Path: news.uh.edu!barrett From: robin@bodyshop.demon.co.uk (Robin Edwards) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews Subject: REVIEW: Weird Science Network CD-ROM (MINI-REVIEW) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc Date: 21 Jun 1994 16:54:00 GMT Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett Lines: 57 Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2u75v8$2rv@masala.cc.uh.edu> Reply-To: robin@bodyshop.demon.co.uk (Robin Edwards) NNTP-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Keywords: CD-ROM, freeware, networking, commercial Originator: barrett@karazm.math.uh.edu %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Weird Science Network CD-ROM by Robin Edwards %% %% robin@bodyshop.demon.co.uk %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I have found a new CD from Weird Science and simply MUST tell the whole Amiga world about it. As its name suggests, it is a CD of networking utilities for the CD32, CDTV, A570 and other CD-ROM devices. Put simply, this is THE MOST USEFUL CD I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS!! It doesn't do anything spectacular, or anything that you or I couldn't have come up with; but it does it, does it well, and does it for a bargain price! From a CD32 point of view (for that is what I own), the disc autoboots, sets up all of the configuration stuff for Parnet, Sernet, TwinExpress and some CLI-based file transfer programs. It also disables the reset mode of the CD32 so you can take CDs out whilst still using Workbench. It uses a heavily customised, quite attractive desktop that is easy to use. (I think it uses "MagicWB".) The main advantages of using this over setting up a RAD-based Workbench are that it sets itself up quickly, and doesn't use up precious RAM. In fact, it almost gives you a fully usable (albeit portless) A1200. Using Sernet or Twin Express on my A500+ over a null modem cable means I can have a full-fledged network up and running in about a minute - fab! Also included on the disk are 500 very high quality images of animals, cars vistas, people, etc., the best image viewers/converters around, a large section of the latest Fred Fish disks, a Photo CD viewer (that works!), and numerous other toys and utilities. I cannot say it enough (although I've tried): if you have a CD-ROM machine, and particularly if you have another Amiga, you need this CD. It only cost me 15 UK Pounds from a United PD distributor (you should be able to get it from any good CD supplier) and has made my computing life a lot easier. Ten out of ten stars for the Weird Science Network CD. I want to have its babies! Weird Science 1 Rowlandson Close Brackenfield Chase Leicestershire LE4 2SE England Robman --- Daniel 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