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CAD     If it can be drawn on paper, it can also be drawn on a computer screen -- and then printed on paper...or saved as a data file. With the advent of CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software in the mid-1980's, drafters began trading in their T-squares for PCs.     CAD software allowed drawings to be stored electronically on floppy disks or hard drives. No longer were drafters forced to store their creations in filing cabinets and drawing tubes. And instead of packing bulky tubes with huge plotter sheets of paper, drawings could be transported from one location to another on floppy disks or via modem.     One great advantage of electronic drafting was that drawings could be printed again, and again, and again. No need for a copier or print service. Drawings could also be edited on-screen. No smudges on a drawing sheet.     The "electronic revolution" of the 1980's changed much of the business world -- from pencil, paper, and calculator to screen, keyboard, and mouse. It began to change the personal world as well.

AutoSketch 3.0 Copyright © 1990 Autodesk, Inc. AutoSketch is an "AutoCAD lite" which actually has two programs in its disk set -- one optimized for PCs with math coprocessors and one for PCs without NPUs. It features arc, box, circle, curve, fill region, line part, point, polygon draw tools, text placement, undo, redo, erase, group, ungroup, move, copy, stretch, rotate, scale, mirror, break, chamfer, fillet, box and ring arrays, zoom, pan, redraw, last view and plot box, layering, snap-to grid, frame, coordinates, ortho, distance, angle, and area measurements, point, bearing, dimensions, make and view slides, text editor, file dialog with preview, and even has a built-in game. This version was released on eight 360K floppies. Total install size: 1.88MB

DesignCAD 3-D 3.1 Copyright © 1991 American Small Business Computers, Inc. DesignCAD is a 3-D CAD program that can create 3-dimensional drawings complete with surface. It has an interface that shows top, front, right side, main "window" and a menu system similar to AutoCAD for DOS. Features include layers, block functions, polygons, hemisphere, curve, cone, rubber band functions, 2-D save, ruled surface with smoothing, union, vector form, solid surface and area calculation, snap-to grid, define working plane, cut plane along a line, rotate block, X-Y-Z, relative X-Y-Z, and polar coordinates, import, export, DXF translator, IGES translator, merge, materials list, utilities, system check, move origin, 3-point or diameter circle, chamfer, macros, slide show, on-line help and much more. After DesignCAD closes it displays how many minutes the program was in use. This version was released on thirteen 360K floppies. Total install size: 2.57MB

EasyCAD2 2.67 Copyright © 1991 Evolution Computing As the name implies, EasyCAD is a user-friendly CAD program that will have you creating professional drawings in no time. It features scripting, reversion, redraw, 31 layers, hide, show, freeze, thaw, change background color, zoom, pan, drawing tools (line, circle, arc, text, polygon, etc.), erase, move, rotate, scale, connect, bend, break, mirror, trim, stretch, edit, fill, origin, front, fill, list, change, circular array, part array, symbol functions, geometric functions, area and distance, standard/metric measurements, crosshair cursor and more. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 493K

486 Or Earlier CPU Expert Landscape Copyright © 1991 Expert Software This is a simplified CAD program that can create layouts of landscaped areas. It features vertical and horizontal text, drawing tools, 7 object libraries (trees, shrubs, other plants, 2 accessory and 2 house -- 290 objects total), print, copy, move, undo, english or metric measurement, drawing ruler, and a status bar. It also includes a separate text-based database program of plants that features many typical landscaping plants and describes their type, climate, hardiness, and growth rate. This program only runs on 486 or earlier CPUs. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 755K

Generic 3D 1.12 Copyright © 1991 Generic Software, Inc. In 1991, Generic Software, Inc. sold the rights to two-dimensional Generic CADD to Autodesk -- then released a new version of their CAD program with a new name and new three-dimensional features. Generic 3D's new features include draw cylinder/ cone/pyramid, manual cylinder, 3D box, manual 3D box, lift pen, hole, auto extrude line, polygon, regular polygon, 3D cursor, oblique/perspective/isometric/flat views, change perspective, display rotation (delta or absolute), object rotation, align to axes, rotation reset, rotate around line, object surface of revolution, convert to hole/ polygon/wireframe, align to plane, 3D layers, 3D basepoint, X-Y-Z absolute/delta coordinates display, save screen images in GX2 (Show Partner) format, includes three 3D sample drawings, ten 3D graphics objects, all of the two-dimensional features Generic CADD is famous for and more. This version was released on seven 360K floppies. Total install size: 8.04MB

Generic CADD 6.0 Copyright © 1991 Autodesk, Inc. Like other companies, Autodesk was not above buying out their competition to gain market share. In 1991, Autodesk acquired Generic CADD from Generic Software, Inc. Generic Software's last verison of Generic CADD was 5.0. More features than AutoSketch, less than AutoCAD, this program can perform most CAD tasks. With drawing tools (line, arc, circle, rectangle, polygon, curve, etc.), snap-to grid, trimming, chamfer, layering, orthoganal mode, radial copy, scale, stretch, multiple "windows," scalable text, component creation, layers, hatch, fill, dimensioning, drawing zoom, coordinates, explode, measure, object filter, drawing origin, fast redraw, screen boundaries, create bill of material, macros, trace mode, digitizer support, pack data, definition unload, read AutoCAD DWG files, save as DXF or GC format, 517 symbols in 4 categories, 37 fonts, 19 pre-defined macros, 6 AutoCAD-86 shape files, on-line help, and much more. Generic CADD can do many of the same functions as AutoCAD for far less cost. Future versions of Autodesk's AutoCAD would incorporate the menu interface of Generic CADD. This version was released on five 720K floppies.   Total install size: 8.08MB

Key CAD Complete 1.3 Copyright © 1991 Softkey Software Products, Inc. Featuring virtual memory use (amount can be user defined), EMS use, turbo cursor, CGA-SVGA graphics modes (up to 800x600 res.), animation by screen capture, auto-dimension, linear and angular arrays, drawing of circles, lines, rectangles, arcs, polygons, beziers, spline, freehand, parametric and complex objects, copy, move, erase, scale, rotate, extend, fillet, mirror, break, stretch, and trim objects, place and rotate text, import/export PIC, BIN, PCX, TXT, DXF, HPGL, and others, erase file, shell to DOS, color fill objects, snap-to grid, use or make symbol libraries, 8 layers, line styles, enlarge or reduce object views, on-line help, and more. It originally retailed for US$39.95. This version was released on one 720K floppy.   Total install size: 562K

TurboCAD 3.0 Copyright © 1992 IMSI This CAD program has an interface that allows 4 drawings to be open at once in resizable "windows" that scale the drawing to the window size. Other features include a drawing menu within each "window," snap-to grid, auto dimension, ortho mode, rubber band, digitizer support, scripting, macros, polar/relative/absolute coordinates, grouping, layers, move, redraw, undelete, viewport zoom, hatching, 6 line thicknesses, 10 line styles, 9 fonts, color pallette, over 15 symbol libraries (electrical, technical, office, etc.), on-line help and more. This version was released on one 1.2MB and one 360K floppy. Total install size: 2.50MB

MicroStation 05.00.00.22 PC Copyright © 1993 Bentley Systems, Inc. Not found at your local software retail outlet, MicroStation is a full-featured CAD program for serious engineering and designing that can create anything from a basic floorplan to every component of an industrial plant. Features include a graphical interface with toolbars, workspaces, up to 8 simultaneous design views, camera views with normal, wide, extra wide, fisheye, telephoto, telescopic, custom lenses, global lighting with ambient, flashbulb, solar, solar shadow, color world map with longitude/lattitude/GMT offset by time zone, source lighting with spot, point, distant types, color, resolution, cone and delta angle settings, attenuate toggle, wiremesh, hidden line, filled hidden line, constant, smooth, phong stereo/antialias rendering, Cells -- small drawings created for repetitive purposes, cell libraries, dimension- driven cells -- cells solved for a specified set of dimensioned values that change dynamically based on size, shape, extent, etc., fillet 3D surfaces sub-palette, circular/parabolic fillets, 3D primitives -- slab, spherer, cylinder, cone, torus, wedge, 3D free form surfaces, 3D surfaces sub-palette, on-line help and much, much more. This program originally retailed for over US$4,000.00. This version was released on ten 1.44MB floppies.   Total install size: 35.40MB

AutoCAD Release 13 for DOS Copyright © 1996 Autodesk, Inc. This was Autodesk's last DOS version of AutoCAD. It features DXF, DXB, 3D Studio, SAT, PostScript, and Raster import, export in AutoCAD R12, block, DXF, 3D Studio, SAT, PostScript, and Stereolithography formats, file utilities, auditing, recovery, attach, overlay, clip, binding, undo, redo, snap, grid, ortho, filter, hatch, distance, locate, area, porportion, redraw, zoom, pan, 3D views, viewports, UCS, drawing tools, arrays, mirror, rotate, fillet, chamfer, trim, stretch, offset, scale, explode, break, data tools, digitizer configuration, auto save, on-line help and much more. It originally retailed for US$3,400.00. This version of AutoCAD was bundled on a 2-disc CD-ROM set along with Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT versions of AutoCAD. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 44.38MB

Card-Sign-Banner-Etc.     In the mid-1980's software companies began making programs that could print cards, signs, banners, letterheads, calendars, and later, even newsletters. It made the personal computer more "personal," and although targeted mainly at the home computer user, schools and businesses found use for this software as well.     People could now print cards saying exactly what they wanted to. They could print signs for garage sales and other things with professional-looking lettering and pictures. Big long or tall banners could be printed for birthday parties or other occasions. Calendars could be printed for personal schedules from card/sign/banner software with calendar features.     Schools could print signs for upcoming events to post at the school and send home to parents. Banners could be printed for displaying the "ABC's," highlighting class topics, and for topics that could be displayed in main school areas. Calendars could be printed for everything from assignment deadlines to event schedules for students and parents, etc. Letterheads could be printed for official school business. Cards could be printed for student and parent event invitations. This software could even create certificates for awards and achievements.     Businesses also saw advantages for this software. For a fraction of the cost of a printing service they could print professional letterheads complete with pictures. And if the software had a graphics editor, they could even add their logo. Calendars could be printed for weekly, monthly, and yearly event scheduling. Signs announcing anything from the annual company banquet to the winner of the football pool look more presentable than handwritten ones. Cards could be printed for invitations to the annual Christmas party or golf scramble. OK, so not every application may have been 100% business-oriented but it made life a little more fun.

PrintMaster Copyright © 1985 Unison World, Inc. This is the original version of PrintMaster. It is run by executing the DOS batch file PM.BAT. Print cards, signs, stationary (letterheads), weekly and monthly calendars, and banners. It also features support for 7 printer models of the day, 9 fonts, 140 graphics images, built-in graphics editor, and a graphical print preview. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 322K

Certificate Maker Copyright © 1986 Springboard Software, Inc. Make certificates for any event or occasion. Choose from over 200 certificate templates, six border styles, five fonts, enter up to four lines of text, certificate date, and signature line. Print in portrait or landscape mode. This program originally retailed for US$59.00. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 624K

Sign and Banner Maker 1.0 Copyright © 1986 ShareData Inc. What's this? A hacked version of PrintMaster? No, it's PrintMaster with a twist. This is a legally altered version of PrintMaster licensed to another software company. A PrintMaster clone, this program only makes signs and banners. It has the same interface as PrintMaster and features 6 fonts, 70 graphics images, and supports 10 printer models. This program has no graphics editor. If you want to make greeting cards, stationary, or calendars, you will have to buy PrintMaster or another program with those features. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 200K

The Newsroom Pro Copyright © 1986 Springboard Software, Inc. This program creates and can print newsletters and banners. It has a graphics editor, 7 fonts, several newsletter layouts, and more. The Newsroom Pro can turn your PC into a printing press. It originally retailed for US$129.00. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 538K

COPY- PROTECTED Software The Print Shop 2.1 COLOR Copyright © 1986 Br0derbund This version of The Print Shop has color printing capability. Print cards, signs, letterheads, and banners. There is no calendar option. There is also a built-in graphics editor that allows you to edit the provided images or create new ones. The first versions of The Print Shop had copy-protected disks that only allowed four hard drive installations before "locking" the disk. Once these four hard drive installations were used, you were forced to buy another copy -- and you could not move a hard drive installation from one computer to another. You also could not make a backup copy of the install disk. Later versions of The Print Shop would not have copy-protected media. Released on one 360K and one 720K floppy.   Total install size: 245K

COPY- PROTECTED Software The Print Shop Companion 1.2 Copyright © 1986 Br0derbund To keep up with the competition of PrintMaster and other card-sign-banner software, Br0derbund created The Print Shop Companion. It has a calendar feature that should have been standard in The Print Shop. It also has an improved graphic editor, a border editor, a font editor for creating custom fonts, "tile magic" for making custom tile graphics, and "creature maker" -- an editor for making "creatures" out of animal parts. The first versions of The Print Shop Companion had copy-protected disks that only allowed four hard drive installations before "locking" the disk. Once these four hard drive installations were used, you were forced to buy another copy. This version was released on one 360K floppy.   Total install size: 265K

AwardWare Copyright © 1987 Hi Tech Expressions Design and print awards, certificates, ribbons, tickets, coupons, checks, and more with this printing utility. It is menu-driven and features such as QuickAward, pre-made templates to speed production, the following editable templates -- 60 award/license (portrait & landscape), 25 letterhead/memo, 2 checks, 1 ticket, 4 coupons, 4 ribbons, 1 scroll, 1 trophy, 1 key, 1 newspaper, and 6 plaques. It also has 5 fonts, 20 borders, 20 graphics, 5 seals, and 4 "signature boxes." It originally retailed for US$14.95 -- less than the price of many shareware programs of the day. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 241K

Let's Make Calendars & Stationery Copyright © 1987 Melody Hall Publishing Corporation What? Another hacked version of PrintMaster? No, this is yet another legally altered version of Unison's trademark software. Licensed to Melody Hall Publishing Corporatation, Let's Make Calendars & Stationery creates calendars and stationary only, as the title implies. Using a similar interface to PrintMaster Plus 1.x, this program creates monthly and weekly calendars and letterheads. It has the same interface as PrintMaster Plus and has the same printer support, fonts, and graphics. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 276K

Let's Make Greeting Cards Copyright © 1987 Melody Hall Publishing Corporation Yet another PrintMaster Plus 1.x clone licensed to Melody Hall Publishing Corp., this program only prints cards. With the same interface as PrintMaster Plus 1.x, this program has 6 fonts, 70 graphics, 11 borders, and 3 greeting card formats. It also has the same print preview, printer support, and reads its graphics format. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 195K

PrintPower 1.00 Copyright © 1987 Hi Tech Expressions This is the first version of PrintPower. Print cards, signs, stationary, and banners. It also converts AwardWare disks to its format. With 7 fonts and 50 graphics to choose from, PrintPower can let your imagination create attractive novelties for all occasions. It's menu system has single-letter hot-key-type options in addition to regular highlight-and-enter selections. Before the glitzy days of multimedia, many software vendors used huge cartoon-like print and pictures for the "splash screens" of their wares. It was a unique trend which most likely will never be repeated in quite the same way. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 290K

Super Print 2.0 Home Edition Copyright © 1987 Pelican Software, Inc. In the mid to late 1980's there were literally dozens of card/sign/banner programs commercially available. Super Print can create posters, signs, cards, calendars, documents with borders, and banners. It features print preview, monthly calendars from 1901-2099, frame/stationary/graphics backgrounds, 6 document frame styles, 4 style patterns, 34 graphics images, 4 custom fonts, utilities to format disks and delete files, and more. This version was released on one 720K floppy. Total install size: 568K

The Printing Press B.00 Copyright © 1987 Channelmark Corporation Yet another PrintMaster Plus 1.x clone, The Printing Press lets you create greeting cards, posters, and letterheads. It features 11 borders, 123 graphics images, 10 fonts, support for 18 printer models, a graphics editor called "Art Center," on-line help and more. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 321K

Bantastic! Copyright © 1988 DAK Industries, Inc. No graphical interfaces, no fancy pictures to illustrate options, just a plain DOS text form screen to enter text and print options. BANtastic! is a program that prints banners. It comes with two fonts -- Roman and Gothic, supports 5 printer types (Diablo, Epson, HP Laserjet, Okidata, and Toshiba), allows overstrikes up to 5 times, prints 6 or 8 lines per inch, has on-line help and more. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 145K

Easy Working Cards, Signs, & Certificates 1.04 Copyright © 1988 Spinnaker Software Corporation Using Spinnaker's standard menu interface for programs such as PFS:Write and Eight-in-One, this program is for creating greeting cards, signs, certificates, letter heads, and banners. It features 9 borders, 34 PCX clipart images, 8 fonts, print preview, change to different clipart catalogs or create your own using any b&w PCX files, file/directory utilities, custom setup options, 18-page on-line manual, on-line help and more. This version was released on two 360K and one 720K floppies. Total install size: 664K

PrintMaster Plus 2.0 Copyright © 1988 Kyocera Unison, Inc. The 1.x and 2.0 releases of PrintMaster Plus changed the main interface to a Lotus 1-2-3-like menu style which was popular during the mid to late 1980's. Print posters (signs), stationary, cards, banners, and calendars. This version features support for 28 brands and 225 models of printers, 10 fonts (Computer, DeVille, Editor, Hampton, Office, Scribe, Smallcap, Tribune, Utopia, Western), 11 border styles, 122 graphics images, "Design Completed" option to allow print preview, save, and print, Calendar has month, week with dates, and week with no dates options, Stationary has options for the top and bottom of the page and a separate underline option, print options include draft/standard/high print quality, number of copies (1-99), font smoothing option for standard/high print quality, Graphics Editor is renamed "Drawing Pad," and more. Released on one 360K and one 720K floppy.   Total install size: 321K

Bannermania! 1.10 Copyright © 1989 Br0derbund As the title suggests, Bannermania! only prints banners. It can create one or two lines of text in 8 different combinations, single line, 3 text varieties of small over large, 3 text varieties of large over small, and medium over medium-sized text. It includes 19 custom fonts, 34 text effects (shaded block, zoom down, etc.), 135 color and black-and-white print sets, 27 print shaping options (ribbon, arch up, etc.), print in one or multiple colors, color samples (palette), "transmogrify" banner -- a process of Bannermania! randomly combining text font, effect, shaping, and color options, changing at one-second intervals to allow you to choose a different look, and more. Bannermania! also has on-line help. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 336K

Looney Tunes Print Kit Copyright © 1989 Hi Tech Creations Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Honey Bunny, Petunia Pig, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, and Yosemite Sam. Many of your favorite Looney Tunes characters can be printed on cards, signs, banners, storybooks, masks and puppets with this program -- a modified version of Hi Tech's original PrintPower. Using PrintPower's menu-driven interface, you place pictures and text on your documents. Text is represented as blocks to show what it will look like on the document. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 298K

Just The Fax Copyright © 1990 Britannica Software This program is like having PrintMaster or The Print Shop for your fax machine. It dosen't actually send faxes. Rather, it creates humorous page layouts to print to send over a fax machine. Features include a monochrome, mouse-driven graphical user interface with pull-down menus, 18 pre-defined templates, 10 border images, 72 clipart images, 17 fonts, 2 coversheet templates, full mouse drag placement, print portrait or landscape, print smoothing, page stretch, undo, import and print contact information, save, restore, resize text and images, and more. When you exit, the program displays a line saying, "Thank you for using JUST THE FAX." This version was released on three 360K and two 720K floppies. Total install size: 700K

The New Print Shop 3.0 Copyright © 1990 Br0derbund This version has a completely redesigned interface. Print cards, signs, letterhead, banners, and calendars. Name File stores a list of names to use in projects. Quick Print prints a line of text or graphic image. Graphic Editor can edit existing graphics or create new ones. Other features include 15 border graphics, 50 graphics images, custom move, clone, stretch/shrink, enlarge/reduce, flip, align to center, apply solid/ outline/3D/raised/shadow "styles" to graphics, insert graphic, change text to graphic, undo/restore graphics changes, on-line help and more. This version was released on three 360K and two 720K floppies. Total install size: 1,019K

The New Print Shop Companion 3.0 Copyright © 1990 Br0derbund This "companion" is a suite of features not found in The New Print Shop. Page Publisher is a page layout utility. Letter Writer is an editor that can include letterheads. Envelope Maker prints addresses, graphics, borders, and backgrounds on envelopes. Graphic Editor is a program with drawing tools, zoom editing, fill patterns and more. Border Editor uses Graphic Editor to create/edit border graphics. Font Editor also uses Graphic Editor but adds a character toolbar and can create new fonts. Cataloger prints lists of fonts, borders, graphics, full panels, with or without pictures. Graphic importer imports PC Paintbrush, Publishers Paintbrush, Deluxe Paint II, Windows 2.11 Paint, PC Paint, GEM Paint, and MacPaint graphics. Other features include 14 fonts, supports 230 printer models, on-line help and more. Released on three 360K and two 720K floppies.   Total install size: 1.01MB

Beauty and the Beast Print Kit Copyright © 1991 Disney Share the magic of this Disney classic on greeting cards, posters, invitations, place mats, cutouts, bookmarks and calendars, or create a personal diary with their illustrations. The colorful, mouse-driven interface makes creating these fun items a pleasant experience. It has 40 graphics, 27 fonts, and supports 34 printer models. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 300K

NFL Print Pro 1.0K Copyright © 1991 Hi Tech Expressions This is the same program as PrintPower Pro 1.0K except with a set of 100 graphics of NFL/team logos, team helmets, jerseys, numbers, etc. licensed by the NFL. Create cards, signs, posters, banners, and calendars. The program features mouse-driven click-and-drag text and graphics objects, 3 fonts, print preview, text styles with 21 typestyle effects, point spacing, kern and width, justification and margin settings, bold, italic, underline, superscript, mark, cut, paste, create new color pallettes, change/clone/move/edit/delete/clone/zoom border object properties, DTP-like document rulers, document save/print, and database management. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 699K

Super Mario Bros. Print World Copyright © 1991 Nintendo This program, published by Hi Tech Expressions, is yet another variation of the Print Power Pro card-sign-banner software series. This version features 100 characters from the Nintendo video game "Super Mario Bros." Program features include create folded card, sign, banner, day/week/month/year calendar, mouse support, graphical interface, save, zoom, preview, text with 3 styles or create custom styles, underline, bold, italic, superscript, cut, copy, paste, borders, print options, and more. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 677K

Aladdin Print Kit Copyright © 1992 Disney Disney improved their print kit program and released a version based on the movie Aladdin. Print greeting cards, posters, invitations, place mats, cutouts, banners, calendars, and letterheads (no diary or bookmark options this time...). It features a sound jingle when the program starts, 24 borders, 44 graphics, 32 fonts, support for 41 printers, print preview, support for 41 dot-matrix printer models, an animated, mouse-driven interface and more. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 347K

Electric Crayon Deluxe 3.10 At The Zoo Copyright © 1992 Merit Software This is a fun "electronic coloring book" for kids. The mouse-driven interface lets you click the forward and backward arrows on the top "toolbar" to select pictures to "color." A description of the picture is displayed in the lower left of the screen. Click on a color in the pallette area then click on the picture and that area is filled with the selected color. The Mix button creates mixed shades of the original colors. The Erase button clears the picture back to black and gray to be "colored" again. The "Oops" button is an undo button that undoes the last "coloring" mouse click. When you're finished "coloring", click the Print button to print a colorful copy of your handywork. It also has on-line help. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 342K

The New Print Shop 3.3 Copyright © 1992 Br0derbund Print cards, signs, banners, letterheads, and calendars. This version sports a new color interface, mouse support (no cursor -- the menu bar moves), color support, and improved print support. There is also a built-in graphics editor that allows you to edit the provided graphics or create new ones. This version was released on three 360K and two 720K floppies. Total install size: 1.04MB

PrintMaster Gold for DOS 1.00.19 Copyright © 1993 MicroLogic Software MicroLogic Software acquired PrintMaster from Kyocera Unison, Inc. This version has a mouse-driven graphical interface. Features include font smoothing, tiles, layers, backgrounds, scale up to 2090.48%, create coloring book, make poster into picture (PCX), calendars, on-line help and more.     "FREE FONTS AND PICTURES"  This version offers 36 extra fonts and 63 extra pictures. Send in the included registration card and MicroLogic sends you a registration code to "unlock" these extras. These "extras" are included and installed with the program. MicroLogic only kept them from being available by renaming their file extensions. Go to the \PMG\FONTS and \PMG\PICTURES directories and rename the invalid file extensions -- and the "extra" fonts and pictures are available to the program. No registration code required (or being put on Micrologic's mailing list).     These two DOS commands make the "extra" fonts and pictures available to PrintMaster Gold without having to contact MicroLogic Software and be subject to their mailing list offerings: RENAME *.OTI *.OTL and RENAME *.CGN *.CGM. After performing these RENAME commands, the program has 59 fonts and 238 pictures. This version was released on two 1.44MB floppies.   Total install size: 4.86MB

The Print Shop Deluxe 1.2 Copyright © 1993 Br0derbund This is Br0derbund's last DOS rendition of The Print Shop. It has an improved graphical interface, 199 graphics, EPS/PCX/TIF graphics support, 42 fonts, and better print quality. Print cards, signs, banners, letterheads, and calendars. It has on-line help and includes the Amazing Animals Folio graphics library free (102 graphics, a US$19.95 value). This program originally sold for US$40.00. Br0derbund's first Windows 3.1 versions of The Print Shop would have a similar interface. This version was released on four 1.44MB floppies. Total install size: 6.86MB

The Print Shop Deluxe Companion 1.0 Copyright © 1993 Br0derbund One of the last "companion" programs to compliment The Print Shop Deluxe, it lets you to create, save and print certificates, envelopes, business and post cards. It also features "smart graphics" that let you to customize graphics without having to edit them. "Name List" is similar to an electronic address book. It stores contact information in a database file. Utilities include certificate and regular border creators and a graphics library copy/merge utility. It also has 27 fonts, 110 square graphics, 21 column graphics, 18 row graphics, on-line help and the same menu interface as The Print Shop Deluxe. This version was released on three 1.44MB floppies. Total install size: 4.99MB

Clothing     Fashion. It's been all the rage since Adam and Eve donned the first fig leaves. Since cavemen and cavewomen donned the first animal skins. Once fibers and dyes were discovered to weave the first non-nature-based clothing, fashion was born.     From monks cloaks to attire for the elite, fashion in one form or another dominates civilization around the world.     As for me, I'll stay "forever in blue jeans...."

Dress Shop 2.0 Copyright © 1993 LivingSoft, Inc. Design your own fashionwear with Dress Shop. This program can store individual personal measurements for bodice, skirts, dresses, pants, outerwear, sleeves, and user quarter, half, seam allowance, floor to hem, height and weight. Once all the measurement information is input the program generates graphical displays of the templates to create the garments. These templates can be printed and saved. Measurement and other information is entered into text-based form screens. Other features include dozens of PCX images of clothing styles, database reindex, delete person information, on-line help and more. This version was released on one 1.2MB floppy. Total install size: 3.77MB

Communication -- Remote Access     If your computer is not part of a local or wide area network, the only way to access a computer remotely is to use a remote access communications program. This software makes a one-to-one modem or direct cable connection to allow a user to operate a computer from a remote location.     This is useful when a user needs to retrieve information from a computer when they are away from that machine.     In the 1980's and early 1990's, several DOS-based programs were created to meet this remote access need.

The Brooklyn Bridge 3.00 Copyright © 1988 Fifth Generation Systems, Inc. A file transfer utility, The Brooklyn Bridge features the Filer transfer utility to copy, move, rename, erase, view, locate, print, change file attributes, set date and time, execute program or batch file, make directory, add, extract, directory archive and zip files, create custom menu items, access remote computer, run and define macros, mark/unmark selected files, sort file display, etc. Also included are the command line utilities of The Brooklyn Bridge 3.00 for COM1, COM2, LPT1, LPT2, COMMTEST 2.07, CP (Copy files) 2.01, MV (Move files) 2.01, Patch 1.01, PORTCLR, PORTTEST, RENDEV, RM (Remove files) 2.00, two 9-pin and 25-pin serial cables and more. Released on one 360K and one 720K floppy.   Total install size: 343K

FastLynx 1.1 Copyright © 1990 Sewell Development Corporation Transfer files between your laptop and desktop via modem with FastLynx. This program allows remote backups of files, directories, or whole hard drives. FastLynx offers a form mode similar to Norton Commander. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 187K

Carbon Copy Plus 6.0 Copyright © 1991 Microcom Systems, Inc. Carbon Copy Plus is a remote connection program that allows your PC to control the operation of a remote computer. Its file transfer utility can send and receive files in the foregrond or background using DOS-like commands. A terminal emulator lets you communicate with BBS's, minicomputers, and other hardware and services. Over a LAN, you can control one PC or have many PCs control your PC. You can also take control of a PC running Windows 3.0. Security features include password protection, connection control, screen and keyboard disable, configuration protection and more. This version was released on four 360K and three 720K floppies. Total install size: 588K

LapLink Pro 4.0c Copyright © 1991 Traveling Software This remote-backup communicaitons program offers much the same functionality as other DOS remote communication software of the day. LapLink Pro features a Norton Commander-like interface, pull-down menus and on-line help. LapLink Pro also has a separate text editor program with word count, word wrap, search, on-line help and more. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 287K

The Norton pcANYWHERE 5.02 for DOS Copyright © 1994 Symantec Corporation A remote-access communication program, pcANYWHERE allows you to connect to and control a PC from a remote location. Features include call a pcANYWHERE host, call an online service (CompuServe or other BBS/computer -- the WWW was just coming into being), FTP ASCII and ZMODEM protocols, be a host, gateway configuration, local pcANYWHERE configuration settings, hardware diagnostics for system overview, communication/video/keyboard tests, session and screen record/ playback, activity log processing, scripting, on-line help and more. This version was released on one 1.44MB floppy. Total install size: 2.19MB

Communication -- Terminal     In the 1980's and early 1990's, before the Internet came to the public, Bulletin Board Services (BBSs) were created for people to go on-line to exchange information, files, conversation, and entertainment.     But if the BBS's were outside the local calling area, long-distance charges applied in addition to any service/membership fees. This could get costly in a very short time. Communication software allowed people to connect to BBS's, other on-line services, and even directly to another computer.

Perfect Link 1.00 Copyright © 1983 Perfect Software, Inc. This communications program is a very rare find these days.In the earliest days of PC communications there was no e-mail, no messenger service, and no options like later BBS's would have. It was soley for sending and receiving data files. This program doesn't even have a phone dialer -- the telephone connection must be established before using the program. Perfect Link has features that would not be surpassed in communication programs made years later -- session logging, baud rates up to 9600, terminal emulation, programmable function/ctrl/alt keys, on-screen session time length, print and delete options, on-line help and more. This version was released on one 320K floppy.   Total install size: 34K

Crosstalk XVI 3.61 Copyright © 1986 Microstuf, Inc. Crosstalk XVI is a communication program that was designed to connect you to the more commercial BBS's common in the 1980's -- Dow Jones, Compuserve, Delphi, etc. It handles all communication parameters and saves your account information. But one very unprofessional aspect of Crosstalk is if you press F1 for help, instead of getting on-line help you get the message, "WHAT DO YOU WANT DIRT BAG?" in the status bar at the bottom of the screen (note the screen shot). Very helpful. Thank you so much. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 295K

Procomm 2.4.2 - Commercial Copyright © 1986 Datastorm Technologies, Inc. A modem dialer to connect you to other computers, BBS's, or on-line services. It features 100 telephone numbers storage capacity, manual dialing, full or half-duplex, call time tracking, host mode, file/directory viewing, keyboard macros, chat mode, screen dump, custom colors, automatic redial, translate table, Kermit file transfer, auto answer, and more. Procomm was originally offered as a shareware program until version 2.4.3. This is a commercial version of the software. This version was released on two 360K floppies.   Total install size: 684K

Mirror III Copyright © 1991 SoftKlone This communications program is a modem dialer with host mode, time log, dialing directory, hotkeys, entry tagging, time delayed calling, voice-to-data switch, DOS file utilities, on-line help, and more. This version was released on one 720K floppy. Total install size: 475K

ProComm Plus 2.01 Copyright © 1991 Datastorm Technologies, Inc. A communications program to connect to Bulletin Board Services, serve as a host for incoming calls, and connect to other computer systems via direct terminal emulation, ProComm Plus features chat, host, answer, record, monitor modes, multiple dialing directories with 200 entries each, 33 terminal emulations, file upload, download, run script, directory, clipboard, view, Kermit server command, toggle/hold log, editor, screen snapshot, send break, initialize modem, clear screen, elapsed time, toggle printer, DOS gateway, modem and program configuration options, on-line help and more. This version was released on two 720K floppies.   Total install size: 1.23MB

Quick Link II 1.3.6 Copyright © 1991 Smith Micro Software, Inc. This terminal program features pull-down menus and full mouse support in addition to ANSI, TTY, VT100, VT52, VT102 terminal modes, phone number list, manual dial, break, host and chat modes, scripting, upload/download files, capture text, print file, editor, macros, clear screen, account information for Compuserve, Dow Jones, and Genie, on-line help, and more. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 321K

BitCom Deluxe 5.4c Copyright © 1992 BIT Software, Inc. This communication program features 7 connection types (Standard Asynchronous, V42bis Auto-reliable, V42bis Reliable V42 Auto-reliable, V42 Reliable, MNP 5, MNP 4), dial prefix/suffix, answer/hangup/busy/connect/disconnect strings, port settings for com and printer, scroll buffer, IRQ settings, "phone book" with sort/configuration options, Kermit and Zmodem protocols, on-line help and more. This version was released on one 360K floppy. Total install size: 573K

Database     "Information is power." In the early 1980's computer-based database development software created the ability to make electronic database file management systems which could store vast amounts of information in a relatively compact manner.     No longer did companies have to write or type volumes of print-based data. No longer was it necessary to store tons of paper-based information in warehouses. Thousands, and even millions, of pages worth of information could now be stored on the hard drive of a single computer.     Database development software made finding specific information infinitely faster than searching through printed material. With a few keystrokes, depending on the size of the database, information could be displayed on a computer monitor in seconds. Electronic database software can also sort database information as many ways as there are fields in their database records. And making backup copies of electronic databases is as easy as copying files to storage media.     Are you still handwriting backup copies of documents the way the Scribes did centuries ago? It's time to put away the quill feather pen and retire the dipping ink bottle. The "electronic revolution" is here!

Perfect Filer 1.23 Copyright © 1982 Perfect Software, Inc. An extremely rare find these days, Perfect Filer is a very early PC database program originally created for CP/M systems. This DOS version features a menu system navigated by using Enter and Backspace to move up and down the menu selections and "x" to execute the selected feature. Other features include access individual members, generate list/report, generate mail, define subset, define list format, define printer form, add, review/update, delete member, sort by different field options, generate mailing lists to be printed on labels, sheet letters, sheet envelopes, continuous letterhead or envelope, add, review/ revise, delete a subset, list format, or printer form, and more. Perfect Filer also includes a CGA computer game called "Space Commanders," a clone of the arcade classic "Space Invaders." Columbia Data Products, distributor of Perfect Filer, even puts their initials on one of the "flying saucers" that zooms across the screen. How many vendors throw in a full-featured computer game with their application software these days? This version was released on two 320K floppies. Total install size: 366K

COPY- PROTECTED Software pfs:file 1.05 Copyright © 1982 IBM Corporation Copyright © 1983 Software Publishing Corporation A very rare find these days, this is one of the first versions of pfs:file. Features include on-screen form editing, automatic field formatting, multiple forms capability, add, copy, remove, print, search/update, and more. The 160K 5¼" floppy disk is copy protected. This version was released on one 160K floppy. Total install size: 107K

Q&A 1.1 Copyright © 1985 Symantec, Inc. A very rare find these days, this is one of the first versions of Q&A. Using a letter- based menu screen, Q&A is a database program that includes a report writer and word processor. Database features design file, add data, search/update, copy, remove, mass update, and print. Report writer features design/redesign a report, print, set new headings, rename, delete, copy. Word processor features spell check, search & replace, macros, restore text, block copy/move/print/delete, block move/ copy to file, export, clear, etc. Other features include Intelligent Assistant, import/ export data, DOS utilities, and more. This version was released on six 360K floppies.   Total install size: 1.41MB

dBASE III PLUS 1.1 Copyright © 1986 Ashton-Tate From the 1980's to the early 1990's, dBASE was the database industry standard. dBASE III PLUS can create relational database application programs with reports, mailing labels, and queries. "Assist," is a pull-down menu interface making dBASE easier to use than programming from its "dot prompt" command line. Assist features include format, view, query, report, label, append, edit, browse, delete, recall, pack, locate, goto record, list, sum, average, index, sort, copy, modify database file, view, query, copy DOS file, list structure, import/export file, on-line help and much more. dBASE III PLUS 1.1 originally retailed for US$495.00. This version was released on two 360K floppies.   Total install size: 535K

VP-Planner 1.0 Copyright © 1986 Paperback Software International This database program has two separate development areas, one for designing "multi-dimensional," databases, and a "worksheet" that is a spreadsheet program. Database features include transfer database data, reproduce a database structure, and password protection. Worksheet features cell formatting, protection, macros, recalculation, "windows," titles, cell range name, format, erase, justify, protect, width, file combine, extract, import, 5 graph types, table, fill, sort, query, financial, mathmatic, trig, statistical, logical functions, on-line help and more. The worksheet looked so much like Lotus 1-2-3 that Lotus Dev. Corp. sued Paperback Software. This version was released on one 360K floppy.   Total install size: 347K

RapidFile 1.0 Copyright © 1987 Ashton-Tate Called "file management" software, RapidFile is actually a database management system that can create database files, add, edit, delete, browse records, generate reports, labels and more. Features include a dBASE-like status bar, modify structure, "shell" to DOS prompt, append database file, import dBASE/Friday!/PFS:File/Lotus 1-2-3/comma delimited files, export dBASE II/dBASE III/PFS:File/Lotus 1-2-3/comma delimited files, create data layout entry forms, use/save/erase layouts, save layout, order, and selection to "snapshots," reorder records, locate matching or tagged records, select and display a subset of records, replace field contents in one or more selected records, delete tagged or non-selected records, undo deletions, display file count, total, average, minimum, and maximum for numeric fields, update values in report fields, macros, print with custom settings, and on-line help. RapidFile also has a built-in text editor called Memo Writer that features tab set, clear, set page break, text justification, set margins and page length, hightlight text, set indentation, find/replace/erase words, search for whole words, search case sensitive, go to page/tag/highlight, bold/italic/underline/raised/lowered text style, insert database field, display and print form letters with data from a database file, print to file, status bar with "ruler," remaining memory left, drive, page number, column and row position, caps and num lock indicators, maximum file size of 8,083 bytes, on-line help and more. This version was released on four 360K floppies.   Total install size: 447K

Silverado 1.0B Copyright © 1987 Computer Associates International, Inc. A TSR relational database "add-in" to Lotus 1-2-3. It features join, append, project, relational options, report writer for custom detail/summary reports, DB outlining, "windows" to view multiple databases, background processing, import/export 1-2-3, dBASE, and ASCII files, spreadsheet/form/crosstab views, automatic database back up and closing, dynamic worksheet/database links, record sorting, 37 @ functions -- some can be shared with 1-2-3, uses 1-2-3's @ functions, built-in mailing labels, on-line help, and more. This version works with Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.0 and 2.01. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 533K

Professional File 2.0 Copyright © 1988 Software Publishing Corporation A database application development program with the ease of pull-down menus and a form editor, Professional File features "AutoPilot," a rapid-application development tool that can generate database functionality (add, edit, delete records, etc.), custom pull-down menus, export data to Lotus 1-2-3, dBASE III, delimited and fixed-length ASCII, apply database forms, create custom on-line help and more. Other features include record list reports, crosstab reports, print pre-printed forms, import data from dBASE III, Lotus 1-2-3, PFS:First Choice, ASCII files and on-line help. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 663K

FoxBASE+ 2.10 Copyright © 1989 Fox Software This version of FoxBASE+ is a "dBASE III PLUS clone," similar in many respects to dBASE. FoxBASE+ has a "dot prompt" programming mode and "assist" pull-down menu system -- the same name it is called in dBASE. FoxBASE+ features include relational database tools, report and label options, append, browse, edit, delete, recall, pack, replace, sort, indexing, filtering, macros, backup and restore from floppy, on-line help and more. FoxBASE+ also includes FoxDoc 1.0 and FoxView 3.0a. FoxDoc creates formatted source code files, cross-references, and program tree structures. FoxView allows the rapid development of database form screens. This version was released on five 360K floppies.   Total install size: 1.84MB

Reflex 2.0 Copyright © 1989 Borland International Reflex is a database management system, graphics, and report/analysis generator. It's main screen can divide into 5 "windows" to show forms, graphs, data grids, and more. Reflex features standard pull-down menus, choice lists, formulas, data generation, file size of 32MB (65,000 record limit), search/filter, memo fields up to 8,000 characters, mail merge view, crosstab view with more than 800 rows/columns, presentation-quality graph printing, mailing labels, and more. Borland's unique graphics mode for Reflex and other Borland products, such as Quattro Pro for DOS, were compatible only with certain graphics chipsets. If you did not have one of those graphics chipsets, these Borland products would display as gibberish where the text should normally be. After opening Borland's software product, you were not entitled to obtain a refund for the product. Your only recourse was to either purchase a compatible video chipset or a different software product. This version was released on three 720K floppies. Total install size: 1.62MB

DataPerfect Network & Single Station Version 2.1 Copyright © 1990 WordPerfect Corporation This is a network-ready version of WordPerfect Corp.'s database development program. Features include create/edit panel (form), define panel options, change color, auto display record, auto save, recompute field offsets, auto edit/create menu, define field format, define index, define panel link, create/edit/delete record, lookup, reverse search, date/math/string/logical/conditional functions, WordPerfect merge, ASCII delimited text import, built-in/custom reports, clipboard, password protection, transaction log, index recovery, block select/move, map Alt/Ctrl keys, on-line help and more. It originally retailed for US$495.00. This version was released on two 360K floppies.   Total install size: 433K

Alpha Four Version 2 Multi-User Version Copyright © 1991 Alpha Software Corporation A menu-driven database application system, Alpha Four can create relational databases with reports and mailing labels. Features include an application editor, add, change, delete, undelete, search and replace, browse, locate record, memo field editor, form editor, global update/delete, index create/update/attach/detach /select primary, create/edit/erase index range, switch databases, database set create/erase/duplicate, reports, print form letters, reconfigure database, password protection, create/run/erase database application, prevent/allow file alterations, copy/append/summarize database, import data from ALPHA Data Base Manager II Version 2, Lotus 1-2-3, Symphony, MultiPlan, SYLK, dBASE II, VisiCalc, PFS:File, WordPerfect merge file, character separated ASCII, and table ASCII, export to ALPHA Data Base Manager II Version 2, Lotus 1-2-3, Symphony, MultiPlan, SYLK, dBASE II, VisiCalc, PFS:File, WordPerfect merge file, MultiMate secondary document, character separated ASCII, and table ASCII, zap, pack, relational database subtract/intersect/post/join, cross tabulation, network support, telephone dialer, on-line help and more. This version was released on six 360K and three 720K floppies. Total install size: 9.28MB

askSam 5.0a Copyright © 1991 askSam Systems askSam is an acronym for "Access Stored Knowledge via Symbolic Access Method." This database development program can create complex database systems complete with hypertext links. Features include file create, delete, list, name change, vary directory, add record, hypertext, query, update, record tagging, backup file, execute program, general for file, set modify modes, import, key template edit, reorganize file, display information on the main menu of the file name, number of records, and the file size, on-line help and more. This version was released on four 360K and two 720K floppies. Total install size: 1.26MB

FoxPro/LAN 2.0 Copyright © 1991 Fox Holdings, Inc. The company that developed FoxBASE+ changed the name of their database product, and their own name, and created FoxPro/LAN. This version is no longer a dBASE III PLUS "clone." FoxPro/LAN 2.0 can create database application projects with pull-down menus, mouse support, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, scrolling memo fields, "pop-ups," lists, reports, labels, and more. Features include program generate/compile/do (run)/debug/trace/view, project builder, sizable "windows," cut, copy, paste, undo, redo, goto, find, replace, browse, sort, append, date-time functions, financial/mathmatical/logical/string, record append/change/delete/replace/ recall/locate, form builder, report builder, program editor, pull-down menu editor, sort and index builders, query builder, calendar/diary, "filer" file manager with list and tree views, special characters, ASCII chart, on-line help, and a number puzzle game. Although not a standard, visible feature, FoxPro/LAN still retains its dBASE III PLUS lookalike status bar. Also included is FoxDoc 2.10 for documenting program source code. Microsoft later bought the rights to FoxPro and released several Windows versions. This version was released on seven 720K floppies. Total install size: 9.28MB

dBASE IV 1.5 Copyright © 1992 Borland International Borland acquired the rights to Ashton-Tate's dBASE product line. dBASE IV can create relational database application programs, with pull-down menus, reports, labels, and on-line help. The "dBASE IV Control Center" replaces the older "Assist" menu interface. It features macros, import from dBASE II, Framework, Lotus 1-2-3, PFS:File, RapidFile, export to dBASE II, Framework, Lotus 1-2-3, Multiplan, PFS:File, SYLK, RapidFile and ASCII, browse, structure utility, report/label/form designers, "dot prompt," HyperDisk memory manager, on-line help and much more. This version was released on five 720K and four 1.2MB floppies. Total install size: 5.05MB

filePro 16 03.00.00 Copyright © 1992 The Small Computer Company A unique database program, filePro is run by executing C:\M.BAT. Some menu choices are exited by pressing Ctrl-Break. It features indexed files, forms, tables, sort, lookup, custom menus, print code definitions, index maintenance, reports, labels, display/edit structure, copy PFS:File data, unlimited file size, 16 million records, 999 fields per record, unlimited forms/reports/labels, 5 report levels, unlimited custom menus, 99 print codes, word processor and spreadsheet merge, on-line help and more. This version was released on four 360K and two 720K floppies. Total install size: 1.76MB

MyDataBase 1.1.0 Copyright © 1992 MySoftware Company This database program features an index "window" to locate records, export ASCII, set currency character, make backup, set index field, design records, fields, and formulas, show database statistics, recalculate records, show "tall" record (one per screen), display all, range, or some records, go to record/top/end, built-in calculator, find, copy, ditto field, erase, create/preview/print reports, import MyTreasures, print booklets, labels, records, 15 label formats, 10 templates, on-line help and more. This version of MyDataBase was bundled with MyDataBase 1.0.1 for Windows 3.1x on a single 1.44MB floppy disk.   Total install size: 605K

Paradox 4.0 Copyright © 1992 Borland International The Paradox database program is given its name for its unique processing traits. The larger the database, the more efficient Paradox processes data. The smaller the database, the less efficient Paradox processes data. Create relational database programs, with pull-down menus, tables, forms, reports, scripts. Features include view table, table "family" listing, table structure, query, form designer, sort, edit, data entry, MultiEntry, index, restructure, import and export data, password protection, crosstab, browse, standard report, application creator, text editor, on-line help and much more. It originally retailed for US$495.00. This version was released on two 1.44MB floppies.   Total install size: 4.26MB

PC-File 6.5 (full version) Copyright © 1992 ButtonWare, Inc. & Jim Button This is not a shareware version of PC-File, but a full, registered version. Much improved over older, text-based versions, this release uses DOS graphics mode and pull-down menus with mouse support. Features include add, delete, restore, modify mode, read-only mode, global modify/delete, undelete, record/table views, configure table view, simple/formula/global/duplicate records search, next/previous record, go to first/last record, print reports/letters/graphs to a printer, file, or screen, export database to DIF/FXD/LD/WS/PRN/SDF/USF/WP, import DIF/FXD/LD/WS/DBF/ SDF/USR/WP, batch post, file management, set configuration, print labels (with included PCLABEL program), pack/repair datbase, database description, shell to DOS, telephone dialer, snapshot label, built-in calculator, macros, select other index, new index, rebuild all indexes, delete index, "draw" database form screens, exiting session summary, on-line help and more. This version was released on three 360K floppies. Total install size: 1.46MB

Q&A 4.02 Copyright © 1992 Symantec This later version of Symantec's database development program can create database applications with customized reports. It features mouse support, design file, design form, add data, search, update, remove, mass update, post, copy, sort, print, design report, database "assistant," Query Guide, modify font file, support for mailing labels, customize Q&A's menus, on-line help and more.The word processor has advanced features such as headers, footers, page layout, set tabs, draw, text alignment, block copy/move/delete, thesaurus, hyphenate, search & replace, statistics, calculate, restore, assign fonts, save as ASCII, list fields, and more. This version was released on two 1.44MB floppies.   Total install size: 6.99MB

Records Databank 2.0 Copyright © 1993 Digital Systems Research Inc. Not to be confused with Digital Research, the makers of the DR-DOS operating system and GEM graphical user interface, Digital Systems Research created this database development program. Records Databank features 79 database templates to create address books, employee lists, medication histories, recipies, product lists, bowling scores, vendor lists, sports card collections, and dozens more. Other features include database browse, search, index, reindex, password protection, replace field, modify field name, define columns, define/edit report, add/edit/view record, calendar, day planner, on-line help, and more. This version was released on one 720K floppy.   Total install size: 695K

R:BASE 4.5 Plus! Copyright © 1994 Microrim, Inc. R:BASE 4.5 Plus! is a relational database and database application development system. It has utilities to develop database tables, relational database connectivity, database entry forms, reports, labels, sorting, queries, and complete application programs with mouse-driven pull-down menus and password protection. The application development utility features a menu generator, set status and error messages, sound bell (beep) when an error occurs, select database, set screen colors, run the application, edit startup and command blocks, save/discard changes, and debugger. The browse utility features single/multicolumn sort, list, search, insert/edit/delete value/delete row (record)/delete all rows/replace all with, compute, tally, group, aggregate, crosstab, column show/hide/move/lock column and row position/change size/hide duplicate rows, query utility with multi-table linking, manage views, print, create text file, and more. Other features include relational database include project, join, intersect, union, subtract tools, form editor, report writer, text editor, R:BASE configuration utility, file backup/restore utility, R:BASE programming prompt (R>) using a "railroad diagram" syntax structure, import Lotus 1-2-3, dBASE, PFS:File, DIF, Multiplan, SYLK, ASCII delimited/fixed text, export Lotus 1-2-3, dBASE, DIF, Multiplan, SYLK, ASCII delimited/fixed text, and on-line help. R:BASE 4.5 Plus! also uses DOS4GW. This version was released on four 1.44MB floppies. Total install size: 5.70MB (16-bit 286 version) Total install size: 7.46MB (32-bit 386/486 version)

Database Accessory     Did you ever purchase a database development software package, only to find it didn't have all the functionality you needed? It couldn't generate a user menu interface. It couldn't create custom reports. There wasn't enough statistical capability. If a company commits heavily to a database development system, it becomes very costly to scrap it for a different one.     Enter database development "add-on" software. That extra functionality that doesn't break a company's budget and allows them to meet their users' needs and save face with upper management.     From the mid-1980's to the early 1990's, there were several third-party software companies that developed DOS database add-on products for several database formats: Alpha Four, dBASE, FoxBASE, Paradox, Professional File, Q&A, Reflex, etc. And some companies that developed database software sometimes intentionally held back key features to be sold separately as add-ons to generate additional revenue.

FrontEnd Copyright © 1987 Global Technologies Corporation "A user interface generator for dBASE," as the program states at the bottom of its screen, can create "front end" form "windows" and pull-down menus to format and process data in both dBASE and Clipper databases. Features include layout menu and window development, option settings for FrontEnd's desktop, video attributes, and data recovery, "generate" to create finalized menus and windows, document displays of menu and window formats saved in FrontEnd's data dictionary, on-line help and more. At a time when 3½" floppy disks were used primarily by Macintosh computers, FrontEnd's "splash screen" depicts an image of a 5¼" floppy disk. This version was released on two 360K floppies.   Total install size: 560K

R&R Relational Report Writer 3B Copyright © 1988 Concentric Data Systems, Inc. This text-based report generator creates custom reports for relational databases such as dBASE. This can give a programmer more time to develop database programs rather than have to spend extra time writing additional report options. With a Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS-like menu system, navigation is, well, just like Lotus. This program can produce total fields, date fields, page numbers, and more. This version was released on three 360K floppies. Total install size: 1,014K

dBASE STATS Copyright © 1989 Ashton-Tate & SPSS, Inc. A statistical analysis "add-on" for dBASE III Plus and dBASE IV. Create correlations, regression, curve fitting, frequencies, crosstabs, T-Test, ANOVA, summary stats, pie/bar/line/histogram charts, XY plots, exploratory data examination, applications, process dBASE databases, create labels for fields and field values, specify missing data codes, observation weight fields, recode field values into sequential integers or custom specifications, transform field values into one or more COMPUTE or IF commands, create filter conditions for processing observations, rename fields, dBASE IV style interface with pull-down menus, on-line help and more. This version was released on five 360K floppies. Total install size: 2.17MB

Desktop Publishing     DOS desktop publishing software was popular from the mid-1980's to the mid-1990's. A combination of word processing and graphics tools, desktop publishing software is used to make newsletters, fliers, presentations, and illustrated publications. Desktop publishing software distinguished itself from other software of the time with horizontal and vertical ruler bars. As this feature became popular, other software added this feature to their interfaces.     By the mid-1990's most Windows 3.1x word processor software had nearly as many features as desktop publishing software -- sizable fonts, columns, etc. (graphics insertion and text wrap had been features of some DOS word processors since the late 1980's). If you owned a Windows 3.1x word processor you didn't really need a desktop publishing program unless you specifically needed the features they had that word processors did not.     From the mid-1990's on, most desktop publishing software faded into history or adapted to compete with other software.

Fontasy 2.07 Copyright © 1986 ProSoft Make eye-catching newsletters and other page layouts with Fontasy. Features include mouse support, draw mode (graphics), text mode, center/justify line, undo, move, copy, rotate, delete, lines, rectangle, oval, fill-in, add/delete line, invert, size change, mirror, mark point, word wrap, boldface, kerning, magnify, show page, save block/page, use template, use menu, define soft key, key simulation, foreground color, character spacing, join lines, scroll step, update, begin font, expert mode, print copies, clipart images, on-line help and more. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 568K

PFS:First Publisher 1.01 Copyright © 1987 Software Publishing Corporation This is one of the first versions of PFS:First Publisher. It features mouse support (a picture of a mouse appears when the mouse button is clicked), pull-down menus, horizontal/vertical rulers, graphical toolbar with text/line drawing tools, page setup, page preview, Picturewrap, "move in steps," jump to page, cut, copy, paste for text and graphics, get/save text, full/left/right/center baseline justification, get ART graphics, flip horizontal/vertical, invert/resize/duplicate graphics, four DOS fonts with multiple pitches and bold/italic/underline styles, five multi-image MAC graphics files, sample templates, a DOS TSR "snapshot" program and a conversion program to make the "snapshots" into ART files. This version was released on four 360K floppies.   Total install size: 915K

Newsmaster II version July 14, 1988 Copyright © 1988 Kyocera Unison Once you get used to the unique way of navigating Newsmaster II's features, it is relatively easy to create newsletters with impact. Newsmaster II's features are accessed by navigating a series of icon-driven menus using the function keys. Those features include a graphical work "window" that can zoom to full page, page width, normal and zoom views, 1-10 text columns, headline area, page size configuration, text justification, select/cut/copy/paste text, change font of selected text, undo, import text, add page, insert "artwork" image, move image, line and box drawing, 30 fill patterns, flip image horizontal/vertical, text wrap, size/crop image, change cursor speed (slow/medium/fast), delete image, printing with options to smooth text and/or images, print entire document or custom page range, 34 fonts, 141 "artwork" images, and more. This version was released on two 360K floppies. Total install size: 662K

Publish-It Lite! 1.0 Copyright © 1988 Timeworks, Inc. This desktop publisher uses the GEM graphical user interface. It features IMG and GEM picture import, text import, sizable text frames, word wrap around other frames, line, circle, etc. drawing tools, find, replace, kern, soft hyphen, frame border, size and positon settings, column guide settings, up to 6 columns per page, bring to front, send to back, size to fit (page), add/insert/delete/go to page, two multi-pitch fonts, font attributes (normal, bold, italic, underline, light, superscript, subscript), bullet listing, paragraph formatting, crop and edit pictures in Publish-It's graphics editor, snap-to grid, on-line help and more. This version was released on five 360K floppies. Total install size: 725K

Xerox Ventura Publisher 2.0 and Professional Extension Copyright © 1988 Xerox Corporation Using the GEM graphical user interface, Ventura Publisher was one of the most popular DOS desktop publishing programs of the 1980's. Using its WYSIWYG work area it can create multi-columned newsletters, brochures, presentations and other documents with both multi-typefaced text and graphics. With style sheets, auto-numbering, pair kerning, headers, footers, scaling, horizontal & vertical rulers, line spacing, justification, insert/remove page, on-line help and much more. Professional extension features include EMS support, Edco dictionary (130,000 words), cross referencing, variables, equations, tables, vertical justification. This version was released on twenty-one 360K floppies. Total install size: 4.49MB

Avagio 2.0 Copyright © 1990 Kyocera Unison, Inc. Avagio was Kyocera Unison's "next generation" desktop publisher. It features mouse support, pull-down menus, a graphical toolbar with drawing tools, status bar, cut/copy/paste clipboard, undo, object size, position, rotation, lock, unlock, greek, ungreek, boundary, no boundary, group, ungroup, floating "boxes" for mini-view page layout, font point/face/style, time, page cursor position, column guides, show/ lock/snap to guides, show frames, size frames to guides, autoframes, text justification, add/delete page, go to page, next page, delete article, master items, zoom, import text from WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, WordStar, Multi-Mate, and ASCII, export ASCII text, calculator with inch, millimeter, and pica conversions, save files as PCX graphics, font effects, paragraph, tab, and text wrap formatting, adjustable print offset, scalable printout, colorize text, page and printer setup, 31 fonts, 88 custom format UWI, 16 PCX, and 1 TIF graphics files, on-line help and more. Avagio also uses presentation-type screen "wipes" when the program ends for a dramatic exit. This version was released on four 720K and three 1.2MB floppies. Total install size: 3.81MB

Key Publisher 2.0 Copyright © 1991 SoftKey Software Products, Inc. Another program using the GEM GUI, this is the same version as Timeworks, Inc.'s Publish-It! 2.00 with SoftKey Software Products, Inc. changing its name to Key Publisher. A WYSIWYG document generator, it features 85 templates of ads, newsletters, catalogs, etc., 34 fonts, built-in word processor, headers, footers, find & replace, text autoflow, page numbers, add/insert/delete page, zoom from double size to two pages on-screen, go to, automatic backup, undo, customized frames, resizing by group, selectable page guide, quick-keys, style sheets, import text from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, WordStar, or Key WordPro, use PCX, TIFF, IMG, PIC, and GEM graphics files, define columns, move headlines, paragraphs, or whole columns, access on-line help, and more. It originally retailed for US$199.00. This version was released on nine 360K and five 720K floppies. Total install size: 1.97MB

Swift Desktop Publisher Plus 1.00 Copyright © 1991 COSMI Corporation "With SWIFT DESKTOP PUBLISHER PLUS, all the tools you need to create a wide variety of professional looking page layouts are combined in one easy-to-use, affordable package!" That's how COSMI Corporation plugged their product, anyway. This is the first version of Swift Desktop Publisher Plus. It features a graphical interface with pull-down menus, mouse support, a "simplified" word processor and text editor with block text move/resize, move up/down, flip horizontally/vertically, rotate, delete, etc. Other features include center lines, print banner, insert pictures and rectangles, zoom, 36 fonts, 43 PCX clip art images, and more. This version was released on one 360K and one 720K floppy. Total install size: 585K

Easy Working Desktop Publisher 1.0 Copyright © 1992 Spinnaker Software Corporation This is an advanced version of PFS:First Publisher. It features pull-down menus, a graphical toolbar, multiple columns, drawing tools, select, copy, cut, paste, screen capture, TIF, PIC, PCX, MSP, and MAC graphics support, text import, text wrap around graphics, 700 clip art images, 24 Bitstream fonts, 21 templates browsable in a "gallery," new designs can be saved as templates, rotate, invert, flip, resize, and crop graphics, mouse support, and on-line help. This version was released on seven 360K and four 720K floppies. Total install size: 3.27MB

Express Publisher 3.0 Copyright © 1993 Power Up Software Corporation The standardized GUI of this DTP program makes it easy to learn and use. New features include font pitch up to 500, scanned gray-scale TIF support, pair kerning, Autopage, Quick Keys, editable styles, "star" tool," and a new interface. Standard features include character/line/paragraph spacing, Quick Editor with 70,000-word spell checker, layout adviser by Roger Parker, page templates, TextEffects - special effects for text, 182 clipart images, text wrap, object/text alignment, text flow, set tabs, hyphenation, search/replace, save as graphic (PCX), zoom in/out, WYSIWYG page preview, headers, footers, object rotate/scale/flip/crop, reverse colors, snap-to grid, AutoRestore, horizontal/vertical rulers, a graphical toolbar, on-line help, and more. This version was released on four 1.44MB floppies. Total install size: 12.70MB

E-mail -- Network     In the early 1990's, before, and after, the Internet came to the general public, corporate employees exchanged e-mail through their local and wide-area networks and some set up dial-in Bulletin Board Services (BBSs).     Network-based e-mail allows corporate employees to contact each other to exchange business data. It can be in the form of text data and/or files attached to messages. Instead of having to handwrite or typewrite paper-based letters, memos, etc. and send them via corporate or postal mail -- which could take minutes or days depending on the recipient's location -- messages could be transmitted electronically and arrive in seconds, saving valuable time and money.

cc:Mail Platform Pack 3.20 Copyright © 1991 cc:Mail, Inc. A very rare find these days, this is a DOS version of cc:Mail before Lotus Dev. Corporation acquired it. This "platform pack" is a complete client/server setup package. It features a server-side post office with mailing lists and bulletin boards, administrator setup to create admins, users, password settings, mailing and BBS lists, cc:Mail user client with block highlight in customizable colors, carbon copy, blind copy, separate text, file, and graphics attachment lists, a quality graphics program with drawing tools, grid, and much more, message statistics, on-line help and more. It is not Y2K compliant, as is evidenced by the date in the screen shot. This version was released on one 720K floppy.   Total install size: 551K

Educational     Since the early 1980's, educational computer software has redefined how children and people of all ages can learn knowledge.     Computers can not only crunch numbers for businesses, they can also help teach children and adults knowledge. Educational software can teach any aspect of knowledge -- reading, math, science, languages, etc.     Many educational software programs, especially those for children, take on the form of a game and blend the teaching and knowledge into the game. As the game is played, the knowledge is taught.     Learning knowledge on a computer also adds an additional benefit -- basic computer skills. In order to run the educational program, you need to know how to operate the computer. And if you have trouble with that there's computer training software as well.

Math Rabbit 1.1 Copyright © 1986 The Learning Company "Build your child's early math skills at Math Rabbit's Circus Spectacular!" This is one of TLC's earliest versions of Math Rabbit. This educational program is an "early math" program designed for children 3-7 years old. There are four math games. Game 1, Clown's Counting Games, is designed for very young children to associate numbers with counting. Game 2, Tightrope Game, teaches children to match sets of objects to a number in a balloon basket. Game 3, Circus Train Game, teaches children to solve addition/subtraction problems and build number sequences at the same time. It sets the foundation for learning multiplication. Game 4, Mystery Matching Game, children keep building addition/subtraction skills in a concentration game format that also builds memory skills. And at the same time, children also learn basic computer skills as they use this program. This educational program runs on 8088 XT PCs and later. Released on one 360K and one 720K floppy.   Total install size: 148K

The Sesame Street Crayon Letters For You Copyright © 1987 Brian A. Rice, Inc. This program, published by Polarware, Inc., is an "electronic coloring book" that also doubles as an educational program for pre-school children. This program teaches children the letters of the alphabet and counting from one to ten in an environment that allows them to color pictures featuring the characters from Sesame Street®. This program features mouse support, erase, "Oops!" (undo), printing, and scrolling through the 26 pictures of alphabet letters. This version was released on one 180K floppy. Total install size: 88.2K

Yogi Bear Visit The National Parks Copyright © 1989 Vision Software This educational program teaches the locations, names, and major features of the USA national parks. You play the part of Yogi Bear to go and find Boo Boo, who, while Yogi was sleeping, left and went to one of the other national parks. You must enlist the help of Mr. Ranger to to locate Boo Boo using his radio and his computer. The other ranger that spots Boo Boo only gives a hint as to his location. Yogi must find the right park that matches the hint. Using maps, you must pick an area to search. Each area has 3-5 parks. You view the information for each park to find one that matches the hint given by the Ranger. Once you find the park matching the hint, you borrow Mr. Ranger's helicopter to go get Boo Boo. Mr. Ranger asks which park you want to go to. You enter the park's number that matches the other Ranger's hint. You fly over the countryside, looking for clearings that Boo Boo might be in. Sometimes, the clearing you land in will not be the one Boo Boo is at. You will find a deer or other animal and then have to move on. If you are in the right national park, and land in the clearing Boo Boo is in, a big display will read, "You found Boo Boo!" and a bright, flashing picture of Yogi reunited with Boo Boo will appear. This version was released on two 360K floppies.   Total install size: 665K

Treasure Mountain! 1.01 Copyright © 1990 The Learning Company The Master of Mischief has stolen the crown! Now he wants to take all the magic gold from Treasure Mountain! To stop him, collect hidden treasures and bring them to the castle at the top of the mountain. As the treasure chest in the castle fills up, you go up in rank and earn stars. When the chest is full, you win the crown and save Treasure Mountain! This multi-level, arcade-style learning game teaches children ages 5-9 years old basic vocabulary skills, basic math addition and subtraction, how to recognize words that have certain letters in them and words that rhyme. It has sound card and mouse support and pull-down menus for help and options. This version was released on two 360K floppies and one 720K floppy. Total install size: 648K

The Oregon Trail 2.1 Copyright © 1991 MECC Hitch your oxen to your wagon, gather up your wagon team and hit the General Store for supplies. This early DOS version of the classic U.S. history teaching program teaches critical thinking and decision-making skills, geography and map reading skills, and makes history "come alive" with music. Travel the trail from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley in Oregon the same way 19th-century pioneers did. If you think the travelling is easy, think again. After experiencing broken wagon parts, sickness, wild west thievery, exhaustion, bad water, pea soup thick fog, winter blizzards, crooked traders, scarce hunting, dangerous river crossings, and more you will learn the west was not won overnight. This version was released on two 360K floppies and one 720K floppy. Total install size: 635K

Estimation     How much would it cost to rennovate that old office building? To do that landscaping job? To process that client's tax forms?     Give us an estimate and we'll give you a bid.     Estimation software can take the pain out of formalizing a quote and provide valid documentation for it. So don't trust someone's chicken scratchings on a cafe napkin. The "electronic revolution" is here!

Estimator Plus Release 4.1E Copyright © 1991 ComputerEasy International Inc. An estimating database program that allows financial estimations to be made on practically any item or service. Features include bid setting, update bid item cost, change markups, auto-totaling, recalculate bid, take off items, dimensions, show all lines or only zero quantities, show only frozen costs, switch between material costs and prices, budgets, divisions, subdivisions, customize detail and summary reports, database find, sort, show, tag records, cross reference, mouse support, on-line help and more. It also contains "ad-ware" -- a shareware copy of Bannermania 1.0! This version was released on five 360K and three 720K floppies. Total install size: 1.44MB

Financial -- Accounting & Payroll     Debits, credits, checks, and balances. Revenues, deficits, interest, and taxes. Reconciliation, expenditures, budgets, and statements. If it can be done with pencil, calculator, and ledger book it can also be done with keyboard, monitor, computer, and software.     Accounting and payroll software allows one person to do what up to dozens of financial staffers did by hand. The right software can process a single ledger entry across many different facets of the accounting process with the press of a button. And it can calculate in seconds -- 100% error-free every time -- what would take staffers days and even weeks the "old-fashioned" way.     From the mid-1980's to the early 1990's DOS accounting software systems were created capable of managing accounting needs from the home financier to corporate business and all point