Here is a list of the discs that are currently available on 9 March 1994 ============================================================================ 1. Simtel MSDOS CDROM 2. Cica Microsoft Windows CDROM 3. Giga Games CDROM 4. Hobbes OS/2 CDROM 5. GIFs Galore CDROM 6. Space and Astronomy CDROM 7. Project Gutenberg CDROM 8. Libris Britannia CDROM 9. QRZ! Ham Radio CDROM 10. Aminet Amiga CDROM 11. Info-Mac CDROM 12. C Users' Group Library CDROM 13. Source Code CDROM 14. X11R5 and GNU CDROM 15. Nova for NeXT CDROM 16. Nebula for NeXTStep Intel CDROM 17. Linux Operating System CDROM 18. Toolkit for Linux CDROM 19. FreeBSD Operating System CDROM 20. Sprite CDROM 21. Ada CDROM 22. Garbo MSDOS/MAC CDROM 23. GEMini Atari CDROM 24. La coleccio'n CDROM 25. Clipart Cornicopia 26. Fractal Frenzy 27. Internet Info ============================================================================ 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 once the future of the Simtel Site has been decided. This disc is available by quarterly subscription for $19.95 per issue plus appropriate shipping. The single issue price is $29.95. 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. Most of the files on the disc are in zip format. This disc was produced in December 1993. The next issue will be April, 1994. This disc is available by quarterly subscription for $19.95 plus appropriate shipping. The single price is $29.95. 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. The price is $39.95. 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. The next issue will be in stock the first week of April. This disc is available by quarterly subscription for $19.95 plus appropriate shipping. The single issue price is $29.95. 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. The price is $39.95. 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. The price is $39.95. 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 for $24.95 plus appropriate shipping. The single price is $39.95. 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. This disc was just updated in January, 1994, and costs $69.95. QRZ! Ham Radio CDROM. This disc contains the November 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 December 1993. The price is $29.95. 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 for $19.95 per quarter. The price is $29.95. 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 December, 1993. The price is $39.95. 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. CUG volumes 100-384 are included on the disc. Part of the proceeds of this CDROM go to the C Users' Group. Made in December 1993, the price is $49.95. 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 March 1992. The price is $39.95. 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. The price is $39.95. The Nova CDROM Second Edition. This new totally revised edition of the Nova will give you more applications, more source code, more fun and information. On this disc you will find utilities, games, fonts, sounds, music, PostScript and tiff graphics. Included on the Nova is the largest collection of public domain and shareware applications of it's kind. There is more applications then ever before and you will see why the Nova is one of the most popular CDROM for the NeXT platform. Each directory on the disc contains an index listing filename, version, author and a short description of each file. A central index is also included which you use with Digital Librarian to quickly locate any file. The Nova for NeXT hardware is in ISO-9660 format with Rock Ridge extensions. A must for every NeXT owner. Remember this is a lot more then an update it's a totally new revised edition. Made in January 1994, the disc costs $59.95. 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, and costs $59.95. 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. The price is $49.95. Toolkit for Linux CDROM. This CDROM contains a huge collection of utilities and documentation for Linux. It also contains the complete Slackware Linux system, and many Xfree86 programs. This disc was made in December 1993. The price is $39.95. FreeBSD Operating System CDROM. This CDROM contains the complete FreeBSD Operating System, release 1.0, a full 4.3 BSD compatible 32 bit operating system with features from 4.4 BSD. It comes with XFree86 2.0 (X11R5 patch level 25 for the PC) and ready-to-run X11 utilities and libraries such as XView, XV, Tcl/Tk, JPEG library, etc. Full Berkeley-style networking. TCP/IP, SLIP, PPP, telnet, ftp, gopher, archie, and industry standard NFS and YP services. USENET News and mail reading software (elm and mh). Complete ANSI/POSIX-1003.1 compliant development environment - including kernel source, GCC C++ v 2.3.5, GDB, lex, yacc, f2c, profilers, Gnu emacs 19.19, perl, etc. You get TeX 3.14, dvips, ghostscript, FlexFax fax software, ksh, tcsh, and bash shells, sc spreadsheet, Ingres database, etc. Audio support for SoundBlaster, ProAudio Spectrum and Gravis UltraPro and compatibles. Everything comes with source code. With FreeBSD you get a tightly integrated build system. You can make the while source tree with one command. ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge CDROM support. This disc is in Rock Ridge format with source on the CDROM in long native filenames. This CDROM was made in December 1993 by Rod Grimes. The price is $39.95. 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. The cost is $29.95. 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, the disc costs $39.95. 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. The price is $29.95. GEMini Atari CDROM. 2872 of programs for the Atari in 616 MB. These files are for the Atari ST, TT and Falcon Computers plus a section for the Porfolio palmtop computer. You also get text files and graphics for the Lynx and Jaguar video game system. All programs are ready to run directly from the CDROM. Each directory contains an index and a list of files to make it easier for a user to locate a file. Programs and files in groups such as accessories, archivers, astonomy, database, utilities, fonts, games, gnu, programming, scree savers, virus, text editors. 50 megabytes of games and entertainment software. 15 megabytes of fonts. Lots of source code. You can install the GEMini CDROM on an Atari or MSDOS BBS. All the noncompressed files have a compressed version in the zip folder. BBS operators can easily make thousands of Atari files available to their users. You get PCBoard, Opus, Wildcat, RBBS, Spitfire, and Maximus index files. This CDROM was made in Dec 1993 by Eric Tremblay and Rene Guimont. The price is $39.95. La coleccio'n CDROM. 6,696 MSDOS, MicroSoft Windows and OS/2 files with complete file descriptions in Spanish (only). Este CDROM cuenta ma's de 6.696 archivos clasificados en 55 directorios. La coleccio'n contiene aplicaciones, informacio'n y mucho ma's para MSDOS, MicroSoft Windows y OS/2. Incluye dos secciones especiales llena de material para autoediccio'n y programas para calculadoras HP-48SX. Este CDROM fue preparado para ser instalado in BBS. La coleccio'n fue preparado en agosto 1993. $39.95 Clip Art Cornucopia CDROM. The Clip Art CDROM contains 5050 black-and- white clip art images, totaling 408 MB of files. Subjects portrayed range from cartoon animals and Wild West caricatures to space craft and school scenes. These Clip Art images are perfect for any desktop publishing project! You get all the clip art images on this disc in both .PCX (PC Paintbrush) and .WPG (WordPerfect Graphics) formats for maximum portability. We have thoroughly indexed the Clip Art CDROM and include an easy-to-use file browser. It is simple to locate, view and copy the images by filename or subject. Order yours today! $39.95 Fractal Frenzy CDROM. The Fractal Frenzy CDROM contains the definitive collection of Lee Skinner's fractal art work. These images are a beautiful testament to the power of computer generated art. You'll find thousands of fractal images on this disc. The Fractal Frenzy CDROM contains examples of all the major fractal types: Mandelbrot, Zexpe, Barnsle, fn(z)+fn(pix), etc. You get all the images on the disc in both very high resolution GIF images (1024x768/256 color) and most of the images also in low resolution GIF (640x480/256 color). The low resolution versions are completely royalty free. You can view the images on the Fractal Frenzy CDROM with a PC compatible or a Macintosh. The images display their best colors on a PC compatible with a 512K of 1MB SVGA card. On the Macintosh you need high resolution video. You'll be enthralled by the images on this disc. Don't miss out, get your copy today. $39.95 Internet Info CDROM. The Internet Info CDROM contains a sample of the wealth of information that is available on the Internet. You get 12,000 documents about computers and networks: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's), Internet RFCs and IENs, Computer security documents, Internet Network maps, Usenet technical discussion archives, FTP site lists and descriptions of the archives they hold, Extensive bibliographies and technical book reviews, documents and standards from IEEE, ISO, NIST, ANSI and others. If computers, networking and technology interest you, order this CDROM today. $39.95 The CICA MS Windows, Simtel MSDOS, Aminet, Hobbes OS/2, and QRZ Ham Radio 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 cost is only $19.95 per issue. The standard shipping charge applies. All of these CDROMs, 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 9 March 1994. 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