                              PsL News & CD-ROM
                                 August 1993

CONTENTS:

1. News & Views - articles, bug reports, retail products reviews/specials
2. Monthly Additions Disks - new small programs of a general nature
3. Windows 3 - applications, games, graphics, programming, utilities
4. Home - finance, education, games, diet/health, home management, science
5. Business - accounting, comm., network, database, mail list, spreadsheets
6. Words & Graphics - DTP, graphics, printer fonts & utils, word processing
7. Programming - A.I., assembler, Basic, C, Forth, Pascal, other
8. Utilities - anti-virus, archiving, DOS tools, system testing, etc
9. Special Interests - religion, engineering, music, stats & math


=====News & Views:

- PsL Monthly CD ... introduction to PsL's premier monthly CD issue.
- A CD-ROM Drive for Everyone ... cheap, expensive, internal, external
- Programmers Respond to PsL's CD ... no outdated software.
- PsL News Cover Date Moved Up ... where did July go?
- Shareware Copyrights ... what can you do with this software?
- Haunted Computer ... doesn't like user walking away!
- Does Not Compute ... bug reports, fixes, feedback.
- New Retail Product Reviews ... Personal Label Printer ($129.95),
    Pool for Windows ($17.50), Where in Space is Carmen... ($39.95)



-----PsL Monthly CD

How would you like to get every one of the more than 250 new and updated
pd/shareware programs written up in this issue (and more!) for just
$19.95?

Now you can - with one catch: you need a CD-ROM drive. (See following
article.)

In the past, other shareware vendors, BBS sysops, and computer magazine
columnists have paid PsL as much as $1000 per month (or more!) to get
all the new and updated programs we add each month.

They know that PsL offers many times more new programs every month than
any other vendor and that we generally get new programs out fastest.
(Typical programmer response this month from John Shramko: "I would like
to thank you for your rapid publication of my previous submissions. I
have found such professionalism to be all too rare in the shareware
business.")

They also know that our experienced staff of testers and reviewers are
unequalled at picking the best new programs and giving them concise,
honest reviews. And of course, they also know that PsL virus-checks
every program before doing anything with them.

Now you can get all the great new PsL monthly software additions for
just a tiny fraction of the cost these other groups have happily paid.
You can get over 300 programs for less than the cost of just 4 disks at
our regular disk fees.

--We Heard You

Several months ago, we asked readers how PsL should move into the 20th
century in terms of shareware distribution. One option was having a PsL
BBS. Another was to have a CD-ROM. We heard a lot of pro's and con's for
both ideas.

After weighing the input from readers and considering all the factors
involved, we decided to offer a monthly CD-ROM containing all the new
programs written up in PsL News each month (and more!).

--The Costs

The CD is being offered on a subscription basis for $19.95 per month
plus shipping, billed monthly. We will send you an invoice with each
month's CD or you can have it automatically billed to your credit card
each month. Either way, you can cancel the subscription at any time.

Single issues (including back issues) are $29.95 plus shipping.

--Wading Through A CD-ROM?

One objection we frequently heard from people who were opposed to a
CD-ROM was having to wade through all the software to find what they
need. (Or in the case of most CDs, wade through the junk to find the
good stuff.)

With PsL's Monthly CD, the difference is that as you are reading through
the current PsL News and see something you would like to try, you can
just pop in the CD-ROM, bring up PsL's installation program, and try it.

Each month as we update the PsL Review's files (which contain write-ups
of the more than 7000 programs in PsL), we will add a note indicating
which month's CD the program was last on. As you accumulate CDs, you
will be able to easily go back to get programs you read about in the
Reviews.

Since each CD will have a lot of programs that do not make it into our
Reviews/catalog, we will also have an ongoing catalog file on the CD of
the contents of previous month's CDs.

--And More...

The 250+ programs we add every month, while a lot of software, still
leave lots of free space on a 650MB CD.

This extra space will allow us to distribute a lot of things whose
distribution by PsL is not feasible now.

For example, a 4MB animation file that you will only run a couple of
times is not worth the disk fees we would have to charge to provide it
on floppies, but it costs nothing to add it to a CD. Sound files (WAVs)
and graphics files are other disk space eaters that we will include.

We also reject a LOT of programs every month, although they may be of
very high quality. The main reason is that we do not have room to keep
adding programs to PsL which are minor variations of programs already in
our collection. With the CD, we will be able to distribute even those
programs.

These programs are written up as Quick Looks in each issue. If you do
not wish to get the CD, but want a Quick Look program, you can order it
by name and we will copy it to one or more floppies for you at our
regular disk fees. (Please note that some programs are multiple disks
and our per-disk fee applies.)

With the large number of Quick Look files evident in this issue, readers
will, for the first time, get a feel for the amount of screening and
testing PsL has been doing every month for years.

We will have the latest monthly updated version of PsL's Reviews files
on the CD, unarchived and ready for reading and searching, as well as
the text of the current month's PsL News.

A category which we have begun to distribute on the Monthly CD is electronic
publishing (magazines and books on disk). Much of this material is
time-sensitive and a monthly CD is an ideal way to distribute it.

--File Format

Files will be stored on the disk in ZIP format (with FILE_ID.DIZ files
for BBS use). Many people have asked why we don't store the programs in
separate directories, ready to run, since there is plenty of space.

One reason is that BBS sysops are an important segment of our target
audience, and they need the files to be in ZIP format ready for
downloading.

Another reason is that many programs configure themselves to your
preferences and/or to your system configuration during installation.
Obviously, it would not work to install these on a CD.

Non-sysop users will be able to run a program that lets you read about
the files and install the ones you want to try quickly and easily.
Alternatively, if you read about a program in PsL News and want to
install it even more quickly, a one-line command will find the file for
you on the CD and install it.

One exception to the above is that extremely large programs, in addition
to being on the CD as ZIP files, may also be preinstalled on the CD (if
they will run from CD). For example, the Movies database on this month's
CD takes up 10MB of disk space, so it has been preinstalled on the CD to
save your hard disk space. Japanese I, which takes over 4MB, is also
preinstalled.

(Incidentally, buying the Japanese I set of disks from most vendors on
12+ 360k floppies would cost you as much as the entire PsL CD.)

In contrast, Painless Accounting, which takes 5MB of disk space, was not
preinstalled because it configures to your system during installation.

--Reserve Your CD Now!

If this is your first time to see PsL News, take a look at all the new
pd/shareware programs written up in this issue. (Note: The listing in
the back of PsL News is of most of the 7000+ programs ALREADY in PsL and
are not on the monthly CD.)

Don't miss the updates; they are enhanced versions of programs already in
PsL. Updates are included on the monthly CD.

Once you have seen all the terrific new programs you can get for just
$19.95, we know you will want to call or write to sign up for PsL's Monthly
CD. But please hurry. Supplies of CDs for each month are limited.

--Converting Other Subscriptions

A lot of people have already called with this question, so here's the
answer: Yes, you can convert your existing Monthly Additions Disks
subscription(s) to Monthly CD subscriptions.


-----A CD-ROM Drive For Everyone

If you do not already have a CD-ROM drive, PsL's Monthly CD can
cost-justify one in a hurry.

On the high end, PsL has the Toshiba 3401B, the fastest CDROM drive
available. It has an access time of 200ms and 300kb throughput. It has a
SCSI-2 interface included for just $599 for the internal, $699 for the
external (add 4% for credit card).

For just $225, PsL has the Mitsumi internal drive with proprietary
interface. It has a more typical 350ms access time and 150kb throughput.

Both of these drives are Kodak Photo CD Ready.

If you want an external drive with no installation hassles, it's hard to
beat the Sydos Personal CD. It plugs into any parallel port and has a
pass-thru connector so that you can still plug in a printer. With a
545ms access time and 176kb throughput, it is amazingly zippy for a CD
drive with a parallel interface. An optional interface card is promised
for the near future to make the drive even faster.

Its printer port interface and small, light-weight size makes this unit
ideal for use with laptops. Its $325 price is extremely reasonable for
an external, especially since you don't have to buy an additional
interface card for it.

If you are leaning towards a full multimedia system with sound card, see
the file RE-02 Multimedia Products in PsL's Reviews files.


-----Programmers Respond to PsL's CD

We were delighted with the (unsolicited) response we got from
programmers to the announcement of our monthly CD:

"This is a brilliant idea...a way to finally introduce shareware into
Fortune 500 companies with the latest shareware on a regular basis
from a reputable source and virtually guaranteed to be virus free." -
Chris Thornton

"I really like the monthly approach. Normally, I don't like distributing on
CD-ROMs, but in the case of PsL, I'll certainly make an exception. You may
take this letter as full permission to include any (of these) OsoSoft
programs on your CD. It's always been a great pleasure to work with PsL,
and I hope we all continue to grow and prosper." - George Campbell

"All of our newer shareware products expressly forbid CDROM distribution
without written permission. This gives you permission to distribute any of
our products on your CD-ROM." - Gary Elfring

We also received software from a number of other programmers who took the
trouble to mention that they were sending their materials only to PsL or
that we were the only vendors authorized to distribute their software on
CD.

Many programmers expressed concerns about other CDs which continue to be
sold for a long time with outdated versions of their programs, and they
were happy to see a monthly CD that would have only all-new software on it
each month.


-----PsL News Cover Date Moved Up

Unlike other publications, PsL News has always been shipped the month of
the cover date.

To accommodate some additional methods of distribution of PsL News and
the new Monthly CD, we have to move the cover date up a month, so we
have skipped July and labeled this month's issue as August.

Subscriptions have been adjusted to allow for the missing month. (Check
your mailing label.)


-----Shareware Copyrights

We frequently get letters asking about PsL's copyrights on shareware
programs. Most of these are from individuals asking about redistributing
disks purchased from PsL.

Even a shareware author assumed he had given up his rights to his
programs by sending them to PsL and asked us for permission to upload
his files to a BBS.

PsL does NOT have ANY rights to the individual programs other than the
right to distribute them. The authors of the programs have sole rights
to how programs are distributed and used.

Anyone who gets a program from PsL and wants to redistribute it simply
has to do what we do - check the documentation for distribution/usage
restrictions and if necessary, write to the author for permission.

PsL does have rights to the use of our trademarks and copyrighted
program reviews (see Contents page). We also have rights to our specific
compilations of programs on a disk or CD, but not to the individual
programs that make up those compilations.


-----Haunted Computer

Here is one for the Time-Life books on the Occult: my computer reboots
itself when (and only when) I walk away from my desk! It doesn't do it
every time, but a large percentage of the time (6-8 times a day). It
NEVER reboots while I'm at my desk, whether I'm working on the computer
or not.

My computer is in a disassembled tower case on a table to the right of
my desk with just the keyboard and monitor on my desk. There is
absolutely no physical contact, such as nudging loose wires, bumping
into components, etc.

The best the folks on the IBM Hardware forum on CIS could come up with
was to suggest a weak power supply, but that does not explain why it
would reboot only when I walk away. It sounds more like my body is
setting up some kind of capacitance with the computer, but that goes
beyond the scope of my electronics background.

Any of you technical whizzes out there ever heard of anything like this?



-----Does Not Compute

Bug reports and fixes. PsL does not warrant programs to work on any particular
system. We do offer a two-disk credit to anyone reporting a program which we
decide, based on the report, to remove from PsL because of the program being
too buggy, outdated, etc. We also welcome general comments. All letters to PsL
become the property of PsL and may be edited for clarity.


--Installing PsL Disks

John Wallan, Oakland, CA: "In many respects, PsL is the best of the
shareware dealers, but your disks vary greatly in the provisions made
for reviewing and installing the programs. Some make it very easy, some
not so easy, and some devilishly difficult. Consider developing more
consistency in this matter, as other shareware distributors have done."

PsL: We have two types of disks those containing a number of small
programs and those where one program takes up one or more disks by
itself.

For the small programs disks, we have a GO installation program on each
disk with descriptions of each program and a push-button installation
procedure.

On the large program disks, the programs usually have an installation
program written by the author of the program. As you say, some of the
installation programs are good and some are not. However, because the
installation programs frequently configure the programs for the user's
system, install files in specific directories, and even change files, it
is not feasible for us to bypass the author's installation, and doing so
could be a violation of the author's copyright and terms of
distribution.

--Slim vs. Stacker?

Stanley Wong, Palos Verdes, CA: "In May's PsL News, you state that there
are no shareware programs similar to Stacker and DoubleSpace. What about
Slim on your disk #4053?"

PsL: Slim is not really the same type of program as Stacker and DS. With
Slim, you must manually compress files. Then, with Slim in memory (72k),
any/every time you run or open a compressed file, Slim creates an
uncompressed copy of the file on the disk which is then run or accessed.

In comparison to Stacker and DS, which compress and decompress
EVERYTHING on the fly, Slim is slower and requires more disk space. Slim
is still useful for some specific situations, but for general use,
Stacker and DS are superior.

--TSR's Noted

Dave Petterson, Etna, CA: "(1) Please print the version number of
programs in the listing. (2) Please state if a program can be used as a
TSR and how much memory it takes."

PsL: (1) Because of the large number of disks and limited space, we do
not always have room to show version numbers. Our practice now is to
show the version numbers in the Reviews files.

(2) Our policy is always to state if a program can be used as a TSR and
the amount of memory used. Let us know specifics if you find otherwise,
and we will correct the Reviews.

--Bugs In Shareware

A reader reported some design flaws in a couple of programs and
continued: "I wanted to point out these problems to you. When I see
things like this, I get discouraged with the whole shareware concept
because of inexperienced or borderline programmers."

PsL: We agree that design flaws, program bugs, poor documentation and
poor support are frustrating and discouraging, but these are just as
rampant, if not more so, in non-shareware software and hardware.

We could besiege you with examples, but we suspect that it is a rare
individual who has not had their own share of bad experiences with
retail products, so we'll just ask you to keep those in mind when you're
feeling down on shareware.


-----New Retail Product Bargains

This month we are happy to pass along to you "show special" priced new
products from the Computer Electronics Show. Quantities of the following
items are limited at these prices.

--Personal Label Printer - #30387 $129.95

The Avery Label Printer is another of those dedicated label printers
about the size of a tape dispenser. What makes this one special is the
price ($129.95), plus the fact that it is from Avery.

Whether you have a laser printer through which you have to run a full
sheet of labels to print a single one*, or a dot matrix printer which
requires five minutes to swap between paper and labels, almost everyone
can make good use of a dedicated label printer.

(* Feeding a sheet of laser labels back through with labels missing can
melt the wax paper where the labels are missing and cause serious damage
to the drum.)

The PLP comes with about $100 worth of software. The PLP software lets
you grab and print addresses (or any other text) right from the screen
while in your word processor, database, etc. The famous Avery LabelPro
Software (list price:$99) lets you design professional looking labels
with graphics (import PCX files) and fonts.

Although you get some labels with the PLP, you'll also want to stock up
while we have them at "show special" prices too:
     #30388 White $6.99 per roll       #30389 Clear $6.99 per roll


--Pool For Windows - #30386 $17.50   <pool.pcx>

This is the slickest PC pool game we have seen. Other games make you set
menu options for cue force, english, etc.

This game is more like a real pool game. The force of the shot is
determined by how far you draw the cue away from the ball. The aiming
linecan be turned off when you think you are good enough.

Other features include sounds, saving games, displaying the ball's path,
and your choice of several popular pool games, including 3-ball
billiards.

--Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? - #30390 $39.95

The latest in the educational and entertaining "Where ... is Carmen?"
series, this Deluxe Edition takes 10MB of hard disk space and features
breathtaking NASA photographs (VGA required), video clips of planetary
flybys, digitized sound effects, and hundreds of different cases. A 386
or better is required to manage this feature-filled program.

Your VAL-9000 computer contains a wealth of information about the
geography and science of space. You must plot your course through the
stars, interview witnesses, and interpret clues as you hunt for the
infamous Carmen Sandiego. Also included is a 128-page guide to the stars
and planets.




=====PsL Monthly Additions Disks

The programs in this section are new small programs of different types.
Disks of new small programs specific to Windows, to programming, and to Games
are in those sections.

Subscriptions to the PsL Monthly Additions disks are available. See the
inside, back cover of PsL News. (Call 800-2424-PSL for a free sample issue.)


-----August 1993 Additions Disk #1

Bar Graphs 2.0 [BARGRAF]  <bars.pcx>
   System Analysis
   David Smith; $0
displays a 3D bar graph of how many and what type of files are on your
drive.

HardTrack 1.0 [HARDTRK]
   Hard Disk Utilities
   Jim Olsen; $29
keeps track of and reports on new, modified, and missing files on your
hard disk or network drive.

Internal Commands 2.1 [INTCOM]
   Batch File Utilities
   Geoff Friesen; $25
is an 18k TSR that adds many additional commands to DOS, most of which
are mainly of use in batch files: clear screen with color settings,
toggle -Lock key status, change the cursor shape, hide files, rename
directories, position the cursor on screen, play music in the
background, swap printer ports, sum the sizes of specified files,
suspend execution until a specified time, and more. Specifications are
included to allow programmers to add commands of their own.

[Job_Jar]
   Task Manager
   Bill Pinkerton; $0
lets you add, delete, view and print job tasks. Up to 500 entries are
allowed. A monthly calendar is included.

[Smiley]
   Games
   Jeff Fitzsimons; $0
Are you sick of seeing Smiley Faces everywhere you look. Here is your
chance for a little sick revenge: try to shoot the bouncing Smiley Face.
The faster the speed the more points per shot you earn. ("R" rated for
violence.)

[Snooze] 1.0
   Alarm Clock
   John Owen; $5
is a TSR clock with a snooze alarm. When the alarm pops up, it displays
the current time, plays a tune, and allows you to either turn it off or
select a 3 minute or 5 minute snooze before the alarm pops up again.


-----August 1993 Additions Disk #2

Credit Card Checker [CCCHKR]
   Order Entry
   Paul Mayer; $25
is a 70k TSR which does basic validation of credit card numbers. It
can be used in a swap mode that just takes 7k. It can be configured to
grab credit card numbers from an order-entry screen.

Investment Withdrawal 1.0 [INVEST]
   Financial Analysis
   Peter L. Fishback; $10
shows the effect of inflation and taxes on withdrawals from an
investment fund. You select the percent of income earned to be withdrawn
and the program will determine the amount which must be withdrawn
monthly to maintain your purchasing power.

[M_Repeat] 3.0
   ViruScan Utility
   Datachip; $50
is a group of programs to automate and manage virus scanning using
McAfee's ViruScan program. It can be used on standalone or networked
PCs.

MenuMedia 1.0 [MENUMED]  <mm.pcx>
   DOS Menu
   EFD Systems; $8
is a quick and easy DOS menu application. You can create a menu data
file with any text editor (or even using COPY CON:) with each line
containing the menu prompt followed by the program name to run if the
prompt is selected.

Programs to run can include COM, EXE and batch files, as well as calling
MenuMedia to execute a submenu or parent menu. You can also specify a
"wallpaper" in the form of a PCX file of your choosing (see screen shot)
or ANSI graphics.

VGA Clear Screen [VGACLR]
   Batch File Utilities
   David Smith; $0
is a set of 28 VGA designs for clearing the screen with a graphics
display. Designs include shadows, doors, stars, an exploding ball, and
more. Requires EGA/VGA.

View 2.1  [VIEW]
   File Viewing
   David M. Dibble, $0
is a very small (1k) file viewing utility, ideal for inclusion on
distribution disks. In fact, we include View on all of our disks.
Assembly source code is included.


-----August 1993 Additions Disk #3

Create A Quiz. 1.2 [CAQUIZ]
   Test Making
   Philip Kapusta; $12
lets you create multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank quizzes. Teachers
can create interactive on-screen or printed quizzes for students.
Solutions to each question can be suppressed or displayed on a printout.
Other features include mouse support, full line text editing, progress
charts, and password protection for quizzes.

Driv-Man. 1.01 [DRIVMAN]
   Disk & Drive Utilities
   Micrometric ASP; $25
is a disk management tool. It shows logical disk drive data for up to 26
drives on one screen.

DriveTypes. [DRIVTYP]
   Disk Drive Util.
   Jeff Camino; $0
tells you the type of floppy drives on a machine. Since you cannot tell
a high-density from low-density drive by looking, this is handy if you
are on a strange machine.

Envi-Man. 1.03 [ENVIMAN]
   Operating System Utilities
   Micrometric ASP; $25
is an environment analysis utility. It shows all of the current
environment strings and data such as the location, size and space
availability of the master environment. It also lets a batch file know
how much environment space is currently available and provides a
graceful exit if there is not enough.

Faxer 1.1  [FAXER]
   Communications: FAX
   Simple Simon Software; $0
sends a fax to a fax machine/board without CAS or any other interface.
It should work on most Class 1 boards using Rockwell chips.

GRFBook  [GRFBOOK]  <grf_book.pcx>
   Electronic Publishing
   EFD Systems; $30
is an electronic hypertext publishing system that supports integrated
text and PCX files.


-----August 1993 Additions Disk #4

Menu-Man. 1.25 [MENUMAN]
   Batch File Utilities
   Micrometric ASP; $25
displays menus in batch files. Options include user response time limit,
menu positioning, erasing screen before/after menu display, and menu
sound, color and type customization.

Path-Man. 1.13 [PATHMAN]
   Path Utilities
   Micrometric ASP; $20
determines if a file is located on a path directory. Errorlevel is set
for batch file use.

PRT-Menu. 1.0 [PRTMENU]
   Printer Control
   Larry W. Nicholas; $20
is a printer menu which allows you to access the following various
features of your printer: color selection, character font, character
highlight, character pitch, word processing, paper feed, paper feed
(amount), and page format. Requires a mouse, VGA and Epson or compatible
dot matrix printer.

PC-CRYP 6.0  [PC_CRYP]
   File Encryption
   James T. Demberger; $0
is a file encryption programs that uses the Vernam process.

Strip  [STRIP]
   File Changing
   Patrick R. Rygiel; $0
removes ASCII control codes 1 to 31, & 127 from any size text file.

TiffRead  [TIFFREA]
   TIFF Viewer
   $0
is a small program that displays TIFF image files.

TXT2PS  [TXT2PS]
   OS/2: Printing
   IBM; $0
lets you print non-PS files on a PostScript printer in OS/2.


-----August Updates Disk #1

(AH-02) Home Loan Diary 1.1 [HLDIARY] is a home mortgage diary and
   amortization schedule calculator. ($14)
(CH-03) Grape Vine 3.0 [GRPVINE] is a Bible game similar to Hangman.
(CM-02) ZIP 1.63 [ZIP] is a utility to transfer files between two IBM
   compatible computers over an ordinary serial cable connection.
   NEW: options for handling hidden, system, read/only, and archive files.
(ED-06) Big Math Attack 1.0 [BIGMATH] tests math, spelling, typing and
   metric conversions skills in an arcade environment.
(GA-03) DragCity 3.0 [DRAGCIT] drag racing game.


-----August Updates Disk #2:

(GA-03) Moraff's Super Blast I [SUPBLAST] is an advanced breakout type game.
(GA-05) Blitz 3.6 [BLITZ] is a very strong game of checkers with many options.
(GA-05) Contax 2.2 [CONTAX] is a game variant of GO.
(GA-05) Domino 4.2 [DOMINO]  matches you against the computer in a
  challenging game of dominos. (Formerly a large program on disk #828.)
(GA-05) Dynamo Draughts 5.9 [DYNAMO] is the European version of
  Draughts, a variant of checkers.
(GA-05) Flip-It 4.7 [FLIP_IT] is an interesting variation of Reversi/Othello.
(GA-05) TakeNote 6.1 [TAKENOT] is a study tool for chess. NEW: tutorial.


-----August Updates Disk #3:

(GA-04) Four-Handed Euchre 3.5 [EUCH_DF]
(GA-12) Acrostix 2.3 [ACROSTX] lets you try to solve, as well as create
  Acrostic puzzles.
(GA-12) Krypto 2.3 [KRYPTO] is a challenging word game in which you solve and
  create cryptograms. ($0)
(GR-01) VGA Art [VGAART] is an incredible graphics demonstration.
(MS-01) Bio-Cal 9.95 [BIO_CAL] is a biorhythm-calendar program.
(P1-01) UnderBar 2.2 [UNDRBAR] is a 2K TSR which prints a Postnet bar
  code under any address that has a zip+4 code or a delivery point bar code.


August Updates Disk #4:
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(P1-01) WonderBar 4.4 [WONDERB] is a (2k) TSR that prints five and
  nine digit bar codes and Zip+4 codes.
(PG-04) LZW For C 1.2 [LZW4C] is a Lempel-Ziv-Welch data compression
  library for C programmers.
(PG-06) BTP 2.0 [BTP] is a TP unit that makes it easy to use Btrieve. It
  now works with TP7.
(U1-03) Screen Wizard 4.5 [SW_WS] is a windowing, screen color, and text
  placement utility for batch files. New mask input for passwords, help
  screen can be defined for screen definition and windows can be
  horizontally subdivided.
(U1-09) Protect! EXE/COM 2.0 [PROTEXE] protects EXE/COM files by
  encrypting them.


August Updates Disk #5:
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(U1-05) Hotdir 7.3 [HOTDIR] colorful sorted directory utility.
(U1-06) Split 6.0e [SPLITMD] file splitting utility
(U1-08) DiskALog 3.21 [DLOG] is a combination Read-and-Run type program
  plus file manager.
(U1-08) File Maven 2.1 [FMAVEN] (ASP) ($16.50) NEW: view & copy read only
  files (necessary for CD-ROMs).
(U1-09) PC Padlock 2.2 [PADLOCK] is a floppy disk locking system.
(U1-11) SNR 5.3b ($50) [SNR] text search/replace utility. NEW: wild-card
  and variable-length conversion patterns and more.
(U2-01) NoteWare 2.0 (ASP) [NOTEWR20] is a 16K TSR notepad. NEW: unlimited
  number of notes, cut, copy and paste features, index of notes, exporting
  to the current program, file or printer, view any files with search and
  exporting, and screen capture to a disk file. ($25)
(U2-07) SCROLLit 1.7 [SCROLIT] is a screen backscroll utility which
  allows you to bring back into view lines that have already scrolled
  off the screen. NEW: the scrollback buffer can be stored in upper
  memory.





=====Windows Programs:

...applications, desktop utilities, games, graphics/icons/fonts/wallpaper,
   Program Manager & File Manager replacements, programming, utilities.

-----August 1993 Windows Additions Disk #1

ABM Command [ABM_CMD]  <abm.pcx>
   Arcade Games
   Kent Rollins; $0
   is a faithful adaptation of the game Missile Command. You must defend
keyboard to aim and fire your missiles. There are smart bombs, MIRVs,
and bonus cities just like the classic arcade game. A 386 or better is
recommended.

BBLogos  [BBLogos]
   Wallpaper
   $0
is a 256-color BMP graphic of all 28 Major League Baseball logos.

Calendar [CAL_TTF]
   Fonts
   Thomas E. Harvey; $0
is a TrueType font which helps make calendars. Characters are

PrintSwitch 1.1a [PRSWITCH]  <prswitch.pcx>
   Printer Utilities
   Michael Haschka; $10
provides a fast and easy way to change your default printer. It will
display all currently installed printers on your system as buttons. All
you have to do to change printers is click on the desired button.

When running as an icon, the caption displays the default selection. It
also allows you to quickly access the printer setup section of Control
Panel. This is an excellent utility for persons with multiple printers
on their systems. Requires VBRUN200.

Private Cryptographer 1.02 [PRICRYP]
   File Encryption
   Ivory Tower Software; $20
allows you to easily safeguard sensitive files. It can encrypt and
decrypt clipboard text as well as any other type file, including
graphics and executable files. There is also a built-in editor to create
encrypted text from scratch.

Other features include a random password generator, a high priority
multitasking option, two built-in test samples, and more. Requires
VBRUN200.

Surf's Up! 3.0 [SURFSUP]
   Sound Utilities
   AddSoft; $15
lets you attach your favorite WAV file to any program. It will work with
sound cards or a speaker driver. This is a great way to add some fun to
your desktop. Requires VBRUN200.

Sysfon 1.0  [Sysfon]
   Font Utilities
   Peter Karrer; $0
lets you change the system font that Windows uses for window titles and
menus. It allows you to use any existing screen font (Bitmap, TrueType,
etc.) and it will display a sample before any changes are made. Pascal
source code is included.

TypeSmart 2.2  [TYPSMRT]
   Word Processing Utilities
   Tim W. Lian; $32
helps reduce keystrokes when typing long or repetitive words. It works
in the background while you are in a text editor or word processor,
creating a database of the words you have typed.

If you start to type a word already used in the same session, it pops up
and allows you to insert the word by pressing the ALT key and a letter
from the list. This is an excellent time-saving utility. All API
function names are included for interested programmers.


-----August 1993 Windows Additions Disk #2

Atlantic City Blackjack 1.0 [ACBJ]  <acbj.pcx>
   Card Games
   Oleg Goldfayn; $25
is a game of casino blackjack for Windows 3.1. Up to seven gamblers can
participate, and the computer will auto-play any unused hands. You can
even customize the playing strategy of the computerized hands.

Other features include on-screen advice, card counting, three dealing
speeds, and more. VGA is required.

Allini 2.1  [Allini]  <allini.pcx>
   INI File Utilities
   Words Plus Connectivity; $2
is a point-and-click INI file viewer/editor. It displays all the
sections of any INI file, and lets you view the section or quickly
delete it out of the file. You can also edit the section to change any
item that needs updating or insert a new section or an entry. This is
very handy for cleaning up a cluttered WIN.INI file.

The Byzans Task Manager 0.9 [BYZ_TM]  <byzans.pcx>
   Task Management
   Yorgo Vergos; $30
is a powerful replacement for the Windows 3.1 Task Manager. It provides
a tool bar with commonly used accessories, a scrolling visual task list
with icons, a run dialog with a 20-event history, a configurable
application bar for launching your favorite applications, and much more.

HolyMoly [HOLYMLY]
   Fonts
   Thomas E. Harvey; $0
is a heavy sans serif TrueType font with holes in it.

QuickClick 1.00 [QCLICK]
   Miscellaneous Utilities
   Uli Mittermaier; $5
allows you to assign events to the four corners of your screen. Each
corner can either launch any application, show the Task List, exit
Windows, or activate the screen saver. All you have to do to carry out
an event is move the pointer into a corner and press the right mouse
button once. This is very easy to set up and use, and can greatly
improve your desktop productivity.


-----August 1993 Windows Additions Disk #3

Air800 [AIR800]
   Travel
   Horizon MicroServe; $5-$10
is a Windows Cardfile data file with over 125 toll-free Airline
reservation numbers.

Big Number Cruncher 1.02 [BNCRNCH]  <crunch.pcx>
   Calculators
   Ivory Tower Software; $0
lets you perform math operations on very large numbers without round-off
errors. You can add, subtract, or divide two numbers of up to 45-digits.
You can also multiply any two integers as long as the product is 45
digits or less. VBRUN200 is required.

Brain Jam 1.3 [BRAINJM]  <brain.pcx>
   Solitaire Games
   Brain Jam Publications; $12-$20
is an unusual card game for Windows. All the cards are dealt face up
into eight columns. You can move cards sequentially onto the build pile,
or onto the discard pile. This looks to be very difficult to win, but
six winnable hands can be dealt from a menu.

RestrictProgMan 1.00 [RPM]
   Program Manager Utilities
   Uli Mittermaier; $5
allows you to disable some of Program Manager's functions. You may
deactivate the Exit Windows and File/Run selections, the entire
File-menu, and the Save Settings on Exit option.

StarBar 3.1  [StarBar]
   Desktop Clocks
   Ambient Systems; $8
is a clock for Windows 3.1 with a distinctive Star Trek flair. It can
display the time in a variety of formats (standard, military, stardate,
or stardate with TNG sync).

Other features include a system resource monitor, Windows
shutdown/restart options, WAV sound file support, live DDE link to other
applications, and more. This is a must-have for all Star Trek fans!
Requires VBRUN200.

TMarshall [MARSHAL]
   Fonts
   Tim Trinkle; $4
is a unique hand-lettered TrueType font for architectural uses. It
consists of hand-drawn outlines of block letters, and contains caps,
numbers, and punctuation. (The screen name for the font is Caitlyn.)

Woafont  [Woafont]
   Fonts
   Peter Ka  rrer; $0
contains several replacements for the standard screen fonts used by
Windows for its windowed DOS sessions. Font sizes include 4x6, 5x12,
6x8, 7x12, 8x8, 8x12, 10x18, 12x16, 16x8 and 16x12.


-----August 1993 Windows Additions #4

3of9  [3of9]
   Fonts
   Paul Andre LeBlanc; $0
is a TrueType font for printing 3 of 9 barcodes. A Mac System 7 (MRF)
version is also included.

Astronomy Clock 1.02 for NT [AC_NT]
   Desktop Tools
   Pocket-Sized Software; $5
displays the current time in local mean time, universal time, local
sidereal time, and greenwich sidereal time. Requires March Beta or later
version of Windows NT.

Import Quotes 1.0 [IQ_WIN]
   Financial Apps
   The Carey Group; $12
imports/converts stock and mutual fund quotes from various online
services into Quicken. Features include a configurable parser, a set
editor for creating parser sets, date selection for imported quotes, and
more.

Stopwatch for Windows NT [SW_NT]
   Desktop Tools
   Pocket-Sized Software; $5
is a computerized stopwatch and clock.

Text Manager 1.0 [TXTMGR]
   Editors
   Digital Software; $10
is a nice replacement for NotePad. It allows you to open multiple files,
and has a handy toolbar for most commands.

WinFly 1.0 [WINFLY]  <winfly.pcx>
   Business Apps
   James E. Rylander; $12
helps keep track of your frequent flyer miles. The following airlines
are supported in this version: American, Continental, Delta, TWA, USAir,
and United. VBRUN200 is required.


-----August 1993 VB/Windows Programming Disk

IndexTab and Ruler [IT_RULR]
   VB: Custom Controls
   VideoSoft; $0
contains a demo of two interesting custom controls. IndexTab displays
notebook tabs like Borland Quattro Pro for Windows, letting you easily
organize information by subject. Ruler displays dimensions on the
screen, and can be used as a 3D gauge.

MemWatch [MEMWTCH]
   VB: Sample Apps
   David Warren; $0
displays available system memory as well as real-time changes in memory
use. It also includes a graphical display of System, GDI, and User
resource demand, and a count of the number of tasks running.

MF 1.0 [MF_DB]
   VB: Database
   Carl Brown; $2-$186
is a multi-user, high performance database for Windows 3.x. Features
include index-filters, structure-based records, userdefined keys as a
DLL, and more. C and VB headers are also included. This will interface
to any language capable of DLL calls.

MRB Drop n' Comp [MRBDNC]
   VB: Tools/Help
   CHC Software; $0
is a Windows front end for the Microsoft Multiple Resolution Bitmap
Compiler. It enables you to select a group of files using File Manager
and drop them onto the MRB Drop 'n' Comp window or icon. An Auto Launch
feature automatically starts compilation when a pre-determined number of
files have been selected.

STR2BMP 1.0  [STR2BMP]
   DLLs: Graphics
   Jorge Monasterio; $0
contains a DLL for converting VB bitmaps into VB strings and vice versa.
Also included are functions for inverting, ANDing, ORing, and comparing
bitmaps that have been converted to strings.

SubFrm  [SubFrm]
   VB: Controls
   Courtesy User Friendly, Inc.; $0
is an example of using an array of data control to simulate the subform
capability of Access in VB3.

Dlghlp  [Dlghlp]
   Windows Programming: Pascal
   Pat Ritchey and Michael Denzlein; $0
allows you to use the F1 key to call WINHELP. It uses a filter function
to get the F1 key in a dialog and sends a message to the dialog window
function.

F1Help  [F1Help]
   Windows Programming: Pascal
   Pat Ritchey and Scott Steketee; $0
contains an example for implementing F1 help for both menus and dialog
boxes using a Windows hook procedure. Menu help allows the user to press
F1 while highlighting any menu item, and to receive context-sensitive
help on that item.

Modal Windows [MODAL]
   Pascal for Windows
   $0
contains a unit implementing modal windows which can behave completely
like a dialog box but needs no dialog resources.

Player [PLAYER]
   Pascal for Windows: Multimedia
   Charles Calvert; $0
contains source code demonstrating how to use the multimedia extensions
to Windows. The code uses the MCI interface to play MIDI, WAV, and
CD-ROM. A batch file is included to compile an executable and three
DLLs. The DLLs contain the multimedia functionality and the executable
represents an object oriented interface.

StatDLL  [StatDLL]
   TPW: DLLs and Utilities
   Bradley Plett; $0
contains a DLL which displays a % complete status box. It also allows
the user to cancel a task. The status box is done using a modeless
dialog box.

Tools [TOOL_GS]
  Pascal: Toolbar/Status Bar
  Glen Swindell; $0
is a BP7 unit which provides all the mechanisms required for the
implementation of both a toolbar and status bar.



-----August 1993 Windows Updates Disk #1:

(WI-01) CaseLinr 3.8 [CASELIN]
(WI-01) Parents [PARWIN] 3.0 genealogy program NEW: GEDCOM import export
  options.
(WI-01) Recipe Maker 2.3 [RECIPE] grocery shopping/meal planning aid.
(WI-01) WindBase 2.0 [WINDBAS] lets you easily create a customized database.
(WI-01) WinTide 1.5 [WINTIDE] a linear tide clock.


-----August 1993 Windows Updates Disk #2:

(WI-02) QuickDex 1.06b [QDEX] full-featured CardFile replacement.
(WI-02) [SCFile] 1.3 viewer for very large text files. Now requires VBRUN300.
(WI-03) WinFlash 2.1 ASP [WINFLSH]
(WI-04) Bog 1.06 [BOG] word game similar to Boggle. Requires WIN31.
(WI-04) Roulette 2.0s [ROULWIN] animated casino game.


-----August 1993 Windows Updates Disk #3:

(WI-05) WallPeeper 1.11 [WALPEEP] req. VBRUN200 and WIN31.
(WI-06) Launch Utility Set 2.0 [L_UTIL] useful add-ins for the menu
  program LAUNCH (on disk #3347) NEW: options to restart/reboot,
  tile/cascade windows, and arrange icons.
(WI-06) [NewCap] 2.0 NEW: optional toolbar with resource/memory display.
(WI-06) Super Task Man 3.01 [SUPRTM] ASP
(WI-06) Windows Dialog Extenders 1.42 [WDE]


-----August 1993 Windows Updates Disk #4:

(WI-07) Catsplayer 2.11 [CATPLAY] plays multiple MIDI and WAV files.
(WI-07) MIDI Jukebox 1.06 [JUKEBOX]
(WI-09) Drag And Zip 2.40 ASP [DRAGZP]
(WI-09) Steve's INI Editor [SI_EDIT]


-----August 1993 Windows Updates Disk #5:

(WI-08) IniCon 2.0 [INICON] allows you to read/write to INI files w/o using
  API calls.
(WI-08) [Janus]
(WI-08) Percnt 2.0 [PERCNT] control for displaying percentage complete (VB).
(WI-08) PPRTR 3.0 [PPRTR3] NEW: allows you to get a list of available
  printers, change default printer, and get default printer and port. ($10)
(WI-08) RTF Magic [RTFMAG] convert WinWord docs to help files. ($20)
(WI-08) VB Messenger 1.00b [VBMSNGR] is a subclassing custom control.


=====Large Windows Programs:

DeQuoter 1.0 [DEQUOT]  <dequote.pcx>
   Word Games
   #12394 (WI-04)
   Shadoware; $12
is a fantastic game that challenges you to decipher famous quotations.
When one of the 200 quotes is displayed, you have five minutes to move
all the letters into the correct spaces. Hints can be given at a cost of
30 seconds each.

The digitized sound and music is very well done, and the 256color
animations are equally impressive. Other features include a high score
list, and bonus time when your score reaches 1000. Requires Windows 3.1.
A sound card is optional, but highly recommended.

Hurricane 1.01 [HURRI1]
   Arcade Games
   #12395 (WI-04)
   Systems Software Developing, Inc.; $15
is an excellent adaptation of the classic arcade game Tempest. For those
of you too young to remember, your firing cursor travels around a
variety of geometric mazes while you try to shoot the bad guys that come
from the center.

There is a "smart bomb" available on each level that destroys all
enemies on the screen at once. Digitized sound effects add to the
excitement. The top ten high scores are recorded for posterity. VBRUN200
is included on this disk.

Super Craps 1.0 for Windows [CRAPS1, CRAPS2, CRAPS3]  <craps.pcx>
   Casino Games
   #20226 (WI-04)
   Chris Peterson; $25
is a colorful game of craps for up to two players. It features animated
rolling dice, casino-style betting, and digitized WAV files with talking
commentary for systems with sound cards.

This game does not provide help for novices, so you must have at least a
fundamental knowledge of the game of craps. Requires VGA and a hard
drive. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

Super Video Poker [SVPOKE]  <svpoke.pcx>
   Card Games
   #12396 (WI-04)
   Elton Inada; $15
is a game of Jacks-or-better video poker for Windows 3.1. It will also
let you play a Joker's Wild variation. Other features include clever
card animations, sound effects, a probability/statistics display, best
hand suggestions, user-defined payoff tables, and an autoplay mode.

Games can be saved and restored, and all hands can be saved to a disk
file. There is also a cheat mode, to make playing a little easier.
Context-sensitive help is available at all times. Requires a 640x480 VGA
display.

Bloat 2.1  [Bloat]
   File Management
   #12397 (WI-06)
   Babbacombe Computers Ltd.; $25
helps you analyze the space used on your hard disk. It quickly scans the
files/directories on your hard drive and presents a bar or pie chart
representing file distribution.

It can also locate specific files with sophisticated searching
functions. Found files can easily be viewed, launched, or deleted.
Options are provided to use any popular compression program to archive
infrequently used files. This is an excellent multi-function utility
with many customizing options.

Casablanca Clips [CSABLN]
   Sounds
   #12398 (WI-07)
   $0
is an excellent collection of nine WAV sound files from the classic
movie Casablanca. You'll hear Bogart say his famous Play it Sam, Here's
looking at you kid, We'll always have Paris, and more.

CodeReader 1.0 [CODERDR]
   OCR
   #12399 (WI-05)
   EcheSoft; $45
is an Optical Character Recognition program. It works with bitmaps
produced using low cost hand-held scanners and is intended to provide a
cheap and effective method of data entry for computer programmers.
Requires 2MB RAM.

Collect! 1.0 for Windows [COLW1]  <collect.pcx>
   Home Applications
   #12400 (WI-01)
   Alston Software Labs; $25
is a powerful program for managing any sort of collection. It comes with
several pre-defined templates for specific catalogs, or you may create
your own.

The built-in financial capabilities allow you to track the value of your
collection. Customized reports can be printed with only the information
you specify. Bitmapped graphics and descriptive text files can be
attached to records.

Other features include advanced search options, file overwrite
protection, automated file backups, and more. VBRUN200 is included on
this disk. (A DOS-based version of this program is available on disk
#4183.)

Describe It 3.0 for Windows [DSCRIBIT]
   File Management
   #12401 (WI-06)
   Apoplexy Software; $25
lets you easily categorize, order, locate, and view any file on multiple
drives. A database is created with four keywords of up to 32 characters
and a 256 character description for each file.

Files can be organized into a group or up to three sub-groups based on
subject matter. Once located, a file can be viewed by launching any one
of up to nine user provided Windows programs. Macros and icons for
running Describe It from the tool bars of AmiPro and WordPerfect for
Windows are included.

Distribution Functions and Probability Calculator [DFUNCTNS]
   Calculator
   #12402 (WI-02)
   Mark Von Tress; $10
calculates several statistical distribution functions and some simple
power calculations for statistical hypothesis tests. The distributions
are the normal, t, chi-square, F and beta distributions. It also
calculates some non-central distributions and their inverses. The power
functions are for z-tests and t-tests on means. The power function for
the comparison of two proportions is also calculated.

The Earth Centered Universe 1.4a [ECU]
   Astronomy
   #12403 (WI-03)
   Nova Astronomics; $35
simulates many features of the Earth's sky. You only need to enter your
geographic location/time and the local sky is colorfully displayed on
the screen.

You can view stars, planets, Sun, Moon, and "deep sky" objects.
Constellation, coordinate grid, ecliptic, and local horizon lines are
also displayed. This is an excellent observation tool for any person
interested in the night sky. A 386 or better is required.

Edwin Addition/Subtraction 3.0 [EDAM03]  <edwin.pcx>
   Education: Math
   #20227 (WI-01)
   Edwin Educational Software ASP; $15
is a multi-level math tutorial for Windows 3.1. Each module features a
standard drill, with clever pictures and simple demonstrations of how to
do adding and subtracting. Levels and individual student names can be
saved between sessions.

Correct answers are scored on-screen, and elapsed time is also
displayed. Each level can be tested with a multiple-choice quiz.
Problems may also be printed. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD
only.

Enjoy Your Guitar 1.0 for Windows [GUITAR]  <guitar.pcx>
   Music Apps
   #12404 (WI-01)
   Enjoy Computer Software; $29
is an editor-librarian for guitar chords and scales. Sounds can be
played through MIDI or the PC speaker. Chords are shown using
conventional diagrams, a music staff, and a keyboard. 432 chords and 360
scale definitions are provided. VBRUN200 is included on this disk.

Football Stats 1.0 [FOOTST]
   Home Applications
   #12405 (WI-01)
   MOJO Software; $25
helps keep track of Youth and School Football Team statistics. You
simply input the new figures after each game and the average and
percentage fields will update automatically. It also keeps track of
player names and telephone numbers. Stat sheets and phone books may be
printed. VBRUN200 is included on this disk. (A version for baseball is
on disk #12240.)

Fractal Frenzy 1.2  [Fractal]
   Video Utilities
   #12406 (WI-09)
   Desert Frog Software; $15
is a set of three spectacular screen savers for Windows 3.1. These
savers display palette-animated fractal scenes which run in 256 colors,
even if you are running Windows in 16 colors. VGA is required.

JRE Exit 1.2 [EXIT12]
   Misc. Utilities
   #12407 (WI-09)
   JRE Enterprises; $0
provides several options for exiting Windows 3.1. You can simply exit
Windows, exit and reboot DOS, exit and restart Windows, or exit and run
a DOS program and then restart Windows. VBRUN200 is included on this
disk.

Googolpede for Windows 1.4 [GOOGOL]  <googol.pcx>
   Math
   #12408 (WI-03)
   Paul T. Dawson; $35
is a fun multi-player arcade math game for Windows 3.1. An equation is
displayed at the top of the screen, and you must direct the Googolpede
to the proper true/false square without running into yourself or the
walls. To make things more interesting, your tail grows longer with each
correct answer.

Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are supported and you
can choose the highest value of the numbers used in the equations. Other
features include a colorful animated background, high score list, sound
options, and more. VBRUN200 is included on this disk.

The Mandelbrot Set 3.0 [MAND30]  <mandy.pcx>
   Graphics Displays
   #12409 (WI-05)
   Cerious Software; $25
is an incredible fractal image generator. You can easily zoom in on an
interesting section, change the color palette, and save the image to
disk. You can even animate the images by cycling the colors for a
spectacular effect. 256-color VGA is recommended.

Personal Golf Tracker [GOLFTRKR]
   Game Management
   #12410 (WI-01)
   John Hancock ASP; $25
is a golf score database with extensive analysis of your golf game. You
can calculate handicaps, averages, scores, statistics, improvement,
Points, and more. This is suitable for individual golfers or leagues.
Requires VBRUN200.DLL.

Programmer's File Editor 0.04.008 [PFE004]
   Gen.Programming
   #20228 (WI-09)
   Alan Phillips; $0
is a programmer-oriented text editor for WIN31, Windows for Workgroups
3.1 and Windows/NT. Because its file capacity is limited only by the
amount of available memory, it can handle very large files.

Other features include the ability to run DOS commands, user-
configurable key mapping, full font support, application launching, DDE
support, and much more. The variety of features available make this
package a powerful integrated development environment for any Windows
programmer. Available on 3.5" 1.44MB MegaDisk and CD only.

Rcalc for Windows NT [NT_RCA]
   Desktop Tools
   #12411 (WI-02)
   Pocket-Sized Software; $5
is a Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator. On systems with sound
cards it will speak each keystroke as it is entered. Requires the March
Beta or later version of Microsoft Windows NT. (A WIN31 version is
available on disk #4511.)

Talking Clock NT [NT_TCL]
   Desktop Tools
   #12412 (WI-02)
   Pocket-Sized Software; $5
displays the current time in 12 or 24 hour format. It can optionally
announce the time every 15 minutes using a Windows compatible sound
card. Requires the March Beta or later version of Microsoft Windows NT.

WinModem 3.0 [WMODEM]
   Communication Utility
   #12413 (WI-01)
   Information Technology, Ltd.; $10
lets you "see" what your internal modem is doing by displaying the
status lights in a user-selectable graphic presentation that remains on
top of the desktop.

Resident Information 2.0 [RESIDE]  <resident.pcx>
   Real Estate
   #20229 (WI-01)
   Tachyon Software; $20-$40
helps residential building managers track tenant information. It writes
and maintains dBase IV tables and indexes and also supports Query By
Example in all applicable search modes.

Other features include built-in word processing, a telephone dialer, the
ability to attach a note to any resident record, a variety of printed
reports, an application toolbar, and much more. A hard disk is required.
VBRUN200 is included on this disk. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and
CD only.

WinPak #2 1.2 [WNPAK2]  <winpak.pcx>
   Misc. Utilities
   #12414 (WI-09)
   Rhode Island Soft Systems ASP; $20
contains four original Windows 3.1 animated Screen Savers, two TrueType
fonts, and over 100 icons. The screen savers include Slug (a slimy
creature that leaves a trail of blackness across your screen), Snore (a
sleeping man floating in space), and others. The fonts include a unique
typeface in the shape of U.S. states.

WinDialog [WDIALOG]
   Windows Programming
   #12415 (WI-08)
   Soenke Cordts; $45
is a simple way for programmers to create dialog boxes. These dialogs
can be implemented into programs using the Application Program Interface
that is included, or C source code can be generated. Features include
animation, animated buttons, sound for buttons, and more.

Win, What, Where 1.0 [WWW]  <www.pcx>
   Business Applications
   #12416 (WI-01)
   Basic Systems, Inc. ASP; $37
is a powerful time and usage monitor for Windows 3.1. It will display
when a program started and how long it ran, a list of activities by
program name and window caption, and the location of the program and its
associated files.

Other features include detailed report generation, automatic history
deletion after a user-specified time, daily summary information, and
much more. Requires VBRUN200.


-----Windows Updates:

(WI-01: #12238) Account Manager 1.2 [ACCTMNGR] is a flexible time/usage
  tracking program for Windows 3.1. New: comment capability, automatic
  application start/stop sensing, and enhanced reporting capability.
(WI-01: #12240) Baseball Stats 2.8 [BASESTAT] Little League management.
(WI-01: #12000) Fileware [FW23] 2.3 file management macros for WinWord.
(WI-01: #12143) Home Accountant for Windows 2.3 [HOMEAC]
(WI-01: #20210) Hydgen 1.0 for Windows [INWSMADA]
(WI-01: #20069) InfoRecall 3.30 [INFO33] NEW: phone dialer, longer
  record names, sample files, more. VBRUN200 is included. ($50)
(WI-01: #27616) Parity Technical Analysis 1.4 [PRTY14D1, PRTY14D2]
  NEW: support for TeleChart 2000 file format, import/export Studies/Profit
  Tests/ and Scans to disk, improved error handling, and more.
(WI-01: #4375) [Rockford] 3.0 professional business card designer. ($20)
(WI-01: #12248) Scheduling Employees for Windows 1.03 ASP [SEW]
(WI-01: #20163) WinCover 3.1 [WINCV31] prints professional fax cover
  sheets. NEW: support for WinFax Pro, printer change/setup options,
  faster preview load time. Req. VBRUN200.
(WI-01: #12254) Work Status 2.1 [WSTATUS] NEW: the ability to send mail
  to User Groups, support for global bulletins, added return phone #'s
 to all messages, message sorting options, and more. VBRUN200 is
 included.
(WI-02: #27884/3767) Barry Press Utilities [BARRYUTL] New: WAVER, a
  program to randomly play sound files.
(WI-02: #20230 [2 disks]) Journal 3.0 [JOURNL] free-form text mgr.
(WI-02: #4889) [Stickies] 2.1 is a powerful note manager. New: E-mail
  support for bundles and better hidden note support.
(WI-03: #4508) Gradebook For Windows 2.11 ASP [GB] NEW: support for huge
  classes, more printout and charting options, improved backup and
  restore features, and more. Requires VBRUN200.
(WI-04: #4361) CardShark Hearts 4.02c [CSHEARTS] Hearts game for Windows 3.
  NEW: several options for first trick (eg: QS not allowed; lead any suit).
(WI-04: #20214) GatorBytes Game Pak [GATORB]
(WI-04: #12302) The Greens [GREENV] 1.5 256-color miniature golf.
(WI-04: #12020) Oil Baron [OILBRN] 1.2 stock trading game.
(WI-04: #12019) Thieves and Kings [THINGS] 1.2 NEW: undo functions; several
  BMP graphic files to use when solving King's Corners are in [THINGP].
(WI-04: #12237) Video Poker [VPOKER] 1.3s
(WI-05: #20231 [2 disks]) Font Monster 3.1 [FMONST31] NEW: sample
  pages/font catalog printing options, enhanced view/preview functions,
  font group capabilities, context-sensitive help, more. Req.VBRUN200.
(WI-05: #4844) [GrpIcon] 2.01 assigns icons to Program Manager groups.
(WI-05: #27615) PixFolio 2.0.76 ASP [PIXF20]
(WI-05: 12149) [WinClip] 3.0 view/catalog/print BMP and PCX files.
(WI-06: #12327) Super Group [SUPERG] 1.02 ASP customize ProgMan.
(WI-06: #4771) WindowMagic [WMICON] 1.1
(WI-06: #12354) WinUpD8R 3.0 ASP [WINUPD8]
(WI-07: #4646) CD Player for Windows 2.02 [CDP]
(WI-08: #12250) SubDoc 2.01 [SUBDOC]
(WI-08: #27776/12328) Visual Help 1.0f [VH] generates HLP files.
(WI-08: #12052) Windows Developer 1.53 ASP [WINDEV] NEW: browsers for
  hex binary files and very large text files.
(WI-09: #12306) *.INI-Navigator 3.1 [ININAV]
(WI-09: #4643) [DiskMan] for Windows 2.1 (ASP) catalog/label diskettes.
(WI-09: #3713) File Deduplicator 1.4c [DUPFILE] helps locate/remove
  duplicate files.
(WI-09: #20070) Jargon 2.9.12 [JARGON]
(WI-09: #12417) More Control 2.0 / ICL Builder 1.0 (ASP) [MCICLB] adds more
  options to Control Panel. NEW: ICL Builder allows you to build and maintain
  multiple icon libraries. ($20)
(WI-09: #4510) MultiLabel 3.0 [MULTILBL] is a WYS WYG label designing
  program. ($20)
(WI-09: #4841) Rebound 1.0 [RBND10] (formerly Open Axess) a file
  selection enhancement tool NEW: file operations (copy/move/delete), a
  pop-up menu interface, and an optional toolbar. ($20)
(WI-09: #12027) UltraClip 1.7 [ULTRACLP] extends Clipboard capabilities.
(WI-09: #27766 [2 disks]) [WinGRAB] 1.7 ASP envelope addressing utility.
(WI-09: #27748 [2 disks]) Zip Manager 4.0 [ZM4] NEW: support for PKZIP
  1.10, 2.04, and ARJ, WIN31 drag and drop support, DOS 6.0 and DblSpace
  compatibility, and much more. Requires PKZIP/UNZIP (#1705).


-----Quick Looks:

[BarMan] 1.0 (dL Technologies; $49) prints a variety of barcodes.

[Barnes] Icons is a collection of custom-made icons. <BARNES.PCX>

Baseball Icons [BBICON] icons that emulate the American and National
  League Baseball team logos. <BBICONS.PCX>

Berry RPN Calculator 2.0 [BRPNCALC] (Skip Berry; $10) is an RPN
  calculator with numerous functions built it. <BRPNCALC.PCX>

Bible Cryptogram [BCRYPT] (Jim Fox; $10) is a cryptogram puzzle/game
  based on Bible verses.

Bit Recycler [RECYCLER] (Toggle Booleans; $0) gag program. <RECYCLE.PCX>

BMP Browser [BMP_BROW] lets you browse through directories and view BMP
  files.

[CBase] 1.59 (Ivory Tower Software; $35) tracks hardware/software info.
  <CBASE.PCX>

[CDMaster] is a music CD disc playing and cataloguing program.

Clean 1.0 [CLN] (Freestyle Software; $20) will search an entire hard
  disk for files matching a specified file mask, such as *.BAK, and
  delete them.  <clean.pcx>

Comics Icons [COMICS] (Donnie Lee; $0) is a collection of comics icons.

Contacts 1.51 [CONTACTS] (Martinsen's Software; $49) incorporates the
  basic features of a PIM (Contact Mgmt, Form Processing, Calendar,
  more).

Convert 2.1 [CVT21] (Gordon Haff; $15) is a units conversion program.

Crazy Balls [CBALLS] is a screen blanking module.

Credit Repair Kit for Windows [WINFIX] (North Atlanta Publishing; $49)
  tells you how to repair a bad credit rating.

Data Manager [DATMGR] is the source code for the Data Manager of VB 3.0.

Depeche Mode BMP [DEP_MODE] wallpaper.

Desktop [DSKTOP] 1.3 (Huy Cat; $15) wallpaper randomizer

[DiaLogJW] 2.1 (John Wolfgang; $18) is a phone dialing program. Features
  include envelope printing, two address books, call logging with
  optional job codes, auto-redial, accepts non-numeric characters (eg:
  800-2424-PSL), stop watch, password protection, notepad and more.

Diskette Information Program 2.0 [DIP20] (Jim Richardson; $0) is a disk
  file catalog program.  <dip.pcx>

DiskSpace 0.5 [DSW050] (Bob Hayes; $5) graphically displays the amount
  of free space available on your hard disks.

DiskWatcher 1.0a DEMO [DSKWATCH] (Backwoods Software; $40) allows a LAN
  administrator to monitor the availability of and space available on
  shared network drives. Demo limited to two drives.

Distrib for Windows [WDISTRIB] (Ron Eaglin & Linda Dansereau; $26) a
  statistics program which fits univariate data to probability
  distributions.

File Find 1.5 [FILEFND] (TARDIS DP Consultants; $5) will find files
  anywhere on your hard drive or network volume.  <tfind.pcx>

[FireExit] lets you exit quickly from Windows, optionally doing a restart.

Font Print 1.0 [FONTPR] (TARDIS DP Consultants; $8) will print books of
  all installed fonts on your computer.

Font Monster Multimedia Upgrade [FM_MMSFX] (Leaping Lizards; $0) lets
  you add WAV files to Font Monster 3.1+ (#4886).

[FontSee] 2.5, REEVEsoft; $15 lets you view and print fonts like many other
  utilities, but it also lets you call up an app, such as Word, and type one
  or more characters from a font being viewed into that app from FontSee.
  This is ideal when you need just one unusual character, such as a copyright
  symbol, from a font.

Fractal Viewer [FRACVIEW] (Pocket-Sized Software; $5) is a fractal
  graphics program with zoom feature.

Free Disk Space 3.20 [WFDS] (Mark Hamilton; $0) monitors and displays in
  numeric or graphical form the amount of free disk space on all (or
  specified) hard drives. FDS works in either DOS or Windows. <WFDS.PCX>

[Harper] is a set of icons. <HARPER.PCX>

[HexView] lets you view files in hexadecimal format.

[HPLabel] 1.0 (Freestyle Software; $20) will read a floppy directory and print
  the listing on a label. HPLabel is designed for use with full sheets of
  labels such as for lasers and inkjet printers. Both 3.5" and 5.25" disks are
  supported.

[IconView] lets you move through directories and view Icon files.

[IndJones] is a set of sound clips in WAV format from Indiana Jones.

InfoMap Lite 1.30 [IMLITE] (CoCo Systems, Ltd.; 44 Pounds Sterling)
  collect, visualize, organize and present information using a map-like
  interface.

Item Scheduler 1.0 [SCHEDU] (Alan Sawyer; $10) tracks bill paying.

[JJFlash] - Locate and launch icons by typing a portion of the name. Simple,
  elegant Windows utility. Makes Program manager a breeze. Can be called up
  from any Windows or DOS program with a single key.

King's Corners [KINGCO] (Financial Systems Associates; $10) WIN31
  solitaire game.  <kingcorn.pcx>

[LoanCalc] 1.0 (Raymond C. Boggs; $18) loan amortization/analysis program.

Logigram [LOGIGR] (Mavabe; $10) unusual puzzle game.

Lunar-NT Demo [LUNWIN] (Dolphin; 290 pounds) enlarge screen up to 8x.

[Magic] is the logo of the Orlando Magic basketball team in BMP format.

Mario.Ico icon for Mario Bros.

M-B-A-nalyst 3.0 [MBA] (CalcTech Inc.; $35) calculator that emulates
  Texas Instruments BA-II Plus.

Memo-Ry [MEMO_RY] 1.0 (Jeffery Cooper; $5) on-screen freeform notes.

MHG*ArcLib v1 [MHG10] (Marshall H. Goodman Software, Ltd.; $25) is a
  Windows front end for PKZIP/UNZIP.

MIDIPlay [MIDIPY] (Dunware; $5) MIDI file player.

The Missing Link 2.2 [TML22] (James Messer; $10) provides a listing of
  all file servers and reports an up/down status for each file server.
  Novell NetWare v2.15 through v3.11 file servers supported.

[MsgIcon] lets you animated the icons (eg: question marks) in system message
boxes in Windows programs.

Myclock [MYCLOC] 9Whimsical Software; $199) displays time/date/logo.

[NetSync] (David Warren; $25) allows workstations on a WFWG network to
  synchronize their clocks.

[OEMClip] (Alberto R. Lopez Siemens; $0) lets you capture DOS screens which
  have ASCII graphics to Clipboard. Normally, ASCII graphics character are lost
  when you try to capture them in Windows, but OEMClip will translate those
  characters into Windows ANSI characters. A Windows font with ASCII
  characters is required.

[Perry] is a 20-second WAV file of Aerosmith's "Chip Away at the Shone".

[Plasma] is a screen blanking module.

PM Switch 1.3 [PMSWITCH] (Jeffrey K. Morris) toggles Print Manager
  on/off. The Print Manager status is displayed in an icon. Source code
  is included.

[Prank] ($0) causes a workman to drag a Windows desktop over a screen with
  a DOS prompt. Also included in the form of a screen blanking module.

[Putdown] is a WAV clip with the ultimate non-obscene putdown.

[Puzzle_8] (Pocket-Sized Software; $5) is a sliding puzzle game.

Q'lope 1.2 [QLOPE] (Infodesign, Inc.; $8) prints envelopes in Windows.

[Regen] is a screen blanking module.

Resource Monitor [RESMON] graphically displays resource usage in an
  icon.

[Ricochet] is a WAV file of a bullet ricocheting.

RollPro 1.0 [ROLPRO] (Fred L. Freel; $?) is a program launcher.

[RipBar] (Jonathan Carroll; $20) is an application launcher, drag and drop
  launcher, memory and resource tracker, and clock.

RIPspace 1.0 [RIPSPA] (Jonathan Carroll; $10) analyzes drive usage/space
  by directory.  <ripspace.pcx>

S.S. Battleship for Windows 1.1a [SSBATL] (SimoneSystems; $20) is a
  multifeatured variation on the classic game of battleship.

[Salam] is a 16-bit WAV file from Disney's Alladin saying "Ha-ha Salm and
  good evening my worthy friends."

[Shatter] is a WAV file with the sound of breaking glass.

SonoWave 1.0 [SONOWAV] (OsoSoft; $0) is a WAV file view/play utility.

[SwatEm] (Jim Fox; $10) is a simple hand-eye coordination game for
  children.

[Switch] (Jerry Petet; $0) is a button for toggling Screen Save off/on.

TDS [JGSTDS] (John Galt Software,Inc; $1) change time/date stamp of
  files.

Text View 1.02 [TXTVIEW] (Michael Fenemore) text file viewer.

The To Do List 1.0 [TDL_DRS] (dRs Engineering; $8) helps organize your
  day.

[TimeBar] (Peter Middlestorb; $0) is a time telling program that uses
  random phrases.

[TTrax] (Superior Software Tools; $0) Windows calendar for tracking
  birthdays, holidays and appointments (with an alarm clock).  <ttrax.pcx>

Unicom 3.1a [UNICOM1] [UNICOM2] (Data Graphics; $69.95) multi-featured
  communications package for Windows.

Voice Blaster Jr 2.2 [VBJR22] (Mark Cowan; $20) lets you select any
  combination of WAV and Midi files which VBJR will play in the
  background. No sound card required.  <vbjrscr.pcx>

Waffer Multimedia Digest [WMD0693] (Brad Barclay) is an electronic
  publication containing reviews and articles related to multimedia.

WinAlyzer [WINALY] (Puffin Software; $15) helps clean cluttered Windows
  directory.

Windows Access Menu 1.5 [WAM] (Ovidio Verono; $15) ProgMan replacement
  designed for teachers to restrict deletion and other functions.

WinMenu 2.0 [WMENU2] (Ricky Freyre; $20) is a replacement for Program
  Manager that looks like a DOS menu system.

WinMenu Network 2.0 [WMENUN] (Ricky Freyre; $20) is a network menu
  program for Windows.

[Xlabel] 2.03 by Tenax Software Engineering. This is an easy-to-use laser
  label printing program for Windows. It can print from a file or screen
  input and can use pre-defined or user-defined label specifications.

[Xmen] is a set of comic book icons. <XMEN.PCX>

ZipCode Express 4.1 [ZEXP41] (WindowSupport; $80) is a zipcode searching
  program for Windows. DDE linking, soundex search, WFW macro, more.





=====Home:

...games, home accounting/finance, eduation, astrology, collecting, diet,
   health, food & drinks, genealogy, home management, science/weather/maps,
   vehicle management, misc.


-----August 1993 Games Additions Disk

Blockade 1.9 [BLOCKAD]  <blockade.pcx>
   Board Games
   PC Solutions; $15
is a strategy board game similar to Othello. Each player takes turns
placing his pieces on the board, but unlike Othello, your piece must be
placed adjacent to both one of your pieces and one of your opponent's.
The effects of such a placement differ from Othello as well. An
interesting game.

Cascade 1.9  [Cascade]  <cascade.pcx>
   Strategy Games
   PC Solutions; $15
is a strategy game played against the computer. A maze of letters is
presented on the screen, scattered with balls and other objects. You
take turns with the computer removing a letter, and the balls cascade
down the gaps left. On reaching the bottom, they will enter your hopper
and add a value to your score.

Clue Detective Notebook 1.1 [CLUEBK]
   Games
   $0
prints detective notebooks for either the Clue or Master Clue games.
They are redesigned to print two games per page and provide more room
for notes. The lists are in Suspect, Room, Weapon order to conform to
the Master Clue computer game play order.

Double Deck Auction Pinochle 1.0 [DDAPNCL]
   Card Games
   Larry W. Nicholas; $20
matches you and a computer partner against another computer partnership
in Pinochle. You will learn how to bid, meld, and win tricks. Great
graphics. Requires EGA/VGA, color monitor, and a mouse. (Don't try
running the game under Windows or DesqView.)

EndLess Horror [HORROR]  <horror.pcx>
   Arcade Games
   JMS Enterprises; $10
is a parody of the Street Fighter arcade type game. All the ozone has
burned up and you must fight off Froggers. The evil Froggers were people
at one time.

Quote-Tris 1.0 [QUOTRIS]  <quotris.pcx>
   Word Games
   Philip Kapusta; $10
is a Tetris style word game. It combines famous quotations with the
action of a Tetris arcade game. You put together a notable quote using
random words that descend before time runs out. Requires hard disk and
VGA.

Silencer [SILENDF]
   Strategy
   Donald E. Foss; $10
is a military strategy game in which you'll battle with seven different
creatures that vary in number, speed, and strength. There are 15 levels
of competition and various skill levels. VGA required.

XXIV  [XXIV]  <xxiv.pcx>
   Math/Tetris
   Mark Ambachtsheer; $10
is a math game with a Tetris style. Sets of three numbers fall and the
object is to get numbers to multiply together to equal 24, horizontally
or vertically. Three levels of difficulty keep you on your toes.


-----Large Games:

A number like "#20221" is a disk number from PsL's catalog.
A category like "(GA-02)" is the category ID from PsL's catalog and is also
   a cross-reference to PsL's Reviews files in the \REVIEWS directory.


DC Games 3.0 [DCGAMES1, DCGAMES2]
   Adventure Games
   #20221 (GA-02)
   DC Software; $45
allows you to create graphical adventure and role playing games. This
system supports for up to 1000 worlds with 500 characters or objects per
world; predefined scripts for a variety of character types and classes,
object types and classes and world types; graphic files for CGA, EGA,
VGA and TANDY screens; and a script programming language to modify just
about every aspect of the game.

Other features include Sound Blaster voice, music and textto-speech
drivers; PCX graphics; execution of DOS programs under script control;
and utilities to convert graphics, print reports, and create voice
files. A sample adventure game with Sound Blaster files is included.
Available on two 3.5" 1.44MB disks or PsL's August CD only.

Galacta 1.1  [Galacta]  <galacta.pcx>
   Arcade Games
   #12377 (GA-03)
   Sean M. Puckett; $12
is a shoot-em-up space game like the old Galactica arcade game. Features
include great 256-color VGA graphics, sound effects and joy stick
support. Requires 286+ and 640K RAM.

Helious I  [Helious]  <helious.pcx>
   Arcade Game
   #12375 (GA-03)
   Sean M. Puckett; $12
is a strategy arcade game. Features include nine levels of gameplay,
beautiful graphics, and joystick support.

The object is to move an air-filled ball around by releasing it's air in
any of four directions, collecting all the blue gems and the team flag.
You will encounter many other weird symbols along the way. When you
finish a level, you're presented with a symbol. To win the game, you
must match the nine symbols with each of the nine levels. Requires a 386
or better and 640K RAM.

Moraff's Dungeons of the Unforgiven I 1.1 [UNFORGIV]  <unforgiv.pcx>
   #20222 [2 disks] (GA-01)
   Steve Moraff; $?
is a dungeons and monsters game. You battle flying monsters, female
warriors, and water creatures. It features realistic 3D imaging,
built-in help, and support for Hercules to Super-VGA video. Requires a
hard disk or high density floppy.

Rescue Rover! [ROVER]  <rover.pcx>
   Arcade Games
   #12364 (GA-03)
   Softdisk Publishing; $15
is an arcade style puzzler. You must solve intricate puzzles and concoct
clever schemes to free your dog Rover from evil robots. Requires 640K
RAM and EGA/VGA.

Wall Pipe 1.0 [WALLPIPE]  <wallpipe.pcx>
   Strategy/Puzzle
   #12390 (GA-3A)
   William Soleau; $12
is a sequel to the Oilcap game. It pits you against the clock as you try
to keep water flowing from a well by creating a series of pipe links to
control its flow. Requires EGA/VGA and a mouse.


-----Games Quick Looks:

[Abuse] 1.1 (Dan M. Shaw; $19) generates colorful language from a database
  of thousands of phrases. Vocabulary is approximately PG-rated.

[Amazing] 1.1 (Arthur Wells, Jr.; $12) is a game in which you must move
  your marker through mazes to the goal. The mazes are never the same.
  If you complete eight mazes, you move to a higher rank in which the
  game becomes more difficult.  <amazing.pcx>

Easy Play Penta [PENTA] (Todd Johnson; $20) is an attractive, EGA
  version of Penta. Two or more human players are required you cannot
  play against the computer.  <penta.pcx>

[GridLock] 2.0 (Fred Lee; $25) The objective is to design a system of
  traffic controls that allow maximum traffic flow without getting
  blocked intersections or gridlock. The traffic system must be
  developed so that test cars drive their routes in the shortest amounts
  of time. Requires 512K, EGA/VGA, DOS 3.2+, and over 10 MHz.

LottoMATIC 1.23 [LOTTOMAT] (CTech ASP; $25) is a general purpose lottery
  program. It is configurable for virtually any lottery. Three separate,
  user selectable quick-pick algorithms are included. You can store
  plays, track winning numbers, and play repeat numbers. It prints
  several reports.

Word Search Creator 3.0 [WORDSRCH] (Owen Associates; $29) creates and
  prints word search puzzles. Words can be entered manually where ever
  you like, or the program can automatically place words for you.
  Puzzles can be saved to finish or edit later. Mouse support is
  included. EGA/VGA.

X-Wing Manager 1.1 [XMANAGR] (Gregory M. Smith; $5) is a management
  utility for LucasArts' game X-Wing. It provides many more optional
  spacecraft and environments. You can view a listing of all pilots and
  revive any dead or missing pilots without loss of points, custom
  design your own fighters and save up to five modules.

X-Wing Mission Design Kit 1.2 [XWINGDK] (Henry Chang; $7) allows you to
  design and construct X-Wing missions. All aspects of the mission are
  included, such as ships, space objects, and the mission briefing.


-----Games Updates:

(GA-01: #27693/3642) Moraff's World 7.0 [MORFWRLD] is a fantastic 3-D
  maze adventure game. NEW: textured 3D Super-VGA graphics.

(GA-02: #0102) Adventure Game Toolkit 1.5 [AGT] (ASP) allows you to create
  and play your own text adventure games.

(GA-03: #4902) [Starfire] 1.4 is an action-packed shoot-em-up space game.

(GA-04: #3368) Bridge Calendar System [BRIDGE] allows you to store and
  play back bridge hands. NEW: Formerly "Bridge Tracker". It keeps track
  of bridge events, event locations, partners, and bidding system
  information. ($15) A text version of the program is on the CD. [BRIDGTXT].

(GA-04: #3394) Card Master, and CardMaster 2 [CARDMAS] is a collection
  of eight different card games. CM1 has Fantan, OhHell!, Funny Game,
  and Durok. CM2 includes Spades, Spite & Malice, German Whist, and
  Exacta. Excellent VGA graphics. Mouse required. <cardmas.pcx>

(GA-04: #4655) EasyPlay Blackjack 1.00c [EZPLAY] is a blackjack game
  based on the house rules of most casinos.

(GA-04: #4647) Moraff's Monster Bridge 2.0 [MBRIDGE] lets you play a
  rousing game of cards with creatures from the Moraff's World game
  series.

(GA-05: #4648) Moraff's Morejongg 3.0 [MOREJONG] is a unique
  implementation of the ancient tile game Mah-jongg.

(GA-08: #4687) Handicap Horse Racing [HORSE] is an animated horse-racing
  simulation. NEW: betting history, speed ratings can be entered
  directly, and phantom public bets for those who play by themselves.

(GA-09: #4713) NeverLock [NEVERLOC] unlocks copy-protected programs.
  NEW: unprotects more games.

(GA-11: #27677/3518) 1st&Goal Fantasy Football 3.05 (ASP) [1ST35] allows
  you to run a fantasy football league based on the NFL, NCAA, or the
  CFL. NEW: automatic stat updating.

(GA-12: #27441/4487) Baseball Trivia 4.0 [BBTRIVIA] includes the
  categories Walk, Single, Double, Triple, Home Run, and Grand Slam.
  NEW: updated sporting information.

(GA-12: #27441/4486) Sports Trivia 4.0 [SPORTS] includes the categories
   Football, Baseball, Basketball, Grab Bag, Genius, and Firsts. NEW:
   updated sporting information.



=====Home - Other:

CircumSpace 1.0 [CIRCUM10]
   Astronomy
   #12360 (MS-08)
   Mark A. Haney ASP; $15
is a space travel simulator. It displays the sky as seen from anywhere
within several hundred light years of Earth. You can click to travel
instantly to any of 7780 stars, or choose the warp mode to animate the
journey quickly and smoothly. It teaches you which stars are neighbors
and which are distant. Requires 512K and EGA/VGA.

DC1  [DC1]  <dc1.pcx>
   Education Electronics
   #12374 (ED-12)
   Crescent Multimedia Systems; $8
is an introduction to DC electronics. It covers basic atomic makeup of
the atom, and its function in the generation of electrical voltage and
current. Concepts like electrostatic effects, polarity, current flow,
ions, conductors and insulators are covered in depth. Basic batteries
and voltage sources are also discussed. Requires VGA.

LinguaPro/Spanish 2.11a [LINGUA]
   Education Language
   #12391 (ED-04)
   Schulenberg and Associates, Inc.; ASP; $45
is multi-faceted program for serious Spanish students. It offers an
18,000 word user-modifiable on-line dictionary, vocabulary flashcard
system, and verb flashcard system that teaches verbs in all tenses and
persons using complete sentences.

LinguaPro can also be used for the construction of English vocabulary
sets, or data files containing general question/answer information.
Requires 460K RAM and 700K of disk space.

Moraff's Mather 3.0 [MATHER]  <mather.pcx>
   Math
   #12382 (ED-06)
   Steve Moraff; $?
is a math drill targeted at ages 8 and older. Students can win money to
buy prizes in the game by solving math problems within time limits.
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are covered. The
game supports virtually all video types from Hercules to Super-VGA. It
also includes mouse support, graphics, and Moraff's Entrap, a
multi-level 3D maze game.

HealthFreebies 3.0 [H_FREE30]
   Health
   #12366 (MS-04)
   Infolist; $20
is a listing of free health-related items. You can get magazines, diet
guides, videos and more from top health organizations and associations
in the U.S. Most sources have toll free numbers. Computer virus
information and a cat care section are also included.

Japanese I  [JAPAN1, JAPAN2, JAPAN3, JAPAN4]  <japan.pcx>
   Education Language
   #20223 (ED-04) [4 disks]
   Conrad Haller; $25
is a self study course for the Japanese language. It teaches you to
speak, read and understand the basics of Japanese.

It features over 3MB of digitized speech. Being able to hear a voice
speak the language makes all the difference in the world in learning a
language. You also see phrases spelled in English, in Japanese and
phonetically. Requires 640K RAM and a hard disk or high density floppy
and CGA or VGA.

Because the program takes over 4MB of hard disk space, we have
preinstalled it on the August PsL Monthly CD, as well as putting it on
the CD in ZIP format.

MarketSearch 3.2 [MRKTSRCH]
   Investment
   #12380 (AH-03)
   Data Management; $45
is a New York Stock Exchange analysis program. It includes Value Line
analysis, Fortune 500 ranking, industry codes, industry descriptions,
company name and symbol. Data includes 12 years on all companies.

Personal Biorhythm 4.3 [PERSBIO]
   #12418 (MS-01)
   Morris L. Bower; $15
generates professional-looking biorhythm charts. It plots physical,
emotional and intellectual highs and lows. It prints cover sheets, daily
forecasts and comparisons. A database is included to store most
frequently-used names.

Smart-N-Easy Baby Planner 1.0 [BABY]
   #12361 (MS-10)
   Automated Systems; $30
helps the new mother and mother-to-be. It organizes medical bills,
insurance claims, expenses, doctor appointments, prescription
information, gifts and more. It prints expense reports, a list of
questions to ask your doctor, a progress chart on weight gain, and
checklists such as things you need to shop for.

You can record activities, thoughts and ideas in the diary/journal. A
database of baby names and meanings is provided. There is also a Tips
and Tricks section with helpful hints and solutions, a month to month
pregnancy guide, and a baby's first year guide. Requires 640K RAM and a
hard drive.


-----Quick Looks:

ChordMagic 1.0 [CHRDMAGC] (Andrew J. Gryc; $20) lets you experiment with
  guitar chords. Hit a key and Chord Magic will tell you what chord
  you're playing.

Connect 1.0 (Connect Soft/Publishing Co.; $10) provides a wealth of
  information for job seekers. Connect is relational database of the
  largest corporate and government employers. Employers may be selected
  by industry, size and or the total annual revenues.
      The type of products or services offered is described. Information
  may be added or deleted. You can address envelopes, make mailing
  labels, mail merge form letters or print reports.
      A note screen and database for personal addresses are included.
  Sample resumes and cover letters are provided. It supports 17
  different U. S. cities including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas Fort Worth,
  Denver, Detroit, Florida, Minneapolis St. Paul, New York, Ohio,
  Philadelphia, Phoenix, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington
  D. C., Canada, Houston, and Los Angeles.
      On the August CD, each city is in an individual ZIP file. To
  install a city, change to the \DOS\CONNECT directory, type GO, and
  follow the prompts.

Easy Drill [EZDRILL] (Boomeria Softworks; $15) is a utility designed for
  calling on students for reviews, practice, and group selections.
  Students' names are randomly selected and shown on screen in large
  font. Previously entered questions can also be displayed for the
  students to answer.

[Flag] (C. J. Cooney; $0) demonstrates the phenomena of persistence of
  vision.

FundSearch [FUNDSRCH] (Data Management; $60) is a mutual funds analysis
  program. It allows you to graphically analyze 600 funds. You can
  graphically display over 200 funds on one screen and add your own
  notes to each fund for future reference.

[GC] 1.06 (S. R. Sampson; $0) computes the Great Circle bearing and range.

[Geod] 1.1 (Henry S. Aurand ASP; $12) is a geodetic line calculator. It
  calculates the shortest-distance line on an ellipsoidal earth and
  compares the results with three different spherical earth solutions.
  It also finds the distance and azimuths between two points as well as
  location of a point given the distance and azimuth from another.
  Requires 512K RAM.

The Grocery Shopper 3.01 [GROCERY] (Clark Systems; $15) creates shopping
  lists in multiple formats and sorts the lists according to the
  order of your grocery store's aisles.

HurrTrak 1993 4.0 [HURRTRK] (PC Weather Products; $45) is a professional
  hurricane tracking and analysis system. It features detailed VGA
  tracking charts. You can view the wind structure of a storm including
  location of deadly eye wall. Over 200 pre-defined coastal state city
  locations are included, along with many storm tracks for many
  well-known storms.

[Jobs] 2.0 (R.J. Kovach & Associates; $25) is a database system for
  managing a change of jobs. It will organize and keep track of network
  contacts, target companies, executive search firms, temporary
  placement firms, direct mail, telephone logs and job hunting expenses.
  Reports are included for printing of data. This program runs on dBase
  III Plus and Foxpro 2.0+.

[Maytag] (Grant Warkentin; $0) is a quote of the day type program. It
  displays random message at the bottom of your screen. Over 3800 quotes
  included.

[Movies] (The Unlearning Foundation; $0) is a database of over 25,000
  movies and videos. You can search on titles, category, or main actor,
  but there are no reviews and the price fields don't seem to have valid
  data in them. Because 14MB of disk space is required, we have
  dearchived the files onto the PsL August CD, in addition to providing
  the files in ZIP format, so that you do not have to install it on your
  hard disk.

OrthoLittera 1.0 [ORTHOLIT] (Mundo Computacional; DEMO) teaches Spanish
  spelling rules. All documentation is in Spanish.

[Plague] 1.1s (JMS Enterprises; $20) is a biological simulation. It
  graphically illustrates how disease can be transmitted between dynamic
  populations under a variety of user-controlled conditions. Requires
  EGA and a mouse.  <plague.pcx>

What Vehicle History? 2.2o [WHAT_VEH] (Angel Babudro; $69) is vehicle service
  history tracking and reporting system. It tracks one or a fleet of
  cars, trucks, tractors, big rigs, heavy equipment, mechanics,
  departments, cost of parts, labor, etc.


-----Updates:

(AH-01 #12190) Financial Wizard 5.33 (ASP) [FINWIZ] is an investment and
  loan analysis program.
(AH-03: #12225) FundInvestor 4.3 [FUNDINV] automates access to mutual funds
  using automated service telephones.
(AH-03: #20220) Owl Portfolio Manager. NEW: 2nd disk: Price Loader [OWL_PL]
  updates prices using current or historical price quotes captured from
  on-line services.
(ED-02: #4169) Constitutional Common Law Library 2.0 [COMMNLAW] contains
  full text of the Bill of Rights of all 50 states, U. S. Constitution,
  Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Northwest
  Ordinance and more.
(ED-02: #1964) Flags of Every Nation 1993 [FLAGS] displays flags of all the
  independent nations of the world. NEW: former Yugoslav and Soviet
  republics.
(ED-06: #27736/3164) [Formula1] 1.2 is a complete algebra tutorial for
  high school and college levels.
(ED-07: #12290) Show 'N Spell 1.0 [SHOSPELL] is a graphic spelling bee.
(ED-11: #27165/2212) Quiz-Maker 3.1 [QUIZMAKR] is a set of programs: one
  to create quizzes and tests, and the other to administer them to
  students interactively.
(ED-11: #27474/2550) TutorialWriter 3.1 [TWRITER] is an educator's
  toolkit for Computer Aided Instruction/Testing.
(MS-02: #3241) [E_Bible] teaches you how to create electronic books for
  people to read on their computers. ($0)
(MS-02: #4987) $ell Your Know-How 2.1 [SELLYOUR] details how to make
  money with your computer by selling your expertise as shareware.
(MS-03: #27281/3932) Book Librarian 1.52 (ASP) [BOOKLIB] will help organize
  and keep track of a library of books.
(MS-03: #27223/1528) [VideoCat] 7.3 (ASP) catalogs video tapes.
(MS-03: #3751) Video Librarian 3.53 (ASP) [VIDEOLIB] will help organize
  and keep track of your video library. ($39)
(MS-05: #27218/2158) Meal Master 7.07 [MEALMSTR] is a menu-driven
  program for managing recipes.
(MS-07: #4428) Around the House 1.4 (ASP) [HOUSE] is an information manager
  for the home. ($29)
(MS-07: #27360/3107) HouseHold Register 3.11 (ASP) [HOUSEHLD] is an
  home-inventory program.
(MS-08: #20041 [2 disks]) [MapIt] 1.2 (ASP) is a world map program with
  interesting features. NEW: HP-GL/2 file/printer support, direct PCX
  color file creation of part or all of the screen, dynamically plotted
  great circle routes showing shortest distance between two points
  anywhere on earth as you move your mouse, dynamically plotted range
  circles (curves on a flat map), and a report of the area falling
  within a radius. ($49)
(MS-08: #4334) [Merlin] 1.5f is a comprehensive hurricane/tropical storm
  tracking tool for the 1993 hurricane season. NEW: display info in an
  endless loop (for TV broadcasts, etc.).
(MS-08: #27226/0142) [World29] 2.9g (ASP) is a computerized globe and
  hurricane tracking program.
(MS-10: #20113 [4 disks]) Data-Plane Aviation Software [DATAPLN1,
  DATAPLN2, DATAPLN3, DATAPLN4] is a comprehensive flight planning
  package.
(MS-10: #4971) Freebies 4.0 [FREEB40] is a sample database of companies
  with toll free numbers where you can obtain free magazines, game
  demos, videos and more. ($20)
(MS-10: #4193) Pack Tracker 3.0 (ASP) [PKTR30] records info for Cub
  Scouts.
(MS-10: #27524/2819) Smart-N-Easy Wedding Planner 3.0 [WEDDING] is a
  complete wedding planner. ($30)
(MS-10: #27702/4105) Troop Tracker 3.0 (ASP) [TRTR30] records information on
  scouts and scouters of a troop and recalls it in various reports. NEW: a
  patrol roster report.





=====Business:

...accounting/finance, business applications, time management,
   communications, networking, database, mailing list managers, spreadsheets


Envelopes Plus 4.03 [ENV403]
   Mailing
   #12370 (ML-01)
   Philip Kapusta; $16
prints envelopes and labels. You can store addresses and more. It dials
phone numbers, and prints bulk rate stamps, large memo fields, and
Rolodex cards. Other features include a calculator, state abbreviations
lookup table, data exporting, U.S.P.S. postal addressing standards, and
Canadian prompts.

FSLogin 1.2  [FSLogin]
   Networking
   #12362 (CM-04)
   Confirm ASP; $135
is a full screen login utility for Novel networks. It enhances login to
a server by providing a full-screen Novell style menu. It does extensive
checking of accounting and security exceptions and reports to the user
in a clear and understandable way.

Shareware Tracker 3.0 [SHARETRK]
   #20225 [2 disks])
   BlueCollar Software ASP; $29
is a business system for shareware authors. It keeps track of registered
users, submissions, revenue and expenses, updates, tech support, and
subscription sales.

Shareware Tracker has an appointment calendar, a module to track
important names and addresses, and a pop-up calculator. It mail-merges
letters and labels. Pre-defined or user-defined reports can be viewed on
screen or printed. Requires a hard drive.

Shoe Box 2.1 [SHOEBOX]
   Free-Form Databases
   #12385 (DB-02)
   Frederick L. Coombs, Inc.; $32
is an all purpose database program. You can keep track of information on
anything such as birthdays, credit cards, and home or business
inventory. Any information put into this program can be displayed,
changed or printed at will.

TimeClock I 2.3s [TIMECLKI]
   Time Tracking
   #12369 (BZ-02)
   Faught Data Systems, Inc. ASP; $80
is an employee time clock program. It logs employees in and out and
tabulates their hours automatically at end of each pay period. Entries
can be made from the keyboard or a barcode scanner. It can also log
employee hours by project.

TimeClock is LAN-ready and has a bulletin board feature that allows you
to post messages to employees. Employees can use the on-screen timecard
to see their hours. A status board shows who is in or out.

The program also computes overtime and premium time, prints payroll and
job cost reports, tracks sick leave, vacations and holidays and can
round off to the nearest tenth or quarter of an hour.


-----Quick Looks:

Buddy and Slip [BUDDY] (Gordon C. Everstine; $25) is a financial management
  system for school PTAs and other small organizations with budgets
  under $1 million. SLIP helps treasurers prepare bank deposit slips.

Business Base 1.1 [BUSBASE] (CQ Research Corp.; $30) is a business
  information management system. Features include calculator, calendar,
  notepad, inventory maintenance, appointment scheduling, contact
  management, telemarketing, expense tracking, purchase order tracking,
  printed sales invoices, mailing labels, reports and more.

Cash Control 1.0 [CC_PS] (Pipedream Software ASP; $17-$25) is a personal
  or small business checkbook program. Features include split accounts,
  budget help, check printing, password security, checkbook balancing,
  and more.

[CISREF] 1.11 (JNGoodale ASP; $15) is a CIS forum catalog viewer.

[CLog] (C. Welge; $0) calculates your communication surcharges while
  accessing CompuServe.

[dbLite] 1.1g (Michael J. Seither; $10) is a simple, quick and
  easy personal database program.

[Doc_Proc] 1.3 (CONNECT/Soft Publishing Co.; $13) is an on-line document
  retrieval system for a Local Area Network. The program accesses an on
  line news file that is updated by the administrator.

Electronic Diary [EDIARY] (Patrick J. Naughton; 20) is an appointment
  scheduling program.

[Forecast] (Bob Walker) is a powerful automated forecasting template for
  Excel.

Gist Plus(+) 1.0 [GISTPLS] (Robert F. Keber Jr.; $99) is a customer
  billing program which provides all the income information that most
  accountants require from a small business. It prints customer
  statements, labels, invoices, and address/phone directories. It also
  contains pop-up inventory, packing lists, auto-rebill, support for
  partial payments, and printed copies of proposals, bids and estimates.

[GSZ] (Omen Technology Inc.; $30) implements the ZMODEM file transfer
  protocol.

Mailing List Manager [MAILMAN] (Phil DeGeorge; $30) allows for an unlimited
  number of mailing lists with an unlimited number of entries each.

[Oasis] 1.3 (Otto-Williams Ltd.; $59) is complete sales management system.
  It includes invoicing, automated billing, customer correspondence,
  mailing list management, and product sales tracking.

OWL Basic Bookkeeping 1.1. [OWLBB] (Otto-Williams Ltd.; $39) is book
  keeping program that's equally suited for small businesses and
  individuals. It includes expense, income, profit and general ledger
  reports.

[PREME] 4.6 (Oak Hill Software; $99) is a professional real estate
  management program.

[RoboMail] 1.0 (3 disks) (Parsons Consulting; $40) is a QWK off-line mail
  reader. It manages off-line mail activities and allows you to read and
  reply to messages downloaded from any BBS using the QWK/REP format for
  mail transfer. Features include DESQview, OS/2 and Windows awareness,
  internal editor, spell checker, tagline management, ASCII file
  viewing,integrated address book with notepad, tutorial system, filter
  list, built-in ANSI art and music capabilities, sophisticated message
  addressing capabilities, and more. Requires 1.5MB disk space and 520K
  memory.

Rz and Sz [RZSZ] (Omen Technology Inc.; $15-$20) are Unix programs
  designed to support dial-in XMODEM, YMODEM, and ZMODEM transfers via
  the controlling TTY port.

Schooner 1.0 [SCH100] (2 disks) (Jonathan Cook; $40) is a database
  programming language similar to dBase III, but easier to use. PCX
  graphics support is included.

Service Tracker 1.0 [SRVTRACK] (Clark Systems; $29) is a comprehensive
  billing and tracking system for small service businesses.

[SoftShop] 3.1 (Computer SoftShop; $20) is a menu shell for creating,
  viewing and printing ASCII information files. These files can be used
  for sending to people who request information from you, such as a
  product and service listing.

StarSearcher 1.11 [STARSRCH] (Coston Development Corp.; $35) is an easy to
  use contact management system designed for the professional entertainer.
  The database has a list of 500 industry contacts. StarSearcher provides
  appointment calendars, booking schedules, and a simple text editor with
  mail merge capability from the contacts database.

StartManager 9.1 [STARTMAN] (John Linnabury; $30) is a powerful personal
  information manager. It has a calendar, to-do list, phone book,
  reminder, journal and more.

Tele-Trak [TELETRAK] (Bruce Nicklin; $30) is an easy to use Rolodex type
  program.

Terminate 0.99B [TERMINAT] (Bo Bendtsen; $?) is a terminal package.

Time and Mail Coordinator 1.4a [TMC14] (Specific Applications Software,
  ASP; $28) is a daily schedule and appointment program. Features include
  calendar with monthly notes, phone/address directory, phone dialer,
  shortcut keys, screen saver, mail labels, export function, and more.

What Job Summary? 1.2e [WHAT_JOB] (Angel Babudro; $65) is a job tracking
  system for contractors of all types. It tracks status of the jobs bid
  dates, bid amount, billed-to-date, and cost-to-date. It also provides
  reports for the banker and bonding company as well as to help analyze
  your work load.

Who-U-Know 2.1 (WR Software ASP; $30) [WUK21] is an address book, personal
  information manager, date reminder, and mailing list. Features include
  unlimited phone numbers for each name, auto-dialing, mailing labels,
  Rolodex cards, unlimited notes, envelope printing, variable size address
  books, calendars, date/time scheduling, duplicate search, text search,
  export, import, mail merge, two-sided printing, user defined fields,
  unlimited names, and more. Requires 640K and a hard disk.


-----Business Updates:

(AB-01: #27005 [4 disks]) Painless Accounting 6.1 (ASP) [PAINLESS] is an
  extensive accounting package. NEW: historical reports; hidden password,
  job costing, P.O. freight, billing freight, multiple product price
  level, salesman commissions, Canadian GST tax, USA/Canadian/Australian
  address formats, mouse support, SAA/CUA compatible menus, Foxpro 2.0
  support, estimates for billing module, Fifo, Lifo and Average cost
  support, menus that allow the addition of custom reports, dBase style
  dot prompt for direct executing of XBase commands, built in data file
  editor, built in calculator, and macro support for automation of
  repetitive tasks.

(AB-02: #27805 [2 disks]) [ICP] 9.0 (Spirit7 Software ASP; $65) is a full
  featured inventory control program.

(AB-02: #20218 [2 disks]) Invoice Store 3.0 [INV_STOR] is an invoicing
  and Point-Of-Sale system for novice users. NEW: more Canadian tax
  features, printed packing slips and customer statements, salesman report
  for invoice or payment sales, appointment schedular, to-do list, mailing
  labels, letter writing, custom report writer, customer price list,
  custom shipping method support, custom terms support, barcode scanner
  support, unlimited number of items on invoice, old invoices can be
  edited, reports can be sent to a file, state and federal sales tax
  support, mouse support, unlimited number of tenders, modem dialing, FAX
  number field, voiding of payments, returns, taxable and non-taxable
  inventory items, hotkeys, and more.

(AB-02: #4307) Mail Order System 1.07 [MAILOSYS] (Formerly Mail Order
  Manager) is an order entry program that combines invoicing, inventory
  control, and commission tracking.

(BZ-03: #3985) [Taskman] 4.2 helps keep track of tasks and projects. ($35)

(BZ-03: #27016/1784) Task Master 2.4c (ASP) [TASKMSTR] is an all-purpose
  project tracking program.

(BZ-08: #4467) Attendance Manager 1.51 [ATTNDMAN] is a child care center
  and school attendance and accounts receivables program.

(BZ-08: #27557/3615) Photography Equipment Database 4.0 [PHOTO_EQ] keeps
  track of all your photo equipment, vendors and money spent.

(BZ-08: #27871 [2 disks]) Public Access 1.9 [PUB_ACCS] (ASP) is a
  time/use/billing program for libraries or businesses, which rent
  computer time.

(CM-02: #27149/2258) [DSZ] 5.29.93 contains external protocols which allow
  most communications programs to use the ZModem, YModem, or XModem
  protocols to transfer files.

(CM-02: #27149 [2 disks]) [ZCOMM] 18.05 is a very advanced comm program.

(DB-01: #20169/2203) Data Master 3.1 (ASP) [DATAMSTR] allows you to cre
  ate, modify, and browse dBase III databases.

(ML-01: #27206/1167) Doctor Data File 6.05b [DDFILE65] is general
  purpose database manager as well as a mailing list manager. NEW: bulk
  labels and reports for 2nd class and 3rd class mailings. Barcodes can be
  printed on a laser printer in landscape mode. ($54)

(ML-01: #27209/1793) Label Master 5.1c (ASP) [LABELMST] is a very powerful
  yet easy to use mail list manager.

(ML-01: #2817) Labels Plus! 3.1 [LABLPLUS] prints envelopes, shipping,
  address labels, and post cards from an address data file. ($20)

(ML-01: #4986) Parcel Shipping Program 4.1 [PSP41] (ASP) is a menu-driven
  system for automating UPS record-keeping.

(ML-01: #4945) What Mailing List 2.1u [WHATMAIL] is an easy-to-use mailing
  list manager.

(GR-02: #7189/1630) Draft Choice 2.0c [DRAFT_CH] Trius, Inc. ASP; $55 is
  a unique object-oriented drawing program.

(SS-01: #27057/0836) Instacalc 4.0 [INSTACAL] is a 15K pop-up spreadsheet
  program. NEW: more graphic options, printer drivers for Epson and LaserJet
  compatible printers, ability to size graph printouts and create 3D bar
  charts, area charts, ribbon graphs and more.





=====Words & Graphics

...Desktop publishing, graphics, printer fonts and utilities, word
   processing programs and editors, word processing tools.


WP BookLet System 2.1 [WPBOOKLT]
   For WordPerfect
   #12363 (WP-06)
   Alex D. Ogden; $15
is a macro package for producing booklets with WordPerfect 5.1. It keeps
track of up to 16 different booklet paper definitions on each of 10
different printers at the same time. Eight paper sizes are supported. It
supports the use of page numbers including having page one someplace
other than at the start of the document.


-----Quick Looks:

Calvin 2.2 [CALVIN] (Paul Voijta; $0) is a text editor

[LifePix] 1.7 (PC Solutions; $15) is a fractal picture generator.

LPT-Buff [LPTBUFF] (Charles Martin ASP; $5) turns up to 64k of RAM into
  a print buffer. It does NOT use EMS/XMS.

Set Printer 3.1 [SETPRIN] (Castle Oaks Computer Services; $10) sets
  several printer options through software instead of through front panel
  or dip switches.

Word Counter 2.01a [WORDCNT] (Raymond Rodgers; $0) counts the number of
  words in a text file.

PC Greetings 2.0 [PCGREET] (Micro Madness Software; $20) is a 3D
  animated Birthday card. It opens up and displays a personal message.
  When the card closes, the scene on the card expands to full screen and
  becomes a colorful birthday display with marquee-effect Happy Birthday
  logo, 14 different colored floating balloons, a personal slice of cake
  with flaming candle, and PC speaker sound. <PCGREET.PCX>

[Together] 3.0 (Joe Colucciello; $30) is a TSR (11k) which lets you pop up
  graphics (PCX) files when reading text files. Text and graphics can be
  displayed together in a number of different formats, including overlay.

    All that is required is to put the name of the PCX file in the text,
  then press Together's hot key. Together scans the screen for the names
  of PCX files in your specified directory. If more than one PCX file name
  is on the screen, you can use the cursor to pick which to display. It
  even works with a simple directory listing.

    With the author's permission, we have placed screen dumps of a number of
  this month's programs in a directory (SCREENS) on the CD along with a
  dearchived copy of Together. To try out the program, read TOGETHER.DOC,
  configure the INI file as instructed, and load TOGETHER before running
  PsL's description files. When you see the name of a PCX file in PsL's
  descriptions, press Together's hot key (CtrlAlt-T). NOTE: Together may
  do swapping to disk. If so, you may have to copy Together to your hard
  disk before loading it since it cannot swap/write to a CD-ROM.


-----Updates:

(DP-02: #20045 [2 disks]) EnVision Publisher 1.54 (ASP) [ENVISION] is a
  full-featured, WYSIWYG desktop publishing program.

(GR-01: #27039) [Fractint] 18.0 generates Mandelbrot and Julia set fractal
  images with code written specifically for 386's. NEW: 19 more fractal
  types, multi-image GIF support, XGA detection, area calculation mode and
  more. Available on 3.5" 1.44 MB MegaDisk and CD only.

(GR-01: #20188) PixArt Animated Greetings [PIXART1, PIXART2, PIXART3] is a set
  of three animated Birthday messages. Now available on 5.25" disks. (This is
  2 MegaDisks sets)

(P1-02: #12393) MicroText 4.5 [MICROTXT] is an extensive file printing
  program.

(P2-02: #2823) LaserMan 5.0 (ASP) [LASERMAN] prints unformatted ASCII files
  on a laser printer in different styles. ($40) On a new second disk is a
  collection of Gothic soft fonts for use with LaserMan [LMFONT1, LMFONT2,
  LMFONT3] . Font sets are included for HPLJ+, HPLJ-II, and HP DeskJet
  printers. The DeskJet printer requires an additional memory cartridge to
  support soft font downloading.

(P2-03: #12371) DeskJet Survival Kit, 2.0 [INKJET] gives thorough
  instructions on how to refill your HP Deskjet ink cartridges. NEW: a TSR
  address grabber for printing envelopes. (registration fee: $14)

(WP-01: #3266) [Boxer] 5.0b (ASP) is a full-featured text editor.

(WP-01: #1933) [VDE] Video Display Editor 1.7 is a fast, powerful text
  editor. NEW: integrated spelling checker.

(WP-02: #27087/2594) [Bingo] Text Editor 3.1 (ASP) is a fast programmer's
  editor. NEW: a text recognition system, multi-level undo, and XMS/EMS
  virtual memory support.

(WP-03: #20047 [2 disks]) [Orpheus] 1.6 is an easy-to-use hypertext
  authoring system. NEW: link to forms to get user input, store graphics
  and more in efficient library files.

(WU-01: #27781 [2 disks]) [Do_Spell] 3.71d is a spelling checker.

(WU-01: #27372 [3 disks]) JORJ [JORJ_A] is a 58,000-word dictionary on a
  disk. NEW: versions for using conventional memory or EMS/XMS. (The
  EMS/XMS version has the file name of [JORJ_O].)

(WU-05: #27273 [2 disks]) Grab Plus 6.5 [GRABPLUS] (ASP) is an automatic
  envelope addressing utility and address database.





=====Programming

...A.I., assembler, Basic, Forth, Pascal, other languages,
   screen generating, graphics, general programming tools.

(For Windows 3 specific programming, see the Windows section.)



-----August 1993 Programming Disk

Printq  [Printq]
   TV: Printing
   Pat Reilly; $0
shows how to allow a Turbo Vision application to perform
quasi-background printing.

Bulk Disk Copier [BDC]
   C: DOS Access
   MicroGenesis Software; $0
is C source for reading a floppy image to a hard disk and copying it
back to as many floppies as you wish. It also formats blank floppies.
The source code is an excellent tutorial on lowlevel disk access under
DOS.

ShowBox  [ShowBox]
   C: Message Box
   Chuck Baker
is source for a text-based message box.

TSort  [TSort]
   C++: Sorting
   $0
is a set of three sort routines implemented as templated C++ functions.
A bsearch is also included.

Dates [DATES_AG]
   C: Date Routines
   Al Gifford; $0
is source for almost anything you could want to do concerning dates,
including generating a calendar.

LZW For Pascal 1.0 [LZW4P]
   TP: Archiving
   MarshallSoft Computing, Inc.; $38
is a Lempel-Ziv-Welch data compression library for Turbo Pascal.

SoundFX 486 [SFX486]
   General: Sound Effects
   David Smith; $17
is a sound effects library for 486 Systems. There are 70 sounds
included, plus a demo program which can play each of the sound effects.

Source View. 3.0i [SRCVIEW]
   Programmer's Editor
   Michael W. Chen (ASP); $30
is a text editor for programmers. Features include wild card file
opening, execution interface, run-time file access, inter-file
find/replace, split windows, and more.

WSP 1.50  [WSP]
   Programming Utility
   Wakiti Koichi Wada
compares an old and updated file and creates a COM program which will
make the changes to the user's old file. You can send the user just the
COM file instead of a full set of new files.

AAL for BASIC 1.1 [AABAS]
   QB4: Routines
   Tom Hanlin; $8
Affordable Alternative Library for QuickBasic 4.x is a collection has
over 75 BIOS and DOS-related routines and functions written entirely in
assembler.

[Animat] shows how to do animation in QuickBasic.

Quick Copy 1.0 [QCOPY] (S. Roepenack; $0) allows you to copy files from
  within your QB programs.


-----Large Programming Disks

Demo Workshop 1.1 [DEMOWRK]
   Demo's
   #12379
   P2 Enterprises ASP; $65
creates demo and tutorial programs. It uses actual screens recorded
during execution of the program being presented.

The recording can be edited with the presentation editor like editing a
movie. You can cut and resequence scenes, add pop-up menus, special
effects, text windows and more. It creates an EXE file as output.

TVTools  [TVTools]
   TurboVision
   #12374 (PG-04)
   Marc Stern; $0
is a library of general-purpose tools for TurboVision. This package
includes high-level functions and new objects. It also contains a lot of
non-TV functions such as string and date routines. Source code included.

Yilmaz Disassembler 1.1 [YILMAZ]
   Disassemblers
   #12392 (PG-02)
   Yilmaz Towfeek; $25
is an interactive disassembler. It teaches assembly language by allowing
the user to be a part of the disassembling process. You can disassemble
in different modes such as visibility of machine codes, visibility of
data labels and using different data format. Requires 400K free memory.


-----Quick Looks:

Bug Tracker 1.13 [BUGTRAKR] (Asa Dean; $20) keeps a record of computer
  program bugs. It allows you to document, sort and track the progress of
  fixes to bugs and implementations of enhancements.

Screen*It 1.0.5 [SCREENIT] (Oasys; $25) is a data entry screen painter
  for C/C++. You can create data entry screens with field edits, pop-up
  help, pick lists, boxes, and colors without writing a single line of
  code.


-----Updates:

(PG-02: #3754) Assembly Wizard's Library 1.6 [ASMWIZ] is a collection of
  over 150 routines for programming in assembly language.

(PG-03: #4804) [AngelLib] 1.9c is a library of MS Basic PDS 7.1 routines
  for developing business applications. NEW: full linker library included
  and more routines.

(PG-04: #4692) Personal Comm. Library for C 3.5 [PCL4C] is an async comm
  library for MSC or Turbo C. NEW: Added an ASCII file transfer protocol
  to the example terminal program and support for PC/4 and PC/8 multiport
  DigiBoard.

(PG-06: #12384) Personal Comm. Library for Pascal, 3.3 [PCL4P] is an
  async comm library designed for Turbo Pascal 4+. Same features as above.

(PG-06: #3251) P-Robots 3.1 (ASP) [P_ROBO31] is a game based on computer
  programming in PASCAL. NEW: optional integrated development environment
  to create, edit and test robots.

(PG-06 #4278) Pascal Wizard's Library 1.4 [PASWIZ] is a library for
  Turbo Pascal and Quick Pascal that provides high-powered math routines,
  new string support, mouse management, music and BCD math.

(PG-06: #27055/1501) Qwik 7.1 [QWIK71] is a high performance screen
  writing utility for TP4 programmers. NEW: vertical writing routines,
  detection of i486 cpu and of Pentium cpu.

(PG-07: #27237/0556) [FIFTH] 2.7 (Software Construction Company; $50) is a
  programming environment, consisting of a compiler, a text editor, a
  dictionary editor, and an interactive environment.

(PG-08: #12130) ARIS Version Tracking System 1.3 [AVTS] is a low cost
  version control/configuration management system.





=====Utilities

See Monthly Additions Disks for new small utilities.


DiaLog 2.11  [DiaLog]
   Desktop Programs
   #12365 (U2-01)
   Wolfgang John; $18
is a phone dialer, logger and more. It logs the date, time, name, number,
minutes, job code, city, state, company, and purpose. It features a stopwatch,
two address books, calculator, alarm clock, editor, and screen saver. It also
prints envelopes.

GuardSet 2.0  [GuardSet]
   Security
   #12376
   Gerald DePyper; $30-$64
allows you to create disk security systems. You can create encryption/
decryption programs to control access to files and directories on your
computer's disk.


-----Utilities Quick Looks:

[4Cat] 1.2 (Earl R. Davidson; $10) is a disk and file catalogue. It keeps
  track of files stored on disks. 4DOS descriptions are utilized, if present.
  You can search a database by filename, disk label, or 4DOS file description.
  It also tracks free disk space.

[ChainSaw] 5.3 (Ted Davis; $0) is a command line driven directory pruner. It
  can be used for many tasks, from cleaning out the \temp directory of files,
  subdirectories, or both, to wiping an entire disk during reconfiguration for
  a new user. C++ source code is included.

[CMCopy] (Charles F. Martin ASP; $5) copies a floppy disk image to a hard disk
  and makes any number of copies from it. Options include disk formatting and
  verifying.

[DFat] 2.2 (Bob Eyer; $25) reports file fragmentation in directory format.

[DiskMate] 2.32 (Key Software Services; $26) is a floppy disk cataloger. It
  can print disk sleeve labels (any number of files) get sorted reports, list
  files in PKZip files and supports 4DOS descriptions.

DOS Prompt Clock 1.0 [DPCLOCK] (Chris Dunford; $0) is an on-screen clock. It
  displays only when you're at the DOS prompt.

ezPopMaker 2.0 [EZPOP] (Ernest Hunter ASP; $25) is a TSR that allows you to
  create other TSR pop-up menu programs without programming.

File Selector 1.01 [FILESEL] (Tomohumi Kodama; $35) is a file/directory
  manager and DOS menu program. It lets you copy, move, delete, or rename
  files and directories; create archives or extract files by invoking an
  archive program automatically; find specified files in a whole disk/drive
  and view or delete them or change to the directory where the files are
  and more. English and Japanese modes are included.

Font Loader [FLOAD] (Ned Crigler; $0) is a font set loader for VGA monitors.
  It changes the default IBM font set to either roman or script sets.

[ForMenu] 3.1 (Jeff Camino; $10) is a menu-driven program for formatting
  disks.

[Graffix] 1.1 (Andromeda Software; $40) is a TSR that captures a graphics
  screen directly to disk in either GIF or PCX format. All EGA, VGA, and
  SVGA 16and 256-color modes are supported. Text-mode screens can also be
  captured as ASCII files.

Group Folder [GFOLDER] allows you to create visible subsections within a
  folder giving you more control over the organization of the contents. The
  grouping of related objects helps you locate the object you want more
  quickly.

Hot Operator [HOTOPER] (Joey Robichaux ASP; $93) is a multi-user, unat tended
  production job scheduler. You can run nightly production based on time or
  interval, even check for successful completion and reschedule if necessary.

Menu-Wizard 4.0 [MENUWIZ] (Silvasoft, ASP; $15) is a DOS menu shell. It
  features mouse support, automatic and manual screen saver, pop-up
  calculator, calendar, file viewer and editor along with an ASCII table.
  Password loading of menu entries and keyboard locking is supported with
  the ability to disable menu options.

MODR-ASPI [MODRASPI] (Micro Staff; $15) is a package of ASPI 3.5" MO disk
  drive device driver modules and utilities.

[OakTree] (Louis F. Sander; $0) makes a directory tree diagram that is
  designed to help you organize your hard disk.

[PopPhone] 2.05 (Russell Hildreth; $25) is a 6-12K TSR pop-up phone and
address
  book.

[Q387] 3.4 DEMO (QuickWare; $25) is a math accelerator and emulator. It
  allows you to run applications which require a math coprocessor and pro
  grams which require a math chip. Demo: only runs for 20 minutes.


-----Utilities Updates:

(U1-02: #3951) Integrity Master 1.51a (ASP) [I_M151] is an anti-virus and
  data integrity system. NEW identifies over 75 new viruses by name and
  characteristic, support for Stacker, DoubleSpace, SuperStore and
  Bernoulli system files.

(U1-04: #27060/1939) [DiskDupe] 4.07 is a fast disk duplication program.
  NEW: IBM PS/2 compatibility and code and buffer CRC checks.

(U1-06: #27476 [2 disks]) LSort 3.41 [LS341] will sort and merge ASCII dBase
  files. NEW: binary and packed decimal fields supported.

(U1-07: #27338 [2 disks]) [CatDisk] 7.02 (ASP) catalogs files, including
  contents of subdirectories and archives.

(U1-08: #27062/3541) [CM_Filer] 5.36b (ASP) is a powerful file manager with a
  double directory display. NEW: options added to print file facility.

(U1-08: #3030) Directory Freedom 4.61 (ASP) [DIRFREE] is a fast and com pact
  directory manager with advanced user-defined functions such as SmartViewers.
  NEW: PKZIP 2.0x support in archive viewer. ($25)

(U1-08: #27251/1444) File-Man 4.25 (ASP) [FILEMAN] is a menu-driven file
  manager. ($40)

(U1-09: #12179 [2 disks]) [MakeLoad] 1.3 saves hard disk space by storing
  less frequently used programs on floppies and automatically installing
  them when needed. NEW: program tutor and installation has been improved.

(U1-10: #4033) [PocketD] 3.0 (ASP) is a file utility with over 120 options.
  NEW: 4DOS and OS/2 support, scans self-extracting archives, virus
  protected, directory and archive browser, menu builder, 37K front-end
  with 60 menus.

(U2-02: #12223) [IconDOS] 1.5 is an application launcher for DOS similar to
  Window's Program Manager, complete with icons and wallpaper.
  NEW: pulldown menu, pop-up calculator, and pop-up calendar.

(U2-05: #12389) [BootSys], 2.0 (Hans Salvisberg ASP; $44) makes it easy to
  reconfigure your system's CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. New supports DOS
  6, allows up to 20 items per menu, allows renaming files from within of
  CONFIG.SYS, supports DR DOS.

(U2-05: #1203) [Burn_In] 4.5 allows extensive testing of new computers.

(U2-05: #12378) [DOSMax] 2.1 maximizes the use of low memory for DOS. NEW:
  support for 386MAX and DOS 6.0/DRDOS 6.0.

(U2-05: #4895) HyperDisk SpeedKit 4.6 [SPEEDKIT] is a set of system speed up
  utilities. NEW: supports DoubleSpace.

(U2-05: #12372) [RighTime] 2.54, is a 3K TSR which corrects a CMOS type clock
  error up to about 5.5 minutes per day. NEW: Provides true 0.01 second DOS
  clock resolution, system date/time security by preventing unauthorized
  changes, automatic daylight/standard time change, logging of all
  time-related activity, more. Works well with TimeSet, below. ($40)

(U2-05: #1090) [TimeSet] 7.21 resets your computer clock by calling atomic
  clocks of either the U.S. Naval Observatory or the National Institute
  of Standards and Technology. NEW: accesses atomic clock-based telephone time
  services in Sweden, Austria, Italy and the USNO and NIST in the U.S.A. Also
  adds an auto dial utility, automatic reconfiguration when the time season
  changes between daylight savings time and standard time, the ability to save
  data on your computer clock to a disk file each time you call a time
  service, and custom serial port configuration making it usable with serial
  ports up to COM8 and nonstandard IRQs and port addresses.

(U2-07: #4350) [Explosiv] 3.0 contains screen savers for both DOS and Windows.
  NEW: turns GIF images into screen saver displays, network compatibility.

(U2-07: #12294) Screen Thief 1.01 (ASP) [SCRNTHF] captures screens, including
  some which other programs cannot.

(U2-08: #4685) [INIMaint] 2.1a makes it easy to display and manage INI files.





=====Special Interest

...religion, engineering, music, statistics & math, electronic publishing


Sunday School Colors 3.7 [SUNDAY]  <sunday.pcx>
   Bible Games
   #12387 (CH-03)
   Randall Alaimo ASP; $15
is Bible-based coloring game for kids. Sounds can be heard through the speaker
or sound cards. Seven high-resolution pictures are included. Requires EGA/VGA,
hard disk and a mouse.

Sound Effects 6  [SOUNDFX6]
   Sounds
   #20224 [2 disks] (MU-03)
   David Smith and William Cravener; $15
is a collection of 75+ sounds for batch files or fun. It includes phasers,
stunguns, jets, fires, phones, speech, programmer's library, and ability to
replace the speaker's beep.


-----Quick Looks:

Bible-Timeline 2.18 [BIBLE] (Cascoly Software ASP; $30) is an historical
  timelines program that allows you to trace patterns across different eras
  and cultures. It covers the period 2000 BC through the first centuries of
  the Christian Church. It will be useful for sermon research, Bible, history
  and art students, teachers, or anyone interested in exploring historical
  relations or cultural events. You can modify or expand any of the datasets.
  It includes a special gamemaker function and which randomly creates and
  presents questions of various kinds from datasets. This program contains
  datasets for GENESIS, KINGS, and ROME.

Mathomatic 4.8 [MATHOMAT] (LIMITED VERSION) (George Gesslein II; $50) is a
  powerful symbolic math program. It can automatically solve, simplify, and
  combine algebraic equations. It also does calculus operations and graphing.
  Requires 640K and EGA/VGA.

Statistical Shrinkage Regression 9305 [RXRG93] (Bob Obenchain ASP; $25)
  performs maximum likelihood estimation of ridge regression models.

[Wave_BS] ("Brain Synchronization") creates user-specified VOC files to play
  on a sound card which promise to synchronize your brain wave patterns into
  any desired state.


-----Updates:

(CH-01: #20167/4472) KJVocabulary 1.04 [KJV104] helps readers understand the
  meaning of archaic Bible words. ($10)

(CH-02: #27021 [2 disks]) ProDev*Member 2.0a (ASP) [PDMEMBER] is a church
  membership and giving system.

(CH-03: #20168/2201) Scripture Quest 5.0 [SQ500] tests one's knowledge of the
  Bible. NEW: printed quizzes, referenced answers and a top ten chart.

(EN-01: #2272) [Electrc9] 9.2 is designed to perform most common electrical
  contracting calculations.

(MU-03: #4098) Guitar Teacher 1.44 [GUITART] displays chord structure for all
  the major, minor, seventh, major seventh, minor seventh, suspended fourth,
  and seventh suspended fourth.

(ST-01: #27329 [3 disks]) KS Probability & Statistics 2.1 [KSPROB] is a set of
  stats programs. NEW: a chart of probability distributions, a table
  summarizing the distributions, and KSPSIM, which simulates samples from
  probability distributions.

(ST-01: #4031) [NonLin] 2.3 (ASP) fits linear, multivariate, polynomial, and
  general nonlinear equation to data.

(ST-01: #20145 [2 disks]) Simstat 2.1c [SIMSTAT] is a menu driven statistical
  program. SIM2NL 1.0 [SIM2NL] integrates Nonlin 2.3 into Simstat.


-----Electronic Publishing

Starting with PsL's first CD, Electronic Publishing literature will be made
available from PsL strictly on our monthly CD, due in large part to the fact
that much of it is time sensitive.

Programs for creating your own electronic publications will be included in the
DOS\ELEC-PUB directory, but the best ones will also be in the Word Processing
Hypertext section of PsL Check the Windows section for Windows-based
publications.

Credit Report Repair Kit [CREDIT] (North Atlanta Publishing; $39) contains
  strategies and techniques for rebuilding your credit report.

Digital Publishing Association News [DPAN] Vol. 2, No. 6. (Ron Albright)
  electronic magazine.

How the Mind Works and How to Make It Work Better [HOWMIND] (David Leithauser;
  $10) tells you how to free yourself from negative emotions and conditioning.
  GIF, PCX, and EXE pictures files are included.

Pacific Edge [EDGE9305] (Pacific Edge Publishing; $20 for 6 issues) is
  an electronic magazine with articles on a variety of current topics.
  The viewer does not work well under Windows and may have conflicts if
  you have programs in high memory.

Poets Corner Vol. 7 #6 [POETRY] (Kevin Keyser) is a series of three
  short poems.

RECY4$.ASC [RECYCLE] (Kenneth Cross; $0) is a text file that teaches how
  to recycle toner cartridges for laser printers.

Ruby's Pearls Vol. 21.[RUBY21] is a collection of fictional short
  stories to be read on-line.

Smoke and Mirrors June 1993 [SMOKE] (Lucia Chambers; $0) is an electronic
  magazine of short stories, poetry and articles from Pen and Brush.

[SoftPoem] (Robert Kendall; $0) is a work of interactive video poetry.
  Text is brought to life with graphics and animation, although the
  graphics did not seem right to us. Requires 640K RAM, a hard disk and
  EGA/VGA.




