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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Welcome to Info-Mac XI!</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0C590C" VLINK="#E27F1D"> <A NAME="anchor1587693"></A> <CENTER> W e l c o m e t o <IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/IM11title.gif" ALIGN=bottom> In this latest issue, Pacific HiTech, Inc. is proud to bring you over 1500 Macintosh <A HREF="#anchor1612705">shareware</A> and freeware programs from around the Internet. This collection includes the latest applications, ultilities, educational programs, editors, games and commercial demos for you to enjoy. </CENTER>  <HR> <H2>Contents of this File</H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1594924">About This CD</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1665961">Registration</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1598609">Instructions and Special Notes</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1601791">Interfaces</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1604301">The Tool Chest</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1609779">Frequently Asked/Answered Questions</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1612705">A Note About Shareware Programs</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1619884">About Pacific HiTech</A> <LI><A HREF="#anchor1617040">Credits & Copyright</A> <LI><A HREF="#Anchor41473">Cool Graphic on the Front of the CD</A> </UL>  <A NAME="anchor1594924"></A><HR> <H2><IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/IM%20Icon" ALIGN=bottom> About This CD</H2> The Info-Mac CD series began in 1992 here at Pacific HiTech. The concept was simple: provide on one CD-ROM hundreds of ready-to-run programs that would otherwise take a person dozens of hours to download and megabytes of hard disk space to get from the Internet. It proved to be a great idea and our CDs became very popular. Since then, the Internet has become faster and easier to access, and hard drive space is more available, but our philosophy is still sound. With the release of Info-Mac XI, we provide over a gigabyte of software for your enjoyment—software that would still take hours to download even at today's speeds. And it's all decompressed and ready to run right from the CD! All the items on Info-Mac XI are taken from the Info-Mac archive, the largest collection of Macintosh <A HREF="#anchor1612705">shareware</A> and freeware software on the Internet. Dozens of programs, utilities, graphics, information files and more are uploaded to this archive site weekly. Much of the software that can be found there is better than corresponding commercial programs, and is either free or at a fraction of the price. The archive is maintained on a voluntary basis and is hosted by MIT (although there is no official affiliation with the institution). If a program was written for the Mac, odds are it's on Info-Mac. Now, this disc does not contain every file found on Info-Mac, but everything that was uploaded since Info-Mac X CD was made. So you could actually collect just about every Macintosh <A HREF="#anchor1612705">shareware</A> and freeware program by purchasing all of Pacific HiTech's Info-Mac CDs from Vol. II to Vol. XI! For information about each of these CDs, including a complete listing of contents, please visit see our WWW site at <A HREF=" http://www.pht.com/mac/">http://www.pht.com/mac/</A>. Congratulations! Info-Mac XI is the latest in a fine family of products. Enjoy the CD! <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="anchor1665961"></A><HR> <H2>Registration</H2> There are many reasons to register your CD purchase with Pacific HiTech. As a registered user, you become eligible for contests, giveaways, and special offers. You will also be placed on our mailing list and informed when new products that may be of interest to you are released--and you will receive a discount on these products. We have tried to make it as simple as possible for you to register by providing several different methods. The easiest way to register is by the World-Wide Web.Simply visit our registration page at <A HREF="http://www.pht.com/other_pages/register.html"> http://www.pht.com/other_pages/register.html</A> and supply the requested information. That's it! While your there, be sure to check and see what hot deals are brewing this week! If you do not have Internet access, but have email capabilities, you can send an email message to <A HREF="mailto:registration@pht.com"> registration@pht.com</A> with the following information: <DL> <DD>Name: <DD>Company: <DD>Address: <DD>City/State/Zip/Country: <DD>Phone/Fax: <DD>E-mail: <DD>Platforms: (Mac, Linux, DOS/Windows, OS/2, Other) <DD>Software Interests: (Games, Education, Programming, Other) <DD>Your Age*: (under 18, 18-28, 28-38, 38-50, over 50) <DD>Your Gender*: (Male, Female) <DD>PHT products you own: <DD>Comments: *These items are for statistical purposes only and need not be entered. </DL> Fianlly, you can fill out and mail the form inside the CD cover. So, just select the method that is easiest for you, and register your Info-Mac XI CD today! <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="anchor1598609"></A><HR> <H2>Instructions and Special Notes</H2> We have done everything possible to ensure this CD is a quality product. All of our CDs go through a thorough testing process to make sure everything is working correctly. It has been reported virus-free by Disinfectant, MacTools Pro Anti-Virus, and MerryXmas Vaccine. However, if you have a problem with the CD itself, or are dissatisfied with the product, please <A HREF="mailto:orders@pht.com"> email our customer support department</A> or call 801-261-1024. Each program has been launched to make sure it runs correctly and will not crash your computer. However, because computer configurations differ so widely, we cannot guarantee that every program on this disc will work for you. We do not provide support for the individual programs on the CD. If you are experiencing problems with a particular program, consult the programs Read Me file, on-line help or other documentation to determine what support is available. Most likely, your question can be answered by reading for five minutes. If not, you'll probably come accross the contact information provided by most authors. <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="anchor1601791"></A><HR> <H2>Interfaces</H2> <IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/Filemaker%20Icon" ALIGN=bottom> FileMaker Pro is possibly the most popular personal database program for the Macintosh. This CD contains our brand-new FileMaker Pro stand-alone interface. Whether you are experienced with FileMaker Pro, or are new to this program, just double-click this interface and you will instantly be at home. The interface features an intuitive, easy-to-use Mac-style layout with full program information, three views, find sort and print options, and a help screen. It will even show you where on the CD a program you are interested in is, and copy it to your hard drive for you! We have made it as easy as possible to find exactly the information you want! <IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/Easy%20View%20Icon" ALIGN=bottom> Easy View is a program written by M. Akif Eyler that we also use as an interface to our discs. This setext-based interface allows you to quickly navigate through the entire disc by directory and find descriptions of any program. It is small and fast and allows you to do searches through a single directory. This is the ideal viewer if you are low on memory or are limited to a black and white monitor. The Easy View program is included on this CD in the Tool Chest folder. <IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/BBEdit%20Icon" ALIGN=bottom> Finally, a BBEdit file is included for those users who want a simple, no-frills, text only listing of all the programs on the CD with their pathname and a short, one-line description. This gives only a minimal amount of information (compared to our other interfaces) but can be opened by any program that can read 'TEXT' files. This way, you can use your favorite editor to view and search the discs. <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="anchor1604301"></A><HR> <H2><IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/Tool%20Chest%20Icon" ALIGN=bottom> The Tool Chest</H2> Beginning with Info-Mac VI in August 1995, each of our Macintosh CDs contains a folder called the Tool Chest. There are a certain few <A HREF="#anchor1612705">shareware</A> or freeware programs that are so indespensible that each and every Mac user should have them. In fact, you are probably using some of them right now! Wouldn't it be nice to have all these tools? That's where the Tool Chest comes in. On every Macintosh disc we'll include the best virus-protection, compression, viewing, editing and utility programs around. The Tool Chest on this CD includes: <UL> <LI>Aaron (Fat) 1.5.3 - Produces Copland style windows on your Mac. <LI>Anarchie 2.0.1 - A FTP browser/downloader for the Internet and Macintosh. <LI>BBEdit Lite 4.0 - An extremely powerful text editor for editing plain text files. <LI>Compact Pro 1.5.1 - An excellent compression utility for the Macintosh. <LI>CopyPaste 3.3 - Use nine clipboards while cutting and pasting. <LI>Disinfectant 3.6 - Disinfectant is an anti-viral utility for the Macintosh. <LI>DiskDup+ 2.7 - This is a disk duplication application. <LI>DragThing Installer 1.6.2 - “Dock” your applications, files, folders, disks, etc. for easy access. <LI>DropStuff w/EE™ Installer 4.0 - An easy to use compression/decompression utility <LI>Easy View 2.6.2 - A program for browsing collections of structured text files. <LI>Fetch Installer 3.0.1 - Fetch is a MacTCP-based FTP client. <LI>File Buddy 3.4.8 - A utility for working with Macintosh files and folders. <LI>GraphicConverter 2.5 - GraphicConverter is a graphics conversion utility. <LI>Install Acrobat Reader 3.0 - Read files created in the portable document format (PDF). <LI>Install Snitch 2.1.1 - An enhancment to the Get Info menu option of the Finder. <LI>Internet Config 1.3 - Stores Internet preferences in a common, shared location. <LI>JPEGView 3.3.1 - An image viewer that supports jpegs, gifs, picts and others. <LI>ShrinkWrap™ 2.1 - A utility for mounting disk images onto the desktop. <LI>StuffIt Expander Install 4.0.1 - Decompress files of several formats. <LI>Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.5 - A a simple text editor loaded with many features. </UL> If your favorite utility or program is not included, or you feel that there is another better suited for a particular need, <A HREF="mailto:mac@pht.com"> please let us know</A>. If enough people feel the same way, we'll make sure it gets into the next edition of the Tool Chest. The Tool Chest on Info-Mac XI is different because of such comments! <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="anchor1609779"></A><HR> <H2>Frequently Asked/Answered Questions</H2> Q: When I double click a file, why does the computer tell me "The application for this file cannot be found?" A: Some of the items that are found on the Internet are document files that are created by different programs. If you try to open a file that belongs to an application that you don't have, the computer will not be able to open it. Many times though, another program will be able to open the file. Look in the Tool Chest folder on this disc for various programs that can open graphics files, text files, sounds, and more. Q: How do I use this great program I just found? A: Included with virtually every progam is a "Read Me" or similar file(s), that will usually contain instructions as to how to use a program. Pacific HiTech cannot provide technical support on how to use individual programs. Q: Why does my computer crash when I try to run a particular program? A: While we test every program on all of our CDs, we cannot guarantee each program will work on every Macintosh model. Check the documentation for known incompatibilities. If none are mentioned and you would still like to use the program, contact the author with your problem via email or regular mail (these addresses are usually included in the documentation). Q: I thought I had a pretty fast computer, why is this program running so slow? A: Even newer CD drives are quite slow compared to the speed of a hard drive. If you are running a program directly from the CD, it may appear to be very slow because of this. Move the program to your hard drive and run it from there. Q: How do I install a program from the CD to my hard drive? A: To move a program to your hard drive, simply drag the folder containing the program and its files (or just the program if there isn;t a folder) to your hard drive. Some programs are included on the CD as an "Installer." Just double-click such icons and the program will be installed on your hard drive. Q: Do I have to copy programs to my hard drive to be able to use them? A: 95% of the time, no--you can run them right from the CD. There are a few exceptions where programs expect to modify themsleves, but this is something that Apple recommends against. Since a CD cannot be written to you must copy the program to your hard drive (see above) in these cases. Q: Can I use System 6.x with this CD? A: Unfortunately, this CD does not support System 6.x or earlier. We recommend you update your System to at least 7.0.1, which is freely available on the Internet from <A HREF="http://www.info.apple.com/">Apple</A>. Q: Why can't I save changes to files on the CD? A: A CD-ROM (Read-Only Memory) is desgined to hold a great deal of information cheaply, but the drawback is that changes cannot be made to the files on the disc. Nothing can be written to the CD! If something you are doing is trying to write to the CD, the only thing you can do is to copy the program or file to your hard drive (see above). Q: Do you have any more great Macintosh CDs and how can I get them? A: I'm so glad you asked! We carry a wide range of Macintosh CDs covering Internet software, reference materials, royalty free clip art, high resolution paper textures, and much more! If you'd like to get our latest catalog or be on our mailing list, call us or send email to <A HREF="mailto:orders@pht.com">orders@pht.com</A>. <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="anchor1612705"></A><HR> <H2>A Note About Shareware Programs</H2> Many of the programs on this CD-ROM are freeware or shareware, and may have restrictions and obligations regarding their use. Although freeware, as the name implies, involves no fee, there may be copyright restrictions as specified in the documentation of the program. Shareware, however, generally can be used on a trial basis after which you must pay the author a specified amount if you decide to continue using the program. By so registering with the author, you will often receive the latest version of the program as well as current documentation. Please read through an individual program's documentation for specific details about the use of that program. Purchasing this CD-ROM in no way removes or reduces your obligation to pay the shareware fees required by the author(s) of a program. We at Pacific HiTech, Inc. have gone through every program included on the CD-ROM to check for copyright and distribution restrictions, and have done our best to include only unrestricted files, or files whose authors have given us express permission to do so. If any program has been included here in error, please <A HREF="mailto:mac@pht.com">contact us</A>. <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <HR><A NAME="anchor1619884"></A> <H2><IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/PHT%20Icon" ALIGN=bottom> About Pacific HiTech</H2> Pacific HiTech is the foremost American CD-ROM company to offer programs and information from the Internet. We started in 1992 as a handful of students from the University of Utah and have grown to thriving International company. We pride ourselves in staying true to our original goal of providing you with useful information and programs from the Internet at a reasonable cost. As a service to the Internet community, we offer a free ftp site containing several gigabytes of files. It has thousands and thousands of programs for your computer. Our site is home to the most popular archives on the Internet as it mirrors CICA, Simtel, Info-Mac, Umich, Sunsite, TSX-11 and others and is updated daily. We also have our own collections of games, educational programs and source code for DOS, Windows, Macintosh and Linux. But watch out, our site is popular and is usually pretty full. Persistence will definitely pay off! Pacific HiTech, Inc. 3855 South 500 West, Suite M Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 USA Tel: 801-261-1024 Fax: 801-261-0310 Email <A HREF="mailto:orders@pht.com">orders@pht.com</A> (sales information) <A HREF="mailto:mac@pht.com">mac@pht.com</A> (Macintosh technical support) Internet <A HREF="http://www.pht.com/">http://www.pht.com/</A> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.pht.com/">ftp://ftp.pht.com/</A> <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="anchor1617040"></A><HR> <H2>Credits & Copyright</H2> We would like to thank the many people who have made this CD-ROM possible, especially the hundreds of shareware authors around the world for contributing so much to the Macintosh community, and allowing the further distribution of these quality programs on Pacific HiTech's CD-ROM collections. This CD-ROM collection was compiled by <A HREF="mailto:mac@pht.com">Dave Boswell</A> and Pacific HiTech, Inc. The program descriptions and information as written by Pacific HiTech, Inc. and included on the CD are copyrighted and may not be used in any way without the written permission of Pacific HiTech, Inc. Pacific HiTech, Inc. is not affiliated with Stanford University, the University of Michigan, or MIT. ©1997 Pacific HiTech, Inc. All Rights Reserved <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6>  <A NAME="Anchor41473"></A><HR> <IMG SRC="Read%20Me%20Graphics/IM11cover.gif" ALIGN=bottom> <H6>< <A HREF="#anchor1587693">Back to Top</A> ></H6> </BODY> </HTML>