http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~vermeuls/cdrom.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)

THE AMIGA USERS OF CALGARY SOCIETY (AMUC) ANNOUNCES THE NEW AMUC CDROM 2 DISK SET

(Calgary, Alberta, Canada --- March 9, 1995) The AMiga Users of Calgary Society (AMUC) would like to announce a new 2 disk Amiga CDROM set. This is the AMUC2/3 set, a red disk (AMUC2:) and a green disk (AMUC3:) packaged together in a single slim line jewel case. Very limited quantities of the original AMUC1: (the black disk) are still available.

Ordering by phone

To order the AMUC CDROMs with VISA/MasterCard call:

1-800-992-6442

1-800-99A-MIGA

which will connect you to "The Computer Shop of Calgary" who now handle the phone orders on behalf of AMUC. The 1-800 number works across North America, if you are calling from beyond North America the number is:

(403) 243-4356 (voice, hours: 10:00 to 18:00 MST)

(403) 243-2684 (FAX)

Ordering by email or the post

You can send a postal money order payable to AMUC:

AMUC

P.O. BOX 34230

#19, 1200 -- 37 St. S.W.

Calgary, Alta

T3C 3W2

or you can order by email at:

orders@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca

general information about AMUC is available at:

info@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca

Current pricing (all in Canadian Dollars):

$34.95 for the AMUC2 and AMUC3 set (the red and green disks)
$20.00 for the AMUC1 CDROM (the black disk)
Air mail shipping charges add: (pick one of these)
- $4.00 for shipping in North America
- $5.00 for international shipping
- If you want special delivery shipping add: $4.00 to the above shipping.

note COD orders are no longer accepted.

What are Canadian dollars?

For comparison the $34.95 Canadian is currently equivalent to:

33.81 Australia Dollar
255.97 Austria Schilling
21.21 Brazil Real
209.88 China Renminbi
144.00 Denmark Krone
127.74 France Franc
35.93 Germany Mark
192.56 Hong Kong Dollar
2374.16 Japan Yen
784.00 India Rupee
41214.00 Italy Lira
149.36 Mexico Peso
40.24 Netherlands Guilder
39.15 New Zealand Dollar
159.00 Norway Krone
635.00 Philippines Peso
3766.00 Portugal Escudo
45331.00 Russia Ruble
93.37 Saudi Arabia Riyal
36.01 Singapore Dollar
89.50 South Africa Rand
3192.00 Spain Peseta
181.56 Sweden Krone
30.79 Switzerland Franc
655.72 Taiwan Dol
141.55 Trinidad Dollar
15.72 UK Pound
24.90 USA Dollar

So what's on these disks?

Since this contains some of the best of the AMUC Express (AMIGA ONLY) BBS you can expect to find a huge number of IFF and JPEG pictures, animations sounds, mods, 3D objects, clipart, fonts (bitmap and structured), text files, programs and demos from all over the world. The files are primarily stored as LZH, LHA or DMS files.

There are FILES.BBS and 00_INDEX.TXT files in all the directories, as well as long descriptions of most files stored in a separate description file tree.

The directory names are a maximum of 8 characters with 3 character extensions, so it is usable on most PC based systems (there are file names that are longer than 8+3 characters, so how these will appear on your PC system will depend on the CDROM driver you have). The disk is an ISO9660 format disk.

The AMUC2/3 set also includes two searching utilities along with the databases for AMUC1, AMUC2 and AMUC3. These allow you to search for files by name (including with AmigaDOS wildcards) and by content. The contents of all the files have been scanned and the keywords from them have been placed into a large database for fast approximate searches.

A last word about AMUC

AMUC is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of Amiga Users and the promotion of the Amiga computer. Purchasers of either the AMUC1 CDROM or the AMUC2/3 set are eligable for a $10.00 discount on an AMUC mail-out membership.