Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!EU.net!news.funet.fi!ngw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: "Jan R. Schwenk" Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: 5'10-Pak Huh! Date: 17 Apr 1994 08:53:38 +0300 Organization: FUNET-NGW Lines: 65 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: alt Message-ID: <01HB9CFSAT049S47UR@delphi.com> Reply-To: JSCHWENK@DELPHI.COM NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-Path: <@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU:JSCHWENK@DELPHI.COM> X-Vms-To: INTERNET"CDROM-L@uccvma.ucop.edu" Comments: To: CDROM-L@uccvma.ucop.edu To: CDROM-L Redistribution Mark Runyan responded to RE: 5'-10 Pac Huh > 8 CDRom of CDRom - Ho Hum. >Wish you'd added a bit more detail. I've no reference to CDRom of CDRom >in my list of CDROM's, so I don't know what this disk is. At a guess, >I'd *hope* it was a "complete" list of CDROM disks and what they do (of >course, the list would gradually go out of date, but it'd be a good >snap shot). ... I publish the CD-ROM OF CD-ROMs. I'll try to answer your questions and tell you where we are coming from: Our disc is a multimedia directory of CD-ROM and multimedia products and titles. The version that is in the 5' 10-Pak bundle lists nearly 5,000 titles (mainly North American), over 5,000 companies, 2,000 people, around 500 critical reviews and about 300 hi-rez color photos (derived from Kodak Photo CD's) of screens and boxes. Our goal is to provide a reliable source of information on data (titles, publishers, addresses, etc), and quality (reviews, critical comment, etc). We are re-writing the Windows user interface and CoC is the first vehicle to demonstrate this new software. It works much faster than Windows, looks more like a Mac but is faster and we believe more friendly. In other words, it is a labor of love. Our goal is to list all new titles - a major task as we are aware of over 25,000! and the list grows daily! But we want to provide enough critical information that a potential user will be able to make the correct buying decision. We are close to releasing a major upgrade and will be updating monthly thereafter. To give you a sneak-peak, our database technology, in a head to head comparison with FoxPro's Mt. Rushmore, uses 1/4th the space to store the same data and is six times faster. Our optimization routines are called "Stone Mountain" (get it?) and are much faster than Rushmore. Very sorry that you haven't heard of us! We are trying to correct that - by the end of May, we hope to have over 500,000 copies out there. There are many other new and innovative features in CoC. We hope to make an announcement very soon about what they are. On the 5'10-Pak, I am also involved in that project, both as a participant (our disc is in it), and in the manufacturing end. I helped Sirius get the various publishers together, and I have helped in the replication. We are also selling the 10-pak directly to end users (and dealers). Our quantity one price is $29.95 plus $5 s&h ($10 international). Dealers should contact us directly for details. Regards Jan Schwenk //////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ //Publishers of The CD-ROM of CD-ROMs - a definitive guide to CD-ROM\\ || Jan R. Schwenk Tel: (817) 582-7373 || || Resource International Publishing Fax: (817) 582-7377 || || Route 1, Box 168 CIS: 70053,1702 || || Milford, TX 76670 - U.S.A. Internet: jschwenk@delphi.com || \\Monthly Multimedia CDROM - Titles - Critical Reviews - Source Info// || ORDER HOT-LINE: (800) 254-2442 || \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////