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- COMP.SYS.AMIGA.REVIEWS ARCHIVES
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-
- This document was last modified on February 7, 1994.
-
- Welcome to the comp.sys.amiga.reviews archives at math.uh.edu! In
- these archives, you will find several hundred reviews of products related to
- the Commodore Amiga computer, written by volunteers around the world.
-
- These archives are maintained by Daniel Barrett, the moderator of
- the USENET newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.reviews. (See addresses at the bottom
- of this file.) The archives were reorganized in November 1993, so things
- may look a little different if you have used them before.
-
- Every directory in these archives contains a file called "00-README"
- which explains the contents of that directory. (Note that this filename
- begins with two ZEROES, not the capital letter 'O'. This is done so this
- filename is always the first one displayed in any directory.)
-
- This main directory contains:
-
- 00-README This file.
- README A copy of the 00-README file.
-
- Index An index of all reviewed products and
- administrative documents.
-
- hardware Directory containing hardware reviews.
- software Directory containing software reviews.
- other-reviews Directory containing other reviews (books, shows,
- vendors, etc.).
-
- all A directory containing copies of ALL reviews from the
- hardware, software, and other-reviews directories.
- If you know the names of all the review files you
- want, you can download them conveniently from this
- directory instead of searching through the
- "hardware", "software" and "other-reviews"
- directories.
-
- doc Directory containing administrative documents, such
- as the "Introduction" article, review writer
- guidelines, group charter, etc.
- new Directory containing lists of new files this month.
- priv Private directory.
-
- reviews.tar.gz A single, compressed file containing the entire
- review archive, minus the "new", "priv", and "all"
- directories. This file is in UNIX tar format,
- compressed with GNU Zip. It is primarily for Fred
- Fish and others who wish to download the entire
- archive from time to time. This file is updated
- once per day.
-
- To unarchive this file, "cd" to the destination
- directory and type:
-
- gunzip reviews.tar.gz | tar xvf -
-
- All files are plain text with no compression.
-
- IMPORTANT: Please remember that the review archives began long ago,
- so a review might not represent the current version or state of the
- product. It is even possible that the product may not be available any more.
- So PLEASE look at the REVIEW DATE, and the PRODUCT VERSION NUMBER, to see
- how current the review is.
-
- Are you interested in writing a review for comp.sys.amiga.reviews?
- Excellent! Look in the "doc" directory and download the files
-
- Template
- WriterChecklist
-
- You should also look at the "Introduction" file for a general explanation
- of the newsgroup.
-
- Submit all reviews to:
-
- amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu
-
- Correspondence with the moderator about the newsgroup or these archives
- should be sent to:
-
- amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu
-
- If you have problems contacting math.uh.edu by ftp, and this problem
- is NOT specific to the Amiga review archives, send mail to ftp@math.uh.edu.
-
- Enjoy!
-
- ---
-
- Dan Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews
- Send reviews to: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu
- Request information: amiga-reviews-requests@math.uh.edu
- Moderator mail: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu
- Anonymous ftp site: math.uh.edu, in /pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews
-