June 23, 1992 -- Perry, FL -- Benjamin Disraeli once observed: "The wisdom
of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."
Quotes On Line, a new application from askSam Systems, places this wisdom
and experience a few keystrokes away on a personal computer.

Obtaining that perfect quote to illustrate your point in a speech or report
often involves hours of page-turning in several hardcover volumes.
Computerized collections promise to speed up this process but to save disk
storage space, they usually lack the scope and depth of their hard copy
counterparts. Quotes On Line addresses both of these issues offering
several unique twists on this common research problem.

First, with well over 12,000 entries Quotes On Line ("QOL") is one of the
largest collections of its kind, compiled specifically as a computerized
reference, not merely transferred from a hard copy volume. In spite of its
large number of entries, QOL requires only about 2.5 megabytes of storage
space, making it about one half the size of other quotation databases
which have only one half the number of quotes. QOL was developed using
askSam, a popular information manager. Thanks to askSam's indexing and
relational access, QOL is able to locate individual quotes on your
specified subject in a matter of seconds using even a modest desktop or
portable computer.

QOL allows you to search for quotations in a variety of ways:

o  Entering an author or source locates all entries from a single author or
source.

o  Entering a word or group of words from a quote locates all entries which
contain those words.

o  QOL incorporates a powerful cross-referencing system designed to assist
you in searching for quotes pertaining to a specific subject. Entering
your subject will bring up a point-and-shoot menu of topics which relate
to your area of interest. This allows you to find quotes even when your
subject is not directly used by the system.

Wildcard and boolean searches are supported by QOL. Any quote found can be
printed or saved in a text file for use with your word processor.

But numbers and access methods tell only part of the story. The quotes
themselves have been selected on the basis of their relevance to modern
life. Of course, traditional sources such as Shakespeare, Wilde, Twain and
Churchill are represented. Beyond these classic masters of wit and
insight, QOL ventures to the less often seen perspectives of such people
as Lily Tomlin, Woody Allen, Alan Alda, Pablo Picasso and Malcolm Forbes.
By offering this unique melding of voices, QOL furnishes a multifaceted
outlook on the many aspects of this thing we call living. For as Alberta
Landers once pointed out, "Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed
to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity."

Quotes on Line will begin shipping in July '92.

List Price:   Quotes on Line - $89

Requirements: DOS 3.0 or later. 2.5 MB of disk space and 
              at 384 KB of RAM.

askSam Systems, PO Box 1428, 119 S. Washington St, Perry, FL 32347
800-800-1997

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