Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Best $19 shareware CDROM From: douglas.carpenter@cld9.com (Douglas Carpenter) Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!cld9!douglas.carpenter Distribution: world Message-ID: <7.10042.954.0N5BECDB@cld9.com> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 94 21:34:00 -0600 Organization: C-9 Communications Lines: 102 That's right a great SHAREWARE ROM for ONLY $19.00 Big Sky Rom's newest release, TopDrawer, is now shipping. For you who have pre-ordered, your's is on the way. Yeah, I know. What kind of ROM could I be getting for 19 bucks? ANSWER Possibly the best ROM you have to date! This ROM is published by SysOps for the SysOp. Tired of compiling list and heaven knows what else to get a ROM on-line? This is the answer you have been waiting for, affordable files at this introductory price, to show what TopDrawer is and can do. Files.bbs in every DIR, so simple it can be run on a test drive of QMODEM (tm). Plus SPITFIRE (tm) files SFFILES.BBS. And you 4DOS (tm) users will find descript.ion files. If you're a PC-BOARD(tm) SysOp, you'll find a comprehensive SETMEUP.exe that will install the ROM for you! (...You do have to have it in the CD-ROM player!) grin........ All archives are compressed using pkzip (PKWARE (tm) 204G using maximum compression. All archives and their members have been scanned with the latest virus scanners. All files have file_id.diz's in them, GOOD ONE's, at that; we added over 1,859 full descriptions when none were available or the author thought that high ASCII looked better. And on TOP of all that, we have made a great effort to remove commercial files and other copyright infringements. Now, what this means is that we set this ROM up for the BBS, not the end user!!!! We have, because of current legal cases and judgments within the publishing community, removed VOC, WAVE, and MIDI sound files. The real programs are still there; we just deleted the lawyer syndrome. All of the GIF's are our own, no copyright infringements to worry about. You are licensed as the ROM owner to distribute them to your users. Disnay has started bringing lawsuits against the publisher's who have any of their pictures on their CDs and many of the latest have them. Warner will be bringing lawsuits against the publisher's that have Startrek sound and picture files and many of the latest shareware CDs have those. So, Buyers and Sellers Beware! There is also a feature authors DIR. That's the authors we felt exhibited professional demeanor in program ability and distribution ease. Plus, we have the text files that are the latest rage -- that is, we have STEVE ROBERTS stuff, NOT Megabytes of FAQ's or other drivel. We have taken great pains to think of the user and the SysOp. You will find your users cruising through this easy file system and praising you for the setup (that is, if you have great users like we do). Both the SuperMart BBS and PC-MONTANA BBS have handicapped users, and thought went into the files and their placement to enhance the interface for these special individuals. Ok, now to the brass tacks: Files -- there are 4,174;that's 609 MB + compressed. Dirs -- no, not 50 or 60, just 45 ; and this ROM will interface with our first release, BIG SKY 01, so you don't have to do a major setup all over again! You've probably heard other SysOps saying that they're removing such & such ROM offline because of one problem or another. We listen to these SysOps; you are our bread and butter (low cost spread in this ROM's price). Now, where can I get this ROM? Well, read below and you can order this baby on-line or by fax (24 hours) or by voice (9-9 EST Mon-Sat). *** PCJ COMPUTING *** Data - 1-615-478-2890 We stock 700+ titles All major credit Fax - 1-615-479-1047 Lowest prices around cards accepted Voice - 1-615-339-0235 Download BIGSKY2.ZIP with no surcharge Orders- 1-800-547-7817 for the files list. (No CODs) Internet- Douglas.Carpenter@Junction.Cld9.Com Listserv- Send request to Listserv@Cld9.Com Send SUB CDROM-L NAME Compuserve- 71754.3514@Compuserve.Com ** DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME ** File stats for the BEST NEW SHAREWARE CD-TOP DRAWER for 1990 to 1994: File % Apx 'K' % File % Apx 'K' % ==== ===== ======== ===== ==== ===== ======== ===== 90 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 91 1 0.0% 100 0.0% 92 6 0.1% 2,380 0.4% 93 3,968 95.1% 558,536 91.6% 94 144 4.8% 48,607 8.0% ==== ===== ======== ===== ---- Total Files: 4,174 Total Approx 'K' Bytes: 609,523 ---- Duplicate Files Comparison - Top Drawer versus other popular CDs: Big Sky 1 - 0% So Much Shareware # 3 - 2.4% Cream of the Crop # 2 - 11.7% Software Vault Gold (# 3) - 10.3% Nightowl 10 - 12.4% Call PCJ at 615-339-0235 if you Nightowl 11 - 6.4% need a file comparison with any Pier 3 - 15.3% of the other popular CDROMs. --- þ RNET 2.00h: PC Junction BBS-REPLY TO: JUNCTION.CLD9.COM ÿ