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A M I G A L I B R A R Y S E R V I C E S
P R O D U C T S U M M A R Y
(4/15/95)
This is a summary of the products carried by Amiga Library Services.
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FRESHFISH
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With new releases approximately every two months, the FreshFish CD-ROM is
designed to meet the needs of users who want copies of new releases of
material as soon as practical with a CD-ROM distribution. Now a 2-CD set,
the FreshFish CD's are compilations of the newest programs, libraries,
documentation, animations, pictures, etc, in both archived and unarchived
(ready to run) form.
A unique feature of this CD is the extensive set of GNU and non-GNU
utilities that are included, all with full source and binaries built
directly from that source, that are ready to run directly off the CD without
having to consume hundreds of megabytes of precious disk space to install
them.
FreshFish: $19.95 Subscriptions (6 CD's): $89.95
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GOLDFISH
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The GoldFish CD-ROM series collects material from previous floppy or CD-ROM
distributions about every six months. It is intended to meet the needs of
users that do not require frequent updates of newly released material.
GoldFish Volume 1, a 2-CD set released in April of 1994, provides a complete
archive of the 1000 "fish disk" floppy library, with all the disks provided
in both archived and ready-to-run form. It can be used to produce master
floppy disks for further duplication and distribution, using a simple to use
program that is provided on the CD-ROM. BBS or anonymous ftp sites can use
it to provide convenient electronic access to all the material from the
floppy library.
GoldFish Volume 2, a 2-CD set released in December of 1994, includes all the
new submissions included on the first 7 volumes of the FreshFish CD series,
with all the material updated to the latest available version as of the date
of completion of the CD. As with Volume 1, all of the material is included
in both archived and unarchived form. It also includes the latest versions
of the "useful tools" included on each FreshFish CD, such as the GNU
utilities, reviews of hardware and software, etc.
GoldFish Vol 1: $19.95 GoldFish Vol 2: $19.95
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FROZENFISH-PC
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By popular demand from BBS operators that use IBM-PC systems, we have
produced a special edition of the April 1994 FrozenFish CD that contains all
1000 "fish disks" archived on a per-disk basis, as well as other interesting
material from the latest FreshFish and GoldFish series. This is a
multi-platform CD that is fully readable on all systems, including Amiga,
MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Mac, and UNIX. Each directory contains a standard
"FILES.BBS" file that BBS programs can use to provide user access to
material on the CD-ROM.
FrozenFish PC: $24.95
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LIGHT-ROM®
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This "CD-ROM for Lightwave artists", updated every 6 months, gives you
access to all of the great freely distributable Lightwave objects, scene
files, textures, images, etc. from Lightwave BBS's and ftp sites around the
world. LIGHT-ROM also includes an exclusive "Showcase" directory, where
Lightwave artists from around the world advertise their skills and services
to the Lightwave community and potential employers. All Lightwave objects,
textures, and images are represented with thumbnail renderings for easy
previewing. This multi-platform CD-ROM is ready for the Windows NT, SGI and
Alpha versions of Lightwave due in '95 and can be read on these platforms
today.
LIGHT-ROM: $39.95
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TEXTURE GALLERY
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Texture Gallery is a 2 CD-ROM set containing over 1.3 gigabytes of textures
designed for graphic artists on any computer platform. It contains almost
1000 different textures in 6 different file formats; IFF, TIFF, TARGA, JPEG,
SGI and PICT. All the textures on Texture Gallery are represented with
thumbnail renderings for easy previewing. The categories of textures on
Texture Gallery include; Brick, Concrete, Fabric, Fire, Marble, Metal, Rock,
Skin, Wood and many others! Texture Gallery is a multi-platform CD-ROM that
can be read from Amiga, Mac, PC and SGI platforms. The textures are perfect
for use with 3D programs like Lightwave 3D and can be used to create bump
maps. The textures included on Texture Gallery are not duplicated on
LIGHT-ROM.
Texture Gallery: $44.95
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AMINET
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Aminet is the world's largest collection of freely distributable Amiga
software. Up to 10,000 users access the vast archives every day and
countless programmers publish directly via Aminet. A wide variety of
programs is included: applications, games, demos, pictures, mods,
animations, developer material, networking software, programming languages,
and more. Until recently, access to Aminet was restricted to international
network users. Only 3 years after its inception, Aminet now holds the
equivalent of more than 4,000 floppy disks of software. User friendly
access software makes the aminet CD's a pleasure to use.
Aminet Set 1, the first "complete" Aminet archive on CD, consists of
approximately 4 gigabytes of software in 12,500 archives. This 4-CD set,
which is dated January 1995, offers an almost inexhaustible reservoir of top
value shareware.
There are also quarterly releases of selected portions of the aminet files.
Aminet Volume 5, dated March 1995, consists of approximately 1.1 gigabytes
of software in 3,600 archives. Volume 5 has a special focus on games; more
than 1000 games from Aminet were included. One year subscriptions to the
Aminet series are available. There are expected to be four releases per
year, so the subscription is actually for 4 CD's, regardless of when they
end up shipping.
Aminet Set: $43.95 Aminet Quarterly: $19.95 Aminet Quarterly - 1 year
subscription: $59.95
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MEETING PEARLS
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Meeting Pearls volume 1 contains about 150 high quality and high resolution
fractals, a ready to run version of PasTeX which includes fonts for FAX and
600 dpi printers, a ready to install version of the Amiga NetBSD port, and
many other ready to run applications including UMS, DaggeX, a lot of
utilities, games, etc.
Meeting Pearls volume 2 contains 650 Mb of the finest freely distributable
software and has a special user interface which has been created to allow
you to find the program of your choice with ease. The contents include 35
Mb of selected HTML pages; 50 Mb graphics programs and data; 15 Mb games; 10
Mb from "The Party '94"; 13 Mb disk, hard disk, CD-ROM and SCSI tools; 19 Mb
various other tools; 11 Mb educational software; 25 Mb terminal programs; 25
Mb animations, mainly from Eric Schwarz; 40 Mb developer tools (e.g.
pre-installed DICE, Oberon, & Modula compilers, Commodore Includes,
GUI-Tools); 9 Mb music programs; 10 Mb midi programs; 27 Mb pictures; 60 Mb
texts, FAQs, CD contents files, etc; 40 Mb linux for Amiga; 100 Mb TeX
installation (PasTeX incl. 600 dpi and fax fonts); 38 Mb movie data base; 50
Mb archives for Psion; 18 Mb modules; 50 Mb NetBSD for Amiga.
Because the version of NetBSD included on Meeting Pearls CD's includes
encryption code that is restricted for U.S. export, all imported CD's will
only be available for resale within the U.S.
Meeting Pearls Vol 1: $11.95 Meeting Pearls Vol 2: $13.95
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FRESHFONTS
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FreshFonts volume 1 contains 620 megabytes of freely distributable fonts for
the Amiga, IBM-PC, and Macintosh, and some sample programs using the fonts.
There are a total of 200 font families in six different classes: Deco (71
fonts), Non-Latin (31 fonts), Pictures (17 fonts), Serif (23 fonts), Sans
Serif (31 fonts), Script (27 fonts). Each of these fonts is included in
five different formats; DMF, IntelliFont, Amiga Bitmap, Adobe, and TrueType.
All fonts are documented by AmigaGuide and HTML files, which not only
include information about the font and the author, but also a preview
picture of the font.
FreshFonts volume 2 contains 632 megabytes of fonts for almost any computer
system. Most of the fonts are freely distributable, except for the Thienen
fonts, which are exclusive on this CD. Each of these fonts is included in