With the sponsorship and support of the IUCr (International Union of Crystallography) and under the organisation of the IUCr "Committee on Electronic Publishing, Dissemination and Storage of Information", a CD-ROM of much of the software within the CCP14 is available as a Crystallographic Nexus Virtual Internet/Virtual World Wide Web on CD-ROM for laboratories in countries isolated from the internet (or with very poor internet links). The CD-ROM includes a wide variety of software for PCs running DOS/Windows. Homepage of the IUCr Sponsored, free Crystallographic Nexus CD-ROM for developing world laboratories To receive your free CD-ROM via air-mail, contact Richard Stephenson at: [email protected]. Or by snail mail at: Dr Richard Stephenson Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX.