Contents of the CD

The CD includes Pricelessware web pages with program descriptions. The Program Index page shows the programs that are included on the CD.

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How to request a copy of the CD:

Copies of the CD are made and distributed by alt.comp.freeware volunteer burners. Recipients may be asked to pay for the cost of making and mailing the CD.

Burners may ask the recipient to send a blank CD and a self-addressed mailing envelope or they may ask to be paid for those out-of-pocket expenses.

Method 1. Requests for CDs may be posted in the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup.

Subject: PL2004 CD request.
Requests should include the country the CD will be sent to and a lightly munged (disguised) email address (so that a volunteer can contact you).

a. A volunteer will post a response agreeing to make a copy of the CD. (Note: anyone who has a copy of the Pricelessware CD may volunteer.)

b. The volunteer will also contact you off-list to obtain address information.

c. The volunteer will burn the CD and mail it to you.

If your internet service provider's services do not include Usenet you can:

Sign up for a Usenet account with a news provider. Individual.NET news-service offers free access to Usenet groups. More information is here: http://news.individual.net

An alternate way to access Usenet is to sign up for a web based Usenet account with Google. See their Posting FAQ for further information: http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/posting_faq.html

Method 2. The following volunteers may be contacted by email to request a CD.

Subject: PL2004 CD request.

Do NOT use the Pricelessware Links button to send CD requests. Your request will be ignored.You must live in one of the locations shown to request your CD by email.

Australia:
Adrian Carter Email: adriancarterau (AT) yahoo (DOT) com (DOT) au

Canada:
Tim Riley Email: timthebaker (AT) telus (DOT) net
POKO Email: pokokat (AT) vianet (DOT) ca

Canada (central):
PuppyKatt Email: slkorolyk (AT) mts (DOT) net

New Zealand and the South Pacific:
Nicolaas Hawkins Email: raptor (AT) top (DOT) net (DOT) nz
bambam Email: bam_bono (AT) myrealbox (DOT) com

Thailand:
Danny Email: dannyboy (AT) asianet (DOT) co (DOT) th

United Kingdom:
Semolina Pilchard Email: Semolina (AT) ecosse (DOT) net

USA (California):
Mark S. Email: markrolandsmith (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net

USA (Michigan and adjacent states):
Omar Oszust Email: poszust (AT) wideopenwest (DOT) com

USA (Texas and adjacent states):
Juzme Email: juzme_55 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

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Download an ISO of the CD via Bittorrent (500+ MB) here:

http://www.freesoftwarereviews.com/pw2004.iso.torrent

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Verifying the CD:

Follow the procedures below to ensure that you have a true and complete copy of the 2004 Pricelessware CD.

A small program named dvdsig.exe is included in the root directory of the CD. dvdsig.exe creates digital fingerprints of files. The fingerprint file is named dvdsig.md5. The author of dvdsig.exe is Dariusz Stanislawek: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/

Doubleclick on dvdsig.exe and choose verify. This check tells you whether your CD is a true and complete copy of the files that were scanned to create the dvdsig.md5 file.

This is the message you should see when the verification is complete:

Total: 273 OK: 273 Bad: 0 Missing: 0
The operation completed successfully: 273 files, 524MB, *s
* = the number of seconds it took to run the check

To ensure that your dvdsig.md5 fingerprint file matches the original fingerprint file:

Create a temporary directory on your hard drive.
Create a subdirectory. (the directory names do not matter)

Copy dvdsig.exe from the CD to the directory.
Copy dvdsig.md5 from the CD to the subdirectory.

Doubleclick on dvdsig.exe, click scan.
This will create a dvdsig.md5 file in the directory.

The Pricelessware dvdsig.md5 file is here: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2004/dvdsig.md5 Right-click on the link and save the file on your hard drive.

In the subdirectory replace the dvdsig.md5 file from the CD with the copy of dvdsig.md5 downloaded from the Pricelessware site.

Doubleclick on dvdsig.exe, click verify.

This is the message you should see when the verification is complete:

Total: 2 OK: 2 Bad: 0 Missing: 0
The operation completed successfully: 2 files, OMB, *s
* = the number of seconds it took to run the check

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CD covers.

An image file of the first (black and white) cover is included on the CD. Image files for the other covers may be downloaded. Click on the thumbnails to view the full size images.

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The CD's readme.txt:

Pricelessware 2004
The best of the best in Windows© Freeware
as determined by the readers of alt.comp.freeware

The Pricelessware web site is here:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org

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April 2004

Many thanks to the freeware authors whose programs are included in the Pricelessware list. They are the people who made this CD possible.

The CD includes Pricelessware web pages with program descriptions.

Open the index.htm file in your web browser to view the Pricelessware pages. The Program Index page shows the programs that are included on this CD. (The Programs-List.txt text file contains a list of the files.)

The Pricelessware pages contain links to the author's home page or a program description page. Please visit those links for additional information about the programs. Programs that are not contained in this CD may be downloaded from links shown in the Pricelessware descriptions.

Programs are arranged alphabetically in the Program folder. Each program has its own subfolder.

Redistribution of the CD:

Pricelessware programs are included if the author freely allows redistribution and/or gave permission to the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup to include the program on this CD.

You may make copies of this CD and distribute them to others. Recipients may be asked to furnish a blank CD. They may not be asked to pay a fee of any kind.

dvdsig.exe is a program that may be used to verify the CD. Doubleclik on the program and choose verify.

Title.bmp contains a graphic image to use for a cover for the CD.

Questions may be sent to the Pricelessware links button:
mailto:links@pricelesswarehome.org
or posted in the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup.

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© alt.comp.freeware 1999-2004

Known errors on the CD:

About Page: the link to the Program Index page is broken.