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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CD-ROM
6/27/94
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OVERVIEW
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This is revision 1 of the April 1994 GoldFish (TM) CD-ROM, a 2 CD set
containing the entire contents of the Fred Fish 1000 disk floppy library.
This file contains important information that applies to this particular
CD-ROM, and points out other important files that you should read.
For general information about the Amiga Library CD-ROM's, detailed informa-
tion about the contents of this particular CD-ROM, and other important in-
formation, read the various files in the "Information" directory. For
information about what has changed between the initial production run and
revision 1, see the file "Changes" in the Information directory.
Also sure to read the "LEGAL-NOTICE", "COPYRIGHT", "WARRANTY", and "SHARE-
WARE" files, if you have not done so before. If you plan to use this CD-
ROM in a BBS or anonymous FTP environment, the "BBS/README" file on the
first volume will be particularly useful to you.
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CONTENTS OVERVIEW
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The first volume of this 2 CD set contains floppy disks 1-1000 in archived
form (5552 archives, 426 Mb), and disks 1-249 in unarchived form (210 Mb).
For each archive there is a "product info" file that contains important
information about the contents of the archive. For further details about
the structure of a product info file, see the file "Product-Infos" in the
"Information" directory. For details about how to use the product info
files in a BBS/FTP environment, see the "BBS/README" file on the first
volume.
The second volume of this 2 CD set contains floppy disks 249-1000 in
unarchived form (649 Mb).
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RECONSTRUCTING FLOPPY DISKS
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The first volume of this 2 CD set contains a program called "PufferFish",
which can be used to recreate verified copies of any of the 1000 floppy
disks in the floppy library, from the archives included on volume one.
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LOCATING MATERIAL
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Included on volume one are two different programs for finding specific
material, or types of material, that you may be looking for. The first
program is "A-Kwic", which does keyword searches on a database that is
built from the included product info files. The second program is a new
beta version of "KingFisher", which is included under the "KingFisher"
directory. This program also uses a database which is built from the
included product info files.
Eventually there will be databases that cover all of my previous CD-ROM's
and the complete contents of the floppy library. These will be included on
a future CD-ROM.
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LHA ARCHIVES
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Many of the archives on this CD-ROM are in "lha format". The shareware
version of lha is included in the :c directory of this CD-ROM, so all you
have to do to unpack an lha archive is use a command of the form:
lha -mraxe x archive.lha
Please consider registering with the lha author, Stefan Boberg, for the
latest version of lha, so he can continue to support this fine program.
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USER FEEDBACK NEEDED
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I am always interested in hearing about things that might make my CD-ROM's
more useful for users. It is particularly important at this stage that I
get feedback from users about problems that need fixing, or suggestions on
how to make the CD-ROM more useful.
You can FAX your comments to me at (602) 917-0917, however please understand
that I may not be able to respond to, or even acknowledge receipt of, every
problem report and suggestion that arrives.
-Fred Fish ><>