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Ben Williams, the author of all Black Belt Systems software has graciously made all his Amiga Software available to download to the Amiga community.  

This includes:

ImageMaster R/t ver. 1.60 + 3rd party Plug-in Modules
ApAssist
AVT (Amiga Video Terminal for use w/AEA's AVT H/W) ver. 5.50
Board Master ver. 1.19 (PCB S/W)
Digital Soup (Evolutionary Artificial Life)
JakeBoard (S/W for the Physically Challenged)
TalkBoard (S/W for the Physically Challenged)

The link for all this is:
http://www.datapipe-blackbeltsystems.com/amiga.html
You'll note that Ben is offering (under the ImageMaster section on this page) the Windoze version of his ImageMaster successor, WinImages, at a very special & affordable price of US$29.95 (D/L only @ this price!)  I hope there are a few people out there that will purchase it.

There are 2 pieces of software that are missing from this collection.  They are:
FlexOS Emulator
NoteBook

If you have either of these, please send them to me so that I can archive them & send them to Ben, as I did with all his other Amiga S/W.

I believe the FlexOS Emulator is on Amige Format CD #17, which I'm missing.  Someone out there have that?
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 07:41:16 AM »
So you convinced him to release his Amiga goodies, but he didn't have any copies himself?  :-o

Is it important for the stuff to be downloaded from that site, or will it be going onto Aminet later on?

He should probably make sure people aren't under the impression that the software is public domain, if that's the case. I dunno, but if he doesn't state something of the sort, people might start thinking that the for-pay version for windows is also freely distributable, or maybe someone will claim that one version being free makes all versions for free.

Just look at me, now. I'm playing a lawyer on TV.
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 09:07:51 AM »
I have never used ImageMaster, it is a graphics application similar to ImageFX isn't it? How does it compare to it, and has anybody tried it under OS4?

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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2008, 10:18:13 AM »
I saw once ImageMaster when visiting an Amigan who was a professionist of video productions...

Great Stuff...

I think it was better than Image FX but with an user interface that is minor appealing than ImageFX...

I hope that someone could hire a bounty, or a major Amiga Firm like DiscreetFX could donate Mr. Williams enough amount of money to get public the sources if he still owns sourcecode.

These software should not be lost and sure require some major upgrade to acquire new features that are necessary nowadays.
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2008, 12:22:20 PM »
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Poster: weirdami  Posted: 2008/6/5 1:41:16

So you convinced him to release his Amiga goodies, but he didn't have any copies himself?  


He no longer had any Amiga H/W to read the floppies he sent me.  He didn't even have a copy of ImageMaster R/t.  I had purchased ImageMaster a long time ago & had that & used it.  I suggested he purchase Amiga Forever 2008.

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Is it important for the stuff to be downloaded from that site, or will it be going onto Aminet later on?


I suggested that he post it as a link on his web site so that he could shamelessly put a plug for his Windoze successor to ImageMaster R/t &, hopefully, make a few sales like that.   :-D
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2008, 12:34:31 PM »
Checking AFCD17 now...
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2008, 12:44:47 PM »
Found somthing:
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              ReadMe for the Amiga FLEX Emulation System
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                     Revision: 1.0 - March 25th, 1994
                     Revision: 1.1 - March 26th, 1994
                       Author: Ben Williams
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        Many Thanks To:    Pete Gerardi - KE4TP
                           Tim Heffield - N4IFP
                           Bob Phillips @ GIMIX Corporation, Chicago
                           Frank Hogg   @ Frank Hogg Laboratories
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                               Overview
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What is it?
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This is a complete emulation of a 6809 processor based FLEX system.
Flex is a disk operating system (DOS) which, along with CP/M and a few
others, truly pioneered small "personal" computers.


Is this it?
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2008, 12:50:20 PM »
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Poster: Hodgkinson  Posted: 2008/6/5 6:44:47

Found somthing:
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ReadMe for the Amiga FLEX Emulation System
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Revision: 1.0 - March 25th, 1994
Revision: 1.1 - March 26th, 1994
Author: Ben Williams
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Many Thanks To: Pete Gerardi - KE4TP
Tim Heffield - N4IFP
Bob Phillips @ GIMIX Corporation, Chicago
Frank Hogg @ Frank Hogg Laboratories
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Overview
============

What is it?
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This is a complete emulation of a 6809 processor based FLEX system.
Flex is a disk operating system (DOS) which, along with CP/M and a few
others, truly pioneered small "personal" computers.


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Is this it?

That's it!!! :-D

Send me a PM on here!  I'll give you my e-mail address.  It might be awhile for me to get back to you as I'm off to work now & this site is blocked at work.

BTW, I've got 2 A3070s, so I could use some DC6150 tapes if you've got.
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2008, 03:44:05 PM »
We bought Notebook back in the day and it was a cool program.
 

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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2008, 05:15:58 AM »
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Poster: Pyromania  Posted: 2008/6/5 9:44:05

We bought Notebook back in the day and it was a cool program.

If you can find it, I'd appreciate it if I could get it, archive it & send it to Ben to complete his Amiga S/W collection.  He couldn't locate that one.  You know, you're local to me.  :-o

I now have the Flex OS Emulator, so don't send it to me now.  A big thanks to all those who did!  :crazy:

BTW, I had the AF w/CD #18.  It was a 2-issue story about emulation on the Amiga.  It discussed the Flex OS Emulator in "the previous issue".  That's how I knew about it.  As far as "NoteBook" is concerned, I don't ever remember it being a piece of s/w offered on any Amiga cover disk or CD.

I also wanted to say that my favorite effect in ImageMaster is the "Neon Edging" in the PIMS 3rd party plug-in module by Ian Smith of Pittsburgh, PA.
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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2008, 08:12:52 AM »
@Varthall

It works on Amiga OS 4 Classic. As for the comparison to ImageFX, well, let's just say that if ImageFX is Photoshop, ImageMaster is Paint Shop. Good but a long way behind the best (ImageFX that is).
 

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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2008, 09:25:27 AM »
@Vulture

Thanks, I'll give it a try on my AmigaOne.

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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2008, 09:33:13 AM »
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Sure, if we can find it.
 

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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2008, 08:48:00 PM »
@Rabbi

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Re: All Black Belt Amiga S/W now available available to Down
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2008, 06:24:59 PM »
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As for the comparison to ImageFX, well, let's just say that if ImageFX is Photoshop, ImageMaster is Paint Shop. Good but a long way behind the best (ImageFX that is).


I don't agree with that analogy. ImageMaster was rather powerful back in its day. But while ASDG ADPro and ImageMaster development stalled ImageFX continued, giving the latter RTG support and PPC enhancements among others.