Clip-Art Cornucopeia/Clip-Art_Cornucopeia_CD-ROM_February_1994.iso/pc/docs/catalog.txt

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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 as well as single issues.

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 as well as by single issues.

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 as well as by
single issue.

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
included pictures of the earth, the planets, satellites and rockets, and
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.  The 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
as well as by single issue.

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 made in January
1994.

Nebula for NeXTStep Intel CDROM.  The largest collection of
applications presently available 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 your 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 work withs CDTV and is available by subscription as well as by
single issues.

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 December 1993.

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.

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 MB. 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 1994.

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.

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.

You may order via email.  Our email address is
      [e-mail]

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

    [phone]
    [phone]
    [phone] (FAX)

* * * CDROM Caddies are also available. * * *

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, by fingering [e-mail] or you
can request it by sending email to (the human at) [e-mail].