is fast, scrolls when reaching the edge of the window, and has a super-fast magnifying glass function that allows all drawing operations in 4 zoom levels. Snapshot function, clipboard. Printing on 8/9, 24 needle and HP laser, HP Deskjet.
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  • Spielesammlung 1
    Five selected super board games: Turkish Checkers: a strategic checkers variation. Babylonian Queen: a highly tactical checkers game. Qui perd gagne: Polish checkers. Four wins: with 6 boards. Riversi: with 3 game boards. In all 5 games, the computer provides a strong opponent, with different game boards, playing strengths. Mouse control, GEM.
Sonderdisk 097
  • Exotic
    Exotic has nothing to do with distant countries. It is rather a game of skill, which demands dexterity as well as strategy. 55 levels await every motivated player. You will usually only notice after midnight that these are evening-filling tasks. Exotic shines with detailed pictures, which are animated in real time. The ball guided by the mouse only has to follow all the paths of a picture, it's that simple - isn't it?
Sonderdisk 098
  • TeX-Mail 2.0
    Program for comfortable creation of serial letters with TeX. Works with all common databases (e.g. TWIST, Phönix, ...). Ideal for cover letters or just sophisticated address labels. Can be easily integrated into MultiTeX and other TeX systems.
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