€ PD Soft € +44 1702 466933 € £ 34.99
If there is one thing that's certain about the Internet, it is that it's huge. How big? As big as a very big electronic thing that covers most of our planet. The section of the Internet devoted to the Amiga and its users, the Aminet, is similarly large. So big, in fact, that despite the huge storage space of CD-ROMs there has not been a single disc that has contained more than a fraction of the files in the Aminet.
Now, the Aminet Set gives you the chance to sample the delights of the whole of the Aminet. It's a four-disc collection from Germany that costs
£34.99 and covers all the files and programs available from the Aminet as of January 1995.
The Aminet is divided into different categories (directories) that contain files and programs that will be of interest to every Amiga user and for ease of use the Aminet Set has also opted for this simple, but accessible format.
The discs each contain several directories that deal with a range of interests. Disc A is an interesting one which features mostly developer's tools and utility software. But it also seems to be a bit of a spill-over disc, because it also has a bit of everything else too.
Disc B contains graphics programs, pictures and animations, text programs and documents. As you might expect this is the most colourful of the discs and has plenty of good examples of creative uses of the Amiga.
Disc C is a hotbed of activity and you'll find the demo and games directories here. It also has the Comms and hardware files too. The final disc, D, contains all of the business applications, as well as music programs and modules.
Overall, this is a highly impressive collection. For the first time you get the whole of the Aminet. Which means you also get the best the Amiga world has to offer in PD and Shareware too.
Yippee! The whole of the Aminet in one huge collection. Buy it!
Overall rating : 91%
€ PD Soft € +44 1702 466933 € £ 19.99
Now, this is something a little different. It's an Internet CD without any
programs. What's the point of that? I here you ask. Well, it is just information, in ASCI, taken from the Internet - after all that's what the Internet is really all about.
At first I was a little sceptical. So, I thought I'd take a quick look at some
of the directories and the next thing I knew it was two and half hours later! Talk about absorbing, there are files about almost any subject you could think of from comics and video games to building satellite systems and the connection between awareness and technology.
The best thing is that the sources of the information are included, so the next time you log on you'll know where to find all the interesting sites and newsgroups.
Overall rating : 86%
3D ARENA - FRESH FISH - DEMOMANIA 1 - GIGANTIC GAMES - AMINET SET 1
