Short: Aminet CD 6 index and description Author: umueller@wuarchie.wustl.edu (Urban Mueller) Uploader: umueller wuarchie wustl edu (Urban Mueller) Type: docs/lists Architecture: generic TITLE Aminet CD 6 AUTHOR Urban D. Mueller (umueller@wuarchive.wustl.edu) CONTENTS Aminet CD 6 contains over 1 gigabyte of freely distributable software. The newest file included is dated Apr 28th. The space is used as follows (uncompressed sizes): 520M of software newer than Aminet CD 5 500M of demos 20M of top downloads These consist of: 1800 demos 1300 tools 350 mods 140 pics 120 games The demos were collected from various sources besides Aminet, and almost none of them have appeared on previous Aminet CDs. The disks also contains all Amiga Report magazines issued so far. ACCESS SOFTWARE Amigaguide based user interface, allows easy unpacking and viewing using a single mouse click. Extensive search facilities. Finds words in descriptions or readmes, and outputs matches as an index that allows direct viewing. New access features for the following categories of files: - Demos: All demos have been tested. Separate lists of best, good and compatible demos. All demos startable from those indices. Another demo index is the Amiga Demo List with extensive info about almost all demos on the CD. It is sorted by demo group. Finally there is a program called BootTool that allows you to view demos right after a reboot without much fuss, so you can quickly look at the demos that force you to reboot. - Mods: All of the modules are listed in indices sorted by music style and rating. There's also an index sorted by module author and the possibility to randomly play music of a certain style. - Docs: All Amiga Report electronic magazines that have appeared so far are on this CD, including a utility that allows you to search for any text in any AR article very quickly. - Personal: Aminet CD 6 allows you to easily create an index of your favourite files on the CD. - German: All the files (except demos) on Aminet CD 6 have a German description. Also included is an index of the SaarAG disks up to 840. Other improvements are the possibility to use file requesters to set extraction and tool paths, and 'Clones' which are little programs that, when started, unpack and run/view a file from the Aminet CD. PRICES The CD can be ordered from the following addresses: (credit cards OK) Germany: Stefan Ossowski (English spoken) Tel: +49-201-788778 Fax: +49-201-798447 Email: stefano@tchest.e.eunet.de Price: DM 25 USA: Fred Fish Tel: +1-602-917-0917 Fax: +1-602-917-0917 Email: orders@amigalib.com Price: $19.95 Prices exclude shipping. Subscriptions are available. More information, including distributors in other countries, is found in the text file docs/misc/CD-Orders.txt on Aminet. A complete index is found in disk/cdrom/Aminet-CD-6.lha Authors of software on the CD are entitled to one free CD. Send HELP FREEBIES to aminet-server@wuarchive.wustl.edu for more information. Aminet Set (the complete Aminet on 4 CDs) and Aminet 5 (with software newer than Aminet Set) are still available.