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___________________________ _____________ ________ / | \| \ | | / | | \| | / | |\ | | | / /| | |/ | |\ | | / /_| | | | > | | / | ______/| |/ | |_______ / | | | | | / /| | | | | | / / | | | | /| | /_________/ |________|_______| |_____________/ |________________| Archimedes Public Domain Library *-------------------* | incorporating | __________ *-------------------* _ _ | / | \ / | | __ /____________ ________________ _____ ___ | \ / | | | / // ___ __|_THE _ | ____ ______|| ___|| \ | \ / | | |/ // /| | | || \ / \ \ \ | || \ | |____| |\ \ | |\ \/ /| | | // __ | | || |\ \ \_/ \ \ | || '' / | ____ __ \ | | \__/ | | | // / | | | || __ \ _____\ \ | || |\ \ | |___ | | \ \| | | | |___//_/ |_| |_||_| \_\\________||_||_| \_\|_____||_| \___| |_| *---------* | and | *---------* _______ _______ ______ __ __ _______ _ ______ _____ __ / ___ // ___ / / ____// / / / / ___ //\ / // ____/ / ___/ / / / /__/ // /__/ / / / / /__/ / / /__/ // \ / // / ___ / /__ / / / ___ // _ __/ / / / ___ / / ___ // /\ \/ // / / // ___/ / / / / / // / \ \ / /___ / / / / / / / // / \ // /__/ // /___ / /____ /_/ /_//_/ \_\/_____//_/ /_/ /_/ /_//_/ \//______//_____//______/ A.P.D.L -=-=- PD and Shareware for Acorn computers 39 Knighton Park Road, Sydenham, London SE26 5RN VAT Reg. No. 668 0248 20 *********************************************************************** * If you haven't ordered from APDL before PLEASE READ THIS FILE FIRST * *********************************************************************** It will take only a few minutes and could save a lot of time and trouble ___ | /\ \ / If you can't wait for the post and have a credit/debit |-- /__\ X card you can fax your order to us on 0181 488 0487. | / \ / \ It's best if you use the !Order program to create your ------------- order and don't forget to sign it before you send it! This section contains information about APDL and instructions for ordering. You may not to wish to bother to read it all, but it's best if you do. You should at least read everything up to the line of &'s if you want your order to be processed quickly and without error. Most material in the catalogue is Copyrighted by the Authors and APDL makes no claim upon it. However the catalogue, compilations, all descriptive and other text, except where taken from the Authors own descriptions, is Copyright APDL and may not be used by any other persons or organisations except for descriptive or promotional purposes when referring to APDL discs and compilations. *********************************************************************** APDL offers absolutely no warranty or guarantee as to fitness for purpose with any of the software provided. All PD and Shareware is supplied without charge, the fee paid to APDL is for the media, carriage, and general costs and overheads. Warranty is therefore limited to the media ONLY. Any faulty DISCS will be replaced. While we will try to help with problems you are normally advised to contact the Author directly. Descriptions of programs are normally taken from those supplied by the Author, and APDL cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies or misrepresentations. *********************************************************************** In order to avoid catalogue files becoming too large it is broken into several sections. These are described more fully in the file 'Index' but briefly they are - APDL_FAQ - 'Frequently Asked Questions' about APDL and PD/Shareware in general. If you have problems look here Main Cat - Applications, utilities, 'useful' programs etc DTP Cat - Clip art (Draw, Sprite and Artworks), fonts, and other DTP files Games Cat - Games and 'sillies', including educational games Commercial- Commercial software including some low cost mainstream games and programs, David Pilling discs Smart DTP, etc and demo versions of commercial software CDs/Books - APDL CDs and other low cost/good value CDs plus some of the Dabs Press books at very low prices Demo/Mags - Disc Magazines and 'Demo' programs, graphics demo's, etc. Graphics - All types of pictures. As well as Spritefiles there are GIF, TIFF, IFF, JPEG and other 'foreign' formats. PC + PB - PC programs to be run under the PC emulator and programs for the Pocket Book computer Careware - 'Archive' magazine Careware discs - proceeds go to charity Indiv Cat - Individual programs, Games and Demos Sounds Cat- Tracker, Digital Symphony and Maestro tunes plus Coconizer and Sound Samples FLI Movies- FLI format 'movie' files GIF pics - GIF and JPEG pictures sold individually Literature- Discs and individual files of various PD texts including many classical novels, Shakespeare, etc. For Sale - Secondhand hardware and software for sale or wanted PC List - An archive with files containing lists of 1000's of PC PD and Shareware programs sold VERY CHEAPLY in .ZIP format In the 'Hardware' archive - HardDiscs - Hard disc drives and interfaces including Syquest drives CD Drives - Various CD ROM drives and low cost APDL packages RiscPC RAM- Low cost SIMM RAM, part exchange deals available too The programs on most discs are compressed using ArcFS. Where space permits a copy of the Read Only version of ArcFS is provided on the disc but quite often there isn't room, so you may need to use the copy from the Catalogue disc. If you see 'blank', untyped, files when you look at a disc and there isn't a copy of ArcFS on it then they are probably ArcFS archives, so load the copy from your Catalogue disc and try again. Although APDL has taken over DataStream and Arch Angel most of the discs previously supplied by these libraries are still available. please see the relevant files in the 'Read me 2' archive for details. -+-+- PRICES -+-+- U.K. Discs are £1.50 each. Most discs ordered counts as one 'point' towards Bonus Discs. For every FIVE points you collect you get one bonus disc of your choice FREE. Europe Within European Postal Area £1.50 per disc but you need to collect TEN Bonus Points for each free disc because of the extra postage Outside Still £1.50 per disc but with a surcharge of £1.00 per order. Europe Sorry no Bonus Points because of extra postal charges. DO NOT deduct VAT, because although it is not charged it approximates to the additional postal charges outside Europe, so the VAT component becomes the extra postage. Orders are normally sent by First Class post or Air Mail and are usually dispatched the same day they are received. Unless stated otherwise with specific items post and packing is INCLUDED in all prices. If you are ordering on behalf of a school or college please see the section 'Schools and Colleges' first. Please make cheques or Postal Orders payable to APDL. Payment in Pounds Sterling drawn on a U.K. bank, Sterling Eurocheque, Visa or Debit card. Outside Europe add £1.00 to total order price. We can accept payment by Visa, Debit or Switch cards. If you wish to use a card be sure the number and expiry date are correct and legible. If you use the !Order program this will allow you to enter your credit card details in the 'Name and Address' window. When you print out your order you MUST then SIGN IT. Otherwise it will be returned to you. We will not process credit card orders which are unsigned. If you send your order on disc you must enclose a short, signed, note giving the number and instructing us to debit your card. No orders for payment by credit card will be accepted without signed authorisation. Unless by prior arrangement the delivery Name and Address MUST be the cardholder. IMPORTANT - We may have to impose a surcharge on credit card orders. The bank take 5% commission, and although we can absorb this on most items it is not always possible. We therefore reserve the right to add 2½% to credit card sales, although we stress that this will not be on on 'normal' discs and catalogue items, and should apply only to high value, low profit items like hard discs. If in doubt please phone first We can accept cheques drawn on a MAJOR foreign bank in a MAJOR currency (French or Swiss Franc, Mark, etc.) but there is a surcharge of £2 per order. Sorry about this but the bank charges £4 for foreign cheques so I must pass part of this charge on. Please bear in mind currency fluctuations if payment is not in Sterling. We normally operate on a 'cash with order' basis. VAT Receipts will ONLY be given if requested. If you want to be invoiced this is possible but UNLESS BY PRIOR AGREEMENT bonus discs will NOT be given owing to the extra paperwork involved. There is also a MINIMUM ORDER VALUE of £5.00 if payment is not included with the order. *** We reserve the right to refuse any order without explanation *** _____ Reg. No. 668 0248 20 \ / /\ | APDL is registered for VAT but all prices include \ / /__\ | VAT at 17.5%. As 99% of our customers are not VAT \/ / \ | registered they can simply ignore the whole thing. If you are ordering on behalf of a company that is VAT registered and want a proper VAT invoice you MUST ask for it WHEN YOU ORDER. If you are ordering from outside the UK but within the EC you must still pay VAT at the UK rate - so don't deduct anything. If you are ordering from outside the EC then the VAT element will become the additional postage. This will be roughly correct for almost everything we supply except very high value items like hard discs. If you are a school or charity or other VAT exempt purchaser then read the section 'Schools and Colleges' BEFORE you send us any order with VAT deducted. ======================= ======================== O R D E R I N G ============================ ======================= You will find a program called !Order on the catalogue disc. This is designed to make it easier for you to order discs. You can choose almost anything we sell with a mouse click and it will work out the prices, calculate all your Bonus points, and even print out your order. Most orders are despatched by first class post within 24 hours of receipt, normally on the same day. Orders compiled using the !Order, !GIForder or !PCorder programs (whether printed or sent as a text file on disc) are dealt with FIRST because they are quickest and easiest to handle. Hand written orders for GIF or PC files always get left until last, so if you do want some of these and don't have a printer send your order on disc - you'll get it returned to you much faster. Sometimes packets do go astray in the post. It can be the fault of the Post office but experience shows that it's more likely to be because it was wrongly addressed. PLEASE make sure your address is correct and, if it's a handwritten order, that it's CLEARLY LEGIBLE. I often have to take letters to my local sorting office and ask for their help in deciphering an address. In fact, we sometimes get envelopes containing an order with no address at all, or even just coins and nothing else! If you use the !Order program you will see that your name and address is repeated at the bottom of the order. This is used as a label to minimise the possibility of a mistake, so please don't 'edit it out' before you print your order - it's there for a purpose. =============================== ===================== B O N U S P O I N T S ======================= =============================== A brief explanation of the APDL Bonus Point system. It reduces our postal costs if you send one large order rather than several small ones so this is designed to keep prices down for people who are ordering several discs at once. When you make up your order each item will give you a certain number of points. For every FIVE points you collect (TEN for European orders) you get ONE FREE DISC. (This means any 'normal' disc priced at £1.50.) All 'normal' catalogue discs count as ONE POINT so the number of points isn't shown as it will always be one. Wherever a different number of points is awarded this will be shown, so look carefully or you might miss out! Effectively this is ONE FREE disc for every FIVE ordered (ten in Europe). This means you get six discs for £7.50 which works out at £1.25 per disc. On some multi-disc sets the number of Bonus points awarded for 800K and 1.6Mb versions is different. This is because it is obviously cheaper for us to send the hi density version and it lets us charge the same price for each. This will be shown as (1/2 Bonus points) which would mean 1 point for the 800K version, 2 for the 1.6Mb. You can't 'save up' Bonus Points from one order and add them to the next. I'm sorry but no Bonus Discs for orders outside Europe or where payment is not included with the order as in these cases costs are higher. ======================================================== =========== D I S C S U B S C R I P T I O N S E R V I C E ============ ======================================================== For an annual fee of only £10 a disc of the latest PD/Shareware PLUS the APDL catalogue will be sent to you on the first Saturday of each even month (June, August etc.). This is an excellent way of keeping up to date with the ever expanding APDL library. Due to additional postage costs the charge for customers outside the UK is £12. This can be either two 800K discs, one of which will be largely filled by the catalogue, or a single 1.6Mb disc. In either case the price is the same but please specify whether you want the DD or HD version when ordering. ===================================== ================== C A T A L O G U E D I S C S ====================== ===================================== A catalogue disc normally costs £1. To ensure you have the latest version enclose your old catalogue with your order and it will be updated WITHOUT CHARGE (UK only). Alternatively a new catalogue WITH AN ORDER costs only 50p (UK only, 60p elsewhere). Please make sure you protect your catalogue disc properly if you return it for updating, don't just drop it into an ordinary envelope. Ideally re-use an old 'jiffy' bag, but if you threw the last one away (silly!) wrap the disc securely (even newspaper will do) to protect it. Unprotected discs in ordinary envelopes often get damaged by Post Office sorting machinery ================================= ===================== T H E C A T A L O G U E ====================== ================================= You will notice the catalogues are plain text files. No fancy graphics or animations. This is because they change and are added to all the time and may be updated two or three times a week. It isn't possible to keep them up to date with fancy packaging. For the same reason we don't offer a printed catalogue. By the time it was printed it would be obsolete! Most customers prefer it this way. As everyone has !Edit it's simple to just browse or find anything you want with Edit's 'Find' facility. If you wish to print out a part or all of the catalogue you can easily do so. ============================================= ================ B L A N K D I S C S and B O X E S ================== ============================================= By 'popular request'. We supply blank discs to save you having to pay high street prices or a small order surcharge to buy mail order. We prefer to supply only as part of a normal order or to regular customers or Authors. Discs are top quality unmarked bulk and prices include labels. All discs are guaranteed error free and any with errors will be replaced FOC. If you buy blank discs your order may be sent 2nd Class to reduce postage. Blank disc prices - 3.5" DD (800K) 34p each - £3.30 for ten - £14.50 for 50 3.5" HD (1.6Mb) 37p each - £3.60 for ten - £15.50 for 50 10 disc capacity plastic library cases - £1 (when supplied with 10 blank discs only 90p) Single disc plastic cases - 60p (Ideal for Shareware Authors, gives a 'professional' look). For Syquest cartridges see the 'Hard Discs' file. For larger quantities of blank discs see the Commercial catalogue. ================================= =================== C O M P A T I B I L I T Y ====================== ================================= There are three major versions of RISC-OS in circulation so there are sometimes compatibility problems. As an indication the character which normally follows each program name is used as a 'code' to indicate RiscOS 3.1 (and normally 3.0) compatibility. - Not sure or untried = Works OK with both + RiscOS 2 program, works with RiscOS 3 but minor problems * RiscOS 2 only : RiscOS 3 only These codes were introduces when RO-3 appeared and so they were mainly intended to indicate which of the older program would NOT work with RO-3. As we now have the Risc PC as well there is also RISC-OS 3.5/3.6 to consider. RO2 compatibility is no longer checked as this OS has now been declared obsolete. Therefore the following two new codes are used - ~ Will NOT work on the Risc PC ^ Works OK on the Risc PC I may use two characters in common where this is appropriate, eg. =^ would mean that the program is RO2, RO3 and RiscPC compatible, :~ would means RO3 only, won't work on RiscPC or RO2. These are offered as a GUIDE ONLY. At this point the majority of older programs have not been checked on the RiscPC, so the fact that no indication is given does not mean that they do or don't work. Most well written applications are perfectly OK. ===================== ========================== U P D A T E S =========================== ===================== Discs are often updated with later versions of programs. If you want your copy updated return the ORIGINAL disc(s) plus 40p per disc. The 40p charge also applies if you want your Catalogue disc updated although this will be done without charge IF YOU ARE ORDERING OTHER DISCS AT THE SAME TIME. This price is based on the understanding that the original disc is returned IN GOOD CONDITION. Don't just throw it in a normal envelope and hope that it survives the journey. If possible re-use one of our padded envelopes or wrap the disc(s) in some 'bubble' plastic or similar to protect it. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& =========================================== ================ S C H O O L S and C O L L E G E S ================= =========================================== We are happy to deal with schools and colleges and have many among our customers. Our prices are based on a 'cash with order' system to minimise paperwork overhead. There is a MINIMUM ORDER of £5 if you do not send payment with your order. Invoices are enclosed with the goods. Payment in full MUST be received within THIRTY DAYS. At the end of this time and each thirty days thereafter a reminder will be sent and the cost of this will be added to your original invoice at £4 per reminder. Once a reminder has been sent any outstanding amount will attract interest at 2% per month or any part of a month. If payment is not received within thirty days any concessionairy bonus discs sent with your order will be cancelled and charged at the normal rate. If you want to deal with us and would like Bonus discs ensure your Accounts Department settles QUICKLY. Please remember the minimum order is £5 and NO BONUS DISCS unless payment is included with the order or we have agreed you can have Bonus discs without prepayment. A simple alternative is to pay with a personal cheque and recover the (usually small) amount from petty cash. If you wish to order discs regularly from APDL you may be entitled to open an account. To use this system you must be a state supported or other recognised school or college and subscribe to our bi-monthly subscription disc. Your account will then be sent with the disc. This allows us to keep accounting overheads low. Please ask for details. VAT DEDUCTION Schools and VAT exempt purchasers read this NOW!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many schools and other institutions are VAT exempt purchasers and can deduct VAT from their orders. This MAY be possible with APDL but you MUST check with us first and PROVIDE PROOF OF YOUR RIGHT TO DO THIS. Any order sent with VAT deducted but WITHOUT proof of your right to deduct the VAT will have VAT added. This is what we are obliged to do by Customs & Excise rules. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. With many items that we supply we act only as 'agent' (for example, registered versions of Shareware programs), and so the VAT applies only to our part of the price and not to the total, so you can't just deduct the VAT. You can deduct VAT from the cost of any NEW hard disc or CD. If your order is for less than £10 DO NOT deduct VAT because the amount of paperwork that we have to do is just too complex for this small amount. o------------------------------o | SHAREWARE | | If you use it - pay for it | o------------------------------o Most programs in this catalogue are Public Domain, although as most Authors retain copyright they should properly be called 'Freeware'. Some are Shareware, and this is becoming more common and is a development I am keen to encourage. Shareware is NOT 'free software'. It is commercial software distributed on a 'try before you buy' basis. Software in this catagory requires separate payment to the Author as a Registration Fee if you make use of it. Often you get additional items or improved versions when you Register. Sometimes the payment should be made to a nominated charity instead of to the Author and this is often called 'Careware'. Please play fair with Shareware. Not only is it dishonest to use a Shareware program without Registering is it also very short sighted. If Shareware Authors don't receive payment for their work they will either stop writing programs for the Archimedes and write for PC's instead where users DO send money or 'sell out' to commercial software producers. Then you will find that a year later you must pay many times the registration fee to buy the same thing in a shrink wrapped package. =============================================== ================ W A R R A N T Y and G U A R A N T E E =============== =============================================== APDL makes no charge for 'PD' programs or other material. The cost of a disc is a copying and distribution fee. All material is supplied without any warranty or guarantee as to fitness for purpose. Our guarantee is limited to the media and any disc with errors which prevents a program from being used will be replaced free of charge. We try to ensure that programs work and do our best to help with problems but everything is supplied 'as is' and the only warranty is that offered by the Author. Descriptions are given in good faith but we can often only give a brief trial to programs so cannot guarantee accuracy. Remember APDL is merely the distributor. Most PD and all Shareware programs contain the name and address of the Author and while we can often contact him/her on your behalf it is normally much better (and quicker) if you do so yourself. Discs are defect free and verified before despatch. However errors can appear so if a disc has errors which stop any programs or data from loading it will be replaced free of charge if you return it. Don't forget to include your name and address! We make every effort to ensure that programs and other material may be freely copied and distributed. However it is often impossible to be certain of this, especially where material does not contain an identifying name and address. If you see any items in the catalogue which you know may not be freely distributed please inform us. ============================ ====================== A B O U T A.P.D.L. ========================== ============================ Our policy is to offer not the cheapest but the best programs. Wherever possible these are obtained direct from the Author so APDL has the latest versions. We offer support to programmers because we realise that without them there wouldn't be any PD or Shareware. If you are a PD or Shareware Author please send your material. If you see any of your programs in our catalogue we would be grateful for updates. We give special consideration to Authors so it will be worth your while. We do not boast that we have all the latest demo's (most of which look alike) or the latest tunes (many of which seem to be indistinguishable) although we do have a substantial collection of both. We often have programs which either do not appear in other collections or are restricted to only a few libraries. We try to avoid spending money on flashy adverts - we don't need to. Most of our customers have been buying discs from us for a long while and word of mouth is the best advertising. They have also learnt that even if a program doesn't appear in our catalogue it's still worth asking - either we already have it or we will get it. If you have not heard of APDL before I should point out that it was among the very first libraries for the Archimedes, that's why it doesn't have a clever name. The fact that it is still flourishing after all these years while others have vanished probably says more about the quality of our service than anything that I could add. ===================================== ================== O V E R 1,0 0 0 D I S C S ====================== ===================================== Well, we probably do have over 1000 discs, but who's counting?. However, it seems to be the latest fashion to say things like this. You will see this proud boast proffered by most of the other large libraries. If you investigate you will find that a large proportion of these '1000 discs' are full of tracker tunes, GIF pictures, etc., and quite often they boost the disc count by having two separate catalogues, one for 800K and the other for 1.6Mb. We don't have a single disc of Tracker or Digital Symphony tunes. All of these are sold individually. In fact we have over 400 Mb of them, so that could increase the disc count by around 500 if we sold them that way! We have only a very few discs of foreign format pictures, but once again we have lots of GIF pictures listed individually. If we were to put all of these on compilation discs then we would probably be able to boast 'over 2000 discs' but so what?. If I 'unzipped' all the PC programs and put them onto discs I could boast 'over 10,000 discs' but it wouldn't mean a thing. There wouldn't be a single extra item in stock. We could also double the number of discs in the catalogue by not compressing the contents. Most discs are compressed using ArcFS and many contain over 1½ megabytes of material when de-arced. Again it would sound good but you would get less for your money. Forget the number of discs, if it's worth having we've probably got it. ========================================================= ========= P U B L I C D O M A I N and S H A R E W A R E ========= ========================================================= Many Archimedes users are uncertain what these terms actually mean so I shall explain VERY briefly. You should appreciate that APDL does NOT sell computer software except for the 'commercial' programs. What we do is to distribute other people's software and the money you pay is a fee for copying, post and packing, the discs etc. plus an overhead to cover the costs of running the library. We charge nothing for the actual programs, they aren't ours to sell. We try to give help if you have problems but it's best if you contact the Author directly. Public Domain is a precise legal term in the USA where it means that the Author has given up ALL rights to program. He has forsworn Copyright and placed it 'in the public domain'. There is no direct legal equivalent in Britain. Most so-called Public Domain should more accurately be termed 'Freeware'. This means the Author retains copyright but permits his/her work to be freely copied and used subject to certain conditions. Normally these are that the name and copyright message must be retained, the program must not be altered, it must always be supplied intact and it must not be used for financial gain. The very existance of such a message establishes Copyright and negates any 'this is public domain' statement. For obvious reasons once a program is actually in the public domain no-one has any rights over it, INCLUDING THE AUTHOR. Shareware is commercial software. It is Copyright but permission is given for it to be freely copied and distributed. If you acquire a copy of the program you are entitled to use it for a trial period, normally thirty days. If you make use of it after this time you are obliged to 'register'. This means sending a 'registration fee' to the Author. Details of how to do this and what benefits it brings will be contained somewhere within the program's instructions. Using a Shareware program outside of the trial period or conditions is software piracy. It is an offense, both legally and morally, exactly the same as using a pirated copy of Impression. The fee you pay to a library like APDL for a Shareware program does NOT give you any right to use the program. You are not paying for the program, just a distribution fee. If you continue to use it you MUST register with the Author. Please play fair with Shareware Authors. Many Shareware programs are as good as commercial packages and as they don't have the huge advertising and distribution overhead which makes up the larger part of the price of such programs they will cost you a lot less. If you don't pay the Author he/she will stop writing Shareware and we will all be losers. David Holden - A.P.D.L.