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The RIBlitzLibs are a collection of commercial libraries. The RIBlitzlibs can be
purchased as part of the Blitz Support Suite,
although since you can download the BSS from this site, you can also get the libraries.
There are also some older, freely available demo versions of the RIBlitzLibs which
can be found on Aminet and other sites. If you have already installed the Blitz
Support Suite, then you do not need to download any of these libraries, except
possibly the RILVCallHookLib, RIListLib and RIReqLib. All libraries come with examples and
full amigaguide documentation, with the exception of the RILVCallHook library,
which is still a beta version.
One thing to be aware of with the version numbers is that the collection of
libraries have version numbers such as 4, 4.5, etc., whereas the libraries
themselves have lower individual version numbers, such as 0.9, 2.5 etc.
You'll probably also find that the demo versions of the libraries are referred
to as v4.5 whereas the BSS versions are actually 2.5 or something weird.
The commands are fully compatible with the original Blitz objects, and some are meant
as replacements for existing commands which are not very good or have bugs. There are also
a lot of new commands, which adds to the ability of Blitz, as well as bug fixes to
existing Blitz commands.
Unfortunately, these libraries are not being developed any more, but they are
still a useful addition to any Blitz programming kit. The full list of libraries are:
| Library |
Version |
Number |
| RIAmosFuncLib - commands that are based on Am*s commands |
2.5 |
75 |
| RIAnimLib - support for loading and playing standard IFF animations |
2.5 |
57 |
| RIAppLib - allows you to use App windows, menus and icons |
2.5 |
61 |
| RIARexxLib - send and receive ARexx messages |
2.5 |
133 |
| RICommoditiesLib - make your programs into Commodities to be able to use hotkeys and be controlled by Exchange. |
2.5 |
89 |
| RICompactDiskLib - CD drive control commands (mainly for playing audio) |
2.5 |
14 |
| RICopperFxLib - for programming the copper (and producing some cool display tricks) |
2.5 |
11 |
| RIDatatypesLib - use datatypes in your programs |
2.5 |
25 |
| RIDebuglib - to control the operation of the debugger from inside your program |
2.5 |
51 |
| RIDosLib - easy use of dos.library commands, similar to the ElmoreDosLib |
2.5 |
33 |
| RIEncryptLib - simple data de/encryption |
2.5 |
52 |
| RIEvalLib - evaluate strings of mathematical equations |
2.5 |
121 |
| RIFastSerialLib - fast access to the serial port |
2.5 |
36 |
| RIFNSLib - enhanced font drawing commands using a custom font format (editor and converter supplied) allowing for a more colourful and powerful font display |
2.5 |
93 |
| RIFxLib - bitmap special effects commands |
2.5 |
66 |
| RIGfxLib - control, initialisation and effects for Blitz 2 palette objects |
2.5 |
65 |
| RIGTMenuLib - use GadTools menus with your windows |
2.5 |
37 |
| RIListLib - custom format linked list commands (only available with demo libraries, not BSS) |
0.91b |
12 |
| RILVCallhooklib - use special hook feature of OS3+ GTListviews (only available from below) |
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27 |
| RIMiscLib - mixture of different commands |
2.5 |
47 |
| RINonVolatileLib - access non-volatile ram (battery backed up, so the contents do not get lost on power down) on CD32 |
2.5 |
35 |
| RIPackLib - unpacks ILBM picture files |
2.5 |
73 |
| RIReqLib - allows use of OS req.library (only available with demo libraries, not BSS) |
0.9 |
79 |
| RIShapesLib - covers inadequacies of normal Blitz 2 shapes files (only loading, saving, cludging etc, you still use the normal shape commands for blitting etc) |
2.5 |
41 |
| RISortLib - sorts linked lists alphabetically |
2.5 |
13 |
| RISoundLib - cludge memory into sound objects |
2.5 |
45 |
| RIStcDecrunchLib - decrunches Stone Cracker crunched data files |
2.5 |
18 |
| RIStoneCrackerLib - handles the stone cracker files |
2.5 |
17 |
| RIToolTypesLib - manages tooltypes in file icons |
2.5 |
59 |
| RITrackDiskLib - low level access to (floppy) disks |
2.5 |
91 |
| RIZoneJoyLib - joystick and zone commands |
2.5 |
64 |
There are a few patches available for some of these libraries. Check out the patches section.
The source code to some of these libraries is also available in the library developer archive
and more can be found in the BSS source archive
The number of the RINonVolatile library clashes with the Mazur FPU
library. However, it is recommended that you leave the RINonVolatile
library as it is and change the number of the Mazur FPU library.
Click here to read the readme file (for the old, demo/free version of the RIBlitzLibs).
| Download BSS (for the latest versions of the libraries) (1.3Mb) from... |
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| Download RILVCallHook library (20kb) from... |
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| Download demo libraries (233kb) from... |
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