Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!apple.com!blob From: blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What's available on CDROM? Message-ID: <7657@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 12 Apr 90 14:29:35 GMT References: <626@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 396 In article <626@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: > I'm interested in hearing about what products are currently > available via CD-ROM for the Macintosh. This is part 1 of 2. The full list in a nice format may be downloaded from Applelink somewhere. This list isn't complete, and it dates from February. It doesn't list many of the Apple special market titles. The Bureau of Electronic Publishing seems to carry a wide variety of CD-ROM titles; call them at 201-808-2700 or FAX 201-808-2676. CD-ROM 3rd party product list February 1990 Copyright 1990 Apple Computer, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, HyperCard, ImageWriter, LaserWriter, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. AppleCD SC is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Incorporated. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors and the prospective users. Activision Entertainment (mediagenic) (415) 329-0500 The Manhole CD-ROM. Developed from the popular HyperCard program-based fantasy adventure, The Manhole is the industrys first CD-ROM entertainment product for the Macintosh computer. The CD-ROM version features enhanced graphics and animation, as well as an original music soundtrack. Suggested Retail Price: $59.95 Currently Available Target Markets: Consumer Cosmic Osmo. With more than 100 megabytes of code and music, Cosmic Osmo for CD-ROM is an animated interactive adventure that incorporates cartoon-quality animations and arcade game sequences to create an environment that is truly delightful. Explore more than six unique worlds with a friendly alien named Osmo who, along with some other colorful characters, encourage players to discover the unusual as well as the familiar in this fantasy universe. Suggested Retail Price: $79.95 Available in June 1990 Target Markets: Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aries Systems Corporation (508) 475-7200 MEDLINE Knowledge Finder. Compatible with the AppleCD SC drive and the Apple Macintosh family of personal computers, this CD-ROM retrieval system was developed by Aries Systems Corporation for use with their MEDLINE database. This database contains biomedical literature citations from over 3,000 medical journals at the National Library of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Suggested Retail Price: $595.00 and Up for a one-year subscription Currently Available Target Markets: Medical research, libraries, health care professionals PathLine. The Pathline database includes two CD-ROM disc volumes. Volume 1 (Archive database) contains references from approximately 300 pathology-related journals, and includes material indexed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) during the most recent four prior years. Volume II contains all MEDLINE journal references indexed by the NLM during the current year. This combination assures you of comprehensive coverage of the current literature, combined with access to important pathology literature. Suggested Retail Price: $595.00 & Up Currently Available Target Markets: Clinical, anatomic, experimental, and forensic pathologists RadLine. The Radline includes two CD-ROM discs. Volume 1 (Archive database) contains an archive of references from approximately 100 radiology-related journals, and includes material indexed by the NLM during the most recent ten prior years. Volume II contains all MEDLINE journal references indexed by the NLM during the current year. This combination assures you of comprehensive coverage of the current literature, combined with access to the important radiology literature. Suggested Retail Price: $595.00 & Up Currently Available Target Markets: Radiologists CANCERLIT. The CANCERLIT database is produced by the National Cancer Institute, in conjunction with the NLM. The database is a comprehensive collection of citations and abstracts of published cancer literature. Database contents are selected from some 3,000 biomedical journals, from papers presented at meetings, and from books, reports and doctoral theses. The database includes all materials indexed during the current and four prior years. Suggested retail price: $995.00 & Up Currently Available Target Markets: Oncologists, cancer researchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bowker Electronic Publishing 1-800-323-3288 or (212) 337-6989 Books in Print Plus. Contains almost 1,000,000 book citations accessible via 18 different search criteria, including author, title, subject, publisher, language, price, publication date, audience, and keyword. Citations are available for display and downloading in 7 different formats including Brief, Standard, Catalog Card, MARC Tagged, Order Form, Custom, and Detailed. Suggested Retail Price: $995.00 for a one-year subscription (bimonthly updates) Currently Available Target Markets: Libraries and bookstores Books in Print with Book Reviews Plus. Includes all of the above, plus 70,000 full text book reviews from Booklist, Choice, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Reference & Research Book News, School Library Journal, and University Press Book News. Citations are available for display and downloading in 7 formats including Brief, Standard, Catalog Card, MARC Tagged, Order Form, Custom, and Detailed. Suggested Retail Price: $1395.00 for a one-year subscription (bimonthly updates) Currently Available Target Markets: Libraries and bookstores Varietys Video Directory Plus. Contains over 40,000 citations for virtually every video in active distribution. Search by title-including subtitle, translated title, original title & series title, performer or director, other contributors, awards won, keyword, hue, ISBN, manufacturer/distributor, order number/UPC code, price, subject/genre, year produced, year released, MPAA rating, language, and other categories. Also includes over 1000 full-text feature film reviews from Variety. Citations are available for display and downloading in 7 formats including Brief, Standard, Catalog Card, MARC Tagged, Order Form, Custom, and Detailed. Suggested Retail Price: $295.00 for a one-year subscription (updated quarterly) Available Summer 1990 Target Markets: Libraries, retailers, consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broderbund Software (415) 492-3200 The Whole Earth Learning Disc. The Whole Earth Catalog has been a resource for self-education and self-sufficiency for 25 years, providing both product reviews and access to essential tools and seminal information. The disc version of the catalog, created using Apples HyperCard software, provides nonlinear access to this information, as well as adding music and sound enhancements in appropriate areas. Suggested Retail Price: $149.95 Currently Available Target Markets: Consumer and education Computer Music Consortium, Inc. (212) 629-4365 ScoreMaster. ScoreMaster is an index of music available for license by commercial and industrial producers. Digitized excerpts allow for rapid previewing of the pre-produced compositions. The first release will include the complete catalogues of 6 of the major music libraries, representing well over 3500 compositions scattered over a few hundred audio CDs. Also included is a project database tied in to the system tracking which selections have been made for which project. This will allow the facility to both track their activity and help manage the paperwork involved in the actual licensing of whatever music is finally selected. Suggested Retail Price: $2500.00 Available March 31 1990. Target Markets: Broadcast, video/audio production facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comstock (212) 353-8600 Comstock Desktop Photography. A collection of 449 stock photographs. Comstock Desktop Photography can be used with Aldus PageMaker and other programs that accept TIFF files. Suggested Retail Price: $500.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Art directors and in-house communications professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Datapro 1-800-328-2776 or (609) 764-0100 Consultant for the Macintosh. An electronic resource covering Apple Macintosh-related products, concepts and news for business and professional users of the Macintosh. Application areas covered include desktop publishing, Macintosh LANs desktop presentation, word processing, database management, and spreadsheets. Updated quarterly, the service features audio-visual critiques of Macintosh software products, electronic comparison tables for locating and examining the specifications of software and hardware, and ratings for major products as determined by Datapro and its division, National Software Testing Laboratories. Suggested Retail Price: Published quarterly at $899.00 per year or $299.00 for a single copy Available in April 1990 Target Markets: Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discimagery (212) 675-8500 Color Backgrounds, Textures, and Graphic Effects. An incredibly versatile resource for desktop designers. Contains 100 high quality clip-photos, stored as 24 Bit color TIFF files. Includes marble, stone, wood, metal, skies, water, fabrics, grids, starbursts, etc. Compatible with all popular color layout and retouching programs. Create eye-catching backgrounds, or add textures and special effects to graphic objects and headlines. Includes copyright license for unlimited, royalty free usage. 35mm color slides available of each photograph if required. Suggested Retail Price: $199.00 Available: July 1, 1990 Target Markets: Ad agencies, publishers, corporate communications departments, schools. The Professional Photography Collection CD-ROM. Contains 100 royalty-free clip-photos, stored as 24 bit color TIFF, and 8 Bit Black and White TIFF files. Includes copyright license for unlimited use in ads, brochures, demonstrations, software, newsletters, and countless other uses. Compatible with Macintosh and PC's. Photographs can be retouched, combined and manipulated using many popular software programs. All photos also available as 35mm color slides at low cost if required for final reproduction. Suggested Retail Price: $149.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Publishers, corporate communications departments, schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discovery Systems (614) 761-2000 PD-ROM. This disc, which is produced in conjunction with the Berkeley Macintosh User Group, contains several hundred megabytes of public-domain software, shareware, clip art, and technical information for Macintosh users. Suggested Retail Price: $100.00 Currently Available Target Market: Consumer Educorp Computer Services 1-800-843-9497 Educorp CD-ROM 4.0. Contains over 625 megabytes of public domain and shareware software accessible through a HyperCard interface. Software categories include: Utilities, DAs, Games, Clip Art, Business, Education, Fonts, Sounds, Graphics, Programming, Communications, Productivity, HyperCard stacks and more. The interface allows you to view pictures and fonts, read instructions, hear sounds, and see a description of the file before choosing it. A click of the mouse will launch the program or copy the program to your hard disk drive or floppy. Suggested Retail Price: $199.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Consumer and education Exotica-ROM. This is the first Macintosh CD-ROM dedicated to a single artists work. This electronic gallery features exotic art painted by the world-famous artist Olivia, scanned in brilliant color, grayscale, and black and white. The over 300 high-quality reproductions on this disc make it a true collectors item. Suggested Retail Price: $199.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Consumer Educorp Clip Art CD-ROM. The disc contains over 90 megabytes of EPS art, laser art, bit-mapped images. Utilities are also provided to help you manipulate the images. Catagories include: animals, business, people, cars, home, sports, tools, and maps. Suggested Retail Price: $59.95 Currently Available Target Markets: Consumer, schools, business Educorp Stacks CD-ROM. This CD has over 150 megabytes of Stackware from Educorp's library of public domain and shareware software. The disc includes a HyperCard interface for locating files. HyperTalk utilities, XCMDs, XFCNs, and games are examples of some the software on this disc. Suggested Retail Price: $59.95 Currently Available Target Markets: Consumer BABEL-ROM: The Language CD-ROM. Contains Hyperglot Software's language tutors on one CD-ROM. Learn to speak Russian, Spanish, French, German, or Japanese. The disc includes lessons on grammer and pronounciation. Suggested Retail Price: $499.00 Available March 1990 Target Markets: Home, schools, business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facts on File (212) 683-2244 Public Domain Software on File. A collection of nearly 200 Apple II programs for beginners and advanced users. Programs offer a broad spectrum of business, personal finance, word processing, speed reading, entertainment, and home management subjects. Suggested Retail Price: $195.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Business, education, and home management Facts on File News Digest. A fully indexed, weekly compilation of national and foreign news gathered from leading United States and international news sources. The Facts on File News Digest currently covers 1980 through 1988; updates will be provided annually ($195.00 each). Suggested Retail Price: $770.00Current subscribers ($670.00Others) Currently Available Target Markets: Libraries and schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farallon Computing, Inc. (415) 596-9100 MediaTracks Multimedia Pack - CD-ROM Version. Contains two basic components: MediaTracks - A group of programs that allow you to record, edit, and playback any Macintosh screen activity, and combine it with graphics, sound, and HyperCard-like buttons for controlling playback and navigation within a presentation. and MacRecorder Sound System - A group of programs that let you record, edit, playback, and modify sound. The MacRecorder Sound System includes a hand-held digitizer, with a microphone and inputs for other audio sources, that lets you record sound directly into your Macintosh. In addition, the disk includes extensive on-line tutorials, example tapes made using MediaTracks, and a variety of other support materials. Suggested Retail Price: $495.00 Available 2nd calendar quarter 1990 Target Markets: Training, including interactive tutorials, product demonstrations, and on-line documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. 1-800-356-5590 The Electronic Encyclopedia. Based on the Grolier Academic American En-cyclopedia, The Electronic Encyclopedia contains more than 9 million words and 30,000 articles, or 90 megabytes, of information. Sophisticated indexing and cross-referencing searches are possible. Grolier also offers Online Encyclopedia, the most widely distributed on-line educational database in the world. The 1990 edition will also include hundreds of digitized illustrations and photographs. Suggested Retail Price: $395.00 Currently Available (1990 version in May) Target Markets: Education, consumer, libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highlighted Data (703) 241-1180 Merriam-Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. The electronic version of this best-selling reference work features digitally recorded pronunciations of more than 160,000 entry words, as well as the full text and graphics of the print edition. Suggested Retail Price: $199.95 Currently Available Target Markets: Broad, with special emphasis on higher education Electronic Map Cabinet. Information from more than nine federal government mapping sources has been used to generate this 600-megabyte database of United States geographic information. Includes detailed city street maps for nearly 300 of the countrys largest metropolitan areas, where more than 85 percent of the nations households are located. Suggested Retail Price: $199.95 Currently Available Target Markets: Business, local and state government, and education Image Club (403) 250-1969 ArtRoom 4.0. ArtRoom contains more than 3,000 PostScript images. The ArtRoom Retriever places images in your documents using any desktop publishing program that supports PostScript. Suggested Retail Price: $999.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Advertising and desktop publishing DarkRoom. DarkRoom is a stock photo library of more than 500 professional ready-to-use photos in four categories: sports, lifestyle, business, and travel. A photo can be placed in any desktop publishing program that supports the TIFF file format. Suggested Retail Price: $399.00 Currently Available Target Market: Desktop publishing LetterPress CD ROM. Contains 613 licensed PostScript fonts. All fonts are type one and Adobe Type Manager software compatible. All fonts come with an Adobe Illustrator art file allowing unlimited potential for type based designs. Suggested Retail Price: $4999.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Desktop publishing, advertising, consumer Art & Type Vendor CD ROM. Contains 613 type one licensed PostScript fonts and twenty volumes of award winning clip art. By purchasing access keys over the phone, the user pays and has access to only those fonts that are needed. Twenty fonts and a variety of clip art are included with the initial purchase. Suggested Retail Price: $199.00 Currently Available Target Markets: Desktop publishing, advertising, consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's"