                              PsL News & CD-ROM
                                September 1993

                       Copyright 1993 Nelson Ford, PsL

    Distribution of all or part of this file except on PsL's Monthly CD is
    prohibited without the express written permission of Nelson Ford, PsL.


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

- Utilities for the AICPA ... MegaDisk Sets of utilities for DOS & Windows.
- Goodbye to 5.25" Disks? ... Trade magazine predicts the "drive war is over".
- First PsL CD Sells Out Quickly ... Word of mouth beats advertising.
- Together Again ... Graphic viewer for PsL CD is fixed.
- Letters ... readers ask questions, offer suggestions.
- Retail Products ... Outstanding Printer Buy!! ... Pinball For Windows
     ... Translate It! For Spanish, German & French ...
     ... Fast, Inexpensive Texel CD-ROM Drive ...
     ... Fantastic Bundle: Alone In the Dark & Out of this World ...
     ... Ultrabots ... Quicktoons Cartoon Classics CD ... Betrayal at Krondor
- Quick Looks Explained
- <SCREENS.PCX> Explained



-----Utilities for the AICPA

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants asked PsL
recently to put together a MegaDisk set of utilities for DOS and another
for Windows for the AICPA to send to its members.

Although long-time readers will recognize the following programs as
having been recommended and offered in various sets by PsL in the past,
we thought we would give newcomers a shot at them. The programs are also
on the September PsL CD in the AICPA directory.

--DOS Utilities:

[WarpDrv] is an improvement over ANSI.SYS. [BCMove] is a file moving
utility. [Kopy] is a better file copier than the DOS COPY command.
[ZDir] is a colorful sorted directory lister. [CopyDisk] beats DOS's
XCOPY. [VIEW] is a tiny file viewing utility.

[DLT] is an enhanced file deletion utility. [FDForm] is a powerful disk
formatting utility. [Edit] is a small, fast, full-screen text editor.
[Fgrep] is a very fast text search utility. [CED] is a DOS command line
editor, command recall, and DOS macro utility. [LCD] makes it easeir to
change directories.

The next two were our picks for 1992's Best New Utilities: [PocketD]
adds over 120 functions to DOS in a small package. [MegaBack] is a fast,
easy-to-use hard disk backup utility with many sophisticated features.

Last but certainly not least are [PKZIP204], a popular utility for
compressing files and Integrity Master [INTEGMAS], a virus protection
program.

--Windows 3 Utilities:

[ChPaper] lets you browse through and change your wallpaper on command
or at specified intervals. [FreeMem] displays free conventional and
expanded memory. [HotSpot] lets you instantly start or disable the
Windows 3.1 screen saver. File Find [FILEFND] will find files anywhere
on your hard drive or network volume.

[IcnMstr] is a powerful icon editor. [Launch] is a convenient desktop
program launcher. [TrshMan] is a Mac-like trashcan for drag-and-drop
deletion of files. [WinClok] is a multi-featured desktop alarm clock.
Free Disk Space [WFDS] monitors and displays free disk space remaining
on all (or specified) hard drives.

[WinPost] lets you have multiple on-screen "post-it" type notes which
can easily be hidden, saved and recalled. [WINProt] is a virus scanning
program. [TypSmart] completes words you are typing based on your past
typing. Byzans Task Manager [BYZ_TM] is a powerful replacement for the
Windows 3.1 Task Manager. [Sysfon] lets you change the system font that
Windows uses for window titles and menus.


-----Goodbye to 5.25" Disks?

Computer Retail Week reports: The disk drive war is over. Most software
publishers see little reason to include 5.25-inch disks. Not one game on
our April hits list [has 5.25-inch disks].

Some PsL customers have urged PsL to abandon low-density disks and have
an all-MegaDisk library. It has been almost 10 years since new computers
were equipped with 360k 5.25" disks. PsL recently lowered the price of
1.44MB 3.5" drives to $49.95.

There would seem to be little reason to continue with 360k disks, yet we
continue to get calls regularly from people who have 8088's with 360k
drives. For people who just want to keep mailing lists or do home
accounting or word processing, these systems still perform adequately.
And the people using them still need programs for them, even if the
latest video games have left them behind.

We also hear from a lot of schools and other institutions who have been
given old computers by businesses and who want educational programs and
simple games for them. Then there are people who have newer machines
with 1.2MB 5.25" drives, but no 3.5" drives.

When the first 3.5" drives came out, we predicted that 5.25" drives
would disappear in a couple of years. We were obviously way off in that
prediction and now we hesitate to predict that they will ever disappear.


-----First PsL CD Sells Out Quickly

With only word of mouth advertising for our August CDROM, we did not
expect much in the way of subscriptions and sales, yet they sold out in
two weeks.

Callers have been consistently excited about the concept and we
appreciate all the comments, support, and advice we have received,
particularly from sysops around the world.

A typical response comes from Stephen Matthews:  "You've outdone
yourselves again! This is one bill I will ENJOY paying every month."

We promised in advance that the first issue would have 300+ programs.
Instead, it had well over 500. This issue has over 700 programs.

If you are not getting the CD because you don't have a drive, check out
the prices on the Mitusmi and Sydos drives on the front inside cover of
this issue.

If you just aren't sure about the CD, enter a subscription, get a copy
and check it out. If you are not 200% satisfied, don't pay the invoice.
Just send the CD back. We are confident that anyone who sees this CD
will want to keep getting it every month.


-----Together Again

Together is a pop-up program that lets you view PCX files whose names
appear on the screen, such as in a text file describing a program.

On our first PsL Monthly CD (last month), we placed Together in a
directory with several program screen shots so that you could see
program screens while reading about the programs using the PSL_NEWS
program on the CD.

Everything worked fine during testing, but not on the CD. Together tries
to write to the default drive, which it could not do with the CD. As
soon as we discovered this, we called the author who immediately fixed
the problem and emailed it to us. Unfortunatley, it did not arrive in
time for last month's CD, but it is on the September CD.

Before installing Together!, you must edit the TOGETHER.INI file to
match your hardware. The TOGETHER.DOC file tells you how. You may read
that file by typing VIEW TOGETHER.DOC at the DOS prompt.


-----Letters

--Software Innovative or Not?

William B. Fankboner, La Quinta, CA:

"According to the letter you sent me, my program Move It! was rejected for
inclusion in your catalog because you "already have a lot of programs of
the same type and do not feel it is a significant improvement.

"This is absolute nonsense. There is no program [which] moves, removes,
and copies directories with the ease and facility of Move It!.

"It is dismaying that the self-appointed curators of shareware are so
absorbed with the financial end of the shareware business that they
ignore innovation. But of course it's a major inconvenience to try out
new programs, and there's all that fuss and bother of re-editing the
catalog."

Nelson Ford, PsL:

I am sorry if my letter offended you. It is meant to provide helpful
feedback. My own experience as a programmer is that the great majority of
vendors provide no feedback at all, whether they accept your program or
not.

The letter goes on to say: "If you feel that your program IS better than
all the others, a chart comparing the features... would be a good selling
point for your potential customers as well as for PsL." Just saying that a
program is "easier" does not really give us a basis for comparison, since
every programmer (including me) thinks THEIR program is easier and better
than all the others.

When talking about the cost and trouble of adding programs, you are
pointing your finger at the wrong company, as our own "features comparison
chart" of major vendors shows:

                                 PsL     PC-SIG     PBS     RS
   # pages in last catalog       960       ?         51     63
   # of programs in library     8000+     4000?    2000+   350
   # new programs per month      500+       50       30     90
   Frequency of catalog/mag.      mo.    bi-mo.     qtr.    mo.

  (Number of pages in PC-SIG's catalog is unknown; also the # of current
   programs shown for PC-SIG is an educated guess. Other numbers are based
   on the most recent issues of vendors' catalogs/magazines.)

Because PsL grew out of a hobby back in 1982, we have always done things
that didn't make great economic sense, like carrying many times more
programs than other vendors, and like giving away (practically) all the new
programs we get each month for $20 (on CD) to our competitors, as well as
to our customers (two of the three competitors in the chart subscribe).


--Wants Windows Outliner

Richard De Young, via CompuServe:

"I know that WordPerfect, etc., all have outlining capabilities now, but
they don't work as simply as the old PC Outline. Are there any similar
programs for Windows?

PsL: We haven't seen a shareware outliner for Windows 3, but maybe your
question will light a fire under some programmer.


--Suggestions for PsL

Vince Heiker, Las Colinas, TX:

"Here are some suggestions for improvements:

"1. Put all FAX related utilities onto one disk or MegaDisk set."

PsL: Will do.

"2. Convert to 1.44MB floppies for all diskettes. Virtually everyone has
1.44MB 3.5" drives. Position PsL as a leader and force your competitors
to respond or to become obsolete."

PsL: We began offering 1.44MB MegaDisk sets at great savings years ago
and so far, our competitors have neither responded nor become obsolete.
One vendor who "guarantees" the lowest prices charges $16 for sets of 4
disks which cost $6.99 from PsL.

"3. Provide your PsL Order Form as a program, automatically pricing
orders based on diskette numbering, membership discounts, etc."

PsL: The Windows version of our Reviews program was headed in that
direction and we got side-tracked. We'll put this back on the to-do
list.

"4. Give more descriptions of the programs in the listing in the back of
PsL News."

PsL: It's a question of where to draw the line. Full descriptions of all
the programs fill a 1000-page book. Even the one-liners we have in the
Listing in PsL News now take up more pages than we would like. Now that
the latest reviews of all the programs in PsL are on the CD-ROM each
month, we are hoping that more people will keep up that way.

"5. Start a separate category for WinNT."

PsL: We have answered this type of question many times over the years:
our categories are supply-driven. When we get enough of a particular
type of program to justify a separate section, we split it off. Until we
get enough programs, there is no point in having a section for them.

"6. Some MegaDisks say [4 disks]. Is the cost $6.99 per disk or for the
set? Is there a difference between [4] and [4 disks]?"

PsL: It is $6.99 per MegaDisk number, as noted on the order form. The
"[4 disks]" notation means that if you get the set on 360k disks, it
will take 4 disks. Sometimes you will see something like "20220-20221 [2
MegaDisk Sets]". This means that you pay $6.99 per set for a total of
$13.98. Sometimes we offer special prices on sets of 1.44MB disks. In
those cases we will say "9 MegaDisk Set for $27" or "two 1.44MB disks
for $9.99".

When we have room, we normally say "[4 disks]". When we do not have
room, we just say "[4]".


--Galactix (#27747)

Gary Evans, Arlington, TX:

"When starting this program I get the message "not enough memory for
intro". I have 4MB of RAM which is plenty. I also tried to register the
program but my check was returned with no forward address for the authors."

PsL: A limitation of DOS is that only 640k of your 4MB of RAM is available
for most programs to run in. From that, you have to deduct the RAM used by
drivers and TSRs. Run MEM or CHDKSK to see how much free RAM you have.

This particular program requires over 600K of free RAM You may have to
boot up with no Config.sys or Autoexec.bat to free up enough memory.


--Disk Copy Fast (8/93 CD)

The program does not currently support MicroSolutions backpack external
floppy drives.


--Program Not In Listing in PsL News

Robert Pearson, author of Paramind, wanted to know why his program is
not in the Listing in PsL News.

The reason is that because of the large number of programs in PsL, we
are unable to list every program. We have the complete write-ups of
every program in PsL in the Reviews Disks files, which are also on our
monthly CD-ROM.


--Missing Authors

The authors for the following programs are no longer at the addresses in
their documentation: GetPM (Lawrence Faulkner), ByeBye (CBII
Enterprises), Cunning Football (Cass Cunningham), TourTech (Gerry
Landry), TF77 (Paul Giroux).



-----Retail Products

--Outstanding Printer Buy!!

Long-time readers of PsL News know that we don't gush over products
without good cause. Get ready for a real Texas Gusher!

For a year-and-a-half, we have been struggling with WinJet 800 to get
800 dpi ("dot per inch") printing from an HP LaserJet. The most recent
problem was that the WinPrint driver program was causing Windows 3.1 to
lock up.

We tried getting tech support, but this is one of those companies whose
"tech support" consists of leaving you on hold long distance (on your
nickle) until you go broke or otherwise give up.

So we have been looking for another printer. The new HP LaserJets with
600 dpi resolution looked interesting, but did not exactly get rave
reviews. Then we stumbled across the Samsung Finale 8000 laser printer.

Its features start with an impressive 1200 dpi resolution (!!), print
modes which include PostScript, HP LaserJet II & III ("PCL"), Epson FX,
IBM ProPrinter, and HPGL/2 (plotter) emulations, an 8ppm 16mhz RISC
processor, 6MB of RAM, and serial, parallel, and AppleTalk interfaces.
Windows 3.1 drivers are included.

Typefaces include 35 scalable PostScript fonts, a TrueType rasterizer,
14 bit-mapped HPLJ-II fonts, 8 scalable HPLJ-III fonts, and HPLJ
compatible font card slots. Graphics can be printed in up to 256 shades
of gray.

Two paper cassettes allow you to put in extra paper or to have two
different types of paper (eg: letterhead and plain paper) online and
software selectable.

The manual is very thorough, providing information (eg: character
tables) about all the printing modes.

When we asked several different knowledgable computerists what they
thought a printer with these features would cost, everyone suspected
that the price was low, but nobody could bring themselves to guess below
$2500.

The Finale, as described, is just $1850 (plus $20 S&H in the continental
U.S.) and has a 2-year warranty. At 1200 dpi, you get the highest
quality printing available for a PC today. PostScript capability and 6MB
of RAM are high-priced options on most computers. We think that this is
the hardware buy of the year.


--Pinball For Windows

#30394 $29

Sierra's Pinball For Windows is like all Sierra games: lots of
entertaining graphics and sounds.

There are eight different playing fields and themes based on other popular
Sierra games, such as Leisure Suit Larry <PINBALLS.PCX>. Our favorite was
the layout called "Draxon 2" <PINBALL2.PCX>. Its black holes and gravity
fields created bizarre effects not possible on real pinball games.

If you are a pinball purist or don't like Windows games, stick with
Tristan, which is still the most realistic pinball simulation, but if
you just want to have a fun and flashy game to pop up while you are in
Windows, this is it.

Comes on 1.44MB 3.5" disks.


--Translate It! For Spanish, German & French

$59 Per Language

Timeworks has another sure hit with this series of language translation
programs for English-Spanish (#30395), English-German (#30397), and
English-French (#30396).

Each program lets you translate text files in either direction. Each
comes with a very large 250,000 word dictionary, as well as a
user-modifiable dictionary.

The programs do not simply do word substitution; they perform
full-sentence idiomatic translations. Different tranlations of a word
are based on parts of speech.

You can choose whole-document translation, or an on-screen, interactive
mode. You can even translate documents as you create them with the
built-in text editor. Translate-It! is also compatible with all major
word processors.

This is a real help for us at PsL where we often get FAXes in German,
French, etc., with nobody available to translate them. Although
Translate-It! does not do a perfect job (90-95% accuracy is claimed), it
does well enough to let us figure out what is being said.

Timeworks is so sure of this product that they offer a 60-day money-back
satisfaction guarantee.


--Fast, Inexpensive Texel CD-ROM Drive

#30398 $449 + $7 S&H

The Texel DM3024 drive has a 265ms access time and 300kb throughput,
making it one of the fastest drives around. It is not quite as fast as
the Toshiba 3401, but the Toshiba costs 33% more.

At $449 for the internal drive, SCSI interface card, drivers, and
cables, you get a lot of performance for your money. And to sweeten the
deal even further, we will throw in the current PsL Monthly CD.


--Fantastic Game Bundle is a Bargain, Too!

#30391 $39.95

Out of This World and Alone in the Dark are two exciting graphical
adventure games with scrolling 3-D graphics, excellent sound effects and
music.

In ...World, you are hurtled thorugh space and time by a nuclear
experiment gone wrong. You are faced with alien monsters and deadly
earthquakes. <OUTWORLD.PCX>

In ...Dark, inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft, you explore Derceto,
a huge mansion that becomes a nightmare world of the macarbe and the
monstrous. <DARK_000.PCX> <DARK_001.PCX> <DARK_002.PCX>

Both of these programs have terrific 3-D graphics that are constantly
scrolling, panning, and changing perspectives, more like the scenes in a
movie than in a video game.

We have a limited number of these bundles that let you get both programs
for less than $20 each.


--Ultrabots

#30393 $34.95

This is an incredible arcade game where giant 60-ton robots battle it
out for the domination of the Earth. You can train in the Humanoid
Warrior, Scorpion, or Scout robots, each with special offensive and
defensive weapons.

The game features fully interactive simulation-style cockpits, beautiful
256-color ray-traced graphics, computer generated maps and visual
displays, realistic digitized sound effects, a SoundBlaster/Roland
musical score, and much more. All in all, this is a futuristic feast for
the eyes and ears! Requires a 386/16 or better machine, VGA, mouse, 1meg
RAM, hard drive, and a high density 3.5" floppy drive.


--Quicktoons Cartoon Classics CD

#30399 $19.95

This disk contains public domain color and black-and-white cartoons
starring Betty Boop, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and others. Both Windows 3.1
and Macintosh versions are included.

You can easily incorporate these cartoons into your multimedia
presentations, or just sit back and enjoy the whacky entertainment on
your desktop.


--Betrayal at Krondor

#30392 #34.95

Digitized actors and scenery take up 15MB of hard disk space for this
program, but you will think it is worth it when you get wrapped up in
this fantasy role-playing game set in ancient, mystical times.

The program also requires a 386SX or better, DOS-5+, 2MB RAM, and VGA.
Greats sounds and 3-D graphics bring this game to life. Comes on seven
1.44MB 3.5" disks.



-----Quick Looks Explained

PsL receives a lot of programs which we do not add to our permanent
collection for various reasons, although the programs may be of excellent
quality.

These programs are written up as "Quick Looks" in PsL News and are included
on PsL's Monthly CD.

Some of the types of programs that will be classified as Quick Looks
include programs of a type already in PsL such as text editors,
periodical programs with a limited life span such as magazines-on-disk,
demo programs, extreme niche programs, and files too large to justify
distributing on diskettes.


----- <SCREENS.PCX> Explained

Throughout the program reviews, you will see PCX file names in angled
brackets. These are for use by TOGETHER! so that you can see screen shots
of programs when reading the PsL News on CD.

For more information, see TOGETHER.DOC in the \SCREENS directory. To view
this file, change to the \SCREENS directory and type \VIEW TOGETHER.DOC




=====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.


-----September 1993 Additions Disk #1

Column Printer 2.0 [COLPRTR]
   Printer Utility
   Thomas M. Roddy; $10
prints newspaper style columns of text. It prints up to three columns
printers. Included is a word wrap program which can reformat text files
into specific line widths.

ColorDOS. v1.52 [COLRDOS]
   DOS Utility
   KroTek Electronics; $11
is a 1k TSR that changes text colors when you change drives. It also
displays each directory in your DOS prompt path a different color.

Comic 1.0 [COMIC]
   Quote Generator
   John Owen; $7
displays a different funny remark each day. Put it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
to start each morning with a grin. <COMIC.PCX>

ComPack 4.5 [COMPACK]
   Archive Utility
   Prominence Computer Services; $25-$40
saves disk space by compressing EXE and COM files while still leaving
them executable. It produces faster and smaller EXE and COM files than
EXEPACK, LZEXE, and PKLITE. This program has been around a while in
Italy, but has just made it to PsL in the U.S.

CronTab 2.21 [CRONTAB]
   System Control
   Thomas G. Harold; $0
runs programs based on the date. Execution can be periodic such as
daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly with or without a specified offset
such as the third day of the month. Execution can also be day-specific
such as every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or on the 15th of each month.

Crypt [CRYPT]
   File Encryption
   $0
is a very quick and easy file encryption program. You simply enter
                   CRYPT SOMEKEY <FILE1 >FILE2
to either encrypt or decrypt a file. "SOMEKEY" is whatever key or
password you want to use. "FILE1" is the name of the file to
encrypt/decrypt and "FILE2" is the name of the output file. C source code
is included.

DOS Quiz Manager 1.23 [DQM]
   Education
   Steve Mount; $10
allows you to customize a DOS quiz to test students or job applicants on
their knowledge of DOS. Test on DOS 5 specifically or ask advanced DOS
questions. It also has password security, and the ability to save and
print test resutlts.

GrowP 2.0 [GROWP]
   TSR Utility
   Tessler's Nifty Tools; $0
is a 2k TSR which visually indicates in the DOS prompt how many copies
of COMMAND.COM are invoked in the current chain. It is easy to shell to
DOS from a program and later forget that you are shelled. With GrowP,
you won't forget.

Star Program [STARS]
   Video: Graphics
   Data Management; $10
is a graphic display program similar to Windows' star field screen
saver.


-----September 1993 Additions Disk #2

Cache Test 5.0a [CACHTST]
   System Testing
   George Spafford; $10
tests the effectiveness of your disk caching software. It checks
sequential write and read, random write and read, random update, and DOS
directory services times.

Delimit 1.0 [DELIMIT]
   File Conversion
   Roy G Grosbach; $15
converts fixed format files into DELIMITed files, that databases and
spreadsheets can read quickly. The program filters the file, choosing
selected fields, eliminating headers from reports, or selecting only
summary lines from reports or you can also choose selected fields from
fixed-format files easily.

EasyDOS. 1.0 [EDOS]
   File Manager
   Jeff Brown; $10
is a DOS shell that allows you to easily move around directories and see
what is in them. From the file lists, the following functions are
allowed: execute, view (ASCII/Hex), copy, delete, hide, move, rename,
make read-only, encrypt/decrypt, and print. <EDOS_SCR.PCX>

FreeGraf. [FREEGRF]
   DOS Utility
   BV Engineering; $0
quickly displays the amount and percentage of free space used and
remaining, along with a graph of the same.

Injure. 1.0 [INJURE]
   Health/Fitness
   $0
describes common forms of typing-related injuries, preventative
measures, and what to do if you do injure yourself in this way. Includes
information on alternative keyboards, furniture, and software that can
help.

ScrnCap. [SCRNCAP]
   Video Capture
   V-Soft; $20
is a 9k TSR which captures all or part of text screens to a printer or
to a text file.

TurboBat 3.16 and TurboTXT 1.11 [TRBOBAT]
   Foley Hi-Tech Systems, ASP; $19
allows you to compile regular DOS batch files into COM programs.
TurboTXT 1.11 has been added which allows you to convert text files into
self-displaying COM files.

Unp 3.1 [UNP]
   Archive Utility
   Ben Castricum; $5
allows you to expand executable (COM and EXE) files which have been
compressed with PKZip, LZEXE, et al.

Update 1.1 [UPDATE]
   File Updating
   John Lindinger; $0
makes it easy to update files on a hard disk. Update searches a
specified path for a file matching the filespec. It compares its file
date to the new one to see if the one that was found needs to be
updated.

Universal Vocabulary Drill 1.0 [UVDRILL]
   Languages
   Mike Nichols; $15
can be used to drill on vocabulary words (for SAT, ACT, etc.) as well as
on foreign languages. Sample files in English, German and Spanish are
provided.


-----September 1993 Additions Disk #3

ARJit. [ARJIT]
   Archiving
   Garry J. Vass; $0
compresses all the files in the current directory into an ARJ file.
Requires ARJ.EXE (disk #3122) C++ source code include.

ARJWalk. [ARJWALK]
   Archiving
   Garry J. Vass; $0
goes from directory to directory looking for things to "ARJ" enabling
you to free up disk space fast without having to delete files. C++
source included.

ChkSys v1.0 [CHKSYS]
   Batch File Utilities
   Tay-Jee Software, ASP
sets errorlevel to indicate the presence of specified system elements:
ANSI, Append, Assign, Doskey, Files setting, Graftabl, Himem, Keyb,
NLSfunc, Print, Share, and Windows.

DiaChess 1.0 [DIACHES]
   Games: Chess
   TNT Software; $20
allows you to record and print complete chess games with a diagram for
every move. It's a valuable teaching and study tool for serious players
and ideal for printing a permanent record of tournament games.

DOS 6 Quiz [DOS6QIZ]
   Education
   Steve Mount; $15
test the user's knowledge and ability to use the features of DOS 6
through a series of 20 questions/tasks. For users who are well-versed in
DOS 6.0 and its new features, DOS 6 Quiz will let you know just how good
you really are.

EatMem. 1.1 [EATMEM]
   DOS Utilities
   George A. Theall; $0
is a simple utility to limit memory availability in order to discover
the minimum memory requirements of programs.

HDDInfo 1.0 [HDDINFO]
   Hard Disk Utilities
   Markus Klama; $10
helps to identify technical data for MFM, RLL, ESDI and IDE hard drives.
This is useful if you are working on a strange system or if CMOS gets
blown away. (Note: Do not use on SCSI drives.)


-----September 1993 Additions Disk #4

Little Black Book. 5.7 [LBB]
   Address Book
   Vic Baron ASP; $25
is an address book and telephone dialer. It can be installed as a 5K TSR
or be run from the command line. You can import/export files, supports
international dialing and address formats. and has the ability to print
pocket sized personal directory.

PSEdit. 3.1 [PSEDIT]
   Hex Editor
   Gary C. Crider; $24
is a full screen editor for binary/hex or text files.

Rainbow. 1.0  [RAINBOW]
   Editor Utility
   David A. Hattel; $29.95
is a utility that will colorize your editor. It is meant to highlight
reserved words and make your comments stand out in different colors. You
can even have flashing text for those comments that must not be missed.

TT2BMP [TT2BMP]
   Printing Utility
   Alexander Walter; $20
is a DOS-based program to convert TrueType fonts to LaserJet bitmap
fonts so older DOS-based programs can still use the latest printer
fonts. Requires a graphics display and a print file generated by a
Windows 3.1 application using TrueType fonts.


-----September 1993 Additions Disk #5

Ex 1.22 [EX] (J. Andrzej Wrotniak; $30) is a scientific calculator which
supports logs, variables, and complex expressions. Other features
include plotting, integration, differentiation, summation, and root
finding. <EX.PCX>

EZView 5.1 [EZVIEW] (Charles Hill; $20) is a file viewing utility.
Features include changing drives and directories, files up to 16MB,
hex/text, text search, view contents of archives.

Tommy's Insults [INSULT] (Tommy's Toys; $5) generates random insults.

[RandXX] 2.0 (Chuck Steenburgh ASP; $20-$30) is a random errorlevel
generator for testing batch files or for creating random (temporary)
file names.

[Reformat] 1.2 (Timothy C. Barmann; $10) will reformat the lines in a
text file to any specified length.

[Sift] 1.0 (Tay-Jee Software, ASP) is a DOS filter than improves on
MORE, FIND and SORT.

Golf Score Board [SGOLF] (Bob Howe; $0) keeps track of golf scores for
one or more players. It calculates handicaps and averages at different
courses. It shows your best and worst games, your problem holes, and
your best and worst scores on each course.

[Writex] 2.5 (Chuck Steenburgh ASP; $20-$30) lets you have control over
the positioning and color of text messages in batch files.

[Zerofile] (P. Below; 0$) searches a directory for files of zero length
so that you can delete them if you wish.

Music:
------
[Born] is a ROL version of the song from Columbia Pictures' "Born Free"
by John Barry. Sound card required.

[Cats] contains several versions of the popular song "Cat's in the
Cradle" by Harry and Sandy Chapin.

Patriotic [PATRIOT] is a collection of 10 patriotic song files in .CM1
format. Songs include Star Spangled Banner, Dixie, La Marseillaise,
Grand Old Flag, Battle Hymn of the Republic and more.

[Seattle] (Barry Robinson; $0) is a CMF file that plays the theme song
for the 60's TV show "Here Comes The Brides".

Yesterday [YESTRDY] is the Lennon/McCartney song in ROL & CMF format.


-----September 1993 General Updates Disk #1:

(AB-06) QuickTax 1.03 [QUIKTAX] maintains up-to-date information on your
total expected tax liability for the year.

(CM-02) PortaCall 2.0 [PCALL] calls you whenever a new message is on
your answering machine. Modem required.

(CM-02) [Otto] 1.5 ASP ($30) lets you automate communications. New: an
option for running scripts within batch files, new hot key capability
and a print screen function.

(GA-05) TakeNote 6.5 [TAKENOT] is a study tool for chess.

(GA-12) A Clues Solution 2.0 [ACLUSL] combines the strategies of Wheel
of Fortune, Jeopardy, and Trivial Pursuit.

(MS-10) Complete Martial Artist 2.0 [CMA] (Dave Smith; $0) is a thorough
guide to martial arts. <CMA.PCX>


-----September 1993 General Updates Disk #2:

(P1-01) LabelMate 1.6 [LBLMATE] lets you add a Print Shop graphic to a
label with up to five lines of text.

(P2-02) [LJVGA] 2.0 ($10-$50) is a 6.5K TSR that allows you to print any
VGA or Super VGA screen to an HP LaserJet or compatible printer.

(PG-04) [EMSIF] 2.42 (James W. Birdsall; $5) is an interface to most
common EMS functions.

(U1-01) [DirX] 1.10 searches for executable files that have been
compressed by AXE, DIET, EXEPACK, ICE, LEXEM, LZEXE, PKLITE, SCRNCH,
SHRINK and TINYPROG.

(U1-01) [DirXC] 1.10 provides a simple means of showing which files have
and have not been compressed with an executable file compressor.

(U1-01) EXEMaster 2.9 [EXEMSTR] displays information about EXE and COM
files, including archiver used, whether it is for DOS or Windows,
whether it is a compiled batch file or self-displaying text file and
more.

-----September 1993 General Updates Disk #3:

(U1-03) Fdate 7.3b [FDATESF] lets you do date/time arithmetic in batch
files.

(U1-03) [Sounder] 3.1 produces from 1-3 random tones for use in batch
files.

(U1-06) [DLT] 1.6 is an enhanced file deletion utility.

(U1-09) HardTrack 1.1 [HARDTRK] (ASP) keeps track of and reports on new,
modified, and missing files on your hard disk or network drive.

(U2-02) MenuMedia 1.1 [MENUMED] is a quick & easy DOS menu application.

(U2-03) [EXC] 2.6 is a simple but powerful script processor for
automating DOS applications.

(U2-04) Resq 3.2 [RESQ32] (Mike Yarus; $10) is a utility which allows
recovery of text otherwise lost in the computer. NEW: searches XMS and
EMS memory as well as low RAM.

(U2-05) [HiVIDEO] 2.03 (ASP) expands DOS RAM by 96k.


-----September 1993 General Updates Disk #4:

(U2-07) [ConCopy] 1.50 captures to a disk file all the text going to the
screen.

(U2-03) Playback 2.3 [PLAYBAC] ($35) ASP captures keystrokes and lets
you play them back in a variety of ways.

(Quick Look update): [DFat] 2.4 (Bob Eyer; $25) reports file
fragmentation in directory format. Monthly Additions Disks Selected




=====Windows Programs:

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


-----September 1993 Windows Additions Disk #1

Autos [AUTOS]
   Video Utilities
is a whimsical animated screen saver module for Windows 3.1. Two
animated cars roll about the screen honking at each other. A sound card
is required to hear the digitized sound effects.

Constitution [CONSTI]
   History/Government
   Arbor Verde Press; $5
contains the U.S. Constitution compiled as a Windows Help file. It
includes a Quick Reference Guide, Hypertext Jumps, and over 200 search
terms and phrases. It displays strikeout text for section superceded or
amended with hypertext jumps to the appropriate amendments.

MixCase 1.40 [MIXCASE]
   Word Processing Utilities
   Ivory Tower Software; $35
converts all-caps documents to more readable mixed case. It works with
any text file or any Windows clipboard text. A customizable
capitalization dictionary is included. VBRUN200 is required.

NoteIt 1.0 [NOTEIT]
   Desktop Notes
   Tardis DP Consultants; $3
allows you to quickly jot down any type of free-form information. Saved
notes are automatically date and time stamped, and are saved in an ASCII
log for later viewing or printing. This is a very handy little
electronic scratch pad. Requires VBRUN300.

RightOn 2.0 [RIGHTON]
   Mouse Utilities
   Steve McCarthy; $15
allows you to program the right and middle mouse buttons to send
virtually any keystroke to the window the mouse is in. Features include
the ability to send simulated left mouse double clicks, independent left
and right mouse button configuration, and the ability to send
keystroke combinations of the Shift/ Alt/Control keys. Requires WIN31.

Terminator 1.0 [TRMNAT]
   Desktop Tools
   Micro-Bytes\Wordware; $0
is a quick exit utility for Windows. It positions a "hot spot" in the
lower right hand corner of your desktop. Clicking on this spot produces
four buttons that allow you to exit Windows, restart Windows, cancel, or
exit Terminator. VBRUN200 is required.

WavFX [WAVFX]
   Sound Utilities
   Sawbuck Software; $10
provides instant access to your favorite sound files. Multiple groups
of WAV files can be created by simply dragging and dropping a file onto
one of six buttons. Icons can also be assigned to each individual
button. Requires Windows 3.1.

WingDate 2.0 [WINGDAT]
   Desktop Tools
   Silverwing Systems; $0
is a simple desktop reminder system. It provides a quick visual reminder
of upcoming important events. A list of events is displayed in Month/Day
order with the current date or next most significant date highlighted.
Requires VBRUN200. <WINGDATE.PCX>

WordFind 1.0 [WF]
   Word Games
   Steven T. Esemplare; $5-$10
is a Windows implementation of the classic wordfind puzzles. You use
the mouse to draw a circle around a word, and words are automatically
removed from the list when you locate them.

   Five puzzles are provided, including Christmas, Casino Lingo, Outer
Space, Music, and MacGyver. An on-screen timer displays the elapsed
time. <WF.PCX>

YACC 1.0 [YACC]
   Clipboard Utilities
   Ben Saladino; $5
(Yet Another Clipboard Collector) remembers up to 1000 characters of the
text that you copy or cut to the Windows Clipboard. It stores the text
in a list box, and to recall information you simply click on an item
and copy it back to the clipboard. This is an invaluable tool if you
do a lot of cutting and pasting.


-----September 1993 Windows Additions Disk #2

CindyBob [CINBOB]
   Fonts
   Thomas E. Harvey; $0
is a "thick-and-thin" semi-serif TrueType font. This condensed font
works in text or display sizes, and is kerned and hinted.

Font Off 1.0 [FOFF]
   Font Utilities
   Tardis DP Consultants; $15
helps you manage large amounts of TrueType fonts. It allows you to
remove those rarely-used fonts from your system and store them on
floppies or other media. You can then easily reload selected fonts when
they are needed. This is an excellent way to free up valuable hard disk
space. Requires VBRUN300. <FONTOFF.PCX.>

Macro Manager 1.5 [MACQ]
   Keyboard Utilities
   John Ruzicka; $25
lets you program any number of keystrokes into a two-key macro. You
simply use a combination of the slash key (/) followed by any of the
26 letter keys. This can save you lots of time if you have to type in
repetitive information. VBRUN300 is required.

SysClock 2.1 [SYSCLK]
   Desktop Clocks
   Green Lantern Software; $0
is a powerful, multi-function clock. Its small display shows the
date/time and free system resources. Other features include multiple
alarms, file launching, system info display, exit/restart Windows
options, and a file finding utility. Requires VBRUN300.

TakeOne 1.03 [TAKEONE]
   Board Games
   Jimmy Kavanaugh; 5 Pounds IR
2s an interesting variation of peg solitaire. The object is to remove
all the markers but one from the board by jumping over other markers
either horizontally or vertically. You can play a standard game starting
with only one free square, or design your own patterns.

Other features include Dead Balls which must be captured with the final
move, Watch Balls that cannot be moved until there are only two markers
left, instant replay of games at three different speeds, and more.
<TAKEONE.PCX>

Text Jumper 1.2 [TXTJUMP]
   Word for Windows Tools
   Total System Solutions; $15
enables you to easily create hypertext-like documents in Word for
Windows. This allows users to point and click a highlighted word to
jump to any part of a document. This is an excellent way to automate
references and have on-screen definitions of difficult words.


-----September 1993 Windows Additions Disk #3

Correct! 1.01 [CORR]
   Education
   G.S. Sinclair; $0
is a multiple-choice quiz program for Windows 3.1. It allows you to
create a quiz on any subject, and will encode it, play it back, and keep
score. Features include an option to display the correct answer, an
on-screen timer, several sample quizzes, and more. <CORRECT. PCX>

Capture 1.0 [CAPTUR]
   Video Utilities
   Mark Mazurik; $5
is a handy screen capture utility. It allows you to capture an area of
the screen and save it to a BMP file. You can also capture an icon-sized
image and save it as a Windows icon. A zoom option allows you to view a
file up to 400 times its original size.

CFL_1993 [CFL93W]
   Sports
   Thomas C. Kerr; $32
allows you to predict, track, and update Canadian Football League
games. The 1993 weekly CFL game schedule is included. Estimates of the
offensive/defensive scoring strengths of each team is also included. (An
NFL version is on disk #4460.)

Russian Notepad [RUSSPAD]
   Desktop Tools
   Bill Tavolga; $0
is a simple English/Russian editor. A special TrueType font is included
that allows you to toggle between fonts. A Russian keyboard layout
display is also provided. VBRUN200 is required.

SmilerShell 1.0 [SSHELL]
   Command Line Utilities
   Bardon Data Systems; $10
is a powerful replacement for Program Managers Run dialog. It allows
you to type in commands to run DOS programs, Windows applications, or
even DOS internal commands.

A command line editor lets you retrieve previous commands, and commands
may be saved for later playback. Other features include a fast directory
change utility, the ability to assign commands to function keys, a
clock/free memory/resource display, and much more.

WinLock 3.06 [WINLOCK]
   Security
   TeraVision; $21
helps protect your Windows and LAN environment from unauthorized use. It
can lock Windows and require a password at startup, on demand, or after
a user-defined time period.

When locked, all keyboard and mouse activity is restricted. Intruders
are greeted with a flashing red screen, an audible alarm, and deterrent
messages. Other features include screen saver compatibility and an
on-screen record of unauthorized password attempts.


-----September 1993 Visual Basic Disk

AVI Viewer [AVIWIN]
   VB3: Multimedia
   Dustin Callaway; $0
demonstrates how to play AVI files through a custom window rather than
the default AVI playback window. The program allows for positioning
and sizing of the playback window by simply placing a picture box on
your VB form. Source code and executable are included.

BmpLst [BMPLST]
   VB: Custom Controls
   James Shields; $20
provides a list box that displays a bitmap and a line of text for each
item in the list. Support is provided for bitmap, metafile, and icon
picture formats.

Labeldll [LABLDLL]
   VB: Dlls and Utilities
   Stephen C. Guimond; $0
contains a DLL that will allow you to read, write, and delete DOS volume
labels. It will also allow you to get file and disk information such as
total disk space, available disk space, file date, file time, and size
of file.

A conversion routine to get plain English dates and times out of those
returned by the DLL is also provided. Commented Pascal source code is
included.

[Nugrd3]
   VB3: Update
   $0
contains an updated version of the GRID.VBX control that shipped with
VB3. This circumvents a problem causing an error "invalid file format"
when the setting of the HelpContextID was changed from the default
value.

[Pic2ic]
   VB: Graphics
   Matt Hart; $0
is a project that shows how to make an .ICO compatible bitmap on a
picture control. It extracts an icon from a file, then copies the mask
image used as an icon/drag icon.

Setup [SETUP]
   VB3: Update
Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows 3.0.

Setupwiz [SETUPW]
   VB3: Update
contains revision 1.00.544 of SETUPWIZ.EXE for Visual Basic 3.0.

Vbcal [VBCAL]
   VB: Tools
   Chris Mower; $0
is a calendar module for VB3. It provides a pop-up calendar for users to
enter a date.

VBCalendar 1.0 [CALEND]
   VB: Tools
   Wessex Systems; 5 Pounds Sterling
is a handy pop-up calendar. This example requires Visual Basic 3's DLLs
and VBX files to be present.

VB2list [VB2LIST]
   VB: Tools
   Chris Barlow; $0
a Word for Windows 2.0 template that will read Visual Basic MAK files
and locate all FRM and BAS files. Then it will read these files and
create an outline and table of contents of all Subs and Functions.

[Vbmsdn]
   VB:Database
contains a sample application of a custom database. The SQL statement is
included.

VideoSoft Custom Controls 2.2a [VCC]
   VB: Custom Controls
   VideoSoft; $45
is a set of three VB custom controls. The 3D Elastic control
automatically resizes forms or other controls. IndexTab allows you to
group controls by subject using a familiar notebook metaphor. Awksome
allows you to quickly scan and parse text files.

VolDLL [VOLDLL]
   VB: DOS Access
   Stephen C. Guimond; $0
is a DLL which lets you read, write, and delete DOS volume labels as
well as get disk space info and file date/time/size.

WinMon 1.1 [WINMON]
   General Tools
   David Burki; $25
allows Windows programmers to display debugging information in a list
box. The API to display information uses the same variable argument list
format as the standard C printf() function. The set of APIs allow the
behavior of the list to be controlled by the application being
debugged.

Winmmsys.txt [MMSYS]
   VB: General Help/Info
   Microsoft Corp.; $0
is a text file containing the Windows 3.1 Multimedia API Declarations.


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

(WI-01) Network Email 2.67 [N_EMAIL] freeware electronic mail package.
Now requires VBRUN200.

(WI-01) WinFly 1.0b [WINFLY] helps keep track of your frequent flyer
miles.

(WI-02) Big Number Cruncher 1.05 [BNCRNCH] calculator for numbers up
to 45 digits. Requires VBRUN300.

(WI-02) PopCal 3.0 [POPCAL] small calendar display.

(WI-02) Quickdex 1.07 [QDEX] unique Cardfile replacement. NEW: sound
support, improved help, and allows Mac Quickdex import/export.


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

(WI-02) SOT-Calc 2.01 [SOTCALC] feature-filled desktop calculator.
($30)

(WI-02) StarBar 3.1.2 [STARBAR] Star Trek inspired desktop clock.

(WI-04) BattleGrid 2.0 [BATGRID] battleship-like board game.

(WI-04) Block Breaker 3.10E [BLOK_BR] colorful breakout-type game.
New: Windows 3.1 sound and MIDI support.

(WI-04) Bow and Arrow 1.0 [B_ARROW] - test your hand-eye coordinate by shoot
arrows at balloons.


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

(WI-04) NFL-1993 for Windows [NFL_WIN] tracks football games.

(WI-04) Windows Yacht 2.21 [YACHT] Yahtzee-like dice game.

(WI-04) Wordstalk 1.1 [WRDSTOK] (Frank Bielsik; $15) Windows version
of the word game Boggle.

(WI-04) Yacht-Z 2.21 [YTZ] Windows version of the classic dice game.

(WI-05) mDraw 0.6 [MDRAW] object oriented drawing package. ($15)

(WI-06) Private Cryptographer 1.03 [PRICRYP] helps safeguard sensitive
files. Requires VBRUN300.


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

(WI-06) Trash Manager 2.0a [TRSHMAN] drag and drop file deletion.
($29)

(WI-08) Cvdmkd [CVDMKD] helps convert older QB code to VB.

(WI-08) Inicon 2.0 [INICON] custom control dealing with INI files.

(WI-08) MemWatch [MEMWTCH]-system resource monitor. Requires VBRUN200.

(WI-08) PerCnt 2.0 [PERCNT] paints a percentage bar on your form.

(WI-08) Pprtr 3.0 [PPRTR] DLL for printer functions.

(WI-08) Stadll [STADLL] TPW code for % complete status box.

(WI-09) PrintSwitch 1.3a [PRSWIT] lets you easily change Windows
default printer. Requires VBRUN200.


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

(WI-09) Second Copy 4.0 [SCOP40] backup files in the background. NEW:
ability to store multiple copy profiles, improved help, automated
install.

(WI-09) Uninstall for Windows 1.5 [UN4WIN] helps remove Windows-based
applications from your system.

(WI-09) WinCommand 1.10b [WN_CMD] DOS-like command prompt.


-----Large Windows Programs

Basketball Stats 1.1 [BBSTAT]
   Sports
   #20244 [2 disks]
   MOJO Software; $25
keeps track of youth and school basketball team statistics. Averages are
automatically calculated after you input the new figures after each
game. It also keeps track of player names and telephone numbers. All
data may be sorted and printed. VBRUN300 is included. (A baseball
version is available on disk #12240, and a football version on disk
#12405.)

Cross Words Deluxe 1.0 [CWD]
   Word Games
   #12474 (WI-04)
   Strategic Solutions ASP; $20
is an electronic crossword puzzle book for Windows. Features include
clue assistance, answer peek, and auto-save of work in progress. The 25
puzzles included can be solved on screen or printed. <CWD.PCX>

Double Match 1.0 [DBM10]
   Misc. Games
   #12475 (WI-04)
   Dan Puraty; $12
is a colorful animated game of Concentration for Windows 3.1. Up to
four players take turns matching pictures to reveal parts of a hidden
phrase. You can play against computer opponents with intelligence levels
from dumb to expert.

Other features include amusing sound effects, top 10 score recording,
hidden bonus squares, and more. A sound card is recommended. VBRUN200
is included on this disk. <DM.PCX>

Ecneuqes 1.1 [ECNEUQ]
   Card Games
   #12476 (WI-04)
   Matthew L. Smith; $10
is an unusual combination board/card game. The object of the game is to
place chips on the playing board matching the corresponding card
played from your hand. The first player with two rows of five chips wins
the game.

Features include game save/recall, multimedia sound support, two levels
of play difficulty, and more. Requires VBRUN300. <ECNE.PCX>

Get The Girl! [GTG]
   Adventure Games
   #20245 [2 disks] (WI-04)
   JAB Software; $20
is an adult oriented role-playing game for Windows. The goal of your
character is to successfully answer a series of questions by a
beautiful girl in hopes of going out with her.

When a question is asked, you must choose from a menu of possible
answers. If she likes your response, you are allowed more questions. The
256-color pictures, digitized voices/sound effects, and MIDI soundtrack
are very well done. Requires WIN31 and VBRUN200. A sound card is highly
recommended.

Windows Coloring Book 1.0 [WCB10A, WCB10B]
   Kids Stuff
   #20246 [2 disks] (WI-04)
   Kinderware; $30
allows children to use over 400 colors and patterns to color pictures on
the computer. Up to ten different users can choose their own icon and
save their creations for later viewing or continued coloring.

The simple mouse-based controls are suitable for ages 3 and up, and an
easy mode can be selected to remove potentially complicated menu
commands. Pictures may be printed in black and white or color. This is
an excellent tool for teaching eye-hand coordination while encouraging
individual artistic expression. Requires Windows 3.0+, VGA, 4 meg RAM,
hard drive, and a mouse. VBRUN200 is included on these disks. <WCB.PCX>

WinFish 1.0 [WINFISH]
   Sports Games
   #20247 (WI-04)
   2 Guys Software; $19
is an incredible multimedia fishing simulator. You can select your own
rod, reel, and bait depending on which type of fish youre angling for.
The fish finder helps you locate a spot containing fish.

When a strike occurs, youll have to be quick to set the hook or youll
be telling stories about the one that got away. This game features
beautiful 256-color animations and realistic digitized audio clips.
Requires WIN31, 3meg RAM, and VGA. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and
CD only. <WINFISH.PCX>

WinGO! [WINGO]
   Misc. Games
   #12479 (WI-04)
   Bob Dolan; $10-$15
is a fun and challenging game of Bingo for Windows. It allows you to
play against several different levels of computer opponents. Other
features include multi-card games, high score listing, speed control,
and more. VBRUN200 is included on this disk. <WINGO.PCX>

Aerobicalc 1.0 [AEROBIC]
   Health/Fitness
   #12480 (WI-01)
   Bruce Powel Douglass; $0
an aerobic calculator that computes aerobic points, caloric expenditure,
and average speed for a variety of activities. Supported physical
activities include running, cycling, swimming, and walking.

ArcDIB 2.12 [ARCDIB]
   Graphics Utilities
   #20248
   Better Maps; $28
is a powerful tool for storing and organizing graphical images and
multimedia files. You can create catalogs of compressed images, video
clips, and sound clips. Files can easily be extracted from these
catalogs, saving huge amounts of disk space.

Support is provided for PCX, BMP, GIF, TIF, WMF, WPG, FAX, DCX, and
TARGA images. Other features include image conversion, the ability to
record and attach sound files to images, OLE support, thumbnail preview,
image manipulation functions, a scrollable note field for each image,
and much more. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.
<ARCDIB.PCX>

The Bill Drawer 1.0
   Home Accounting
   #20249 (WI-01)
   MelissaSoft Systems; $15-$30
helps you pay your bills in a timely manner. It organizes your bills by
their due date and lets you review, select, and write checks for only
the bills you desire.

Features include support for recurring bills, monthly and yearly
statistical reports, full check register with supporting detail, full
account reconciliation functions, and much more. Available on 3.5"
1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

[CDBase]
   CD/Multimedia
   #12481 (WI-01)
   MicroWerks; $25
will catalog your CD's, songs, performers, time, etc. The program also
includes a CD player so that you can play your favorite songs as well.

ChartTamer 2.0 [CTAMR2]
   Graphics Applications
   #20250 [2 disks] (WI-05)
   Software Excellence by Design; $30
lets you easily create presentation quality 3-D Bar, Pie, Area, and line
charts. You have total control of colors and fill patterns, and you can
add any bitmapped image as a background to your chart.

A powerful "What If" command lets you change any data point by simply
clicking on it. Other features include the ability to import ASCII data
files, clipboard support, and much more. Requires VBRUN200. <CHART.PCX>

Clock-IN! 1.2 [CLOCKIN1, CLOCKIN2]
   Business Apps
   #20251 [2 MegaDisks] (WI-01)
   Mission Critical Software; $499
is a comprehensive time and attendance package for businesses. It
provides an executive In/Out board, professional timeslips with
integrated spreadsheets, and employee time and attendance charging.

Other features include integral bar coding, 30 common charge databases,
automatic E-Mail triggers with employee/productivity exceptions, picture
and bar code ID card printing, Human Resource management, multimedia
support, network compatibility, and much more. Requires WIN31 and a
hard disk. This professionally done program is available on two 1.44mb
MegaDisks for the special disk fee of $9.99.

The Flashcards System for Windows 1.0 [FSW]
   Education: Math
   #20252(WI-03)
   You and Me Products; $29
helps teach elementary mathematical concepts to children from
kindergarten through the 3rd grade. The Mathplay section contains a
number line display, addition/subtraction/multiplication tables, and
an apple counting game.

The Flashcards program provides problems for the child to answer.
Parent/Teacher controls allow you to customize problems for each child.
Requires WIN31, VGA, and a hard disk. Available on 3.5 1.44mb MegaDisk
and CD only.

GrabIt Pro 3.1 [GRABPRO]
   Screen Capture Utilities
   #12483 (WI-05)
   Software Excellence by Design; $35
allows you to quickly capture screens in Windows 3.1. The program runs
as an icon and can capture an entire window, client area, the Desktop,
or a user-selected area.

Up to 400 images can be captured and viewed before being saved or copied
to the clipboard. Screens can be saved in monochrome, 16-color, and
256-color bitmaps. Images may also be stored in space-saving RLE format.

ISI Volume Viewer/Editor 0.8 [ISIVE]
   Multimedia Utilities
   #12484 (WI-07)
   Imagery Studios, Inc.; $39
lets you create your own computerized "volumes" containing up to 20
pages of bitmaps and wave files. This is a powerful tool for making a
digital scrapbook, computerized family album, or high quality business
presentations. Requires WIN31 and VBRUN300.

IXFWIN 1.0 [IXFWIN]
   Windows Programming Tools
   #12502 (WI-08)
   Orange Software; $88
turns C or C++ code into a cross referencing database. It lets you
interactively search and browse through programs. This can help
programmers better understand their source code and enable them to reuse
their software.

JSSi Garden 1.1A [JSSIGAR]
   Home Applications
   #12485 (WI-01)
   JSSi; $20
is a garden management package for Windows. It allows you to draw the
layout of your garden, showing where everything is located. Information
on each crop can contain a generic name, specific name, number of units,
a comment field, and specific dates. All data may be viewed in tabular
format, sorted, and printed. VBRUN300 is included on this disk.

Kana Guess 1.0 [KANAG]
   Education: Languages
   #12486 (WI-03)
   Blaine Leckett; $5
is a Concentration-type game for learning Japanese Kana. Features
include a practice mode, optional timer, context-sensitive help, and
more. Requires VBRUN200. <KANA.PCX>

Labels by Design 1.0 [LBD]
   Printing Utilities
   #12487 (WI-09)
   John A. Spicer; $20
is a unique address label printing program for Windows 3.1. It can use
PrintMaster, Print Shop, and New Print Shop graphics as well as TrueType
fonts. Graphics can also be imported from the clipboard or captured
directly from the screen.

This is designed for dot-matrix printers, and can print single labels or
up to 9999 labels at a time. A preview function allows you to view
graphic files before importing, and a sample graphic library is
included. (See section DP-01 for disks containing additional
graphics.) <LBD.PCX>

Letterhead Pro for WordStar for Windows [LPWSW]
   Word Processing
   #12488 (WI-01)
   CPI Software; $35
contains seven templates, six logos, and a watermark for WordStar for
Windows. Other versions are available for different word processors:
#12144 for WordPerfect for Windows, #12242 for Word for Windows, and
#12243 for Ami Pro for Windows.

MWCC Object Library 1.0 [MWCC]
   Pascal for Windows
   #12489 (WI-08)
   Microworks; $0
provides a comprehensive set of 3-dimensional windows, dialogs and
custom controls to use in application development. You can easily
implement an enhanced Borland look, an enhanced Microsoft 3D look, or
use the librarys own custom 3D style. Example code for several
applications is included. Requires PKUNZIP (on #1705) to extract files.

Newton 1.0 [NEWTON]
   Astronomy
   #12490 (WI-03)
   Paul Keet; $10
is a planetary/solar system construction kit for Windows. 3.1. It allows
you to experiment with things like binary and trinary stars, the sling
shot effect, retrograde motions, energy transfer in near collisions,
and a whole lot more. This is a fairly technical program, and should be
used in conjunction with any good book on physics, astronomy, or space
science.

Nutri-Base Jr. 1.0a [NBJR]
   Health
   #12503 (WI-01)
   Munchware; $15
is a nutritional database and analysis program. A list of all the food
items consumed during the day can be quickly compiled, and the resulting
daily totals of each nutrient can be displayed.

The program automatically analyzes the nutrient information and
calculates what percentage of total calories comes from carbohydrates,
protein, fat, and from saturated fat. A Nutrition Reference section is
included to provide you with basic information about each nutrient.
<NUTRI.PCX>

RE 2.0 [RE20B]
   Virtual Desktop
   #12491 (WI-02)
   Christopher Mes; $0
is a combination utility which offers four virtual desktops, four
quick-launch buttons, time, date and resource displays and more.
Includes VBRUN300. <RE_SCR.PCX>

RetireA for Windows [RETIRA]
   Financial Applications
   #12492 (WI-01)
   Tom McGrath; $15
is a powerful retirement planning tool. You simply input income and
expenses, and the program produces line charts, bar graphs, and other
reports indicating the monthly cash flow situation over a selected 30
year time period.

SkyMap 1.3 [SKYMAP_1, SKYMAP_2, SKYMAP_3]
   Astronomy
   #20253 [3 disks]
   Christopher A. Marriott ASP; 15-50 Pounds Sterling
is a powerful astronomy package for Windows 3.1. It can display a map of
the sky as seen from any point on Earth for any date between 4000 BC and
8000 AD. A database of more than 15,000 stars down to magnitude 7 is
provided.

Detailed information about stars, planets, constellations, and deep sky
objects can be obtained by clicking on an item with the right mouse
button. Other features include the ability to link GIF or BMP graphic
files to objects, color and black-and-white printing, and much more. A
386+ is recommended. <SKYMAP.PCX>

Statkeeper 1.3 [STATKEEP]
   Sports
   #12494 (WI-04)
   William G. Shipley; $25
records golf scores and course information. You can generate
statistics including averages for par 3's, 4's and 5's and number of
birdies, pars, and bogies. You can also calculate 18 hole and 9 hole
handicaps based on 1993 USGA rules. VBRUN200.DLL included.

SuperBar 2.0a [SPRBAR20]
   Menu Utilities
   #12495 (WI-06)
   William J. Wood ASP; $24
lets you easily create customized toolbars that can be added to any
Windows application. Each toolbar can contain several buttons, each
assigned to an application menu command or a recorded macro.

Toolbars can be Icon Only, Text Only, or Icon and Text, and may be
placed in a variety of positions. This is a powerful productivity
enhancer that places often-used commands a single mouse click away. An
integrated icon manager is included that allows creating, editing, and
deleting of custom icons.

VideoBASE 1.0 [VBASE]
   Home Applications
   #12496 (WI-01)
   Dale W. Eckert; $35
allows you to catalog your video tape collection. An unlimited number
of databases may be created, and each database may have up to 2500
entries.

You can track a movies title, year of production, running time, rating,
category, and personal comments. You can also print a list of all
movies, or a list of movies in a specific category. VBRUN200 is included
on this disk.

Visual FEDIT Custom Control 2.5 [FEDIT]
   VB: Custom Controls
   #12497 (WI-8a)
   Computer Mindware Corp.; $159
a superclass of the EDIT control that provides the developer with all
facilities needed to ensure that the data received by a program is
correct.

Features include full support for VBX format 2.0 and 1.0, masked input
for 5 data styles, clipboard support, 19 date and time manipulation
procedures, over 60 API functions, and more.

WinComic 2.01a [WCOMIC]
   Home/Hobbies
   #12498 (WI-01)
   Logicorp, Inc.; $15
is a database program for serious comic book collectors. It lets you
easily catalog your collection with information on publisher, grade,
buy/sell price, and much more.

Personal notes and a scanned image of the cover may be attached to a
record. A variety of reports can be generated including a "want list"
and financial records.

WinScribe 1.0 [WSSW]
   Church/Religion
   #20254 [2 disks] (WI-01)
   L. E. Brown, Jr.; $55
is a comprehensive resource management tool for Pastors, academic
theologians and Bible College or Seminary students. It allows tracking
of books, journal and periodical readings, sermon manuscripts,
illustrations, and filing cabinet folders.

Special indexing and high speed search capabilities make it easy for you
to find any word or combination of words, no matter where you originally
filed it. Requires VBRUN200.

WizManager 1.1 [WINMGR11]
   File Management
   #12505 (WI-06)
   Mijenix; $40
a powerful add-on for Windows 3.1 File Manager. It provides a
buttonbar interface, a command line box for DOS commands, a system and
disk information display, and customized launch menus. It will also
allow you to print the contents of a directory or print a directory
tree. Other features include a task manager, exit/restart/reboot
options, and much more.

Word Treasure 1.0 [WTWIN]
   Education
   #20255 [2 disks] (WI-03)
   Charles D. Simmons; $10
provides an interesting way to improve your vocabulary. It is designed
to display a new word each time you turn on your computer. An optional
timer allows a new word to be popped up at a given time interval during
the day.

Over 500 words are included, providing pronunciation, meaning, and
usage. You can also add your own words. An optional hangman game will
test your new-found knowledge. Both Windows and DOS versions are
included. <WT.PCX>




=====Home:

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

-----Games

-----September 1993 Games Additions Disk

Crossword Construction Kit. 1.2 [CCK]
   Crossword Puzzles
   Kijin Jung; $19
creates a 15x15, diagonally symmetrical crossword puzzle. It outputs the
grid and solution as EPS files for a professional appearance. Clues can
be saved separately as text files, which you may format as you desire.

Chess Replay 3 [CHESSRP]
   Chess
   Chessrpl Software; $20
allows you to store chess games on disk and have the PC display them on
screen move-by-move. Sample games are included. Requires VGA.
<CHESSRPL.PCX>

HE 1.1 [HE_V11]
   Card Games
   Austin E. Bryant; $40
is a computerized version of Texas Hold 'Em. It does not have graphics
as fancy as some games, but it is an excellent program for training to
play in the real world.

Protec Pinball [PROTEC]
   Pinball Game
   Wilfried Lottermoser; 35 German Marks
is a pinball game. The intro screens are in German, but there is a
README file in English with instructions, and that's all you really need
to play pinball. The action was a little too fast on a 486-66, but was
still playable. <PROTECS.PCX>

GinRummy 4.2 [GINRUM]
   Card Games
   David Teach; $any
lets you play Gin against the computer. Features include selectable gin,
game and knock scores, optional Oklahoma rules, game difficulty, and
more. <GIN_SCR.PCX>


-----Games - Large Programs

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.

3D-Cribbage [CRIBBAGE]
   Card Games
   #20233 [2 disks]
   Mark R. Juneau; $25
is the classic card game of cribbage. You play against the computer. It
features a self-scoring cribbage board. Requires VGA. <CRIBBAGE.PCX>

Executioners [EXECUTE]
   Arcade Games
   #20234 (GA-03) [2 disks]
   Bloodlust Software; $35
is an intense fighting game for 1 or 2 players. It features a total of
eight fighting moves, and machine guns, and a variety of strange
super-villians. It also features music and digitized sounds effects.
Requires VGA and 386+ with at least 1 meg of expanded memory.
<EXECUTNR.PCX>

Major Stryker 1.4 [STRYKER]
   Arcade Games
   #20235 (GA-03)
   Apogee Software; $34
is a shoot-em-up space combat game. You pilot a high-powered space ship
through space stations, lava caves and alien cities. Features include
triple-parallax scrolling, EGA/VGA highspeed animated graphics, Ad Lib
and Sound Blaster support, cinematic sequences, joystick support, a demo
mode, and the ability to save/restore up to 10 games. Available on 3.5"
1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only. <STRYK000.PCX>

Monster Bash 2.1 [BASH]
   Graphical Adventure Games
   #20236 (GA-01)
   Apogee Software; $39
is a horror adventure game with gruesome graphics. Johnny Dash must save
his dog from the underworld of Count Chuck.

The program features 8 megs compressed animated and scrolling EGA/VGA
graphics, digitized sound and voice effects, Ad Lib and SoundBlaster
support, uniquely animated monsters, opening and closing
animated/cinematic sequences, joystick support, three skill levels,
save/restore up to 10 games, built in hints, and many secret places and
bonuses. Requires a 286 or faster. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and
CD only. <BASH01.PCX> <BASH02.PCX> <BASH03.PCX>

Scud Atak2 1.0 [SCUDATK]
   Arcade Games
   #12439
   David Peterson; $10
is a missile-attack type game. Although this is an update, we are giving
it a fresh write-up because it is such a massive improvment over the old
version. The original had excellent graphics, but was too simple (only
one missile at a time) and poor sound.

This version still has excellent graphics and has added a synthesizer
music soundtrack and digitized sound effects and speech (with sound
cards), and joystick and mouse support. With the multiple missiles and
aircraft, this is now a very challenging and enjoyable game. (Included
on the CD with special permission of the author.)<SCUDATAK.PCX>

Space Chase I: City Under Siege [STORM1]
   #20237 (GA-03)
   Safari Software Productions; $19-$34
Jason Storm battles the forces of evil for control of a vast city.
Features 10 levels of play, excellent EGA/VGA graphics, and original
Adlib/SB music tracks. Requires 286-16+, 530K RAM (580K and sound card
for music), EGA/VGA and 2MB of disk space. Preinstalled in DOS\STORM on
the CD. <STORM.PCX>

Patience Abroad 1.0 [ABROAD]
   Card Games
   #12438 (GA-04)
   CoCoWare/David A. Cowles ASP; $10
contains nine foreign Solitaire card games and puzzles. Games include
The Great Wall, Monte Carlo, Four Kingdoms, Sir Tommy, Russian Patience,
Beleaguered Castle, and more. No graphics required.


Games Quick Looks:
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CAD's LottoTexas Software 1.2 [LOTTOTX] (CAD Computing; $15) graphs,
analyzes, and displays past winning Texas lottery numbers. It will
generate number picks for you. This demo version will not save new data.
<LOTTOTEX.PCX>

[FLotto] v4.0 (PC Light, ASP; $20) is a lotto program for any Pick 3, 4,
5, 6, & 7 lottery game. It offers wheeling for up to 50 numbers. It does
random and filtered quick picks. It calculates odds and keeps track of
winning numbers.

Global War 3.0 [GLOBEWAR] (Rockland Software Productions; $20) is a
Risktype war game. Features include bitmapped graphics, digital and FM
sound, navy, air, carriers, airborne, bases, supply rules, nukes,
reenforecements, multi-attack, and more.

Roulette 40-Number [ROUL40] (Dale A. Nichols; $0) is a simple,
ASCII-based version of roulette, of interest primarily to those without
graphics.

Universal Hint System 1.5 [UHS] (Jason Strautman; $10-$15) is a set of
hint files for 58 different games. These games are mainly adventures
including most Sierra and Dynamix adventures: Alone In The Dark,
Goblins, Indy 3 and 4, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Spellcasting 101 through
301, and more.

CFP Toy Box 3.05 [TOYBOXS] (Steve Schustack; $20) is a collection of
toys for children. The toys enable one to create colorful drawings, play
and replay music by making the PC's keys act like the keys of a piano,
listen to computer generated music, see the time and date, and even take
a trip to another universe.

[YahWho] (Keith Greer; $0) is a computerized version of Yahtzee. BP7-TV
source code is included. <YAHWHO.PCX>

Games Updates:
--------------
(GA-02: #20016/3640) [HUMBUG] 4.5 is a hilarious all-text adventure game
with a decidedly English twist. ($20)

(GA-03: #20165) [Oxyd] 3.9 is an incredible arcade/puzzle game.

(GA-03: #3097) [QUATRIS] II+ 1.0-S2 is a top-notch Tetris-like game
featuring an impressive 3D graphical user interface, bombs, robots,
extended shapes, and numerous other advanced features. ($25)
<QUATRISS.PCX>

(GA-04: #27078/1599) Blackjack! 2.40d [BLACKJAC] ASP is a completely
accurate simulation of the game Blackjack or 21.

(GA-04: #27280) The Big Games Package [TEGL1, TEGL2, TEGL3, TEGL4] (TEGL
Systems Corp.; $35) is a set of games for EGA/VGA. The following were
updated this month: Mille Bornes, Mahjong Solitaire, Klondike Solitaire,
and Big2. <KLONDIKE.PCX>

(GA-04: #27672/1973) Patience 10 4.0 [PATENC40] (ASP) is a program with
ten distinctly different versions of solitaire selectable from a menu.

(GA-05: #0884) Mah Jongg 4.1 ASP [MAHJONGG] is a solitaire game played
with Chinese tiles.

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

(GA-07: #4633) Pro Football Edge! 93 2.0 [PFE] is a NFL handicapping
program for NFL Winners and Over/Unders.

(GA-08: #27288/1879) Pro Football Linemaker 3.0 [PFL] predicts the
results of football games. NEW: statistics from 1992-1993's football
season.

(GA-09: #27079/1522) Bowl-101 12.2 [BOWL101] (ASP) is a bowling league
management program.

(GA-11: #27677/2709) Fantasy Football Assistant 2.1 [FFA] helps fantasy
football league commissioners automate record keeping involved with
running a league. NEW: divisions for 8 team leagues, 22-player team
rosters, support for team quarterbacks and kickers, enter and report
transactions and team owner information, customizable point values for
the performance and distance scoring methods, importing, and an NFL
roster list.


-----Home, Misc.


Anytime/Suntime 1.2 [ANYTIME]
   Time Tables
   #12441 (MS-08)
   RejTech; $5-$7
Anytime shows the current time for up to 11 cities world-wide. Suntime
shows sunrise/sunset times, as well as other information, for a city
selected from a database of over 1300 cities. <ANYTIME.PCX> <SUNTIME.PCX>

Bond-Tech's Bond Calculator 1.0 [BONDCALC]
   Investment
   #12442 (AH-03)
   Bond-Tech, Inc.; $52
computes statistics for notes, bonds, money markets, odd coupons, and more.
Computations include price, yield, yield equivalents, modified duration,
convexity, horizon returns, dollar extensions, and more. <BONDCALC.PCX>

LaserMax for Managing Your Money 1.25 [LMYM]
   Check Making
   #12443 (AH-01)
   LaserMax Software, Inc.; $49
prints MYM checks using a HP PCL Laserjet compatible printer. Checks are
printed on blank check stock for a fraction of the cost of preprinted
checks. Signatures and logos can be printed on checks. It is compatible
with both the HP and CHEQsys MICR encoding systems and comes with the
Elfing MICR soft font.

LaserMax for Pacioli v1.25 [LPACIOLI]
   Home Accounting
   #12444 (AH-01)
   LaserMax Software, Inc.; $49
produces complete checks using blank check stock and any HP LaserJet+
compatible printer, Pacioli 2000. Seven types of checks can be printed
including Pacioli and Quicken Laser styles. This package includes the
Elfring MICR soft font, support for the HP MICR system, and laser generated
signatures and logos.


-----Quick Looks

--Quick Looks, Home, Miscellaneous:

[CDMusic] (Wolf Kurtz; $0) reads info from music CDs, lets you enter disc
and track names, and saves it in Paradox-compatible data files. Requires
CD-ROM drive and a Paradox compatible database. C source included.
<CD_MUSIC.PCX>

Cubmate Lite 1.2 [CUBMAT12] (Kevin Coleman; $35) keeps track of cub scout
packs/dens. Features include nine pages per scout, adult leader tracking,
mail merge, several reports, book inventory module, pack/den inventory and
financial modules, permission slips and more.

G-ScoutMate 1.1 [GSMATE11] (Kevin Coleman; $35) keeps track of girl scout
troops. Features include 22 pages per scout, adult leader tracking, mail
merge, several reports, book inventory module, troop inventory and
financial modules, new try-its, permission slips and more.

Label Master and Catalog 1.0 [LMASTER] (Lenn Gutierrez; $23) is an audio
tape label printer and catalog. It categorizes and prints tape labels on
Epson Fx, Lx or compatible printer. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and
CD only.

Scoutmate 3.2 [SCOUT32] (Kevin Coleman; $35) keeps track of boy scout
troops. Features include nine pages per scout, adult leader tracking, mail
merge, several reports, merit badge book inventory module, troop inventory
and financial modules, permission slips, merit badge counselor module and
more.

[ESPTest] 1.0 (Phil Mosier ASP; $40) is an extrasensory perception test. It
records your attempts to guess cards using clairvoyance, or precognition.
Pascal source code is included.

Personal Possessions 1.0 [POSSESS] (Relative Software Innovations; $20) is
a collection of programs to organize your personal property. It keeps track
of audio, video, and home inventory. Multiple sort and print options are
included.

TripFinder [TRIPFIND] (Lynn Cathay; $20) contains a database of
vacation/travel packages which can be accessed by selected criteria. (See
screen shot.) Information is provided for cruise, tour and resort
categories. Requires 4+MB of disk space, 640K RAM. (Preinstalled:
\DOS\TRIP) <TRIPFND.PCX>

X10 Direct Control 1.3 [X10DC] (David Huras; $20) sends commands to the X10
CP290 controller. It features a point and click DOS character interface.
It also supports a ON/OFF/DIM for multiple unit codes, self-test, set base
house code, set time and x10.dat file format.


--Quick Looks, Financial:

CheckStar III [CHKSTR] (Salim Sindhi & Bob Simpson; $20) is a check
management program that tracks fixed and estimated expenses.

The Living Assistant - Financial Module 0.5 [TLA_FM] (Custom Computer
Systems; $20) is a checkbook, savings, and budget management program. It
can handle multiple accounts for multiple people.

Money & Banks 1.4 [M&B140] (RCCO Research Associates; $28) is a personal
banking manager. It keeps records for personal, professional or business
banking.

Stock Analyst 1.0 [STOCKANA] (Visionary Software ASP; $60) is a stock
analysis program. Features include buy/sell analysis of stocks, line, bar,
p&f charts, room for up to 1,500 stocks with 32,000 prices each, and more.
We found the program's input to be cumbersome and to have poor error
recovery/trapping, but the graphs and analysis are worth a look.


--Quick Looks, Education:

PC Storybooks 2.0 [PCSTORY] (Rebecca Thomas; $20) are short graphical
stories intended to introduce pre-schoolers to computers. Graphics are CGA
and not very fancy, but should still be of interest to young children.


-----Updates

--Home Updates:

(AH-01: #12190) Financial Wizard 5.4 [FINWIZ] is an investment and loan
analysis program.

(AH-01: #4950) Lasermax For Quicken 1.25 [LMQ] is for printing your own
checks for use with Quicken.

(ED-06: #4953) Skill-Oriented Algebra [SOA] generates printed algebra
exercises and tests for elementary to junior high students.

(ED-11: #12029) Total Recall 3.02 [TTLRCALL] lets you create computerized
study programs. NEW: DOS 6.0 support.

(MS-01: #4719) Personal Numerologist 2.11S [PNUMER] produces professional
looking, in-depth personality reports based on a name and birth date.

(MS-02: #12445) Murphy's Law [MURPHY] displays one of Murphy's laws or some
other clever quote each time you boot up. NEW: additional text files
including quotes of wisdom, aphorisms and unusually stupid pronouncements
by famous intelligent people. C source is included.

(MS-07: #4428) Around the House 1.43 [HOUSE] (ASP) is an information
manager for the home.

(MS-07: #20033/4335) [SMART10] 1.9 ASP is an X10/CP290 home control system.

(MS-08: #27228/2491) [Whist] 3.0 calculates and prints weather histograms.

(MS-09: #27230/3020) Vehicle Record System Plus 2.0 [VRS] is a
comprehensive vehicle management system for homes and businesses. ($70)




=====Business:

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


Analytic Hierarchy Process 3.01 [AHP]
   Decision Analysis
   #12446 (BZ-06)
   Armada Systems; $99
uses a proven analytical method to aid in decision and problem analysis.
It helps quantify subjective or intangible factors. Applications include
location planning, strategic planning, cost/benefit analysis,
recruiting, employee evaluation, resource allocation, product
evaluation, sales forecasting, taste testing, problem analysis, and
market research.

Business StartManager 2.0 [BPIM20]
   PIM
   #12447
   John Linnabury; $39.95
is a personal information manager with a very attractive graphical
interface. From a menu bar, you can pop up a phone book, calendar,
infobase, to-do list, reminder, journal, daily planner and more.
<BSM1.PCX> <BSM2.PCX>

Marketing Letter Sender 6.0 [MLS]
   Marketing
   #20238 (BZ-06) [2 disks]
   Paul Sax ASP; $99
is a system for sending and tracking sales and marketing letters. It
keeps track of appointments, callbacks, revenues/expenses, and
collections. Features include Rolodex and label printing, phone dialing,
proposal and invoice generator and mail merging with Wordstar, Word and
WordPerfect. Requires 10MB or more of disk space.


-----Quick Looks:

--Quick Looks, Accounting/Finance:

Account Pro [ACCT_PRO] (W.R. Aus der Au) is a double-entry accounting
program. Features: user-definable accounting periods, budgets,
forecasts, passwords.

Gist Plus(+) 1.01 [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. This is an update to a
previous Quick Look.

[SGL] 1.3 (I. J. Smith; $35) is a small business double entry general
ledger program. It features auto-look up tables, cash disbursements,
cash receipts, general journal modules, up to 999,999 accounts with
sample files included, grouping of accounts for subsidiary or other
income/cost centers, and reports that can be viewed on screen, sent to a
file or printer. Requires 512K and a hard disk.

[ProBill] S1.0 (Dimestore Software; $69.95) is a complete billing &
accounts receivable system for services and products. Features include
full A/R tracking with aging and extensive reporting.

[Transact] 5.7E (Data-Labs; $?) is an inventory record keeping system
designed just for small-businesses. It includes point of entry, point of
sale invoices, inventory control, and mailing label manager. Accounts
receivables includes aged billing. It is fully integrated and provides a
slick customer/service order tracking system.

[TRAXX] 1.1 (F$OFT; $95 [2 disks]) is a Point of Sale program.

Workers Compensation 2.0 [WORKCOMP] (International Business Saveware;
$30) helps companies budget, monitor, forecast and lower their Workers
Compensation and Liability premiums. WARNING: The program must be
un-ZIP-ed from the CD to a HD floppy and installed from there. The
installation program modifies your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files
without warning and REBOOTS YOUR MACHINE. If you are in a multi-window
environment, you will lose any unsaved data in the other windows.


--Quick Looks, Information Management:

ChronoLog 1.1 [CHRONOLG] (ComputerEase Business Systems ASP; $35) is a
personal information resource manager. Features include easy event
entry, reminding, resource utilization matrix, conflict-checking,
keyword and string searching, export/import, printing of appointment
schedules and calendars, phone book with autodial, calculator, to-do
list, DOS directory, and perpetual calendar. Past events form endless
logbook. Requires 500K hard drive and a Hayes modem for autodial.

CalMinder 3.0 [CALMINDR] (Jeff Joseph Brown; $20) is a calendar-reminder
program.

Contact Tracking System 2.3 [CTS] (Gordon Fuller; $25) is an extensive
program for keeping track of business contacts. Req. 3+MB of disk space.

Executive Address Book 3.1 [EXADB3] (American Digital Corp.; $45).
Features: two-sided page printing; pages fit over 20 different pocket
secretaries; maintains Rolodex; many other features.

Hardware/Software Information Manager 1.3 [HSIM13] (Dean Davis; $29)
keeps track of all information related to your hardware and software.
This makes it easy to keep track of what software is licensed to a
system, hardware serial numbers, warranty periods, where to get tech
support and repairs, etc. <HSIM.PCX>

Little Lists 1.0 [LITLIST] (Elvis DeKoj, ASP; $18) is a simple database
program. A list of any kind can be created without any prior knowledge
of programming or database systems. It supports dBase III-compatible
files and allows you to view and manipulate database files created by
other programs. Requires 512K RAM and a hard disk.

[MyBASE] 2.1 (Armada Systems; $25) is a multi-purpose database package.
It can be used in DOS or Windows to view, edit, sort, search, group,
filter, replace, copy/paste, merge, print, fax or export data in various
ways. It creates, reads, and writes standard dBASE III files. Other
features include online help, password access, programmable merge
utility, automatic swap and run of external programs, telephone dialer,
data entry validation, quick index, view setup, and more. Requires 640K
RAM, 1MB disk space.

Public Address 3.07A [PA307A] (Chris M. Davies, ASP; $20) is a
full-featured address manager. It prints labels, envelopes, lists, phone
books, merge files.

Task Master 1.0 [TASKMA] (A.A. Morell, ASP; $35) is a versatile To-Do
list and project manager.

Time Frame 2.1 [TF21] (R.K. Ludington, ASP; $25.00) is a user-friendly
personal information and contact manager.


--Quick Looks, Communications:

[GIFLINK] 1.12 (White River Software; $30-$35) is a download protocol
which allows you to view GIF files on BBSs while they are being
transmitted. VGA required.

LDSTAT For Telix [LDSTAT] (Gregory E. Shultz Sr.; $10) analyzes
long-distance calls and charges based on the Telix log file. Telix
required (#20095).

MyComm 2.01 [MYCMM2] (Ken Dorshimer; $25) is a good, basic telecommunications
program. What it lacks in exotic features, it makes up for in ease of use.


--Quick Looks, Other Business Apps:

[911HELP] 1.1b (RAD Software; $99) is an emergency dispatching and
record keeping program. It is intended for small and medium size law
enforcement and emergency response agencies. Requires a hard disk.

Bulk Mail Sorting Program 1.0 [BULKSORT] (Gerri Hesselberg; $20) sorts
your mailing list by five-digit ZIP Code in proper order for third class
(bulk) mailing. This program is current with the postal regulations as
of June 14, 1993. Requires dBase compatible program.

[EZParts] 1.5 (Simple Software; $15) is a demo version (limited to 15
records) of an inventory program.

Inventory Interface 6.2 [II62] (Data Interface; $135) is an inventory
management system. It features modules for bill of materials, point of
sale, accounts receivable and purchase order systems. It offers a
comprehensive and efficient way for assessing the required quantities of
raw materials, spares, products, time and or services. The WYSIWYG
interface allows you to customize reports while browsing data on the
screen. Labels, PO's, invoices and packing lists can be customized to
print on blank paper or reprinted forms. Multi-page PO's, invoices and
packing lists are supported. Requires 540K memory, hard drive, and DOS
3.3+. (2 disks.)

Super Barber 3.3 [BARBRD] (Christian Gotschim; $499.95) organizes and
plans statistical data for businesses.

Super Macro Library for Lotus 1-2-3 3.4 [SUPERMAC] (ASP) is an update to
a collection of macros for Lotus 1-2-3.

VideoSoft 1.0 [VIDEOSFT] (H. Radford; $199.99) is an application for
running video store daily operations.


-----Updates:

--Business Updates:

(AB-02: #27805 [2 disks]) [ICP] 9.0 is a full featured inventory control
program.

(AB-02: #27625 [3 disks]) Retail Solution 2.2 [RETAIL] is a
point-of-sale, retail inventory and customer tracking program.

(AB-04: #27449/3071) Painless Payroll 5.6 [PAYROLL] is an excellent
payroll program. NEW: QTD and YTD figures, Medicare added to W2 printing
for 1992, revised 1992 tax tables, and 1993 withholdings.

(BZ-02: #27618 [3 disks]) PC/Bill 3.4 [PCBILL] is a time and billing
system for professionals who bill by hourly rates or dollar amounts for
specific services.

(BZ-02: #27118 [2 disks]) Service Plus 6.0 [SERVICE] is a service-call
tracking system.

(BZ-08: #20225) Shareware Tracker 3.01 (ASP) [SHARETRK] is a business
system for shareware authors.

(BZ-04: #4990) Executive Address Book 3.01 [EXECADDR] maintains and
prints professional address books and Rolodex information.

(BZ-04: #27017 [2 disks]) In-Control 6.0 [INCONTRL] is a salesman's
prospect tracking, calendar and revenue/expense/time tracking/billing
program.

(BZ-05: #4470) Dyna-Quote 3.0 [DYNAQUOT] is a complete sales quotation
program. NEW: Formerly Quotation Faster. ($25)

(BZ-05: #27127) ProDev*Quote 4.5 [PDQUOTE] ASP aids you in preparing
quotations from a large inventory for stock items, sub-assemblies,
processes, special one-of-a-kind items, etc. NEW: increased compatibility
for DOS 6.0. ($70) Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(BZ-06: #27649/1960) Decision Analysis System 2.45 [DAS] is a set of two
programs for evaluating alternatives.

(BZ-07: #27132/1779) [URAR] 4.3.6 is the Uniform Residential Appraisal
Report processor for FHA, VA, and Conventional loan appraisal reports.

(BZ-08: #4154) Home Sales System 3.21 [HSS] ASP automates the ordering
process for Avon agents.


--Communications Updates:

(CM-02: #27143 [3 disks] [COM_AND] 2.91 (ASP) is a full-powered
communications program that has accessory applications to be used with it.

(CM-02: #27149/2258) [DSZ] external protocols which allow most
communications programs to use the ZModem, YModem, or XModem protocol to
transfer files. Updated the DSZEXE version of the program which is
sometimes faster than the COM version. Now supports IRQ9-IRQ15 5-393
X/YMODEM.

(CM-02: #4234) Modem Doctor 5.2s [MODEMDOC] is a professional diag
nostic tool for testing modem and serial ports.

(CM-02: #3910) Private Secretary 1.01 [PRIVATE] (Unique Software ASP;
$25) manages an auto FAX/modem/answering machine on one line. (For merly
named Total Ctl.)

(CM-02: #27421) [Telemate] 4.11 is a communications program that is
powerful, but easy to use. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD
only.


--Database & Other Updates:

(DB-02: #27305/3083) [BIBL] 8.44a keeps track of books and articles.

(DB-03: #27025 [4 disks]) [PC_File] 7.0 (ASP) is a very popular
relational database manager. NEW: multiple views per database, exporting
to DBF format, and spell checking. <PC_FILE7.PCX>

(SS-01: #27057/3253) [ALITE] 1.20r ASP is a powerful spreadsheet program
with graphics, yet requires only 150K of RAM.

(WP-01: #27070 [4 disks]) PC Write 4.1 [PC_WRITE] is a powerful word
processing program. NEW: graphics support, envelope printing,
customizable status line, stress indicator, and more. The stress
indicator is an interesting idea. It measures the amount of stress
accumulated on the hands/wrists and displays it as a percentage of the
maximum allowed. Users can ease off when the stress rate gets too high.
Registration: $69.




=====Words & Graphics

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


FontEdit 2.1 [FONTEDIT]
   Laser Printers
   #12450 (P2-02)
   Alexander Walter; $30
is font editor for HP LaserJet printers. It allows you to view and edit
any HP LaserJet bit-mapped soft font. It supports portrait or landscape,
fixed or proportional, and can convert among them.

It handles 110 point (VGA), 80 point (EGA), 88 point (Herc and AT&T), or
44 point (CGA). You can sculpt individual pixels, or use the many
built-in special effects and area shapes. It imports PrintShop icon
graphics and characters from black and white PCX, TIF, or other soft
fonts. A handwriting font is included.

Letterhead Pro For WordStar 7+ [LPW]
   WordStar
   #12449 (WU-07)
   CPI Software; $?
contains 16 sample letterheads, 6 logos, and a watermark. Each
letterhead and the watermark has a macro that installs it into any
WordStar document when the macro is activated. These examples may be
utilized to design your own letterhead, logo or watermark. Requires
WordStar 7.0+

BCM Borders, Corners & Frames II [BCMGRAPH]
   Clip Art
   #20239 [3 disks] (DP-01)
   BCM Graphics; $15
is a set of 45 PCX graphics. It includes borders, corners and frames. It
includes a selection for just about any type of card, newsletter,
invitation, or announcement. It has full length borders, and 1/2 size
borders for your cards, memos, small notes, theater programs, etc.
(Preinstalled: \DOS\BCM_BCF2) <CORNER01.PCX>

CD Toons 1992: In the Beginning [CDTOONS]
   Clip Art
   #20240 (DP-01) [5 disks]
   Cooper Designs; $20
is a collection of 139+ cartoon-type drawings in PCX format.
Preinstalled in the \DOS\CDTOONS directory of the CD, as well as
including the ZIP file. <CDT0100.PCX>

Graphics Galore [GGLABEL]
   Clip Art
   #20241 (DP-01) [2 disks]
   Jim Cooper; $15
contains nearly 200 images of animals, children, men and women in PCX
format. These are small drawings sized for use with graphical label
printing programs like Avery Label Pro and for other applications where
small images are appropriate. <DENTIST1.PCX>

Hatcher 1.sw [HATCHER]
   AutoCad Utilities
   #12454 (GR-02)
   Morris E. Sharp; $7
is a collection of 100 AutoCAD hatch patterns. It contains fun-to-use
patterns for drawings such as greeting cards and several patterns to be
used in professional drawings.

TRANS4 1.1 [TRANS4]
   Graphics Displays
   #12455
   Lyn Ratcliff; $0
is an interactive graphics demonstration program which displays a number
of different colorful, animated 4-dimensional wireframe objects. It can
be used as a screen blanker or as a graphics show. You can modify
existing figures or create your own.

PCX-Demo Disk 1.0 [PCXDEMO]
   Clip-Art and Fonts
   #12456 (DP-01)
   Speyside Software Enterprises; $?
is a collection of over 80 pieces of clipart in PCX format. It includes
images of nature, machines, people, air, and objects. <SCORPION.PCX>

Together 3.0a
   Graphics
   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. See the article in NEWS & VIEWS
for update info. Also see TOGETHER.DOC in the \SCREENS directory for
information about how to see screen shots in the PsL News files.


-----Quick Looks:

FW-Text 4.50 [FWT45X] (Frank Wolpers, Germany; $45) is a word processing
program. Error messages and some prompts are in German.

The "perfect" Editor v3.05 [PE305] (Just Excellent Software, ASP;
$29-49$) is a text editor with global search & replace across 40 windows
or files and over 160 other functions. Drag-and-drop blocks with mouse
or keyboard. Edit binary files in HEX, Reg expn's, {} match and much
more.

Pop-Label 2.1 [PL21] (Robert F. Keber Jr.; $18) is a small, fast program
for creating and printing labels.

[SetUpPrn] (MG Software; $10) is a printer setup program.

[CaddView] 1.01 (Monumental Computer Applications, Inc.; $30-$60) is a
file viewer and management program. It features built in VESA mode
graphic routines which will display DWG, GCD and CMP drawing and component
files which were created with Generic CADD Level 3, CADD5 and
CADD6. This is a limited version of the program.

Karl's Graphic Portfolio [KGP] (Karl Weller; $0) contains VGA animations
and stills. These graphics were created by raytracing, scanning, and
video capture. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb disk and CD only. <KWGP.PCX>

[NeoShow] 2.0 (OSCS Software Development, Inc.; $40) combines PCX and
GIF images into effective presentations. You can use it to group presen
tations, self running exhibits, sales tracts, and more. A variety of
screen wipes, fades and dissolves allows the you to create smooth
transitions. It supports 2, 16, 256 color files at up to 1024x768, and
SoundBlaster compatible cards. Requires DOS 3.1+, EGA/VGA/SVGA, mouse,
hard disk and 640K+ RAM.

NeoShow PRO 2.0 [NSHOPRO] (OSCS Software Development, Inc.; $95)
combines PCX and GIF images into effective presentations. This program
incorporates the same features as NeoShow in addition to a sound
recorder and a runtime license that lets you produce and distribute EXE
stand alone shows. Requires DOS 3.1+, EGA/VGA/SVGA, mouse, hard disk,
and 640K+ RAM.

Text-Show 5.0 [TSHOW5] (PC West; $75) is a dazzling presentation
software system operating in the DOS text mode. Features include dozens
of screen fades/transitions, custom fonts, support for Sound Blaster
VOC/FM files, special screen effects, conditional branching, user input
and more. A screen capture utility is included. <TSHOWS.PCX>


-----Updates:

(DP-02: #4778) [IMGFun] 1.01 ASP is an image compression and enhancement
utility.

(DP-02: #2478) [PIXCAT] 2.7 will print a catalog of all pictures in a
NewsMaster, PrintMaster, Print Shop, or New Print Shop graphics library
in as few pages as possible.

(GR-02: #20062 [2 disks]) [NEOPAINT] 2.1 is an image editing program. It
reads and writes PCX, GIF, and TIFF formats and converts between differing
formats and resolutions.

(DP-02: #2478) [PIXCAT] 2.7 will print a catalog of all pictures in a
NewsMaster, PrintMaster, Print Shop, or New Print Shop graphics library
in as few pages as possible. NEW: support for HP LaserJet printers and
compatibles.

(P1-02) PrintPlus 6.6 [PRNTPLUS] (ASP) is a full-featured file printing
utility.

(P2-02: #2642) softJet II 2.3B [SJII] lets you preview output intended
for the printer which is in HPLJ's PCL format.

(WP-06: #12363) WP BookLet System 2.3 [WPBOOKLT] is a macro package for
producing booklets with WordPerfect 5.1.




=====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

C-Blaster 1.0 [CBLASTR]
   C++: Sounds
   Pop Software; $35
lets you add AdLib/Sound Blaster compatible sounds and music to your
apps. You can load SB Instrument files. SB-Pro stereo is supported.

COBGEN [COBGEN]
   C++: Tools
   Au Software; $25
produces compiler-ready header and OBJ files.

[FIOLib]
   Fortran
   David Cook; $0
is a set of routines for reading a Microsoft Fortran unformatted file.

[RandIO]
   C: Files
   Ed Mulroy; $0
is C source code illustrating the use and access of random access files.

TLC 1.0 [TLC]
   C
   Tom Lowery; $0
creates a formatted listing, optionally with a cross-reference, from a
given set of C source files.

RGB ColorMixer 1.0 [COLORMX]
   Tools
   Adam Dutson; $0
takes the guesswork out of using the red, green, and blue arguments of
the setrgbpalette() function. <COLORMIX.PCX>

ListView [LISTVW]
   TV C++
   $0
is source code for a derived TListViewer for Turbo Vision.

Instalr. 1.0 [INSTALR]
   Installation Utility
   Howard Rosenberg; $0
is an easy to use installation program that you can set up with a word
processor. It can install onto both network and local drives and will
only install adequate disk space is available.

CPrint 2.17 [CPRN_CS]
   Tools
   Cactus Software; $20
prints source code for most languages on LaserJets with comments
highlighted.

Source Application Manager [SAM2]
   Tools
   Olivier Mogenot; $0
is a programming environment that can be used with different languages
so that you do not have to deal with different interfaces/editors for
each.

BTP [BTP]
   TP7: Btrieve
   John C. Leon; $25
is a Btrieve unit for TP7.

GIFPas [GIFPAS]
   TP: Graphics
   Sean Wenzel; $0
this unit decodes GIF images in 256 colors at nearly any resolution.

Overlays in XMS 1.2 [OVERXMS]
   TP: Overlays
   Wilbert van Leijen; $0
allows you to add XMS support to overlaying in TP.

SpoolAQ [SPOOLAQ]
   TP
   August Quint; $0
shows how to output data to a printer in the background of the
application. Pascal source code and a demo are included.

Printer Watch [PRNWATCH]
   Asm: Printing
   $0
is ASM code that shows how to write a TSR that monitors printer
activity, allowing you to make character/control substitutions, etc.

QMath 1.0 [QMath10]
   Asm: Math
   Roger Moser; $0
is a set of fast 64-bit signed integer arithmetic routines in assembler.

TruErr [TRUERR]
   BASIC: Tools
   Thomas Kiehl; $35
gives you the true error line in your compiled PDS or VBDOS programs
instead of addresses pointing to the error handler.


-----Large Programming Disks

C Tutor 2.4 [TUTC]
   C
   #12457 (PG-04)
   Gordon J. Dodrill; $15
is a series of 14 lessons teaching ANSI-C programming. It is intended
for those with very little programming experience.

C++ Tutorial 2.20 [TUTCPP]
   C
   #12458 (PG-04)
   Gordon J. Dodrill; $15
is a series of 14 lessons teaching C++ programming. It is intended for a
person with a working knowledge of C. Careful attention is given to a
full description of Object Oriented Programming and how to use it.

dBTalk 1.01 [DBTALK]
   Other Languages
   #20242 [2 disks]
   Dele Olajide; $0
is an Object-Oriented Development tool for developing GUI based
applications machines with VGA graphics. It provides tools to design
screens, icons, fonts, bitmap, vector graphics objects and other
resources. It uses a memory scalable run-time engine which interprets
Clipper code blocks.

It provides a resource compiler which converts source code into code
blocks and combines the array of code blocks, a run-time engine and all
other resources into an EXE file for execu- tion. It has built-in
classes for supporting DBF, Lotus 1-2-3 WK1, and WordPerfect files.
Sample application is included.

Help Development Kit 7.0 [HDK]
   General Tools
   #12460
   Ron Loewy; $40
creates help files for the Windows Help engine, DESQview/X, QuickHelp,
THelp, TVHC, and PopHelp. This is a blessing for those unwilling to
tackle the complexities of the Windows RTF formatting. It is a must-have
for programmers working in multiple platforms.

   Input files are easily created with a text editor and a few simple
commands. The only major drawback at this time is that font colors and
sizes are not selectable in this version. The author says: "next month".

Keyed Access File System 2.0 [KAFS]
   C: File/Sort
   #12461 (PG-04)
   Dimestore Software; $45
is a complete file system and sort package for C programmers. This
package provides everything necessary for creating utility and
application software in C. The file system and sort utility can be used
independently of each other. They are designed for speed, ease of
implementation, and compactness of code.

SPX 1.0  [SPX]
   TP: Games
   #20243
   Scott D. Ramsay; $30
allows TP programmers to write games in 320x200x256 VGA mode. This
library covers animation, sound, text, and various input devices. It
also includes parallax scrolling, tile-map scrolling, displaying sprites
in layers, 3D perspective, automatic implementation of 386 specific
code, eight real-time clocks, tilemap maker, font-editor, three complete
games, and seven examples with TP source. (On 1.44MB MegaDisk or CD
only.)

Turbo Pascal Tutor 2.6 [TUTPAS]
   Turbo Pascal
   #12462 (PG-04)
   Gordon J. Dodrill; $15
is a series of 16 lessons teaching Turbo Pascal programming to
beginners. Careful attention is given to a full description of Object
Oriented Programming and how to use it.


-----Quick Looks:

CoderZine issue 1 [CDZ001] (Richard Grossman; $0) is a newsletter about
and for programmers.

CoderZine Issue 2 [CDZ002] (Richard Grossman; $0)

Network DDE Examples [NDDE] (Glen Swindell; $0) shows how to implement
NDDE in Borland Pascal 7.0. There are examples for both a server and a
client.

[NoICE] (John Hartman; $25) is a debugger for 8-bit processors.

Object Engine 0.9 [OBJENG] (Dr. Mark Brittingham; $0) is a C++ class
library that encapsulates the core functionality of the Paradox Engine
database library.

QB_List [QB_LIST] (Don West; $0) prints QB code listings with a margins,
headers, page numbers, and more.

QBWARE/Net 1.0 [QBWNET] (AJM Software; $49) is a set of routines which
allow you to develop QuickBasic programs which can run in IPX/SP and
NetBios environments.

ResTool-Collection [RESTOOL] (Stefan Boether) is a set of files related
to Turbo-Vision's Resourefile-Handling. Resstr Lets you compile ascii
files into a resource. Resinfo Gives you a short overview of the items
within a resource file. Respack packs the resourcefile. Resvers An
interactive TV program to edit a TV object within a resource file.
Resmover a TV program that let's you cut, paste, delete, rename
resourcefile-items. Resc A compiler for StringTables and Menus that
stored in a Windows like RC file. Reslink merge several resource files
into one.

[RGBPLD] (R. G. Brown $0) is a low cost PLD programmer. It contains the
schematics and software needed to run the programmer.

Programming Arcade Games [MS_ARCAD] (David Conger; $15+) is a tutorial
on programming object oriented arcade games in Turbo C.

Sound Edit [SE] (T. Roden; $0) is a graphical, mouse-driven
speaker-sound editor. Programmers can use it to add PC speaker sounds to
their programs. <SE_SCR.PCX>


-----Updates:

(PG-02: #3462) [ASMLIB] 3.7 is a collection of 120 subroutines for
assembly language programmers.

(PG-03: #20093 [2 disks] BASIC Wizard's Library 2.0 [BASWIZ] is a set of
routines written in BASIC and assembly language for use with the Quick
BASIC and BASCOM compilers. NEW: bit shifts and rotates, integer VAL,
and trig functions to the math extension unit. Added a high-resolution
(millisecond) timer unit with delays, countdowns, and sound support,
including a play replacement.

(PG-03 #12194) PowerBASIC Wizard's Library 1.7 [PBWIZ] is a library of
325+ routines for PowerBASIC 3.0. NEW: joystick support, telecomm
handling, and SoundBlaster support, several utilities to help manage
libraries, and a demo which shows how to use the XMS routines for array
storage. This version also of PBWiz requires PowerBasic 3.0.

(PG-03: #27408/2892) Windows R-E-Z (PDS) 6.1 [PWEZ] is a window man
agement system for BASIC 7.+.

(PG-03: #27408/2368) Windows R-E-Z 6.1 [QWEZ] is a window management
system for QB4+.

(PG-03: #4880) Windows R-E-Z VBDOS 6.1 [VWEZ] is a window management
system for VBDOS.

(PG-04: #12343) [CPort] 2.0 is a C language interrupt-driven serial
communication library.

(PG-04: #27691/2240) [CTASK] 2.2d is a set of routines that allow C
programs to execute functions in parallel. NEW: more debug support, make
files for BC++ Huge model are included as a sample, and typecasts were
added in several modules to allow compilation in C++ native mode.

(PG-04: #4869) PSK: Programmers Survival Kit 1.3 [PSK] is a C library
for creating database applications. NEW: expanded the string toolbox,
security mechanism for encrypting/decrypting files, and mouse support.

(PG-04: #12463) TSR Toolkit 1.4 [TSRTOO14] is a toolkit for writing TSRs
which need DOS access. NEW: Source code library has improved and an XMS
API allowing TSR access to extended memory was added.

(PG-06: #1658) [PULL] 7.0 ASP is a set high performance pull-down menu
utilities for TP5.

(PG-06: #1662) [WNDW] 7.0a is a set of high performance window utilities
for TP. NEW: 27 new WUTIL routines, transparent shadows, and virtual
cursor now updates in any write-to mode.

(PG-08: #12464) [EXEC], 3.3a is source code in several different
programming languages to allow swapping of your program to EMS to free
memory for other programs to run. NEW: XMS support, the ability to
process BAT files and to handle redirection, and more error codes.

(PG-08: #27850/4197) First Impression 2.6 [IMPRES] ASP is a toolkit for
creating an easy to use installation program.




=====Utilities

See Monthly Additions Disks for new small utilities.


Diskmate 2.33  [DISKMATE]
   Disk File Catalog Program
   #12465
   Key Software Services; $22
is a disk file catalog program. Each disk read can be assigned a Box
number as well as a disk number and volume label. This allows you to
store your disks in boxes and easily locate a particular disk.

Disk and file descriptions can be easily entered and edited. The
contents of archive files are automatically read and can be displayed on
screen at the press of a key. Disk directory labels can be previewed on
screen and printed. Diskmate requires 1MB of disk space.

DOSview 1.5  [DOSVIEW]
   DOS Shell
   #12504
   Skip Bremer; $40
is a 3k shell for DOS which displays two directory windows at the top of
the screen while giving you a DOS prompt at the bottom. The left window
displays whichever directory you specify while the right window changes
automatically as you change drives and directories at the prompt. The
window display may be toggled off for a full-screen view of DOS.

Function keys let you view, edit, copy, delete, and rename files. A menu
can be brought up for other functions. Although the program was designed
for networks, it works well on a single system and is ideal for anyone
who does a lot of work with files in DOS. <DOS_VIEW.PCX>

HiMove 2.2 [HiMove]
   Memory Management
   #12466 (U2-05)
   Softwaretechnik ASP; $45
is an upper memory manager for a 286 NEAT CHIPSet, a 386SX NEATsx
CHIPSet or a AT/386 CHIPSet. It helps achieve more free conventional DOS
memory. The program uses the shadow RAM of these chipsets to load device
drivers and TSRs into unused areas of the upper memory area.

Magic Desk 3.0 [MDESK]
   DOS Menu/Shell Programs
   #12467 (U2-02)
   Virtual Magic Software ASP; $33
is a Windows-style graphical interface menu for DOS. It uses standard
Windows icons to represent your programs. Features include multiple
levels of nested menu pages that can hold thousands of programs,
password protection for programs and pages, hotkeys, variable program
parameters, file pick-lists, built-in icon editor, built-in screen
saver, usage log, and PCX background images.

Magic Desk can run any COM, EXE, or BAT file, or any DOS command, and it
does not remain in memory while running other programs. Requires
EGA/VGA, 512K RAM and a hard disk. <MAGICDSK.PCX>

Ultra Toolbox 5.0 [ULTRA]
   Batch File Utilities
   #12468
   Dave Smith; $10
contains 200+ functions, primarily for use in batch files. Functions are
related to keyboard, video, disks, files, and DOS. For example, there
are functions to count words in a file, to detect archive type, to print
the screen, and to make sounds.


-----Quick Looks:

Boot'r 1.0 [BOOTR] (Stevenson Technical Services, Inc.; $35) is a
multiple configuration manager, allowing you to easily boot your system
up with different drivers and TSR's installed.

ChkDrv 2.0 [CHKDRVCS] (Chuck Steenburgh & Tay-Jee Software ASP; $0)
checks the disk drive status. It displays a list of available drive
letters and returns total number of drives via errorlevel. It checks for
a specific drive's validity and returns status via screen message and
errorlevel.

[CPQV] (Wm. Potvin II; $0) sets/clears the reverse video mode on Compaq
LTE Lite/25 notebook computers.

[Condor] 3.0 (Larry Mears; $15) is an ANSI.SYS replacement that lets you
have hi-res graphics using ANSI characters. A Condor-compatible drawing
program is included.

[Diff_CS] 1.01 (Softwaretechnik, ASP; $20) is a file comparison utility.
It displays two text files side by side. Common and different sections
are clearly marked. Tab size and comparison options are configurable.

FCMerge 1.0 [FCMG10] (Mike Albert; $25) merges two sets of changes to an
ASCII file into a single file.

FxRepeat 3.01 [FXREP3] (DataChip) automates virus scanning with F-Prot
(disk #3675) at specified date/time intervals.

[GLEDIT] 2.4 (Gary C. Crider; $16) lets you globally search and replace
a string of characters in all selected files a directory. GLEDIT prompts
you before changing each line that may require modification.

[GuardSet] (Gerald J. DePyper; $64) is a hard disk security program
which attempts to restrict access to parts of your system by encrypting
specified directory names. PsL Note: File managers such as Qfiler can
still change into and copy files from these directories.

[JSDDuper] 2.1 (Johnathan Mark Smith; $15) will read a data file and
make a new file without any duplicate records on it.

[JSFIELD] 1.1 (Johnathan Mark Smith; $25) extracts data from a file via
field definitions.

LookDisk 1.51 [LDV151] (Vincenzo Iuorno; $15) is a menu-driven program
for searching for files and text in files. <LOOKDSK>

LxREPEAT v3.02 [LXREP3] automates virus scanning with Intel's LPScan.

My Little Realm's DizzE v1.0 [MLRDIZ] (John L. Salisbury, ASP; $10) is
an editor for FILE_ID.DIZ files. It checks for the hyphen that BBSs
require in the first two lines and for too many lines. <MLRDIZSC.PCX>

MDModes 2.0 [MDMOD2] (John Owen; $27) is a collection of seven video
utilities for testing video, changing modes, changing number of lines of
text and more. (Note: the testing utility did not work on one of our
systems with an ATI card.)

PiGAS Security 1.01 [PIGAS] (Pigas Inc. ASP; $25) protects the
information written on a disk against unauthorized access. Files and
directories selected to be protected become unavailable for the
unauthorized user.

[Replica] (Pete Petrakis; $20) is a disk copy utility. It will create an
image of a diskette into memory or onto your hard disk and make as many
disk copies as you want at about 20-25 seconds per 360k.

[RGBLogic] (RGB; $0) are the plans for a high speed 16-channel logic
analyzer you can build for about $250.

[StarDate] (Triad Unique Solutions; $25) keeps your system time properly
adjusted, optionally calling the U.S. Naval Observatory for the correct
time.

QIC_BAT 1.0 [QB10] (Douglas R. East; $20) is a batch file generator for
CMS tape backup units. Features include multi-drive backups, tag file
generator, mouse support, schedular support, group-drive feature, batch
file verification reports and more.

Switcher 1.00 [SW100] (Instinct Software; $25) is a task-swapping
program that allows you to have several programs loaded at once so that
you can move between them without quitting one program to load another.
It also has cutand-paste, screen blanking, and an on-screen clock.

VGA-Copy-Pro [VGACOPY] (Thomas Moenkemeier; $40) fast onepass diskcopy
and formatter for up to 2.88mg including special formats like 1.74MB.
Requires EGA/VGA and mouse.


-----Quick Looks, Desktop Tools:

DOS Prompt Clock 1.01 [DPCLOCK] (Chris Dunford; $0) is an on-screen
clock. It displays only when you're at the DOS prompt. (Update)

[RemindMe] (Cato Graphics; $29) reminds you of upcoming events,
birthdays, meetings, etc. Requires a hard disk and 640K RAM.

Home-Phone-Book 2.5 [HPB] (Thomas E. Bonitz; $20) is a phone book
program. Features include birthday fields, phone dialing, first names of
both husband and wife, address label printing, and several types of
printouts.

[WYWA] 1.0 (Sheldon L. Sobel; $29) is the PC version of "While You Were
Away" message pad. Messages are encrypted to insure privacy. Other fea
tures include sign-out notice modified with password, auto-run at boot
time if notice is active, built-in screen saver, two passwords with
three levels of access, and more.


-----Updates:

(U1-01: #3122) [ARJ] 2.41 is an archiving utility. NEW: ARJSFXJR
supports directory specification, file overwriting, and extraction of
only new files.

(U1-01: #27472/2030) [SHEZ] 9.1 ASP is a shell program to make viewing
and working with archive files user friendly. NEW: ARJ 2.41 support, the
ability to create and remove complete directory trees, and more.

(U1-01: #4991) Zip'r 4.0 [ZIPR] uses existing compression programs to
compress directories, sub-directories, and the files they contain into
one smaller, compressed file on a hard drive.

(U1-02: #27397 [3 disks]) McAfee Anti-Virus 9.16V105 [MCAFEE] NEW:
detection of 100 new viruses. NetShield, an anti-virus NLM for use on
NetWare/386 3.11.

(U1-04: #27060/1939) [DiskDupe] 4.08 is a fast disk duplication program.

(U1-04: #27060/1559) FormatMaster 5.4 [FRMTMSTR] is a full-featured
floppy diskette format utility.

(U1-07: #27338/2741) Intelicat 1.89b [INTELCAT] is a very slick looking
and fast disk cataloging program. NEW: file filtering.

(U1-07: #2497) Software Susie II 1.2 [SUSIE] will keep track of all your
computer software. Registration fee: $25.

(U1-08: #3861) Double Directory 1.4 [DBLDIR] ASP will copy, delete,
rename and view files; make and remove directories and shell and run
programs.

(U1-08: #12213) Quick Directory 1.2 [QUICKDIR] (ASP) is an archive, file
and directory manager.

(U1-08: #3191) Stereo Shell 4.1 [STEREO] ASP is a double-directory
listing file management program. NEW: 4DOS on-line file description
display, password security, and direct printing from the viewer to LPT1,
LPT2, or LPT3.

(U1-09: #12376) [GuardSet] 2.0 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.

(U1-09: #20215 [2 disks]) [MakeLoad] 1.31 saves hard disk space by
storing less frequently used programs on floppies and automatically
installing them when needed.

(U1-09: #3865) Stowaway 2.2 ASP [STOWAY] is a hard disk backup utility
with integrated catalog program for keeping track of backed-up files.

(U1-11: #12469) [AutoRead] 2.0, is a file viewing utility for large
files. NEW: file buffering and promote/demote levels. Registration: $30.

(U2-01: #27378/2375) [MEMTOOL] 3.1 is set of pop-up desktop tools.

(U2-03: #12113) DOS Phantom 2.8c [PHANTOM] (ASP) is a task automation
utility.

(U2-04: #1206) [VMIX] 386 2.87 ASP is a multi-tasking system for
advanced users. NEW: support for network or communications drivers that
use interrupt request line #7 and support for SCSI disk drives.

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




=====Special Interest

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


-----Statistics & Math:

[Matrix]
   Stats
   #12470
   John Kennedy; $0
is designed to teach row operations on matrices. It can be used to find
complete solutions to systems of linear equations, to find determinants
and inverses of matrices, to solve standard and non-standard Linear
Programming problems, and more.

WL Plot 2.31 [WLPLT231]
   Statistics And Math
   #12471 (ST-01)
   Wesley B. Loewer; $25
plots Algebraic or RPN functions in cartesian, parametric, and polar
modes with linear or log scales. It graphs rotated conic sections,
integrals, 1st and 2nd derivatives, non-function relations,
bifurcations, recursive relations and best fit curves.


-----Quick Looks, Statistics & Math:

Arbitrary Precision RPN Calculator [APCALC] (Jason Olasky; $0) is a line
oriented calculator with virtual stack and memory registers, and
financial and date functions.

Mathomatic Demo [MATHDEMO] (George Gesslein II; $50) is a limited version
of an algebraic equation solver. It has a crude user interface by
today's standards, but it does solve equations.


-----Statistics & Math Updates:

(ST-01: #27384/1852) [MATHPLOT] 3.2 ASP is a set of graphics programs to
help scientists and engineers analyze data. ($20)

(ST-01: #27387/2894) MultiVariate Statistical Package 2.1 [MVSP]
calculates principal components, principal coordinates, correspondence,
and cluster analyses, as well as a variety of distance, similarity, and
diversity indices. NEW: detrended correspondence analysis, built-in
dendrogram production, improved printer support, and data import and
export.

(ST-01: #4031) [NONLIN] 2.4 ASP fits linear, multivariate, polynomial,
and general nonlinear equation to data.


-----Church, Religion

---Quick Looks:

[Attend] 4.06 (L. W. Kirkland; $?) is a church tithe and attendance
program. It keeps track of attendance, personal data, tithe and
offering, occupations, and membership-ministry. Requires 640K of RAM and
a hard drive with 2 meg of free space.

---Updates:

(CH-03: #12472) Bible Mixer 2.1 [BIBLMIX] tests your Bible knowledge by
challenging you to unscramble mixed-up words from the Bible. NEW: Word
Mixer 1.1, which increases vocabulary for ages 8 and up and Spanish


-----Music

See Monthly Additions Disks for new music files.

---Quick Looks:

[ModShell] (Wendell Martin; $0) creates a list of MOD files to be used
by MOD players which lack file list menus but which accept ASCII file
lists to play.


---Updates:

(MU-01: #3046) Blaster Master 5.7 [BLASTER] is a tool kit for working
with raw, uncompressed Sound Blaster VOC files. NEW: drivers for the
Aria chipset cards in SB mode, SBP and SB16 volume mixer, undo last edit
function and the ability to convert stereo files to mono and new VOC
format to the old format.


-----Electronic Publishing:

BOOK-E 1.05 [BOOKE105] (Relative Software Innovations; $30) is an
electronic book maker. It creates stand-alone EXE's from ASCII text files.

[DPA-17] is the volume 2, number 7 issue of "Digital Publishing
Association News".

OCR EGA Magazine [OCR104] (ECP Communications) is the Online Computer
Resources EGA Magazine Volume 1 Issue 4. It contains informative news
for all computer users.

The Poets Corner #17, Issue 71 [PCJULY93] is a monthly publication by
Kevin Keyser of collected poems.

Rutgers University Press Books on Disk [RUPSAMP] contains extracts from
six books published by Rutgers University Press. They are: "Cocaine on
the Brain", focusing on the effects of cocaine; "Owning Scientific and
Technical Information", about new intellectual property rights issues;
"Discovering the Mid-Atlantic Tours"; "Jersey Troopers: A fifty year
history of the New Jersey Police"; "Quicksand and Passing", two
novellas; and "A Model for National Health Care: The History of Kaiser
Permanent"

Silicon Times Report #9.28 [STReport] is an electronic computer
publication with general computer news and press releases.

Z*Net Online Magazine Issue #40 [ZPC40] (Ron Kovacs; $0) is an
electronically published news magazine that includes reviews of new
products and articles dealing with computer issues.

Z*Net Online Magazine Issue #41 [ZPC41] (Ron Kovacs; $0)

[PSL_9308] is the text of the August 1993 issue of PsL News and describes
the 500+ programs on PsL's first monthly CD.


---Updates:

(MS-02: #4705) Elizabethan Cryptography [ELIZBETH] is a discussion of
whether Bacon wrote the works attributed to Shakespeare.

(WU-05) [GRFBook] 3.6 (EFD Systems; $30) is an electronic hypertext publishing
system that supports integrated text and PCX files.

