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- Subject: REVIEW: For Adults Only CD-ROM discs
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- Date: 3 Feb 1993 19:41:11 GMT
- Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett
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- Keywords: CD-ROM, graphics, adult, erotica, commercial
-
-
- [MODERATOR'S NOTE: This review is by Thomas Baetzler, who does
- not currently have an e-mail address. He may be reached on FidoNet
- on the Medic BBS, 2:241/7509.2, or by mail:
- Thomas Baetzler, Herrenstr. 62, 7500 Karlsruhe, FRG.
- - Dan]
-
-
- PRODUCT NAME
-
- For Adults Only ("FAO") CD-ROM discs, volumes 1-3
-
-
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION
-
- A set of three CD-ROM disks containing "adult" erotic material like
- .gif graphics, .fli and .gl anims as well as text files and programs.
-
-
- AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION
-
- Name: Profit Publishing
- Address: 2956 N. Campbell Ave.
- Tucson, AZ 85719
- USA
-
- Telephone: (602) 577-9696 (Information/International)
- (800) 843-7990 (Orders - Visa/MC - US & Canada only)
-
- Fax: (602) 577-9624 (24 Hour FAX)
-
- BBS: (602) 299-0693 (Profit Press BBS)
- (602) 577-6969 (FAO BBS)
-
-
- LIST PRICE
-
- The suggested retail price is $199 (US) for the complete set. I have
- seen it advertised in Germany for as low as DM 198 ($130 US).
-
-
- SPECIAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
-
- Since these are CD-ROM disks, you'll need a CD-ROM drive and CD-ROM
- filesystem software.
-
-
- COPY PROTECTION
-
- None, except for its large size. :-) Each volume of FAO contains
- over 600 MB of data.
-
-
- MACHINE USED FOR TESTING
-
- Amiga 2500/30 running OS 2.04.
- GVP Series II SCSI interface
- NEC CDR-74 CD-ROM drive
- AsimCDFS CD-ROM filesystem software
-
- Since the FAO discs are standard ISO 9660 discs, they should be
- readable on any CD-ROM drive under any OS revision. I have not tested these
- discs on a CDTV.
-
-
- REVIEW
-
- The FAO discs have been produced with the IBM PC user in mind. Most
- of the supplied support software is for MS/DOS and Windows, with some Unix
- and Mac viewer programs thrown in for perks. Consequently, the discs are
- mastered in ISO 9660 Level 1, which means that filenames are limited to
- MS-DOS length (8 characters plus 3-character suffix).
-
- The picture files are arranged thematically into different
- directories, where they are subdivided according to their graphic resolution.
- According to one's tastes, there's the usual assortment of G- to R- and
- X-rated pictures, as well as themes like Orientals, gay males/females or
- "Studs for Ladies". Directory names tend to be a one or two letter
- abbreviation like "GM" or "X". The pictures come in the usual (S)VGA
- resolutions from 320x200, 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 up to 1280x1024.
- Most are 256 color, although there is a fair share of black-and-white
- pictures, too.
-
- The digitizing quality is up to the "standard" set by the notorious
- alt.binaries.pictures.erotica newsgroup. That is, there is some good
- material, and lots of blurred and badly cropped images of doubtful origin.
-
- The animations are of about the same quality: it's all you've come
- to expect from an "adult" BBS. A small quirk is the inclusion of a
- .fli player program with every archived .fli animation.
-
- I have not tried any of the supplied "adult" PC software.
-
- And last of all, there's a collection of about 1,500 adult story
- files [text]. The real number of stories is somewhat lower, since many
- stories have been split into multiple files, and some are delivered in
- duplicate and even triplicate. Most of the stories seem to be gathered from
- BBSes, which accounts for missing title and author information. The disc
- has no reference which maps file names to story titles, and it is sorely
- lacking.
-
-
- DOCUMENTATION
-
- The FAO set comes without any kind of printed information. There
- isn't even a cover leaf for the CD-ROM case.
-
- There are some ".doc" files scattered around the discs describing
- how to set them up in a PC-style BBS environment, as well as some short
- descriptions what to find where.
-
-
- LIKES AND DISLIKES
-
- My impression of the FAO collection is that it was thrown together
- because the material was there. I mean the data's there, but it's not too
- well organized. Whoever did the FAO didn't invest much effort besides the
- special access software.
-
- Putting together a better collection would involve a better
- selection of the images as well as other editorial changes like giving
- directories longer, more descriptive names. Of course there really should be
- an Amiga directory containing the usual utility software. It's not really
- needed, but it would be a courtesy.
-
- [MODERATOR'S NOTE: "GIF" files can be viewed on Amigas by a
- number of different freely distributable programs. - Dan]
-
-
- BUGS
-
- The volumes of the FAO collection have "long" names like "FAO_1",
- with *27* trailing "_" characters!! The Device List function in SID 2.0
- crashes immediately when such a volume is mounted. However, this is Timm
- Martin's problem. As a registered SID user, I would have reported it, if
- only his "support" BBS was online...
-
-
- CONCLUSIONS
-
- The FAO collection is probably nothing you'll ever be missing if
- you're not an avid collector of "adult" GIF images or a BBS sysop
- starving for users.
-
-
- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
-
- Copyright 1993 Thomas Baetzler. All rights reserved.
-
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