Subject: Re: Softdisk status?
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	About three months ago, attempts to get the Softdisk programs released into PD
or Freeware, but Softdisk was hesitant and backed away from the idea.  I just
heard at yesterday's A2 club meeting that Softdisk is considering getting out
of the DOM idea altogether.

	You should check out Kula Software's website for Eamon Games at
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/kulasoft/.   Kula Software sells all Eamon Games. 
I've bought from Michael Ching at Kula Software for years and I can honestly
say that I've never been disappointed.  I recently had a single damaged file on
a disk that I bought from him two years earlier.  He apologized, made a good
copy from his master and mailed it out to me at no charge.  Try getting that
QUALITY of service anywhere these days after 30 days and without a receipt!

	There is a link at the Kula site for just about everything good that's Apple
II, including
		THE UNOFFICIAL HOME PAGE OF EAMON GAMES
			http://www.lysator.liu.se/eamon/

It even lists how to get in touch with the authors listed below:

Email links to authors

*	Donald Brown (the original implementor of Eamon, although no longer
involved in developing it)
*	Tom Zuchowski (author of several games and president of the Eamon
Adventurer's Guild)
*	John Nelson (improved the original Apple program, made the "official"
conversion to MS-DOS and authored several games, including Orb of My Life)
*	Jon Walker (converted Eamon to MS-DOS)
*	Michael Detlefsen (converted Eamon to the Atari ST)
*	Paul Gilbert (made another Eamon conversion to MS-DOS)
*	Nathan L. Segerlind (author of several games, including Attack of the
Kretons)
*	Henry Haskell (author of Lotto's Masterpiece and Vaalpa's Plight)
*	Greg Gioia (author of Fire Island and other games)

Hope this helps and ][ Infinitum!

	Jay Edwards

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<< The only items that the disk lacks are the three Eamon games that Sam Rudy
did for Softdisk. These were AWESOME plays and I would like to include them
on the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM is going right into the public domain as I intend
to give quite a few away and then sell them for a couple of bucks to cover
my costs.

Does anyone know the status of the old Softdisk Apple II (=not= GS)
software? If it's not in the PD, does anyone know who I can contact to try
to get permission to include those three games on this project?

I don't know if it would make a difference, but I have the original
Eamon-style development copies of these games, as I was Sam's beta-tester.
But I also have the Softdisk versions. I could use whatever version was
appropriate.

Thanks for your help!

Tom Zuchowski, editor
Eamon Adventurer's Guild
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