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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CD-ROM
4/15/94
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OVERVIEW
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This is the April 1994 GoldFish (TM) CD-ROM, a 2 CD set containing the
entire contents of the Fred Fish 1000 disk floppy library. This file
contains important information that applies to this particular CD-ROM, and
points out other important files that you should read.
For general information about the Amiga Library CD-ROM's, detailed informa-
tion about the contents of this particular CD-ROM, and other important in-
formation, read the various files in the "Information" directory.
Also sure to read the "LEGAL-NOTICE", "COPYRIGHT", "WARRANTY", and "SHARE-
WARE" files, if you have not done so before. If you plan to use this CD-
ROM in a BBS or anonymous FTP environment, the "BBS/README" file on the
first volume will be particularly useful to you.
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CONTENTS OVERVIEW
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The first volume of this 2 CD set contains floppy disks 1-1000 in archived
form (5552 archives, 426 Mb), and disks 1-249 in unarchived form (210 Mb).
For each archive there is a "product info" file that contains important
information about the contents of the archive. For further details about
the structure of a product info file, see the file "Product-Infos" in the
"Information" directory. For details about how to use the product info
files in a BBS/FTP environment, see the "BBS/README" file on the first
volume.
The second volume of this 2 CD set contains floppy disks 249-1000 in
unarchived form (649 Mb).
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RECONSTRUCTING FLOPPY DISKS
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The first volume of this 2 CD set contains a program called "PufferFish",
which can be used to recreate verified copies of any of the 1000 floppy
disks in the floppy library, from the archives included on volume one.
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LOCATING MATERIAL
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Included on volume one are two different programs for finding specific
material, or types of material, that you may be looking for. The first
program is "A-Kwic", which does keyword searches on a database that is
built from the included product info files. The second program is a new
beta version of "KingFisher", which is included under the "KingFisher"
directory. This program also uses a database which is built from the
included product info files.
Eventually there will be databases that cover all of my previous CD-ROM's
and the complete contents of the floppy library. These will be included on
a future CD-ROM.
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LHA ARCHIVES
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Many of the archives on this CD-ROM are in "lha format". The shareware
version of lha is included in the :c directory of this CD-ROM, so all you
have to do to unpack an lha archive is use a command of the form:
lha -mraxe x archive.lha
Please consider registering with the lha author, Stefan Boberg, for the
latest version of lha, so he can continue to support this fine program.
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USER FEEDBACK NEEDED
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I am always interested in hearing about things that might make my CD-ROM's
more useful for users. It is particularly important at this stage that I
get feedback from users about problems that need fixing, or suggestions on
how to make the CD-ROM more useful.
You can FAX your comments to me at (602) 917-0917, however please understand
that I may not be able to respond to, or even acknowledge receipt of, every
problem report and suggestion that arrives.
-Fred Fish ><>