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- * Floppyshop Gold Volume Two CD-ROM *
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- The files in this folder are a complete directory listing of the
- above named CD-ROM. All programs on the disc are fully catalogued on the
- CD, the files in this archive are merely directory listings. Here's some
- background information on the Floppyshop Gold Collection...
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- It all began back in April 1987 when the STFM was released and Steve Delaney
- bought a 520 STFM with mono monitor and a handful of PD disks from ST Club
- and STar UK. Within three months, he taught himself the basics and launched
- the Floppyshop User Group and its popular bi-monthly newsletter, Floppyshop
- News. The PD library (originally only available to members) started out with
- a mere 88 single-sided disks and grew at the rate of 80-120 disks every
- couple of months for the next few years.
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- A lot has happened between then and now, including Floppyshop News' runner
- up placement in the first National Desktop Publishing Awards, several
- successful commercial releases, Irene Lamb joining Floppyshop and taking
- over much of the day to day running of the business, Steve's various spells
- as news editor of three leading Atari publication, the launch of the world's
- first (perhaps only) PD Library for the Atari Falcon and much more....
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- Throughout the years, Floppyshop's detailed catalogue gained the respect of
- customers and by early 1998, it could safely be said that they were the last
- "active" Atari PDL in the world. Three or four others remained contactable,
- but none were actively updating their collection. By mid-1998, the ST
- Catalogue had around 3900 disks and there were almost 900 disks in the
- Falcon catalogue.
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- When the market does eventually dry up, what will happen to this impressive
- software collection? Will it be lost forever? With this sobering thought in
- mind, combined with the fact that an increasing number of Atari owners now
- have access to CD-ROM drives (either connected directly to their Atari or to
- a PC at work), it made sense to release the entire Floppyshop collection on
- CD-ROM. And thus, Floppyshop Gold was born......
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- Floppyshop Gold is a collection of seven CD-ROM discs which feature every
- single disk from the current (July 1998) Floppyshop ST and Falcon
- catalogues. Each comes complete with its own catalogue, detailing every
- program on every disk, just as you would expect. In addition, each CD
- contains directory listings from the other six, making it easy to track down
- the programs you need. Most programs are ready to run, those few which are
- archived were supplied in that format to enable them to be re-distributed on
- floppies. We decided to leave them as is, to enable you to copy them to
- floppies to swap with friends or exchange on-line in sensible sized chunks.
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- The first five volumes are primarily for the ST, though much of the software
- will also run on the TT and Falcon. Volumes six and seven are specifically
- for the Falcon 030, though there's a lot of excellent JPEG and GIF images
- on volume seven which could be used equally well on any computer. Volume
- five is an oddity as it can be used on an ST, PC or Macintosh (see below for
- details) but not a TT or Falcon. All CDs contain approximately the same
- amount of data, but the number of categories on each varies due to the
- differing sizes of each category.
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- Here's a brief overview of what's on the various CDs:-
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- FLOPPYSHOP GOLD VOLUME ONE - Contains all the UTILITY, WORD PROCESSING and
- PROGRAMMING disks along with our popular Floppyshop Compilation Disks
- featuring the best software from all categories.
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- FLOPPYSHOP GOLD VOLUME TWO - Contains all the ART and GRAPHICS programs
- along with all the FONT disks from the library.
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- FLOPPYSHOP GOLD VOLUME THREE - Contains all the GAMES, MIDI, MUSIC,
- EDUCATIONAL and COMMUNICATION software from the catalogue.
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- FLOPPYSHOP GOLD VOLUME FOUR - Contains the widest range of software from
- CLIPART to SOUND files, with everything in-between including the YOUR SECOND
- MANUAL support disks, PRODUCT DEMOS, PICTURES, ASTROLOGY and DISK MAGAZINES.
- You don't get much more diverse than GOLD CD 4!
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- FLOPPYSHOP GOLD VOLUME FIVE - The ST became "famous" for its demos and demo
- coder achieved the status of "cult heroes". This CD is dedicated exclusively
- to these people. It contains all the demos in our collection, archived using
- the Magic Shadow Archiver (supplied). Many demos had to be archived as they
- ran directly from the bootsector and could be stored in any other format.
- The Nostalgia and PowerST Atari emulators on the Macintosh and the Pacifist
- emulator on the PC all recognise MSA archives and can boot from them as if
- they were real floppy disks. These emulators are supplied on disc, allowing
- owners of PC and Macintosh computers to run the demos straight from the CD.
- Unfortunately ST owners will have to restore them to floppy disks first!
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- FLOPPYSHOP GOLD VOLUME SIX - Contains the first half of our Falcon
- collection. Categories on this CD are ART & GRAPHICS, COMMUNICATIONS,
- EDUCATION, FONTS, MUSIC, PRODUCT DEMOS, PROGRAMMING, SOUND files and
- UTILITIES.
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- FLOPPYSHOP GOLD VOLUME SEVEN - The remaining categories of this bumper
- collection can be found here. They are CLIP ART, ENTERTAINMENT DEMOS, GAMES
- and PICTURES.
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- We are certain you will enjoy owning (and indeed using) this unique
- collection just as much as we have enjoyed collecting it.....
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- Floppyshop, PO Box 273, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. AB15 8GJ.
- Tel: 01224 586208 (Intl +44 1224 312756)
- email: floppyshop@cyberstrider.org
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