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WELCOME TO AMINET CD 6 @{" Deutsch " link AMINET6:Guides/Misc/LiesMich/main} Copyright 1995 @{"Urban Müller" link Author} Once more, this CD shares almost no material with @{" previous Aminet CD's " link OlderCDs}, however most of the demos have appeared elsewhere before. We've got more than 1000M (uncompressed) of data, consisting of: 520M of @{" new stuff " link NewStuff } out since the making of Aminet CD 5 500M of @{" demos " link AMINET6:Guides/Demos/main } from various sources, ready to run 20M of @{" top downloads " link AMINET6:Guides/Charts/main} used to fill the CD to capacity For the following types of data we have special guides: @{" Games " link AMINET6:Guides/Games/main} An index of well programmed directly startable games @{" Pictures " link AMINET6:Guides/Pics/main } An database with scaled down versions of the images @{" Modules " link AMINET6:Guides/Mods/main } Several music index files sorted by style and rating @{" Docs " link AMINET6:Guides/Docs/main } A document index, including all Amiga Report mags Information is also available on: @{" Access software " link Software } Find, Prefs, and all the other tools @{" Customizing " link Custom } How to adapt Aminet CD to your taste @{" Troubleshooting " link Troubles } What to do if problems occur @{" What is Aminet " link Aminet } Information about our distributed archive @{" Accessing Aminet " link Access } How to download directly from Aminet @{" Submitting " link Submitting} How to get your software onto Aminet. Free CDs! @{" Ordering " link Ordering } Where to order Aminet CDs and subscriptions @{" Disclaimer " link Disclaimer} Legal mumbo jumbo plus virus warning @endnode ============================================================================ @node Author "About the author" The guy who selected, arranged, documented and sorted the contents of this CD for you is me, Urban Müller, the main administrator of Aminet. All the support software is from me, too. You can reach me at Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. if you have any feedback about this CD. Of course this CD would not have been possible without the help of the countless people involved in the administration of Aminet, not to mention the thousands of uploaders. Special thanks I owe to Matthias Scheler, the co-moderator and Martin Schulze for beta-testing and the SaarAG series. Yours truly.... @endnode ============================================================================ @node OlderCDs "Previous Aminet CD's" Previous Aminet CD's As you may know, the Aminet archive has much more material than fits on a single CD. If you want more, check the following older CDs: @{" Aminet CD 5 " link Aminet5} - The newest, the best, and all the games Aminet CD 5 was released in March 1995 and contains, besides 450 megs of current Aminet submissions, all the 1000 games of Aminet. As you expect, the games can be run directly off the CD. Aminet CD 5 and 6 share only 15M of material, so almost everything on that CD would be new for you. If you already have the Aminet Set, Aminet CD 5 gives you an additional 210M. @{" Aminet Set 1 " link AminetSet} - The complete Aminet on a newly made 4 CD set The Aminet Set 1 was released in February 1995 and contains a complete snapshot of Aminet. That's a total of almost 4000 megabytes of Aminet software when uncompressed! Since the CDs are newly produced, they feature a better user interface than the previous Aminet CDs. The AminetFind program on all newer CDs points to software on the Set if something is not presnet on the current CD. @endnode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @node Aminet5 "Aminet CD 5" Aminet CD 5 - The newest, the best, and all the games The software on Aminet CD 5 can be divided in four parts: 210M of stuff that's newer than Aminet Set 1 450M of stuff that's newer than Aminet CD 4 (includes the above) 180M of games that can be run directly off the CD 20M of the most popular software Mainly, Aminet CD 5 contains the software uploaded between 8-Oct-94 and 8-Feb-95, that's a total of 2600 archives. In addition, you get all the 1000 games we have on Aminet. Aminet 5 was made after Aminet Set 1, so if you want *all* of the Aminet data, you need Aminet Set 1 + Aminet CDs 5 and 6. Aminet CD 5 costs US $19.95 or DM 25. @{" Order info " link Ordering} @{" Index " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Guides/Misc/AminetCD5.doc"} @endnode @node AminetSet "Aminet Set 1" Aminet Set 1 - The complete Aminet on 4 new CDs As you probably know, there is a big archive behind all those Aminet CDs. Aminet Set finally brings you the complete archive on four newly created CD-ROMs. If you already have several Aminet CDs, buying the Aminet Set still makes sense for the following reasons: 1. Even if you have all five Aminet CDs, you still lack a lot of software from Aminet. And the less CDs you already have, the more additional software you get from the set: If you already have The set gives you an additional Aminet CD 1,2,3,4,5 467M of Aminet software Aminet CD 2,3,4,5 512M of Aminet software Aminet CD 3,4,5 851M of Aminet software Aminet CD 4,5 1191M of Aminet software Aminet CD 5 1681M of Aminet software 2. Aminet Set 1 presents its data more nicely than the previous CDs. As you can see on this CD, all games and demos can be started directly, the images are in a nice image data base, and the modules are presented in a list that is sorted by style. Also, there are a lot of German descriptions as well as a Fish and a SaarAG index. This is missing on the older CDs but present on Aminet Set, so buying some of the same data a second time can make sense. 3. Aminet Set 1 is better organized than the previous CDs. Until now, the Images from Aminet have been scattered on all the Aminet CDs. Aminet Set brings them all on the same CD, just as all other types of data. Also, using Aminet Set you can search the complete Aminet very quickly and easily, including a very fast full text search of all the .readme files. Aminet Set costs US $39.95 or DM 59. @{" Order info " link Ordering} @{" Index " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Guides/Misc/AminetSet1.doc"} (huge!) @endnode ============================================================================ @node NewStuff "The new uploads to Aminet since Aminet CD 5" New uploads to Aminet since Aminet CD 5 Almost everything on this CD is unseen before. But here we're only talking about what uploaded to Aminet since the previous CD was made, *not* about what was integrated from other sources. The best way to browse the new files is looking at the @{" directory " link "AMINET6:Lists/New_Dir/main"} sorted new files index of this CD. Select your general area of interest, and then hit the 'Browse' button in AmigaGuide to hop from directory to directory. Another approach is to check the @{" charts " link "AMINET6:Guides/Charts/main"} of most downloaded files, where most of the files listed are new (the very latest have been omitted, tho). Finally, check my list of @{" recommendations " link RecommendNew} of the most interesting new files. And of course you can check the new files index sorted by @{" directory " link "AMINET6:Lists/New_Dir/main"}, by @{" name " link "AMINET6:Lists/New_Name/main"} or by @{" age " link "AMINET6:Lists/New_Age/main"}, or @{" search " system "AMINET6:Tools/Find IN New_Dir"} for something in the CD index. @endnode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @node RecommendNew "Recommended new uploads" These are some of the archives that I liked best on the current CD. I don't list any games, demos or mods here since their highlights are listed in separate indices. For the communications people among you we have an internet starter kit and, of course, a new version of TERM. @{"ain_95b.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect comm/misc/ain_95b.lha"} comm/misc 18K 4 @{"Amiga Internet Nuggets Ver 95B useful tips and exa" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect comm/misc/ain_95b.readme"} @{"term43_roadmap.txt" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_roadmap.txt"} comm/term 31K 9 @{"Introduction to the distribution" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_roadmap.readme"} @{"term43_030.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_030.lha"} comm/term 601K 9+@{"The MC68020/030/040/060 version" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_030.readme"} @{"term43_extras.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_extras.lha"} comm/term 262K 9+@{"HydraCom, ARexx scripts, sound files, tr" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_extras.readme"} @{"term43_main.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_main.lha"} comm/term 604K 9+@{"Distribution for all Amigas" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_main.readme"} @{"term43_postscp.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_postscp.lha"} comm/term 258K 9+@{"Documentation in PostScript format" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_postscp.readme"} @{"term43_source.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_source.lha"} comm/term 673K 9+@{"Source Code (in C)" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43_source.readme"} @{"term43dguide.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43dguide.lha"} comm/term 141K 9+@{"German documentation in AmigaGuide forma" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43dguide.readme"} @{"term43doc.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43doc.lha"} comm/term 200K 9+@{"AmigaGuide format and library documentat" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43doc.readme"} @{"term43dvi.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43dvi.lha"} comm/term 213K 9+@{"Documentation in TeX-DVI format" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43dvi.readme"} @{"term43libs.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43libs.lha"} comm/term 126K 9+@{"XPR and XEM libs" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43libs.readme"} @{"term43locale.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43locale.lha"} comm/term 241K 9+@{"Locale and blank catalog table file" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/comm/term/term43locale.readme"} Software developers will like this BASIC compiler: @{"ace235.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect dev/basic/ace235.lha"} dev/basic 192K 6 @{"Amiga BASIC Compiler with Extras v2.35" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect dev/basic/ace235.readme"} An interesting concept is this 14bit CD player, altho it didn't quite work on my config. And this new diskspare lets you store more on your disks. MFS, NoIDE and Sleeper are three tiny but very practical disk tools. @{"14Bit_CDPlayer.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/cdrom/14Bit_CDPlayer.lha"} disk/cdrom 92K 3 @{"Ver1.1 CDPlayer for Toshiba, 14bit output" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/cdrom/14Bit_CDPlayer.readme"} @{"Diskspr3.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/Diskspr3.lha"} disk/misc 144K 10 @{"Use 984KB or 1.968MB floppy disks!,V2.0" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/Diskspr3.readme"} @{"mfs20.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/mfs20.lha"} disk/misc 21K 2 @{"Merges DF0: and PC0: in a single device" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/mfs20.readme"} @{"NoIDE13.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/NoIDE13.lha"} disk/misc 8K 2 @{"Disable IDE interface on OS3.x and A4000" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/NoIDE13.readme"} @{"Sleeper20.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/Sleeper20.lha"} disk/misc 17K 2 @{"Stops SCSI-HDs during inactivity." system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect disk/misc/Sleeper20.readme"} If your BBS is not yet in this list, consider submitting it. And be sure to read the latest Amiga Reports, especially the one about the auction (Commodore sold to ESCOM!) @{"AmigaBBS_Mar.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/View docs/hyper/AmigaBBS_Mar.lha"} docs/hyper 23K 8 @{"'The' Amiga BBS List, in Amiga Guide format." system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect docs/hyper/AmigaBBS_Mar.readme"} @{"ar304.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/View docs/mags/ar304.lha"} docs/mags 91K 10 @{"Amiga Report 3.04, Feb. 12, 1995" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect docs/mags/ar304.readme"} @{"ar305.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/View docs/mags/ar305.lha"} docs/mags 93K 8 @{"Amiga Report 3.05, Feb. 28, 1995" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect docs/mags/ar305.readme"} @{"ar306.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/View docs/mags/ar306.lha"} docs/mags 62K 6 @{"Amiga Report 3.06, March 12, 1995" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect docs/mags/ar306.readme"} @{"ar307.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/View docs/mags/ar307.lha"} docs/mags 61K 4 @{"Amiga Report 3.07, March 27, 1995" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect docs/mags/ar307.readme"} @{"ar308.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/View docs/mags/ar308.lha"} docs/mags 83K 2 @{"Amiga Report 3.08, April 11, 1995" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect docs/mags/ar308.readme"} @{"arAUCTION.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/View docs/mags/arAUCTION.lha"} docs/mags 21K 0 @{"Amiga Report Special Auction Issue" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect docs/mags/arAUCTION.readme"} Here you can get a full fledged 3D modeller for free (altho I haven't had time to try it out). @{"irit50bin.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50bin.lha"} gfx/3d 2.2M 3+@{"3D solid modeler (68020+68881 binaries)" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50bin.readme"} @{"irit50doc.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50doc.lha"} gfx/3d 1.1M 3+@{"3D solid modeler (PostScript docs)" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50doc.readme"} @{"irit50src.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50src.lha"} gfx/3d 1.2M 3+@{"3D solid modeler (sources,docs,examples)" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50src.readme"} @{"irit50_68000.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50_68000.lha"} gfx/3d 2.3M 3+@{"3D solid modeler (68000+IEEE binaries)" system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Aminet/gfx/3d/irit50_68000.readme"} The TextDemo is an absolute highlight, a great doom style dungeon (first start takes a few minutes of computations, but then it looks great. Use the mouse to move and the function and numeric keys to change the image). ImageDesk and Visual are thumbnail oriented image catalogers, maybe you'll see one of those installed on future Aminet CDs. @{"TextDemo57.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect gfx/misc/TextDemo57.lha"} gfx/misc 206K 10 @{"DOOM style TMap demo with floors/stairs" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect gfx/misc/TextDemo57.readme"} @{"ImageDesk15.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect gfx/misc/ImageDesk15.lha"} gfx/misc 399K 2 @{"Thumbnail oriented image cataloger" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect gfx/misc/ImageDesk15.readme"} @{"visual1_00.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect gfx/misc/visual1_00.lha"} gfx/misc 149K 7 @{"Thumbnails browser - V1.00" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect gfx/misc/visual1_00.readme"} A complete Macintosh emulator! All you still need is a Mac ROM image... @{"ShapeShift2_0.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect misc/emu/ShapeShift2_0.lha"} misc/emu 134K 2 @{"Macintosh II emulator, V2.0" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect misc/emu/ShapeShift2_0.readme"} Here's a demo (no saving) of a music editor with some nice sample sounds. @{"ArtOfNoise.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect mus/edit/ArtOfNoise.lha"} mus/edit 1.3M 6 @{"New tracker,8 channels,fm-synthesis,etc." system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect mus/edit/ArtOfNoise.readme"} Of the anims on this CD, I liked this one best. @{"SDockAnim.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect pix/anim/SDockAnim.lha"} pix/anim 947K 6 @{"32-col NTSC anim of 1701D docking in SpaceDock. B" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect pix/anim/SDockAnim.readme"} Finally a new archiver that compresses better than LhA at the same speed (lacking at UNIX version still, tho). And also very practical this library that lets you use postscript fonts just like FONTS: fonts. @{"lzx101.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect util/arc/lzx101.lha"} util/arc 133K 4 @{"LZX 1.01 The Ultimate Archiver bug-fix" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect util/arc/lzx101.readme"} @{"type1beta9.lha" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect util/libs/type1beta9.lha"} util/libs 258K 3 @{"Type1library (v1.4,beta9) - postscript font engine" system "AMINET6:Tools/Inspect util/libs/type1beta9.readme"} And now have fun with the many gems on this CD. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Software "Access software" Workbench --------- Browsing: The first thing you will want to do is browse the contents of the CD. The best way to get a quick overview is having a look at the overview in this document; the very first links. Another method is to check the file Lists/New_Dir (if you already have the previous Aminet CD) or Lists/Index_Dir. Wherever you see a list of files with descriptions, you can click to archive name to start an unpack tool. You will be asked for a destination directory (the default can be chosen in 'Prefs'). After you hit return, the archive gets unpacked to where you selected. For some types of files, you can click a middle button (called 'Start' or 'Play') to view look at the archive contents directly. Some index files play directly without asking (e.g. the Modules and the Games index). In all index files you can view the .readme file for an archive by clicking the description. Searching: After you've become familiar with the contents of the CD, you will often want to search for a specific keyword in the contents of the CD. Just double click the 'Find' icon on the top level of the CD, enter the case insensitive sub string or pattern you want to look for, and you will be presented with a list of files that match your sub string anywhere on their line. You can also search the New_* and Index_* files in Lists by clicking them first and then shift- doubleclicking 'Find'. The resulting document will be of the 'View' type for the toplevel Find program and of the 'Extract' type for all other Find programs. The NewFind and AminetFind search the the list of new files and the list of all Aminet files. If you drag any of the FindKit drawer in Tools/ anywhere onto your hard disk, you can do searches without having the CD in your drive. Using the FullFind program in the Tools directory, you can find any word in any readme of this CD. If your word is a prefix of a word in a readme, it will match. To prevent that, append a $ to your search word. You can enter several search words, separated by blanks, to see only the documents which contain all of them. See also the documentation for the tools in question: @{" Inspect " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Tools/Docs/Inspect"}, @{" Find " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Tools/Docs/Find"}, @{" FullFind " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Tools/Docs/FullFind"} and @{" Prefs " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Tools/Docs/Prefs"}. CLI/Shell --------- Using a shell is not the recommended way to access this CD. However you sometimes have no choice, e.g. when working under UNIX or MSDOS. To get familiar with the contents of the CD, I recommend having a look at the file Aminet/INDEX which contains a complete list of all files on the CD in plain ASCII. More ASCII index files found in Lists/, they end in .doc. If you find a file you are interested in, for example, docs/mags/cd32bits-0694.lha , then execute the following commands: cd Aminet/docs/mags lha e cd32bits-0694.lha ram: to unpack the contents of that archive to RAM. If you don't have the archiver LhA yet, you can obtain it from the Tools/ directory on the CD. To locate all files that contain foo anywhere in their file name, directory name or description, execute the command search NONUM Aminet/INDEX foo or just use the Aminet find tool: find foo which will output an AmigaGuide document and display it. For further information read the documents on Find, FullFind and Inspect in Tools/Docs/. Useful stuff ------------ There is a very limited number of unpacked utilities on this CD in the Tools/Useful directory. They are all related to accessing the files on this CD, and you should think about installing them on your HD. - AmiCDROM is an excellent CD-ROM file system. In the improbable case that your CD filesystem has problems with the Aminet CD, just use this one. - ARCHandler lets you access the Aminet CD (or any other file system) as if all the lha files on it were directories, ie you don't need to unpack anything. Great stuff. - Degrader can disable all the advanced features of accelerated Amigas, getting many hardware-bashing demos and games to run. - ToolAlias can map one default tool name to another. This is useful if you can't change the default tool of a file but want to use a different viewer. - TrashMaster creates an App-Icon on your Workbench where you can drag icons to delete them. Handy to clean up after an archive has been extracted to RAM:. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Custom "Customizing Aminet CD" Customizing Aminet CD As you know all too well, CDs cannot be written to. This CD, however, gives you a limited possibility to shape it according to your taste. There are two possibilities, select the links for documentation: The @{" Personal " link Personal} index in the Guides drawer is an Aminet CD index like all the others, with viewing and readme displaying capabilities. The only difference is that you decide what's listed in it and what not. @{" Clones " link Clones} are tiny files that pretend to be one of the items on the Aminet CD. You can create, rename and arrange them as you like, and you can put them in WBStartup or ToolManager docks. Of course you need the CD in the drive when you want to use clones. @endnode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @node Personal "Your personal Aminet CD index" Your personal Aminet CD index In the Guides directory you find, among various static index files an index called 'Personal'. In the beginning it's empty. If you click 'add', you are asked for a search pattern. You can click any of the shown items to to add them to your personal Aminet index. However you need to close your Personal index and open it again in order to make the changes visible. If you press the 'sort' button, the index will be sorted by directory and subsorted by file name. Duplicate lines will be eliminated. Again, you have to close and reopen the index. With the 'edit' button, finally, you can make any changes to your personal index using your favourite editor. setenv EDITOR to determine the editor. Always use line operation (like deleting lines, inserting lines from Aminet/INDEX or reordering lines). Again, you need to reload the index to make the changes visible. The index looks as if it were stored on the CD. This is not the case, of course. The contents are stored in the file S:Aminet-PersonalX, where X is the number of your CD. You can edit or delete it there. Apart from that, the Personal index behaves like any immediate view index; ie if you click a mod in the Personal index, it will play immediately. So have a look at your @{" personal " system "AMINET6:Tools/Personal"} index. @endnode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @node Clones "Clones" Clones There's a few things that you cannot do in a normal Aminet CD index. For example you cannot put an item from the Aminet CD index in a ToolManager dock or a Directory Opus gadget. That's what clones were created for. Clones pretend to be the Aminet file you created them from. You can move them around, arrange them and delete them as you like. Clones can be started from CLI or from the Workbench, where they have an icon that reflects their type. Starting a clone is equivalent to clicking the according archive name in the Aminet CD index, except for the fact that the action (playing, game or demo starting) will be performed without asking for confirmation. Of course you need to have the Aminet CD in the CD-ROM drive when you start a cloned program. To create a clone, start the @{" Cloner " system "AMINET6:Tools/Cloner"} program. It asks you for a pattern and displays the files matching that pattern. You then click the item you would like to see cloned, maybe change the destination path in the upcoming requester, and hit 'Create' to confirm. Each clone takes about 3K of disk space. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Troubles "Some common problems with the Aminet CD" Why are all file names upper case? ---------------------------------- For this CD, we have chosen to stick to the ISO CDROM standard. This means that the CD can be read on any system, but it also means that all files names are upper case. However, we also used RockRidge extensions, so file systems that understand them can still use mixed case. The AmiCDROM file system provided in the Tools/Useful directory will give you mixed case on the Aminet CD. Why can't I read some of the files with the Commodore CD file system? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Because it's buggy. The solution is the same as before: Install the AmiCDROM file system. It's works very nicely. Why do I have problems with by Xetec file system? ------------------------------------------------- It seems to have problems with our choice of CD formats. However version 2.0 was reported to work fine. If not, again, again: Install the AmiCDROM file system found on this CD. Nothing happens when I try to show that image/play that mod! ------------------------------------------------------------ The Aminet extraction software tries to be smart how every pic is shown or mod is played. However sometimes it fails. In those cases you can simply extract the archive and look at it by yourself. Also, you might be running out of memory, see below. I'm running out of memory! -------------------------- Viewing an image or playing a mod by clicking it in the index takes quite a lot of memory, since the index as well was the extraction program stay in memory while the picture is viewed. Solutions: - Set your extraction directory to something different from RAM:, e.g. an (existing) directory on your HD. This can be done using the 'Prefs' program. - Don't view the files directly from the index. Click on 'extract' first, then close the index, and open the directory your file was extracted to. Of course combining the two saves the most. I want to mount this CD on my BBS --------------------------------- We have Files.BBS index files in every directory, so some BBS programs can use the CD directly. Others understand our .readme format already. For MS-DOS BBSes use the index called FILES.MSD. If you would like to copy the files onto HD, you can use the file Aminet/info/adt/TRANSL.TBL (which shows origname and CD-name for each file) to restore the original file names. If you write any additional software or need indices in a different format, please contact me. I cannot use this CD with my CD32! ---------------------------------- This is due to a bug in the CD32 CDROM file system and occurs when you boot off the Network CD or something similar. You can circumvent this bug by mounting a small RAD: disk (about 49 tracks), copy the most important files from a Workbench CD there (c, libs, envarc) and boot off the RAD:. That should get the Aminet CD (and some other interesting CDs) to work. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Aminet "What is Aminet?" What is Aminet? --------------- Aminet is a library where software authors can place their freely distributable programs for others to download. The backbone of Aminet consists of about 20 computers all over the world that are linked to Internet, a computer network that connects most universities and many businesses in the world. Many other places, such as 50 BBSes, keep frequently updated copies of Aminet. Aminet is moderated. Whatever gets uploaded has to be approved before it is made available to the public. However there is no censorship; the only conditions for inclusion in the library are that every file uploaded has a description file in the correct format, and the archive itself is okay and virus free. What is unique about Aminet is that large amounts of data are made available to a wide audience within a very short time. If a programmer uploads his latest release to Aminet, he can expect that it will have been downloaded and tested by one thousand people within a week. If he finds a bug in his program, he can distribute an update to the whole world within twenty four hours. In that respect, freely distributable software works far better than commercial software. You may want to read about the @{" recent " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Guides/Misc/10000"} and @{" ancient " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Guides/Misc/5000"} history of Aminet, or find out where to @{" access " link Access} Aminet in your area. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Access "Getting access to Aminet" Where do I access Aminet? ------------------------- If you would like to get updated more often than is possible with a quarterly CDROM, you have several possibilities. By far the best way is getting yourself connected to the Internet. Several commercial networks allow access to the Internet. Some of them are (this is not an endorsement, just an information): USA Netcom Voice 1.408.554.UNIX Portal Voice 1.408.973.9111 Modem 1.408.973.8091 GERMANY EUnet Voice +49.231.972.00 Fax +49.231.972.1111 SWITZERLAND EUnet Voice +41.1.291.45.80 Fax +41.1.291.46.42 Once you have gotten Internet access you can use the following methods to access the latest Aminet files: - Mirrors. The normal way to access Aminet is by FTP, which comes with UNIX (program name is ftp). You can use any of the below sites. Most keep only recent files, but ftp.wustl.edu, ftp.cdrom.com, ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.luth.se are complete. Location Name IP Address Path Files USA (MO) ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 pub/aminet/ ALL USA (WI) ftp.netnet.net 198.70.64.3 pub/aminet/ ALL Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 pub/aminet/ ALL Switzerland ftp.eunet.ch 146.228.10.16 pub/aminet/ 5500 Switzerland ftp.math.ethz.ch 129.132.104.6 pub/aminet/ 1000 Germany kelly.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.128.206 pub/aminet/ ALL Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.42 pub/aminet/ ALL Germany ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 cd aminet ALL Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.3.2 pub/aminet/ 7000 Germany ftp.uni-trier.de 136.199.8.81 pub/aminet/ 4500 Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 pub/aminet/ 4000 Germany ftp.tu-chemnitz.de 192.108.33.193 pub/aminet/ 4000 Germany ftp.fh-augsburg.de 141.82.16.242 pub/aminet/ 3000 Germany ftp.uni-oldenburg.de 134.106.40.9 pub/aminet/ 2500 Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 pub/aminet/ 1500 Germany ftp.uni-siegen.de 141.99.128.1 pub/aminet/ 1500 Germany ftp.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de 132.187.1.2 pub/aminet/ 700 France ftp.cnam.fr 163.173.128.15 pub/aminet/ 8000 UK ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk 155.198.1.40 pub/aminet/ ALL UK micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 pub/aminet/ 8500 - ADT. This is a front end for FTP that allows easy access to Aminet. Get it from misc/unix/ and compile it on your UNIX box. - FSP. Aminet Files can be downloaded from the FSP site ftp.luth.se at port 6969 and from disun3.epfl.ch port 9999. ftp.wustl.edu and ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk have FSP on port 21, but can't be reached from everywhere (just try). Uploads are accepted at wustl and luth. - Telnet. ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk strikes again. You can telnet to 146.169.2.1 and log in as 'sources', which gives you a UNIX account where you can download the files on src using commands like 'sz' and 'kermit', or just browse around. - NFS. The only Aminet site that allows NFS mounting of the archives is ftp.wustl.edu. FTP there and read the details in /README.NFS - IRC. On Internet Relay Chat, you can talk to various server robots like Mama, LitBot and MerBot, to do queries and retrievals. Find out more about them using '/msg mama help', for example. - Finger. To find out what's been uploaded to Aminet within the last week, enter 'finger Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.'. - Gopher. Gopher is specially supported by several Aminet sites. Just type 'gopher ' or 'gopher -p '. USA (MO) ftp.wustl.edu 1/pub/aminet/info/goph USA (TX) ftp.etsu.edu 1/AmigaArchives/Aminet SWITZERLAND ftp.eunet.ch 1/pub/aminet/info/goph GERMANY ftp.uni-paderborn.de 1/Service/FTP/Direct/ftp-server/aminet UK ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk 1/pub/aminet/info/goph If you don't have full internet access, you can try one of the following methods to get access: - Mailserver. The Aminet site src.doc.ic.ac.uk has an email server that sends out uuencoded binaries. Send a message with HELP in the body to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.. You can also use Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. to retrieve files from any Aminet site, but please use an American one to save bandwidth. Send HELP there for information, too. Germans try Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. . Searching the aminet index for a file name, or uploading can be done at Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. (as usual, send HELP there for information). Also, the RECENT and CHARTS files are available from an automatic e-mail server. Send mail to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. with the single word "help" (no quotes) in the body to find out how to use the server. - Modem. The following BBSes carry up-to-date Aminet files. Most have more phone numbers than we can mention here, call to see a list of the others. List sorted by phone number. (Please notify me of Aminet BBSes that are not on the list) Country Name FIDO Phone ISDN ------- ---- ---- ----- ---- USA (MS) The Gateway 1:3604/60 (+1)601 374 2697 USA (CA) Heavy Metal 1:202/1112 (+1)619 232 4919 USA (NC) The C: Dir (+1)919 787 6211 Canada RCN Networks (+1)418 653 3099 Canada TunnelVisio 1:153/910 (+1)604 535 9826 France Ramses 2:320/104 (+33)1 45845623 Italy Glass Globe 2:332/118 (+39)577 959054 Switzerland Amiga Micro 2:301/819 (+41)1 3001008 (+41)1 3001009 Switzerland Helvetica 2:301/723 (+41)1 3130879 (+41)1 3101016 Switzerland Dolphins (+41)1 8450936 (+41)1 8846028 Switzerland AmiCall 2:301/722 (+41)1 9804297 Switzerland Turicum (+41)1 9918501 (+41)1 9918503 Switzerland Dive-Inn 2:301/325 (+41)22 7518103 (+41)22 7518105 Switzerland Alphanet (+41)38 414081 Switzerland LogicPalace 2:301/706 (+41)31 7320051 (+41)31 7320044 Switzerland LINKSys (+41)61 3215643 (+41)61 3832007 Switzerland AUGS BBS (+41)62 445041 (+41)62 445041 Austria Amiga World 2:310/72 (+43)1 5044269 (+43)1 5047701 Denmark Scala BBS 2:230/418 (+45)44680300 (+45)44861540 Germany Surprise (+49)201 329761 (+49)201 8315005 Germany Art-Line (+49)202 596003 (+49)202 2546013 Germany T.O.M. (+49)202 595267 Germany Pleasure (+49)203 431366 Germany SMachine (+49)203 4061447 (+49)203 9940127 Germany Grisubox (+49)2065 24447 Germany Karma Designs (+49)208 670722 Germany Future Line (+49)2041 686829 Germany Blue Moon (+49)2065 66407 Germany TrkPool (+49)208 808640 Germany Delvinor (+49)2131 549457 (+49)2131 951253 Germany Newswire (+49)2154 5011 Germany Debuwi (+49)2236 83233 Germany Candys --- (+49)221 462138 Germany Darkness (+49)2273 1096 (+49)2273 910062 Germany X-RAY (+49)228 455893 Germany CBonn (+49)228 666588 Germany Fantasie (+49)2381 675700 Germany Stingray (+49)2385 6542 (+49)2385 910031 Germany ASBM (+49)251 791650 Germany Circus (+49)281 24001 Germany Amiga Mbx (+49)30 3739293 Germany TERM (+49)30 4537288 (+49)30 45470171 Germany Quick (+49)40 5479638 Germany ITHH (+49)40 6064098 (+49)40 60680341 Germany DOOM (+49)4223 8355 (+49)4223 95004 Germany Flight (+49)4442 72138 (+49)4442 920362 Germany Delbox (+49)5250 53785 (+49)5250 99952 Germany MultiCom (+49)5321 45440 (+49)5321 305373 Germany Black-Z (+49)6142 46278 (+49)6142 924080 Germany SLTO (+49)615 264898 Germany TecMania (+49)6157 87427 (+49)6157 910121 Germany 48'er 2:2468/6020 (+49)6203 180293 Germany WestCoast 2:2468/9718.0 (+49)6221 761304 Germany RudisBox (+49)6253 86677 (+49)6253 972100 Germany HIT (+49)681 399426 (+49)681 372552 Germany Groenland (+49)6824 8444 Germany Titan (+49)6826 800391 Germany Outworld (+49)6831 52995 (+49)6831 995003 Germany ***elOutside (+49)6838 84739 Germany BrainWave 2:246/2006.0 (+49)7071 78729 (+49)7071 971213 Germany Amiga Univ. 2:246/1416.0 (+49)7195 179383 Germany Amiga Inside2:2476/539.0 (+49)721 841292 Germany Uplink 2:246/2320 (+49)751 96217 Germany Fairytale 2:246/2300 (+49)7541 24362 (+49)7541 930232 Germany Melting Point 2:2476/825 (+49)7663 50103 (+49)7663 912013 Germany Predator 2:2490/1140 (+49)9131 14439 Germany LSD (+49)9133 9591 Germany Turtle 2:2490/1092 (+49)911 3241044 (+49)911 3241055 Germany Lizard (+49)911 476948 Germany Incubus (+49)931 781464 (+49)931 7900200 Australia Continental (+61)2949 4256 Australia 1990 Multi 3:690/758.0 (+61)9370 3333 - Anonymous UUCP. In Germany, you can access the Aminet files at the phone numbers of Brainwave BBS (see above) using the following entry. Download the file "Aminet:INFO" for more information. anarchy Any SER 38400 ATD BBS. ..\c ogin: uanon sword: uanon - FIDO. If you want to file-request Aminet files, you can do so by requesting the file INFO from 2:246/2006.0. The BBSes which have a FIDO node number mentioned above allow file requests. - Mailing lists. If you want to get the list of new uploads mailed every week, send a mail with 'SUBSCRIBE aminet-weekly Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.' in the body to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. or if you want daily updates, just use 'SUBSCRIBE aminet-daily' instead. Replace Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. with your email address, of course. Keep the welcome mail in case you forget how to unsubscribe... - Usenet. A list of recent uploads is posted every week to the newsgroups comp.sys.amiga.misc and de.comp.sys.amiga.archive. - EZINFO. This is an internet BBS in Switzerland. Here you can download by Kermit or ZMODEM, but you need to be verified to become user. Modem dial 01 251 20 02, then type 'call b050' to connect to EZINFO. Also try telnet kometh.ethz.ch and 'call b050' from internet. - Aminet-on-disk. You can order single Aminet files (3 DM per disk) or per-directory subscriptions (2 DM per disk) from Martin Schulze, Parkstr. 14, 66806 Ensdorf, Germany. Phone: ++49 (0) 6831 506171, email Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. . Other media like opticals or DAT's are available, too. Send 3 DM in stamps or $2 to get an index disk with instructions. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Submitting "Sending software to Aminet" How do I submit something to Aminet? ------------------------------------ If you are an author of freely distributable software, you may be interested to get your software onto Aminet. Aminet gets your software to a lot of people very quickly, and is free of charge for most of its users. And, while this policy lasts, you can order a free Aminet CD by email! Send HELP to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. for more information. If you would like to get your piece of freely distributable software onto Aminet and you don't have access to the Internet, you can check the BBSes listed @{" here " link Access} if they forward uploads to Aminet. The Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. accepts uploads by email, send HELP there for instructions. If all fails, you can still send a diskette (that will not be sent back, sorry) with your upload to Martin Schulze, whose address you find in the access list as well. Be sure to read the upload @{" instructions " system "AMINET6:Tools/View AMINET6:Guides/Misc/Uploads"} very carefully. Faulty submissions are in danger of being deleted. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Ordering "Ordering subsequent CD's" Order information ----------------- A new Aminet CD appears every three months. You can expect about 300M of new software on every CD, plus the currently most popular files, plus enough older files to fill up the CD to its limit. Order subscriptions or single CDs from the following companies: Company Offerings ------- --------- - Germany/Europe Stefan Ossowski's Aminet CDs DM 25 Schatztruhe GmbH subscriptions DM 19.80 per CD Veronikastr. 33 D-45131 Essen Aminet Set 1 (4 CDs) DM 59 Germany Shipping national prepaid DM 4 Phone +49-201-788778 cash on delivery DM 8 Fax +49-201-798447 Shipping Europe prepaid DM 8 cash on delivery DM 25 Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. Shipping overseas prepaid DM 15 All major credit cards accepted, they count as prepaid. Send cash as check or in a registered letter. Subscriptions don't include shipping. For money transfers use: Deutsche Bank Essen, Bank ID 36070050, Account number 257901900 - Germany/Europe/Worldwide for dealers: GTI GmbH Zimmersmühlenweg 73 D-61440 Oberursel Germany Phone +49-6171-85934 Fax +49-6171-8302 Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. - USA/Canada Amiga Library Services Aminet CDs $ 19.95 610 North Alma School Road subscriptions (4 CDs) $ 59.95 Suite 18 Aminet Set 1 (4 CDs) $ 39.95 Chandler, AZ 85224-3687 U.S.A. Shipping anywhere $ 3.95 Federal Express (USA) $ 12.95 Voice/Fax +1-602-917-0917 Pay via cash, check, money order or credit card (VISA, MasterCard). Checks/money orders payable to 'Amiga Library Services' and in US $. Credit card orders must include card number, expiration date, and full name on card. Subscriptions don't include shipping. Dealer inquiries welcome. - Denmark Fribert Consult, v. Kenneth Fribert C. T. Barfoeds Vej 2, 3. tv Aminet CDs Kr. 120.25 DK-2000 FRB subscriptions Kr. 108.25 per CD Denmark Aminet Set Kr. call PostGiro: 0 89 79 73 Shipping (prepay) Kr. 20.- Phone:+45 31 87 98 64 Shipping (Cash on delivery) Kr. 52.- Fax: +45 31 87 98 36 SE: 16 41 74 75 Internet: Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. Fido: 2:235/317.0 Orders can be paid via cheque, Giro, postal money order or cash. - Italy C.A.T.M.U. s.n.c. (DICE italian dealer) Via G. Di Vittorio, 22 Aminet CDs 34900 Lit. 10023 Chieri (TO) subscriptions (4 CDs) 115000 Lit. ITALY Aminet Set call Fax: ++39-11-941.52.37 Shipping: Tel: ++39-11-941.52.37 pre-paid 5500 Lit. Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. on delivery 15000 Lit. Pagamento tramite bollettino postale su c/c postale n.28065100 intestato a: C.A.T.M.U. di Zamuner Giorgio & C. s.n.c. - Worldwide You can order the Aminet CD from any bookstore worldwide. Please state the appropriate ISBN numbers with your order: Aminet Set 1 ISBN 3-86084-253-6 Aminet CD 5 ISBN 3-86084-256-0 Prices may vary, ask your local dealer for more information. @endnode ============================================================================ @node Disclaimer "The disclaimer" Disclaimer ---------- All files on Aminet have been virus checked. However, new viruses that were unknown at the time the CD was made could still have slipped through, so we cannot make any warranties. Thus you should run a virus checker on all programs extracted from the CD to be absolutely safe. Note that, although you have paid for the CD, you don't own all the programs in it. Some of them are distributed as Shareware, which means that you have to pay for its registration if you use it regularly. Please support the concept of shareware; if a program is worth using, it's also worth paying for. You're getting the software on this CD is free of charge. The price of the CD just pays for the collecting and presenting it, and for the pressing of the CD. amigaguide.library is Copyright Commodore Amiga Inc. All programs Copyright their authors except where noted otherwise @endnode ============================================================================