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=== BBS Ready CD-ROM REVIEW - ARSENAL COMPUTER ===
=== 3721 SW Plaza Drive, Topeka, KS 66609-2002 ===
=== VOICE (913) 267-7667 FAX (913) 267-6050 BBS (913) 234-9395 ===
=== Fido 1:281/60 Internet dave.clark@arsenalcdrom.com ===
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(c) Arsenal Computer 1996
Permission is granted to republish this review electronically via any
"online" method, including CD-ROM, so long as it is not altered in any
way, shape or form. Other permissions, such as newspaper reprints,
please contact Dave Clark for written permission.
The Following is a CD-ROM "review." The opinions expressed belong
solely to Dave Clark, Sysop of Arsenal Computer BBS.
]]] TITLE: Ultimate Windows Collection #2
]]] PUBLISHER: Digital Expressions
]]] INFO Courtesy of CHKCD by Trantor:
Volume ID: ULTIMATE2
Creation date: 00-00-0000
495927198 bytes total disk space
394752 bytes in 25 directories
495532446 bytes in 1552 user files
Digital Expressions has put out a few BBS-Ready discs in the past, but none
have really lit my fire regarding their quality. This one, while adequate,
still could have been done better.
BBS Support is provided in two different text file formats, both of which are
found in the file subdirectories along with the downloadable files:
FILES.BBS (which in this case is a PCBoard format) and DIGITAL.BBS, which is
a mutant file listing of a type I have never seen. I found no other BBS
support on the disc. Looking at the PCBoard style listings, everything looked
decent, but I did find an error or two in the listings... basically, a small
amount of bad formatting. Nothing to worry about excessively... overall, the
listing was very clean.
The files come in directories whose names are descriptive of what is inside
them. Some of the directories had respectable file amounts... others had
as little as two files and then the BBS support. I personally see that as
simply bad planning... surely those two or three files could have been placed
in another directory?
One thing that puzzles me... I know that there is a LOT more than 495 Megs
worth of material for Windows out there. Some of the material that I
found was from 1980 on this disc, so it's not like they could hide behind a
"only recent files" cloak. Whats going on here?
This disc is rather of a half-work to me. The BBS support, while skimpy,
can be used (or converted) by most, and the file structure (and amount)
could really have stood some more working on. However, if these shortcomings
don't bother you, then it will work online and probably offer your callers
something to have fun with. I would just have to say, be prepared to move
this one to the requestor door as soon as something better comes along.