aneCDote Vol 1 No 4 (NPP 023)

1993 · operating-system · utility · video · audio · Windows 3.x · Nimbus Information Systems

Originally posted to alt.binaries.old.nl by MeiMei. Welcome to aneCDote Volume 1, Number 4 from Nimbus Information Systems. To view the contents of aneCDote you will need and IBM PC or compatible computer, a CD-ROM drive using the MSCDEX extension version 2.0 or higher, at least 512K free system memory and an SVGA screen is preferred. Further requirements for each article in aneCDote are listed below. The Origin of Species - (IBM PC, VGA). The controversial book by Charles Darwin that became the basis for modern biological thinking. It even includes the glossary from the sixth edition. Type BOOKS at the CD-ROM prompt. Film Biographies - (IBM PC SVGA). A wealth of biographical material covering the great movie stars of Hollywood. Supplemented by interesting images of the stars in compromising positions. Type BOOKS at the CD-ROM prompt. Taylor & Francis' Journal Catalogue - (IBM PC). A comprehensive catalogue of scientific journals published by this respected organisation. Type DATA at the CD-ROM prompt and select JOURNALS.. Factuals - (IBM PC). Yes, we have made factuals even more interesting. Do you know the cockney alphabet? Full of useful little facts for your enjoyment. Type DATA at the CD-ROM prompt and select FACTUALS. Indeo(TM) Video - (IBM PC SVGA, Windows). Version 3 of this innovative full-screen video system from Intel. Follow the instructions in the \INDEO3\README.TXT to install. Guest Band - (IBM PC, SVGA, Audio, mouse). Five exhiliarating blues tracks from The Special 20 Blues and Soul Band - South Wales' hardest working club band. Images and interviews allow you to explore the band's background,philosophy and music. Type CLIP at the CD-ROM prompt. Clip Art - (IBM PC, SVGA, mouse). A feast of 640x480, 256 colour royalty-free images. The source images can be found in the sub-directory \CLIPFACE\256PCX\. Type CLIP at the CD-ROM prompt. NIS Catalogue - (IBM PC, SVGA, mouse). Browse through the wide range of titles available from Nimbus Information Systems - including details of our forthcoming products. Type CLIP at the CD-ROM prompt. World Cup Venues - (IBM PC, SVGA, mouse). Of great interest to Irish soccer fans, see the towns and venues where the leather gets the boot. Type CLIP at the CD-ROM prompt. Video Demo - (IBM PC, Indeo3). A full-screen video file from the new "Garden of Unearthly Delights" CD-ROM, published by Nimbus Information Systems in association with IBM. From your Windows' Multimedia Player select the file \INDEO3\BIOG4.AVI. A double speed CD-ROM drive is preferable. Broadcast News Demo - (IBM PC, SVGA, 530K). A selection of news stories and images from such sources as ABC, CNN, National Public Radio & PBS(US of A). The full database is available from Research ublications, PO Box 45, Reading, RG1 8HF. Type BNDEMO at the CD-ROM prompt. An IBM 386 PC with 2Mb RAM and 5Mb available hard disk space (it will install on your hard disk). CorelDraw Demos - (IBM PC) CorelDraw demos 2,3 & 4 are animated presentations for this award winning software. A double speed CD-ROM drive is recommended. COREL3 requires 530K of free memory to run. Type COREL2, COREL3 or COREL4 at the CD-ROM prompt. Bradford Technology CD-ROM Directory - (IBM PC, Mouse) Bradford Technology are fun specialists in Educational Multimedia, scientific simulation and image resources database. The Bradford Technology CD-ROM Directory is copyright Bradford Technology Limited 1993. Sections of the CD-ROM Directory are copyright Armagh Planetarium, AVP and Philip Harris 1993.Type BRADTECH at the CD-ROM prompt. Role Playing - (IBM PC) Marcus L. Rowland's role playing game and sourcebook 'Forgotten Futures! The A.B.C. files'. This is based around Rudyard Kipling's airship utopia. Type ROLEPLAY at the CD-ROM prompt. Redshift - (IBM 386SX -or higher- PC, Windows 3.1, 4Mb RAM, SVGA[512K RAM]). THE Multimedia Astronomy CD-ROM! Only available on the MAC until now!. aneCDote brings you exclusive MSDOS & Windows demos of the Windows version! Windows Users: Start Windows, open the File Manager and click on the CD-ROM drive symbol to move to the CD-ROM drive. Open the 'Redshift' directory and then double click on AAWIN.EXE. Now open the file 'Rshift.flc', then click on the 'Play' button. DOS users: Type REDSHIFT at the CD-ROM prompt. Utilities - (IBM PC) the usual collection of royalty free CD-ROM and general utilities, plus a new utility - QTIME_LB.EXE, which is most useful in identifying timing problems on CD-XA audio, but also tells you other useful info. These can be found in the \UTILS subdirectory. VESA Utility - UNIVESA.EXE which solves most of the VESA support problems. UNIVESA is copyright material, and you should read the copyright notice COPYRIGH in the \UTILS\VESA subdirectory. The VESA utility can be found in the \UTILS\VESA subdirectory. The Audio Tracks: Guest Band: THE SPECIAL 20 BLUES AND SOUL BAND Track 1 : CD-ROM DATA TRACK - DO NOT SELECT ON A CD PLAYER! Track 2 : 9.30 Blues (Music & Lyrics - Jules Duke) Track 3 : Wild