Here is a list of the discs that are currently available on 3 December 1993: Simtel MSDOS CDROM. This disc contains about 660 MB of utilities, programming tools, source code, technical documentation, etc. It includes the entire Simtel20 MSDOS Archive. There is an index file in each directory, and a master index file in the top directory that describes each file. The current edition of this disc was made in October 1993. The next edition will be available in February 1994. This disc is available by quarterly subscription. CICA Microsoft Windows CDROM. This disc contains 640 MB of Microsoft Windows programs. It includes hundreds of utilities, games, fonts, bitmaps, etc. All are written especially for Windows. It includes the entire CICA Windows collection from Indiana University, both zipped (340 MB) and unzipped (300 MB). This disc was produced in August 1993. This disc is available by quarterly subscription. Giga-Games CDROM. Thousands of the finest sharware/PD games for MSDOS and Windows from the Giga-Games archive at ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/games. This disc contains over 3000 files, including arcade games, educational games for all age groups, adventure games, board games, card games and strategy games. You can play many of these games either against the computer or against another human. There are sports games, trivia games and word games. There are lots of utilities and "cheat sheets" for commercial and shareware games. There is an easy to use shell that makes the disc easy to navigate, and each program has a detailed description. This disc is set up for most popular BBS's. Hobbes OS/2 CDROM. This disc contains the OS/2 archives from ftp-os2.cdrom.com. There are over 3000 programs (650 MB). Many of the same programs are also included as uncompressed files ready for executation right off the CDROM. The files on this disc were downloaded in October 1993. This disc is available by quarterly subscription. GIFs Galore CDROM. Six Thousand GIF images in dozens of catagories, including art, aviation, birds, cars, cats, flowers, fractals, military, people, raytrace, sci_fi, swimsuit, technology, trains, vietnam, and about twenty other categories. There is no "adult" material on this disc. Most images are 640x480 and in full color. Viewers are provided for MSDOS, Windows, Amiga, Macintosh, OS/2, SPARC, SGI, X11R5, and several other systems. Space and Astronomy CDROM. Thousands of NASA images and data. The images include pictures of the earth, the planets, satellites, rockets, distant galaxies, and nebula. There are also thousands of text files, including information on asteroids, astronauts, NASA news bulletins and press releases since 1962, and the USENET sci.space archives. A large collection of astronomy and space related shareware and PD software is also included. Project Gutenberg CDROM. This disc contains the etexts of Project Gutenberg for 1991, 1992 and Jan-Jul 1993. The etexts on the disc include classic literature such as Aesop's Fables, Alice in Wonderland, Moby Dick, and Paradise Lost; Historical documents such as the Magna Carta, U.S. Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Inagural Addresses and many treaties; references such as Roget's Thesaurus, almanacs, census data, the CIA World Fact Book, and mathematical constants; religious documents such as the Bible, and the Book of Mormon. This disc is available by semi-annual subscription. Libris Britannia CDROM. This disc was made as a joint project with the Public Domain and Shareware Library of Sussex, England. It contains over 600 MB of up to date and very well indexed software. It is biased toward the technical and scientific PC user and includes extensive sections on electronics, engineering, mathematics, medicine, ham radio, and other specialist areas. PDSL acts as librarian for the UK C User's Group, and the programming section includes the UK CUG volumes. The disc comes with a 124 page manual that contains capsule descriptions of about 100-250 words for each item, with information on version number, registration fee, and hardware required. Nebula for NeXTStep Intel CDROM. The largest collection of applications presently available for NeXTStep Intel in categories such as utilities, games, general productivity. Also included are graphics files in Tiff, PostScript, Gif, and Login Panels format, as well as a large collection of fonts and sounds. Programmers will be happy to note that almost all the applications on the disc comes with complete source code making the Nebula a valuable reference for NeXTSTEP programmers. A central index is included which can be used with Digital Librarian to quickly locate the file you're looking for. NeXTSTEP 3.1 or above for Intel processors is required to use this disc. This disc was made in October, 1993. QRZ! Ham Radio CDROM. This disc contains the March 1993 US CALLSIGN DATABASE (in ASCII), PC (MS-DOS) compatible search and retrieval software, search by callsign, name, city, zip code, several output formats including screen, mailing lists, etc. There are hundreds of popular ham related (shareware) programs and nearly 200 radio and scanner modifications. Also included are USENET news articles from rec.ham-radio and rec.radio.amateur.{misc,packet,policy} since 1989. Also provided are complete dumps of several internet ham radio archives, Canadian and US CLUB callsigns, FCC Rules and Regulations (Part 97), DX lists, DXCC info, BBS lists, UNIX callsign database/server 'C' source code, SIMTEL20 Ham Radio Archive files, and vast amounts of useful reading information for the beginning to the advanced ham enthusiast. This disc was made in March 1993. Aminet Amiga CDROM. This disc contains the Aminet Amiga Archive, the AB20 Amiga archive, and comp.sources.amiga and comp.binaries.amiga. There is a total of 650 megabytes of Amiga software. This disc was made in June 1993. The disc Does work with the CDTV and is available by subscription. Info-Mac CDROM. Over 10000 programs from Stanford University's SUMEX Archive, including desk accessories, games, virus-detection programs and commercial demos. It is also jam-packed with graphics, sounds and Hypercard stacks. For the more technically inclined, there are source code samples and entire program listings as well as technical documentation and discussions. The programs on this CDROM are from Stanford University's Sumex-Aim Info-Mac Archive, one of the most complete and up-to-date collections of Macintosh software. This disc is in HFS Mac format. It was updated in April 1993. C Users' Group Library CDROM. C source code from the C Users' Group. Most code is for MSDOS, early volumes are CP/M, later UNIX. Includes source code for editors, disassemblers, compilers, interpreters, communications, bbs', games, tutorials, libraries, etc. Also all source code listings from the C Users' Journal. Made in October 1992. Source Code CDROM. This disc contains the Usenet source archives, the Simtel20 Unix-C Archive, and a large collection of MSDOS source code. There is a total of about 600 MB of source code. It is mostly C, but also has some Pascal, Lisp, C++, Modula2, Fortran, Assembly, etc. This disc was made in December 1993. X11R5 and GNU CDROM. This disc contains all the X11R5 Window System sources, including all the contributed software, all the GNU source code, and sparc binaries and libraries for the Gnu programs and the X11R5 server and clients. The X11R5 sources are at patch level seventeen. This disc is in Rock Ridge format, so full unix pathnames are visible on systems that support the RR extensions. This CDROM was made in December 1992. Nova CDROM. 636 megabytes of NeXT treasures await you on this CD. The files run the gamut from utilities, fonts, sounds, graphics, text files to a large collection of NeXTSTEP games. SoftPC applications are included. Each subdirectory contains an index file with the file name, version, author, and description. The entire disc is also indexed for use with Digital Librarian. The disc is ISO-9660 and also includes the Rock Ridge extensions so you can see long file names. January 1993. Linux Operating System CDROM. Tired of MSDOS and Windows? Try Yggdrasil Linux, a genuine UNIX clone with full source code. Linux is based on the 0.99.13 kernel, GCC 2.4.5, Xfree86 1.3 (X11R5) X windows, and hundreds of other programs. Sound support for *every* computer, support for almost *any* cdrom drive, support for almost every video card. Linux uses as little as 2 MB of hard disk space or as much as 680 MB. An easy graphical install program guides your setup. Andrew multimedia mail system, MIME multimedia mail, X windows programming tools, and two emacs versions are just a few of the other ported software on the disc. Yes, if it doesn't work on your system, return it for a full refund. Experience an advanced, professional unix on your PC -- order your Linux CDROM today. This CDROM was made by Adam Richter of Yggdrasil Computing. Sprite CDROM. This disc contains the source code and documentation for the Sprite Network Operating System. Sprite was a research operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley. All the reseach papers from the Sprite project are also included on the disc. This software on this disc is primarily intended for research purposes, and is not really intended to be used as a production system. Boot images are provided for Sun SparcStations and DECStations. Ada CDROM. 560+ MB of documentation, information, and source code. With more than 5000 files, this disc is an indispensible resource for any Ada programmer. Imagine the convienience of refering to the disc for all the Ada language reference manuals, a complete set of Ada language issue comments, PC and Mac Ada/ED compilers, benchmarks, validation suites, courseware, Ada programming tools, and prodigious amounts of source code. Made in June 1993. Garbo MSDOS/MAC CDROM. This disc contains the Garbo archive from Vaasa University in Finland. It contains almost 400 MB of software. About 250 MB is for MSDOS, and about 150 MB is for Macintoshes. La Coleccion de Agosto '93. Este CD cuenta con mus de 6.696 archivos clasificados en 55 directorios. La Coleccion contiene aplicaciones, informacion y mucho mus para DOS, Windows y OS/2, e incluye dos secciones especiales con material para autoedicion y programas para calculadoras HP-48SX. Este CD fue preparado para ser instalado en BBS sin ningon esfuerzo. The CICA MS Windows, Simtel MSDOS, Aminet, and Hobbes OS/2 discs are available by subscription. We update these discs quarterly. When we have a new version we ship them to our subscribers. We bill your credit card when we ship. The standard shipping charge applies. All of these discs, except the Info-Mac Disc, are in ISO-9660 format, so they are readable on almost any system. No special software is required. Shipping and handling is $5 (per order, not per disc) for US/Canada, and $10 for airmail overseas. If you live in California, please add sales tax. You may order via email. Our email address is orders@cdrom.com You can send a check or money order to Walnut Creek CDROM 1547 Palos Verdes, Suite 260 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 USA Or you can order by MasterCard, Visa or American Express. If you do not trust email with your credit card number, you can call +1 800 786-9907 +1 510 674-0783 +1 510 674-0821 (FAX) There will be other discs available soon. * * * CDROM Caddies are available for $4.95 each. * * * Plastic jewel boxes are 10/$5. We continue to seek partners in CDROM production. If you have a good idea for a disc and want to work with us, give us a call. This catalog is dated 3 December 1993. The most current version of this catalog is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/cdrom/catalog, or you can request it by sending email to info@cdrom.com.