Fall 1992 COMDEX
                             Microsoft Windows NT
                               Shareware Contest

Sponsors
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Artists Graphics
CompuServe
Jolt Cola
Microsoft
Nanao
NEC
S3

Judges
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Diego Aranda            Internet Shareware Reviewer
Steve Gibson            InfoWorld Columnist, publisher of SpinRite
Fred  Langa             Editorial Director, Windows Magazine
Brian Livingston        InfoWorld Columnist & Author of Windows 3 Secrets
Jerry Pournelle         Senior Editor, Byte Magazine

Special Thanks
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Association of Shareware Professionals
Donna Black, CompuServe

Prizes
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1st Place

* ARTIST GRAPHICS WinSprint 180 Video Card, based on the S3 928 chip set.
  This card is capable of 1280x1024x256 colors with a 72 Hz refresh rate,
  and 22 million Winmarks.

* Nanao 340i 15" video monitor with extremely crisp resolution, the perfect
  complement to high performance video cards.

2nd Place

* NEC Multimedia upgrade kit, including external NEC CD-ROM drive with
  Multispin, NEC 16 bit sound card, speakers, microphone, and Asymmetrix
  Toolbook.

3rd Place

* ARTIST GRAPHICS WinSprint 100 Video card, based on the S3 911 chip set.
  This card is capable of 1024x768x256 colors.


Each contest entrant has received his/her choice of Microsoft Money,
Microsoft Beethoven, or Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows


The Winners
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Business

* While You Were Out - Caliente Software. Office Messaging System for Windows
  NT.  Users can send and receive password protected messages.  Messages are
  stored in a database.  Price: $99.95 for 5 user license; contact publisher
  for other quantities.  Phone: (203) 667-2159 CIS: 70324,2055.

* MortCalc - Robert J. Paul. Computes mortgage loan amortizations. Price:
  FREE CIS:  72550,3021

* Time and Money Tracker - Wintronix.  A timer which keeps track of time
  and expense for projects.  Will continue tracking time when it is shut down.
  Great for consultants. Price:  $25.00 base - contact publisher for
  additional information. Phone:  (801) 532-4865 CIS:  70054,1007.

Tools

* MicroEMACS - Pierre Perret. MicroEMACS is a powerful configurable text
  editor that runs on a variety of platforms (VAX, UNIX, MS-DOS, AMIGA, etc.).
  Full C source code included. Price: FREE. CIS: 73757,2337.

* Kermit - Wayne Warthen. Windows communication program featuring a full
  implementation of the Kermit protocol with all extensions. Includes ANSI
  terminal emulation. Price: FREE: CIS: 73457,2401.

* Nutmeg-32 - Robert Zeff.  Nutmeg-32 is a circuit simulator based upon U.C.
  Berkeley's Spice v3e2.  The program can interactively plot data in the time
  or frequency domains. Fourier analysis, distortion, and Nyquist plots are
  also available. Price: $275.00.  Phone: (209) 521-1448. CIS: 70323,1251.

Utility

* WinBatch - Wilson WindowWare. Full-featured batch language for Windows NT.
  Has variables, user prompts, program control, dialog boxes, and much more.
  Price: $69.95 Phone: (206)  938-1743. CIS: 73260,2535.

* 4DOS - JP Software. New version of JP Software's award-winning 4DOS command
  processor, tailored specifically to enhance the usefulness and productivity
  of the Windows NT command line.  Price: $69.00 for  Windows NT version, or
  $89 for both Windows NT and MS-DOS.  Phone:  (617) 646-3975. CIS: 75300,210.

* TrashMan - Trigon Software GmbH. A trashcan that works hand-in-hand with
  the File Manager. Drag files to TrashMan and they are moved to a save area
  and can be restored at any time. Price: $25.00.  Phone:  +49 30 661 2986.
  CIS: 100021,2706.

Widget

* Icon Manager - Leonard Grey. A complete Windows icon  utility. Organize,
  extract, edit, and install Windows icons. Price: $19.95. CIS: 71630,1703.

* WinMod - Norbert Unterberg. WinMod plays sound files in the popular Amiga
  MOD format. Price: $15.00. CIS: 100112,2740.

* Prime32 - Dick Jarrett. Calculate and display all 32-bit prime numbers.
  Price: FREE. Phone: (207) 637-2879.

Games

* Klotz - Wolfgang Strobl. Game of falling pieces, with many windows.
  Price: FREE. Phone: +49 228 213 463. Internet:strobl@gmd.de

* Mah Jong - Ron Balewski. The classic Chinese tile game. Price: $20.00.
  Phone: (717) 735-3736. BIX:  RBALEWSKI

* Thieves & Kings - Paul DeWolf. Forty Thieves and Kings Corners - two
  entertaining solitaire card games beautifully implemented in Windows NT.
  Price: $20. CIS: 72250,3067.