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INFO-MAC CD-ROM III
January 1994
by Pacific HiTech
This is the third issue of the Info-Mac CD-ROM, containing files and
programs from the Sumex-Aim Info-Mac archive on the Internet. The fast
pace at which new files have been appearing on Sumex-Aim has meant that
almost all of the programs on this disc are completely new programs or
updated versions of existing programs.
We have provided an interface for this issue's CD-ROM which gives the author
or submittor's name, the date the program was uploaded to Sumex Aim, the
category into which the program falls (ie, where to find the program on
the CD), a short description of each program and the abstract/message that
was sent along with the file when it was originally uploaded.
Located in the same folder as this Readme file, are Easy View
indexes of Tibdits, Vaporware, Info-Mac Digests, and the Abstracts files.
here is also a Free Text database of containing most of these files as well
as several other text files from "Info" directories. In addition, there is
an OnLocation index of the entire disc.
We would like to thank the many people who have made this CD-ROM possible.
In addition to the collective thanks we must give all of the authors and
submittors of programs, reports, and other files to the archive, for this
issue we'd like to give special thanks to the following people:
Bill Lipa: Moderator of Info-Mac
Gordon Watts: Moderator of Info-Mac
Liam Breck: Moderator of Info-Mac
Mark Zimmerman: Author of Free Text
Akif Eyler: Author of Easy View
Adam Engst: Editor of Tidbits
Murph Seawall: Editor of Vaporware
Ken Seah: Author of Edit II
We have certainly left out some important personages who should be listed
here -- please accept our thanks and apologies.
As far as our own people go, the following were involved in various ways
throughout the project:
Cliff Miller: Programming and orgranization of the CD and interface
David Englund: Preparation of files, descriptions, testing
Russell Scadden: Preparation of files, descriptions, testing
Rick Higgs: Preparation of descriptions, interface design
Iris Miller: Interface design
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please contact us:
Pacific HiTech, Inc.
4530 Fortuna Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84124
Tel: (801) 278-2042
Fax: (801) 278-2666
Compuserve: 71175,3152
FREEWARE AND SHAREWARE
Many of the programs on this CD-ROM are freeware or shareware, which may
have restrictions and obligations regarding their use. Although freeware, as
the name implies, involves no fee, there may be copyright restrictions as
specified in the documentation or the program. Shareware, however, generally
can be used on a trial basis after which you must pay the author a specified
amount if you decide to continue using the program. By so registering with
the author, you will often receive the latest version of the program as well as
current documentation. Please read through the documentation and check the
specific program for details. Purchasing this CD-ROM in no way removes or
reduces your obligation to pay the shareware fees that the individual authors
request.
We at Pacific HiTech, Inc. have gone through every program included on the CD-
ROM to check for copyright and distribution restrictions, and have done our
utmost to include only unrestricted files, or files whose authors have given us
permission. Any author of a program on this CD-ROM is entitled to a free disk
-- please contact us for details.
BUGS AND VIRUSES
We have taken precautions to check for viruses, but due to the enormous
number of programs and files, it is impossible for us to test every file for
bugs and to detect all possible viruses. You are strongly advised to back
up all files on your system and to run the latest anti-virus tools (see the
Virus directory) before using the programs.
While there is a high degree of likelihood that the files on this CD-ROM are
free
of the viruses that were known to Macintosh anti-virus experts in December 1993,
it is impossible to be sure whether UNKNOWN viruses may be in the archive.
See the help files for more information.
A few caveats:
- some programs run only under later versions of system software
- some programs create files in your system folder
- some programs attempt to write to the CD-ROM disk if run directly from the
CD-ROM and will not work because it is locked (try running from your hard drive)
- most of the programs on this CD-ROM are non-commercial, and consequently
are not tested to the extent you may be used to. System crashes and other
errors may be the result.
DISCLAIMER
The software contained on this disk is provided "as is" without warranty of
any kind. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the software is
assumed by you, and in no event will Pacific HiTech be liable for any
consequential, incidental or indirect damages suffered in the course of using
the software.
We have received generous advice and support from the administrators of
Info-Mac at sumex-aim. They are not, however, directly involved in the
production of this CD-ROM, and neither sumex-aim nor Stanford University
is responsible for any liability or damages incurred through the use or
distribution of this disk.
CONTENTS
The programs on this disk were downloaded during December of 1994 from the
Info-Mac archive on the Internet site sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Because the
archive is constantly being updated, some of the files on this CD-ROM may
already be absent from the archive, and there will undoubtedly be some
files in the archive that did not make it onto the CD-ROM.
A glance at the various categories and sub-categories provides a good overview
of the CD-ROM.
Abstracts
Anti-Virus
Applications
Communications
general
information
network
Compression
Configuration
Development
general
4th Dimension
4th Dimension extensions
information
source
Disk
Fonts
general
postscript
truetype
Games
general
arcade
board
bolo
card
communications
Graphics
general
quicktime
utilities
HyperCard
Information
general
hardware
non mac specific
software
Newton
general
applications
books
development
game
information
system
utilities
Periodicals
general
info-mac
tidbits
vaporware
Printing
Science
Sound
general
utilities
Sumex-Aim Help
Text Processing
User Interface
general
after dark
graphics
IMPORTANT FILES
There are a handful of files that you may find useful immediately. First, there
are the files in the Virus directory that will help you protect yourself from
computer viruses. There are is also some useful information in the Sumex-Aim
Help directory, although its primary function is to provide help for matters related
to the actual sumex-aim Internet site.
The Digests directory contains the Internet digests which provide a wealth of
information about Macintosh hardware and software and computer-related topics.
We have used Akif Eyler's Easy View program and Mark Zimmerman's Free Text program
to create indexes of the digests and other text files on the CD-ROM. There are
copies of these files in this !Open Me! folder.
In addition to the interface program for the CD-ROM, we have included a tab-
delimited file with the same information. You can import it into your favorite
database program for faster searching or manipulation of the data if you wish.
It too is in this !Open Me! folder.
The OnLocation index should be useful as a general purpose searching tool for
the entire CD. (In order to use this index, you must have a copy of the
OnLocation program, available from ON Technology, Inc: Tel. 1-800-548-8871.)
A very handy little program used to unmount CD-ROMs (or other volumes) is "Unmountit"
located in the "Disk" directory.
You may also be interested in other CD-ROMs that Pacific HiTech carries. For
pricing information, please see the file "PHT CD Catalog (Pricing)" in this
folder.
OUR ROOTS
This project of producing a CD-ROM of the Info-Mac archive was begun by Cliff
Miller and Joe Novak, a couple of computer science students from the
University of Utah, and has helped spur the formation of Pacific HiTech, Inc.
From the start we have been motivated by the following goals:
- authors of software will receive wider exposure
- the archive will now be available to people without the expertise necessary
to navigate through the networks
- even regular ftp-users may find a locally accessible CD-ROM with
unbinhexed and uncompressed files more convenient, especially if their
connections are long-distance or unreliable
- the traffic on the Internet will be reduced
- the people at sumex-aim will receive donations from the proceeds, which
will help them continue providing their service and potentially provide
needed hardware upgrades for sumex
- a couple of grad students in Utah won't rely as much on tax dollars
We intend to keep these thoughts in mind as we continue to provide what we
believe is a valuable service. We have received numerous helpful suggestions
and overwhelming encouragement from people on the Internet, and we
welcome further comments from authors and users.