There are many new items on Volume V with a total of over 9,000 files and 640 megabytes of compressed Macintosh‚Ñ¢ software.
Decompressed this data exceeds 1.4 Gigabytes! This CD-ROM is the most current collection available with items added as late as February 27, 1992. Volume V has expanded compatability to five (5) BBS systems. First Class, Mansion, MUBBS, Second Sight, and Telefinder. All of these BBS systems are excellent and we are trying to support as many sysops as possible.
Twenty-four software topics
Volume V contains over 78 AppleLink items, 270 Adobe Screen font files, 100 MUG items, 280 Art files, 430 Business tools, 400 DA's, 340 Fonts, 480 Games, 1000 HyperCard tools, MacTechnical Notes, 350 MUG Newsletter Reviews, 110 MIDI files, 210 Music files, 400 Programer tools, 50 QuickTime tools, 600 Telecommunication files, 110 System7 tools, Decompression applications, 1100 utilities for the Macintosh, 500 Word processing tools and support articles plus much, much more!
Adobe Screen Fonts
Adobe Systems Inc. has allowed us to license their screen fonts on Volume V for redistribution. This is the most current Adobe Screen Font collection on CD-ROM. You as a “BBS IN A BOX” registered user have the right to allow your users to download these screen fonts.
Special Art & Music Collections
Special collections of Music from Porcupine productions have been provided in sound and MIDI format that are available on no other on-line services. Professional animator Fred Kuentz has provided never before released Quick Time movies in the QuickTime folder. Artist Reginald Muhl has provided professional photographic slide scans for multimedia and Richard Wald have provided special sections of his clip art.
Special World Factbook, Shakespear and Thesaurus
Mark Zimmerman has provided us with special Hypercard editions of World Factbook, Shakespear and Roget's Thesaurus. These items are available for you and your users to download and enjoy. These items have not been released previously. BBS in a BOX does it first again, thanks to Mark Zimmerman. Look in the Exclusive folder if you want them in decompressed ready to use form.
“PD Pig Out!”
Volume V features “PD Pig Out!” which is bundled with HyperCard 2.1 (licensed from Apple Computer) by MacWizards. This stack contains descriptions on approximately 8,000 public domain and shareware files available for the Macintosh™ on Volume V of “BBS IN A BOX”. This stack retails for $19.95 and may be purchased from MacWizards. However, “BBS in a BOX” owners will have this product included on Volume V for their use.
BBS Descriptions - Database Searches
Volume V supports On Location search engines. In addition , text file listings and other database tools are provided in various formats. “BBS IN A BOX” is the ONLY CD-ROM that provides BBS descriptions on over 640 megs of compressed Macintosh BBS software.
The Future - Volume VI
Look for additional BBS System support including Hermes, revamping some description areas, limiting compression to Compactor, many additional new files, greater system 7 support, QuickTime, MSDN links, Macintosh BBS on the CD-ROM for instant linking, System 7.1, showcasing more BBS file areas, original works and more...
Special thanks!
Special thanks and credit to Pete Johnson, John Sinteur, Rusty Tucker, AMUG, Mark Zimmerman, Reginald Muhl, Richard Wald, Apple Computer, Adobe Systems and all the authors for making Volume V of “BBS IN A BOX” a reality!
Support the Authors!
If you have additional features you would like to see added to “BBS IN A BOX”, please feel free to write or call us. We are interested in making the world of public domain and shareware easily understandable to the Macintosh public. Only by supporting these authors and sending in our shareware fees will this type of software distribution continue. No fee is charged for any of the download files provided on this disk. AMUG and MacWizards spend thousands of hours creating the BBS interface on this CD-ROM. Any charge for this CD-ROM is solely to support the BBS interface. Please pay for any shareware that you use. When we are dishonest with the authors he or she either stops publishing or sells their products commercially. Please be sensitive to this issue. Thanks again for supporting Shareware and Public Domain authors!
Chapter three of this document is a registration form. Choose ORDER FORM from the Chapters menu or click on the pop up menu at the lower left of this window to go there. Then all you have to do is Print it, fill in the blanks and post it with your check. What could be easier than that?
Or if you already have Volume V go to the Chapter for your particular BBS, our install manuals.
