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Audio     In the early 1990's, when sound cards became available for PCs, audio software was distributed both with sound cards and also for PCs with sound cards to both create and edit audio files. Most were generally limited to WAV and MIDI formats and had limited capabilities beyond recording and saving audio files.     Windows 3.x also included Sound Recorder -- a program to record WAV files. At the time, most of the sophisticated audio software was reserved for recording studios and major commercial applications far beyond the affordability of the average home PC user.     With the advent of 32-bit Windows 95, software developers began offering programs with the features users were demanding. In the mid-1990's, software began emerging to let home PC users do things once reserved for commercial businesses. PC-based audio programs were developed with features once found only in recording studios. While still quite expensive -- usually in the hundreds of U.S. dollars -- now the home PC user could finally have true audio composing capability.

Studio 4.0 Copyright © 1995 Midisoft Corporation Midisoft Studio allows you to compose musical scores and song lists. It can create scores with as many tracks as the system's resources can handle and features score view, piano roll, studio panel, mixer view, and MIDI list view. Other features include full recording and playback controls, measure/beat/tick meter, tempo slide bar, input/output indicators, auto rewind, auto quantize, hide WAV tracks, Metronome enable, follow notes, lead-in measures, refresh score view, transcription parameters, track insert/delete/copy/move/rechannel/ combine/split by pitch, music insert/delete measure, change clef within track, key/time signatures, scale velocity, transpose song into another clef/octave/ key, quantize notes, lyrics insert, and on-line help. Panel view lists track mode/ description, MIDI port/channel, program channel, 8va, loop, volume/velocity. Mixer view is a virtual mixing board with master and individual track mixing features (pan, reverb, chorus, rec., solo, mute) for MIDI and WAV. Score view features a toolbar for selecting, adding, deleting, pasting notes and inserting WAV files. Studio 4.0 also includes Audio Works Pro, a WAV editor, audio mixer, and stereo player. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 6.52MB

Sound Forge 4.0 Copyright © 1996 Sonic Foundry, Inc. One of the most complete audio composing and digital editing programs of the day. Sound Forge lets you edit and record audio directly from your sound line-in. Features include recording regions, mono/stereo/sample rate conversion, time display, undo/ redo history, trim, crop, crossfade, mix, built-in equalizer, zoom, full play/stop/pause/ record/fast forward/rewind/beginning/end capability, playlist, cutlist, markers, peak data rebuild, DC offset, fade in/out, flip audio, insert silence, mute, volume control, time compression/expansion, an array of sound effects, sound meters, MIDI input, on-line help and much more. This program originally retailed for US$799.99. In August 2003, Sony acquired Sonic Foundry's software products. In 2006, ten years after Sound Forge 4.0's release, Sony offered a "Home Edition" called Sound Forge Audio Studio 8.0 that has more features than this 1996 full version of Sound Forge and retailed for US$69.95. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 12.62MB

ACID Pro 2.0 Copyright © 1999 Sonic Foundry, Inc. ACID is a loop-based music editor that creates multi-track music files with voice and musical instruments. It features a multi-window interface with drag-and-drop sound loops, draw tool to place sound events in the track area, Media Explorer, properties with track attributes and a waveform display, sound source mixer, and two tabs for plug-in applets. Other features include insert silence, mix to new track, fit to time, add tempo/key change, drop marker, export to WAV or AIF, generate MIDI time code/clock, snap to whole or fraction note or ruler mark, set project tempo range, set playback/record sample rate/size, recording controls, burn audio track to CD, close CD disc, HTML on-line help, 149 music and sound effect "loops," Sonic Foundry Virtual MIDI Router 4.0, Windows Media Player, DirectX 6.0, Internet Explorer 5.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0, ACID 2.0 User Manual in PDF format, demo versions of Sound Forge, Sound Forge XP, Vegas Pro, XFX 2, XFX 3, MP3 plug-in and much more. This program originally retailed for US$499.99. In August 2003, Sony acquired Sonic Foundry's software products. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 10.18MB

CAD     If it can be drawn on paper it can also be drawn on a computer screen -- and then printed on paper, saved as a data file, or even transferred to other locations via modem. With the advent of CAD (Computer-Aided Design) software, drafters began trading in their T-squares for PCs.     CAD software allowed drawings to be stored electronically on floppy disks, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, or hard drives on standalones, networks, or even the Internet. No longer were drafters forced to store their creations in filing cabinets and drawing tubes.     And instead of packing bulky tubes with huge sheets of plotter paper, drawings could be transported from one location to another on disks or via modem. One advantage of electronic drafting was drawings could be printed 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" changed much of the business world -- from pencil, paper and T-square to screen, keyboard and mouse. It began to change the personal world as well.

AutoSketch Release 7 Copyright © 1999 Autodesk, Inc. Ten years after the first release of AutoSketch, this version has more features than earlier versions of AutoCAD. AutoSketch 7 features send drawing via e-mail, merge, paste special, repeat edit, insert object, convert object, select all/fence/marquee/ etc., scale, rotate, translate, align, mirror, stretch, rectangular/circular/rubber stamp array, rubber stamp, trim corner/round/bevel/edge/break/channel/divide/join/ subdivide/alcove/union/intersection/difference, move to front/back, explode entity into base entities, pan, zoom, mouse scroll wheel zoom in/out, multiple views, save current view, spell checker, line/arc/circle/polygon/polyline/curve drawing tools, snap-to grid, AutoSnap, single-point intersection, horizontal/vertical rulers, markers, text point, dimensions, parallel and offset duplication, detail/exploded view, inquire coordinates/distance/angle/area/perimiter/symbol count/etc., database functions with 5 field types, 31 toolbars, rich text editor with character-level formatting, guidelines, 14-place decimal accuracy, application wizard, content librarian, 3D effects from 2D drawings, DWG/JPG import/export, 105 symbol libraries, 94 fonts, on-line help and much more. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 91.78MB

AutoCAD 2000i Copyright © 2000 Autodesk, Inc. AutoCAD is of the most comprehenive CAD programs ever created. New features include an Internet-driven "Today" window with on-line access to symbol libraries, intranet-based bulletin board, and Autodesk Point A design portal. Share drawings with team members remotely with Meet Now. View design changes in red-lined drawings on-line by inserting electronic markup files using Volo View. Plot stamping records plotting details on plotted output and in a log file. Name and save groups of layer settings. It also has all of the drawing, layering, etc. features of previous versions, complete on-line documentation (installation/user's guides, command reference, and more). It originally retailed for US$3,400.00. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 253.20MB

Card-Sign-Banner-Etc.     Windows 95 allowed software developers to create programs to print cards, signs, banners, letterheads, calendars, newsletters and more with new features, high-resolution color graphics, and better quality. It made the Personal Computer all the more "personal," and although targeted mainly at the home computer user, schools, businesses, and others found use for this software as well.     People could print cards saying exactly what they wanted to. Signs could be printed for garage sales and other things with professional-looking quality. Long and tall banners could be printed for birthday parties and other occasions. Calendars could be printed for personal schedules.     Schools could print signs for upcoming events 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 create 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 looked far better than handwritten ones. Cards could be printed for invitations to the annual Christmas party or golf scramble. OK, so not every application may be 100% business-oriented but it makes life a little more fun.     As technology advances, sometimes a new technology will render other established technologies unusable. With the advances in computer printer technology, more and more PC users began trading in their aging dot-matrix printers for a new kind of printer known as the inkjet.     Inkjet printers brought laser-quality printing to the masses for a fraction of the cost of a laser printer. They also brought color printing to the people and eliminated the screeching noise dot-matrix printers are renowned for.     But inkjet printers also sent one aspect of card/sign/banner/etc. software into obsolescence -- the ability to make banners. Inkjets were built only to use single-sheet paper and did not have tractor feeders for continuous-form paper. While some inkjet printers allowed continuous-form paper to be fed into them, the high cost and relatively low capacity of ink cartridges made printing banners on inkjet printers impractical and in some cases impossible.

American Greetings CreataCard Plus! 1.01 Copyright © 1996 Micrografx, Inc. This is one of the first versions of CreataCard Plus!. Print cards, signs, invitations, stationary, announcements, awards and certificates. Features include a cartoon- based "store" interface, Creative Workshop, hundreds of artwork and clipart images, draw square/rectangular, circle/ellipse, hexagon, triangle and star shapes, straight and freehand lines, set shape/line/text color, save/open custom projects, Forget Me Not calendar and address book, Picture Painter 1.01.88 screen saver with 36 art categories, and "Kid Lock" to suppress display of some items with more mature themes that might not be suitable for children. CreataCard also featured a link to their website and Personal Delivery, an Internet- based service to deliver cards electronically or via Postal Service. Cards printed with this version of CreataCard are forced to have the American Greetings logo on the back and a statement they were printed with CreataCard. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 26.63MB

Microsoft Greetings Workshop 1.0 Copyright © 1996 Microsoft Corporation & Hallmark Cards, Inc. For those of you who want genuine Hallmark® cards without having to go to a card shop, there's Microsoft Greetings Workshop. Print cards, signs, banners, calendars, flyers, and announcements. It features 4,303 clipart images in BMP, BBM, BMP, and WMF formats, 1,633 templates, and 107 TrueType fonts. You can enter "reminders" for future events, but they must be more than 24 hours into the future and once saved cannot be removed except by uninstalling the program. Microsoft Greetings Workshop 1.0 uses a graphical interface similar to Microsoft Bob -- a "social interface" to make personal computers more "personal." For more information about Microsoft Bob, please visit my Microsoft Bob exhibit. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 27.95MB

Printmaster Gold Publishing Suite 3 Copyright © 1996 Mindscape, Inc. In the mid-1990's, while people were upgrading and beginning to use computers with Windows 95, many were still using Windows 3.1x. Some software companies released 16-bit and 32-bit versions in one package. This 32-bit version of Printmaster lets you create and print cards, banners, posters, newsletters, brochures, calendars, labels, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, note cards, and fax covers. It has 201 fonts, dozens of graphics, and sound files. A 16-bit Windows 3.1x version is also included on the CD-ROM. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 7.84MB

The Print Shop Ensemble III Copyright © 1996 Br0derbund Software, Inc. This is the first 32-bit Windows version of The Print Shop Ensemble. Print greeting cards, signs, posters, banners, certificates, stationary, calendars, labels, create Internet online greetings and more with The Print Shop Ensemble III. Features include square, row, column graphics images, text box, headline, word balloon, horizontal and vertical ruled lines, borders, mini-borders, mini-backdrops, seal, signature and title blocks, import BMP, EPS, JPG, PCD, TIF, WMF, export EPS, TIF, WMF, frames, layering, object scale/rotate/flip, spell check, thesaurus, quotes and verses, page blend, address list, custom list, 102 TrueType fonts, 120 BMP photos, 51 Print Shop graphics libraries, merge/modfiy libraries, open Internet connection, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 52.01MB

Corel Print House Magic Copyright © 1997 Corel Corporation Corel Print House Magic is a printing suite consisting of Corel Print House 3.0, Corel Photo House 2, and Family & Friends. Print cards, signs, banners, calendars, labels, envelopes, business cards, brochures, business forms, certificates, membership cards, coupons, tickets, bookmarks, and doorknob hangers with Corel Print House. Touch up and add special effects to photos with Photo House. Family & Friends is an address book/calendar, list manager, and reminder. Also included are 306 fonts, 234 backdrop graphics, 305 borders, 7,613 clipart images, 60 frames, 67 object images, 205 photos, samples, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 59.28MB

PrintMaster Gold Classic 4.0 Copyright © 1997 Mindscape, Inc. Old PrintMaster versions never die, they get re-released as "classics." PrintMaster Gold Classic lets you create and print banners, business cards, calendars, cards, certificates, envelopes, faxes and forms, invitations, labels, letterhead, notecards, and posters. Features include 1,100+ ready-made templates, a "With-Help Designer" wizard, audio help prompts, double-sided printing option, on-line greetings, drawing tools, 59 icon shapes, text justification/shaping/stretching, find/replace text, replace picture, zoom, horizontal/vertical rulers, drawing tools, object grouping and layering, text wrap, shadows, spell checker, mirror, flip, center on page, shadow, line width, color options, duplicate, fill-in fields, 4,600+ graphics, 100+ photos, 201 fonts, on-line help and much more. Sentiment Gallery, Photo Enhancer, Address Book, and Cartoon-o-Matic, are not present in this "classic" version. A window is displayed suggesting to upgrade to PrintMaster Gold Publishing Suite. It also includes Netscape Navigator 3.0. A 16-bit Windows 3.1x version is also included on the CD-ROM. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 20.98MB

The Print Shop Premier Edition 5.0 Copyright © 1997 Br0derbund The Print Shop had evolved exponentially from its first DOS version 12 years earlier. With full WYSIWYG color editing and printing, 187 TrueType fonts, special effects such as backdrops, watermarks, panel colors, shadows, custom graphics, and Internet integration for on-line graphics, sending on-line documents, and more, it had quite literally become a "print shop." In addition to cards, signs, banners, calendars, and letterheads, it also prints pamphlets, business cards, envelopes, Post-it notes, certificates, post cards, and labels -- all without needing an extra "companion" program. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 72.73MB

The Print Shop Signature Greetings 1.0 Copyright © 1997 Br0derbund This is The Print Shop gone greeting card store style. Featuring a different interface from The Print Shop, it has 975 templates for greeting cards, postcards, envelopes, labels, and on-line Internet "greetings" it also includes 264 verses, font attributes and text justification, list merge, preview, address book, "front-door" to your Internet account, 116 TrueType fonts, on-line help, dictionary, INSO's International Correctspell and Enhanced Roget's US Electronic Thesaurus, and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 23.27MB

Print Artist Gold 12.0 Copyright © 1997 Br0derbund Make greeting cards, calendars, banners, posters, announcements, booklets, brochures, newsletters, letterhead, business cards, mailing labels, file labels, postcards, envelopes, recipie cards, crafts, scrapbooks, stickers, and more -- 10,961 projects total! Print Artist Gold 12.0 features a project selection center, graphics grabber catalog, a toolbar with a style similar to Microsoft Internet Explorer, export project as JPG or HTML, paste into, edit text, duplicate object/page, delete selection/page, select all, change calendar date, change graphic, 10% to 400% zoom, zoom on selection, show all objects, mail merge, Effects Gallery with dozens of special effects for text, line/rectange/ellipse/shape/symbol drawing tools, borders, frames, double-arc text title, insert special character, add blank/duplicate page, horizontal/vertical text alignment, layering with layer tabs at the bottom of the document window, maximize object, group, ungroup, Collections Manager, set page size/margins, link/unlink body text boxes, resize objects around center, snap object to ruler guide, horizontal/vertical rulers, address book, spell checker, 270 TrueType fonts, hundreds of quotes, on-line help and more. This version was released on four CD-ROM discs.   Total install size: 2.12GB

Corel Print Office 3.1 Copyright © 1998 Corel Corporation A card/sign/banner program very similar to another Corel product called Corel Print House with the added "office" program called Colleauges & Contacts which contains a calendar, address book, and list manager. Guided Activites allow editing of projects, add text and images, change project view, print/finish/save projects, and start new projects. A Styles panel gives access to coloring, line, shadow, text and bitmap shaping, text styles, fade and reshape. Catalog allows selection of clipart, backdrops, borders, photos, objects, text phrases and the Print Office Scrapbook. Other features include symbol tool, symbol sprayer, rectangle, ellipse, polygon, freehand, shaper, text, zoom and pick tools, text columns, tables, bullet lists, text justification, arrange to front/back and forward/backward one, fit text to path, spell checker, thesaurus, snap-to grid, insert/delete pages, page tabs bar, Corel Photo House 2.1, Borland Database Engine 4.0, 309 fonts, 5,863 images, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 70.99MB

Rugrats Print Shop Special Edition 1.0 UK Version Copyright © 1998 Br0derbund Software, Inc. Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica & Cynthia, Susie, Phil & Lil, Spike, Didi, Stu, Drew, Grandpa, Boris, Charlotte, Minka, and, of course, Reptar are all in this special edition of the Rugrats Print Shop. Print greeting cards, signs, birthday kits, banners, photo fun, stationary, trading cards, envelopes, calendars, post cards, growth charts, online cards, certificates, stickers, and start out with a blank page. Features include Select a Graphic, Headline, text block, spell check, thesaurus, bullets, hyphenation, backdrop, background color, remove background, full panel border, decorative line, photo frame, drop shadow, radiant glow, soft edge, cut-outs, get photo from scanner, import BMP, JPG, TIF, PCD, WMF, FPX, PNG, images, export as HTML, select image source, rotate, flip, text alignment, font selection, layer bring forward, send backward, bring to front, send to back, group, lock, size to panel, zoom, show/hide tool bars and status bar, 132 Rugrats clip art images, 45 TrueType fonts and more. On-line help is provided in the form of a PDF manual instead of a standard Windows help file. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 65.40MB

Greeting Cards 1.0.0 Copyright © 1999 MySoftware Co. Part of the MySoftware Co. "ProVenture" software series, Greeting Cards 1.0.0. is a card and letter printing program featuring 2,302 WMF and JPG clipart images, 908 background images, 269 "jumpstart" templates, drawing tools, character styles, tabs and indents, text alignment, line and character spacing, text frames, insert bullets and symbols, column break, zoom, margin preview, show column breaks, returns and tabs, text frames, guidelines, clipart placeholders, find, replace, spell check, mail merge, data fields, tables, bring to front, send to back, Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 for Windows 3.1x and Windows 95, MyFileBackup Internet service, on- line help and more. It also includes a Windows 3.1x version. Although the setup program asks which version to install -- Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT -- there is no Windows NT version on the CD. It installs the same 32-bit version on Windows 95 or Windows NT. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 20.66MB

Nick-O-Matic Design Factory 1.0 Copyright © 1999 The Learning Company This is an advanced version of Print Shop programs designed around Nickelodeon. This version has them all -- Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Real Monsters, Hey Arnold!, CatDog, Rocko's Modern Life, The Angry Beavers and KABLAM! in one card-sign- banner program. Print greeting cards, signs, birthday kits, banners, photo fun, postcards, calendars, envelopes, trading cards, stationary, crafts, certificates, stickers and send on-line cards to an e-mail address over the Internet. Features include insert graphics, headlines, text boxes, backdrops and backgrounds, borders /lines/frames, photo toolbox for special effects, such as drop shadow, radiant glow, soft edge, import BMP, FPX, JPG, PCD, PNG, TIF, WMF, toolbars for font type and size, text bold, italic, underline, justification, word balloons, apply color to objects or behind objects, spell check, undo, redo 74 TrueType fonts, hundreds of Nickelodeon characters clip art and more. On-line help is provided in the form of a PDF manual instead of a standard Windows help file. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 152.35MB

Pokémon Project Studio Red Version Copyright © 1999 The Learning Company Yet another card/sign/banner program released by The Learning Company using a variation of The Print Shop, this "Red Version" can create projects for greeting cards, signs, birthday kits, banners, photo fun, stationary, character cards, envelopes, calendars, postcards, crafts, certificates, stickers and custom projects. While the program boldly says on the packaging, "Gotta MAKE 'em all!", this "Red Version" only has 81 of the 151 Pokémon. So how do you actually "make 'em all?" Simple. Spend more money and buy the "Blue Version," which has the other 70. That's what TLC wanted. Why give " 'em all" in one version for one price when you can split 'em into two versions for that same price and make twice the income? This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 101.04MB

Communication     In the mid-1990's, as millions of computer users were migrating to Windows 95, they were also migrating from Bulletin Board Services and other "old" on-line services to the global, and largely toll-free, community of the Internet.     Almost overnight, BBS's became obsolete. They could not compete with the graphical point-and-click wonder of the World Wide Web. Anyone with a HTML editor and a few megabytes of FTP space could have a website and have the potential to draw in hundreds of thousands of visitors at once for only the cost of an Internet account and with no telephone lines to maintain.     BBS's are limited to their number of phone lines and have to pay for these lines. They became a memory were replaced by another form of Internet communication known as Telnet.     With the advent of Windows 95, and 32-bit software, for those who still had to communicate the "old fashioned" way, some software companies released 32-bit communication software. Some would adapt later to include Internet compatibility. But it would be only a matter of time before the "comm" program gave way to the Web browser.     One aspect of communication that did survive the "Internet revolution" was remote access communication software. For those who have to communicate point-to-point between two computers or remotely connect to a network, remote access was spared the digital chopping block.

Microsoft Phone 1.0 Copyright © 1995 Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Phone offers telephony, fax, voice mail, and voice recognition -- Microsoft Voice 1.0 -- for telephone and computer commands. Features include 40 speed dialing buttons divided into four tabs (Business, Personal, Family, Misc.), address book, call log, call forwarding, do not disturb, phone and dialing property settings, add/delete mailbox, connect using modem or other selectable device, numeric phone "keypad," speaker/mute/volume/messages buttons, manual dialing, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 5.12MB

QmodemPro 95 2.0 Copyright © 1995 Mustang Software, Inc. This communications program features 35 terminal emulations, 10 file protocols, OLE 2 support for drag-and-drop file up/download selection, MD5 security, Telnet support, session duration, logging, host mode, script run/edit/compile, full/half duplex, chat mode, redial, 313 RIP icons, phonebook, picture viewer, editor, screen capture, on-line help, and more. This version was released on three 1.44MB floppies. Total install size: 6.04MB

pcANYWHERE 8.0 Copyright © 1998 Symantec Corporation A remote communication program, this remote and host version can connect a PC to a remote PC via modem, the Internet, or a network. Features include simultaneous file transfer and remote control, direct parallel port file transfer up to 500KB/sec., SpeedSend sends only changed portions of previously sent files, ColorScale reduces the number of colors on the remote PC for faster screen refreshes, optimized desktop disables the host's wallpaper, screen saver, and full window drag, AutoXfer creates lists of files to be automatically updated or synchronized, security restricted drive access, file transfer rights, host callback, host screen and keyboard locks, automatic virus scanning, uses Windows NT 4.0's security by connecting prior to logon, Remote Host Service Administration Utility allows administrators to remotely start, stop and check status on hosts on Windows NT workstations/servers, supports Banyan Vines, IPX/SPX, ISDN, NASI, NetWare, NetBIOS, and TCP/IP networks, create, edit, and compile scripts, session log and history files, screen scaling, local full screen display, remote printing, on-line help and much more. Also includes pcANYWHERE 2.0 for Windows 3.1x and 5.0 for DOS. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 16.39MB

Procomm Plus 32 4.7 Copyright © 1998 Datastorm Technologies, Inc. Procomm had evolved from a terminal program to a suite of data and Internet communication programs featuring a 32-bit version of its renowned comm program, a Web browser (MSIE 4.0), FTP, e-mail, newsgroup, and Telnet clients. Procomm is geared toward Internet use and keeps its comm program for those who still communicate on-line the "old fashioned" way. The days of the BBS were all but unheard of by this time -- the Internet offered toll-free global communication and features no BBS could match. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 34.02MB

Database     Database software created the ability to store vast amounts of information in a compact manner -- electronically. This eliminated the need to write or type volumes of print-based data. No longer was it necessary to store tons of paper-based information in warehouses. Millions, even billions, of pages of information could be stored on hard drives of PCs or network servers. Finding information is much faster than searching through printed material. With a few keystrokes, depending on the database size, information could be displayed on a monitor in seconds. Database software can also sort database information as many ways as there are fields in their database records. Making backup copies of electronic databases is as easy as copying files to backup media, local and/or remote network servers, etc. Imagine photocopying every page or writing down every entry of your phone book.

Microsoft Visual FoxPro Professional Edition 3.0b Copyright © 1995 Microsoft Corporation This is Microsoft's first 32-bit release of Visual FoxPro. Incorporating the same "visual" tools used in Visual Basic and other MS programming languages, Visual FoxPro uses "designers" to create relational databases, tables, forms, reports, views, and queries. There are also "wizards" to guide you in creating graphs, cross-tabs, mailing labels, mail merge and more. "Builders" simplify the creation of grids, combo boxes, command groups, list boxes, edit boxes, option groups, control groups, etc. Macros automate repetitive tasks in FoxPro projects and can also be incorporated into FoxPro applications. Visual FoxPro uses Rushmore technology for efficient access of record sets and object-oriented programming with classes, objects, events, methods and properties. Debug, trace, and command windows help find programming errors. This professional version of Visual FoxPro can also compile database projects into standalone 16-bit or 32-bit executable programs. Also included is Hotspot Editor for creating help graphics with "hot spots" that link to help topics or macros, Help Compiler 3.1 and 3.5 (16-bit help compilers), 16-bit and 32-bit setup program utilities, Microsoft Graph 5, on-line help and much more. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 130.45MB

Paradox 7.0 Copyright © 1995 Borland International, Inc. This is Borland's first 32-bit version of Paradox. New features include long filename support, new and updated "experts" which perform automated tasks such as creating charts, ready-made databases, tables, forms for one or two tables, mailing labels, merge, reports, text import, tabbed dialog boxes, new toolbars that can "float" or be docked, menu and pop-up enhancements, use of common Windows dialog boxes, Tools menu changes, append imported/exported data to existing files, import/export dBASE and Paradox tables, multi-table live queries, notebook form object, add OCX buttons to toolbars, object tree, more preference settings, MAPI mail transfer, OLEAuto, Toolbar, Mail, and DataTransfer ObjectPAL types, ObjectPAL editor, Object Explorer, ObjectPal Quick Lookup, work with SQL tables in Paradox, improved SQL editor, use SQL queries in the data model of forms and reports, use underlying indexes in live queries, constrain updates to satisfy query conditions, create calculated fields in live queries, and Paradox 7.0 is ANSI-92 SQL-compatible. Other features include a report designer, general reference, ObjectPAL reference and much more. This version was released on seven 1.44MB floppies.   Total install size: 28.51MB

Microsoft Access 2000 Upgrade Copyright © 1999 Microsoft Corporation Version 9.0, Access is Microsoft's relational database management system. It features graphical db, form and report design, data access pages to collect/ distribute current data, view grouped records, analyze data, make projections, display HTML text, forms/reports group text boxes and other controls, define conditional formatting rules for text boxes and other controls, create forms and reports for SQL Server dbs, give reports to users without Access, Web server replication priority, db replication, prevent deletes, anonymous/ local replicas, conflict viewer, row level tracking property, retention period, ConflictFunction property, collaborate over an intranet or the Internet, User-level Security Wizard, protect code with Visual Basic for Applications password protection, improved Compact utility, record-level locking, find and replace, view related data in a subdatasheet, fix errors caused by renaming fields, unicode support, print relationships, use ActiveX Data Objects, macros, referential integrity, Find Fast, spell checker, scanner and camera add-in, calendar control, equation editor, Lotus VIM mail support, Clippit "assistant," on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: ~ 291MB

Monarch 5.0 Copyright © 1999 Math Strategies A "data mining" program designed to extract data from print files. It can create tables of data that can be exported into database and spreadsheet programs. Monarch can also do ad-hoc reporting to generate custom reports from the original print file data. Monarch displays the contents of a print file, and the user creates templates to extract data from it. A greenbar overlay feature makes it easier to read long print files. Monarch can also create charts, both 2D and 3D, to graphically display extracted data. Extraction templates can be saved to be used on future reports of the same format. Filters can be applied to templates so only lines in the report containing the desired data is processed. Other features include field joining and calculating, on-line help, and much more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 19.01MB

Desktop Accessory     When screen savers and background images just aren't enough, what do you do to make your 32-bit Windows 9x/Me PC more entertaining? Add some desktop accessories to it! Desktop themes, desktop enhancements, etc. make your personal computer more "personal" and your computing experience more enjoyable.     Desktop themes are the 32-bit Windows evolution beyond Windows 3.x screen savers and background images. They add customized animated icons, mouse cursors and sounds for more of a multimedia experience. Themes offer sound schemes that play custom sounds for different Windows events. You can hear sounds every time you navigate the Start menu, open a program, maximize/minimize a window, right-click with your pointing device, etc.     Desktop themes are fun for personal entertainment, but could you imagine an office cubicle section with hundreds of computers running dozens of different desktop theme sounds?     Bleep! Bleep! Bloop! Blada-bleep! Bleep! Bleep! Bleep! ... AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

Microsoft Plus! 1.0 for Windows 95 Copyright © 1995 Microsoft Corporation Call a "companion for Windows 95" by Microsoft, Plus! is actually the rest of Windows 95. Microsoft left out these key features and sold them as a separate add-on to make consumers buy a second product if they wanted all the functionality of Windows 95. Microsoft Plus! features desktop themes that are made up of background images, icons, window fonts, colors schemes, and animated pointers. Plus! also included is DriveSpace 3, a hard disk compression utility, System Agent for scheduling maintenance tasks, such as running ScanDisk or Disk Defragmenter, Internet Jumpstart Kit, Dial-Up Networking Server, "visual enhancements" such as full window drag, enhanced DOS fonts, etc., 3D Pinball (originally released with Windows NT 3.5x), and more. The CD-ROM also included a multimedia "catalog" featuring other Microsoft products. The setup program requires a CD Key to install, unlike the DMF floppy version of Plus!, which does not. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 50.53MB

Microsoft Plus! 98 Copyright © 1998 Microsoft Corporation Microsoft's add-on for Windows 98 is more than just desktops themes and screen savers. It features a maintenance wizard to schedule tasks such as Scandisk and Disk Defragmenter, McAfee VirusScan 3.1.6, "disk cleanup" which deletes temporary and Recycle Bin files, compressed folders, deluxe CD player (which is also the standard CD player in Windows 2000), Picture It! Express, a "lite" version of Microsoft's photo editing program, Computer Artworks' Organic Art Screensaver, Microsoft Golf 1998 Lite (very crippled), SegaSoft's Lose Your Marbles game, and Spider Solitaire. There are also several new desktop themes and new screen savers. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 203MB

WindowBlinds 1.22 Copyright © 2000 Stardock.Net, Inc. WindowBlinds brings the "WindowShade" feature of Mac OS to PCs running Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT. By double-clicking on many Windows programs' title bars, the window is "rolled up" to the title bar. WindowBlinds also allows "skins" to be applied to many Windows programs and the Windows desktop itself. The skins supplied with WindowBlinds include BePC (BeOS), Broken Windows, Console, Elegant 2000, Liquid 1.3u, MacPC, NeXTPC, Object Desktop, Productivity, Sigma Shadows, Sphereworld, Warp PC and Win3000. A configuration utility can apply skins to all Windows Desktop features or include/exclude checkboxes, radio buttons, standard buttons, taskbar buttons, toolbar buttons, menu borders and color schemes. It can also assign skins to specific programs to allow different skins for different programs, assign custom backgrounds, and set startup options. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 17.95MB

Desktop Publishing     Desktop publishing software was very popular from the mid-1980's to the mid-1990's. A combination of word processing and graphics tools, DTP software is mainly for making newsletters, fliers, presentations, etc. Desktop publishing programs distinguished themselves from most other software with horizontal and vertical ruler bars. As this feature became popular, other software companies began including it in their products.     In the mid-1990's most 32-bit Windows 95 word processor software had nearly as many features as DTP programs. If you owned a Windows-based word processor you didn't need a DTP program unless you had a specific need for the features they have that word processors did not. By the time Windows 95 software came to be, most desktop publishing software faded into digital history.

Adobe PageMaker 6.0 Copyright © 1995 Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Systems Inc. acquired PageMaker from Aldus Corporation. This is the first Windows 95 version of Adobe PageMaker. New features include multiple master pages, prepress and printing, color management, on-screen publishing and make PDF. Other features include Adobe Table 2.5, layout and story editing, export text as DCA/RFT, RTF, tagged text, text only, and WP 5.0/5.1, links, e-mail, acquire image, masking, integrated trapping, find, spell check, book publication, create index/TOC, Autoflow, columns, kerning, text styles, hyphenation, text alignment, define styles/ colors, line, fill and line, polygon, rounded corners, rotate, text wrap, bring forward, send backward, group, ungroup, lock, unlock objects, remove transformation, floating toolbars for colors, status, master documents, styles, text/ drawing tools and scripts, on-line help and much more. It originally retailed for US$649.99. The CD-ROM also includes Win 3.1x versions of Adobe programs, FirstClass Client, QuickTime, PageMaker 3.x converter, drivers, technical notes, images and trials. This version was released on sixteen 1.44MB floppies and one CD-ROM disc. Total install size: 24.36MB

PagePlus 5.0 Copyright © 1997 Serif, Inc. PagePlus is a full-featured desktop publisher with advanced publishing tools such as snap to guide element, layering, object lock, frame tool, headers and footers wizard, fonts and pictures manager, text manager, mail merge, add/copy/go to/ remove pages, ChangeBar displaying slider controls, values, and size and position information, Layout Checker, proofreader, PageHint, insert logo/table/calendar, crop and rotate tools, line/ box/oval drawing tools, WritePlus integrated word processor, text justification, find and replace, spell checker, AutoCorrect, thesaurus, create index/TOC, word count, mark index, line weight/color/shading, fill color/shading, color mapper, photo optimizer wizard selects the best lighting for printing, convert objects to PagePlus picture, graphics style palette, align/group objects, text wrap, revert to last saved version, export as picture, Web/paper publishing modes, five TrueType font packs (403 fonts total), 2,929 WMF images, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 183.01MB

Publish It Deluxe 3.02 Copyright © 1997 GST Technology Ltd. Publish it Deluxe is a desktop publishing program. Make newsletters, forms, brochures, advertisements, legal contracts, reports, memos, fliers, books, business cards, envelopes, faxes, letterhead, cards, banners, calendars, posters, puzzles, certificates, stationary, and other documents. Features include RTF text formatting, import/scan picture, import/export text, find and replace, spell checker, thesaurus, lock frames page numbering, headers, footers, paragraph style, bring to front, send to back, tables, group/ungroup, toolbars, snap-to guides, 3D PowerText, KeyPad, Font Installer, Macmillan Draw It, Picture Browser, PhotoEditor, SnapShot, Netscape Navigator 4.04, 2,073 TrueType fonts, 38 border, 42 BMP Web texture, 1,015 GIF, 1,200 CGM clipart, 10,698 JPG, 15,930 WMF images, 118 WAV sound files, on-line help and more. This version was released on four CD-ROM discs. Total install size: 82.57MB

The Print Shop Publishing Suite Copyright © 1997 Br0derbund Software, Inc. Br0derbund replaced The Print Shop Companion with The Print Shop PressWriter 1.5, combined it with The Print Shop Premier Edition 5.0, and released both products together as The Print Shop Publishing Suite. The Print Shop PressWriter 1.5 is a desktop publishing program featuring spell check, thesaurus, hyphenation, word count, document description, layering, text box, connect/disconnect text boxes, text justification, line spacing, set tab positions, image color and tint tools, line and box drawing tools, style sets, headers, footers, add/delete page, select image source, import/acquire/rotate/flip/align/scale image, frames, insert into text page number, date, symbol, separator line, view two adjacent or separate pages, single page, zoom, snap-to guides, go to page, horizontal/vertical rulers, toolbars, 127 newsletter, brochure, letter & resume, report, flyer and booklet templates, 1,393 JPG photos, thousands of Print Shop format clip art images, on-line help and much more. This version was released on two CD-ROM discs. Total install size: 96.70MB

Microsoft Publisher 98 Copyright © 1998 Microsoft Corporation Create newsletters, websites, brochures, flyers, signs, postcards, invitation/ greeting/with compliments/business cards, letterheads, envelopes, banners, business forms, award/gift certificates, labels, calendars, advertisements, menus, programs, airplanes, Origami and more with Microsoft Publisher 98. New features include a new Catalog to select publications, integration with Microsoft Office and Office-style toolbars, Clippit and Microsoft Logo "assistants," wizards to change design, color scheme, etc., AutoCorrect, Microsoft Draw, website navigation bar, 12,000 new clipart images, 1,500 new photos, 300 new animated pictures, and more. Standard features include create website from current publication, drawing tools, design checker, mail merge, Design Gallery, WordArt, two-page spread, zoom, tables, autosave, on-line help and much more. It also includes a "Value Pack" install of Microsoft Picture It!, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard 1.52. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 741.92MB

Microsoft Home Publishing 99 Copyright © 1998 Microsoft Corporation Not to be confused with Microsoft Publisher, Home Publishing is a newer version of the "Hallmark connections" series. Now a desktop publisher instead of a card maker, this program has many similarities to Microsoft Bob. Microsoft Home Publishing 99 has 15 categories of projects (cards, flyers, newsletters, calendars, banners, "Hallmark papers," etc.), e-mail projects and "occasions" templates. Other features include a spell checker, word processing toolbar, reminders, horizontal/ vertical rulers, layering, text boxes, "shaped text" (WordArt), rotate text, outline shapes, line tools, insert/flip image, address lists, mail merge, create Web page from project, clipart, fonts, on-line help and much more. Also included is Microsoft Picture-It! Express 2.0, a photo editing program that lets you crop, flip, rotate, fix "red eye," adjust tint/brightness/contrast, make soft edges, save picture as wallpaper, on-line help and more. This version was released on three CD-ROM discs. Total install size for Microsoft Home Publishing 99: 219.61MB Total install size for Microsoft Picture-It! Express 2.0: 17.02MB Total install size: 236.63MB

PrintMaster Publishing Suite 7.01.51 Copyright © 1998 Mindscape, Inc. This version of PrintMaster Publishing Suite consists of PrintMaster 7.0, PhotoEnhancer v3.1 (8.1), Serif DrawPlus 3.0, Event Reminder, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, 260 TrueType fonts, Art Gallery with thousands of photo and clipart images, tutorial, on-line help and much more. This program requires the CD disc to be present in the computer's CD drive. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 69.34MB

greenstreet Publisher 2 Version 2.51 Copyright © 1999 GST Technology Ltd. An advanced version of earlier Windows 3.1x versions, greenstreet Publisher 2 is a desktop publisher program featuring page layout settings, spell checker, thesaurus, find and replace, paragraph styles, bullets, tab settings, named text, page numbers, add, delete, go to pages, page setup, headers, footers, column guides, full color or monochrome viewing, show/hide pictures, foreground and background frames, frame layering, crop picture, scan picture, import AutoCAD slide, CGM, EPS, GEM, JPG, Lotus PIC, PCX, PNG, Targa, TIFF, Windows BMP, WMF images, send a document through e-mail (separate service required), insert object, links, horizontal/ vertical rulers, color selection bar, KeyPad, SnapShot, and PictureBrowser utilities, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 37.93MB

Diagramming     Look! On your computer screen. It's a CAD. It's a DTP. No, it's a diagramming program!     With the drawing and layering tools of CAD programs, and the scale ruler interface look of a desktop publishing program, diagramming software was designed for making flowcharts, heiarchial charts, network diagrams, etc.     Diagramming software combines the power of CAD and DTP software yet simplifies the process to make creating charts and diagrams almost as easy as using a word processor.     With a diagramming program you can be productive without having to spend a lot of time and money learning complex CAD concepts that, in many diagramming and charting cases, would never be used.     So the next time you need a flowchart to write that computer program or a diagram of your company's network to trace a wiring connection, don't turn to your engineering drafter to make it on their CAD program -- do it yourself with a diagramming program.

Flow! 4.00.074 Copyright © 1998 IMSI & Corel Corporation Part Visio lookalike by IMSI, part CorelDRAW!, part Br0derbund MasterClips 6000, these three software companies combined forces to take on Visio's flagship diagramming program. Does this tell you something when three different companies have to join forces to compete with a single company's product? Flow!'s interface is nearly identical in functionality to Visio. It allows you to drag-and-drop shapes from symbol libraries onto a document, size them, and connect them with "smart" connectors that stay attached when moving one or more symbols. Other features include 9 symbol libraries, 8 templates, drawing tools, snap-to grid, zoom, layers, align/rotate/scale objects and text, publish to HTML, weld, intersect, trim, group/ungroup, to front/back/in front of/behind, row/column align, hyperlinks, portrait/landscape modes, spell checker, find, replace, duplicate, 6,004 clipart images in WMF format, Quick Tips, on-line help, 122 page user manual in PDF format and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 95.17MB

Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition Copyright © 2000 Visio Corporation This is the last version of Visio made by Visio Corporation -- which is actually Visio Enterprise Edition 6.0. Microsoft purchased the rights to Visio then put their name on it. Visio is a diagram generating system that is easy to use. Projects are created by dragging SmartShapes from a symbol library to a document. Layout and Discovery can automatically browse a network or website and generate a standard diagram. Other features include 97 symbol libraries, SmartConnectors, Microsoft Office toolbars and menus, text file, spreadsheet and database import/export, Visual Basic for Applications, text and drawing tools, line and arrow styles, horizontal and vertical rulers, spell checker, macros, snap-to grid, hyperlinks, insert clipart, 1-3098% zoom, on-line help, user guide manuals of Visio 2000 Standard, Technical, Professional, and Enterprise editions in PDF format, Microsoft Visio Network Equipment -- over 20,000 SmartShapes of real computer hardware from over 440 vendors, and much more. This is the last "enterprise" edition of Visio. It includes the SR-1 update and originally retailed for US$2,100.00. This version was released on two CD-ROM discs. Total install size: ~ 388MB

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.

Lotus Notes Release 4.11a Copyright © 1996 Lotus Development Corporation An e-mail system, Lotus Notes 4.11a features Lotus Notes Server with Broadcast, Drop, Exit, Help, Load, Quit, Replicate, Pull, Push, Route, Set, Configuration, Secure Console Password, server information, Memory, Port information, Server tasks, users with open sessions, Available disk space, directory information, next schedule, Tell and more. It also features the Lotus Notes e-mail client with send & receive mail, reply, forward, From:, To:, cc:, bcc:, subject, use stationary, create table, address book, find, replace, spell check, search bar, preview pane, draft, trash, inbox, sent, all documents folder, to do list, discussion threads, archive, agents, designer for forms, views, folders, shared fields, subforms, navigators, out of office notification, bookmark, phone message, serial route memo, mobile support, on-line help and much more. The CD contains versions for Alpha, NetWare, OS/2, Windows 3.1x and Windows 95. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 70.29MB

Educational     Since the early 1980's, educational computer software has redefined how children and people of all ages can learn knowledge. The graphical interface of 32-bit Windows and advances in computer hardware and software took educational software to a whole new level that can include digital voice, sounds and music, animated and real video, and high-resolution graphics which can make learning a multimedia experience.     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.

The Oregon Trail 4th Edition 1.0 Copyright © 1999 The Learning Company Using 3D-rendered graphics, digital photography, QuickTime 3.0.2 and including video, voices, and photos of real people, DirectX 6, and digitized sound effects and music, The Oregon Trail 4th Edition far surpasses earlier DOS and Windows 3.1x versions both in multimedia and in the detail of playing this educational game. Buying supplies, trading, gathering food, crossing difficult terrain, dealing with unexpected hardships all require good decision making or you will experience tragedy on the trail. After experiencing The Oregon Trail 4th Edition you will see why the West was not won overnight. This version was released on three CD-ROM discs. Total install size: 29.99MB

Electronic Document     The "paperless office" -- that was what electronic document imaging software promised. No more hard copies. No filing cabinets full of paper documents. No papers getting lost or discarded. All information would pass from one computer to another and the documents would be "filed" electronically on servers, hard drives, or other electronic storage. Welcome to the wave of the future.     At least, that was the way it was supposed to work...     If anything, in many cases, the more businesses tried to reduce paperwork, more often than not they tended to generate even more than before the reduction measures were implemented. Copier and computer printer manufacturers don't have to worry about going out of business anytime soon.

Adobe Acrobat 4.05a Copyright © 1999 Adobe Systems, Inc. This is not the free Acrobat reader Adobe has offered for free download. This is the full commercial product that reads and creates PDF files. Acrobat 4.05a can create PDF documents with advanced features such as bookmarks, articles, forms, hypertext links to other articles, documents, and the Internet, Javascripts, Web captures, graphics, QuickTime movies, and more. Features include insert, replace, extract, delete, crop, rotate, number pages, VeriSign Digital Document Signer for Acrobat, Apple QuickTime 3.0, on-line help, reference documents in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 84.83MB

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 let one person 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.     Since the mid-1990's, Windows 9x accounting software systems have been capable of managing accounting needs from the home financier to corporate businesses and all points in between. Say goodbye to your CPA and hello to PCA (Personal Computer Accounting).

One-Write Plus 8.0 Copyright © 2000 Peachtree Software, Inc. One-Write Plus is a complete, Y2K compliant accounting system. It features general ledger, billing, invoicing, purchasing, bill paying, sales, receivables, budgeting, banking, inventory, and payroll. It also has check writing, project/job tracking, business reporting and graphing -- over 90 reports and graphs, system/company/ function level password protection, reminder list, customer quotes, auto deposit, on-line help and more. It originally retailed for US$115.00. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 205.39MB

Financial -- Financial Manager     Before computers were affordable enough for home users the average person had to keep track of their finances the "old-fashioned" way with pencil and paper. Even in the mid-1990's PCs were too expensive for the average home user. But for the fortunate few who could afford a US$3,000+ computer there was a "modern" alternative to the calculator -- financial manager software.     A financial manager program consolidates your personal financial records into a single program. Early financial manager programs could manage and reconcile your checkbook, manage credit card accounts, track expenses, show your current financial status, and some even offered tax information. Later versions added extra features such as charts, more detailed financial reporting, and access to on-line services including on-line banking. Nearly all financial manager programs offered some way to back up your personal information.     Are you still tracking your personal finances the same way people did in the third century B.C.? If so, it's time to throw away your mallet, chisel, and stone tablet, abacus, columnar books, financial notepads, and all but one or two of those No. 2 pencils. The "electronic revolution" has arrived!

Quicken 6 Copyright © 1996 Intuit An early 32-bit version of Quicken, this version features an enhanced interface, multimedia, sound, pop-up menus for accounts, bills, planning, on-line, investments, home & car, and reports. Write and print checks, pay bills and bank on-line, manage checking and cash accounts, get on-line quotes and other financial information, view graphs and reports of your financial status, track assets, calculate loans, plan for taxes, integrate TurboTax data, plan dated events with the financial calendar which is Y2K compliant, get complete on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 28.61MB

Microsoft Money 98 Standard Copyright © 1997 Microsoft Corporation This 6.0 version of Microsoft's financial manager offers an alternative to other financial management programs. It can perform on-line banking, manage bill paying, track your portfolio, create and manage a budget, create reports for "where the money goes," cash flow, income vs. spending, credit card debt, etc., manage multiple bank accounts, generate graphs, categorize spending and income, has on-line help and more. It also includes Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02, MSN Internet software and an audio/visual "tour" of Microsoft Money. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 15.59MB

Quicken Expensable 98 3.0 Copyright © 1998 On The Go Software, Inc. An expense management system, expense transactions are grouped in "envelopes" and evelopes are grouped within folders. Envelopes can have a status of empty, in progress, submitted, approved, rejected, partially or fully reimbursed. An approver/ rejector is assigned to an envelope to accept or reject expense transactions. A cash advance can be assigned to an envelope. An expense transaction can contain a date, expense type, amount (26 different currencies), payment method, merchant, city, country, exchange rate, description, reimbursable/non-reimbursable/personal transaction type, split transaction, billing details, etc. Other features include editable lists for expense types, payment methods, guests & purposes, cities, billables, currencies, merchants, mileage, reasons, vehicle ID, expense/transaction/budget/ analysis reports, Internet links to download statements, set up statement downloads, expense/travel/expensable website links, open URL, submit envelopes using e-mail/FTP/HTTP, archive envelopes, import Quicken QIF/ASCII/guest information, export envelope/ASCII transaction & summary/IIF, transfer to Excel, send to Quicken, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 10.96MB

Font     PCs, at first, were only capable of printing a single block-type font in DOS. With the advent of DOS-based graphics mode, all that changed. Along with colorful pictures and animation came different display and type faces dubbed fonts.     DOS-based Windows 3.x, also being 100% graphical, took advantage of typeface fonts and uses both TrueType fonts and Type I fonts. 32-bit Windows 95 continued to use these font types.     So why go across town to that printing service to have a "For Sale" sign printed when you can do it yourself with the right computer, software, and printer? Spice up those print jobs with some fancy fonts and they'll look as good as what you could have bought at a printing service.

2000 Fantastic Fonts Copyright © 1996 Expert Software, Inc. While claiming to have 2000 fonts, this font collection actually has 311 TrueType font "families" each consisting of one or more attributes of the same font (bold, italic, etc.). These same font families are also offered in Postscript format. The TrueType fonts can be used with Windows 95, Windows 3.1x, and Macintosh computers. There is also a custom program made with Macromedia that previews all the fonts in this collection. This program divides the font families into 12 categories and are displayed as clickable tabs at the top of the screen. A scrollable "window" lets you view all the fonts in each category. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 228.02MB

Adobe Type Manager 4.0 Copyright © 1997 Adobe Systems, Inc. Adobe created a 32-bit version of their font manager for Windows 95. With 51 fonts, ATM lets you add new fonts, preview and remove existing fonts, view properties, set font cache size and folder location, smooth font edges on screen, print and display fonts as graphics, use pre-built or resident fonts, check for new or removed Type 1 fonts when starting ATM, change the sample text when viewing fonts and multiple master creator, has on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 2.12MB

Graphics Software     Computers are wonderous machines. They can process data at mind-numbing speeds. Computers translate data as binary 0's and 1's and arrange those digits in combinations to represent letters and numeric values, words and calculations. This is all very good and efficient but it isn't very fun, is it?     In the mid 1990's, 32-bit graphics software was developed that allowed anyone with a computer running Windows 95 or Windows NT to create and manipulate graphics images, apply special effects to graphics, and create eye-catching items with both text and graphical attributes.     Commercial business print shops had to adapt to stay in the paper printing business once this graphics software hit the mainstream consumer.

Instant 3D 1.0 Copyright © 1995 Visual Software, Inc. This program produces 3D text graphics. They can be saved as .bmp, .tif, .tga, or in its own format. You define the graphics' object, backdrop, material, and light source from one of I3D's catalogs then render the image. An object can be text and a text editor allows you to choose any font on your system, set the bevel amount, extrusion depth, height/width ratio, deformation, curve resolution, etc. backdrops can be tiled images, text can be sized and rotated in any direction, and there are 3 camera lenses. On-line help guides you through the process. You can have only one line of text per image. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 18.90MB

CorelDRAW 7 Copyright © 1996 Corel Corporation CorelDRAW 7 is a graphics program suite consisting of CorelDRAW 7, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 7, and CorelDREAM 3D 7. New features in CorelDRAW 7 include interactive cursors/fill/blend/transparency/fit text to path/text wrap inside objects, new interface, view qualities, customize toolbars, color styles, script manager, object manager, document information dialog, find/replace wizards, automatic spell checker, thesaurus, and grammar checker, natural pen tool, bevel, accelerated blends, scrapbook, MS Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator color palettes for creating HTML image maps, emboss/page curl/sharpen/add noise/etc. bitmap filters, convert vector objects to bitmap, brightness/contrast/color balance/intensity/invert/ gamma/HSL/posterize color adjustment effects, optimized file openining/redrawing/ saving/fountain fills, enhanced keyboard support, support for Adobe Photoshop plug-ins, custom font lists, CorelTutor, hints help, 150 new templates (470 total), 649 TIF images, 28,822 clipart images (CD #3), 1,139 TrueType fonts, 1,584 Type 1 fonts, on-line documentation in Envoy 7 format (Envoy 7 included), and much more. It originally retailed for US$695.00. This version was released on three CD-ROM discs.   Total install size: ~ 403MB

DrawPlus 3.0 Copyright © 1996 Serif, Inc. A graphics program, DrawPlus 3.0 features layers, layer manager, order objects, group, ungroup, flip rotate, align/size objects, shape envelope, rotate/node tools, line tool, QuickShapes, import GIF, TIFF, JPEG, BMP, WMF, Encapsulated Postscript, EMF, scanned image, Photo CD, Serif Art/Photo Galleries, DrawPlus 3.0 Gallery, export PDF, Adobe Illustrator, DXF, Clear Text Metafile, GIF, CGM, GEM, EPS, Frame Vector Format, Graphics Data Format, Group 4 Bitmap, Harvard Graphics, HGL, IBM PIF, IGS, JPEG, PICT, OS/2 Metafile, PCX, PNG, TIFF, TGA, BMP, EMF, WMF, WPG, XBM, XWD, XPM, fill/shade color toolbars, snap-to grid, wireframe view, wizards for pictures, logos, monsters, crazy face, background, watermark, border, photo, curved text, replicating, transforming, line/text alignment/spacing, blend, links, PageHint, project templates, send via e-mail, 3,078 WMF images, 64 TrueType fonts, 10 photo images, Serif PagePlus for Windows 95 Intro version, Adobe Acrobat Reader, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 59.98MB

Expression 1.0.2 Copyright © 1996 Fractal Design Corporation "The revolutionary natural-media vector drawing tool." This is how Fractal Design Corporation touted Expression. Featuring symmetrical, smooth, angle locked, unconstrained action tools, open arc, pie, add chord ellipse tools, start/end of stroke, fixed point, anchor tools, freehand tool pressure sensitivity, repeat selection, object and group selection, add/delete/select/convert node, split/reverse path, change start point, grabber, magnify, bezier pen, polyline, B-spline, color/attribute dropper, gradient, line, smoothed polyline, rectangle, rotate, scale, mirror, shear, stroke/pattern definition, blend paths, union, intersection, stacking tools, layers, paint style palette, gradient editor palette, color and custom color palette, stroke warehouse palette, transformation palette, alignment palette, and layers palette attribute settings, zoom, duplicate, clone, hatch, undo, unstructure, compound object, preview/path/wireframe view, save stroke as movie, snap-to grid, horizontal/vertical rulers, on-line help and much more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 90.52MB

FreeHand 7.0 Copyright © 1996 Macromedia, Inc. FreeHand is a full-featured graphics program. New features in this version include toolbars and tooltips, Smart Cursors, units pop-up, math entry fields, links dialog, improved align panel, color tracing, new bend, roughen, and envelope distortion tools, improved pen tool, improved blending, new chart tool with 6 chart types, find & replace graphics, fit selection, stroke inspector, attach non-print notes and names, single path with up to 32,000 points, color list, color management, new import export file formats: AI, BMP, DXF, GIF, JPG, LRG, MIX, PDF, PSD, PNG, and TGA, export and print selected objects, support for PhotoShop-compatible plug-ins, print preview, etc. Standard features include import/export DRW, PLT, RTF, TIF, and WMF files, document report, visible and invisible layers, paste behind/inside, clone, duplicate, zoom to 6,400%, snap-to grid, horizontal/vertical rulers, floating drawing toolbar, text editor, text justification, spell checker, compress document, intersect, crop, transparency, object inspector, scale, rotate, skew, reflect, constrain, fit to page, on-line help and much more. It also includes 10,050 FH7 clipart images, 946 TrueType and Type 1 fonts, 371 templates, and Macromedia Shockwave 7. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 27.36MB

Kai's Power Goo 1.0 Copyright © 1996 MetaTools, Inc. Take an ordinary digital photo and pull and stretch and tug and twist it until it looks like the reflection from the warped mirrors at your local carnival. This is the first version of Kai's Power Goo. It has tools to smudge, smear, smooth, nudge, grow/ shrink, mirror, move, bulge, twirl, rotate, stretch, squeeze, spike, and static your images. It can also reset, unwind and "ungoo" changes so you can get that perfect distortion. KPG can also save each stage of your creation as a frame, create "Goovie" animations and AVI files, and save and print any of the frames. It also has Fusion, a merging tool to blend two photos into one, like a morphing program. The CD also contains a "Goo Guide" in PDF format, demos of KPG and Fusion, 34 "Goovies," 96 photos in PhotoShop format, 11 libraries of photos, Kudo Catalog Reader 2.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 2.0, and more. While this program is very easy to use, it has no actual on-line help. My sweetheart never looked better. Smile, honey! This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 6.06MB

PhotoFinish 4 Copyright © 1996 Softkey Software Products Softkey previously purchased software rights to ZSoft Corporation's PC Paintbrush software for Windows 3.1x. PhotoFinish continues to use features from this legacy software program, such as including PCX and TIF images on the CD. It features a custom toolbar with custom shape brush and size settings, 11 brush types, spacing, transparency and pressure slider controls, paper texture, toolbar with painting tools, TWAIN support, masking tools, AutoEnhance, auto crop/saturation/straighten/remove moire/sharpen/brightness/contrast, add noise, antique, blend, blur, posterize, diffuse filters, 14 special effects (motion blur, black hole, etc.), color conversion, transform, image info, 3%-1600% zoom, zoom-to-fit, full screen viewing, save thumbnails, 12 palettes, 14 PCX textures, 21 "paper" PCX backgrounds, 29 PCX tiles, 20 fonts, 1,516 TIF photo images (on CD), Compuserve Internet software, on-line help and more. At a time when JPG and GIF images were the "new" graphics standards, TIF and PCX were considered "old." PhotoFinish 4 also includes a 32-bit Windows 3.1x version and Win32s. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 5.34MB

PhotoSuite 8.02 Copyright © 1996 MGI Software Corporation Not a "suite" such as a combination of several programs, PhotoSuite combines the features of photo editing, presentation, and card/sign making programs into a single program. It features an air brush, clone tool, eraser, color palette, filled/hollow ellipses/polygons/rectangles, line tool, drawing pen, eyedropper, flood fill, magic wand, text tool, splatter/mosaic/crystallize/posterize/sharpen/emboss/relief/mirage/ gaussian blur/remove scratches/enhance edges/soften detail/smoked glass/swirl/ cartoonize/oval frame/spherize/ripple/tile/oil paint/stretch special effects, moonlight/ warm/cool/sepia/tan/antique/fog lens effects, mirror, rotate, change brightness, enhance colors, increase/decrease colors, grayscale, a library of dozens of "prop" graphics to insert into pictures, word balloons, PhotoCD support, and more. PhotoSuite also has an Activity Guide to create posters, cards, magazine covers, calendars, a screen capture utility, photo album program to organize pictures, make picture a Windows wall paper or screen saver, 479 TIF images, 97 WAV and 55 MID files, 24 image catalogs, 16 AVI animations, on-line help and much more. It also includes a 16-bit Windows 3.1x version. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 35.04MB

Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 Copyright © 1997 Corel Corporation Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 is a bitmap-based paint and image-editing program. New features include custom workspaces, docker windows, Microsoft IntelliMouse scroll wheel support, CorelTUTOR, improved customization, low-resolution editing, MMX support, macro recording and editing, on-screen nib resizing, brush symmetry, pressure-sensitive tablet and pen, clone from fill, interactive fill, transparency tools, dodge/burn, clip masks, new lenses, interactive drop shadow, align and distribute, image stitching, enhanced special effects, palette editor, convert to NTSC, Adobe PostScript 3 support, 8/16/48-bit support, color harmonies, CorelDRAW vector import support, Internet URL click area on image, improved GIF support, and many more. Other features include object and mask marquees, roll-up groups, paint alchemy, digimarc, sharpen, blur, render, resample, flip, rotate, screen dithering, deskew, crop, smooth, feather, anti-aliasing, snap-to grid, 376 textures, 75 brush textures, 310 fonts, Bitstream Font Navigator 3.0, 500 tile images, 649 TIF images, 1,000 object images, 1,263 clipart images, 1,526 photos, 15 AVI videos, on-line help and much more. This version was released on two CD-ROM discs.   Total install size: 262.45MB

Ulead COOL 360 1.0 Copyright © 1998 Ulead Systems, Inc. This is the first version of Ulead COOL 360. It is a photo-merging program that makes a 360-degree panoramic view from a series of digital photographs. The 1-2-3 step process makes creating panoramas quick and simple. Step 1 is the compilation and arrangement of digital photos. Step 2 allows the photos to be enhanced using rotate, perspective, hue, saturation, brightness and contrast tools. Step 3 creates and saves the panorama and has features to send finished projects to others via Internet e-mail, upload projects to an Internet website, print, copy and export projects. A proprietary viewer is required to view COOL 360 panoramas and is included with the program. It also has on-line help and the CD contains a PDF version of the user manual. The CD-ROM also contains PhotoImpact 4.2. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 14.72MB

Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE Copyright © 1998 Adobe Systems, Inc. A graphics program for retouching, sizing, and adding special effects to photo images. This "limited edition" version of Adobe Photoshop 5.0 features TWAIN_32 import, GIF89a export, fill, stroke, scale, rotate, flip horizontal/vertical, bitmap, grayscale, indexed/RGB color modes, adjust levels, auto levels, curves, color balance, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, invert, equalize, threshold, posterize, color variations in a multi-thumbnail example window, duplicate, set image and canvas size, crop, rotate canvas, layers, add layer, add background, new layer via copy/cut, duplicate layer, delete/rename layer, add/enable layer mark, group with previous, ungroup, arrange layers, merge layers, merge visible, flatten image, select all, none, inverse, feather, smooth, expand, contract, grow, 96 special effects (blur, crosshatch, distort, noise, pixelate, etc.), horizontal and vertical rulers, on-line help and more. This version was generally bundled with scanner hardware. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 27.92MB

greenstreet Draw 3 Version 3.5 Copyright © 1998 GST Technology Ltd. This is actually a newer, 32-bit version of IMSI's TurboDraw graphics program. Draw 3 also uses many of the same images, as evidenced in both this screen shot and the one on the Windows 3.1x screen shot gallery page. Features include nearly the same user interface as the previous 16-bit TurboDraw versions, wireframe, layers, 12 named styles, plain, linear, logarithmic, cylindrical, radial, spherical, random, pattern fills, color/monochrome view, image enlarge, reduce, whole page, actual size views, join, split, combine, lock, unlock, hide, align objects, solid, dashed, hairline lines, set line width, color, 10 line named styles, CGM, GEM, JPG, PCX, PNG, Postscript, Targa, TIFF, Windows BMP, WMF file export, CGM, GEM, JPG, PCX, PNG, Postscript, Targa, TIFF, Windows BMP file import, horizontal/vertical rulers, 20 ART, 139 GEM, 1,200 CGM images, 12 templates, 173 TrueType Fonts (from 1994), KeyPad, SnapShot, PictureBrowser utilities, getting started hints, cue cards, on-line help and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 35.85MB

Kid Pix Studio Deluxe 1.0 Copyright © 1998 Br0derbund Software, Inc. A suite of six multimedia projects, this is the first version of Kid Pix Studio Deluxe. It features the Kid Pix paint program, Wacky TV AVI viewer, Slide Show presentation program that can save presentations as AVI and standalone EXE, "Moopies" -- animated paint projects that can be saved as AVI and EXE, "Stampinator" which can create custom animated stamp images that can be saved as AVI and EXE, and Digital Puppets that can create scenes saved as AVI and EXE. There is also a "Small Kids Mode" which simplifies the Kid Pix menus. When run, Kid Pix Studio Deluxe forces the screen to 640x480x256 resolution for the duration of the session, then restores the screen if originally in a different mode upon exiting the program. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 38.18MB

MyTypeArtist 1.0 Copyright © 1998 MySoftware Co. This program is licensed to MySoftware Co. from Palm Soft, Inc. MyTypeArtist takes the work out of making high-quality text graphics, graphical buttons, etc. Type a line of text, find the style you like, and click on it. MyTypeArtist generates your text in that style. You can size text larger or smaller and change letter spacing. Background option changes background color. Bookmark tool saves favorite graphics styles. MyTypeArtist has 1,000 graphics styles and several browse options. Three main tabs break down the selections; Style, Index, and Theme. Style lists graphics by category. Index lets you scroll through the entire collection, displaying 25 items on a "page" with forward and reverse buttons to show all 40 "pages" of the collection. Theme is divided into 5 main topics -- nature, fashion, food, cities, and movies. Each theme is sub-divided into 8 groups, each offering graphics selections. Because these 1,000 graphics options take disk space, by default most of them are left on the CD-ROM. The CD must be in the drive for the program to access them. They can be "downloaded" to the hard drive using the Favorites option. Graphics are "exported" in BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, or TIF format. It also has on-line help. This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 12.10MB

PhotoImpact 4.2 Copyright © 1998 Ulead Systems, Inc. A photo editing and enhancement program, PhotoImpact 4.2 features 48 special effects, custom effects, custom filters, warping, painting patterns and templates with fine adjustment controls, particle effects (bubbles, firefly, rain, snow, clouds, smoke, fire, star), transform (deform like Kai's Power Goo), 14 text effects, lighting effects, kaleidoscope, magic gradient, turnpage, brightness, contrast, color balance, focus, straighten, crop, duplicate, fill, expand, rotate, flip, stitch, trace, style, hue, tone map, saturation, invert, color level, adjust dimensions, adjust resolution, image frames, shadowing, set image as Windows wallpaper, full screen view, browser preview, zoom, Web background designer, HTML Image Assistant, image map tag, button and frame designers, create seamless tile, post to Web, send in an e-mail message, undo before, redo to, scanner and digital camera support, restore, place as base image or object, grid, horizontal/vertical rulers, dynamic toolbars, on-line help and more. The CD-ROM also contains Ulead COOL 360 1.0. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 120.67MB

MGI VideoWave III 3.00 Copyright © 1999 MGI Software Corp. A video production suite, VideoWave III creates MPEG-2 "movies." Features include create new production, storyline with 52 transitions, Cutting Room, Darkroom with brightness, contrast, full color and red/green/blue slider controls, 26 video special effects, text animator with 9 special effects, video animator, Audio Studio with multi-track mix, fade in/out, repeat, volume control and L/R volume indicators, capture video, output to video, preview window, on-line help and much more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 51.50MB

Holiday & Entertainment     Computers can do the workload of thousands of people on a single machine. They can process information billions of times faster than the human brain. But the one thing a computer can't do is feel. It can't be happy. It can't be sad. It can't get angry, and it can't have fun.     Humans, on the other hand, do feel. They have emotions and want to have some fun in their lives. A computer is just as capable of processing fun data as it is practical data.     Holiday-related and entertainment software bring some of the fun out in computers. From Santa ho-ho-hoing to virtual trick-or-treating, your computer can give you something to smile about between the average routines of life.

Christmas for Windows Release 8 Copyright © 1998 MakeItSo Software Deck your website with holiday cheer and auto-starting Christmas carols, "hang" your Christmas icons on your computer's display, put up the holiday wallpaper, and don't forget to customize that Christmas screen saver -- it's Christmas for Windows Release 8! This version features a graphical "room" interface with animated objects and picture links to clipart, activities, stationary projects, desktop wallpaper utility, icon utility to put Christmas icons on the desktop, screen savers, electronic greeting card, games, on-line help, and configuration options. It has many sounds such as a cat meowing, clock ticking, fire crackling, mouse squeaking, and Christmas carols -- all playing simultaneously. You can turn off sounds and animations. Activities include coloring pages, cut outs, mazes, and connect-the-dots. It also has 66 wallpaper graphics, 15 screen savers, including a slide show saver, 5 games, 26 Christmas carols in audio CD format, 78 MIDI Christmas carols, 222 clipart and graphics images, French, German, and Italian versions, and a 16-bit Windows 3.1x version. There is also Thanksgiving and Halloween clipart, activities, and screen savers. Is this "The Nightmare Before Christmas?" This version was released on CD-ROM.   Total install size: 36.41MB

Integrated Suite     In the mid-1990's, when the PC computing "platform" shifted from 16-bit Windows 3.1x to 32-bit Windows 95, "office" suites became the way most businesses and people bought application software.     "Integrated" suites were almost unheard of by this time. Only the most established application software companies survived in the 32-bit Windows 95 software market. Among them were Corel Corporation and Lotus Development Corporation (later, a subsidiary of IBM), both offering "office" suites in place of integrated suites.

Microsoft Works & Bookshelf 95 Copyright © 1995 Microsoft Corporation These are Microsoft's first 32-bit versions of Works 95 (4.0) and Bookshelf 95 released as a special CD-ROM bundle. Works is Microsoft's integrated word processor/spreadsheet/database/comm suite. It features a TaskWizard which has pre-defined document templates to create letters, memos, manuscripts, databases, envelopes, mailing labels, loan calculations, financial statements, and more. In this "Bookshelf edition" of MS Works, Microsoft also included 500 clip art images. Microsoft Bookshelf is on-line reference manuals including a dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac, and people's chronology. It originally retailed for US$69.95. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 31.15MB

Microsoft Works & Money 95 Copyright © 1995 Microsoft Corporation This is a software bundle of Microsoft's first 32-bit versions of Works 95 (4.0) and a full release of Money 95 (4.0a). Works 95 is Microsoft's integrated productivity suite. Money 95 features Quicken data import, account register, payment calendar, on-line banking/bill paying/stock quotes, account manager, investment portfolio, report and chart gallery, customizable payee/category lists, planning wizards for interest on accounts, retirement, savings, mortgages and loans, chart of the day, data backup/ restore, on-line help, and more. In future bundles of Works and Money, Microsoft would scale back Money releases to a "Standard" version and sell a separate, more robust full version. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 45.69MB

ClarisWorks 5.0 Copyright © 1997 Claris Corporation Originally written for Macintosh systems, ClarisWorks is an integrated system featuring work processor, spreadsheet, database, communication, draw and paint programs. The draw and paint tools are available in all ClarisWorks programs. The word processor features spell checker, thesaurus, word count, equation editor, headers, footers, columns, document ruler and more. The spreadsheet features 103 functions, 7 data formats, 7 cell formatting styles, cell protection, auto calc, 12 chart types, auto grid, lock titles, etc. The database program features 14 field types, FileMaker Pro-style toolbar record browser graphical form designer, etc. The communications portion is a link to Windows 95's HyperTerminal program. Draw and Paint programs share the drawing toolbar features and others such as patterns, textures, gradients. Draw features include free rotate, reshape, scale, move to front/back, align to grid, etc. Paint features include shear, distort, perspective, invert, blend, tint, lighter/darker, pick up, fill and more. "Assistants" help with calendars, business cards, certificates, home financing, and more. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: ~ 37MB

Legal     Can you afford attorney fees? Then you certainly can afford the cost of a PC and legal document software. With a legal document program you can create certifiably legal documents complete with all the legal jargon for wills, power of attorney, employment agreements, trust forms, bankruptcy, bail, insurance claims, legal guardian, guarantees, bill of sale and on and on.      A notary public is far less costly. Save your lawyer for the "big" issues and print the legal paperwork yourself!

Quicken Business Law Partner 4.0 Copyright © 1998 Parsons Technology, Inc. Parsons Technology, Inc. licensed the Quicken name from Intuit to give their program name recognition. Quicken Business Law Partner is a resource of 101 legal documents including Articles of Incorporation, Bankruptcy Worksheet, Business Loan Application, Confidentiality Agreement, copyright applications, Corporate Bylaws, Defending a Business Lawsuit, Demand for Money Owed, Employment Application, FBI-CIA Records Request, IRS forms, Freedom of Information Appeal, License Agreement, Limited Liability Company Worksheet, Notice of Contract Default, Real Estate Lease, Rental Application, Sale of Business Assets Worksheet, Trademark Application Worksheet, and many more. Other features include Legal Library with document information, business formations, Ask Arthur Miller in which he answers 48 business-related questions in multimedia AVI audio/visual files, optional pay updates to activate the American Bar Association Family Legal Guide and The Plain-Language Law Dictionary, Legal Search, "How Do I?" help utility, and Internet links to Parsons Technology's website. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 13.20MB

Quicken Family Lawyer ' 99 9.0 Copyright © 1998 Parsons Technology, Inc. Family Lawyer is actually a newer version of Parsons Technology's "It's Legal" software originally created for DOS and Windows 3.x. Using the same Document Advisor as Quicken Business Law Partner, Family Lawyer is a resource of 155 legal documents including bill of sale, living will, power of attorney, wills, and many more. It interviews you to determine which legal documents apply to your situation. Other features include the Legal Library which includes Document Information, Evaluating Documents, Ask Arthur Miller, and previews to two features of Family Lawyer '99 Deluxe as incentives to upgrade. It also has Legal Search to search for specific documents, "How Do I?" help utility, and Internet links to Parsons Technology's website. Intuit acquired this title and puts their Quicken name on it for name recognition. This version was released on CD-ROM. Total install size: 19.15MB

Office Suite     When the computing "platform" shifted from 16-bit Windows 3.1x to 32-bit Windows 95, "office" suites became the way businesses and home consumers bought application software. By 1998, "Integrated" software suites were almost unheard of. Microsoft Works was the last PC-based integrated suite, mainly distributed as OEM installations on new computers.      Only the biggest software companies in the office suite market survived to 32-bit Windows 95 -- Corel Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation, and Microsoft Corporation. In 1996, Corel acquired Novell's WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations, Paradox, InfoCentral, Envoy, and Dragon speech recognition application software to create their 32-bi