Hello And Welcome To The ELECTRIC SHORTS ONLINE RESOURCE FOR DOOM AND DOOM ][ (Shareware Edition) Do you know the number of accessory files available for DOOM and DOOM ][ online? The activity on the large online services as well as the Internet hubs of DOOM-related materials is astonishing! At FTP.cdrom.com, a server that can accommodate 300 (or more) users at a time, often you cannot get anonymous access! That's where the idea for this electronic book came along. What you will find herein is a listing of files available for two of ID Software's greatest creations....DOOM and DOOM ][. The listing will actually include a systematic analysis of many of these files. What do they do? How well do they do it? Do they modify DOOM's system files? Do you need a $5000 dollar machine to run them well? Where can they be found online? Starting to get the idea? The REVIEWS come from a database on the games originally written for ELECTRIC SHORTS ONLINE a magazine for PC gaming that appears on America Online as well as the World Wide Web (Internet). They are subdivided by category into: EDITOR FRONTEND GRAPHIC PATCHES MISCELLANEOUS/UTILITY PROGRAMS WADFILES FOR DOOM WADFILES FOR DOOM ][ APPENDICES As this is a Shareware product, you simply don't get the contents of the entire database. For a registration fee, you receive the full electronic book with the full database when it becomes complete (probably by early 1996). There will also be additional chapters in the Appendix detailing online DOOM with general information and a long list of Internet (WWW) Sites for the DOOM- O-phile. I am also considering making a CD-ROM available composed of many of the files reviewed in the database. Please let me know if you may have interest in such an item. Contact information is listed below. I honestly hope that you enjoy the use of the auxiliary files for DOOM and DOOM ][ reviewed for you here. Please take the opportunity to thank the writers of the files (their E-mail addresses are included in the reviews) for their hard work. Those of you that may wish to preview ELECTRIC SHORTS ONLINE may do so via the following: On America Online: Keyword: CHIPNET Click On GENERAL INTERESTS Click on ELECTRIC SHORTS ONLINE On the World Wide Web: http://www.win.net/~tybeelytes/chipnet/s7toc.html Please note that ELECTRIC SHORTS ONLINE is a free magazine provided electronically for your entertainment. It may be transmitted electronically free of charge. If rights other than this use by individuals are requested, this should be done in writing. All rights are reserved. ***** Final Note: While electronic publication of this work manages to get it to a number of people, the original concept was for a "hard copy" book and attached CD-ROM (with some of the files reviewed available for use). Should any publisher potentially wish to publish this resource, contact at the below address is welcomed. ***** John Di Saia ELECTRIC SHORTS ONLINE 1927A Harbor, Suite 366 Costa Mesa, Ca. 92627 E-mail: ElecShorts@AOL.com ***** INSTRUCTIONS ***** To use the E-book from either the DOS or Windows prompt, just type EDOOM.EXE. If the files were distributed in a compressed form you will need to decompress them into a single directory prior to use. A floppy disk will easily house the files for the entire program. Once you execute the program, a title screen will be displayed. Press any key and the menu will appear. Items can be selected by using the arrow keys and [Enter]. The book chapters can be read in such a fashion. [ESC] will allow you to escape from a chapter to the main menu. In the Shareware version, printing can only be utilized from the REGISTRATION option. The Registered version allows printing of each chapter for your use while online. To print (while viewing a chapter) press [ALT]-P. In both the Shareware and Registered versions, bookmarks will be generated when you read from a particular chapter. When you again go to read from such a chapter, an option will be displayed allowing you to return to where you had left off. That's pretty much all the instruction you need. Enjoy!