Contents of the CD

The CD includes Pricelessware programs and web pages with program descriptions.
The Program List (files that are shown on the web pages)
The readme.txt
The ProgramList.txt (all program files)

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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: PL2005 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. 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: PL2005 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:
Harsha Godavari Email: h.godavari (AT) shaw (DOT) ca
PuppyKatt Email: slkorolyk (AT) mts (DOT) net

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

Sweden:
Daniel L. Email: 018 (DOT) 302961 (AT) telia (DOT) com

Thailand:
Lius Email: liussantoso (AT) gmail (DOT) com

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

USA
Mark Warner Email: mhwarner (AT) insightbb (DOT) com
Omar Oszust Email: poszust (AT) wideopenwest (DOT) com
REMbranded Email: branded (AT) inu (DOT) net

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Downloading an ISO of the CD (500+ MB)

The ISO is hosted by several alt.comp.freeware newsgroup volunteers. The ISO is available as a single file or in parts. If you would like to download an ISO of the CD please use this link to email your request. Subject: PL2005 download link request Requests will be answered in the order in which they are received.

The volunteers have limited bandwidth available and must ration the number of download requests they fulfill. Please do not share the download links with others.

Verifying the ISO:

HJSplit_Checksum.txt

Use HJSplit to verufy the ISO

http://www.freebyte.com/freeware/#hjsplit

http://www.freebyte.com/download/hjsplit.zip (110 KB)

Verifying the CD:

Some files were changed after the checksum file was created. As a result the dvdsig.md5 file that is included on the CD gives incorrect results. Verify your copy of the CD by comparing the files and file sizes with this summary:

(root) 142278 bytes, 11 files
2005 folder: 743,624 bytes, 20 files, 0 folders
acf folder: 11,636 bytes, 2 files, 0 folders
files folder: 599,660,357 bytes, 327 files, 195 folders
TOTAL = 360 files, 198 folders

A list of all the files on the CD and the size of each (in bytes) is here.

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