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Software Shopper Online March 1995 Vol. 5 No. 11
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"Your Shareware Source"
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SOFTWARE SHOPPER Contents:
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[] Editor's Notes: Strapping on the Utility Belt
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[] Shareware Reviews: Three utilities, a MIDI sequencer, and a look
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at Heretic -- a fantasy "reincarnation" of DOOM!
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[] Featured Selection: Our pick of what's new
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[] New Releases: New shareware programs
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[] New Versions: Updated shareware programs
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[] FormGen's Top 10: Hot sellers in shareware
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[] What Is Shareware?: A cheerful explanation of try-before-you-buy
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[] About the Catalog: A note on Software Shopper's database
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[] Online Order Form: Yes, you can order shareware titles from us!
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Entire contents copyright 1995 by Falsoft, Inc.
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Software Shopper and PCM -- The Premier Personal Computer Magazine --
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are intended for the private use and pleasure of their subscribers, and
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reproduction by any means is prohibited.
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Editor's Notes \|/ by Lauren Willoughby
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STRAPPING ON THE UTILITY BELT
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If it seems like we went a little overboard with Windows utilities
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this month, well, we did. So if your digital tool belt feels a little
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light, stock up on tools here. Check out the New Releases and New
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Versions sections for the latest, best Windows performance gadgets.
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This month we covered everything from Program Manager replacements to
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a cool .SCR Windows screen blanker. What else can I say about utilities?
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Not much. Thinking about utilities makes me want to shut up and go
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optimize my hard disk. So, I think I will.
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Don't forget to wear safety goggles, always keep the blade guard
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engaged, and enjoy this month's selection.
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Psst! If anyone feels the urge to giggle at my Near StartUp tip in
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the SOLUTIONS section, I challenge you to put all these utilities in
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YOUR Windows StartUp group and keep all individual bells and whistles
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straight!
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Shareware Reviews
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<> FONTER v6.2
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Look at Fonts Before They're Installed!
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<> HERETIC: THE CITY OF THE DAMNED
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If DOOM Were Reincarnated as a Fantasy Adventure Game . . .
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<> MUSIC SCULPTOR FOR WINDOWS V1.4
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Point-and-Click Composer
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<> SMILERSHELL V2.0
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A Handy Command Line for Windows
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<> SUPERBAR v2.0B
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Add Custom Toolbars to Windows Applications
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<> FONTER v6.2 <>
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Look at Fonts Before They're Installed!
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Less than a decade ago fonts were high-ticket items: you could easily
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spend $50 or more for a good set of Times Roman and Helvetica clones.
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Today you can buy a CD-ROM disc of 2000 fonts for under $10. Bargain
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font collections abound. So many fonts, so little hard-disk space! The
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question everybody's asking now is, "How can I tell whether I like any
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of these fonts without having to go through the rigmarole of installing
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ALL of them?" If you're using Fonter v6.2, a welcome update to a
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versatile Windows 3.1 font utility, the answer is simple: "Just preview
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them!"
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Yes, in Version 6.2, Fonter adds the ability to preview -- and even
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print specimen sheets -- of fonts that aren't installed yet on your
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system. Just click on the Preview button and double-click to choose a
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bare .TTF file, and you can see how it'll look before it's installed and
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eating system resources. Fonter even gives you the option of temporarily
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installing a font, so it'll be good for just your current Windows
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session, and then remove itself.
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Fonter remains one of the best utilities for viewing and printing
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samples of installed fonts, too. You can print a sample sheet of a
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single font, which shows sample text formatted in various point sizes,
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along with extended characters -- or you can click on File/Print Book
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[All Fonts], go to bed, and wake up in the morning to a ream of font
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samples.
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One of my favorite Fonter features is the ability to type my own
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sample text for onscreen viewing at various point sizes. That makes it a
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piece of cake to audition fonts for titles on crucial page layouts. I
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also like it that Fonter can map characters onto a graphic of a
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keyboard, and then let you print it. This helps if you're trying to type
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in foreign language characters, like Cyrillic or Hebrew -- you'll never
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let that printed keyboard reference out of your sight!
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| Software Shopper Ordering Information |
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| Fonter v6.2 JU9232 357K $6 |
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<> HERETIC: CITY OF THE DAMNED <>
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If DOOM Were Reincarnated as a Fantasy Adventure Game . . .
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Let's see. If DOOM were a fantasy adventure game, I bet that instead
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of shooting aliens with shotguns, our hero would blast demon creatures
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with a magic wand. And I bet that instead of searching for ammo packs,
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he would seek out magic talismans and charms.
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What do you know?! That's exactly what happens in Heretic, a 3-D
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virtual-reality, combat-type game (in the vein of Wolfenstein 3-D and
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DOOM). Heretic is in fact from id Software, creator of DOOM, and Raven
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Software. If you've played DOOM, then you know all you need to know to
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play Heretic: blast the creatures, test the walls for hidden doors, grab
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all the loot you can find, look for more powerful weapons (like the
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ethereal crossbow -- much more lethal than the wand), and restock your
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weapon supply (you never have all the ethereal arrows you'd like!).
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The setting is pure gothic with its dark, dank dungeons, monolithic
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rock formations and pools of dark liquid. The cast of enemies fits right
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in. There are red "bat demons," mummy creatures and other evil things.
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The bat demons have a neat trick. They can hover near the ceiling and
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pound you good. If they're hovering directly overhead, you can't see
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them, but you can usually run away a bit, turn around, and shoot them
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down. They explode very satisfyingly. Like DOOM, Heretic offers
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interesting architectural touches, such as angled passageways, narrow
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stairways and ramps.
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I found some aspects of game play more difficult in Heretic than in
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DOOM. In certain rooms there appear to be hair triggers that raise the
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walls to reveal a horde of enemies -- who quickly overpower you. You
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think you're alone, and then pow! This happens a lot.
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Heretic is even bigger than DOOM, taking up about 2.88MB of disk
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space -- compressed. We at Software Shopper have not figured out how to
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split up the files yet (I don't think we'd want to try). But if you're
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on a BBS -- and you have to be to read this! -- then finding Heretic
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will be a piece of cake. Just look for the DOS game with the highest
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recent download count.
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A number of auxiliary programs come with Heretic. DM.EXE, the
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DeathManager, is used as a front end for network and modem play with
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Heretic and DOOM. DWANGO.EXE is client software for a multiplayer online
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service (call up any time to play DeathMatches in DOOM or Heretic
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against people from around the world) -- you'll need a credit card for
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billing if you try DWANGO. IPXSETUP.EXE lets you play Heretic and DOOM
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over an IPX network. And SERSETUP.EXE lets you play over a modem or
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serial cable.
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The system requirements have gotten stiffer. Heretic calls for a
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33MHz 486 or better CPU, 4MB of RAM, and about 10MB of hard-disk space.
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It costs $40 to register and receive new levels.
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Heretic is a blast from the past in more ways than one, but I can't
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help but love it. I love all violent 3-D, VR, combat-style games equally
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(though the bloodier, the better). It's something my therapist and I are
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working on. I WISH he would stop trouncing me in DeathMatches, though.
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<G>
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-=*=-
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<> MUSIC SCULPTOR FOR WINDOWS V1.4 <>
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Point-and-Click Composer
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Music Sculptor is the most fun I've had with my sound card in a long
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time. Have you ever had a little ditty running around in your head that
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you think would make a great song, and you want to record it? But you
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can't figure out those complicated MIDI sequencers? And you'd feel silly
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humming into a tape recorder? Music Sculptor, from Alpha Omega Software,
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is a MIDI sequencer you can live with.
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Music Sculptor draws a portion of the piano keyboard onscreen and
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invites you to click out some notes with your mouse. Once you've got
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your ditty down, you can click on the Record button to save it for
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posterity as a .MID file. Or, if you're like me and you can't resist,
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you can play with the music and add extra layers of sound (tracks, that
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is, to us sonically savvy folk), trying to insert a little harmony.
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Besides the piano view, there's a track view, and you can have both
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views onscreen at the same time. For each track you can select which
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instrument you'd like to play the notes. (This is where I had most of my
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fun! It's neat to have your melody and bass lines swap instrument
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assignments, just to hear what happens.) Here you can also instruct
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certain tracks to play or be silent while you're recording new tracks.
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Before you know it, you'll have clicked yourself into a symphony (or,
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perhaps, a cacophony <G>).
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Sample MIDI files are included, and they're modifiable, of course --
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which means you'll get your chance to try and improve upon them. I wish
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the program had included the ability to print scores of the music in
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musical notation, but I probably wish for too much. Music Sculptor makes
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a great first program for the budding composer. It requires a Windows
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3.1-supported sound card.
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| Software Shopper Ordering Information |
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| Music Sculptor FE9516 241K $6 |
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<> SMILERSHELL V2.0 <>
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A Handy Command Line for Windows
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You can take the girl out of DOS, but you can't take the DOS out of
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the girl.
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Sometimes Windows is too much. Sometimes you just plain miss the old
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DOS prompt! Say you want to check the time/date stamp of a file over in
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some subdirectory. Do you really want to wait on File Manager to load
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and then do all the clicking required to get to see the file
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particulars? No! Who would? Shelling out to DOS and typing a simple DIR
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command is much faster. But SmilerShell from Bardon Data Systems has an
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even faster solution for situations like these: it brings the command
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line to Windows!
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If you add SmilerShell's icon to Windows' StartUp group, it'll be
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ready and waiting to carry out your typed commands. The small, three-
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line window can be set to stay on top, or act like any other window (and
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be fetched by the Task Manager or a quick ALT-TAB). The top "line"
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consists of the title bar, as you'd expect of any Windows application.
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But SmilerShell adds a neat touch by giving you the option of displaying
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the time there. The bottom line is the prompt line, and the middle line
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is for the menu options.
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If you're thinking menu options would be out of place in a program
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whose job is to replace the DOS prompt, think again! We found a terrific
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use for SmilerShell's Edit/Paste command. When we write about DOS tips
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and tricks for PCM Online, this is how we go about it: we type the
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command in a Word for Windows file as we're writing the article, then we
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shell out to DOS (to test), type the command, jump back into Word to
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verify we typed it exactly as it appears, jump back to DOS and execute
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the command. That's a lot of wasted time when you consider SmilerShell
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lets you do this: select and copy the command from Word, jump over to
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SmilerShell and do an Edit/Paste, then press ENTER to execute the
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command.
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SmilerShell offers many other ways to speed up keyboard operations.
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It keeps a command history of all your typed commands, so you can re-
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execute them without retyping them. It also supports aliases, which
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means you can just type "d" and have SmilerShell know you mean "dir."
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(You can also configure the F2 through F12 keys as aliases.) SmilerShell
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includes a fast directory change command, which works over multiple
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drives, and can take you instantly to a subdirectory many levels deep.
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And SmilerShell lets you launch both DOS and Windows programs just by
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typing their filenames at the prompt! So now DOS touch-typist junkies
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can merely type SOL instead of CLICK on an ICON (yecch! <G>) to play
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their favorite Windows game.
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| Software Shopper Ordering Information |
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| SmilerShell v2.0 NV9365 215K $6 |
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<> SUPERBAR v2.0B <>
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Add Custom Toolbars to Windows Applications
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You know what the problem with Windows Write is -- besides the lack
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of a spelling checker? It's square, man. There are no jazzy icons to
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click. Bor-ing. Ever wish there were a way to add toolbars to Windows
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programs that lack them (or even add new special-purpose toolbars above
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and beyond existing toolbars)? Your wish is granted in SuperBar, a
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shareware utility you can use to create custom, configurable toolbars.
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The buttons on a SuperBar toolbar can be assigned to an application
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menu command -- or to a recorded macro. SuperBar has its own macro
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definition feature, which is great for automating tasks in programs that
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lack macro capability.
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I used SuperBar to jazz up Windows Write with the expected File New,
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File Open and Print buttons, but I also created buttons to bring up the
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Fonts dialog box and to set justification. The toolbar appeared between
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the title bar and the menu bar, pushing the menu bar down a line. (The
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default toolbar position is at the top, below the title bar, though you
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can assign it to the left, right or bottom of the application's window.)
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The toolbars remain in effect as long as SuperBar is running. So you can
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load and exit Windows Write all day, and that toolbar will stick tight
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(as long is SuperBar is running too). If you want to ensure your
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toolbars are always available, consider plopping SuperBar's icon in
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Windows' StartUp group.
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Toolbar button setup is taken care of inside SuperBar. To create a
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toolbar for an application, select that application from SuperBar's task
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list (the application must currently be open). SuperBar displays all the
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application's available menu options, and you choose which ones you
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would like to turn into buttons. Then you assign an icon to each button.
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If you can't find a suitable icon from the 80+ icon samples, you can use
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the provided icon manager program to create and paint your own.
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Custom toolbars not only increase efficiency by placing common
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commands on a toolbar for point-and-click ease -- they also speed
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learning. It's much easier to train new users to click on graphical
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toolbar buttons than to dig through menus. Say the new worker at the
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office can't seem to remember the name of File X, and then forgets how
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to prep it -- just create a toolbar button that runs a macro to call up
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File X, do the formatting, and print the prized report, all in one step!
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SuperBar is one program I'm glad to have in my utility belt.
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| Software Shopper Ordering Information |
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| SuperBar v2.0b FE9522 190K $6 |
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Featured Selection
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Our pick of the best of what's new in shareware. We're offering
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these programs at half off our normal distribution costs until
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March 31, 1995. Want the whole bunch? We'll send them to you for
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$10 -- that's an additional $2 savings.
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Fonter v6.2
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Preview your fonts, print samples!
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Fonter lets you view samples of your Adobe PostScript and
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TrueType fonts in whatever size you like. You can also
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"zoom" characters for close-up views, see ANSI charts and
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even a keyboard layout showing which keyboard keys to type
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to get which characters -- this is great for symbol,
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dingbat and foreign-language fonts. You can also print
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samples of single fonts, or print a "book" of all your
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fonts. New features in v6.2 include the ability to preview
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TrueType fonts (before installing!); print specimen sheets
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of previewed fonts; install TrueType Fonts for a single
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session in Windows, or install them permanently. Neat
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program!
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Requires: Windows 3.1, 2MB RAM
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SS ID#: JU9232 SS Dist. Cost: [NOT $6] BUT $3
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Music Sculptor for Windows v1.4
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A cool MIDI sequencer
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Would you like to be a composer? Do you have a
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Windows-supported sound card (like the Sound Blaster) or a
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MIDI interface? Then try Music Sculptor. It's an
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easy-to-use MIDI sequencer with a graphical representation
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of a piano keyboard. You can enter music on this keyboard
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with your mouse, or enter it from an external MIDI keyboard
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if you have one. It's a lot of fun to record a main melody
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line on the first track, then try to "click out" some
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harmony on other tracks while the melody is playing. (It's
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also fun to change instrument assignments.) There is no
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score, or sheet-music view. Sample MIDI files are included.
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Requires: Windows 3.1, sound card
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SS ID#: FE9516 SS Dist. Cost: [NOT $6] BUT $3
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SmilerShell v2.0
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Stop shelling out to DOS!
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Tired of shelling out to DOS to perform the simple but
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important file-management tasks that DOS does so well and
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Windows still does so poorly? Try SmilerShell: it's like a
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DOS command line in Windows, but even more powerful! It
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lets you run Windows programs, DOS programs and even DOS
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internal commands. It gives you a fast directory change
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command (over multiple drives). Plus, it gives you aliases;
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does pipes and redirection; and offers a built-in
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command-line editor with history and search. ASP member.
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: NV9365 SS Dist. Cost: [NOT $6] BUT $3
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SuperBar v2.0b
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Add custom toolbars to any Windows app!
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SuperBar is a program you can use to create custom,
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configurable toolbars. The toolbar's buttons can each be
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assigned to an application's menu command -- or to a
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recorded macro. (You can define macros in any Windows
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application using SuperBar!) Increase efficiency by placing
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commonly used menu commands on a toolbar! SuperBar supports
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user-defined text and user-drawn icons for each button.
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Requires: Windows 3.0+
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SS ID#: FE9522 SS Dist. Cost: [NOT $6] BUT $3
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New Releases
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BUSINESS
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Financial Freedom Designer Envelope
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Stop paying your printer!
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If you have a printer (preferably laser or inkjet) that can
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handle envelopes, you can create custom envelopes
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incorporating text and graphics with this simple
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envelope-printing program. Use a drag-and-drop interface to
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add lines, rectangles, text and pictures. It links to
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Cardfile for address management/importing text. Layouts
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also scale to fit larger envelopes.
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Requires: Windows 3.1, envelope-capable printer
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SS ID#: HD0105 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 19.95
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Travel Bag v1.6
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Freeware travel information kit
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Attention, travelers: Travel Bag has a list of the
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most-needed 800 phone numbers for travelers (of hotels,
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airlines and auto rental agencies). It displays its info in
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Windows Help files. Freeware.
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Requires: Windows
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SS ID#: FE9524 SS Dist. Cost: $3 Author's Fee: $ 0.00
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EDUCATION
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HAC Glossary v1.00
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Computer terms and acronyms defined
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This program defines more than 1000 acronyms, names and
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terms (like 10BASE-T, WWW, 24-bit color and CMOS) used by
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popular publications in the last year. It's presented in
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Windows Help hypertext format. Programmers, with a license
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you can access the glossary from your programming code or
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Windows Help file.
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: FE9501 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 9.95
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Kidware Educational Software v2.10
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A suite of learning games for ages 9-14
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A set of six fun and entertaining learning programs
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(designed to reinforce classroom skills) for kids 9 to 14.
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The program Type Writer draws a keyboard onscreen so kids
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can learn to type without looking down at the keyboard.
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Math Wizard drills them in arithmetic operations. Word
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Wizard challenges kids to unscramble jumbled words. Numero
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is a sliding number puzzle to test their logical abilities.
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Pie Charts is an introductory presentation graphics program
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that lets them create and print simple pie charts for
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homework assignments. And Stones is another logical game.
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: HD0100 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 19.95
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The Student Directory
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Track teachers and students
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A program that lets you maintain, search and print an
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automated directory of students, teachers and other school
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personnel. Registration ($39) includes a fund-raising
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license.
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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|
SS ID#: FE9504 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 39.00
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FONTS
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|
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|
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RISS Font Pak #1
|
|
Five ornamental TrueType fonts
|
|
A collection of five highly ornamental, decorated typefaces
|
|
suitable for headlines, newsletters, business documents and
|
|
more. The fonts include Confetti (hollow with "confetti"
|
|
particles), El Rio Lobo (a Tex-Mex looking font), Essential
|
|
Times (a variation on Times Roman), Ol' 54 (a thick cursive
|
|
font) and Ice & Snow (sans serif font that has snow and ice
|
|
hanging off capital letters).
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9519 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 19.95
|
|
|
|
RISS Font Pak #2
|
|
More ornamental TrueType fonts
|
|
A collection of five highly ornamental, decorated typefaces
|
|
suitable for headlines, newsletters, business documents and
|
|
more. The fonts include All Hearts Normal (each letter is
|
|
placed over a heart), Bunny Lips (a cartoony serif font
|
|
with shadow), Hero Outline (an outline serif font), The
|
|
Score Normal (an italic sans serif font on a lined
|
|
backdrop) and Wet Paint (gloppy letters).
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9520 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 19.95
|
|
|
|
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|
|
GAMES
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|
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|
|
|
Crazy Eights
|
|
A favorite card games goes VGA
|
|
High-resolution VGA graphics make this favorite card game
|
|
come alive. If you enjoy card games, this is for you. You
|
|
can even customize the game to play your favorite
|
|
variation. You can play with the mouse or the keyboard.
|
|
Supports Sound Blaster.
|
|
Requires: 512K, VGA
|
|
SS ID#: FE9503 SS Dist. Cost: $4 Author's Fee: $ 15.00
|
|
|
|
Hide 'n Seek v1.0
|
|
Fun word-search program
|
|
Hide 'n Seek is a word-search type game that you play on
|
|
paper or screen (with timer, if desired). You can set
|
|
speed, difficulty, words to use, etc. Kids will love it,
|
|
and teachers can use it to create puzzles that reinforce
|
|
lessons.
|
|
Requires: Windows
|
|
SS ID#: FE9502 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
|
|
|
|
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|
|
GRAPHICS
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Landscape Explorer v2.21
|
|
A landscape visualization tool
|
|
Landscape Explorer is a 3-D visualization/GIS tool designed
|
|
to extract data from scanned images or GIS data files. (You
|
|
can even create your own elevations.) It shows 3-D surfaces
|
|
from any viewpoint, and is fully configurable for drawing
|
|
scheme (summer, wireframe, GIS, etc.), terrain types, light
|
|
source, etc. It can turn flat 2-D maps into 3-D landscapes
|
|
you can explore!
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: HD0101 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 60.00
|
|
|
|
Mystic Pixels
|
|
Cool Windows .SCR screen saver
|
|
Mystic Pixels is a screen saver that manipulates pixels on
|
|
the screen. It runs in one of 10 different modes that
|
|
either move, recolor or erase pixels on the screen. You can
|
|
pick your mode, or allow Mystic Pixels to choose it
|
|
randomly. The effects are pretty neat: some make it look
|
|
like your screen is undergoing a slow nuclear meltdown.
|
|
Modes include Black Hole, Fade to Symmetry, Smear Right,
|
|
Color Shift, Flip Screen and Rising Stripes.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9515 SS Dist. Cost: $1 Author's Fee: $ 7.00
|
|
|
|
Space Explorer Screen Saver v1.00
|
|
Save your screen with space-y pix
|
|
An .SCR screen-saver module that cycles among three
|
|
256-color digitized "space" photographs (in .BMP format).
|
|
It features shots of a night space shuttle launch, a spiral
|
|
galaxy and a moon landing. Six more pictures are available
|
|
at registration ($14.95).
|
|
Requires: 256-color Windows driver, 4MB RAM
|
|
SS ID#: HD0107 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 14.95
|
|
|
|
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|
|
ICONS
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Icon Library Builder v1.0a
|
|
A suitcase for icons
|
|
Icon Library Builder allows you to quickly and easily
|
|
consolidate all your icons into icon libraries of up to
|
|
1000 icons each. You can also export icons to bitmap files,
|
|
which can then be edited by Paintbrush or a similar
|
|
program. After editing, the icon may be imported into Icon
|
|
Library Builder as an icon. Features include the ability to
|
|
extract icons from .ICO, .EXE, .DLL and .ICL files.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9512 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 12.50
|
|
|
|
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|
|
MUSIC/SOUND
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
BOING! v1.1
|
|
Be a .WAV file deejay!
|
|
This is a program that allows you to play .WAV files at the
|
|
click of a mouse button. The neat thing about BOING! is
|
|
that it sits as an icon on your desktop, or on top of other
|
|
windows. When you click on it with your right mouse button,
|
|
any sound file you have indicated will play. You can run
|
|
multiple copies of BOING! so you can have lots of sounds
|
|
just a click away.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9505 SS Dist. Cost: $4 Author's Fee: $ 10.00
|
|
|
|
MicroPlayer v1.03
|
|
Play your CDs in Windows
|
|
MicroPlayer is an audio CD player for Windows. It features
|
|
a fully sizable control panel, with VCR-style controls,
|
|
that can be small or large, and can stay on top of other
|
|
Windows applications. It also offers a volume control,
|
|
track/disc name display, and a disc catalog database, which
|
|
lets you type in album names and songs.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1, CD-ROM drive
|
|
SS ID#: FE9514 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
|
|
|
|
Music Sculptor for Windows v1.4
|
|
A cool MIDI sequencer
|
|
Would you like to be a composer? Do you have a
|
|
Windows-supported sound card (like the Sound Blaster) or a
|
|
MIDI interface? Then try Music Sculptor. It's an
|
|
easy-to-use MIDI sequencer with a graphical representation
|
|
of a piano keyboard. You can enter music on this keyboard
|
|
with your mouse, or enter it from an external MIDI keyboard
|
|
if you have one. It's a lot of fun to record a main melody
|
|
line on the first track, then try to "click out" some
|
|
harmony on other tracks while the melody is playing. (It's
|
|
also fun to change instrument assignments.) There is no
|
|
score, or sheet-music view. Sample MIDI files are included.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1, sound card
|
|
SS ID#: FE9516 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 24.95
|
|
|
|
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|
|
PROGRAMMING
|
|
===========
|
|
|
|
Code-A-Line v1.0
|
|
Outline editor and printer
|
|
An outline editor and printer for source code, Code-A-Line
|
|
represents structure by indenting lines. You can fold and
|
|
unfold program elements to hide and reveal program details;
|
|
edit and restructure with unlimited undo; and print
|
|
professional-looking file listings with line numbers and
|
|
headers. Features customizable fonts and colors.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9507 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 25.00
|
|
|
|
EZinst v1.2
|
|
A Windows installation program
|
|
EZinst is an installation program for Windows. It was
|
|
designed for programmers, consultants and other users who
|
|
need a program to easily and painlessly install Windows
|
|
applications. The installation program itself is small
|
|
(about 60K) and includes such features as source and
|
|
destination directory, a percent completed status bar, and
|
|
a customizable INSTALL.INI file format. Registration ($22)
|
|
brings the C++ source code, an unlimited distribution
|
|
license, and a MAKEINI utility to help create the
|
|
INSTALL.INI file.
|
|
Requires: Windows
|
|
SS ID#: FE9510 SS Dist. Cost: $4 Author's Fee: $ 22.00
|
|
|
|
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|
|
UTILITIES
|
|
=========
|
|
|
|
CEO Lite v1.0
|
|
Windows replacement shell
|
|
CEO Lite is a replacement Windows shell providing
|
|
subfolders; password protection; expanded run and icon
|
|
selection dialogs; history menu; customizable run menu;
|
|
launching of multiple applications and more. It's based on
|
|
the retail program CEO: Desktop Manager.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9506 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 35.00
|
|
|
|
Drag and Drop Printing v2.0
|
|
Prints text files, with bells & whistles
|
|
With this utility, printing text files is as easy as
|
|
dragging files from the File Manager and dropping them onto
|
|
the program icon. You can control the margins, font, point
|
|
size, headers and footers. It allows for simulated duplex
|
|
printing, shell printing and more.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9508 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 15.00
|
|
|
|
Examine v1.12
|
|
Windows text-search utility
|
|
A versatile utility for Windows 3.1, Examine can search
|
|
both text and binary files using either ordinary words or
|
|
GREP-like regular expressions. Searches can be across
|
|
multiple drives over networks, or can be restricted to a
|
|
single directory. Files can be viewed either with their
|
|
associated application or with the program's own internal
|
|
viewer.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9509 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 18.00
|
|
|
|
The Executor v1.1
|
|
Program your mouse buttons
|
|
The Executor is designed to save you keystrokes and mouse
|
|
clicks. Configure any mouse action you want to reprogram
|
|
(up to six actions, three mouse buttons -- click or
|
|
double-click) to perform any action, including launching an
|
|
application or running an operating system command, batch
|
|
file or bringing up Task Manager.
|
|
Requires: Windows
|
|
SS ID#: FE9510 SS Dist. Cost: $4 Author's Fee: $ 29.00
|
|
|
|
File Commander
|
|
Add custom menus to File Manager
|
|
File Commander is an extender that allows you to customize
|
|
Windows' File Manager with the addition of programmable
|
|
menu items. It allows you to add up to four menu items to
|
|
the File Manager menu bar. From each of these top-level
|
|
menu items, File Commander allows you to make up to 99 menu
|
|
items spread five levels deep. With almost 200 functions
|
|
and commands, File Commander can run Windows and DOS
|
|
programs; send keystrokes directly to applications;
|
|
rearrange, hide, resize and close windows; run programs
|
|
either concurrently or sequentially; display information;
|
|
present scrollable file and directory lists; copy text to
|
|
and from the Clipboard; read and write files directly; make
|
|
branching decisions; and more. Everything is controlled
|
|
through the underlying WIL script language.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1, 2MB of RAM
|
|
SS ID#: HD0104 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 49.95
|
|
|
|
File Notes v1.0A
|
|
Attach notes to files in File Manager
|
|
File Notes allows you to add descriptive notes to files
|
|
from within File Manager. These notes could include author
|
|
information, subject and lengthy comments. Multiple files
|
|
may be attached to a single note. You can access notes from
|
|
common Open and Save dialog boxes. A powerful search
|
|
function is included.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9511 SS Dist. Cost: $4 Author's Fee: $ 18.00
|
|
|
|
PMMENU v1.0
|
|
Add a user menu to Program Manager
|
|
This program allows the user to define a set of items and
|
|
commands to be displayed as a menu on the Windows Program
|
|
Manager System menu. Among other things, this allows quick
|
|
launching of programs.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9517 SS Dist. Cost: $2 Author's Fee: $ 7.95
|
|
|
|
Pulsar for Windows v3.0b
|
|
Controls "every possible laser feature"
|
|
Pulsar for Windows is a full-featured Windows printer
|
|
management program that controls switching between
|
|
PostScript and PCL on Hewlett-Packard and compatible laser
|
|
printers. "Virtually every possible printer feature can be
|
|
accessed via pull-down menus or buttons." Supports the
|
|
LaserJet II and III series.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1, HP-compatible laser printer
|
|
SS ID#: FE9518 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 35.00
|
|
|
|
SAB Diskette Utility v2.80
|
|
THE Windows Floppy Utility
|
|
Format/copy/compare/save floppy disk images in the
|
|
foreground or background. The program will copy, in a
|
|
single pass, the entire contents of a disk at the sector
|
|
level, into an image either in memory or a temporary (or
|
|
permanent) hard-disk file. The image can then be used to
|
|
make multiple copies of the original disk. You can: read a
|
|
floppy disk once and then make multiple copies; save images
|
|
to a hard drive; convert disk image formats while
|
|
preserving boot and reserve sectors; create distribution
|
|
disks with group restores; and browse diskettes and saved
|
|
images. It costs $20 to register for home use; $30 for
|
|
single-CPU business use. Site licenses are available.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9521 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
|
|
|
|
Space Hound v1.59
|
|
Sniffs out duplicate files, wasted space
|
|
Space Hound "sniffs out" wasted space and forgotten or
|
|
duplicated files. It can take the place of File Manager
|
|
with file-launching and its directory-tree view. This view
|
|
shows the amount of disk space consumed by a directory and
|
|
all its nested subdirectories (good to know when you're
|
|
trying to free up space). Directory trees and other types
|
|
of usage reports can be printed. The interface looks and
|
|
works great with a colorful, intuitive toolbar and optional
|
|
onscreen help.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups
|
|
SS ID#: HD0106 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 32.95
|
|
|
|
SuperBar v2.0b
|
|
Add custom toolbars to any Windows app!
|
|
SuperBar is a program you can use to create custom,
|
|
configurable toolbars. The toolbar's buttons can each be
|
|
assigned to an application's menu command -- or to a
|
|
recorded macro. (You can define macros in any Windows
|
|
application using SuperBar!) Increase efficiency by placing
|
|
commonly used menu commands on a toolbar! SuperBar supports
|
|
user-defined text and user-drawn icons for each button.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.0+
|
|
SS ID#: FE9522 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
|
|
|
|
Super Stuff Utilities v3.01
|
|
A task manager with a history, and more!
|
|
Super Stuff is a set of Windows utilities including: a
|
|
fully configurable task manager that features a run command
|
|
(with history), a launch menu and a multi-select list box;
|
|
a program that allows you to place your Program Manager
|
|
groups anywhere on the desktop (plus view them as toolbars,
|
|
vertical lists or standard groups); and a drag-and-drop
|
|
wallpaper manager with cycle support.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: FE9523 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
|
|
|
|
============
|
|
WRITING APPS
|
|
============
|
|
|
|
Mega Edit v2.11
|
|
Edit LARGE files in Windows
|
|
Mega Edit is a general-purpose Windows text editor that
|
|
imposes no limit on file size. It offers split-screen
|
|
editing for up to 20 files, formatted display of binary
|
|
files, word wrap, and your choice of four monospaced
|
|
viewing fonts (which you can size large or small). Files
|
|
can be exported as text files in DOS, Macintosh and Unix
|
|
flavors.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.0+
|
|
SS ID#: FE9513 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 35.00
|
|
|
|
TLC Spell Checker
|
|
A checker you can add to YOUR programs
|
|
TLC Spell Checker comes with a sample program, a
|
|
26,000-word English dictionary, and a DLL. Registered users
|
|
(fee is $10) may use this DLL in their shareware
|
|
royalty-free. The sample program allows users to
|
|
spell-check any English text document (supports changing
|
|
misspellings and allows users to add words to the
|
|
dictionary). Registered users may purchase French,
|
|
Norwegian, Dutch, German and Italian dictionaries at $5
|
|
each. (Only the French version supports accented
|
|
characters.)
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.0+
|
|
SS ID#: HD0108 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 10.00
|
|
|
|
-=------------- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -------------=-
|
|
|
|
New Versions
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
=========
|
|
EDUCATION
|
|
=========
|
|
|
|
Gradebook for Windows v3.05
|
|
Teacher's pet program
|
|
Advanced Windows-based gradebook for the educator. Features
|
|
include extensive online help; no practical limit on terms,
|
|
classes, students or tasks; user categories; total points
|
|
or weighted scores; the ability to discard worst score(s);
|
|
multiple class score and grade distribution with charts and
|
|
progress reports. It handles most grading schemes and can
|
|
do curving and more. (Formerly SS ID# JA9231.)
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.0+, 2MB RAM
|
|
SS ID#: HD0088 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 34.00
|
|
|
|
Winflash v3.0
|
|
Flash yourself (for better memory!)
|
|
A Windows flash-card program that allows users to
|
|
efficiently memorize factual data using the familiar
|
|
Windows environment. Designed to assist students or
|
|
professionals in the task of memorizing general material.
|
|
The Version 3.0 upgrade adds the ability to incorporate
|
|
.BMP graphics and .WAV sounds in questions and answers.
|
|
Users can now also adjust the fonts used to display
|
|
questions (good for practicing foreign languages).
|
|
Questions and answers can be up to 1000 characters long.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: AU9302 SS Dist. Cost: $5 Author's Fee: $ 19.95
|
|
|
|
=====
|
|
FONTS
|
|
=====
|
|
|
|
Fonter v6.2
|
|
Preview your fonts, print samples!
|
|
Fonter lets you view samples of your Adobe PostScript and
|
|
TrueType fonts in whatever size you like. You can also
|
|
"zoom" characters for close-up views, see ANSI charts and
|
|
even a keyboard layout showing which keyboard keys to type
|
|
to get which characters -- this is great for symbol,
|
|
dingbat and foreign-language fonts. You can also print
|
|
samples of single fonts, or print a "book" of all your
|
|
fonts. New features in v6.2 include the ability to preview
|
|
TrueType fonts (before installing!); print specimen sheets
|
|
of previewed fonts; install TrueType Fonts for a single
|
|
session in Windows, or install them permanently. Neat
|
|
program!
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1, 2MB RAM
|
|
SS ID#: JU9232 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
|
|
|
|
========
|
|
GRAPHICS
|
|
========
|
|
|
|
BitMapZ for Windows v2.10
|
|
Create your own slide show in Windows
|
|
BitMapZ is an easy-to-use slide-show program for Windows.
|
|
Pick as many of your .BMP image files as you like (up to
|
|
32,000), select the order in which you want them to appear,
|
|
and set the duration of each. Bam, instant slide show! And
|
|
you can have the show end after one run-through or loop
|
|
endlessly. This program is great for running displays and
|
|
for impressing friends with your graphics collection.
|
|
(Pssst! If all your images are in another format, say .GIF
|
|
or .PCX, you'll need something like Paint Shop Pro 2.0, our
|
|
File Number JN9169 [2 Disk, $10.00], which can convert them
|
|
effortlessly to .BMP format.) BitMapZ is formerly SS ID#
|
|
DE9365.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.0+
|
|
SS ID#: HD0099 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 14.95
|
|
|
|
Seascape v1.9
|
|
Life's a bowl of fish
|
|
Like the idea of an aquarium screen saver for your Windows
|
|
environment but find most of the current examples of the
|
|
genre to be a little, well, cartoonish? Seascape is your
|
|
screen saver! It depicts relatively realistic-looking fish
|
|
(Indo-Pacific Sergeants) and the tiny creatures (microdes)
|
|
on which they feed. Yes, the fishes' mouths open to grab
|
|
tasty, floating morsels. ASP author.
|
|
Requires: 386+ cpu, 4MB RAM, Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: JN9302 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 10.00
|
|
|
|
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|
|
HOBBIES/COLLECTIONS
|
|
===================
|
|
|
|
CDMaster for Windows v3.00
|
|
Windows database for your CD collection
|
|
Catalog your CD collection in CDMaster, a Windows database.
|
|
This program doesn't limit you to the number of songs per
|
|
CD, and it also has extra fields for time, tempo and beat
|
|
information. You can also define your own fields, and even
|
|
enter an artist for every song. Print labels, or print your
|
|
entire collection as a catalog. A DOS version of the
|
|
program is also available (our File Number MA9224, 254K,
|
|
$6.00). Formerly SS ID# DE9367.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.0+
|
|
SS ID#: HD0102 SS Dist. Cost: $12 Author's Fee: $ 29.95
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UTILITIES
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DiskMan for Windows v3.0
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What'cha got on those floppies?
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Use DiskMan to catalog the contents of your floppy disk
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collection (also hard drives, Bernoullis, etc.) -- and
|
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print disk labels with optional graphics. It also generates
|
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an array of library reports. Version 3.0 enables the user
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to fully customize the disk label and supports any label
|
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configuration. When you want to know on which of your
|
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myriad floppies File X is located, just ask DiskMan.
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Requires: Windows 3.0+, printer for labels
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SS ID#: JN9310 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 35.00
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Drag and View Gold v1.0
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View data files in their native format
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Use Drag and View to look at files in their native formats,
|
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without having to load the applications that created them.
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Among the many formats supported are dBASE, FoxPro, Lotus
|
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1-2-3, WordPerfect and Microsoft Word. Drag and View
|
|
integrates with File Manager, allowing users to view a file
|
|
simply by dragging the document to Drag and View's icon.
|
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(Formerly SS ID# JU9337.)
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: HD0103 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 35.00
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Drag and Zip v4.10
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Easy .ZIP file management
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Drag and Zip works with any file manager that supports Drag
|
|
and Drop -- turning it into a manager for .ZIPped files. To
|
|
zip files, tag them in the file manager, then drag them to
|
|
the zipper icon. To view the contents of a .ZIP archive,
|
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double-click on a .ZIP file in the file manager. From the
|
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.ZIP file viewer you can tag files for extraction or
|
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deletion. Double-click on any file in the listing and it is
|
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temporarily extracted and run along with its associated
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program. You can even have the program test for viruses as
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it unzips a .ZIP file (you must already have a virus
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scanner).
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: DE9234 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 30.00
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Folders v4.0A
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Organize your files in subgroups
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Folders adds depth to Windows' interface, giving you the
|
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ability to create subgroups in Program manager. Put folders
|
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within folders or groups, as with an office filing system.
|
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You can also assign passwords to folders, drag and drop
|
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between folders, and cross link folders -- allowing a
|
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single folder to be opened by multiple folders.
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: JN9129 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 29.00
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More Control 2.0a
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Beefing up Windows Control Panel
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More Control beefs up Windows' Control Panel, giving you
|
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access to many settings that Microsoft did not see fit to
|
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include in Control Panel. With it you can change: the fonts
|
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used to display icon titles; the colors used by the Windows
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help engine in displaying hypertext; the alignment of
|
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drop-down menus; the vertical spacing between icons; and
|
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more. It also includes an .INI file editor and CD Add-In,
|
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which allows you to add any program you want to the Control
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Panel dialog.
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: DE9215 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 12.50
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Plug-In for Windows v2.11
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Fills in gaps in the Windows GUI
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Plug-In Manager is designed to fill in Windows' "holes"
|
|
with a variety of interface enhancements. Its most
|
|
important talent is letting you create nested groups in
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|
Program Manager: yes, now you can put groups within groups
|
|
-- as many DOS menuing utilities let you do. It's an
|
|
intuitive way to organize applications for both beginners
|
|
and pros, and it's neater. Other handy things Plug-In
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|
Manager does is let you decorate Windows' title bars with
|
|
the time, date, a stopwatch and a resource watchdog (to
|
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keep an eye on your free drive space, for example). You can
|
|
also set alarms and change the look of your mouse cursor.
|
|
Another important feature is the "Power Button": a
|
|
Task-Manager-like tool that helps you quickly get where you
|
|
want to go (the button is located conveniently at the left
|
|
on the title bar of the active application).
|
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: HD0049 SS Dist. Cost: $8 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
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SmilerShell v2.0
|
|
Stop shelling out to DOS!
|
|
Tired of shelling out to DOS to perform the simple but
|
|
important file-management tasks that DOS does so well and
|
|
Windows still does so poorly? Try SmilerShell: it's like a
|
|
DOS command line in Windows, but even more powerful! It
|
|
lets you run Windows programs, DOS programs and even DOS
|
|
internal commands. It gives you a fast directory change
|
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command (over multiple drives). Plus, it gives you aliases;
|
|
does pipes and redirection; and offers a built-in
|
|
command-line editor with history and search. ASP member.
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Requires: Windows 3.1
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SS ID#: NV9365 SS Dist. Cost: $6 Author's Fee: $ 19.95
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====================
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WRITING APPLICATIONS
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====================
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Editeur v1.5
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A text editor for Windows
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|
Editeur is a powerful yet simple text editor for Windows
|
|
3.1. It offers a multidocument interface (which means you
|
|
can have two or more documents open for editing at the same
|
|
time), and there is no limit on the size of the text files!
|
|
As you might hope in a Windows program, you can choose your
|
|
own fonts, and you are also provided a toolbar with which
|
|
you can point and click to perform common tasks. You can
|
|
also search and do search/replace operations in ALL open
|
|
files at one time.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1, 2MB RAM
|
|
SS ID#: DC9419 SS Dist. Cost: $5 Author's Fee: $ 24.00
|
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|
|
QRead v1.1
|
|
Text file reader for Windows
|
|
A Windows 3.1 file reader that automatically adjusts the
|
|
type size or line structure to fit the window. You can read
|
|
files of any size using your favorite font, and pump up the
|
|
typesize with one keystroke for easier reading. It also
|
|
provides tools to help with managing and browsing your
|
|
files. QRead is "read-only": you can't edit a file while
|
|
reading it with QRead.
|
|
Requires: Windows 3.1
|
|
SS ID#: AP9318 SS Dist. Cost: $3 Author's Fee: $ 20.00
|
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-=------------- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -------------=-
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FormGen's Top 10
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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March 1995
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These figures are from February 1995.
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|
|
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The lists are compiled from unit sales of
|
|
evaluation disks by leading shareware vendors
|
|
around the world. The lists are produced monthly
|
|
by Dorinda MacLean and distributed by FormGen Corp.
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|
|
The symbols next to "Rank" indicate whether
|
|
the title is growing more popular or losing
|
|
ground:
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^ = up from last month
|
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v = down from last month
|
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- = no change
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-=*=-
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APPLICATIONS TOP 10
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Rank|Months| Title (Author) | Description
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1 ^ 1 AM-Tax 94 (AM Software) Tax form package
|
|
2 - 2 WinZip (N. Mak) Windows Zip file manager
|
|
3 ^ 3 wInformant (Neocom Microspec.) Windows uninstaller, utils
|
|
4 v 2 Snooper (J. Vias) PC system analyzer
|
|
5 ^ 1 Phantom Screen (NeoSoft) Screen blanking utility
|
|
6 ^ 1 Home Plan (C. Herndon) Floor plan designer
|
|
7 ^ 1 Time & Chaos Prof. (iSBiSTER) Windows PIM
|
|
8 ^ 10 PKZIP/PKUNZIP (PKWare) File compression utility
|
|
9 ^ 1 Draft Choice (Trius) Desktop CAD program
|
|
10 v 3 Quikmenu (NeoSoft) DOS menu with Windows look
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|
|
-=*=-
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|
|
ENTERTAINMENT TOP 10
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|
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Rank|Months| Title (Author) | Description
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1 ^ 1 Heretic (Raven Software) 3D VR action adventure
|
|
2 ^ 2 Rise of the Triad (Apogee) 3D VR action adventure
|
|
3 v 13 DOOM (id Software) 3D VR action adventure
|
|
4 ^ 3 One Must Fall (Epic MegaGames) Arcade-style combat game
|
|
5 ^ 4 Jazz Jackrabbit (Epic MegaGames) Arcade platform game
|
|
6 ^ 1 Descent (Parallax Software) 3D VR action adventure
|
|
7 v 14 Epic Pinball (Epic MegaGames) Realistic pinball game
|
|
8 ^ 1 Hocus Pocus (M. Voss/Apogee) Arcade platform game
|
|
9 v 10 Raptor (Cygnus Studios/Apogee) Arcade shoot-'em-up
|
|
10 ^ 1 Wolfenstein 3D (id Soft./Apogee) 3D VR action adventure
|
|
|
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-=*=-
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|
|
EDUCATION TOP 10
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|
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Rank|Months| Title (Author) | Description
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|
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1 - 7 Beginner's Guide to Internet Internet tutorial
|
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(Suarez Associates)
|
|
2 ^ 5 Big Dummy's Guide to Internet Internet tutorial
|
|
(Electronic Frontier)
|
|
3 ^ 1 Animated Alphabet (T. Guthrie) Preschool alphabet tutor
|
|
4 v 24 Math Rescue (K. Crowther/Apogee) Arcade-style math game
|
|
5 v 30 PC-Fastype (Trendtech) Typing tutor
|
|
6 ^ 1 Pre-School Pack (V. Watson) Preschool education
|
|
7 ^ 1 Animated Words (T. Guthrie) Preschool spelling tutor
|
|
8 v 3 College Funding Finder (The-Berge)Student financial aid
|
|
9 v 30 Word Rescue (K. Crowther/Apogee) Arcade-style reading game
|
|
10 v 4 Adventure Math (Epic MegaGames) Math teaching program
|
|
|
|
-=------------- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -------------=-
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|
|
What Is Shareware?
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
WHAT IS SHAREWARE?
|
|
HOW DOES IT WORK?
|
|
|
|
Shareware operates on the "try before you buy" system. Authors allow
|
|
their programs to be copied and passed around, among friends, over BBS
|
|
systems or through services such as Software Shopper.
|
|
|
|
If you find a shareware program is of value to you and you intend to
|
|
keep and use it, then you must register the program with the author (pay
|
|
a fee -- the amount varies). Registration gives you various benefits,
|
|
depending on the author. (Common benefits include printed manuals, newer
|
|
versions and support if you happen to run into problems.) The fee also
|
|
helps motivate authors to improve their programs and develop new ones.
|
|
|
|
No part of the money collected by Software Shopper, or any other
|
|
service, goes to the program authors. Those charges are strictly
|
|
copying, handling and shipping fees, and they are non-refundable. The
|
|
author gets paid only when you send in your registration fee. We supply
|
|
all copies of shareware programs on both 5-1/4- and 3-1/2- inch disks,
|
|
although there is an extra charge of 75 cents per disk for 3-1/2-inch
|
|
(720K) format. There is no extra charge for 3-1/2-inch 1.44MB (high-
|
|
density disks).
|
|
|
|
Programs are separated into subdirectories on a disk when we make up
|
|
special orders for you (most of our orders are special orders). A short
|
|
instruction sheet is packaged with the disk, but your disk label tells
|
|
you the name of the subdirectories.
|
|
|
|
Generally, our orders are processed within 24 business hours of
|
|
receipt. Due to volume, we may run a day or so behind from time to time.
|
|
Our business hours are generally 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
|
|
Friday.
|
|
|
|
We disclaim any damage that any of the software in Software Shopper
|
|
may cause and cannot guarantee that any particular system follows sound
|
|
business practices. Our sole liability, in any event, consists of a
|
|
refund of the copying and distribution charge we make for providing
|
|
software to you.
|
|
|
|
We invite and solicit your comments and suggestions about Software
|
|
Shopper and the shareware which we make available through it. Our
|
|
shareware library contains many more programs than appears in this issue
|
|
of Software Shopper. If you have a specific need, please contact us on
|
|
our Customer Assistance line, (502) 228-4492. We will do everything we
|
|
can to try to help.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Falsoft, Inc. is an approved vendor and associate member of the
|
|
Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure
|
|
that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve
|
|
a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
|
|
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
|
|
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
|
|
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
|
|
Ombudsman at 545 Graver Road, Muskeg, MI 49442, or send a CompuServe
|
|
message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007, 3536.
|
|
|
|
-=------------- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -------------=-
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|
|
About the Catalog
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
The rest of Software Shopper Online is our database or "catalog" --
|
|
the majority of the shareware programs in our archives, which are
|
|
neither new nor updated this month. While you'll see more than a
|
|
thousand programs listed in the database, please keep in mind that more
|
|
is coming! We're still in the process of converting records, so future
|
|
issues will be more complete. If your favorite shareware title is
|
|
missing from the database now, it will probably soon be added.
|
|
|
|
Also, a note about how the database is structured. There really is a
|
|
method to the madness! We divided the database into 32 sections (usually
|
|
32): 16 broad categories for DOS and the same 16 broad categories for
|
|
Windows. (Categories include Business, Education, Games, Utilities,
|
|
etc.) Each rather generic category is in turn broken down into smaller
|
|
subcategories -- for example, "Business" is broken down into Accounting,
|
|
Contact Management, Personal Finance and others.
|
|
|
|
When you read the database, it will look like each category starts
|
|
out nicely in alphabetical order -- but then does several A-Z cycles!
|
|
The reason for this is that the subcategories are also in alphabetical
|
|
order. Yes, we COULD have separated the database into distinct
|
|
subcategory files, but your SysOps would have wanted to murder us for
|
|
making them deal with hundreds of files instead of the slightly unwieldy
|
|
32! As long as you know the subcategory structure is there, you should
|
|
have no trouble finding the kinds of programs you're interested in.
|
|
|
|
We do not have registration fee information available for all titles,
|
|
so for those "Author's fee" fields that show a fee of "0.00," please do
|
|
not assume that registration is free!
|
|
|
|
|
|
>>[ An Invitation to Shareware Authors ]<<
|
|
|
|
Shareware authors: we invite you to monitor our catalog to help keep
|
|
us up-to-date with your titles. Although we receive the ASP Advantage
|
|
CD-ROM and get disks sent to us by shareware authors, we don't get
|
|
everything we'd like -- so we turn to BBSs and online services for files
|
|
we're missing (and of course read the vendor info to make sure we're
|
|
allowed to distribute the programs we download). We'd rather that the
|
|
programs came directly from you -- and we're sure you'd prefer that too.
|
|
Feel free to send us your updates and new titles. Our mailing address
|
|
is: Software Shopper, P.O. Box 385, Prospect, KY 40059. Our shipping
|
|
address is: Software Shopper, The Falsoft Building, 9509 U.S. Highway
|
|
42, Prospect, KY 40059.
|
|
|
|
We've got to tell you about our new high-density line. Many shareware
|
|
vendors are still putting out titles on low-density floppy disks only,
|
|
but we're proud to have launched our "HD" line: which means we can
|
|
competitively distribute titles like DOOM, Raptor, GeoPublish and
|
|
NeoBook Pro on high-density disks (complete with nifty, laser-printed
|
|
labels). So, large programs don't upset us! We do request that, when you
|
|
send us large programs, you break them into chunks that would also fit
|
|
on 1.2MB floppy disks. But if you can't, that's OK -- we'll just insert
|
|
a note asking readers to order the program on 1.44MB disks only.
|
|
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|
-=------------- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -------------=-
|
|
|
|
Online Order Form
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
If you would like to order shareware from Software Shopper, please
|
|
capture or log the following order form to a file, then print it using a
|
|
monospaced font. (If you need more space for your order, feel free to
|
|
copy and paste additional lines.) Write (or type) your selections on the
|
|
form, cut a check, and mail the check and the form to us. OR, if you're
|
|
planning to pay by credit card, you can call our order line at 1-800-
|
|
847-0309 and place your order over the phone. OR you can send an
|
|
electronic version of this form (which you've customized by typing in
|
|
your selections), along with your credit-card information, to
|
|
orders@delphi.com.
|
|
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|
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| SOFTWARE SHOPPER ONLINE - Shareware Order Form - March 1995 |
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|PROGRAM ID NUMBER| PROGRAM NAME |COPY FEE|
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| Are you interested in programs from our Featured Selection? | |
|
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| (Special prices good until March 31, 1995) | |
|
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| [] YES! Send me ALL the Featured Selection programs | |
|
|
| for the low price of $10. (I save an additional $2) | |
|
|
| [] YES! But I'm checking only the ones I want. |--------|
|
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| [] JU9232 Fonter v6.2(normally $6) now only $3 | |
|
|
| [] FE9516 Music Sculptor V1.4 (normally $6) now only $3| |
|
|
| [] NV9365 SmilerShell V2.0(normally $6) now only $3 | |
|
|
| [] FE9522 SuperBar V2.0b (normally $6) now only $3 | |
|
|
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|
|
| SUBTOTAL | |
|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|
|
| *Please indicate disk size for titles ordered on low-density| |
|
|
| disks: [] 5-1/4-inch (360K) [] 3-1/2-inch (720K) | |
|
|
| Add $0.75 for each title ordered on 720K disks | |
|
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| | |
|
|
| Please indicate disk size for titles ordered from our high- | |
|
|
| density line: [] 5-1/4-inch (1.2MB) [] 3-1/2-inch (1.44MB)| |
|
|
| (Please order HD titles on 1.44MB floppies: no surcharge!!!)| |
|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|
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| Kentucky residents add 6% Sales Tax; Canadians add 7% GST | |
|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|
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| TOTAL (Minimum Order $6) | |
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(All funds in U.S. Dollars only)
|
|
NAME: ________________________ [] Payment Enclosed, or charge to
|
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ADDRESS: ________________________ [] VISA [] MasterCard
|
|
________________________ [] American Express
|
|
CITY: ________________________ Account Number: ________________
|
|
STATE: ____ ZIP: _____-____ Card Expiration Date: __________
|
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PHONE: (___) ___-____ Signature: _____________________
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Software Shopper, The Falsoft Building, P.O. Box 385, Prospect, KY 40059
|
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>> Credit Card Orders, Call Toll-Free: 1-800-847-0309 <<
|
|
|
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* All titles are sent on low-density disks unless they belong in our
|
|
"high-density line," in which case their ID numbers begin with "HD."
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-=------------=- T-H-E E-N-D F-O-R N-O-W -=------------=-
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