phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk (05/30/90)
I just paid my money to purchase an Apple CD ROM drive and am now wondering what to get to put in it (I know I need CDs but I don't know which ones to get :-) ), anyway - I heard about the BMUG CD which is supposed to contain lots and lots of public domain and shareware stuff, but being in the UK etc. I'm not sure how to contact them and how to order the CD. Anyone got any info on what's actually on this CD (if I'm not imagining it) and how I go about ordering it from the UK. Anyone got any info on any other CDs that you can recommend? Until I get some CD ROMs its just an expensive CD player... Ta very much Phil Jimmieson, *************************************************** Computer Science Dept., * JANET : PHIL@UK.AC.LIV.CS.MVA * Liverpool University, * ARPA : PHIL%mva.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * PO Box 147 *************************************************** Liverpool L69 3BX "When correctly viewed, everything is lewd. I could tell (UK) 051-794-3689 you things about Peter Pan, and the Wizard of Oz - there's a dirty old man." - Tom Lehrer, "Smut!"
blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) (05/31/90)
phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk writes: >I just paid my money to purchase an Apple CD ROM drive and am now >wondering what to get to put in it (I know I need CDs but I don't know >which ones to get :-) ), anyway - I heard about the BMUG CD which is >supposed to contain lots and lots of public domain and shareware stuff, >but being in the UK etc. I'm not sure how to contact them and how to >order the CD. Anyone got any info on what's actually on this CD (if >I'm not imagining it) and how I go about ordering it from the UK. >Anyone got any info on any other CDs that you can recommend? Until I >get some CD ROMs its just an expensive CD player... If you have Applelink, there is a listing of third party CD-ROM products on the developer services board. I'll see about getting it available somewhere for anonymous ftp. Like all such lists, it's incomplete and out of date. The BMUG PD-ROM is a large collection of public-domain and shareware. There are several other such CD-ROMs; Boston Computer Society, QLTech, and Educorp all make them. KimTec UK 8, Highland Road Wimborne Dorset, BH21 2QN Tel: 44-202/888-873 Fax: 44-202/888-863 QLTech sells several variations on the "virusware" CD-ROM, including "The Right Stuffed"; all the junk you ever wanted to load onto a BBS, already in StuffIt format. A distributor in the UK is Future Office Systems Firs House High Street Whitchurch Aylesbury Bucks HP22 4LL Tel: 44-296/64110 Fax: 44-296/641-869 Both of the distributors listed above are taken from a little pamphlet I picked up at MacWorld called "CD-ROM Shopper's Guide." It's published by DDRI, Inc. 510 N. Washington Street Suite 401 Falls Church, VA 22046-3537 USA Tel: 703.237.0682 Toll-Free in US: 800.688.DDRI Apple's d e v e l o p magazine is a quarterly which comes with a CD-ROM. Starting with the second issue, each CD-ROM contains "developer essentials" such as the Spinside Mac, Tech Notes, and Q&A stacks; the latest version of all of our foreign language software; every version of our US software; DTS sample code; and a variety of other software and documentation. (This is a subset of what's on the Developer CD series discs such as "A Disk Called Wanda.") $30/year US, $50/year otherwise. d e v e l o p Apple Computer, Inc. P.O. Box 531 Mt. Morris, IL 61054 USA Fax Orders: 619.485.5547 A reasonable source for CD-ROM titles in the US is Bureau of Electronic Publishing 141 New Road Parsippany NJ 07054 USA Tel: 201.808.2700 Fax: 201.808.2676 Disclaimer: I haven't tried any of these addresses or phone numbers. I'm reporting what I read, not actual experience. All my CDs walk into my office and plop themselves down on my chair. Your mileage may vary. --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's"