Short: Aminet CD 8 index and description Author: umueller@aminet.org (Urban Mueller) Uploader: umueller aminet org (Urban Mueller) Type: docs/lists Architecture: generic TITLE Aminet CD 8 AUTHOR Urban D. Mueller (umueller@wuarchive.wustl.edu) CONTENTS Aminet CD 8 contains over 1 gigabyte of freely distributable software. The newest file included is dated September 8th. Besides the new software, the CD concentrates on music modules. The space is used as follows (after decompression): 620M of software newer than Aminet CD 7 450M of images 50M of top downloads These consist of: 1900 mods (800 of them multichannel) 1100 tools 160 pictures 140 games 100 demos The modules were collected from various sources besides Aminet, and will shop up on Aminet eventually. 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 immediate viewing. New access features on this CD: - DeliTracker is now the default module player, handling all the multichannel modules very nicely. - 'Find' lets you search all CDs now anytime, and lets you extract files from other CDs than the current one. - The Files.BBS and Files.MSD index files have been adapted to the needs of various BBS programs. - Various minor bugs have been fixed. 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: +1-602-491-0442 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 docs/lists/Aminet-CD-8.lha Authors of software on the CD are entitled to one free CD. Send HELP FREEBIES to aminet-server@wuarchive.wustl.edu for more info. Still available: Aminet Set (the complete Aminet as of Jan 95 on 4 CDs), Aminet 6 (Jun 95, highlighting demos) and Aminet 7 (Aug 95, focus on clip art).