Avalon CD halted
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Prices removed for CompuServe posting…)
SYNDESIS DISCONTINUES AVALON CDROM AT VIEWPOINT'S REQUEST
Announces sale price of $XX on remaining discs
Jefferson, WI – July 5, 1995 – Syndesis Corporation announced today that it
will discontinue its popular Syndesis Avalon CDROM product, an exact archive of
the Internet's most popular 3D repository, due to the acquisition of the Avalon
site by Viewpoint Datalabs of Orem, Utah.
According to Viewpoint vice-president Eliot W. Jacobsen, "In light of their
investment and commitment to improve the site for the continued free access of
everyone, Viewpoint has requested that Syndesis respect Viewpoint's desire to
be the single source of Avalon net access and Avalon CD-ROM publication."
According to Viewpoint's press release on the Avalon acquisition, the present
'ftp' access to the Avalon site will be available for a limited time.
Viewpoint will convert the Avalon site to a Web-only site, enhancing the
content with a ratings system, thumbnail renderings, and more.
Existing mirrors of the Avalon site have been asked to stop and remove their
copies of the Avalon files. Viewpoint will operate its own mirror sites around
the world.
Starting July 10, Syndesis will close out its existing inventory of Syndesis
Avalon CDROMs at a special price of $XX each, including shipping anywhere in
the world.
Syndesis introduced the low-cost, freely distributable Syndesis Avalon CDROM at
Siggraph '94 in Orlando. This ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge compatible disc includes
a printed catalog that lists each file on the disc, showing the Unix and
ISO-9660 filenames.
Syndesis also makes InterChange, a program that translates between more than
thirty popular 3D file formats.
Contact Viewpoint through its new World Wide Web home page at
http://www.viewpoint.com, or call 1-800-DATASET.
Syndesis Corporation
235 South Main Street
Jefferson, WI 53549
(414) 674-5200
(414) 674-6363 FAX
syndesis@beta.inc.net CompuServe 76004,1763
http://www.webmaster.com:80/syndesis/
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