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FD-Hitparade (by Markus Castro Y Castro)

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              tHE fD-cHARTS fOR the aMIGA cOMPUTER
                   aSCERTAINED bY mARKUS cASTRO
                      E D I T I O N  05 / 01

Hi Folks!

Unfortunately there still are not enough participants at the FD-Charts ...

If there are some among you, who do not yet know it: you will get an additional vote for the AMIGA aktuell Competition raffle, if you send me your charts! Furthermore these charts are for the programmers among you quite a good way to attract some attention for your products ;-)

Right here I'd like to point out again, what "FD" hitparade means.

"FD" stands for Freely Distributable software. This excludes commercial programs! For instance frequently AWeb is selected, which unfortunately I cannot accept. On the other hand with Voyager it looks different, because this is shareware. Similarly (commercial) games must incline to this rule, but not ID ports like Doom, Quake or Hexen 1, because those strictly speaking are shareware (demo wads are free).

I hope I could do something for your enlightenment ;-)

Be seeing you,

Markus Castro

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First, the meaning of the following lines:

(A) - Ranking (B) - Ranking last month (C) - Name of the program (D) - Version number (not the CD-ROMs charts) (E) - Where to get the program. DFUE and Aminet as sources of supply will only be given, if there's no disk or CDROM known as a source of the program. In the FD-CDROM charts you will find the name of the author or distributor (F) - Points, the program (or series) has reached. Classification: The first place gets 5 points, the following ones in each case get one less than the previous.

All ranks are ordered by points.

If there are equal points, the number decides the rank. If this is not possible, the ABC decides, or I myself. ;-)

* Editor's note: Due to the fact that the FD-charts are a part of AMIGA aktuell (International) and so most participants are readers of AMIGA aktuell (International) the result is not representative. This is also true for magazines, which include AMIGA aktuell (International).

How to participate in FD-Charts?

The FD-charts come with each edition of AMIGA aktuell International. Rankings have to reach me up to the 24th of the current month. Mails arriving later are considered for the next edition.

Just send an eMail, a letter, a disk letter or anything else to my address:

Markus Castro Y Castro
Ostpreussenstr. 26
D 25764 Wesselburen
Germany

Online participation is possible as well on the AMIGA aktuell site in WWW.

In addition to your address you should give us your vote for at least 3 categories, as complete as possible, of course.

If your choice is not enclosed in the Top 10, I'd need the author/creator as well as the source of the program/file, if you know it. Finally you should name the revision/version number, if possible.

To go into the raffle with one ticket you have to evaluate in at least three categories. The winners and prizes are published within the AMIGA aktuell International competition (pse. see there, too).

The judge's decision is final.

Markus Castro/ FD-Hitparade@Gmx.net