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- From: davco...@netcom.com (David Walker CyTech CodeHouse, Inc.)
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- Subject: DoomWare Developers Network CD - 500Meg
- Date: 18 Nov 1994 15:51:16 GMT
- Organization: CyTech CodeHouse, Inc. Elmhurst, IL
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- * DoomWare Developers Network CD - Occurrence I *
- * Support for DOOM and DOOM II *
- * *
- * Special Deal get DOOM II for a discounted price!! *
- * See Details Below. Offer ends 11/28/94 *
- *******************************************************************
- What's the deal?:
-
- DoomWare Developers Network CD - Occurrence I
-
- Special offer: Buy the DoomWare Developers Network CD and get DOOM II
- for a discounted price, with free shipping & handling (UPS Ground
- continental US only). Special offer ends 11/28/94.
-
- Call: CyTech CodeHouse 1-800-382-5656
- Check out our ad in December's Computer Gaming World!
-
- What is it? : All the Newest, PWADS, Editors, Hacks, Sounds, Patches,
- FAQ's, and Reviews in the known shareware universe for
- DOOM and DOOM II. (as of 10/20/94)
-
- Total CD disk space used: over 500 Meg
- Total CD file count : over 5,000
-
- Handy database program (CDGofer) shows you all the
- files and a synopsis of the description for each.
- Let's you extract or copy the files to your HD,
- print the full associated text file, and let's you
- effortlessly swim through half a Gig of files. Download
- a copy from alt.binaries.doom (See DoomWare CD...)
-
- Most pWAD's ( over 1,000 ) are available for direct
- play in our WADFest directory on the CD.
-
- Includes a FULL mirror of infant2, CompuServe, and
- AOL Doom file areas, all on 1 CD-ROM!!! Files were
- continuously added, right up to production, so we
- have the latest DOOM II WAD's, editors, and conversion
- utilities in their own directory.
-
-
- Further details if you are interested:
-
- Are there other ways to order? : Yep
- You can order via E-Mail to davco...@netcom.com, write, or fax. Send
- e-mail for more info.
-
- Gee, $29... why so much? The DoomWare Developers Network CD
- represents thousands of dollars invested, and simply the most
- complete Doom world shareware collection. We spent many, many
- hours searching for and grabbing the latest files on the
- internet and on premium on-line services. We spent many more
- hours sorting, cleaning, and organizing the disk. We also spent
- much time and money developing software to make the disk
- accessible, acquiring the merchant accounts, 1-800 numbers,
- order processing houses, production accounts, advertising
- materials, ad space, and permissions.
-
- How come there are other DOOM shareware CD's out that are a
- lot cheaper? Here is the story. A long time ago one guy used
- a WORM drive at work to make a CD of DOOM shareware stuff and
- it was pretty good at the time. Later some other guy bought a
- copy of it and re-released it under his name. Later yet another
- guy bought a copy and re-released it... and on and on. It's the
- same old stuff. Ours is complete from the beginning of time until
- present, even has the latest DOOM II stuff.
-
- Aren't you ripping of the authors? We made every effort to
- exclude files from authors who did not want to be included,
- and contacted many to make sure they were cool with the whole
- thing. We released our own software to the public domain, and
- even recompressed the files so that PKZip wouldn't be abused.
-
- Didn't you losers hog bandwidth with your massive downloading?
- We spread the load across all of infant2's mirrors and accessed
- only during off-peak. Infant2 was our last stop and by then, we
- had almost everything. Of course, we mercilessly hogged bandwidth
- on pay-per-minute services like CompuServe and AOL.
-
- Who the hell ARE you? CyTech CodeHouse is a loose aggregation of
- serious programmers. We do mostly custom work for government
- and private companies and play DOOM. We bought a couple doom
- shareware collection CD's and they sucked... bad. They had really
- old stuff, didn't make it easy to use, and shamelessly ripped off
- authors who stated in their doc's that they didn't want to be part
- of any CD collection. So we put our professional talents together
- to make the most complete, current, and professional Doom CD ever.
- The one WE would like to see.
-
- What about BBS? Is it BBS ready? Nope, we didn't have room on the
- CD to make a BBS ready area. Other DOOM CD's have a BBS ready area
- but we figured that you would rather have ALL the DOOM stuff rather
- than half of it and a duplicate section just to expand the market.
- If there is sufficient demand we might do a BBS only version.
-
- How can you sell DOOM II at a discount? Easy we lose money on the
- deal. It's just a convenience to you and to Id Software.
-
- How can you do FREE shipping and handling? Also easy. Shipping and
- handling are bogus ripoffs that companies use to sucker you in...
- offer a price $2.00 lower than the competition but charge $5.00 for
- shipping and handling. Shipping UPS ground is really cheap and
- handling is totally bogus. There are enough ripoffs around, we
- don't need to contribute.
-
-
- Dave Walker
- CyTech CodeHouse
-
-