Welcome to Matrix Software's Automated ShareWare Catalog System. ASC for short. This catalog disk contains over 500 of the very best shareware programs for your IBM (or compatible) computer. Catalog disks are published twice a year and are available for distribution on June 1st and December 1st. Programs are available on 5¬" disks for 89› each or on 3«" disks for $1.39 each. Packing & Shipping Charges are $2.00 for the first 3 disks plus 25› for each additional disk. Although we only sell our program disks to ASC club members, we have made it very easy to become a member. Membership may be acquired along with your first order and must be purchased in three, six or twelve month blocks. You may renew or add to your membership with this catalog disk through it's expiration date. You may place orders from it until your current membership expires, then you must use a current catalog disk to renew with. You must have a current membership in order to purchase program disks at the discounted rate. FEES FOR MEMBERSHIP ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Three month membership - - - -> $7.50 2. Six month membership - - - - -> $12.00 3. Twelve month membership - - -> $18.00 After you have had a chance to look through the catalog and mark the disks you want, you will be allowed to choose one of the memberships. Be sure you include your membership dues with your first order to avoid any delay in shipment . If you are already a member you do not need to select a membership option, however, should you choose to add to your membership, we will adjust your expiration date accordingly. The ASC catalog disk is very easy to use and place orders from. With a printed catalog, most of us turn immediately to the section that would be most likely to have the kind of programs we are interested in at the time. We would scan quickly to see if something of interest would jump out at us. If we find something, we sometimes make a mark by it so we can find it again quickly, when and if we decide to order. That's pretty much the way ASC works except it lets you select programs to display from KEY WORDS or phrases. You are going to be pleasantly surprised at how helpful this is in finding the programs you want, quickly and easily. The ShareWare Catalog has been divided into two sections, Section one contains Business, Personal, and General Purpose type programs. Section two is the Game section. From the front page or categories screen, simply select the section containing the type of programs you want to look for. Once loaded you can scan through in much the same way you would with a printed catalog. The first page of the selected section will be displayed (six programs per page). You can now move through the catalog with the cursor control keys as follows: Home - Will always display the first page of the catalog. End - Will always display the last page of the catalog. Pg Up - Moves you up or backward in the catalog. Pg Dn - Moves you down or forward in the catalog. Up Arrow - Moves the HI-LITER (reverse video) up on the page. Down Arrow - Moves the HI-LITER down on the page. You may browse through the catalog one program/page at a time or, you can let your computer find the program(s) that are of interest to you by using the ind feature of ASC. Suppose you are looking for a good Mailing List program. Type . At the bottom of the screen you will see a message; Enter phrase to search for: Type mail, list or mail list and press . ASC will do a global search and display all programs with any match it finds in the program name or description to the search phrase. Sometimes there are lots of matches to the search phrase. Suppose you have a computer with a VGA graphics adapter and you want to see the programs that will take advantage of your hardware. Press to find, then search for VGA or vga (search is not case sensitive). ASC will pause and display a Press any key to continue message after six programs have been displayed. If a program comes up that you think you might want to order, you need to mark it. The best way to ark programs while you are in a FIND or SEARCH mode is to find the program again, this time by order number. Press to find, then type the order number of the desired program and press . NOTE: The ind and earch features can be used to enter a new search phrase even while a search is in progress. When the program appears on the screen with the "No more matches found" message, press any key to exit the search mode. You can mark programs of interest by pressing when the desired program is Hi-Lited on your screen. When you mark programs, a û mark will be placed in front of the order number for that program and the program description will appear bright on your screen. (Red if you have a color monitor) To review the programs that you have marked, press . Un-mark programs by pressing with the Hi-Liter over the marked program. You can move from the Business section to the Game section (and vice-versa) without losing the programs you have marked however the review feature will only review the marked programs in the section you have loaded. The disks marked count will always be correct regardless of which section you are in. When you are done selecting programs, press to get back to the Program Categories page. The maximum number of program disks per order is 35. If you need to order more you will need to use more than one order form. At the Program Categories page, press <5> to review your marked programs and complete the order. All orders are subject to availability. If any program disks are back ordered, they will be sent to you within 10 days with no additional shipping charges, or you may request a substitution or refund on those items. We think you will find ASC fun and easy to use. Please contact us or your sponsor if you have any problems or questions about this catalog disk. Members who choose to be sponsors, are paid commissions from purchases made by members they have sponsored (and through 8 levels of members thereafter). A text file on this disk called EARN$.TXT gives complete details about our marketing program and the sponsor's commission structure. If you would like to view this file, select number 4 at the Program Categories page. ---------- PRESS TO RETURN TO THE PROGRAM CATEGORIES PAGE -------------