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Aztech New Media produces a variety of titles monthly. Product types include license and royalty-free images, commercial games, shareware compilations, license and royalty-free music, bundled mixed sets, reference and education. Below is a summary description of some of our products. The World PhotoPhile(TM) Overview (Print-Ready Version) The World PhotoPhile PERSONAL STOCK IMAGE LIBRARY (printable version) is the world's first and largest, most comprehensive, annotated collection of hard-to-get, royalty- and license-free high-resolution, color-corrected, color-separated, printable quality photo images ever offered on 24 CD- ROM discs for Macintosh and Windows. The World PhotoPhile is ideally suited to graphic artists and designers, corporate communications/media departments, desktop publishers, educators, printers, pre-press firms, and multimedia producers. They can add incredible impact to any presentation, brochure, advertisement, marketing literature, business card, product packaging, POP displays, editorials, manuals, etc. with the unsurpassed quality content of this collection. Images range from lineups in Russia and rare South American museum artifacts to Easter Island monuments and Japanese panoramas. This beautiful and exotic collection is widely recognized as one of the finest values for photo images in the global market. F E A T U R E S * Over 3,000 hard-to-find photo images from around the world in one massive collection: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Easter Island, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Russia, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Singapore, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and United States * Included in this collection is Aldus Corporation's FetchTM for the Mac and Pixfolio for Windows on the PC. Both programs are mixed- media cataloguing, browsing and retrieval tools, which allow you to quickly browse through a visual gallery or textual list of all files or find just the images you want by specifying keywords, file types, filenames or volumes. All the images are annotated with short descriptions identifying the subject content and/or the location. * All the images are cross-referenced by 22 major categories/themes. Some images may apply to more than one category. The number of images per category are: Cities 75 Animals 141 Food 38 People 488 Backgrnd./Texture 83 Plants 186 Sports 84 Ruins 485 Artifacts 147 Panoramas 225 Buildings 959 Mood Shots 80 Icons, Great 82 Transportation 127 South America 319 North America 570 Europe 755 Pacific Rim 555 Asia 333 Middle East 291 Relics 146 Religion 358 South Atlantic 315 * All images are in uncompressed TIFF format using the universal ISO 9660 standard for CD-ROM. This permits any CD-ROM disc in the WorldBank Collection to be read by Macintosh or MS-DOS-compatible computers and many Unix platforms. It also means all these images are also importable by almost all image-handling applications available in those same computing environments. * The 24 CD's are divided into two editions. Edition 1 has the first half of the images (1,500 or so, countries Argentina through first half of Hong Kong) and edition 2 has the second half (second half of Hong Kong through United States). Each image is 32-bit, CMYK (ie. already color-separated), color-corrected, uncompressed TIFF, 300 dpi giving a 150 line screen. * The World PhotoPhile is packaged in handsome protective CD wallets. The developer of the wallet states the liner of each pocket in the wallet is comprised of a patented material that lifts minute particles away from the CD each time it is placed into the pocket, thus providing a measure of added protection for each CD. * Also available are six 40" x 28" full-color posters which have been further color-categorized so that individual images appear on the posters in the same order they appear on each color-coded CD - all to maximize easy reference. The World PhotoPhile(TM) Overview (Multimedia Version) The World PhotoPhile PERSONAL STOCK IMAGE LIBRARY (multimedia version) is the world's first and largest, most comprehensive, annotated collection of hard-to-get, royalty- and license-free, computer screen-resolution, photo images ever offered on 6 CD-ROM discs for Macintosh and Windows. The World PhotoPhile is ideally suited to graphic artists and designers, corporate communications/media departments, desktop publishers, educators, printers, pre-press firms, and multimedia producers. They can add incredible impact to any presentation, brochure, advertisement, marketing literature, business card, product packaging, POP displays, editorials, manuals, etc. with the unsurpassed quality content of this collection. Images range from lineups in Russia and rare South American museum artifacts to Easter Island monuments and Japanese panoramas. This beautiful and exotic collection is widely recognized as one of the finest values for photo images in the global market. F E A T U R E S * Over 3,000 hard-to-find photo images from around the world in one massive collection: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Easter Island, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Russia, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Singapore, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and United States * Included in this collection is Aldus Corporation's FetchTM for the Mac and Pixfolio for Windows on the PC. Both programs are mixed- media cataloguing, browsing and retrieval tools, which allow you to quickly browse through a visual gallery or textual list of all files or find just the images you want by specifying keywords, file types, filenames or volumes. All the images are annotated with short descriptions identifying the subject content and/or the location. * All the images are cross-referenced by 22 major categories/themes. Some images may apply to more than one category. The number of images per category are: Cities 75 Animals 141 Food 38 People 488 Backgrnd./Texture 83 Plants 186 Sports 84 Ruins 485 Artifacts 147 Panoramas 225 Buildings 959 Mood Shots 80 Icons, Great 82 Transportation 127 South America 319 North America 570 Europe 755 Pacific Rim 555 Asia 333 Middle East 291 Relics 146 Religion 358 South Atlantic 315 * All images are in uncompressed TIFF format using the universal ISO 9660 standard for CD-ROM. This permits any CD-ROM disc in the WorldBank Collection to be read by Macintosh or MS-DOS-compatible computers and many Unix platforms. It also means all these images are also importable by almost all image-handling applications available in those same computing environments. * All the images on the 6 CD's are 24-bit RGB, uncompressed TIFF, 72 dpi (standard 640 x480). * The World PhotoPhile Multimedia version is packaged in a handsome protective CD wallet. The developer of the wallet states the liner of each pocket in the wallet is comprised of a patented material that lifts minute particles away from the CD each time it is placed into the pocket, thus providing a measure of added protection for each CD. * Also available are six 40" x 28" full-color posters which have been further color-categorized so that individual images appear on the posters in the same order they appear on each color-coded CD - all to maximize easy reference. A Bolt of Multimedia III (TM) Overview Aztech offers one copy of this title FREE FREE FREE when you REGISTER your Aztech CD Title(s). A Bolt of Multimedia III contains the thumbnail catalogs of every title currently available from Aztech including the thumbnail images of the more than 3,000 photo images from The World PhotoPhile Personal Stock Image Library. 17 print-ready and multimedia images representing a cross-section of all the image collections are also included as are a selection of PC and Mac shareware applications from every shareware compilation, limited versions of certain commercial games available through Aztech, samples of license-free music and various sound file samples, .AVI morphing files and sample animation FLI/FLC files. Especially useful is a custom front-end viewing and browsing menu interface to navigate through all the material. A fully-functional version of Pixfolio for Windows is included. This application is a powerful multimedia file manager and browser which supports many graphic file formats including 32-bit TIFF and PhotoCD. it also supports .WAV (Windows Waveform sound), .AVI (Windows full motion video), .FLI/.FLC (animation), .MID (MIDI) and .ICO (Windows icon) file types. It is regularly updated to include the thumbnail catalogues of all of Aztech's image collections as they become available as well as to add other useful utilities and application for multimedia. The World PhotoPhile Sampler II is replaced by A Bolt of Multimedia III. This same Sampler disc works on Macintosh, DOS and most Unix platforms. Aztech's Photographic Image Collections' Overview Aztech offers a variety of photographic image collections. Each CD contains typically between 50 and 100 license and royalty-free photographic images by professional photographers from around the world. The images may be used for any purpose, whether for video display, print media broadcast, or otherwise, and whether for commercial or personal use, as often as you wish, with no further license fees or royalties payable except where the primary value of the product you are creating is the images themselves(*). The images may also be morph'd or modified as you see fit, subject to the condition that the image is not used in an immoral way (please see our license for more complete details). Add realism and impact to marketing collaterals, slide shows, video presentations, exhibit designs, point-of-purchase displays, advertisements, packaging, editorials, brochures, newsletters, multimedia projects, etc. . All these images may be imported by almost all image handling applications available on Macintoshes, DOS PC's, and many Unix platforms. The images are on an ISO 9660 disc in two resolutions on the same disc: (a) 32-bit non-compressed, color-corrected, color-separated (CMYK), 300 dpi TIFF format giving a 150 line screen (avg. over 10 MB each!), and (b) 24-bit non-compressed, RGB, 72 dpi TIFF (avg. 1.2 MB each). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (*) The images on this collection are subject to the terms and conditions of Aztech's License Agreement. A single-user, non-exclusive license is granted to the purchaser on the condition that the purchaser understands and agrees that this license does not permit the purchaser to re-sell, distribute or provide to others, in whole or in part, the images in any form, where the primary value of the product or service the purchaser is providing, is the images themselves. The user is encouraged to contact Aztech for a copy of the license agreement or to discuss any other questions concerning this license. The purchaser further agrees not to use any image in this Collection in any work that is of an immoral, scandalous, controversial, political, derogatory, obscene or offensive nature. Aztech's Photo Image Collections' Descriptions Aztech's FASHION, ADVERTISING AND LIFESTYLE I(TM) Collection features 100 stunning license and royalty-free* female and male model photo images created by world-class fashion photographer Joaquin Compta. He has worked in the fashion districts around the world including New York, Japan, Spain, Montreal and Toronto. The models in all 100 of these hard-to-find images, are all fully released. This collection is available only as a 2-CD set of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc set. __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's FASHION, ADVERTISING AND LIFESTYLE II(TM) Collection is a sequel to the highly successful FAL I and features a further 50 fully-released license and royalty-free* female and male model photo images. These were also created by world-class fashion photographer Joaquin Compta. Like the first collection, this CD also features a variety of full body and head shots of models reflecting current and traditional themes in fashion, advertising and lifestyles. This is accomplished with the models photographed in a variety of different settings with a diverse range of clothing and props. This collection is available as a single CD of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc set. __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's VISUAL RHYTHMS(TM) Collection features 100 rare and unusual license and royalty-free* photo images by top professional photographer Paul Smith. These 100 unique images focus on content of a repetitious nature: a string of boats, a bed of roses, bamboo poles, panes of glass, stone brick patterns, etc. The images serve a variety of graphic design functions including backgrounds, textures, thematic scenes, and individual component objects. This collection is available as a single Kodak PhotoCDTM format disc or in a 2-CD set comprising all images in low- and high-resolution, non- compressed TIFF formats. __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's ABSTRACT AND GRAPHIC BACKGROUNDS(TM) Collection features 100 license and royalty-free* photo images by top professional photographer Paul Smith. These 100 unique images are a combination of original conceptual perspectives and graphic art as seen through the lens of Paul Smith's camera. The content is designed to induce a variety of atmospheres and represent metaphorical characteristics in abstract and interesting ways including ethereal, turbulence, whimsical, strength, impact, progressive, birth, mystical, decisive, practical, etc. Aside from their mood-setting qualities, these images may also serve other graphic design functions including backgrounds, textures, thematic scenes, and individual component objects. This collection is available as a single Kodak PhotoCD format disc or in a 2-CD set comprising all images in low- and high-resolution, non- compressed TIFF formats. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's BACKGROUNDS AND TEXTURES is a mini-collection comprising 30 selected multimedia and print resolution license and royalty-free photo images. 15 images were chosen from the Astract And Graphic Backgrounds title and the other 15 were taken from the Visual Rhythms title. This title is offered as a low-cost sampling of the two respective titles or as a low-cost alternative to the more comprehensive image collections. __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's GEMS and Semi-Precious Stones(TM) Collection features 100 license and royalty-free* photo images by photographer Al Copley. Mr. Copley has visited many museums and galleries to provide these hand-picked images of precious and semi-precious gemstones including the diamond, ruby, quartz, amethyst, agate and many others. All the images are annotated with a brief description. This collection is available as a single CD of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's JURASSIC DINOSAUR(TM) Collection features 100 license and royalty- free* photo images by photographer Al Copley. The images are of dinosaur skeletons and other paraphernalia and are all briefly annotated including Tyrannosaurus, Pentaceratops, Triceratops, Allosaurus, dinosaur eggs and tracks, a dinosaur evolution chart, and much more. This collection is available as a single CD of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's UNDERWATER REALMS(TM) Collection features 100 license and royalty-free* photo images by expert underwater photographer Joel Auerbach. The images range from exotic, multicolored fish and other animal life, to incredible coral formations, underwater lighting effects, and shipwrecks. This collection is available as a single CD of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's FLORAL TAPESTRY(TM) Collection features 100 license and royalty- free* by photographer Douglas Guthrie. This collection comprises a mixture of tight shots and background settings of wild flowers including the Rose, Daffodil, Iris, Daisy and many more. Each image is annotated with its technical name. This collection is available as a single CD of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. ___________________________________________________________________________ The World PhotoPhile Extensions: AFRICAN HERITAGE(TM) features about 75 license and royalty-free* photographs from 16 different African countries as captured by photographer Eric Bruer. The content of this title is predominantly panoramic vistas and indigenous animals. Included is a leopard lounging in a tree, hippos mud bathing, elephants walking under a pillar-based hotel, a spectacular "rainbowed" waterfall, native villages and markets, and more. ___________________________________________________________________________ The World PhotoPhile Extensions: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL PEOPLES(TM) features about 75 license and royalty-free* photographs from 16 different African countries as captured by photographer Eric Bruer. The content of this title is predominantly the disappearing native peoples of Africa. Content includes a women with spectacularly stretched lips, native artifacts, ceremonial body tatoos, a spear-wielding hunter, a women with her baby, congregations of peoples, and more. ___________________________________________________________________________ SPACEVIEWS FROM NASA I & II(TM) each feature over 50 license and royalty-free photographs from the U.S.'s National Aeronautical Space Agency's vast archives. Almost all of these hand-picked photographs are in color. These two collections represent a cross-section of NASA's various historic enterprises. Included are spectacular shots of the 1969 moon landing, various spacecrafts, satellite launchings from the Space Shuttle, incredible full and partial shots of various planets in the solar system, space walks, and various space equipment. Included also are more than 10 photographs of the asteroid collisions on Jupiter on July 16th, 1994. Each image is annotated with a very detailed description, written by members of NASA or its archival agency. These collections are available as single CD's of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's GEOLOGICAL MICROPHOTOGRAPHY(TM) is a collection of over 50 license and royalty-free* photo images by Candace Perterkin. This collection features photographs of the geological minerals as viewed through a powerful electron microscope. The incredible profusion of color and abstract patterns presents an infinite variety of backgrounds. Some images are akin to color-enhanced satellite photographs of the earth while others suggest more magical or metphysical properties. The crystaline structure of still other images are indescribable and must be seen to be appreciated. This collection is available as a single CD of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's MAGNIFICENT MARBLE AND OTHER TEXTURES I(TM), features 25 license and royalty-free* photo images by photographer and graphic designer David Hushion. This collection was developed with the graphic designer/artist in mind. These files are purposely larger than most files in Aztech's image collections so as to facilitate the creation of large backgrounds from these images. The images in this collection comprise a large variety of marble and other textures such as woods, stones and fabrics. These collections are available as single CD's of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's WATERMARKS AND GHOSTED BACKGROUNDS (TM), features 25 license and royalty-free* photo images by photographer and graphic designer David Hushion. This collection was developed with the graphic designer/artist in mind. Graphic designers often need textures and backgrounds to add a particular characteristic or flavor to a graphic construction. However, it is often desirable to incorporate such backgrounds in a "soft" screen (eg. 10% of "solid" image). It often takes a fair amount of time to create such a balanced image. This collection provides a series of different ghost images and watermarks that have been created and tested for high-quality 32-bit CMYK TIFF output at an actual size of 8.5" x 11". These files are purposely larger than most (over 22 MB each!) files in Aztech's image collections so as to facilitate the creation of large backgrounds This collection is available as a single CD of non-compressed TIFF images, with both low- and high-resolution versions on the same disc. In addition to 32-bit CMYK and 24-bit RGB, the images are also stored as 8-bit non-compresssed 150 dpi greyscale TIFF (avg 2.2 MB). Aztech's Commercial Games MVP's MOST VALUABLE PROGRAMS, by Aztech, is a collection of 10 of MVP, Inc.'s finest entertainment games. Aztech has compiled the registered versions of MVP's 3-Point Basketball Deluxe, Pickle Wars, Desert Storm Command, Towers of Kublai Khan, MVP Bridge, Fascination Solitaire, Corncob 3D Other World Campaign, Las Vegas Casino, The Infernal Tome, and Sea School onto one CD-ROM. No further registration fees are payable when this CD-ROM is purchased. Most of the applications run directly from the CD-ROM and may be launched using Aztech's supplied menu interface. __________________________________________________________________________ ImagiSOFT's ENTERTAINMENT EMPORIUM is a collection of ImagiSOFT, Inc.'s finest award-winning (PC Magazine and others) entertainment applications. All the applications are non-violent and great family fun. The applications feature some combination of stunning graphics, mood-setting music, great sound effects, smooth scrolling animation and actual character voices. Deluxe Chinese Checkers features 2-6 human or computer players and award- winning graphics, sound and animation that make this classic game an absolute "must have." Wari, the ancient game of Africa, requires strategy, skill and cunning. Play against three levels of expertise as you try to thwart your opponent's moves. Redhook's Revenge is a pirate ship adventure. Race across the map against up to 4 human or computer players in search of gold doubloons. Answer trivia questions asked (voice and text) by your host Redhook to gain supplies. Overcome disasters and opponents who would try to stop you. The Color Wizard is an electronic coloring book for children of all ages with advanced drawing features like blending, highlighting, shadows and more. It features an amazing coloring tutorial and over 40 pictures, each with a story to read. The graphics alone will astonish you. Movies To Go! is the runaway success, full-function, graphical interface database of over 6,000 movies. Use the mouse or keyboard to select multiple search criteria like cast, director, year, MPAA rating, description keyword or any of 25 movie subject categories. Many movies include reviews. All the applications run directly from the CD-ROM and may be launched by either ImagiSOFT's friendly, sound-based menu or via Aztech's supplied menu. This disc requires a 286 PC or better (many of the applications will run on a 286) with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for DOS only (excluding Windows). __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's, THE PERFECT GENERAL(TM) is the award-winning ultimate challenge in strategy and tactics for land-based conflicts. As commander, you must learn to master the strategic selection, placement and manipulation of various assets to conquer territory and accumulate points. The game plays directly from the CD so no hard disk space is required except for configuration files, statistical records and high scores of which you have the option of not saving any of this information. * Winner of several awards including Best Wargame (Computer Gaming World), PC Excellence Award (Game Player Mag.), Choice Award (Compute Mag.) * Over 45 intriguing scenarios with difficulty levels and handicapping options * Famous World War II battles - Iwo Jima, Arnheim, Sicily, Omaha Beach, Guadacanal, Gafsa, Anzio ... * Famous 20th Century battles - 1967 & 1973 Suez Conflicts, Falklands, Saigon, Kursk, Stalingrad ... * A full history and statistical analysis and record of every player and game played * 1 or 2 players, human or computer, modem play or direct connect two PC's * Respond to your opponent's actions as they occur * Use the online help features * Armored cars, heavy, medium & light tanks, mobile artillery, infantry, engineers, heavy & light artillery, mines ... * Sound effects of infantry, artillery and tanks in action * Play directly from the CD __________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's, THE LOST ADMIRAL(TM) is the stimulating game of geographical conquest and naval conflict. Rise through the naval ranks from Seaman to Admiral as you take on and defeat each foe. The game plays directly from the CD so no hard disk space is required except for configuration files, statistical records and high scores of which you have the option of not saving any of this information. * Battleships, cruisers, destroyers, aircraft carriers, gun emplacements, patrol & attack boats, submarines ... * 11 levels of difficulty * Random factors include amount of fuel and ammunition, maps, and unpredictable weather * 9 superb single scenarios, 15 campaigns, specialty weapons * Play the ultimate challenge of any one of innumerable large, randomly generated maps * A full history and statistical analysis and record of every player and game played * Promotion and demotion within an in-depth naval officers' ranking system * 1 or 2 players, human or computer, modem play or direct connect two PC's * Play directly from the CD A full history and statistical analysis is kept which determines your ranking and status. Starting as an Able Seaman, can you once again climb back to the rank of Admiral and let the world know who was ... The Lost Admiral? Aztech's Shareware Collections' Overview All of Aztech's shareware collections are designed with quality, simplicity and elegance in mind. All the applications in our Point-Click-Run(TM) Collections are hand-picked, virus-checked and accompanied by a "runme.bat" file so that the user does not need to know the name of the executable program. Each application is uncompressed and in a separate directory, which comes in handy (along with the runme.bat file) when a user wants to copy a specific application to give to a friend. We employ a friendly, mouse-driven menu program so that every application is accessible with the click of a mouse or the push of a keyboard letter. Many of the applications run directly from the CD so that little or no hard disk space is required. the menu program itself executes directly from the CD and requires only 4KB of temporary hard disk space while running. Benefits to the customer include: . No system crashes from bad programs . Little or no hard disk space required . No decompressing of files . No figuring out which programs to run . Hand-picked applications guaranteed to provide great value . Every application works . Easy to copy and provide to friends ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's Individual Shareware Collections' Descriptions Azech's 7-Volume HOME ENTERTAINMENT SHAREWARE COLLECTION features the very best in shareware entertainment and includes over 250 of the world's best shareware arcade games, puzzles, board and table games, education, mind games, adventure, card and casino games, role playing, strategy, sports, children and word fun games. Arcade Games Vol. 1 34 games incl: Raptor, Blake Stone, Duke Nuk'em 1 & 2, Secret Agent, Commander Keen, Scud Attack, Shooting Gallery, etc. Arcade Games Vol. 2 33 games incl: Halloween Harry, Sango Fighter, Atomix, 3D Tetris, Perestroika, Galleons, Bananoid, Missile Attack, etc. Strategy Games 52 games incl: Oxyd, Risk, Global War, Oil Cap, Wallpipe, Stelcon, Lemmings demo, Sherlock, Ground War, Sokoball, TankWars, Warships, etc. Adventure Games 28 games incl: Xargon, Dark Ages, Raku, Dragons, Visual Star Trek, Crusher Castle, Vampyr, Crystal Caves, Alone in the Dark demo, Empire, etc. Casino/Card/Puzzles 46 games incl: various poker, mahjong, various solitaire, Uno, Mille Bournes, Gin Rummy, Roulette, Robo Maze, The Last Word, Keno, slot machine, etc. Simulations 29 games incl: F117 demo, Patriot Command, Scorch2, Lob Wars, Monopoly, Sorry, Crime Lab, Skiing, Movies To Go!, Parcheesi, Jumpjet, etc. Childrens' Games 30 games incl: Young Picasso, Elf Land, New Clock, Math Rescue, Talking Teacher, Talk ABC, Mario, Skunny Series (1-4), Talking Numbers, Aldo, etc. Requires a 286 PC (most of these games will run on a 286) or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS 3.2or later and EGA or better. These CD-ROM titles are for DOS (excluding Windows) only. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's Best of the Best DOS SHAREWARE MASTERBLEND(TM) contains 156 high-quality education, desktop publishing, finance, business, graphics, clip art, home, hobby and games, mail and utility applications. Included are tutors for calculus, algebra, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, MS-DOS, What's in Your PC. There is modem doctor, spelling, video chemistry, 50 high quality games, about 500 clip art images for Word Perfect and another 500 for New Print Shop, NeoShow and NeoPaint, bike repair, calorie mate and many, many more. Most of the applications will run on a 286 with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for DOS only (excluding Windows). __________________________________________________________________________ The COMPLETE OFFICE AUTOMATION SHAREWARE SYSTEM(TM) has everything the office requires from the very best the shareware world has to offer including: word processors, fully-functional spreadsheets, databases, list managers, business graphics and tools, on-line communications programs, computer and application-specific tutorials, vertical market-specific applications and a wonderfully rich suite of utilities. More specifically, you can find tutors for business plans, personal finance, bill collecting and an incredibly robust tutorial on computers in general, the Alite electronic spreadsheet, Breeze and PC-Write word processors, MyBase, PC_File, Status and other database management applications, MyComm, TeleMate, AceComm, Kermit and other communications programs, VMIX stable multi-user & multi-tasking environment, utilities for calendar, backup, CD-ROM, DOS shell, editors, graphic file viewers, menus, security, phone dialer, sort, zipcode, file compressors/archivers, and much more. Vertical market applications include accounting, church, investment, medical, non-profit, property, retail, video, law and others. Since most business applications require that you record information (which you cannot do to a CD) of one type or another, we thought it would be a great time-saver if you could view the application before commiting your valuable computing resources to it. One of the most interesting features of this CD is that we have set up many of the applications so that you can try them out (kind of a demo mode) before installing them to your hard disk. Requires a 386 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is a mix of DOS and powerful Windows applications. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's Best of the Best MACSILVERWARE I(TM) has over 70 commercial-quality games of every kind, a variety of educational applications, system extensions, desk accessories and more. Many of the applications utilize the latest features for sound, animation and color on the Mac. Titles include an address book, dental pro, molecular modeller, engineering assistant, easy envelopes, ChooserUser, colorswitch, Greg's buttons, ramdisk+, trimmer, airports, graphtooolz, alias director, alias boss, MacMath, Colorize, file buddy, Desert Trek, Digital Messiah, Quagmire, Shadow Keep, A-S Baseball, Air Warrior, Arashi, Armor, Bolo, Bonk, LightCycle Duel, MacBzone, MacTrek, MacPong, Maelstrom, Microcosm, and many, more. This disc requires a System 7 compatible Mac with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for HFS and at least 4 MB of RAM. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's Best of the Best MACSILVERWARE II(TM) continues in the tradition of Aztech's best-selling Mac shareware. This title has 30 commercial-quality arcade games, 12 children's games, 28 educational applications and 5 utilities. A few of the games are updated versions of the best selling shareware games from MacSilverWare I. Titles include Arashi, Asterix, Cyclone, Maelstrom, Solarian II, Star Runner Plus, Tubular Wars, Warbirds, NetChess, Spacestation Pheta, Edit II, Disinfectant, Manilla folder icons, NIH-Image, All Ages Bingo, Glider Pro, Wedgies, Wolves in Wood, Blobbo Lite, Proto Pong, Hyper Geometry, Lunar Eclipse, Triangle Solver, Grav 5, Window to Infinity, 15+ Shakespeare titles and more. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's Best of the Best MACSILVERWARE III(TM) is Aztech's third compilation of the best available shareware for the Mac. Included in this title are 11 adventure games, 20 casino-card-puzzle type games, 10 business applications, 8 simulation games, and 13 utilities. Titles include Wolfenstein 3D, K'Kai, Mantra, Realmz, Shadow keep, Sword Dream, System's Twilight, Biplane, Flashwrite, Mariner, FastLabel, To Do!, CalConvert, World Time, Card Table, Canfield, Darktiles, Galaxis, MacSlot, Hearts, Roulette Supreme, Solitaire Bingo, UltraDice, Elite Commando, Medieval Empires, SpyStack, Siege of Darkwood, Tank Wars, Technomaniac, GIF Converter, Icons, RamDisk, ZTerm, Trawl, and more. __________________________________________________________________________ Best of the Best WINDOWS SHAREWARE MASTERBLEND(TM) features an incredible wealth of shareware applications like 112 high-quality education, entertainment, multimedia and general interest applications plus 447 wave, 519 MIDI, 56 animation flics and 843 bitmaps. Everything is driven from a very elegant Aztech-developed Windows interface and many of these applications run directly from CD. The mouse-driven menu system automatically indicates whether or not it has to be installed to the hard disk, permits automatic launching of sound and viewer applications when clicking on a sound or image file, and provides a wealth of information about the application including amount of disk space required, fees, default install directories, and whether or not it needs VBRUNxxx (Visual Basic). Requires a 386 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for Windows only. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's SUPER SHAREWARE GAMES(TM) is Aztech's hand-picked selection of the best shareware games currently available in the market, and offered by Aztech at a very special low price. The games are DOOM, Wolfenstein 3D, Oxyd, Biomenace, Sango Fighter, Duke Nuk'em I, Duke Nuk'em II, Mastermind, Blake Stone, Raptor, and Astrofire. All the games but Blake Stone run directly from the CD-ROM and may be executed using Aztech's supplied menu program. Requires a 386 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for DOS only. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's INCREDIBLE SHAREWARE GAMES(TM) is Aztech's hand-picked selection of the eleven most popular and successful shareware games ever made from around the world that do NOT contain GRAPHIC VIOLENCE. This collection passes most worldwide regulatory requirements for violence restrictions in video games. This CD title is offered by Aztech at a very special low price. The games are Oxyd, Biomenace, Sango Fighter, Duke Nuk'em I, Duke Nuk'em II, Mastermind, Raptor, Sokoball, Patriot Command, Bananoid and Astrofire. All the games run directly from the CD-ROM and may be executed using Aztech's supplied menu program. Requires a 386 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for DOS only. Aztech's License and Royalty Free Music THE MUSIC WORKS!(TM) I & II is a license and royalty-free series for music accompiament to all kinds of media productions. You may use this material without charge for any film, TV, radio, video, multimedia, live or other productions (see license enclosed) without any fees. Featured is an outstanding array of musical styles composed and performed by a leading professional session group that creates and performs for broadcast commercials of several Fortune 500 companies. This energy-charged CD-ROM set plays in a standard audio CD player, and any Mac, PC, Unix or other platform supporting standard CD-ROM's (ISO 9660). This collection contains more than 45 minutes of digitally mastered original music, recorded in "redbook" audio format. Track 1 contains the 16-bit stereo, 44.1 KHz Windows .WAV, and Apple System 7, sound files, and tracks 2 to 53 comprise the CD audio "redbook" tracks. The styles are a blend of rock & roll, blues, new age, ambient, easy listening, pop, country, techno, percussive, latin, acoustic, progressive, and ochestral content in segments from 10 seconds to over 3 minutes. MIDISOFT's Sound Impression(TM) for Windows ultimate sound production environment for creating, editting, and integrating .WAV, MIDI, and CD audio formats, is included on this CD. Record from CD or MIDI to .WAV, add music to voice tracks, add special effects and edit any size .WAV file, build voice-overs, mix .WAV files for multi-track compositions, view and play MIDI files as music notation, edit MIDI notes and events with your mouse, remove noises, hisses, silence (or add silence) etc., produce voice, music and sound effects for OLE 1.0-compliant applications like word processors, spreadsheets, etc., synchronize playback of MIDI, .WAV and CD Audio, and much, much more. ___________________________________________________________________________ Aztech's NATURE CALLS!(TM) I & II is a unique collection of the sounds and voices of Nature from around the world. You will find an astonishing breadth of material covering the songs and natural sounds created by owls, moose, wolves, crickets, whales, deer, frogs, seals, nightingales, warblers, running brooks, kookaburras, lions, bats and more. You will hear choruses and concerts from high alpine forests, the Canadian hinterland, songs from the deep, African savannas and forests, Australian Outback, the jungles of Borneo, New Guinea and Costa Rica, the mountains of Asia, forest and lakes of Poland, United States and Scandinavia, and so much more. This ambient mood-setting CD-ROM set plays in a standard audio CD player, and any Mac, PC, Unix or other platform supporting standard CD-ROM's (ISO 9660). This collection contains more than 45 minutes of digitally mastered original music, recorded in "redbook" audio format. Track 1 contains the 16-bit stereo, 44.1 KHz Windows .WAV, and Apple System 7, sound files, and tracks 2 onwards comprise the CD audio "redbook" tracks. MIDISOFT's Sound Impression(TM) for Windows ultimate sound production environment for creating, editting, and integrating .WAV, MIDI, and CD audio formats, is included on this CD. Record from CD or MIDI to .WAV, add music to voice tracks, add special effects and edit any size .WAV file, build voice-overs, mix .WAV files for multi-track compositions, view and play MIDI files as music notation, edit MIDI notes and events with your mouse, remove noises, hisses, silence (or add silence) etc., produce voice, music and sound effects for OLE 1.0-compliant applications like word processors, spreadsheets, etc., synchronize playback of MIDI, .WAV and CD Audio, and much, much more. ___________________________________________________________________________ THE SOUND WORKS!(TM) I, II & III, from Aztech, are a series of license and accompiament to all kinds of media productions. You may use this material without charge for any film, TV, radio, video, multimedia, live or other productions (see Aztech's license) without any fees. Aztech's Reference and Education Titles Aztech's ULTIMATE MATHEMATICS COMPENDIUM is a comprehensive reference source of 59 chapters covering five essential disciplines in today's Mathematics. Each subject is discussed thoroughly, with simple English. All the pertinent formulae and theorems are presented in a lgical order and ample graphs and examples are included for further clarification. Use the powerful SEARCH function to look for specific text in any one topic or across all the chapters of all the handbooks. At any time you can summon the online help for further assistance. This title requires Windows 3.1 or later. Each Mathematics' discipline contains the following chapters: Algebra 1. Mathematical Numbers 2. Real Number System 3. Numerical Representations In Algebra 4. Algebraic Techniques 5. Quadratic Equations and Inequalities 6. Graphing 7. Functions 8. Polynomial Functions 9. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions 10. Linear Algebra 11. Discrete Algebra Calculus 1. Limits 2. The Derivatives 3. Implicit Differentiation 4. Derivatives of Higher Order 5. Maximum and Minimum Values of a Function 6. Differentials 7. Antiderivatives 8. Sigma Notation 9. Integration 10. Approximate Integration 11. Integrals 12. Methods of Integration Geometry 1. The Basic Building Blocks of Geometry 2. Segments and Rays 3. Angles 4. Parallel Lines 5. Triangles 6. Polygons 7. Right Triangles 8. Parallelograms 9. Trapezoids 10. Geometric Inequalities 11. Ratios, Proportions and Similarities 12. Trigonometry 13. Tangent, Arcs, Chords and Circles 14. Angles and Segments 15. Constructions 16. Areas 17. Solids 18. Coordinate Geometry 19. Transformation (mapping basics) Statistics 1. Introduction to Statistics 2. Statistical Representations of Data 3. Statistical Measures of Data 4. Probability Concepts 5. Random Variables 6. Discrete Probability Distributions 7. The Normal Distribution and Related Continuous Probability Distributions 8. Sampling Theory 9. Hypothesis Testing 10. 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