The CDPD series
The CDPD series began Almathera's ventures into Amiga CD-ROM, before AmiNet
or even Fred Fish himself had pressed CD! It was at the suggestion of
Commodore UK that the first CDPD collection, CDPD1, was put together to be
bundled with the then forthcoming A570 CD drive.
CDPD1 was a great success, inside and outside the bundle deal.
Overwhelming demand for more from the userbase meant we released Demo 1
and CDPD2 within a year of the first disk. Our customers still
wanted more, so a and fourth disk were almost inevitable...
Here's the contents breakdown of all 4 disks:
CDPD1:
- The first 660 disks from the Fred Fish collection of floppies. Here lies
the classics of grassroots Amiga utilities, hacks and sourcecode, many of
the authors now Amiga legends. With an full index utility (KingFisher).
- Several hundred music modules as a bonus, to chill out to as you browse.
- CDPD1 also contains the first ever SerNet installation, for hooking the
then-new CD32 up to another Amiga for use as a slave CD drive.
CDPD1 is also included in our Ten-On-Ten pack.
What the press say:
Amiga Format 89%

CDPD2:
Continuing the disk collection theme, CDPD2 contains:
- The next 100 Fish disks (661 to 760) plus index...
- The ab20.larc.nasa.gov Internet archive. It was when this site shut
dwn that the now-Swiss AmiNet site became popular, overloaded and the
AmiNet chain was started up.
- The complete Scope disk collection (220 floppies) with index, another
great source of early material.
CDPD2 is also available in the 10-pack.
What the press say:
Amiga User International 89%

CDPD3:
Disk collections are far and few between, so as well as the regular Fish
batch we met the most popular requests from our users...
- 130 more Fred Fish disks (760 to 890), both ready-to-run and in LhA
format for BBS.
- DTP: Over 12 meg of standard IFF clip-art for the DTP-heads to use in
all the usual packages , as
well as a selection of Postscript and Compugraphic fonts.
- 24-bit images: Original high resolution graphic files, in IFF24, HAM
and HAM8 formats.
- DEM landscape files for use with VistaPro, Scenery Animator and
similar programs. All real-world data converted from US Geological Survey
Data.
- Books: Many classic texts including Shakespeare, Voltaire, the Bible,
and many Greek and Roman texts, all in easy-to-use format.
- General Freeware: Ready-to-use utilities and applications, all
current at the time of mastering.
What the press say:
AUI March '94 95% - "This is an excellent disk"

CDPD4:
Currently the most recent CDPD disk, #4 was released as the market expanded
enough for dedicated themed CD-ROMs as opposed to a general mix of data.
To wind the series up, we concentated on filling in the subject areas we'd
missed in previous disks, as well as...
- ...finishing off the Fred Fish coverage (disks 891 to 1000) with full
indexing across the entire floppy range.
- Text: More general and Amiga-specific documentation, including
another batch of classic novels, Internet guides and information, Amiga
technical stuff and more.
- Raytracing: A host of data (Objects, attributes, textures, utilities,
reference manuals) for Imagine, as well as a cross-section of the best
raytraced art and animations, plus the 'trace package Persistance Of Vision
ready-to-go. (Much of this is also on the 3D Arena CD-ROM, and this CD is a
better choice for dedicated 3d/video users)
- Music: An EXCLUSIVE here, the COMPLETE run of AM/FM music diskmag
PLUS the entire collection of sampledisks and specials, for the very best
in Amiga MIDI and music. Edited by Bj0rn Lynne (ex Crusaders, now DENS
Design and working with Team 17), this normally costs over UKP80 and can
only be got on CD-ROM with CDPD4!
- Networking: TCP/IP, SLIP and UUCP installations with tools for
E-Mail, FTP, TelNet and UseNet, plus full ParNet and SerNet support, with
enhanced VideoCreator networking. (Much of this has been superceded by the
NETWORK & COMMS CD in the Ten-On-Ten pack
- Utilities: The ones you NEED and the best of the rest.
- Text processing: DTP Fonts - Hundreds of shareware, freeware and PD
Postscript and bitmap fonts. A complete 'PasTeX' system, ready to run.
- Programming: GCC 2.5.8 with official CBM v40 'includes' and C
tutorials. 'E' compiler, lots of suppoort documentation, guides and
tutorials. All ready-to-go.
What the press say:
AUI December '94 88% - "Excellent value for money"