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| | Compu-Ads Disk | |
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| | By Paul Etheridge | |
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Disclaimer
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I take NO responsibility for any litigation arising as a
result of the use of any of the submissions on this disk. All the people who
have made a submission have declared that they will take full responsibility
for any litigation, and therefore any complaints should be made to them and
not to me.
Compu-Ads
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This disk is PD and can be distributed freely. But no files may be
altered or deleted without the expressed permission of the person who
submitted the ad, or me! The disk will be recompiled once every month or
when ever I have enough ads to fill one disk.
This disk is a noticeboard for anyone who wants to advertise anything or
who would like to know if anyone has a certain item for sale. It is just
like the `Reader`s Ads` column in many magazines.
If you would like to have an ad displayed on this disk, then please
write to:-
Paul Etheridge (PS)
67 Chaveney Rd
Quorn
Leicestershire
LE12 8AB
Please enclose your
+ name,
+ address,
+ evening telephone number,
+ the declaration (Read on...),
+ the size of the submission in k (This is the size of the ad
PLUS the size of all the needed files!),
+ the list of files that it needs to run,
+ what catagory the ad comes under,
+ and of course the fee. (Read on...)
+ A 3.5in DDDD disk must contain the Ad, and ALL the files it
needs to run.
Declaration
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If you decide to place an ad on the Compu-Ads disks, you must include a
copy of the following declaration...
`I know what copyright is and I will be responsible for any
litigation arising from breech of copyright or for any other
reasons, as a result of using my submission.
Date: Signed:`
The Ad
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The ad can be any sort of file you like, it can be an IFF picture or
an ASCII text file or an IFF animation or a program. It can be anything as
long as you supply the files it needs to run. The icon of the ad can be
what ever you want, if you do not supply an icon the default `Compu-Ads`
icon will be used. To help you, the Compu-Ads disks will always contain:-
GoWB - Loads Workbench
EndCLI - Closes a CLI/Shell
CD - Sets directory
Assign - Assigns Directories
Echo - Displays text
MMPP - to display text files
PPshow - to display IFF files
PPanim - to play animations
PowerPacker.library - needed for the above 3 files.
The fee for an ad on one disk is just 5p per 1k! So for example you
could have a 47,104 character text file for just £2.50! For a better
example, this file would cost just 35p because it is 7k long! (Not
including the icon)
The 5 catagories for an ad are:-
Hareware - Any hardware for sale
Software - Any software for sale, games, utils etc
Wanted - If a specific item is wanted
Misc - Anything else
Program - Your own games or utils or demos, PD or shareware.
Once the ad has been put on to the Compu-Ads disk, your disk will
be returned to you by post. The Compu-Ads disk will be sent to
`17-bit Software`, `PD-Soft` and `United PD`, which are all large and
reputable PD stockists.
Compatibility
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The disk will be compiled on an A500+ but the ad does not neccessarily
need to be compatible with the A500+, but it is more to you advantage that
your ad is compatible with as many types of Amiga as possible, so more people
will see your ad.
If you know your ad will not work on some Amigas e.g. You use 256
coloured pictures, then please tell me. Also if your ad needs some sort of
hardware caould you also tell me so I can put a list of what each ad needs
and what makes of Amiga it is compatible with.
Hints....
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- Remember to include your name and addres on the ad, because I will NOT
act as your postman if you forget!
- Remember that the more eye-catching your icon looks, the more likely
poeple are going to double-click on it!
- If you want to put a Shareware or PD game, util or demo on this disk,
that is fine. A way to work out how many people found out about it from the
Compu-Ads disk is to just change the name on the address to send it to, for
example:-
Paul Etheridge (CA)
67 Chaveney RD.....
That way you know that who ever sent you the letter, read your ad on the
Compu-Ads disk!!
- The bigger, brighter, bolder your ad looks the more likely people are
going to remember it! A funny animation ALWAYS sticks in the mind!
- Remember most magazine ads are priced at about 30p per word. With the
5p per 1k fee you can have a document this size for just 35p!, so you can
afford to be extravagent!
- Just be imaginative, a ray-traced picture will gain more replies than
an ASCII file!
- Try and make your ad compatible with as many makes of Amiga as possible
because that way many more people will be able to see you ad. Also try and
create it on a machine that alot of people will have, i.e. don`t make it on
a 4000-040 with 16mb of Ram, an accelerator, graphics card etc because nobody
else will be able to view the ad!
- If you do receive any interested people as a result of your ad on this
disk please let me know how many because I would like to know what responce
this disk is getting.
Thank You!
Amiga is a registered trademark of Commodore-Amiga Inc.
Commodore is a registered trademark of Commodore Electronics Ltd