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Article 5287 (17 more) in alt.cd-rom:
From: aa699@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tony Thomas)
Subject: Phoenix-CD 3.0 (Reviewed by Tony Thomas)
Date: 23 Oct 1992 14:39:45 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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PHOENIX-CD 3.0
Reviewed by Tony Thomas
The newest version of Phoenix-CD proves that it is still a heavyweight
contender in the world of Shareware CD-ROMS. Loaded with nearly 700MB
of shareware, Phoenix combines a powerful and easy to navigate user
interface with one of the best shareware collections available.
Categories include:
Basic
BBS Applications
Business
C & Assembly
Communications
CAD
D-Base & Files
Desktop Publishing
Disk Utilities
DOS Utilities
Education
File Utilities
Food & Health
Games
Grab Bag
Graphics Programs
Home and Personal
Keyboard Utilities
Lantastic
Pascal
Print Utilities
Religious
Screen Utilities
Spreadsheets
System Utilities
Virus Protectors
Windows
Word Processing
All programs are thoroughly virus scanned for safety. New to this
version are 12 GIF file areas with over 900 images and a built-in viewer
which works with VGA or better displays. To view images larger than 640
X 480, an SVGA display is needed since panning is not available in the
interface. Up to 10 GIFs can be selected for viewing in slideshow
format.
GIF Areas include:
Modern Art
Traditional Art
Cartoons
Fantasy
Various Men
Nature
Places
Space
Star Trek/Star Wars
Vehicles
Wildlife
Various Women
Using the disc is very easy. All you have to do is load it into your
drive and type RUN. As it runs directly from the CD-ROM, no files have
to be written to your hard disk. Context-sensitive help menus are
available for every function. Automatic copy and unzip functions are
included which makes it easy to review software. All files and
subdirectories can also be erased automatically after evaluating
programs. No topic file on this disk is dated earlier than 1/1/90.
Speech synthesis and voice recognition software is also on the disc and
installable.
I only have a few qualms about this product. First of all, I wish there
was a Windows interface in addition to the DOS one. Since I spend much
of my time in Windows, using DOS applications to access CD-ROMs slows
things down. Secondly, some of the files have been placed in the wrong
areas. As in Version 2, for example, Clipper files appear in the
Desktop Publishing area instead of in the database area. I also wish
that the file structure of the disc was less cryptic for those who don't
opt to use the included navagation software. It is virtually impossible
to know what is subdirectory 28A without checking it. Panning in the
GIF viewer would also be an asset for those with non-SVGA graphics
cards.
These concerns aside, Phoenix-CD 3.0 is one of the best values around in
Shareware CD-ROM software.
Five Stars *****
Phoenix Publishing - P. O. Box 258 - Buffalo, NY 14225
(716) 626-4718 - (716) 897-1551
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aa699@Cleveland.Freenet.EDU/GEnie=A.THOMAS16/Compuserve:71541,3456
TONY THOMAS - SIGop - Audio Arts SIG - Cleveland FreeNet
"True riches is not what you have - It's the kind of person you are"