Short: Spidersoft Shareware now FREEWARE! Author: unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com (Chris Young) Uploader: unsatisfactory bigfoot com (Chris Young) Type: docs/anno Architecture: generic I have released all my old shareware software as unrestricted freeware. You can get it from the "ssoft" part of the FTP directory at Unsatisfactory Software; http://www.bigfoot.com/~unsatisfactory/ Please do not write to any addresses in the archives, as I have moved. If you want to contact me, send e-mail to unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com Here is a list of files at ftp/ssoft; cfaves1.zip Children's Favourites 1 (Songs & Nursery Rhymes) cfaves2.zip Children's Favourites 2 cfaves2.zip Children's Favourites 3 (also includes alphabet game) hwmrarfs.zip Home Wine Making Recipe & Record File System (database) nlwinner.zip National Lottery Winner ssutils.zip Garden Designer, Property Protector and BetterBootScreen tshooter.zip TroubleShooter (teletext-style troubleshooting program) twarden.zip Oh No! Traffic Warden (based on a board game) I apologise for them all being ZIP archives, but due to my poor (free) web hosting, I can't upload LhA archives :-( Be warned that they were all written up to 5 years ago, so some may be out of date or just completely useless. They all work on my current A1200/30, so you shouldn't have any problems with them - just make sure you read the docs, as some require assigns and NL_Winner has a bug workaround which you need to pay attention to, else it won't work! (don't worry - it's not complicated) Some of these programs are previously unreleased, others were distributed through the "traditional" PD libraries (especially 17 Bit Software - now merged with another company, I believe - many thanks to them for distributing some of these the first time round). None were available on the Internet. Until now. If someone wants to recompress the archives, and upload them to Aminet, then I'd be grateful. -- Just in case: I have NOT abandoned the Amiga. I am writing the occasional piece of free software under the name of Unsatisfactory Software (it's all distributed on Aminet, so you have no excuse for not knowing about this...) The reason for re-releasing all my shareware as freeware is, well, there are several reasons; 1. I no longer have the source code for some of them. I can't really expect people to pay for anything which I won't be able to update (and they all contain my old address, so I'd have to re-compile them anyway) 2. I don't really have the time to support all these programs, as I have a full-time job and several other on-going projects. 3. They are old. I don't expect people to pay for programs I might have written 5 years ago. 4. I don't really think they are good enough (not now, anyway - they might have been at the time) for me to expect payment.