The GUIDE To Free Software

   Charlottesville, VA - Owning a computer doesn't require spending a
fortune for programs.  Software that doesn't cost a dime is available
to do most any job, according to Rey Barry who's been running the
"Freeware Hall of Fame" since 1989.

   With so many good free programs for DOS, Windows, and OS/2 you can
do practically anything when you know what to look for. Getting them
can be free also, taking a few minutes over a phone line. See a
program you want to try?  You can be running it 5 minutes later.

   Rey was a real estate broker for 20 years, a quarter of it as
chairman of his Board of Realtors computer committee.  He's been
evaluating software to run realty offices since 1984 and knows
software from Bulletin Boards and the Internet can equal anything
available in stores, and is far less expensive. Free, in fact, as
hundreds of his fellow Realtors will attest.

   When a virus expert told him he was less likely to get a virus from
a BBS than from store-bought software, he was skeptical.  So he asked
a lot of virus experts and 100% of them said yes, it's true.

   When he retired, Rey published "The Guide to Free Software," a
paperback available by mail.  It names and describes 1,743 free
programs and tells how to find them -- and a lot more -- on the
Internet and on your neighborhood Bulletin Board.  It also reveals
what the virus experts told him.
 
 HOMEPC Magazine (10/95) termed the Guide "worth its weight in gold"
    and topped its BEST BUYS column with praise for the book.
 COMPUTER SHOPPER (11/95) called Rey's Freeware "a treasure trove."
 BBS Magazine (5/95) said Rey has "...the finest utilities and
    applications available.  Many are tools you couldn't find
    elsewhere at any price."

   From A to Z they range from anti-virus programs (a top-rated one is
Freeware) to back-up programs to ZipCode bulk mail managers.  There
are loan analyzers, spell checkers (the best!), legal forms, schedule
planners, software to create multi-media presentations, modem control
software,  HTML editors to create your own World Wide Web advertising
(a FreeHOF specialty,) network utilities, computer diagnostics,
conversion programs galore, and 100+ programs to manage on-line
services including the Internet.

   Databases include the entire world's telephone area codes; songs
and composers; up-to-the-minute tour guides to assist in travel and
possible retirement; the current U.S. Census and past censuses back to
1630; the amazingly detailed CIA Atlas analyzing every country in the
world -- and much more.

   Who publishes free software?  The government, companies and
individuals.  For example, Microsoft and IBM issue free programs and
both are included in the Guide.  Programmers are often at the top of
the profession, and Freeware can reflect the highest level of concept,
execution, and documentation.

   The Guide has three parts.  One lists specific programs in 105
categories.  The second lists more than 1,000 Freeware authors.  And
don't skip the important Introduction.  It tells how to find the
programs on neighborhood Bulletin Boards and on the Internet.  We list
key Internet addresses to locate programs.

   Added bonus:  expert advice on viruses and trojans.  Follow it and
   you'll never see one.

Order the GUIDE from the Freeware Hall of Fame
                         1561 Dairy Road
                         Charlottesville, VA 22903-1303.
Shipping and VA tax included in the price of $20 US or the current
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