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- Imagine this.
-
- Someone tells you, "I know where there's a cave
- full of buried treasure -- gold, jewels, pieces of
- eight -- of umimaginable, inexhaustible riches."
-
- "Wow!" You exclaim. "Where is it? I want some!"
-
- Your friend points to a hole in the ground.
-
- You grab your flashlight and knapsack and crawl
- into that hole in search of fortune. Once in, you
- look around and feel an involuntary shiver. It's
- dark, damp, and cold. You see tunnels branching off
- everywhere. Occasionally, you hear unnerving
- scurrying sounds and glimpse movements from the
- corner of your eye. Are there really riches here?
- Well, some things certainly glitter in the gleam of
- your flashlight, so you grab a few of the more
- promising items, throw them into your pack and
- crawl back to the surface. Sure enough; in the
- light of day, some of your treasures turn out to be
- jewels, but others are worthless baubles and fool's
- gold.
-
- Software Library
-
- No, I'm not talking about the latest Macintosh
- adventure game, I'm describing what the Macintosh
- Software Library might look like to a new member:
- You know it's full of riches, but it sure can seem
- confusing and expensive trying to locate those
- which meet your needs among the thousands listed
- there.
-
- Help is at hand in the persons of Macintosh
- RoundTable Librarian Kevin Steele and a stellar
- staff of Library assistants. A free-lance technical
- writer from Cleveland, Kevin is also pursuing his
- ambition of completing and publishing a science
- fiction novel. On GEnie, Kevin & Co. have been
- energetically renovating the Macintosh Software
- Library to make it friendly, easy-to-use, and
- cost-effective for each and every Mac RoundTable
- member. Here are a few of the enhancements already
- in place:
-
- Bulletin Board Support for the Library
-
- Invaluable topics in Category 1 of the Mac Bulletin
- Board include:
-
- Topic 12, New Library Uploads!, provides an easy
- way to capture the "long descriptions" of new
- files. You also may want to download file 32329
- MAC RT FILE INDEX.SIT, a complete list of all
- files in the Mac Library.
-
- Topic 13, File Library Requests, is where you
- should leave requests for files you've heard about
- but can't find. Chances are, if it's available
- ANYWHERE, Kevin can track it down for you; and if
- it's not available (for reasons such as copyright
- restrictions) he'll let you know that, so you
- don't waste time searching for it.
-
- Topic 16, Questions About Recent Uploads, provides
- answers to vexing questions about downloading,
- uncompressing, and using Library files.
-
- Improved File Descriptions
-
- The RoundTable staff has been working on making
- file names and descriptions consistent and more
- informative. If you look at recent file
- descriptions shown in Bulletin Board Category 1,
- Topic 12, we think you'll agree that they're more
- informative than some haphazard descriptions from
- the past.
-
- Library Reorganization
-
- A new Miscellaneous Library has been added, and the
- old Games Library has been renamed "Games and
- Entertainment" to properly indicate the broad
- spectrum of fun files now available.
-
- The staff has also been going through the Library
- cleaning out outdated, duplicate, and inappropriate
- files.
-
- According to Kevin (and he should know!), here are
- some of the most useful and popular files recently
- added to the Library:
-
- System Tools/Enhancements:
-
- 32430 MACLIFEINSURANCE 2.0.SEA X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940616 136448 16 10
- Desc: Save data from many Mac disasters!
- 32306 GREG'S BUTTONS 3.3.SIT X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940602 56192 95 10
- Desc: Creates 3D-buttons, colorized menus.
- 32387 BINARY PUMP 2.0.CPT X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940612 286720 35 9
- Desc: Analyze and auto-type generic files.
- 32290 SOUNDAPP1.1.1.CPT X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940531 91008 126 9
- Desc: Plays and converts most sound files.
-
- Updates:
-
- 32369 RAMDOUBLER 1.0.3A UPDATE X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940608 71040 151 30
- Desc: New updater fixes crashes, bugs.
- 32318 DESKWRITER 5.0.IMAGE.SIT X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940603 699648 151 30
- Desc: New DeskWriter drivers from HP.
- 32348 MAXRAM 1.0.2.SIT X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940606 23680 97 10
- Desc: RamDoubler gives up to 6x more RAM!
-
- Games:
-
- 32414 SPACE INVADERS 1.0.SIT X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940614 208384 51 23
- Desc: Color version of Space Invaders.
-
- Handy to have:
-
- 32418 WEDDING PLANNER 1.0.SEA X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940615 487808 6 33
- Desc: Powerful Wedding Planner/Organizer.
- 32284 VENDORDA.143A.(COLOR)SEA X KEVIN.STEELE
- 940531 147584 57 9
- Desc: Handy listing of tech support #'s.
-
- Education
-
- Since it's almost time to head back to school this
- fall, we don't want to leave without reminding you
- of the many Mac educational resources available on
- GEnie. Macintosh Library 25 contains a variety of
- useful files ranging from preschool aids like File
- 32396 ALPHABETZOODEMO3.0.SIT, a demo of a file
- which uses animals to demonstrate how to draw and
- recognize letters, to File 31089
- NEURODULE1.0.3.SIT, an experimental neuron
- laboratory simulation for high school and
- university students. Category 4 of the Bull etin
- Board is home for educational discussions, and
- every Monday night at 9:45 PM, educator Rob
- Whitelock hosts an education-oriented Real-Time
- Conference.
-