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ISSUE 106  FEBRUARY 1996		© Windows OnLine, 1992-96


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	Ergonomic Computing, by Amara Graps Don't Let Your Computer Cripple You!
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RED PENCIL PONDERINGS

comments from Bob Gollihur, WOLR Editor

And yet it happened to me. I smiled to myself as I reviewed ZAP! a few months ago, a book warning against computer injuries. Looking around my home office, I was proud of the arrangements I’d made, of my kludge of contraptions, custom-built keyboard trays and other concessions to the science of ergonomics. Other than an All-American, low-back problem, I was safe and sound from computer-hurt. Or so I thought.

As I type this, my wrists ache, and it’s early yet. Later on, my arms will follow, and if I haven’t got enough self-discipline to stop, my fingers on one hand or the other will begin to numb out. If so, I went too far, and will pay for it tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day...

I don’t want this to happen to you. The more I learn more about this insidious problem that seems to be growing to epidemic proportions, the more I want to share the information with others. It put me out of work for a week in December, and today continues to limit my productivity. Avoid the problem — learn about it and make corrections now, before you fall off the edge.

This month’s essay, Ergonomic Computing, by Amara Graps, covers the topic well, and will refer you to many excellent resources. We thank her for her kindness in providing this piece. There also will be reviews on products that are oriented towards this topic to review, we have some on hand and others on the way, and are working to bring you additional articles on the topic.

I didn’t think it could happen to me. But it did. Read, learn, pay attention to this not just potential, but likely problem. It can happen to you. Stay healthy.

Bob Gollihur, Editor

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It is said that Bob rules WOLR with an iron keyboard. Perhaps that’s how he hurt his hands.


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CACHE LA BYTE COMMENTARY

commentary by Thom Foulks

I goshgoldanguarateeya that my Christmas season computer experiences were nothing like yours. Unless you live in Chugwater, Wyoming, where they say things like "goshgoldanguarateeya." At least, I have it on good authority that their resident auto mechanic says things like that.  I didn't meet him during the weekend I spent in a couple of hours in Chugwater, because he had gone to Arizona for the winter.

Anyway, there I (we) was (were) on Dec. 29th, at a nice Formica-topped coffee table in Chugwater's famous Horton's Corner do-everything store, wishing I could check my email.  My oldest son (one of four Foulks midway through this 400-mile outing from my daughter's Gillette, WY home to Colorado Springs) was learning that the local payphone would not accept his high mucky-muck California high-tech firm long distance credit card, so he couldn't even check his voicemail. I decided an email check, modem to payphone, was futile.

We weren't there by plan; my Dodge Caravan had developed an engine problem, a day before the start of the New Year's Eve holiday weekend.  Ready to sit that out, I had been thinking about how neat it would be if I just plugged a PC into the phone and caught up with what else was happening in "our" world. I'm not currently carrying a laptop, but on this trip, the Caravan was conveniently carrying a PC owned by a Gillette-based son who wanted dad to give it a good going-over. I knew I could fire up the PC. But given Thom, Jr.'s connect problems, I knew I had no hope of getting a reasonable modem connection.

Wendy (Jr.'s English-born wife) wasn't perturbed that her husband couldn't get his voicemail and I couldn't get my email.  She filched a copy of National Enquirer, and spent an hour catching up on the latest Princess Di rumors.  My other son present, Dana (a California-based graphics designer for Electronic Data Systems), stared out the window, jaws clinched tightly. Stared, and stared.

How did this whole family of high-tech geniuses get reduced to coffee-sipping loafers? Well, the Caravan had developed some kind of (we're still not sure) oil-splattering engine problem that had all of us portaged 70 miles from Chugwater to Cheyenne.  The Caravan rode comfortably on the flat-bed car-hauling trailer, while we four snuggled up against the driver in the single-seat tow truck ("Hey, I've had six in here," he said. I said, to my offspring, "This is true family togetherness.").

By now, I know, you're wondering what in the world this drivel has to do with computers.  Are you supposed to be learning something from this?

Yes, you are.  You, me, everyone else reading this, are quite comfortable at our own homebase terminals.  We can exercise and use a communications power today the world has never known before. We use it, get accustomed to it, and get reliant on it.

And we're worse than a fish out of water when we don't have the linkages to use that power.

There are many new communications technologies coming down the pike.  Wireless LANs are already here, and wireless Internet connections are being tested. The telephone companies all want into the action (ditto, CATV and utilities companies; as well as existing Internet service providers). Alas, they all seem adrift, trying to give you and I Internet-TV and similar muck.

I think they may all be missing the point of worldwide connectivity. I'd just like to plug into a pay phone at Chugwater and access my email. When we can do that, I promise I'll leave a larger tip for Horton's coffee waitress.

commentary by

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Thom Foulks

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At last report, Thom's Caravan is still undergoing major replacement surgery. But he swears Wyoming's new 75mph speed limit had nothing to do with the problems.


ERGONOMIC COMPUTING

an essay by Amara Graps

RSIs (Repetitive Strain Injuries) are an enormous problem. “It’s epidemic,” was this doctor’s response was to my question: “What percentage of yours and your colleagues’ patients have injuries caused by computer usage?”

Surprised? Look around at the computer users you know, and ask them if they have experienced pain and weakness in their hands and arms, especially after long hours of days, weeks, and months in front of a computer. I believe their answers will bear out the doctor’s claim. But in case you don’t believe me, let’s look at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:

Year	# of RSI cases	% of all illnesses
1978	20,200	14%
1979	21,900	15%
1980	23,200	18%
1981	23,000	18%
1982	22,600	21%
1983	26,700	25%
1984	37,700	28%
1985	37,000	30%
1986	45,500	33%
1987	72,900	38%
1988	115,300	48%
1989	146,900	52%
1990	185,400	56%

I will examine this unfortunate side effect, Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), of the Digital Age in this essay. It has probably affected someone you know. I hope this information will cause you to pause, look at your computer setup and initiate changes that make your computing safer and more comfortable. And if you’ve already experienced some of RSI’s disabling and career-threatening effects, I hope that this article eases some of your anxieties by describing methods, approaches and treatments that have helped others.

Definition and Symptoms

RSI (also known as RMI, repetitive movement injury, OOS, occupational overuse syndrome, and cumulative trauma disorder, CTD) is a description, and not a diagnosis. It is a grab bag term that has many causes and many manifestations. Carpal tunnel syndrome, CTS, is a specific condition, and therefore a diagnosis. It is this sort of semantic confusion that leads to the very misleading “RSI does not exist” tabloid stories.

The many diagnosable disorders that RSI encompasses include carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve entrapment, deQuervain’s syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, tennis elbow, and tendonitis. See explanations of many of these disorders in the glossary at the end of the article.

An RSI develops slowly and can affect many parts of the body. Many symptoms may come and go before settling in: aching, tenderness, swelling, pain, cracking, tingling, numbness, loss of strength, loss of joint movement, and diminishing coordination of the injured area.

These symptoms can then lead to the disorders listed above. Users should stop whatever is causing any symptoms and see a doctor as soon as possible. The difference of a day or two can mean the difference between a short recovery and a long, drawn-out ordeal.

Causes

The causes of RSI are controversial. While every RSI sufferer knows that a stressful day will worsen their symptoms, simply by increasing muscle tension and thereby pain, RSI is definitely not “all in the mind.” The spread of RSI within a workplace may even be exacerbated by anxiety once a few people have RSI, but anxiety is not sufficient to cause RSI. Rather, RSI is caused by many shared and individual factors, including physical fitness, muscle tension, individual work habits, stress, long hours, lack of breaks, bad ergonomics, and poor, static posture.

One of the greatest risk factors leading to RSI is the restriction of circulation to muscles, tendons, and nerves during repetitive use. During static contraction (hold your arm out to the side, say), circulation is nearly stopped, which is why you can’t do it for very long. The oxygen is used up. During repeated contractions the effect is just delayed. Under the kind of demands we place on our bodies during computing, these tissues need all of the nutrients and oxygen they can possibly get from our blood. Also, the blood must flow freely to carry off the additional waste products that cause pain. Both lactic acid and carbon dioxide are produced by said use.

Other factors constrict blood flow to your extremities, setting up a vicious cycle. One factor is any existing injury. Injured tissue inflames during repetitive motions. This pressure limits circulation. Then, once one muscle hurts, all its neighbors tense up, perhaps to relieve the load. This makes sense for your normal sort of injury, but it only makes things worse with repetitive motion. More tension means less blood flow, and the cycle continues.

Treatment

So you’ve decided to see your doctor because you suspect you have an RSI. What kind of treatment can you expect?

A typical first-time treatment is a prescription for ibuproben, a wrist-brace, and instructions to ice and rest the affected area. Additional treatment may include physical therapy. If none of this helps, you’ll most likely be sent to a specialist, a surgeon, for possible surgery. A rather bleak scenario, in my opinion.

What can you do?

Be proactive and involved in your treatment. Realize that your doctor may not know much more than you about the specifics of your injury and the kind of treatments to try. One fact is clear: there is little agreement among doctors on effective treatments. If you wish a complete recovery, then it will be up to you.

The following therapies, treatments and disciplines have helped many people with an RSI. They fall into the following three categories.

1.  Ergonomics to prevent further injury

2.  Habits that heal and promote health

3.  Help to restore health.

I will discuss ergonomics in some detail later on. First, I will discuss habits that heal and promote health.

Habits for Healing and Promoting Health

Promoting habits for healing and health is a matter of personal taste. Investigate and learn what works for you. Good methods to try are the following.

For more effective posture, breathing, and coordination: Try the Feldenkrais method or the Alexander technique.

For stretching and gentle body movement: Try Yoga, Chi Kung, Ba Duan Jin, or Tai Chi.

For reducing stress (which can cause a large negative physical reaction): Try meditation, visualization exercises, taking deep breaths, sensory deprivation tanks, or going for a walk.

For learning to let go of neck, shoulder and upper back muscles: Try biofeedback.

For working through sore, stiff, or sensitive muscles: Try massage, physiotherapy, trigger point therapy, acupressure or shiatsu.

For vitamin therapy: Try 200 mg./day of B6. Anti-oxidant vitamins E, C, and beta carotene have also helped some people.

For improving nutritive intake: Try cutting out sugar.

For keeping your hands warm and flexible: Try wearing Handeze or some other fingerless gloves. Squeezing rubber racquetballs, working with soft putty, or playing with Chinese health balls throughout the day have also helped many people.

For increasing hand vitality and working through soreness: Try warm-cold contrast baths.

For reducing inflammation and pain: Try ice or a package of frozen vegetables (like peas) on the affected area.

For relieving neck strain after sleeping: Use a cervical roll and don’t sleep on your stomach.

For general well-being: Take frequent rest breaks. Five minute rests are recommended every 20 minutes, or better yet, a thirty second break every three minutes, and get up out of your chair at least once an hour. Drink lots of water, exercise, stretch, and move around often, and sleep well.

Some Posture Guidelines

Let your shoulders relax.

Let your elbows swing free.

Keep your wrists straight.

Pull your chin in to look down -- don’t flop your head forward.

Keep the hollow in the base of your spine.

Try leaning back in the chair.

Don’t slouch or slump forward.

Alter your posture from time to time.

Every 20 minutes, get up and bend your spine backward.

Help to Restore Health

Conventional medicine mostly addresses treating the symptoms. We need to focus on the causes and view the body as a complete system. You will have to go through some trial-and-error to find a specialist that practices a skill that works for you since each repetitive injury case is different. My observations of other injured people are that the following doctors (who take a ‘whole-body’ approach) have been helpful to various individuals: Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Kinesiologists, Physiatrists, Acupuncturists, Bonnie Pruden therapists, and Massage Therapists.

Workstation Ergonomics

RSI and associated poor ergonomics not only affect the health of computer users -- they hit the finances of their employers as well. One direct cost is a productivity loss of 20 per cent in keying at an non-ergonomic workstation, according to one study. A Norwegian company discovered the indirect costs by redesigning assembly workers’ workstations, reducing RSI -- it made an 840 per cent return on its investment, simply by reducing the cost of sick leave and staff turnover.

Right-angle Rule

The basic principle behind an ergonomically-sound workstation setup involves right angles. Your feet should rest flat on the floor, your calves should be perpendicular to the floor and to your thighs, which should be parallel to the floor, and the angle between your thighs and back should be at least 90 degrees. Your arms should hang relaxed at your sides, and your forearms should project out straight in front of you, forming another 90 degree angle. Your wrists should be straight, not arched upward. You might adjust your keyboard for this, or you might have to adjust your chair and desk height. Standard typing height is supposedly 27 inches, but that will vary with your height.

Armrests

The use of armrests on chairs is a controversial subject in the ergonomics community. Ulnar nerve entrapment can result from resting forearms and elbows against hard surfaces, like some armrests. However, an armrest can provide some support if you are already injured, as long as the armrest is well padded and is not forcing your shoulders up and preventing you from relaxing your upper body. My personal experience with armrests was that as I healed, I found them to be more of an impediment than a help, so I rarely use them nowadays.

Monitor Placement

For distance from your monitor, you should be between 18 and 28 inches away from your screen, and the screen should be adjusted so that it is between 15 and 30 degrees below your straight-ahead line of sight. If the screen is much lower than that, you’ll probably end up slouching.

Alternative input devices

Look into alternative input methods that will reduce strain on your hands and wrists. Many heavy computer keyboardists have found the split and adjustable keyboards to be more comfortable. The most common alternative input device is the trackball, but the new “trackpad” is generating a lot of interest and converts these days too.

More esoteric input devices include chord keyboards and voice recognition systems. Chord keyboards may help reduce CTS problems because you don’t have to move your hand at the wrist to reach all the keys. Voice recognition systems are powerful, but both you and the software will have to train each other. You will need to learn ways of speaking to not strain your voice, and the software will have to be trained to recognize your speaking patterns.

Wrist Pads

Wrist pads and rests are usually neoprene pads that many people put in front of their keyboards. The wrist pads help in two ways. First, the wrist pad is designed to remind you to lift up your wrist slightly so that your hands don’t rest on any surface as you type, because that angle can compress the carpal tunnel. Secondly, when you pause in your typing, you probably put your hands down, and it’s better to rest them on a soft pad than on the hard corner of a desk, which can cut off circulation and compress the carpal tunnel. However, please keep the following thought in mind with regard to wrist rests: Don’t rest your wrist on your wrist pad as you type! Many people are never told how to use wrist rests properly, so they slide their poor injured wrists along the padding, further exasperating their injury.

An aside — Wrist Braces

Wrist braces can be a help, or a painful hindrance. Their effect depends on the diagnosis and if the possible cause of overload is bad wrist posture. The main rule of thumb is to pay close attention to how your hand and wrist feels, and if it’s causing you to work against it, don’t wear it. My personal experience, and that of some specialists, is that it isn’t a good idea to wear wrist braces while you are actively using your hands, only when your hands are resting or passive, such as when you’re asleep.

The Chair

The chair is probably your most important piece of ergonomic furniture. The following are the basics.

Tilt the seat pan to get your thighs slightly higher than your knees. 	This straightens the spine and helps support your head and arms.

Check that the seat pan is in contact with your thighs but not touching the inside of your knees. (You run the risk of cutting off circulation in your legs.)

Check that the seat pan is not so deep that your back doesn’t make contact.

Check that your chair has a tiltable back. Ergonomic wisdom says that you should not sit bolt-straight, but a little back (no more than 10 degrees). Let the chair take a little bit of your weight.

Adjust the height of the seat so that your thighs rest on the seat pan plus places your feet firmly on the floor. If you have to be higher to get in the right relationship to the desk or the keyboard, then use a footrest.

If you want armrests...

Check that the armrests are not too wide apart. Too wide leads to more ulnar deviation at the wrist.

Check that the armrests are not too close together. Too close together interferes with your arms during typing.

Check that the armrests are not too high. You don’t want the armrests to force your shoulders up because it leads to Thoracic Outlet problems, and neck and shoulder tightness.

Check that the armrests are not too low. Too low leads to a rounding of the spine, contraction of the chest, and restricted breathing.

Check that the armrests not too hard. If it’s too hard, it puts pressure on ulnar nerve at the cubital tunnel at the elbow.

Those are the basics. The most important thing to ask yourself is: Are you comfortable throughout a day’s work? If it feels good and you tend not to shift trying to get comfortable, then you are probably less at risk of injury or reinjury.

And remember -- we’re not robots. Move around. Get up. A good chair lets you have a little room to move so you can stay loose. Leaning and slumping is OK once in a while. Just don’t make that your continual working position.

Some RSI Resources

RSI Network Newsletter

This bi-monthly, on-line newsletter is produced by Caroline Rose and distributed on-line by Craig O’Donnell. Subscribe by sending email with any subject to: majordomo@world.std.com with the message body reading: subscribe rsi

Some Anonymous FTP & Gopher sites

ftp.std.com; gopher or anonymous ftp;

/pub/boston-rsi for the Boston RSI archive

/pub/rsi for the RSI Network Newsletter

ftp.csua.berkeley.edu; anonymous ftp;

/pub/tuping-injury; Extensive RSI info!

Some World Wide Web sites related to RSIs

Typing Injury FAQ Home Page

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~dwallach/tifaq/

Typing Injury Archive Gifs

http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/rsi/typing-gif.html

Ergonomics Lab Home Page

http://www.internex.net/multipresence/ergonomics.html

Safe Computing Home Page

http://www.netmedia.com/safe

Onsight Technology Education Services

http://www.ihr.com/onsight/

UN-L R.S.I. Page

http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/rsi.html

ErgoWeb Home Page

http://ergoweb.mech.utah.edu/

Human Computer Interaction Lab

http://www.omg.unb.ca/hci/

HANDWEL Home Page

http://www.io.org/~paltron/rsi/

Command Corp. (IN CUBE)

http://www.commandcorp.com/incube_welcome.html

The DragonDictate / Speech Recognition FAQ

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sac/dd-faq.html#Contents

a2x FAQ

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sac/a2x-faq.html

Voice Recognition Software

http://www.accessone.com/~mrbones/

Total Health Marketing

http://www.xmission.com/~total/health.html

Disability Resources from Evan Kemp Assoc

http://disability.com

Usernomics

http://www.usernomics.com/

CTD News

http://ctdnews.com/

Alan Hedge’s RSI Study

http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Research/MetaSoft/Articles/CIE/IRI/Hedge/hedge.html

Alan Hedge’s Human Factors Home Page

http://www.tc.cornell.edu:80/~hedge/

RSI-UK: Internet Resources Page

http://www.demon.co.uk/rsi/netrsors.html

Ergonomics/Human Factors Links (Teuvo Uusitalo)

http://turva.me.tut.fi/~tuusital/ergonomics.html

Repetitive Stress Injuries Essay (Tech Times)

http://hoohana.aloha.net/~billpeay/TECHT08.html

A Patient’s Guide to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Essay

http://www.cyberport.net/mmg/cts/ctsintro.html

Some RSI Resources

http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~rob/rsi/rsi.html

OSHA

http://www.osha.gov

Yahoo- Computer-Related Health Hazards

http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Workplace/Computer_Related_Health_Hazards/

Some Listserv Mailing Lists

Sorehand is a San Francisco-based listserv mailing list for people with

RSIs. Subscribe by sending email with any subject to: listserv@vm.ucsf.edu with the message body reading: subscribe sorehand Your Name

RSI-East is the east coast’s answer to Sorehand. Subscribe by sending

email with any subject to: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with the message body reading: subscribe rsi-east Your Name

Sci.med.rsi is an unmoderated newsgroup for the discussion of all aspects of Repetitive Strain Injuries. RSIs have many causes, with computing equipment playing a major role. Everybody in the online community who uses a keyboard or a pointing device is at risk for developing an RSI. Topics relevant for discussion include but are not limited to: Prevention through improved ergonomics; Diagnosis of injuries; Treatment of injuries; Workmen’s compensation, insurance, and other legal issues; Product reviews; Publication of other relevant newsletters; Offering support to fellow RSI sufferers.

Incomplete Glossary

Abduction: Moving away from the body.

Alexander technique: This concentrates on improving the use we make of our bodies. Alexander teachers can help RSI sufferers correct the habits that result in poor posture and muscle tension in computer work and other activities.

Ba Duan Jin: 	These Chinese exercises were invented several thousand years ago and used by monks and soldiers to improve their strength and health. Ba Duan Jin employs gentle stretching to stimulate the blood circulation and relieve any aches or pains.

Chi Kung: This Chinese discipline, which is related to Tai Chi Chuan, involves standing in certain positions that enhance the ‘chi’ or energy. It is very useful for short term pain relief and long term healing, and can also be used to prevent work-related health problems.

CTD: 	Cumulative Trauma Dis order -- another synonym for RSI.

CTS: 	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (see below).

Feldenkrais Method: A system of gentle exercise and hands-on manipulation that encourages more effective posture, breathing, and coordination.

Hyperextension: Marked bending at a joint.

OOS: 	Occupational Overuse Syndrome -- synonym for RSI.

Overspanning: Opening the fingers out wide.

Physiotherapy: This involves mobilising the neck and upper back, which are usually stiff in cases of RSI, together with ‘neural stretches’ to lengthen contracted nerves, which appear to cause pain in some forms of RSI.

Pinch grip: The grip used for a pencil.

Power grip: The grip used for a hammer.

Pronation: Turning the palm down.

Radial Deviation: Bending the wrist toward the thumb.

Relaxation techniques: There are many approaches to relaxation, often based on deep breathing using the diaphragm, that help to soften tense muscles and reduce fatigue.

RSI: 	Repetitive Strain Injury - a general term for many kinds of repetitive motion injuries.

Supination: Turning the palm up.

Trigger point therapy: This is superficially similar to acupressure or shiatsu but also employs stretching and exercise. It immediately relaxes muscles that are in spasm, and can also help back ache and migraine. Some physiotherapists practise this in the UK, but a comprehensive book and self treatment tools are also available from the US.

Ulnar deviation: Bending the wrist towards the little finger.

Wrist extension: Bending the wrist up.

Wrist flexion: Bending the wrist down.

Types of Injuries

Injured areas come in two main types: Local conditions and diffuse conditions. Local problems are what you’d expect: specific muscles, tendons, tendon sheaths, nerves, etc. being inflamed or otherwise hurt. Diffuse conditions, often mistaken for local problems, can involve muscle discomfort, pain, burning and/or tingling; with identifiable areas of tenderness in muscles, although they’re not necessarily “the problem.”

Note that most injuries come in two flavors: acute and chronic. Acute injuries are severely painful and noticable. Chronic conditions have less pronounced symptoms but are every bit as real.

Adverse Mechanical Tension:

Also known as ‘neural tension’, this is where the nerves running down to your arm have become contracted and possibly compressed as a result of muscle spasms in the shoulders and elsewhere. AMT can often misdiagnosed as or associated with one of the other OOS disorders. It is largely reversible and can be treated with physiotherapy (brachial plexus stretches and trigger point therapy).

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:

The nerves that run through your wrist into your fingers get trapped by the inflamed muscles around them. Symptoms include feeling “pins and needles”, tingling, numbness, and even loss of sensation. CTS is often confused for a diffuse condition.

Tendonitis:

An inflammation of a tendon. Repeated tensing of a tendon can cause inflamation. Eventually, the fibers of the tendon start separating, and can even break, leaving behind debris which induces more friction, more swelling, and more pain. “Sub-acute” tendonitis is more common, which entails a dull ache over the wrist and forearm, some tenderness, and it gets worse with repetitive activity.

Tenosynovitis:

An inflamation of the tendon sheath. Chronic tenosynovitis occurs when the repetitive activity is mild or intermittent: not enough to cause acute inflamation, but enough to exceed the tendon sheath’s ability to lubricate the tendon. As a result, the tendon sheath thickens, gets inflamed, and you’ve got your problem.

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS):

Is a compression of nerves and vessels between the neck and shoulders--possibly caused by hunched or raised shoulders. (Could also be caused by extra rib.) Symptoms include pain in wrist/hand, just like carple tunnel. Lack of pulse in affected arm. Last two fingers of affected hand can be numb, or tingle. Also can turn blue due to lack of blood.

References

Pascarelli, Emil and Deborah Quilter, “Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User’s Guide,” Wiley, 1994.

R. Henning, S. Alteras, P. Kacques, G. Kissel, A. Sullivan, “Frequent, Short Breaks During Computer Work, The Effects on Productivity and Well Being in a Field Study, “ University of Connecticut.

Pinsky, Mark A., The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Book, Warner Books, 1993.

Sellers, Don, Zap!, Peachpit Press, 1994.

Montgomery, Kate, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Sports Touch Publishing, 1992.

Engst, Adam & Tonya, TidBITS#134/20-Jul-92.

Rose, Caroline (producer), The RSI Network Electronic Newsletter.

Donkin, Richard. (1994) “Typing Injury FAQ: Software Monitoring Tools” Usenet news.answers. Available via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/news.answers/typing-injury-faq/software. 8 pages.

Wallach, Dan S. (1994) “Typing Injury FAQ: General Info” Usenet news.answers. Available via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/news.answers/typing-injury-faq/general. 7 pages.

Wallach, Dan S. (1994) “Typing Injury FAQ: Keyboard Alternatives” Usenet news.answers. Available via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu in pub/usenet/news.answers/typing-injury-faq/keyboards. 14 pages.

an essay by

Amara Graps

agraps@netcom.com

http://www.amara.com/aboutme/rsi.html

Valuable contributions for this article came from the Sorehands mailing list and the RSI Network newsletter. The following contributors in particular have provided good information: Alan K. Jackson, Debbie Stiles, Michael Krugman, Adam and Tonya Engst, Joy Linn, Chris Moore, Dan Wallach, Linda Lamb, Martin Fouts, Philippe Bourgois, John Lamp, Gary Karp, Craig O’Donnell, Pete Johnson, Janet Alexander, Richard Donkin.


SHAREWARE BRIEFS

Quick Takes and Pure Opinion from Wolly

SCREEN PLAY

Save your screen and hands at the same time

Wolly decided to show a little concern for Bob’s malady and found this really cool screen saver, manager, and hand-saver. What’s really neat is that it handles all kinds of popular saver file formats, including SCR, SVX, AD and IMX, and has a ton of extended features — hot keys, mouse corners, password security, play lists, display power management support and, most important to Bob, a typing break reminder alarm. The slick dialog has all the features well organized, with sliders to adjust many of the options. It is one of the nicest and most flexible Wolly’s seen, and it’s cheap at that.

It’s important to take periodic typing breaks, and the Repetitive Stress module is not just a stupid timer, but a smart tool that measures your keyboard and mousing, compensating for when you take those unplanned phone call breaks, slow down, or speed up. Both keyboard and mouse use can be individually adjusted, and so can the length of your break time, which can be signaled for start and finish by separate WAV file alarms. While you can look at this module, it is the only thing that’s not operational in SCRPL201.ZIP (522K), but this program has a quick and unique registration option — call an automated 900 number and have just $10.00 added to your phone bill as you receive your registration key. Regular mail order pricing is also available, but the tag rises to $20.00 plus shipping. As we went to press the author told me that a commercially available bundle including this software, a booklet on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and neat hand exerciser called a “Cats Paw” to help prevent it will be available imminently. Look for a review in a future issue!

SCRAPS

Not the kind you would feed the dog

“Very Slick,” sez Wolly. Copy some text to the clipboard, and click on Scraps to create a wonderful little scrap with the text in it, that is, a window or icon containing the selection. Close it, and it’s saved as a text file to the SCRAPS subdirectory, delete it when you’re done with it, or use the usual rodent and keyboard shortcuts to grab all or pieces of your saved text. Best of all, SCRAP10.ZIP (15K) will let you save scads of scraps, and create little boxes or icons for each. Use them as you will, but send the author $5.00 if you love and use this little utility as much as Wolly did.

click me!

ICON EXTRACTOR

Open wide to expose all 32!

Wolly had a favorite program to extract icons from programs, but then what happened??? 32-bit programs came along and made it obsolete. But that’s okay, Gregory Braun (also the author of the freeware ToolBar program reviewed elsewhere in this issue) came to the rescue with this great freeware program. Icon Extractor loads and displays the ICON resources from all kinds of files, including DLL, EXE, ICO, ICL, IL and NIL formats, and lets you grab any and save them as individual ICO files. And yes, even those pesky 32-bit files! Grab ICONEXT.ZIP (41K) and grab icons. Wolly thanks author Braun for this replacement for his old icon grabber.

 SHOVEIT

I beg your pardon?

Here’s another goodie from Wolly’s “Should Have Been In Windows 95” department. ShoveIt 1.2 is a handy little freeware Windows 95 add-on. Sitting right in your taskbar tray, it moves windows so their control points (system menu, minimize and maximize buttons and exit button) are not obscured behind those oh-so-handy but sometimes a pain stay-on-top toolbars and taskbars. You’ll find this utility especially cool if you keep the Windows 95 taskbar at the top of the screen. ShoveIt can automatically move your program's title bar into full view so that it's no longer hidden by the taskbar. SHOVEIT1.ZIP (15K) also can keep window control points from disappearing off the right or left side of the screen.

 Wolly sez...

click me!

W-W-WEB IMAGES

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery

OK, most of us know the secret to a mostly successful web site — steal HTML code and graphics from other neat sites. Who needs a graphic artist when Save As is available from your browser menu? Regardless, Wolly thought he’d point out a handful of files that just made their appearance on Windows OnLine™ (BBS) that he found neat and helpful to his own artistic tendencies. ARROWS.ZIP (36K), BALLDOTS.ZIP (39K), BKGRND-1.ZIP (1460K), BKGRND-2.ZIP (333K), LINES.ZIP (118K), and ODDENDS.ZIP (399K) each include a wealth of images. Each of their filenames should be enough of a tip-off as to their contents. Dress up your home page with these freeware goodies. Excuse this combined graphic, dithered to 16 colors; the originals are 256 color GIFs and some JPGs.

 EXCHANGE BUDDY

Quotable context

Wolly still sticks with Exchange since he is too cheap to buy a real mailreader. You can make Exchange your buddy and create replies with quotes and fancy phrases á la many mail readers using EBDDY160.ZIP (504K), an apparently freeware goodie that adds capabilities, keywords, and two new toolbar buttons if you want them. Who could ask for anything more? And a big Wolly thanks to author David Boreham.

CRIBBAGE SQUARES SOLITARE

Wolly ain’t no square, and he doesn’t crib

Those of you who have stuck with Wolly over the years know of his general avoidance of shoot-‘em-up games and preference for peaceful word and card games, especially Cribbage. This variation on the theme lets you play sixteen cards as you might guess they would work out best to your advantage. CSS13.ZIP (389K) then scores your hands eight ways and displays the total. Wolly has high score, in fact, he has all five of the high scores the game keeps track of. The price, on the other hand, is low: just $7.00 for registration. Don’t crib. Pay the man.

MR. BURNS

...sees everything

Now that the “web” has surpassed Doom as the Number One corporate computer user distraction, has your productivity gone up or continued its downward spiral? Or is it some other game? If you want to play Big Brother to the troops, you can assign Mr. Burns to the task. This slimy little software program will spy on the PC activities (and inactivities) and report back when asked by the administration program. It doesn’t show up in the task list, so only the truly PC literati will find it, and only if they’re paranoid (or smart) enough to look. BURNS100.ZIP (129K) only fault is his price: $69.95, but Wolly has the sneaking suspicion that you’d better pay up if you use it, since it may be that the author somehow knows what you’re up to.

SICON

Come forward and be sav-ed

If it ain’t here, it can’t be converted. SICON40.ZIP (461K) has done more conversions than Billy Graham (the author sez this can do over 350,000), and has measures that Wolly never knew existed. It’s got its own calculator and can print out results, and is only $14.95. Click on any of these categories, and swim through another long list of strange but useful measures. Go forth and multiply, in whatever units you wish.

written by

(click)

bob.gollihur@wol.com

as told to Bob Gollihur

Wolly thanks Ted Tatman for passing on some of his discoveries this month. Wolly’s wrists hurt, too, or at least he figures he can use Bob’s current excuse for being only marginally productive.


Review Updates
REVIEW UPDATES & QUICK TAKES

The latest from the WinOnLine™ Review staff

FormPower Pro 2.0

In the business world today, forms are a fact of life. However, despite the necessity to both create and fill out forms, there are not many simple ways to perform these tasks on the computer. Many word processors claim to have mastered this activity, but it is often an exercise in digital gymnastics. One way around this problem is with a forms generator like FormPower Pro. We looked at FormPower Pro 1.22aa a few months back, in WOLR #100, but a new version of the program is out and certainly deserves this updated look.

FormPower Pro 2.0 adds several new features and enhancements as well as beefing up many of the existing elements of the program and support for Windows 95. The Help file has been improved, and a Tutorial system insures that you’ll master the program without a lot of guess work and trial and error. Four styles of fields are provided for Text, Numbers, Dates, or Logical entries, and new field pick lists will also greatly simplify filling out forms. The calculation functions have also been improved with support for over 50 field-oriented mathematical and logical functions. Field validations and help messages also ensure that the proper data is entered into each field.

This version of FormPower Pro will make both creating new forms and filling out existing forms much simpler. There is now even built-in support for MAPI (mail application programming interface) compatible electronic mail. If you’re presently using an earlier version of the program, all your existing forms may be used as they are, you can add a few of the new features to your existing forms. This is one update that definitely deserves a test drive. The latest version is FormPower Pro 2.0, and on Windows OnLine™ (BBS) as FORMPWRP.ZIP; registration is $149.00. You can contact the EZX Corporation at 713-280-9900.

update by Ed Hoffman


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NEW WINDOWS FILES

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The following file listings became available on Windows OnLine recently, but may not yet be available on some other online systems. Many more files were added to our library during that time, but only files of general interest and most recent date are listed here. Callers of Windows OnLine can download WOLRECNT.ZIP, and other files in our free download area to obtain complete or selected listings.

This list is heavily edited to limit list size. New Windows Files are held in Directory #500 on Windows OnLine™.

WINDOWS - NEW UPLOADS from December 16, 1995 through January 15, 1996

01NAV96.ZIP 297,898 12-30-95 Norton AntiVirus 3.0 Update READ.ME - 1/96 Anti-Virus definition Updates for Norton Anti-Virus version 3.0 D/L'd from Symantec (Newest File Date: 12-27-95)

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110A115A.ZIP 838,462 12-31-95 Patch file for REGISTERED versions of Telix for Windows. This patch file upgrades v1.10a and ONLY v1.10a (registered) of Telix for Windows to version 1.15a, released 22 Dec 95. This patch is free and is direct from the author. It will not work on unregistered copies. Adds many Internet features. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

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864W95.ZIP 121,282 01-03-96 Win95 driver for genoa phantom 864 graphics. (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

95PASS.ZIP 47,631 12-17-95 Win95 document (in MSWord format) that talks about password problems and backdoors into Win95. (Newest File Date: 10-18-95)

ABW10B8.ZIP 469,780 12-15-95 Afterburner Ver 1.0b8 The Macromedia Plugin for Netscape 2.0 compression utility. This program allows you to compress Director files for use in your WWW page with Shockwave. (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

ACEW20.ZIP 789,855 12-23-95 AceComm v2.0 Win31-Win95 Communications - Solid Easy to use Communications Terminal. Robust Ascii/X/Y/ YG/Zmodem, Uploads manager Macros,key-redef,easy scripts with learn, Auto port and modem detect, Modem database ANSIBBS/VT100/RIPscrip, FAST terminal screen On line time recorder, Call logging/summary IEMSI/Auto login, Scripts/Learn, Macro Lang Split screen chat w/host option, BBS mode EMSI Mailer/FReq/FAttach/QWK Mail Reader (Newest File Date: 12-16-95)

AD01SAMP.ZIP 35,814 12-21-95 Gallery TTF for MSWin that is similar to Galleria; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

AD02SAMP.ZIP 32,060 12-21-95 HotDog TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

ADBOOK21.ZIP 129,180 12-17-95 Adr_Book 2.1 for Windows Adr_Book is a database program that prints mailing labels, an address booklet, envelopes, and several reports. (Newest File Date: 12-03-95)

ADDICON.ZIP 16,755 12-27-95 Win 3: Add any Icon to multiple files (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

ADROID32.ZIP 217,790 01-03-96 Adroid 2.01 32 bit version For Windows NT and 95. Requires 486 or higher processor. Adroid is a 3D first-person shooter. Test your skills against 15 droids in a battle for world economic domination. Enjoy realistic shading techniques; uses full palette for great graphics. (Newest File Date: 12-26-95)

AFMW9511.ZIP 397,108 01-03-96 (v1.1) Fund Manager for Win95 FM is a portfolio management app. FM is designed to help individual investors monitor and analyze their investments with a wide variety of easy to use graphs and reports. FM accepts as input: price, investment, and distribution information. Prices may be entered manually, or imported from AOL, Prodigy, CompuServe, or Quicken. Shareware (US$ 29), beiley@aol.com (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

AFWDEMO.ZIP 1,281,256 12-29-95 Demo For VB Appframework (Afw). vb Appframework is The First And Only Add-In That Lets You Easily Capture, Save And Reuse Essential Software Components in VB 4.0 apps. Now You Can Capture Templates And Styles From Existing Visual B (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

AGENT99C.ZIP 1,117,214 12-15-95 Welcome to the Forte Agent v.99c release! Agent .99c is a pre-release version of Forte's commercial newsreader, Agent. Agent .99c includes all of the features and functionality of Free Agent 1.0 plus a multilingual spelling checker, basic email functionality, folders and sorting. (Newest File Date: 11-20-95)

AHANDY11.ZIP 762,219 12-17-95 Handy v1.11 Essential for all Windows Users! 30+ Games & Utils in 1 super package! Incl.: Typing Tutor, W&M Convert, Lottery Utils, Pattern Maker, EZ Art, Rainbow Text, Slideshow Maker, BMP re-sizer / utils, Log, Anniv. & B/day Database, Secret Store, Timer, World Clock, TTF Alt-Key print out, US State Codes / UK Car Reg Look-up, Hi-Lo Game, Dice, SkillStop and much more! Fully FUNCTIONAL (Newest File Date: 10-25-95)

ALML300I.ZIP 1,839,011 12-27-95 Mail Deamons for NT Alpha v3.0 (Newest File Date: 11-20-95)

AMCB42.ZIP 394,310 12-31-95 Contact Book + for Windows(MS Win3.1) (excellent for Laptops). Includes two programs: Contact Book and Note Book. Can be used at home or for business. Keeps track of all kinds of contacts (personal, business). Unlimited number of entries, automatically sorted. Searching, modem dialing, printing records, letters, envelopes, notes, and much more. A similar format to a regular book makes programs very easy to use and intuitive. (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

AMICON1.ZIP 31,580 01-09-96 New SCSI Drivers for Win95 The Win95 driver can be used with the American Megatrends Series 15, 44, 441, 70, 48, and 425 Fast Disk SCSI Host Adapters and the Series 85 Platinum Access SCSI Host Adapter PC Card. (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

AM_CR41.ZIP 173,035 12-19-95 Calendar/Reminder (MS Win3.1):excellent for Laptops. Have you forgotten a birthday, anniversary, meeting, or any other special occasion? Let the computer do the work for you.Program allows you to keep track of all the above. Even more,it will remind you about the events automatically. A similar format to a regular calendar-note book makes the program very easy to use, intuitive. On-line helps are only one mouse click away. (Newest File Date: 12-03-95)

AM_HC41.ZIP 251,255 12-25-95 Hardware Catalog for Windows: program for IBM-PC (MS Win3.1). Catalog your computer hardware in as much detail as you need, including the serial # and phone support number. Unlimited number of entries, automatically sorted. Searching by any field, printing and much more. A similar format to a regular catalog book makes the program very easy-to-use. GO SWREG to register on-line on Compuserve (ID# 3875). (Newest File Date: 12-03-95)

AM_SO41.ZIP 500,709 12-29-95 Student Organizer for Windows: program for IBM-PC (MS Win3.1). It includes three separate apps: Course Book, Reference Book, Terminology Book. Unlimited number of entries, automatically sorted. Searching by any field, printing and much more. A similar format to a regular book makes all 3 programs very easy to use, and intuitive. You can register on-line on Compuserve ($20). (Newest File Date: 12-03-95)

AOLNT.ZIP 9,060 12-27-95 Three test files tell how to use Netscape Navigator with Win3.1x and Win95. And with TCP/IP communications format within America On Line. (Newest File Date: 12-02-95)

APTLS120.ZIP 441,177 01-14-96 AccessPRO Building Tools ver 1.2 Helping you write better Access apps faster. 18 development tools for MS Access 2.0. Includes form/report builders and code builders. Property builders include name,color, status bar text,format,control nudgers.Code builders include DoCmd,comment code, un-comment code, beautify code, MsgBox and more! by Mississauga Software Technologies (Newest File Date: 11-01-95)

ARIADNA2.ZIP 1,097,969 12-27-95 Ariadna is a full-featured world wide web browser for the Window 95 and Window NT (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

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ATP95.ZIP 103,246 12-29-95 Audiotrix Pro Beta Win95 drivers This archive contains the latest version of the Audiotrix Pro Win95 drivers. Please read the enclosed Readme.txt file for information on how to install these drivers. The drivers included in this package support full duplex! (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

AUTOWN19.ZIP 1,078,997 12-30-95 Automated Internet for Windows 1.9 Gets NEW FILES from Internet sites, download them, Post Usenet messages, send E-Mail, and obtain WWW pages fully automated! Adds to your current Internet Software, allowing you more free time to do the things you really want. Highly rated in Compuserve magazine, Boardwatch, in several books, and resides on many Internet CD-ROMs. * A must download * (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

AV1133.ZIP 4,387 01-14-96 Templates with Word 7.0. This text file explains how to use Avery templates. (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

AWLOC401.ZIP 72,674 12-23-95 WinLock for Windows v4.01 - Winlock protects your MSWin and LAN environment from unauthorized users. The easy to use security features locks Windows at start up, on demand, and automatically when your away from your desk. Intruders are met with a flashing red screen, an audible alarm, and deterrent messages. Includes support for multiple users, security audit trail and screen blanker. Is compatible with most screens savers. TeraVision, Inc. $34.95 (Newest File Date: 11-20-95)

BAT9511.ZIP 172,585 01-04-96 Batch95 for Win95 v1.1 is designed to enhance the Win95 shell by allowing full use of MS-DOS batch files from Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

BITVCTR.ZIP 12,487 01-02-96 BitVector. It's a way to store lots of boolean values efficiently (space efficiency that is). It's free, it's small, and source is included. Requires VB4. Freeware. (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

BLAST12.ZIP 106,317 12-21-95 Blasteroids v1.2: MS-Win3.1 and 95 game where you use the mouse to destroy the invading UFO fleet; if you fail, you'll hear the taunting laughter of the invaders; requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

BMPWIZ17.ZIP 290,945 01-12-96 BMP Wizard v1.7: MSWin app designed to modify/filter bitmaps accessing pixel data at a low level using a Basic like language to modify BMPs; 32-bit version for Windows NT, Win95 or any Win32. (Newest File Date: 12-24-95)

BOXCARS.ZIP 170,919 12-16-95 <1> Benn Coifman's Boxcar Train Font V1.0 TTF & ATM (Newest File Date: 11-18-95)

BOXES53.ZIP 1,244,330 12-20-95 Boxes v5.3 <ASP> from DynoTech Software. Fun, challenging, and addictive puzzle game for windows (Optimized for Win 95). Eliminate colored crates by maneuvering and dropping boxes on them. Watch out for falling stones. Smarts are more important than speed. It's not as easy as it looks! Min Sys Req: 386+, 4MB RAM, Win 3.1 or Win 95, 256 color VGA, 6MB hard drive space, Mouse, Joystick (opt.), Sound Card (opt, but recommended). [$20] (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

BR01SAMP.ZIP 25,237 12-21-95 Bankrupt TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

BS951210.ZIP 133,270 12-21-95 CSXT Manifest Freight Schedule Changes for December 1995. PCX format. Copyright 1995, The Bull Sheet (Newest File Date: 12-12-95)

BSG30.ZIP 1,704,476 12-18-95 Bible Super Games for Windows v3.0 All new look and ease of operation to the Bible Super Games programs. Addition of MS like puzzle creation Wizard, view puzzle before they print, add your own words or text or choose from pre-difined Biblical Puzzles. Create Cryptogram, Word Search or Word Scramble puzzles based on God's Word with ease. (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

BTASK10A.ZIP 73,730 12-19-95 BTask 1.0 Button controlled realtime task switcher. (Newest File Date: 12-03-95)

BTQKB11A.ZIP 274,013 01-14-96 Quick Bar 1.1a makes working in the Win3.1 environment easier and more efficient. Quick Bar allows 'One Stop Shopping' of all the Tasks currently running on the system, Popup Menus for predefined Tasks, and it allows you to import your Program Manager Groups so you will never have to 'Switch' back to Program Manager Again. Quick Bar Allows Fast Exiting from Windows and Full Window and Task Management Capabilities. (Newest File Date: 01-03-96)

BTWZIP22.ZIP 195,390 12-25-95 Button Works v2.2 - Get Win95 functionality on Win3.1. Button Works is a Toolbar that launches apps with a single mouse click. Similar to the Win95 Taskbar - only better. To configure, simply drag and drop icons from the Program Manager right onto the buttons. Move the mouse to the top of the screen and the taskbar disappears; move it to the bottom and it activates itself (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

BUDBLDT1.ZIP 24,223 12-21-95 BudHand Bold Postscript Type 1 font for MSWindows is a bold handprinting style font; John D. (Bud) Banks. (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

BUDBLDTT.ZIP 24,223 12-21-95 BudHand Bold TTF for MSWin is a bold handprinting style font; John D. (Bud) Banks. (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

BURNS100.ZIP 131,502 12-25-95 Mr. Burns v1.00 - a Productivity Management Software package that monitors the activity of any PC running MSWin. Ideal for keeping track of the amount of time that spent on your computer, detecting malicious use or monitoring the productivity of others (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

BUSLW95.ZIP 16,959 12-25-95 Buslogic IDE 410,510,910 caching controller W95 BETA Driver. (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

CA01SAMP.ZIP 30,440 12-21-95 Blackwoods TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

CA02SAMP.ZIP 34,435 12-22-95 CloisterBlack TTF for MSWin; -Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

CAB202.ZIP 327,864 12-29-95 Cabrio V2.02 The configurable conversion calculator from Digital Workshop. Includes over 70,000 conversions from centimetres to miles to drachm to the speed of a Cheetah Requires Win3.1 or better. Win95 Compatible (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

CAN242.ZIP 767,054 12-18-95 Windows canasta game; you against the computer. (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

CANON95.ZIP 3,362 01-10-96 This is A .Doc File Covering The Win95 Driver For Canon Printers. The Driver Consists of 4 Files: W95disk1.EXE(Disk1), W95disk2.exe(disk 2), Cadisk1.EXE (Disk3), & Cadisk2.exe (Disk4). (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

CCAPV1.ZIP 151,312 01-06-96 Click and Capture - Captures the screen, screen areas, or windows. Works best in Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

CCM303.ZIP 830,506 01-04-96 Scott Craig's Connect Time Monitor for Win95. A utility to help keep track of connect time to various services. Allows multiple services, automatic start, and many other features. Perhaps the best feature is that it is FreeWare!(Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

CF1614F6.ZIP 264,382 12-27-95 CuteFTP v1.46: 16-bit MSWin FTP client designed to simplify remote file xfers via Internet; intuitive modern-style user interface; integrated browsing of index files with file descriptions; caching of recently visited dirs; full screen browsing (with two configurable display modes); automatic dir tree downloading; robust STOP command, capable of stopping any operation without loosing connection; requires Winsock v1.1. (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

CF3214F7.ZIP 304,428 01-14-96 CuteFTP v1.47: 32-bit MSWin FTP client designed to simplify remote file xfers via Internet; intuitive modern-style user interface; integrated browsing of index files with file descriptions; caching of recently visited dirs; full screen browsing (with two configurable display modes); automatic dir tree downloading; robust STOP command, capable of stopping any operation without loosing connection; requires Winsock v1.1. (Newest File Date: 01-10-96)

CGISHELL.ZIP 97,258 12-17-95 CGIShell 1.0.b.950930 is an MSWin util that lets almost any 16-bit or 32-bit program work with your web server as a CGI program. (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

CHATMA15.ZIP 651,625 12-27-95 Chat-Man! is a window IRC Client Internet Relay Chat client for Win3.1 (Newest File Date: 10-26-95)

CHNG15.ZIP 1,206,848 12-17-95 I Ching Empower Tool v1.5 <ASP> - Ask the I Ching oracle your most intimate questions and receive immediate answers. For Windows. Two help files. Detailed graphic printout. Readings Log for saving your consultations. Hexagram, changing line, trigram and Situation Analysis databases in shareware version. Registered version features bonus Relationships database and export function. Four-star rating from Ziff-Davis Group. (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

CHWIN250.ZIP 290,614 12-25-95 Cheat for Windows v2.5 - by Mike Zier, 1:272/169 - List of cheats for popular MS-DOS and Windows computer games - over 351 games covered in this release. As featured in Computer Gaming World's Dec. 1995 issue! Requires Vbrun300 (not included) (Newest File Date: 12-09-95)

CINSTP22.ZIP 496,060 12-15-95 Chief's Installer Pro (for Windows). This program is an "off the shelf" installation package for Windows programs. It can be used to install Windows packages of almost any size (up to 64 installation disks). The files may be compressed (with MS Compress.exe) or uncompressed. Both types of file are handled transparently. The installer will optionally create Program Manager groups and icons. The package also includes an Uninstaller which can be used to "uninstall" any package that was installed with Chief's Installer. This takes the risk out of installing Windows packages. The installer provides support for PARTIAL and OPTIONAL installations, and for languages other than English. Win95 and Win NT and OS/2 compatible. Converts VB Setup Wizard .VBZ files! Chief's Installer is a shareware program. (Newest File Date: 10-13-95)

CLIP210.ZIP 103,798 12-31-95 Clipwatcher v2.10 - Clipwatch will trap as many as 18 text clips sent to your clipboard while you edit, then use the internal editor to drag and drop from one to another or to the printer. Has a very powerful editor, calculator and calendar. Req Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

CLIP95E.ZIP 173,869 01-04-96 Win95 Clipboard enhancement, req vbrun300 (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

CLIPEX31.ZIP 125,252 01-12-96 Clipboard Extender v3.1 adds functionality to the Windows' clipboard by appending new text to the clipboard's existing text, instead of it always being replaced. Text contained in the clipboard can be saved or appended to an ASCII file. Files can be dropped from File Manager and instantly placed in clipboard. Permits editing of text in the clipboard. Version 1.0 was featured in March 94 issue of PC/Computing. Requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 12-15-95)

COLOR12.ZIP 1,156,607 01-01-96 A Little Painter v1.2 <STAR> - the quality images make this coloring game great fun for little kids. Animated images and icons make using the software fun! Your kids will create pictures they'll love to show off to you, neightbors, friends, and relatives. Your refrigerator will be covered with pictures! Pictures can be printed or copied for use with other programs. Created in the Ukraine and published by PSG-HomeCraft. (Newest File Date: 10-03-95)

COMMSFAQ.ZIP 5,987 12-23-95 Delrina winfax/commsuite v7 faq. (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

COMMUPD.ZIP 1,080,268 01-10-96 Win95 Communications Upgrade Package includes Unimodem-V from MS Software Library, supporting simultaneous vocie/data with the new integrated sound/modem cards; and Hyperterminal-Pe from Hilgraeve, which replaces the stock HyperTerminal in Win95. (Newest File Date: 01-03-96)

COMMX124.ZIP 266,527 12-31-95 CommEx v1.24 <ASP> - Common Dialog Extensions for Win3.1/3.11. Adds file Find, Copy, Delete, Rename, Move and MakeDir functions to most Windows apps' Open and Save dialogs, plus easily access the last 25 files and directories used. (Also adds 3-D look.) Fully functional shareware evaluation copy. By Cottonwood Software <ASP> <STAR> (Newest File Date: 12-23-95)

CONMG231.ZIP 1,094,433 12-19-95 "Manage Your Contacts" v 2.31 - Fully functional, VERY friendly Windows program with a LOT of power to help you manage names & info. about friends, family, clients, etc. Prints labels & envelopes. Outstanding Search/Filter/Sort features. Includes a phone dialer, reports & MUCH more. Import/export files. "Reviewer's Pick" $29.95. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

CPWIN080.ZIP 123,421 01-08-96 CyberPhone v0.8: MSWin tool which allows users to talk to one another in realtime over the Internet; server based; easyto-use interface; cross-platform support; full duplex audio; Caller ID; selective call blocking; automated login/logout; 8-bit soundcard support; CyberScience, Inc. (Newest File Date: 12-29-95)

CSS13.ZIP 397,360 01-02-96 Addictive new Windows solitaire game - Cribbage Squares Solitaire v1.3. Great fun for both solitaire players and cribbage lovers! Extensive cribbage scoring help available. Shareware - only $7 US dollars. All required files are provided in the zip file. Win95 compatible. (Newest File Date: 10-27-95)

CSTAR100.ZIP 486,449 12-23-95 CallStar v1.0 <ASP> Contact Manager for Windows. Reverse indexing on other data fields (such as zip code, city). Maintains an indefinite contact history and allows for retrieval individually or collectively. Allows for "mass" contact (i.e. mailing to distribution list). Lists created can be linked to PlanStar (another ComputerEase product) scheduled events. Prints user- defined reports and labels. (Newest File Date: 11-15-95)

CSW211.ZIP 941,500 01-04-96 CompuSlave For Windows Version 2.11 <ASP> CompuSlave imports CompuServe forum messages from a capture file into a database. Search the entire database for keywords or phrases. Create your own tech support resource using the combined knowledge of the CompuServe forum members. Ideal tool for tech support personnel, programmers, network administrators, or any user who searches the CompuServe forum messages for information. (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

CSWSK110.ZIP 226,159 12-25-95 SocketWrench/VB 1.1 Windows Sockets Custom Control SocketWrench/VB is a custom control which allows VB developers to program against the Windows Sockets API. It supports the TCP and UDP protocols, both blocking and non-blocking modes, and the same control can be used to build both client and server apps. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

CTF111.ZIP 12,398 01-14-96 A drop-in replacement for the 'File titles' command on the file menu. It allows users to tag files by number. Install in a few minutes. (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

CVXPT114.ZIP 672,101 01-02-96 (v1.12) CurveExpert - Curve Fitting/Plotting Comprehensive curve fitting system for Windows. Linear regression models, nonlinear regression models, interpolation, splines are supported. Over 30 models are built-in; custom regression models may be defined by the user. Full-featured graphing capability allows thorough examination of the curve fit. Shareware (US$ 35.- MC/Visa/Disc/Amex/Check) Daniel G. Hyams, dhyams@eng.clemson.edu (Newest File Date: 12-02-95)

CWEBV02.ZIP 687,271 01-06-96 Clearweb is A Tool Which Allows You to Create And Manage Internet Address Lists. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

CXWIN95.ZIP 1,011,929 12-31-95 W95 driver for mustek flatbed scanners. (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

DAYWATCH.ZIP 238,174 12-23-95 DayWatch 1.95-Complete time management suite. Daywatch includes: A unique user friendly event list manager, A full screen project calendar, A daily journal with user defined data fields A date calculator, A forecast window, A full range of rescheduling options such as: "The last Friday of every third month." Find and catagorize functions, data sharing Font selection, sound and picture attachment and much more.! (Newest File Date: 11-21-95)

DBL12S16.ZIP 110,960 01-14-96 Win 3: DB Lock for VB 4.0 tool for database app. developers. Works best with VB4.0 & MS Access. (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

DBLOCK12.ZIP 105,630 01-15-96 Win 3: DB Lock for VB 3.0 tool for database app. developers. Works best with VB 3.0 & MS Access. (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

DBSTR11S.ZIP 115,267 01-01-96 Db Structure V1.0 A Database Tool For VB Programmers. With db Structure You Can Document Your Database Easily And Clearly. The Program Helps You to Print The Tables And Any Links Between Them. (Newest File Date: 11-22-95)

DCWIN2F.ZIP 566,328 12-23-95 Draft Choice for Windows <ASP> Best Shareware CAD package. Multiple Attach Points; Multiple Layers; Multiple Views; Bezier, Complex & Spline curves; Warp/Tween, Multilevel Undos; Parallel & Perpendicular modes; PCX, WPG and DXF file support; PSP & Plotter output; External Line, Fill, and Hatch pattern files,. (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

DF95_150.ZIP 556,464 01-04-96 Drag And File for Win 95/NT v.1 5 <ASP> Very powerful and easy Windows file manager- Drag And File is a very powerful replacement for Windows File Manager. Copy, move, view, zip files from single or multiple windows. Config toolbar. DOS command line. Synch. directories. Filter Sets. Views files on all drives. Network Shows duplicate files. Canyon Software (Newest File Date: 11-29-95) Reviewed in this issue!

DGRAB3.ZIP 443,062 01-13-96 Grab-A-Site 0.9 beta Win95. Build local libraries of info off the Web. This app goes online and downloads Web pages to your computer, translating the links and references to local referneces. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

DIALCLI1.ZIP 82,939 01-13-96 Dial Clip for Win95 & Win3 .1 Easy to use clipboard dialer that allows modification to change dialing digits or for modem control.pager access etc, Can also access a text file phone list. Edward Guadagno (Newest File Date: 11-17-95)

DISCAT12.ZIP 280,888 01-15-96 DisCat v1.2 is an MSWin app that will read and store all files/directories stored on floppy disks. Works with Win3.1/3.11 and Win95. Randel C. Brock. (Newest File Date: 01-05-96)

DISKLB2S.ZIP 56,405 12-22-95 3.5 Disk Labeler v2.0: MSWin app that allows printing on those folded-up packets of labels included in many 3 inch disk boxes; 16 brands are supported; label sets filled in for printing can be saved under a file name (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

DISKR15A.ZIP 199,526 01-14-96 Diskers: Disk/File Duplicator v1.50 Easy to Use Disk to Diskette Copy Utility. Great for Win'95 users. Create diskette Image files from floppies. Use them to re-create the original diskettes at a later time. Req: Vbrun300(Newest File Date: 01-01-96)

DJ345EN.ZIP 1,249,747 12-15-95 HP PrintSmart Printer Driver v7.0 for the HPDJ 340 printer working under MS-Win3.1, 3.11 and Win95; Hewlett Packard Subdirs: "pkunzip -d dj345en" to extract. (Newest File Date: 10-30-95)

DMINE100.ZIP 362,538 01-04-96 Dynamite Minesweeper for Windows. Move the sensor square around the minefield and see the signal in each pixel vary from light to dark and noise gradually decrease. Clear as much of the field as quickly as you possibly can. (Newest File Date: 01-01-96)

DN1109.ZIP 155,876 12-23-95 Delphi News Issue #9 (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

DN1212.ZIP 141,095 12-23-95 Delphi News, Issue #10 (Newest File Date: 12-12-95)

DOCMAN18.ZIP 161,045 12-26-95 DocMan 1.8 DocMan is a 32-BIT Win95 app that extends the functionality of the "Documents" folder in the "Start" menu. DocMan allows you to open documents, load/save document lists, remove one, some, or all documents, protect documents from removal, add documents, and more. New & Improved Interface, More Features! (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

DRDBDR.ZIP 672,422 12-29-95 Dr. Deebee odbc driver xbase, src available. (Newest File Date: 11-22-95)

DS32TU22.ZIP 261,790 12-24-95 dsTune32 v2.2<ASP>The fast and accurate guitar tuning device for Win95. Connect guitar or microphone to sound card and see exact frequency indication needle on tuning device. Inaccuracy <0.1 Hz. Custom tunings, automatic string selection. "It is striking that Tune's indicator is more accurate than my tuning device's!",Computer!Totaal, 12/94. version 2.2 is a bugfix. Shareware from Dubbeldam Software, $39.00 (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

DSQUED3.ZIP 260,981 01-12-96 Squedule 1.0 Win95 Schedule programs to run while you are away from your computer (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

DTAFIT21.ZIP 409,292 12-18-95 (v2.1) Datafit/Viewplot for Windows is an easy to use tool which provides a wide range of curve fitting functions plus FFT analysis. Simply enter/import data, select which/all equation types to fit and solve. Solution can be viewed graphically or in tabular format. Plots can be customized, saved, printed, cut & pasted. Can create compiler-ready source code to include in user written code for 'on the fly' interpolation. No knowledge of curve fitting necessary. Documentation is online. (Newest File Date: 11-22-95)

DTCAD11.ZIP 1,446,458 12-26-95 DeltaCad v1.1 <ASP> - DeltaCad is a powerful, easy to learn, CAD program. It can produce accurately scaled drawings, or just pretty pictures to paste into your favorite word processor. DeltaCad can be Used For Drafting, House Plans, Decks, Business Cards, Forms, Signs, Labels, Maps, Flow Charts, Home Or School Projects , etc. DeltaCad is a true 32-bit program compatible with Windows, Windows NT, or Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

DTOP10.ZIP 12,396 12-28-95 Have you ever tried to get back to the Win95 desktop for a moment after opening more than one DOS windows? If so, you know the frustration. DTOP version 1.0 offers the convenience of using ALT-Tab to return to the Win95 desktop, no matter how many DOS windows you have open. (Newest File Date: 11-26-95)

DUCA9505.ZIP 105,432 01-13-96 DUCA95 - The Dial-Up Connection Alarm for Win95 v0.5 The sole purpose of DUCA is to sound an alarm whenever a connection is established and the user is logged on with a Dial-Up server (including Internet Access Providers). (Newest File Date: 10-06-95)

DUNCE2.ZIP 50,299 01-15-96 Dunce (or Dial-Up Networking Connection Enhancement) allows for much easier dial-up networking than Win95 currently provides. The program will automatically press "connect" for you on the "Connect To" dialog box, redial your Internet Provider indefinitely (even from within another app), and auto-reconnect if you get unexpectedly dropped. Furthermore it can optionally run apps when you are connected. (Newest File Date: 01-05-96)

DV95_122.ZIP 661,439 01-04-96 Drag And View For Win 95/NT v.1.20 File Viewers for Win 95/NT. View files in 95 with right button. Edit text files. Views most popular database, word processor, spreadsheet, and graphic sound, AVI formats, plus also ASCII and HEX. Copy to clipboard, print, search and goto functions. Rotate graphics & save in other bitmap formats. ASP (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

DWTCH201.ZIP 274,564 01-12-96 DayWatch 2.00-Complete time management suite. Daywatch includes: A unique user friendly event list manager, A full screen project calendar, A daily journal with user defined data fields A Phone/Address book with event linking, A date calculator, A forecast window, A full range of rescheduling options such as: "The last Friday of every third month." Find and catagorize functions, data sharing Font selection, sound and picture attachment and much more.! (Newest File Date: 12-24-95)

EASYRG.ZIP 12,595 01-02-96 Win 3: EasyReg is an OLE in-process server dll for use with VB 4.0 32-bit. It makes simple the task of writing and reading the Windows registry. Sample code/help file included. Shareware. Not crippled. 30-day eval. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

EASYTP.ZIP 16,544 01-02-96 Win 3: EasyTip may be the easiest way you have ever implemented tooltips into your VB 4.0 app. Shareware. Not crippled. 30-day eval. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

EASYX1.ZIP 208,459 12-19-95 Easy Crosswords Vol 1 contains 25 MSWin crosswords for your solving pleasure either on screen or on the go; req Vbrun300; Barbara H. Schulak/Tracker Software. (Newest File Date: 11-16-95)

EBDDY160.ZIP 515,872 01-01-96 Exchange Buddy v1.6: set of extensions to MS Exchange; supports MSWin NT 3.51 w/the new/old shell and MSWin 95. (Newest File Date: 12-18-95)

ECBW9512.ZIP 412,148 12-21-95 EchoMail Conf. Lists and Node lists are now powerfully searchable via this great tool EchoBase! December 1995 release. This is the Windows version. It's fully mousable, user-friendly, and includes colorized/ interactive docs! Use it to QUICKLY locate conferences or BBS's which fit YOUR parameters! This ZIP includes ILink, Intelec, U'NI-net, and RIME data. Only U.S. boards listed. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

ECD75WIN.ZIP 491,679 01-01-96 ESS-Code 7.5 / 16-BIT Windows Version ESS-Code is an Internet utility that can be used to convert binary data to ASCII for transmission on networks that cannot handle binary data. Complete support for UUE, UUD, MIME, UNMIME, SHIP, UNSHIP, BTOA, ATOB, file splitting/joining. There is support for drag & drop now. This program is not crippled or limited in any way. (Newest File Date: 12-24-95)

EDESK50.ZIP 688,783 12-16-95 A MAJOR release, version 5.0 of the popular Executive Desk Information Manager (PIM) program adds dozens of new features: Win '95 compatibility, Dayview Control Center, Archiving of complete schedules, People/Project Links follow-up, Drag-n-Drop, Dialing and Pop-Run. Award winning Executive Desk is now distributed worldwide. (Newest File Date: 12-02-95)

EEBNDW51.ZIP 1,325,723 12-23-95 EEBond for Windows v5.1: U.S. Savings Bond database and valuation program; determines the value of Series E/EE Savings Bonds and U.S. Savings Notes; covers years 1942 to present; WYSIWYG reports 7 different sorts. (Newest File Date: 11-15-95)

EL-IXIR1.ZIP 456,278 01-13-96 El-Ixir strategy game for windows (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

ENT21ENG.ZIP 1,724,303 12-20-95 Entombed Graphic Adventure Game New VERSION 2.1 In the tradition of MYST comes a complete ray-traced mystery of peril and intrigue: Entombed . Its challenge will pit you against an ancient civilization's technology, insidious and potentially lethal traps, and a deep underlying mystery of monumental consequence. Armed with only the diary of a previous colleague, you must solve the mystery of your failed predecessors and unravel the riddle of The Entombed. Requires: Win 3.11 or Win95, 2Mb RAM, SVGA 256 Colors, 386+ Processor (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

ESET15.ZIP 271,506 12-20-95 EmmaSetup(tm) v1.5 Setup Utility EmmaSetup makes it very easy to set up your own Windows Setup utility. Display your own logo, copy files to up to 5 directories, set up groups and items. Options include DLL version control, requiring acceptance of a license agreement, associations, compression, requiring the user to enter his/her name. Text in the setup program can be changed or translated. {ASP} shareware from EmmaSoft (Newest File Date: 11-30-95)

ESIG1_0.ZIP 12,052 01-15-96 (v1.0) ESig - E-Mail/Signature/Eudora ESig is designed to change signature files for most Internet e-mail software. ESig is small and fast. A sample signature file is included. ShareWare $5.00 (US) EMail: dbs@micron.net (Newest File Date: 01-05-96)

ESYRUN10.ZIP 164,393 01-07-96 EasyRun v1.0r1: minimal MSWin file launcher/buttonbar designed to be small, quick, & unobtrusive to desktop real estate; supplies 27 configurable buttons & a run box with browsing abilities and a 10 item run history; supplies time and date as well as percent system free resources. (Newest File Date: 12-30-95)

EWSENDTO.ZIP 62,822 12-17-95 ewSendTo - Add Send To functionality to your app. Why add a boring Send Mail menu item when you can duplicate Explorer's Send To Menu? Win95 (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

EXCAL100.ZIP 1,157,278 01-14-96 Excalibur Terminal 1.00RC2 Windows Famous multitasking Terminal! Best of 100 Apps 1995 by Windows Magazine! Downloaded from windows techknow(tm) "Chicago's MSWin Super System!" Full Internet ACCESS PROVIDER! (Newest File Date: 12-30-95)

EXCELVWR.ZIP 2,066,395 12-25-95 Excel Viewer 7.0 is designed to make it easy for you to exchange MS Excel documents with other people and view them on-line. The Excel Viewer allows you to open, view, Auto- Filter, and print Excel for Windows (versions 2.0 or greater) and Excel for the Macintosh (versions 2.2a or greater) files. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

EZIRC127.ZIP 41,014 12-23-95 EZIRC v1.27 is an easy and simple IRC chat client. It runs under Windows 3.x, Windows NT, and Win95. WinSock is also required. (Newest File Date: 11-17-95)

F1PLG16S.ZIP 774,713 12-30-95 Formula One/NET Plug-in for Netscape 2.0 b1 (Win31) Like so many other plug-in clients, Formula One/NET delivers the unprecedented this time it's inline spreadsheet capab- ilities for your web browser. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

F1PLG32S.ZIP 871,111 12-30-95 Formula One/NET Plug-in for Netscape 2.0 b5 (Win95) Like so many other plug-in clients, Formula One/NET delivers the unprecedented this time it's inline spreadsheet capab- ilities for your web browser. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

FAXWN502.ZIP 720,732 01-13-96 FaxMail v5.02 for Win3.1, 3.11, 95, NT Adds a <Fax> button to Windows Programs giving access to all the Fax Machines in the world making them become your printers. Use the optional Zoom/Edit to add graphic, text, or sign the Fax with your mouse. FaxMail has hundreds of useful features available such as OCR, Fax to PCX BreakUp. (Newest File Date: 12-25-95)

FF13W102.ZIP 217,270 01-14-96 FoxFire 13 Solitaire v1.02 For Windows by Randy Rasa and Todd Svec - Great card game from the creator of Solitaire Suite and the SYSOP of FoxFire BBS. Simple to learn, not so easy to master solitaire game can keep you busy for hours. Requires Vbrun200 and optional sound support. This version adds MIDI music support and a setup program. Win95 tested! (Newest File Date: 01-01-96)

FFEDRT10.ZIP 381,585 12-30-95 Financial Freedom Electronic Darts V1.0 is an exciting dartboard game for Win3.1 or 95. Includes all of the popular dart games, double in and double out options, multiple players, maintains top ten scores for all games and supports sound cards, high scores and more! Fun for the whole family! (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

FHD202.ZIP 240,818 12-29-95 File_Handle v2.02 <ASP> - Filer/Finder/Shell. Integrated File & Program Manager & Multiple Argument File Finder with global properties. Links to your own tools. Embedded wildcards navigate through directories and trees and locate or select files. Side by side compare. Extensive select and sort. Can touch, change disk labels and attributes. Tree sizes. Full mouse control. Support for unarchiving, CD-ROM/MO. And more. Shareware. (Newest File Date: 12-18-95)

FINL10B1.ZIP 502,700 01-13-96 FIGleaf Inline Plug-in for Netscape 2.0 allows viewing many popular vector and raster graphic formats. Windows NT or Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-12-95)

FMANJ70B.ZIP 79,395 01-14-96 File Manager Jr. for Word 95 v7.0. The program allows you to delete, undelete, move, copy and rename files all without leaving Word. You can also open existing files, delete backup files in one or more folders and print files without having to bring them onscreen. Additional features are available to registered users. (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

FMW95R4.ZIP 700,895 01-12-96 FreeMail V4.0 for Win95. Full-featured e-mail and document exchange system (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

FMXTCH14.ZIP 31,955 12-24-95 FMXTouch, Version 1.4 is a freeware DLL that adds useful new functions to your Win3.1 File Manager. Change the time/date stamp and turn on and off the read-only bit of files. Also, check out the free space left on your drive. Very cool, and the price is right! (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

FNABC20A.ZIP 139,898 12-31-95 Font-ABC is an easy-to use font viewer and printer for all printable Windows-Fonts. Free sample text, printing and viewing of character charts. Needs Vbrun300 and Threed.vbx. Note: Also available in German. $15 (Newest File Date: 12-16-95)

FOTOGR43.ZIP 332,270 12-26-95 FotoGraf v4.3: 16-bit MSWin program that lets you display & print graphics files that use the GIF, JPEG, BMP, TGA, PCX and TIFF graphics formats; this is the Russian version of VuePrint; Edward B. Hamrick. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

FPBWIN10.ZIP 149,371 01-04-96 Browser for Adobe typeface packages. Contains details up to package number C352. Supports searching by file name, package number, type foundry name and font name. Free for personal use. (Does not display typeface samples.). (Newest File Date: 11-25-95)

FSP71.ZIP 524,330 12-17-95 This is the latest version of the GREATEST font program I have ever seen (and I have seen them all!). This version is for Win95, and corrects a small problem that existed in the initial release. If you are a font fanatic, then you NEED this! (Newest File Date: 10-31-95)

FSYNC10.ZIP 120,528 12-29-95 Win95 util compares/updates directories (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

FTDAY.ZIP 1,395,975 12-20-95 Off-line training for Windows Internet. no-punches-pulled, down and dirty help with the information and skills needed to become competent and confident with Windows Internet in the shortest possible time. Covers essential skills needed for Internet tasks, software requirements, shopping for a provider, making sure your computer is internet-fit. We don't say "dummies" here. Shareware Day Excursion version, far too deep to describe here. (Newest File Date: 11-30-95)

FTP4W24B.ZIP 171,391 12-22-95 Ftp4w (v2.4b) - A complete FTP Client in DLL The Ftp4w Library provides a client side interface for FTP. As a client, it logs into the server, looks for files, downloads or uploads, logs out and much more. The APIs can be called by any development system that allows access to external DLLs. This package contains both 16 bits and 32 bits DLLs. Freeware By Philipe Jounin (ark@ifh.sncf.fr) (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

FXEDIT15.ZIP 52,633 01-06-96 FxEdit v1.5: MSWin file editor that allows you to view and modify binary files; you can also search for specified hexadecimal and ASCII strings; most commonly used menu cmds are available on the app's toolbar; Gregory Braun. (Newest File Date: 12-03-95)

GALAPOC.ZIP 635,236 01-02-96 Galactical Apocalypse v1.0: fast-paced space arcade game for MSWin; shoot the bad guys and save the universe; PeachWare. (Newest File Date: 10-28-95)

GC0101.ZIP 230,645 01-13-96 Global Chat v 1.2.0 by Quarterdeck/Prospero for Win3.1, for use with Netscape Browser (Newest File Date: 12-30-95)

GC308R3.ZIP 692,836 12-23-95 The Grocery Consumer 3.08 - Powerful recipe/meal plan/shopping list/cost manager for Windows. Prepares shopping list from your weekly menu created using personal recipe databases. User-defined categories; auto-categorizing. Add misc items to shopping list, remove items on hand. Get shopping list by aisle; cost of shopping list at stores. Quickfill data entry; expanded format for large recipes. All new database engine; cuts hours off organizing/converting recipes, creating menus, making shopping list(s). Converts Meal Master (tm) recipes. Requires Vbrun300 and PKZIP.EXE. Food-for-Thought Software(c) 1994-95; $25 plus shipping/ handling. (Newest File Date: 12-12-95)

GE302.ZIP 863,510 12-15-95 GroupEase v3.02: MSWin groupware productivity tool for Netware whose functions include business card data, scheduler, personal notes/ reminders, phone messages, online chat & more; Ethosoft, Inc. (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

GF195.ZIP 84,145 12-28-95 Win95 drivers for gravis ultrasound family of sound cards, released 12/22, from gravis site (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

GGSET200.ZIP 231,124 01-15-96 Gift Gauge v2.00 - Unique new software tracks gifts received and/or given. Useful for weddings, showers or all occasions where gifts are exchanged. Tracks people, events and gifts. Even tracks dollar value and comments. Includes quote of the day from the Bible about gifts. Handy and simple to use. Shareware. Requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 01-06-96)

GIVEUP.ZIP 7,063 12-30-95 Give-Up - Releases clock cycles to the operating system under OS/2, Windows NT, Win95 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. (Newest File Date: 11-24-95)

GRADEP4S.ZIP 269,774 01-03-96 GradeBook Power Teacher's Grade Book ver 4.16 use either 2-9 week quarters or 3-6 week terms per semester. Teacher developed. Many special options and printouts for both elementary and secondary teachers. Prints over 30 different reports for students, parents, and administrators. Many schools use the progress reports for their mid-term mailings to parents. Includes attendance and seating chart options. Constantly improved. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

GRAMSLAM.ZIP 235,589 01-01-96 Grammar Slammer v1.00 <ASP> Grammar Help that answers the questions the grammar checker can't. Get Answers not Questions and real grammar help for Windows. Handy & Easy. One click on little taskbar and Grammar Answers appear in the file format you already know how to use the Windows Help File. Easier than online books. Useful for anyone who writes English in Windows. Shareware. Requires Vbrun300. From James Bair. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

GSTART11.ZIP 57,139 12-18-95 Groupstart 1.1 A Multiple Pgm Launcher. Launches Any Number of Apps at Once, With A Single Mouse Click. no Longer Have to Shunt Windows Around or Minimize Them to Access Program Icons When Starting A Job That Requires Several Apps. (Newest File Date: 10-18-95)

GTW95185.ZIP 645,607 12-29-95 Beta diamond gt win95 drivers for stealth 64. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

GWSWN11T.ZIP 1,203,048 12-24-95 Graphics workshop for windows 1.1t - 19. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

HAM-WWW2.ZIP 14,985 12-31-95 List of Amateur Radio World Wide Web pages on Internet. In HTML format, suitable for use as a bookmark file. (Newest File Date: 11-09-95)

HAPPY21.ZIP 57,070 01-01-96 Don't Worry Be Happy for Windows is a action shoot-em up game where the player's objective is to seek out and destroy every smile face that enters their cross-hairs. The player scores points for each successfull hit, and there are also 4 special characters that can have a large impact on the player's score. Requires a 386-25 PC, Win3.1 or Win95, 4 megs RAM, VGA, 2 megs HD space. Version 2.0 - $5 registration fee. (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

HBCL75B.ZIP 380,443 12-27-95 Hebrew Calendar For Windows v7.5a- Provides date conversion, holidays, anniversaries, Torah/Haftarah readings, sunrise, sunset and zmanim. Print custom calendars and zmanim lists. New this version: edit month names, holiday names and descriptions, and readings; improved anniversary database. New: fixed Win95 bug when running minimized. Requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

HBW22.ZIP 479,525 01-06-96 Home Budget v2.2 Win95/Win3.1 Home Budget Finance manager is designed in the traditional envelope system where you set aside a portion of your income for various expenses. Where other finance/bugetting systems are clumsy or too complex to use, Home Budget is designed to be simple, yet has all the most frequently needed features in a robust easy to use interface. (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

HERE10.ZIP 62,056 01-10-96 Here 1.0 Posts PPP address to finger. Program allows you to easily and automatically post your ever changing dynamic PPP/SLIP Internet address to your finger account for public display. Also includes a finger client to easily check the PPP/SLIP address postings of others. Requires: 386+, Win3.1+, and Winsock 1.1+. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

HEXENPIF.ZIP 2,830 12-20-95 Hexen Win95 PIF optimised for this game you don't have to run in DOS mode any more. (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

HORSEB13.ZIP 356,076 12-23-95 Test your betting skills and luck on an exciting animated horse racing game for up to four players. Choose one of eight horses to win, place or show, based on posted odds which influence the horses' performances. Create your own voice overlays and hear yourself introduce the races. Also included are a full on-line help, and the option to toggle voices on and off. This version requires Win95. (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

HOTC111.ZIP 21,653 12-26-95 Hot Corners v1.11 for Win95 Allows you to activate or disable the screen saver by positioning the cursor in a user-defined corner of the screen. 32-bit and enhanced for Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

HTMLCAL.ZIP 31,736 12-18-95 HTML Calendar Creator v1.1 [1/1] This program will generate detailed HTML (Net use on your homepage, web server or other sys access. Define holidays and events. CSWare 12 (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

HTSPT14.ZIP 42,250 01-07-96 (v1.4) Htspt14.zip - Screensaver utility The function of this program is to create hotspots which will allow the user to turn his screensaver on and off simply by placing the cursor in a predefined corner. VB40032.DLL is required to run this program. Shareware $10.00 U.S. (Newest File Date: 12-24-95)

HUGOW14.ZIP 694,666 12-21-95 Hugo for Windows, v1.4 <ASP>- Windows adventure trilogy for whole family! First game in a series of three cartoon-style puzzle-solving graphics adventures set in a haunted house, a whodunit mystery and a menacing jungle. Includes a point & click interface (+ optional command line), online help with hints, MIDI music and sound effects. Req. Win3.1/95. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

IANIM10A.ZIP 99,596 01-03-96 I-Animate v1.0 - Evaluation Version. Used for WEB Animations and can Only Be Viewed Through Netscape 1.1 or better. Do you want animation on your web page or even better animation and sound!. Do you want to go out and buy a 2500 page book and learn to Create CGI Scripts? or just use I-Animate and get done with it? (FILE One of Two ) (Newest File Date: 10-15-95)

IANIM10B.ZIP 1,362,427 01-03-96 I-ANIMATE v1.0 - Evaluation Version. (FILE Two of Two ) (Newest File Date: 10-15-95)

ICM109B2.ZIP 426,201 01-15-96 I-Comm is a full feature WWW graphical browser and modem communication program. It does not require any SLIP/PPP connection. I-Comm provides a friendly graphical user interface which allows user switching between the browser and terminal by one button click. I-Comm supports HTTP, FTP and Gopher, X,Y,Z modem protocols, supports batch download, forms, smart disk caching, etc. ShareWare. http://www.talentcom.com/ (Newest File Date: 01-05-96)

ICONMA27.ZIP 260,471 01-04-96 Icon Master v2.70 - ICon Master is an Icon Display/Edit program that provides drag and drop from viewer to editor, a very powerful editor with many features that allows the user to easily design Icons. The viewer will display all Icons in a directory, full page viewing, or may be sized by the user. File management capibilities, move/copy/delete. Manage your icon directories with this utility. Requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95) Reviewed in WOLRS15 <W>

ICX240.ZIP 165,668 01-04-96 Icon Extract v2.40 - Extracts icons from DLL/NIL/EXE/ICL format files and saves them into ICO/BMP file format. Maintains a master list of Icon libraries for your use. Now will build DLL/ICL files from ICO format files. Requires Vbrun300. Includes free icon lib. SW $14.00 (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

IFAZE39.ZIP 806,868 12-16-95 iFAZE v3.9: MSWin multimedia authoring system that combines sound, text, VGA/SVGA graphics, animation, video, graphing, print- ing, slideshows, hypertext, screencam and more into a powerful/effective interactive multimedia publication, presentation and/or promotion; multi-language. (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

INSTRATE.ZIP 95,870 01-06-96 FAA Airman Knowledge Bank - Instrument Rating wfw6.0. (Newest File Date: 10-24-95)

INWTCH95.ZIP 350,295 01-15-96 InWatch95 V1.0 - MUST HAVE for those who try out numerous apps. Track changes to Win95 directories, win.ini, system.ini, msdos.sys and Registry (system.dat & user.dat session to session and during new app installation. Mechanizes safe unistallation with relationship checks and cautions. Extremely useful for troubleshootings problems resulting from DLL,VBX, etc replacement. (Shareware $14.95) (Newest File Date: 01-06-96)

IQ24.ZIP 112,628 12-22-95 IQ v2.4: MSWin program for importing stock quotes retrieved from an online service into Quicken for Windows, spreadsheets or any Windows app that can serve as a Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) client; Tony A. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

ISPY252.ZIP 953,395 12-26-95 Resource monitor having the most complete set of features and options. It's ability to "spy on" and record your system activities puts it over the top. It's truly an all-in-one program bonanza. (Newest File Date: 12-09-95)

ITD118.ZIP 1,220,784 12-23-95 Investors Toolbox v1.18. Win95 (32 bit). How to Get Rich and Stay Rich. A comprehensive personal financial program. Provides calculations, projections, graphs for Saving, Investing, Retirement, Net Worth Mortgages, Loans, Stocks, Mutual Funds and 401(k) Plans. All aspects of financial life. Investment management system records, tracks and graphs your investment performance. Excellent On-Line Help. For Win95 only. Requires VB40032. Rated: (Newest File Date: 12-18-95)

IV16110.ZIP 363,081 01-15-96 ImgViewer/16 Graphics Viewer v1.1 <ASP> Windows Viewer for GIF and JPG. Easy to use viewer with quick zoom and simple editing, without the overhead of paint and cataloging programs. Full program, with 60-day time limit on usage. Req Vbrun300 (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

IVIEW110.ZIP 485,979 01-01-96 I-View v1.10 is an offline HTML browser designed primarily for royalty-free distribution of HTML files. The premise is simple in order for your clients without web access to view HTML documents, they are going to need a browser. I-View efficiently satisfies this need by allowing you to pay a one-time price for I-View, rather than having to pay every time you send out a copy of the browser. New: Added border and width tables support, new tags including width (Newest File Date: 12-15-95)

IWIZ15.ZIP 73,445 12-26-95 Install Wiz InstallWiz is a front-end utility to automatically build Appsetup.inf files and build installation disks that work with the InstallWare 4.2 utility. This program is freeware, and requires InstallWare 4.2 or greater to work. This is version 1.5 which supports the changes in InstallWare 4.2 and fixes high resolution screen problems among other things. (Newest File Date: 11-13-95)

JA95_D1.ZIP 310,378 12-15-95 HP JetAdmin for MSWin 95 allows for mgmt of JetDirect connected printers under the MS- Win95 environment; Hewlett Packard [1/3] (Newest File Date: 11-17-95)

JA95_D2.ZIP 494,863 12-15-95 HP JetAdmin for MSWin 95 allows for mgmt of JetDirect connected printers under the MS- Win95 environment; Hewlett Packard [2/3] (Newest File Date: 11-17-95)

JA95_D3.ZIP 420,604 12-15-95 HP JetAdmin for MSWin 95 allows for mgmt of JetDirect connected printers under the MS- Win95 environment; Hewlett Packard [3/3] (Newest File Date: 11-17-95)

JOT140.ZIP 409,628 12-16-95 Jot is a Windows text editor containing many common features you've seen in other full-blown text editing programs, such as print preview. It is easy to use and runs quickly and gracefully. Run highlighted programs and dial telephone numbers from within a document. Context sensitive help. Minor update, and now includes a spell checker. Shareware $14.95. Version 1.4 (Newest File Date: 11-28-95)

KALEID31.ZIP 72,172 12-16-95 Generate stunningly beautiful geometric patterns which can even be controlled by music if you have a sound card. Can be used without a sound card for visually entrancing kaleidoscopic variations. You will be seeing kaleidoscopes every time you close your eyes! Bursting with color & infinite variety, this is no ordinary screen saver. Best in 256-color. (Newest File Date: 11-16-95) There are far too many screen saver files added each month for them to be included in this list. This is one of Wolly’s faves. Call Windows OnLine for our free file lists which are located in directory 497. <W>

KALKL107.ZIP 349,475 12-26-95 Kalkulator v1.07 - A powerful sci/eng calculator for Win3.1 and 95. More than 100 functions (stat. distributions, Euler, conditional, user-defined), function graphs, statistics (mean, s.d., histograms, poly regression), column-wise operations on stat data. Expression evaluation, unit conversion, phys.constants, save/restore, on-line help. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

KKLOCK.ZIP 135,439 12-23-95 Klingon Klock for Windows(TM) (Version 1.00) Klingon-language talking clock for Windows. Exotic design; includes built-in alarm and digitized Klingon phrases. Full hypertext help file included. Requires: MS Win3.1 or higher, sound card or other audio hardware. Freeware - Pegasus Development (Newest File Date: 12-03-95)

KN32V152.ZIP 648,576 12-17-95 KeyNote Music Drills 32-Bit v1.52 for Win95/NT 3.51 was designed to help music students learn to identify the notes of the bass clef, treble clef, and grand staff, and to locate their positions on the keyboard or guitar fingerboard. Also, there are additional drills for the alto and tenor clefs. Options include timed drills, set drill item count, and visual feedback for elapsed time via progress indicator bar, and sound playback. (Newest File Date: 11-24-95)

LANDA100.ZIP 670,667 12-24-95 Landscape Animator v1.0 <ASP> A 3D landscape viewer/Virtual Reality app for Windows. Uses maps generated by Landscape Explorer to create views or fly-throughs of maps or satellite images. Views can be created from any position and drawn in many different schemes such as Summer and Winter colours, GIS data mapping or overlay drapes. (Newest File Date: 10-18-95)

LANT-95.ZIP 4,727 12-15-95 Artisoft Announces Lantastic(r) For Windows(r) 95 (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

LANT6X.ZIP 15,289 12-22-95 Resolves problem when printing from a PC running MSWin 95 over LANtastic PowerSuite or 6.00 that causes the error 'Spool32' when a print job is sent from the Win95 node to a LANtastic printserver (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

LCAM101A.ZIP 538,068 12-16-95 Labels, Cards & More V1.0 New Version for Win95! Create incredible labels, cards, envel. and more on any printer. Custom layouts, OLE2 support, boxes, lines, circles, clipart & text in any size, color, style rotation. "Special" objects to link to data files for mailing lists, counters, quick addressing, personal info. WYSIWYG drag & drop, setup and online help. (Newest File Date: 11-21-95)

LDRU2016.ZIP 267,240 01-08-96 LDRSUtil.DLL v2.0 - Utility library for VB, Delphi, and other Windows languages. Features: Special FX, String compression, file archiving, encryption, CRCs, Disk functions, multimedia functions (for .wav, .avi, .mid, etc.) and much more. The included sample app will show you just some of the things you can do with LDRSUtil.DLL. (C) 1995 LDR Systems, Inc. (Newest File Date: 01-01-96)

LLLETNUM.ZIP 1,540,074 01-01-96 Larry's Learning Letters and Numbers for Windows. With graphics and sounds you'll learn the letters of the alphabet & the numbers 0 through 10. Plus you'll be able to play with lots of sounds, such as the piano. Real human voice speaks everything. User friendly interface. Animated animals and objects. Also you can have fun by just pressing all the letters and numbers to play different musical sounds and speech. (Newest File Date: 12-27-95)

LOCKTT23.ZIP 235,961 12-30-95 locktt23.zip LOCKtite is a utility designed to help manage Windows(tm) security. It works with the Program Manager to allow you to easily restrict the menu, to add or remove program groups from display, and to password protect any app. Is is particularly useful where more than one user has access to a computer. Shareware. $30 for a single copy or a site licence. (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

LOOKUP.ZIP 49,204 01-13-96 Lookup Wizard For Excel95. Helps Write Formulas That Find The Value at The Intersection of A Column And A Row in A Rectangular Range of Cells on A Worksheet. (Newest File Date: 11-10-95)

LOTPRO35.ZIP 538,526 12-24-95 Windows Lotto Pro v3.5 <ASP> - Determines the most likely lottery numbers to be drawn next. Uses an analysis of previously drawn lottery numbers to pick your numbers, not a random number generator. The numbers picked can be played in the 25 wheeling systems that are included. Requires MSWin 3.0+. For all lotteries that pick 5 to 7 numbers, including Powerball. (Newest File Date: 11-01-95)

LOUPE16.ZIP 42,860 12-30-95 Loupe for Windows displays a magnified view of whatever is beneath the mouse cursor, much like a printer's or jeweler's loupe (Newest File Date: 12-12-95)

LS9512.ZIP 12,354 01-14-96 Multi-format Directory Lister for Win95 DOS box. Supports Long File Names. Freeware from MicroText Systems Inc. (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

LUDO.ZIP 21,896 12-29-95 Ludo for Windows is a shareware puzzle game where the player competes against the compute in a race to finish with all four of their tokens at the end of the maze. Requires a 386-25 PC, Win3.1 or Win95, 4 megs RAM, VGA, 2 megs HD space. Version 1.0 - $5 registration fee. (Newest File Date: 12-20-95)

LVSLOT12.ZIP 323,853 01-08-96 Las Vegas Slots v1.2 - The most realistic slot machine simulation. Includes running jackpot that continues to update. As many as 8 chances to win on each spin. Comes with outstanding graphics and sound effects. If you only use one slot machine foe Windows, this is it! Shareware (US $12) Tim Hirtle, 102705.2261@compuserve.com (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

MAPDRW21.ZIP 95,984 12-30-95 MapDraw v2.1 Deed Plotting System <ASP> Easy-to-use deed plotting system for real estate and title professionals. Draws maps based on metes and bounds descriptions. Instant online display while data is entered. Curves, gap, acreage, perimeter, closure, scaling, multiple lots. High quality printing on any Windows-compatible printer. Feet and metric measurements. Requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

MATH4X4.ZIP 519,231 12-29-95 Math4x4 is a feature-rich MSWin math pgm that operates very much like a hand held calculator w/scores of functions including basic arithmetic, trigonometry/trancendental functions, statistics, vectors, matrices, and much more; Garry Lee Johnson. (Newest File Date: 11-27-95)

MBINGA23.ZIP 428,590 12-25-95 Penny Penguin's Math Bingo is a multimedia game designed to teach your child addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. With cute animation and excellent sound effects, Penny will play "Bingo" with your child, gently helping him or her to choose the correct block. Used in schools. (Newest File Date: 11-13-95)

MBINGB23.ZIP 388,333 12-25-95 Penny Penguin's Math Bingo is a multimedia game designed to teach your child addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. With cute animation and excellent sound effects, Penny will play "Bingo" with your child, gently helping him or her to choose the correct block. Used in schools. This version requires Win95. (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

MBS102.ZIP 389,458 12-16-95 MicroFox Baseball Statistics for Windows. Keeps track of multiple years, leagues, teams, players, fields, umpires, standings, hitting, pitching, fielding, and schedules. User defined sorts, custom screen, help. Prints team standings and player statistics. Schedules and Prints teams, fields, umpires. Keeps any notes on teams, players, etc. like phone numbers, addresses, and reminders. (Newest File Date: 12-09-95)

MEIGAP43.ZIP 302,496 12-23-95 MeigaVue 4.3: 32-bit MSWin program that lets you display & print graphics files that use the GIF, JPEG, BMP, TGA, PCX and TIFF graphics formats; this is the Japanese version of VuePrint; Edward B. Hamrick. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

MEIGAV43.ZIP 327,922 12-23-95 MeigaVue 4.3: 16-bit MSWin program that lets you display & print graphics files that use the GIF, JPEG, BMP, TGA, PCX and TIFF graphics formats; this is the Japanese version of VuePrint; Edward B. Hamrick. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

MEMANAL.ZIP 145,374 01-05-96 Win95 memory analysis util, nifty! (Newest File Date: 10-31-95)

MF20AC.ZIP 714,929 12-20-95 Ultimate Music Collection Database Program (MS-Access 2.0 Add-on) (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

MFL16151.ZIP 57,313 01-01-96 MailFlag version 1.51 Shareware Windows utility to provide enhanced new-mail notification with MS Mail 3.x & Exchange 4. Features: repeating audio alerts (beep or .WAV file); popup window allows "remind me later", activate Mail, delete read receipts; popup shows sender,subject, whether files attached, receipt requested. All options configurable. (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

MFL32151.ZIP 66,915 01-06-96 MailFlag version 1.51 Shareware Windows utility to provide enhanced new-mail notification with MS Mail 3.x & Exchange 4. Features: repeating audio alerts (beep or .WAV file); popup window allows "remind me later", activate Mail, delete read receipts; popup shows sender,subject, whether files attached, receipt requested. All options configurable. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

MIRC38.ZIP 531,243 12-17-95 mIRC v3.8, an Internet Relay Chat Client. For those of you new to the internet, IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. The IRC network is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk. mIRC attempts to provide a user-friendly interface for use with the IRC network. (Newest File Date: 11-25-95)

MM1032B4.ZIP 803,359 12-26-95 MailMaker 1.0 beta 4 32bit QWK compatible offline reader for Win95 and Windows NT. Fast database to organize your mail Includes features like text search, internal unpacker, ANSI-viewer, text justification, optional spellchecker, file attachments, picklists, easy install and uninstall and much more. Imports Robomail 1.3 data / folder (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

MM10B4.ZIP 759,498 12-26-95 MailMaker 1.0 beta 4 QWK compatible Windows offline reader Fast database to organize your mail Includes features like text search, internal unpacker, ANSI-viewer, text justification, optional spellchecker, file attachments, picklists, easy install and uninstall and much more. Imports Robomail 1.3 data/folder (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

MMID14.ZIP 37,013 12-26-95 MultiMID - Multisession MIDI Overlay Driver for MS Win3.1 Allows connection of multiple programs to single-session MIDI drivers at the same time! Requires WIN 3.1 and a sound card (SB, GUS, PAS.). (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

MOM110.ZIP 313,400 01-08-96 Momshell V1.1 - The Alternative Windows Shell A Win3.1 Program Manager replacement * Improved and easier interface than PM * Program Manager and File Manager files import * Optionally prevent launching a second copy of a program * Monitors free memory, resources, disk space and batteries * Low memory/resources/disk/batteries alarm notification * Quick Exit / Reestart / Reboot windows (Newest File Date: 12-28-95)

MPD453.ZIP 325,588 01-09-96 My Personal Diary for Windows v4.53 Keep a PRIVATE diary or journal. Designed with privacy in mind to keep your diary or journal private. Multiple user feature allows an unlimited number of people to keep diaries and/or journals independent of one another. Treasure Chest, Export, Multi-search, To-Do list, Contact Manager. (Newest File Date: 12-23-95)

MULTVU20.ZIP 127,736 12-18-95 MultiVu (tm) v2.0 <ASP> - Windows utility for viewing files up to 2 GB. Scan disk for text, files. Fast text search. Up to 20 open files. Drag 'n' drop support. File 'preload' for smooth scrolling. Browse ZIP, ARJ and LZH contents. Load, search, print while browsing or using other programs. Bookmarks. Separate screen and printer fonts. Network compatible. For Win3.1, 95, NT. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

MVPBKG11.ZIP 1,539,195 01-07-96 MVP Backgammon for Windows by MVP Software. You're in for a treat when you try this fantastic implementation of the classic board game. Simulating the setting of a medieval pub, the graphics, music and digitized speech perfectly complement the intermediate skill level in this shareware version. This is without a doubt the best computer Backgammon game ever. Requires Windows, VGA, mouse; a sound card is recommended. Ver 1.1. (Newest File Date: 12-30-95)

MWAP125.ZIP 157,007 12-24-95 Medlin Windows Accounts Payable <ASP> A fast, easy to use A/P and check writing program for small businesses. Prints reports for any period or combination of periods. Reports can be previewed on screen and saved to a file. An easily-modified standard chart of accounts in included. Invoices are entered, marked for payment and checks written from a single screen. $38 (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

MWGL131.ZIP 145,668 12-24-95 Medlin Windows General Ledger <ASP> A fast, easy to use double entry general ledger program for small businesses. Prints general ledger, transaction listing, income statement and balance sheet reports for any period or combination of periods. Reports can be previewed on screen and saved to a file. An easily-modified standard chart of accounts in included. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

MWPR196.ZIP 148,731 12-24-95 MWPR - Medlin Windows Payroll Writing <ASP> From Medlin Accounting Shareware. Complete easy to use payroll writing program. Built-in State & Federal tables. Up to 4 user set deductions allow for tips, 401k, medical deductions, disability insurance, local taxes, etc. Up to 3 other income fields. Print reports for any period. Registered users receive W-2 printing program. $38 (Newest File Date: 11-17-95)

NAPSOL1.ZIP 100,016 01-14-96 Napoleon Solitaire v1.0 - Windows solitaire collection based on Forty Thieves, a classic 2-deck solitaire game. Contains Forty Thieves and 10 other similar games, and a Game Wizard that can create up to 900 different solitaire games. Shareware, $15. (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

NBOOK18.ZIP 46,928 12-29-95 NoteBook v1.8: small MSWin utility useful for keeping short notes/lists; main window displays a table of contents built from the first line of each individual NoteBook page; pages are automatically saved whenever changes are made; cut/copy/paste entire notes from the table of contents page; up to 4 pgs can be printed on a single sheet of 8 " x 11" paper; Gregory Braun. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

NETCLK95.ZIP 127,255 01-05-96 (v4.00) NetClock - Win Winsock/Timer/Net Keeps track of your internet time and usage. usage. NetClock is designed to be small, easy to use, use as few resources as possible and be internationally usable. Shareware: US $15 via RegNet: http://www.xmission.com/~wintrnx/regnet (Newest File Date: 12-20-95)

NETERM28.ZIP 518,396 12-22-95 NetTerm v2.8 Internet Telnet OVID Zmodem SLIP NetTerm is a Windows based terminal emulator with fast zmodem file transfers. It can also be used as a dialer program for SLIP/PPP and includes a built in scripting language. For Internet hosts, the telnet protocol is enabled with VT100 and full ANSI graphics. A ftp server is included. Transparent printing and local host editing is supported for UNIX. neterm28.zip 72060.2331@compuserve.com (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

NETTOOB.ZIP 997,855 01-05-96 Nettoob - Live Video Feed From The Net / Web Interface With Netscape And Others - Yep TV on The Net - Get This (Newest File Date: 12-25-95)

NEWSHIPS.ZIP 19,460 01-14-96 2 .BMP files of STAR TREK-based starships I created using Win3.1 Paintbrush. The USS Scott is a *huge* repair craft; the USS Janeway is a fast-frigate based loosely on the design of Voyager. (Newest File Date: 01-02-96) There are far too many graphics files added each month for them to be included in this list. Call Windows OnLine for our free file lists which are located in directory 497. <W>

NGAHD43.ZIP 812,460 12-17-95 NutriGenie American Heart Diet for Windows winner of Home PC Top 100 Products of the Year. Based on U.S. Surgeon General's dietary guidelines for lowering cholesterol, avoiding obesity and reducing heart disease risk. Has unique & sophisticated tools: menu generator, food pyramid and RDA analyses, weight control planner, cholesterol profiler, BMI calculator, blood pressure tracker, etc. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

NOQUIT1.ZIP 16,228 12-26-95 NoQuit (TM) is a small utility to keep unauthorized users from exiting MSWin. Perfect for library systems etc which need terminals to be in MSWin 24 hours a day. NoQuit is SHAREWARE (US$7) This IS VERSION 3.00a (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

NOTBK34.ZIP 587,582 01-12-96 (v3.4) Notbk34.zip - W95 Large File Editor Notebook is a Notepad replacement which: (1).Will open VERY large files; (2).Has a toolbar; (3).Supports DRAG and DROP editing; (4).Features full font control; (5). Supports overtype mode; (6). Will allow print/saving to file SELECTED text. Vb40032.dll Required. (Newest File Date: 12-23-95)

NOVTIPS.ZIP 8,576 01-03-96 Novell Netware 3.12/3.11 network administrator tips and tricks (MS Word 6 doc) (Newest File Date: 12-23-95)

NPWFX32A.ZIP 2,048,991 12-22-95 Paper Software's VRML plug-in browser for Netscape 2.0 and Win95. Beta. (Newest File Date: 10-26-95)

NTS-100E.ZIP 569,071 01-10-96 VirusScan for Windows NT DOS box by McAfee, Inc. Scans and cleans PC's/LAN's for known and new viruses. Requires Windows NT 3.5+. Version 100 (9512) (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

NU95FAQ.ZIP 16,242 12-23-95 Norton utilities 95 frequently asked question (Newest File Date: 12-12-95)

OCRSPRT.ZIP 2,298,179 01-09-96 Spanish ocr program - need ocr.exe (win 95). (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

OFSPDB02.ZIP 44,576 12-30-95 OmniFSPd for Win95 v1.0b2 High performance 32 bit FSP server designed specifically for Win95 and Windows NT. (Newest File Date: 10-18-95)

OLED40.ZIP 378,869 01-01-96 O'Ledger95 is a simple financial ledger perfect for balancing your checkbook or estimating the cost of a shopping trip. [W95] (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

PAPERS43.ZIP 134,722 12-18-95 Paper Selector 4.3 Wallpaper manager - Paper Selector v4.3 BMP viewer, ICO viewer, and Windows wallpaper changer. Windows Magazine superior shareware and Ziffnet's reviewer's pick. View multiple thumbnails and choose wallpaper from anywhere on your hard drive, or create a BMP SlideShow right on your desktop, while you continue to work! Now prints BMP files! Requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 11-20-95)

PASSWD1.ZIP 38,303 01-03-96 Win 3: VB Password Program is a set of very simply laid out forms and procedures to add full password and task level functionality to your VB programs. No custom VBXs or tools All SOURCE code and exe included. Features include: User ID, User Name. (Newest File Date: 11-28-95)

PBS_V13.ZIP 185,151 12-17-95 PBstring v1.30 String remover - 1dgroup saver extrodinaire! Faster, SAFER, and MORE COMPLETE than any other string remover. Handles C's escape codes and replacement parameters properly. (Newest File Date: 12-02-95)

PCSWP351.ZIP 2,467,726 01-11-96 PC-Sweep 32 for Win95/NT (v3.51) File & zip manager. PC-Sweep is more powerful than File Manager + Winzip! In additon to the normal file commands, PC-Sweep has a ZIP file manager, over 80 internal viewers (document and image formats - automatically view files even within zip files) 4DOS/NDOS descriptions support, a command line, and full Drag and Drop support (drag-and-drop between zip files and/or logged drives). (Newest File Date: 12-24-95)

PDHPRO.ZIP 547,689 12-24-95 Prairie Dog Hunt Pro (TM) - The 3rd and best. The award winning Prairie Dog series from Diversions Software. 360 degrees of freedom, fully animated Prairie Dogs, zoomable weapon sight, authentic sound effects, high scores, multiple skill levels. Hours of mindless destruction ! Requires Vbrun300 (Newest File Date: 11-19-95) I LIKE this one!!! <W>

PETEMT20.ZIP 180,734 01-11-96 Peter's Many Things 2.0 for Windows Maintain a list of scraps of information Various filters regroup the list. Three files of 800 items. And/Or search. Group copy, paste. Whole word searches. Doubleclick speed searches. Select colors (Newest File Date: 01-07-96)

PFCUS221.ZIP 696,492 01-01-96 PageFocus v2.21 Win3.1x app that provides an extensive set of tools for creating electronic documents, forms and or graphics. It is a drawing, form program and a desktop publishing program and more. This package includes the runtime system so that you can enter, save or retrieve data to the forms created. Update to Ver. 2.2 released in 06-95. ShareWare Version (Newest File Date: 11-13-95)

PFOWL106.ZIP 368,791 01-11-96 Professor Owl is a C Code generator for the Object Window Library. It is the fastest way to wrte OS/2 applcations using your Borland C compiler and the Object Window Library classes. Professor Owl generates skeleton apps, make files, and C code with headers. It is easy to add objects and classes with functions/events to your existing C files or new C files. You push the buttons and let Professor Owl do the rest. It knows about hundreds of functions, parameters and classes that make up the Object Window Library(tm). (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

PIA16.ZIP 369,879 12-16-95 PCB development tool, 386+Win3.1 or better (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

PIC265.ZIP 161,452 01-07-96 Picture View v2.65 - PIC View will allow you to scan directories for windows pictures files/bmp/icon/wmf and display 40 in an enlarged format and select from the display to move, copy, delete. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

PICPLAN1.ZIP 942,870 12-31-95 Picture Planner 1.0 Personal Planner Calendar And Picture Frame. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

PLAY230B.ZIP 53,950 12-21-95 Mod 4 Windows - Player engine update 2.30b (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

PMAN.ZIP 60,050 01-05-96 Programmer's IDE For Windows V1.6. Project Manager For Windows Compiles And Assembles Programming Projects Using Your Favorite Text Editor And Language Tools. This Program is Especially Useful For Developing Assembly (Newest File Date: 11-08-95)

PMPLUS.ZIP 2,952,889 01-11-96 Win95 Poor Man's Plus! Package includes internet setup wizard to automatically install MS's Internet Explorer and optional mail handler, and get your dial-up connection configured easily; also includes updated Dial-Up Scripting program - all from the MSLibrary fer free. (Newest File Date: 01-06-96)

PONG95.ZIP 683,098 12-25-95 Super Pong game for Win95 (Newest File Date: 10-11-95)

PORTSCAN.ZIP 252,507 01-13-96 Port Scanner tool for Win95 that allows you to scan a group of IP addresses looking for the presence of specific incoming TCP/IP ports. This is a large benefit to anyone managing a TCP/IP network, or to anyone who is concerned with the possible security risks that some TCP/IP tools present to their network. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

POW17B4.ZIP 319,938 01-09-96 PowWow 1.7beta 4 - The Internet Personal Communicator. Allows up to 7 people to chat by keyboard or voice, xfer files, & cruise the web using NetScape Navigator or MS Internet Explorer as your browser. From Tribal Voice(http://www.tribal.com) REQ:Win 3.1+,TCP/IP Internet connection. (Newest File Date: 11-02-95)

PRGBR211.ZIP 223,615 12-16-95 (2.11) ProgramBar - App launch/switch/close ProgramBar brings much of the functionality of the Win95 TaskBar to Win3.1. A button bar at any edge of the screen displays active tasks for switching. All Program Manager groups may be accessed. Control Panel items may be run for configuration. Fast launch of commonly used apps, documents and help files. Easy configuration of most aspects of usage. Shareware. (Newest File Date: 12-02-95)

PROJ21SW.ZIP 337,472 01-01-96 Project Analyzer, VB Source Code Analyzer - Document Your Code, Including Comments & Cross-References - List Procedures, Controls, Variables And Constants - Find Which Dll Functions Are Needed (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

PRT95_25.ZIP 206,683 12-30-95 Win95 print screen util, limited to 256 (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

PSANT261.ZIP 1,205,096 01-06-96 PSA Cards V2.61 Easy to use interface for storing names, addresses and phone numbers. Looks like a card file and works like a card file. Just click on a tab or card to access it. Print Rolodex cards, envelopes, labels, address books, and dial phone numbers. Reminders for birthdays, appointments, etc., intelligent file merge, imports ASCII data, Subgroups, 3-D Controls, search any field. Windows NT 3.51 or Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

PSP31_32.ZIP 1,504,258 01-05-96 Paint Shop Pro Upgrade Patch 3.11->3.2 (Newest File Date: 11-15-95)

PSP32BIT.ZIP 1,955,773 01-12-96 Paint Shop Pro v3.12-32 <ASP> The complete windows graphics program for image creation, viewing, and manipulation. Features include painting with 8 brushes, photo retouching, image enhancement and editing, color enhancement, image browser, batch conversion, and scanner support. Included are 20 standard filters and 12 deformations. Supports plug-in filters. Over 34 file formats. 32Bit Win95. (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

PSTAR200.ZIP 795,154 12-25-95 PlanStar v2.00 <ASP> Resource Scheduling System for Windows. Tracks categorized events, and records/summarizes hours and dollars for multiple resource types, in one integrated database. User selects any combination of categories to display or print as event lists, or month, week, and day calendars. Warns of scheduling conflicts. Link lists of people in contact manager to scheduled events! (Newest File Date: 11-13-95)

Q95DEMO.ZIP 3,201,980 12-23-95 QmodemPro for Win95 v2.0 DEMO (Newest File Date: 11-11-95)

QMOSAIC.ZIP 1,973,092 01-12-96 Quarterdeck Mosaic v1.01 includes support for additional HTML extensions, including Backgrounds, font color and borders. Quarterdeck will continue to add support for additional extensions on a regular basis. Unzip in a temp directory then install from Windows Program Manager. (Newest File Date: 10-10-95)

QN102.ZIP 62,273 12-20-95 Quicknet. Version 1.02 Internet TCP/IP FTP program for the business community. If you regularly transfer the same file(s) between the same place(s), this product is for you. It has two features which set it apart: it can't be used for "surfing". The user has to know the file name and its location thus productivity is enhanced; all your passwords are encrypted. Win3.1 and Vbrun300 are required. Shareware - $39.95 + s/h (Newest File Date: 11-28-95)

QRDR113.ZIP 338,468 01-13-96 QReader 1.13: QWK offline message reader for Windows features a simple to use interface; PCBoard 15.x long header support; address book; spell checking; taglines; packet management; ANSI/PCBoard @ code bulletin support; cut/copy/paste text to and from other apps. Simple to install, just run Qrdr113.exe from the Program Manager; File.Run command. (Newest File Date: 12-26-95)

QSHOP45.ZIP 287,104 01-13-96 Quick Shopping v4.5 - Latest release of the simple but most popular shopping list on the market. Ends writing the same lists over & over. Keeps you from forgetting important items. Organize your thinking, budget your trips. Saves so much time you wonder why you didn't get it before. Features user defined categories, tracking of unit cost info, visual shopping list w/estimated $ total of trip. $10. Shareware. Requires Vbrun300. (Newest File Date: 12-28-95)

QTB10.ZIP 24,712 12-17-95 QTB V1.0 Using the new Shell Extensions to Win95, QTB will create an AppBar, that is, a window like the TaskBar at the bottom of the Win95 screen, and scroll selected stock tickers across it. (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

RABCFB12.ZIP 493,310 12-16-95 "Roxie's ABC Fish" is a multimedia game designed to teach your child ABCs and numbers. With attractive animation and excellent sound effects, Roxie the cat will play "Go Fish" with your child, gently helping him or her to choose the correct card. The mouse cursor changes in different areas of the screen, providing for intuitive play. Used in schools. This version requires Win95. (Newest File Date: 11-28-95)

RASANDGO.ZIP 47,067 01-03-96 Win 3: VB3 example for ras from the commandline or batchfile (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

RDEAL100.ZIP 923,143 01-06-96 The Real Deal multimedia card games by MVP Software and Mindscape. Tired of beating your computer at solitaire? With The Real Deal, hours of entertainment are in the cards. Choose from your favorite card game, including Euchre, Hearts, Spades, Pinochle, Cribbage, and five more. This fully-playable demo includes three games and four computer opponents. Req Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

RDRDISK1.ZIP 1,241,595 12-28-95 Alex Radar RelationBase - Easy-to-use Windows based information file-and-retrieval software allows multiple associations for storing random information via simple, user-created "tags". Tag a word, phrase or other info in any/all Windows apps. FREE. (1 of 3) (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

RDRDISK2.ZIP 1,335,930 12-28-95 Alex RADAR RelationBase - (2 of 3) (Newest File Date: 12-15-95)

RDRDISK3.ZIP 1,227,616 12-28-95 Alex RADAR RelationBase - (3 of 3) (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

REM31.ZIP 74,553 12-30-95 Windows Reminder V2.7 - Your Autostart companion! Never forget a birtday or an important appointment again! Reminder informs you as many days in advance of upcoming events as you like. Exact number of days left to event given, taking leap years into account. Events may occur every year or only once. Events may stretch over several days. Date format adjustable. Easy to use, user-friendly operation. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

RMATFA12.ZIP 548,356 12-25-95 Kids love to play "Go Fish," and now can play "Roxie's Math Fish" with Roxie, a charismatic, animated, talking cat. A friendly companion for your child, Roxie will aid your child in learning math. Two levels each of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are available. The program is very intuitive and progresses at the child's own pace. Online help included. (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

RMATFB12.ZIP 536,568 12-25-95 Kids love to play "Go Fish," and now can play "Roxie's Math Fish" with Roxie, a charismatic, animated, talking cat. A friendly companion for your child, Roxie will aid your child in learning math. Two levels each of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are available. The program is very intuitive and progresses at the child's own pace. Online help included. Used in schools. (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

ROMCAT20.ZIP 320,482 12-16-95 Romcat v2.0: MSWin util that provides a keyword oriented search of CDR/CMX clipart on your CorelDRAW CDs; thumbnails can be dis- played; import requests can be directed to CorelDRAW; prebuilt catalog of keywords for a recent release of DRAW is provided; Paul P. Schaefer. (Newest File Date: 11-11-95)

ROPS1642.ZIP 335,124 12-16-95 RoPS (Roger's PostScript) v4.2: MSWin 16-bit Level 1 PostScript Interpreter (uses TTFs); understands PostScript document structuring conventions; handles color (palette displays only); anti-aliases text; can transfer PostScript documents clipboard as graphics or text; Roger Willcocks/ Centipede Productions. (Newest File Date: 11-30-95)

ROPS3242.ZIP 376,117 12-16-95 RoPS (Roger's PostScript) v4.2: MSWin 32-bit Level 1 PostScript Interpreter (uses TTFs); understands PostScript docu- ment structuring conventions; handles color (palette displays only); anti-aliases text; can transfer PostScript documents clipboard as graphics or text; Roger Willcocks/ Centipede Productions. (Newest File Date: 11-27-95)

RPW14S.ZIP 717,860 12-26-95 Recipe Processor For Windows V.1.4 (Newest File Date: 12-06-95)

SATCON11.ZIP 67,019 12-24-95 SATCon SAT Score Converter v1.1 <ASP> <ESC> Converts SAT scores between pre-1995 and new "recentered" scores. Easy Windows interface. Helps to interpret and compare scores for college entrance requirements. Also for PSAT. Includes brief history of the SAT in thorough Help File. Requires Windows 3.0 or higher (Win95 is fine) and Vbrun300. Free, from James Bair. (Newest File Date: 11-23-95)

SB.ZIP 359,996 01-05-96 Windows Hosted Install Compress Disk Distribution Setup Program Builder Visual C VB VB VC V4.00 (1500+ d/loads) SWREG #4153 A Win 3.1 utility for creating professional looking installation procedures. Simple installs in less than 10 minutes! Fully automated with optional components. Handles multiple disks / splitting, compression, modify .INI files, version/overwrite checking, backdrops, standard 3D look, branding, PM groups+icons, registry, de-install, VB .MAK import. True multi-tasking installations. Highly tailorable via optional script code. If it can be copied, SB will install it! (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SB16W95U.ZIP 177,957 01-07-96 Creative Bulletin Board SDR-95UPD-1-US (Revision 1) Latest SB16/AWE 32 drivers for Win95. Driver updated to support more languages. Corrected the problem of producing a loud constant tone during the playback of a recorded compressed wave file. Will now load mixer settings for TREBLE, BASS and Output Gain for Vibra C16F. Correct SB AWE32 DRAM size detection problem on some Pentium machine. (Newest File Date: 12-20-95)

SBDEMO12.ZIP 695,640 01-05-96 Demo of ShowBasic development kit for building stand-alone apps or add-ons to another apps in the following areas: - Computer Based Training (CBT); - live and slideshow product demos/ /presentations; - live Windows based tutorials. (Newest File Date: 11-13-95)

SDFRAMER.ZIP 166,380 01-01-96 SimDoc Framer is a MS-WFW6.0 add-in pgm that provides all the functionality of WinWord's standard format Frame Dialog Box, with significant enhancements: It's mouse-friendly, you can apply the new frame settings w/out closing the dialog box It's much smaller then the standard dialog box, so it obscures a much smaller portion of your work You can scroll thru the current document's frames You can turn Word's text marks on and off. (Newest File Date: 11-30-95)

SDOWN150.ZIP 62,089 01-02-96 ShutDown Version 1.50 ShutDown v1.50 will shutdown your computer. Quicker than clicking on Start and then ShutDown or using NT's Program Manager to shutdown. Shutdown the computer from a batch file or a shortcut on the 95 desktop. Also will logoff current user or restart computer. Supports timed shutdowns, running of a batch file or program before shutting down, and 95's MS-DOS mode. This file replaces SDOWN110.ZIP. Shareware. (Newest File Date: 12-20-95)

SE167360.ZIP 1,626,737 12-31-95 Softengine 3.60 for autocad for win (Newest File Date: 10-18-95)

SEARCH7.ZIP 42,963 01-13-96 Subform Search Utility 95; sample Access7 database shows how to search subforms. Code is open for you to modify and improve. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SEEV1B.ZIP 1,576,871 01-07-96 SOUND EVENT EDITOR '96 v1.0b for Win95 Freeware Utility to add Open,Close,Maximize, Minimize,RestoreUp/Down sound events to nearly any program in Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-31-95)

SER95B13.ZIP 367,137 12-15-95 Sermon Tracker 95 32-bit Win95 app that helps Pastors keep track of their sermons. This is still in BETA and I would greatly appreciate beta testers! (Newest File Date: 10-18-95)

SETUP324.ZIP 650,667 01-15-96 Envoy plug-in for netscape 2.0. (Newest File Date: 01-05-96)

SICON40.ZIP 471,942 12-25-95 SICon v4.0 Windows Unit Conversion Utility. 350,000+ unit conversions possible. Features help throughout. Converts imperial to metric, metric to imperial, etc. Features printing, calculator, save to file. Very easy to use. Includes over 600 material densities, periodic table. ShareWare. Registration: $14.95 (Newest File Date: 11-09-95)

SIGN102.ZIP 704,540 12-16-95 Sign-It! for Windows (Version 1.02) Sign any PC document electronically via OLE with a SINGLE mouse click. Personalized signature conversion into a smooth, scaleable TTF. Online Help and Order forms included. Compatible with Win 3.1 through Win 95. Created by Apropos Software. (Newest File Date: 11-15-95)

SIMISLE.ZIP 6,671 01-12-96 Requires Windows 3.x - Hexx editor to get money for the game SIMISLE. Easy to use! (Newest File Date: 10-05-95)

SLNOT140.ZIP 1,508,807 12-18-95 [v1.40] SlipKnot - WWW browser w/o SLIP Developed for PC Windows users with UNIX shell accounts, SlipKnot is a full featured graphical World Wide Web browser similar to Mosaic and Netscape, allowing local document display offline, saving of documents, and includes FTP and Gopher. Shareware (US$29.95 -MC/Visa/AMEX/check/MO) Peter Brooks, slpstaff@micromind.com (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

SOUNDS2A.ZIP 1,344,649 01-06-96 Sounds! 2.0a for Windows - Adds a floating toolbar with buttons you can assign .WAV files to! Assign a .WAV file to different times of the day. Built in alarm clocks to play favorite .WAV files at any time. Great for quick access to sounds! New CD-ROM Player and sample .WAV files too. Sound card is recommended. Supports Win3.1+, Workgroups, Windows NT, and Win95! (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

SPACE17F.ZIP 868,088 01-05-96 Space Hound v1.70f - Win Disk Utility - Find duplicate files, "sniff out" wasted space and forgotton files. Includes printable directory tree which reports storage usage within nested directories. Version info display, file compare, file extension display, file and directory deletion, deletion tracking statistics, miscellaneous reports and more. Works great on networks also. (Newest File Date: 11-12-95) Reviewed in WOLRS45 <W>

SPACEM30.ZIP 174,771 01-15-96 Space Manager v3.00 Space manager will search your disk for wasted space taken up by duplicate DLL files or any you specify. Provides an anaysis as well as a detailed report of space used. (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

SQLEXE11.ZIP 1,097,386 12-16-95 (v1.1) SQL Executor , Many databases, prints reports, remembers SQL statements, recalls previous SQL commands, has examples of SQL syntax. Sorts & filters dynasets. Add, or modify databases & indexes. Add, edit, and delete records. MS-Access, Dbase, ODBC. Jack Pierce, (pierce@sat.net) (Newest File Date: 11-25-95)

SS01SAMP.ZIP 29,648 12-22-95 Architech TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SS02SAMP.ZIP 26,419 12-22-95 BoltedBold TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SS03SAMP.ZIP 26,864 12-22-95 DoubleTrouble TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SS04SAMP.ZIP 27,897 12-22-95 FriutfulBlack TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SS05SAMP.ZIP 24,145 12-22-95 Machine TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SS06SAMP.ZIP 25,682 12-22-95 PCMedium TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SS07SAMP.ZIP 25,395 12-22-95 Reveal TTF for MSWin; Gerard E. Bernor. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

SSE260.ZIP 73,667 12-24-95 Screen Saver Enhancer (SSE) 2.60 - lets you instantly trigger your screen saver via mouse or keyboard in Win95! Or, disable the saver for backups & such. Great enhancement for convenience and security. Works with Win3.1/95/NT. (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

STARS_2.ZIP 1,329,710 12-16-95 Stars! v2.0: full-blown MSWin interstellar strategy game that's fast-paced & simple to play while allowing you to carry out com- plex/clever strategies; you'll build star- ships, discover and colonize new planets, research new technologies, manage the essen- tial elements of world economies, defend your empire and destroy all your enemies; one or more can play, on a single PC, across a network, over modems, email or BBSes; includes tutorial/extensive help; Jeff Johnson/Jeff McBride/ Star Crossed Software. (Newest File Date: 11-20-95)

STIKN13A.ZIP 189,898 01-03-96 Sticky Notes 1.3a Sticky Notes implements PostIt-like notes on your Win95 desktop. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

STILE19S.ZIP 207,585 01-06-96 Stiletto v1.9s. Tiny 3.1x bar launcher/utility featuring: small footprint (fits in title bar); any mouse button starts a command; multiple bars; direct access to prog mgr/shell commands; multiple launch menus/submenus; task switch, close, on top; time/date, resource usage, timers; over 50 built-in commands; alarms; sound, paper control. V1.9s adds delay for screen corner commands and fixes several bugs. (Newest File Date: 12-18-95)

STOCK22.ZIP 249,774 12-20-95 Stocks Investor v2.2: stock market investor program permits automated d/l of stock prices from CompuServe and plotting them; George R. Cotten. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

SUF310.ZIP 1,129,265 12-21-95 Setup Factory 3.1 allows you to create robust, professional installations for your Windows product in only minutes. The easiest to use setup builder available for any price and it's royalty-free! Features a point and click interface that eliminates the need for script programming or editing complex forms. Gradient backgrounds, icon creation for disk and CD-ROM, data compression, serial number verification and much more! (Newest File Date: 10-23-95)

SUPRE265.ZIP 266,346 01-05-96 SuperEdit v2.65 - Superedit with many features, a multiple document editor, an independent note pad for your desktop, drag and drop calculator, and now supports large documents, i.e. diskbuffer as well as word wrap, improved calendar. SW $15. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

SUPRMN21.ZIP 36,149 01-07-96 (v2.1) SuperMenu. Popup access to Win95 StartMenu. SuperMenu is a popup-menu which makes it possible to select the Win95 StartMenu button from wherever the hand is at the moment when clicking the right mouse-button (alternate mouse-button). Shareware (US$ 15.- Visa/AmEx, Transfer) Jarle Pettersen, jarlep@telepost.no (Newest File Date: 12-29-95)

SURFR120.ZIP 1,107,236 12-21-95 Surfer Central v1.20 - The cyberversal Internet Address Manager for Windows Surfer Central (v1.20) is a useful tool for Win3.1 (and later) that allows you to manage all your Internet addresses, including E-Mail, WWW, FTP, Gopher, Archie and Telnet, in a convenient, simple fashion. (Newest File Date: 11-28-95)

SW10B116.ZIP 1,094,342 12-16-95 Shockwave Ver 1.0b1 - 16bit The Macromedia Plugin for Netscape 2.0 Allows users of Netscape to view Director multimedia files without loading an external viewer. This version is for Win3.x only (Newest File Date: 11-27-95)

SW10B132.ZIP 1,110,090 12-18-95 Shockwave v1.0beta1 32-bit. It is a Netscape plug-in that allows you to play Director animation/movie files on the Internet. Requires Win3.1 (with win32s), Win95 and 386/33 with 4MB ram. It also requires Netscape 2.0 beta3. Release 12-05-95. Downloaded directly from the Macromedia Web site. (Newest File Date: 11-27-95)

TACAC20B.ZIP 166,196 01-07-96 Universal Tacacs Server v2.01: MSWin authentication server supporting the TACACS, XTACACS and TACACS protocol & can do so simultaneously using the same user database; supports authentication, authorization and accounting; supports all XTACACS message types, including the latest CHAP, ARAP & new style SLIP ON; req Vbrun300; Universal Networks Company Limited. (Newest File Date: 12-28-95)

TAKEON31.ZIP 1,342,840 01-09-96 Takeone 3.1 Windows animation program works with .BMP .RLE .DIB .BMX .AVI .WAV .Mid. (Newest File Date: 11-01-95)

TCP4W15.ZIP 74,786 12-21-95 Tcp4w (v1.51) - DLL/TCP/Windows/Winsock Tcp4w provides APIs which allows a simple use of the TCP protocol. These APIs can be used to develop client or server app. For instance, your app can create a socket, and connect to the remote host "ftp.cica.edu" using the "ftp" service in a single call. Winsock.dll required. FreeWare By Philippe Jounin (ark@ifh.sncf.fr) (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

TDPRO95.ZIP 434,914 01-09-96 Win95 pattern manager and library that lets you collect, edit, play and store your favorite drum patterns in real time. Set each pattern to any combination of beats per measure, or choose and sequence one from the collection.(Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

TFW115-1.ZIP 1,383,121 12-31-95 Telix for Windows v1.15 Even better program, even better price! Now only $79, this ever-popular comm program has a Telnet client, WINSOCK SLIP/Shell account Internet access, hooks to external FTP and other Internet tools, and has been thoroughly tested and streamlined for use under Win-95. Time-limited version; Disk [1/2] (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

TFW115-2.ZIP 1,426,664 12-31-95 Telix for Windows v1.15 Telix for Windows includes support for over 450 models of modems; cost calculation and phone bill estimation; VT-220, WYSE-75, and full ANSI X3.64 terminal emulation in fully resizable windows; color scrollback; script recorder; built-in editor, Modem Sniffer (tm) INT-14/FOSSIL support and more! Disk [2/2] (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

TFW115WN.ZIP 32,805 01-10-96 Telix for Windows 1.15a Readme/ Whatsnew This file contains the Readme.wri and Whatsnew.wri files that were inadvertently excluded from TFW 1.15a's shareware release and registered patch files. When uploading TFW files, please upload this file also. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

THAI252A.ZIP 1,265,594 01-11-96 Thai Lesson V2.52 For Win3.1x, Winnt, And Win95. Computer Assisted Learning Method For Thai. Requires Video For Windows Version 1.1 Runtime. Can be Used With Soundcard or PC Speaker. [1/2] (Newest File Date: 10-04-95)

THINGS13.ZIP 386,691 01-03-96 Thieves & Kings v1.3: MSWin world-wide favorite solitaire game; Paul DeWolf. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

TICKERIN.ZIP 675,735 01-11-96 A new news service from IBM that scrolls headlines across your desktop. Select a headline, and your Web browser displays the story! Win95 (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

TILES95.ZIP 558,757 12-26-95 Tiles & tribulations game. (Newest File Date: 12-11-95)

TIMWN121.ZIP 1,270,879 12-16-95 TimeWin v1.2.1 Manage your billable time. Easy to use MSWin program that tracks of your time by punching in and out of tasks for different Projects and Clients. TimeWin allows for different billing rates to Tasks and Projects. TimeWin also generates invoices on a Client, Project, or Task basis. (Newest File Date: 11-17-95)

TINY101.ZIP 200,309 12-16-95 = TinyCalc (v1.01) TinyCalc is a standard 4-function infix notation calculator for Win 95 and Win3.1+ that uses only a fraction of the screen. It sports a retractable keyboard making it one of the smallest calculators around! Plus, TinyCalc will sit boldly on top of all other windows for easy access. And if that wasn't enough, you'll enjoy the AutoClipboard feature that simplifies that mundane chore of copying and pasting. Shareware. Registration fee: $5.00. Published by GadgetWare. (Newest File Date: 11-09-95)

TLC20_SW.ZIP 743,084 12-15-95 TLC v2.0 - 9 VBX's; Adv. Lists & Trees; Images - A powerful set of nine list and tree controls used to manipulate, query and display data. Features: expand/collapse, unlimited images and styles, file read/write, parsing, searching, borders, popup, shading, custom item size and placement, 3D text, formatted text to display multiple colors and font attributes. Use custom ImageBags and StyleBags to quickly change a program's appearnce or share them between many controls to manage complex projects. Define different styles and images for Parent, Child. (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

TMLN5SHW.ZIP 1,292,605 01-11-96 TIMELINE V5.0 for WIN 3.1+ is an-depth, Ancient and Medieval history timeline designed for thinking adults. It has no equal among published software. A spreadsheet metaphor with multiple pages presents a pageant of the human experience in ages past for Northwest Europe, the Mediterranean region, India and Tibet, and China and Japan. Click on setup.exe under Windows to install. (Newest File Date: 01-03-96)

TOQCKN15.ZIP 59,518 01-06-96 (v1.5) ToQuicken for Windows ToQuicken is a simple utility that converts files of downloaded stock or mutual fund prices into a format that Quicken is capable of importing. The whole purpose of ToQuicken is to allow America Online, CompuServe, or Dow Jones members to be able to use their on-line service to obtain price information and easily update their Quicken files. Shareware (US$ 5), beiley@aol.com (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

TP30SB2.ZIP 717,090 01-13-96 ThumbsPlus 3.0-S Beta 2 - Thumbnail graphics creator and viewer Win95 (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

TPGS204.ZIP 135,312 01-11-96 Pretty Good Solitaire v2.0 Collection of 30 Windows solitaire games, including Klondike, Canfield, FreeCell, Spider, Seahaven Towers, and Forty Thieves. The games have full undo/redo, autoplay, win/loss statistics, selectable card backs and background color. Games are saved automatically upon exit. A full-featured solitaire collection for the serious player. (Newest File Date: 12-31-95)

TPP151.ZIP 841,846 12-19-95 Tasks, Projects and People Advanced PIM. TPP is a PIM for those needing a PIM to grow with them. Where other PIMs keep a limited amount of information about Schedule or ToDo items, TPP tracks over 30 fields of information about each item. Unbelievably, TPP is the most simple to use PIM, and provides the most robust capabilities! By PatriSoft, developers of software since 1986 with 20,000+ customers. (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

TPWINS32.ZIP 463,605 12-15-95 TracePlus32/Winsock 2.04, 32 bit Winsock Debugging Facility. (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

TR127E.ZIP 1,592,106 12-31-95 Tropical Reader V1.27 for Windows. Offline reader for Internet EMail/Usenet and QWK-format with full database support (Newest File Date: 11-08-95)

TRAPPRO.ZIP 394,089 01-13-96 Trap Shooting Pro - from Diversions Software. Realistic 3D Trap Shooting. Beautifully rendered scrollable field, full head motion aiming, authentic sound effects, multiple skill level Shareware Requires Vbrun300 (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

TRMPTTRB.ZIP 19,570 12-17-95 Troubleshoot trumpet winsock; html and text. (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

TUZZL10W.ZIP 114,917 01-03-96 Zuzzle (The Tile Puzzle) v1.0: MSWin game that may remind you of the puzzle games you played as a child where the object of the game is to unscramble the tiles in as little time as possible; Anthony Watson/ Mountain Software. (Newest File Date: 10-23-95)

TVNOW405.ZIP 780,331 01-05-96 TVNow TV Schedules Manager for Windows Use it with a TVNOW data file such as TV0101.ZIP for Jan 1-15 TV0116.ZIP for Jan 16-31 . . Shows for over 80 cable channels are detailed. Channels such as HBO, CIN, A&E, FAM, USA, ESPN, TBS, and many more. Search by actor, title, description. A very easy and powerful system. (Newest File Date: 12-28-95)

TXP16131.ZIP 508,037 12-22-95 Textpad 1.31: Ziff-Davis 1995 Award winner. "TextPad is the BEST 32-bit text editor I've seen! It's fast, loaded with features, and beautifully done. Get it!" - Dr File Finder. "Setting new standards. 10/10" - PC Plus. "Best editor for Windows that we've ever seen" - Windows User. Available for Win95/NT & Win3.1. Writing apps. Helios Software Solutions <ASP> (Newest File Date: 11-11-95)

ULSD118.ZIP 242,663 01-12-96 Universal Lottery System v1.18 . Easy to setup for any type of Lottery . Create databases to record winning sets of numbers from previous draws. Shows count of how many times each number has been drawn. These are displayed in graph and grid form. With Pick-a-Winner random number generator. Excellent On-Line Help. For Win 3.x and 95. Requires Vbrun300. Rated: (Newest File Date: 12-18-95)

UNOMSN.ZIP 21,654 01-05-96 Win 3: UnOmissions is a collection of useful functions not found in the VB 4.0 programming language. Shareware. Not crippled. 30-day eval. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

UNZIP95S.ZIP 389,901 01-07-96 UnZIP95 (tm) for Win95 [FlashPoint] - The Completely Simple (tm) solution for managing zipped archive files under Win95. Integrates with the Win95 Explorer to provide custom icons, property sheets and context menu controls for unzipping, testing and opening ZIP files. No painful nag/delay msgs. Support for ZIP 1-2.0 compatible files. Easier than WinZIP. (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

USPUZL10.ZIP 143,745 01-07-96 USAPuzzle! v1.0 for Windows by Torpedo Software - Take a spin across the USA! Includes colorful map puzzles for the states and capitals of the US. The puzzle pieces consist of states and star icons which are dragged and rotated by the user to their correct position on the map. The timed game format holds interest and makes learning US geography fun. Different levels of difficulty make the software useful to any age. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

UUCOD315.ZIP 137,155 12-28-95 UUCODE version 3.1.5 Compuserve award-winning UUCODE will allow your Windows and Windows for Workgroups 3.X equipped PC to send and receive binary 8-bit data over communication links or networks which don't support binary data, such as the Internet. UUCODE can also accept and generate files for UNIX systems. Automatic detection of 12 popular multi-part types is provided, with the exclusive ability to accept parts in any order. (Newest File Date: 11-02-95)

V2PLSREG.ZIP 52,787 12-17-95 View2 Plus (TM): Total Window Management for Word 6 & 7 by Michael M. Ross. (Newest File Date: 11-30-95)

VBSNR.ZIP 120,270 12-29-95 VB SNR Make global change or search to ASCII files which make up a MS VB project. Saves you time when you need to change variable, control, or control options, or need to change any hard coded dir/path specs (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

VCOMM300.ZIP 558,185 12-30-95 (v3.00) Vcomm - Windows telecom program Vcomm is an excellent telecom program for Windows. It has all the popular file transfer protocols and terminal emmulations. Vcomm also has autologon, drag and drop file transfers. With its easy to use interface powerful features, VComm is a sure bet. Shareware $10. (Newest File Date: 12-14-95)

VDBCAT.ZIP 49,611 01-14-96 Visual dbase files that are available on cis. (Newest File Date: 01-01-96)

VDOPLG32.ZIP 338,276 01-13-96 VDO Live 0.1.0 build 39 Plug-in for Netscape. Realtime video over the net. Win95 (Newest File Date: 12-30-95)

VFWIN1_0.ZIP 143,730 12-18-95 VF Very Fast Access To Any Folder On Any Drive For Win95 ONLY. This small utility gives you fast and easy access to your folders and directories. With powerful filefind utility. Just start VFwin, enter folder or part of foldername, hit enter or click 'start' and the folder opens with the explorer, FAST. Scans your disks at lightning speed. (Newest File Date: 12-07-95)

VHPRO31.ZIP 925,136 01-07-96 Visual Help Pro v3.1 WYSIWYG help development and runtime testing environment. Drag and Drop Visual Objects using Built-in Editor to create help files Fast. Project Wizard creates base help file in minutes. Support for bitmap, sound, and video files. Save compile time with runtime test. Design Images, Add buttons, and Customize Help Windows. Requires Vbrun300 (Newest File Date: 12-19-95)

VIET252A.ZIP 1,171,171 01-11-96 Vietnamese Lesson V2.52 For Win3.1x, Winnt, And Win95. Computer Assisted Learning Method For Vietnamese. Requires Video For Windows Version 1.1 Runtime. Can be Used With Soundcard or PC Speaker. [1/2] (Newest File Date: 10-04-95)

VIET252B.ZIP 1,453,705 01-11-96 Vietnamese Lesson V2.52 For Win3.1x, Winnt, And Win95. Computer Assisted Learning Method For Vietnamese. Requires Video For Windows Version 1.1 Runtime. Can be Used With Soundcard or PC Speaker. [2/2] (Newest File Date: 10-04-95)

VIRC083.ZIP 1,045,340 01-07-96 Visuala 0.83 Irc Client With Real-Time Audio Chat Capabilities. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

VISTA30A.ZIP 1,261,897 01-07-96 VistaVue v3.0a Multimedia Viewer - a fast, flexible, user-definable Graphic and MCI viewer. Featuring Image Conversion and Enhancement, TWAIN Image Acquisition, Built-In MCI (Sound & Video) Player, Thumbnail Viewer, Image Gallery and Windows Interface. Graphic printing, user definable windows & settings, etc. Requires Vbrun300, Win 3.1/95. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

VLP23.ZIP 217,291 12-26-95 Video Launch Pad v2.3, easy MOV/AVI player. The quickest, easiest way to play your video files. Store 10 in pushbuttons for easy access, browse through all files in a directory. Freeze frame, reverse, capture images to BMP. Shareware Win/Win95. Galt Technology. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

VLT32114.ZIP 368,540 01-15-96 Vault v1.14 for Win95 and NT 3.51 - Vault stores your information as an outline. Vault organizes your information into categories and sub-categories that you specify. Vault's search command finds the information you need instantly. You can also browse the outline by expanding and collapsing items. A Win3.1 version of Vault is also available. Shareware. (Newest File Date: 01-04-96)

VPOKD112.ZIP 573,678 12-18-95 Video Poker Deluxe v1.12 - Win3.1 game. 58 special effects, double or nothing, 8 games, progressive jackpot, resizable cards. Double draw. Full sound support, taps into Monologue for Windows 1.5. 12 cardbacks. Customizable appearance and game events. Monitors resources. Vbrun300 req'd. By Glen McGregor. $10 U.S. or $15 Cdn. (Newest File Date: 11-09-95)

VRMLUB11.ZIP 1,818,816 01-07-96 Virtual explorer beta 1.1 for Win95 (Newest File Date: 12-24-95)

VS95I20E.ZIP 1,156,451 01-15-96 McAfee VShield for Win95 Version 2 No more DOS TSR's. On Access scanning of floppy diskettes, UNC aware, Long file and directory name support, Netware and MS Network aware, Log file support with realtime logging. (Newest File Date: 01-05-96)

VTID268.ZIP 290,374 12-23-95 Value Trend Indicator v2.68 Successful Investors program with databases. Compare and determine the Value of company share prices and recognize Growth Stocks and Mutual Funds in advance of the Market. Record, track and graph all popular Stock Market Indices such as the DJIA. Calculations, projections and graphs for Saving, Investing, Retirement and 401(k). Excellent On-Line Help. For Win 3.x/95. Rated: Requires Vbrun300 (Newest File Date: 12-18-95)

VUEPRI43.ZIP 328,058 12-26-95 VuePrint v4.3 - Fast JPEG/GIF Viewer for Windows. VuePrint is a fast Windows JPEG/GIF viewer which can: view & save 6 file types (GIF, BMP, PCX, TGA, JPG, TIF); copy/paste images and image comments; install a screen saver (formerly VueSav); read/write uuencoded files; display multiple images in a window; display 24-bit images on a 256-color display; use 12 effects for repainting screen. Req. Win3.1 and 386+. Windows installation executable. Shareware by Ed Hamrick. (Newest File Date: 12-08-95)

VUEPRO43.ZIP 301,546 01-14-96 Vue Print Pro 4.3 Win95 graphics app that supports graphics and video (Newest File Date: 12-30-95)

VUSTP30A.ZIP 1,258,469 01-07-96 Vista view graphics viewer ver 3.0a windows. (Newest File Date: 12-22-95)

W95SCTXT.ZIP 4,571 01-09-96 Win95 text file. Dial-Up Scripting Command Language for Dial-Up Networking Scripting Support. Use to help you write a script for Win95 dial up Internet connector. (Newest File Date: 01-08-96)

WANVAS12.ZIP 345,123 12-18-95 (v1.10) Wanvas - Network Whiteboard MSWin program that allows multiple users to draw on the same picture. Changes are sent over a network (Winsock) so everyone is looking at the same picture. Shareware (US $10) Ember Software e-mail: ember@oneworld.owt.com www: http://www.owt.com/ember/ (Newest File Date: 10-16-95)

WBS101E1.ZIP 1,078,213 01-08-96 WebScan v1.01 Disk 1 of 4 McAfee (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

WBS101E2.ZIP 1,310,183 01-08-96 WebScan v1.01 Disk 2 of 4 McAfee (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

WBS101E3.ZIP 1,348,308 01-08-96 WebScan v1.01 Disk 3 of 4 McAfee (Newest File Date: 11-29-95)

WBS101E4.ZIP 169,289 01-08-96 WebScan v1.01 Disk 4 of 4 McAfee (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

WCEDT1.ZIP 163,326 01-10-96 Windows (3.1 or 95) version of Steve Wharry's excellent Chess Edit postal chess recorder/database utility. (Newest File Date: 12-27-95)

WCMD201.ZIP 606,901 12-27-95 Windows Commander 2.01 (final) for NT/95/3.1 Wincmd is a file manager replacement for Windows. It now supports long filenames on Win95 and Windows NT, but still runs on Win3.1 without win32s! Now supports ZIP/ARJ/LHA/RAR/UC2, multi-volume ZIP/ARJ. Now also a Spanish version! (Newest File Date: 12-14-95) Reviewed in WOLRS38 <W>

WDIR32.ZIP 43,714 12-21-95 WingDir v3.2 - Directory Match Utility - Display directories side by side with file names aligned. Delete, Copy, Move, Or Rename Files. MASK File Names with '*.*' wildcards. Display All, Same, Different, Unique, or Identical Files. Change Source and Target Directories. Version 3.2 adds Menu Bar, Status Line, and Date Format Option. Requires Vbrun300. $10.00 Registration Fee. (Newest File Date: 12-10-95)

WDLLF134.ZIP 67,944 12-26-95 WDLLFnd version 1.34 Windows program helps you locate common routines used by Windows programs. The program will find all Windows EXE, DLL, DRV and VBX programs on your computer. WDLLFnd will display what routines a program uses, and also which programs use a routine. Exceptions found during the search such as duplicate program names, DLL found but not referenced, DLL referenced but not found are displayed. Save and Restore previous search information. Requires Vbrun300. Shareware ($10.00) by Treeless Software and Design. (BBS: 708/372-0825) (Newest File Date: 10-28-95)

WE32_95G.ZIP 1,212,705 01-01-96 WinEdit 95G (ASP) - Programmable Editor for Windows Environment. Fast, full featured editor, or simple file browser. High speed, super powerful. Edits large files. Color- coding. Macro language. 16 & 32 bit exe's WinEdit for Win3.1/95/NT $99.95 (Newest File Date: 12-09-95)

WGENA14.ZIP 158,757 12-27-95 WinGenea v1.4 Produces illustrated family histories and U.K. style dropline trees. Has many reports and supports GEDCOM. Requires Win3.1. UK registration site (S&N Enterprises) (Newest File Date: 10-11-95)

WILLS95.ZIP 1,381,675 01-08-96 Wills for Win95 v1.1a Simple Will Maker for Win95. (Newest File Date: 12-28-95)

WIN95BAR.ZIP 94,878 01-12-96 Gives you the floating program bar like in WIN95! Start included! (Newest File Date: 01-03-96)

WINALT21.ZIP 122,296 12-28-95 WinAlter v2.1 <ASP> <ESC> Alter Date, Time, & Attributes of Files without leaving Windows! Other programs help you alter Date, Time, & Attributes; now you can do it without leaving Windows or going into DOS. Easy to use Windows interface with thorough Help file. Can handle many files at a time. Includes drag & drop capabilities. Req. Vbrun300 & Windows 3.0+. By James Bair. Shareware $10. (Newest File Date: 11-23-95)

WINARJ20.ZIP 390,485 12-17-95 WinArj v2.0 - Archiver shell for Windows 3.x. Creates, adds and extract's ARJ archives. Also views and extracts: ARC, ZIP, ZOO, LHA, PAK, TAR, SIT and MSoft compressed files. Vbrun300 req'd. (Newest File Date: 11-22-95)

WINBAR27.ZIP 290,722 12-17-95 Win Task Bar 2.70 Extended memory function for drag and drop operation during calculations, stay on top clock with date and time, operations trace and save ability.loan calculator, Task bar that will allow you to build a launch facility, Calendar requires Vbrun300 SW $11.00, new to do list, and phone directory , All Blind Mellon Software 3 for 2. (Newest File Date: 11-27-95)

WINBWLSI.ZIP 289,093 01-09-96 WinBowl v2.01: MSWin 3D bowling game (Newest File Date: 12-31-95)

WINDIV30.ZIP 588,421 12-18-95 WinDirs v3.0! Version 3.0 makes some improvements to the copy and search portion of WinDirs. WinDirs is a complete file management utility. It allows you to create directories, delete directories, copy and move files, search for files, view and execute files, rearrange your Windows items and groups, and it includes a built-in uncompression program which will extract ZIP, LZH or ARJ files (Newest File Date: 11-14-95)

WINFAX7.ZIP 4,915 01-06-96 Winfax ver 7 performance notes (from delrina. (Newest File Date: 12-28-95)

WINFOSIL.ZIP 30,623 01-09-96 The FIRST Fossil driver made EXCLUSIVELY for Win95! 32-bit VxD for Win 95 enhances DOS and Win comm apps that depend on fossil comm support, such as BBSs, front end mailers. (Newest File Date: 01-02-96)

WINPAC16.ZIP 271,980 01-08-96 WinPac V1.6 Pacman is back, this time on Windows! Play 50 brand new levels w/ stereo sound and one or two player simultaneous play! (Newest File Date: 01-01-96)

WINREG10.ZIP 281,211 12-23-95 WinReg 95 ver1.0 Copyright (c) 1995, Luis A. Ramos All rights reserved worldwide. This program allows you to change the registered owner, company and product ID of Win95. Free! (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

WINSHADE.ZIP 200,641 12-18-95 WinShade is a Win95 desktop utility that makes it easy to switch between programs. Rather than minimizing an app to view another, WinShade allows you to click on the title bar and reduce the window to its smallest vertical dimension. In most cases the window will "roll up" into its title bar, leaving only a thin horizontal window on the desktop. After working in another app you can click back on the rolled-up window's title bar and the window will expand to its previous dimensions. (Newest File Date: 11-08-95)

WINTEL30.ZIP 313,055 12-25-95 Wintel v3.0: full featured MSWin comm pgm; phonebook which stores your remote service names, phone #s & comm settings; ASCII, Xmodem, Xmodem-1K, Ymodem Batch & Zmodem; realtime GIF & offline GIF/JPEG viewer; DEC VT100, VT52, VT100 (ANSI Color), TTY & a raw mode terminal emulation; redialing/sequential dialing; programmable script language; chat mode; Satyavrat Mehrotra/SMSOFT. (Newest File Date: 12-01-95)

WINTEX41.ZIP 297,997 01-13-96 Wintex 4.1 For Windows WinTex lets you customise your Doom, Heretic Or Hexen levels beyond what is possible with level editors. It lets you replace sounds, musics, and monster sprites, and lets you create new wall textures, floors and ceilings. And it will collaborate with your level editor. (Newest File Date: 11-07-95)

WINZP60A.ZIP 359,385 12-19-95 WinZip 6.0a for Win95 and NT <ASP> Brings the convenience of Windows to Zipping! Features tight integration w/the Win95 shell: drag and drop To or From the Explorer or ZIP and UNZIP without leaving the Explorer External pgms not needed for ZIP, tar, gz, z (Newest File Date: 12-04-95) Reviewed everywhere — another winner from Nico <W>

WMSD838.ZIP 311,782 12-23-95 Wealth Management System v8.38 . How to Get Rich and Stay Rich . A comprehensive personal financial program. Provides calculations, projections, graphs for Saving, Investing, Retirement, Net Worth Mortgages, Loans, Stocks, Mutual Funds and 401(K) Plans. All aspects of financial life. Investment management system records, tracks and graphs your investment performance. Excellent On-Line Help. For Win 3.x and 95. Requires Vbrun300. Rated: (Newest File Date: 12-18-95) Reviewed in WOLRS28; still fulla good advice <W>

WPBETA4.ZIP 1,287,991 01-08-96 WebPhone (beta4) may well become the killer app that puts to shame similar offerings from VocalTec (Internet Phone) and Quarterdeck (WebTalk). WebPhone includes full duplex support, the ability to handle up to four concurrent and simultaneous conversations, speed dialing for quickly calling your favorite friends, built-in true Caller ID and integrated ITEL World Wide Directory Assistance, voice mail, etc. (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

WPGP150.ZIP 850,001 12-27-95 WPGP is a Windows/PGP integration tool that will extract text from a window, process it through PGP, and place the result back in the window. Fully functional 30 day evaluation. Needs PKZIP 2.04e+ Shareware $35. gostl@argoscomp.com or CIS 76357,2657 (Newest File Date: 12-13-95)

WPRT20U.ZIP 321,054 01-08-96 WinPRT v2.0 Capture a window or the desktop and either print it or save it to a file. Great for capturing windows for insertion into documentation. You can also capture window menus in the dropped state. For Win3.x. Req Vbrun300 (Newest File Date: 11-07-95)

WS-FTP32.ZIP 189,705 12-30-95 Very good Winsock compliant FTP client for Win95 & WindowsNT. 95.12.20 release. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

WSARCH32.ZIP 164,442 01-07-96 WS Archie, 32 bit for Internet FTP searches For Win95 and Win NT, NOT Windows 32s. (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

WSC-228E.ZIP 653,812 12-29-95 VirusScan for Windows McAfee, Inc. Scans and cleans PC's/LAN's for known and new viruses. Requires Win3.1+. Version 228 (9512) (Newest File Date: 12-21-95)

WT95V10.ZIP 1,308,750 01-05-96 Wintune95 v1.0 Test & Tuneup kit for Win95 & Win NT. Analyzes system for performance and provides tips & information to make system more efficient. (Newest File Date: 11-27-95)

WTIME300.ZIP 98,530 12-15-95 WorldTime for Windows(TM) (Version 3.00) Easy-to-use international clock for Windows. Shows time & date for over 190 sites around the world. Includes 10 independent alarms; supports user-defined custom locations, local and international daylight/summer time, and half-hour time zones. Full hypertext help file included. Requires: MS Win3.1 or higher Shareware (Newest File Date: 11-15-95)

WWYATZEE.ZIP 236,555 01-13-96 NEW! YatZee for Windows V2.0! Incredible new version of the popular Yahtzee dice game. 3D dice, multi- player support, Triple-Yahtzee with color scorepad, much more. Registered version includes computer-players. If you like Yahtzee, this is the one to have! (Newest File Date: 12-26-95)

XASCII2.ZIP 23,858 12-29-95 XASCII v. 2 <ASP> Help File with Windows ASCII Set. Useful reference for writing Windows text and Help files. Lists all ASCII numbers (codes) with Windows characters. Handy Windows Help File format. Anyone who uses text and symbols in windows or who compiles Windows Help Files should find this reference nice to have. Free, from James Bair. Requires Windows 3.0 or higher. (Newest File Date: 12-04-95)

XPP96AA.ZIP 1,346,969 01-07-96 ExportPower Pro ver96a for Win3.1x/95 Fills-out, prints, calculates (with/without data) many of the required USA export forms incl: Shipper's Export Declaration (7525-V, Reqd. by USA Dept of Commerce), Certificate of Origin (NAFTA, GATT), Pro Forma & Comm. Invoices, Shipper's Letter of Instruction, Packing, List, Dock Receipt. 1.713.280.9900 WYSIWYG. All Windows/FAX printers. (Newest File Date: 12-29-95)

XPP96AB.ZIP 1,346,968 01-08-96 ExportPower Pro ver96a for Win3.1x/95 Fills-out, prints, calculates (with/without data) many of the required USA export forms incl: Shipper's Export Declaration (7525-V, Reqd. by USA Dept of Commerce), Certificate of Origin (NAFTA, GATT), Pro Forma & Comm. Invoices, Shipper's Letter of Instruction, Packing, List, Dock Receipt. 1.713.280.9900 WYSIWYG. All Windows/FAX printers. (Newest File Date: 01-02-96) Part 2, I presume... <W>

XTRACE10.ZIP 118,526 01-07-96 Xtrace v 1.0 Windows game tests memory. Blocks are lit by computer. You retrace the blocks. 5 levels. (Newest File Date: 12-25-95)

ZIPSEND.ZIP 177,029 12-24-95 ZipSend v1.0 - Shareware program that allows you to select several files from Win95 Explorer and "SendTo" a mail compressor that will make a zip file and start a mail session with the zip file attached. $15.00 (Newest File Date: 12-17-95)

Windows OnLine (BBS) makes every effort to identify and post only shareware, freeware, demos, working models and drivers (software files and programs) for its membership that are intended for free public distribution. Due to the lack of documentation or other descriptive files contained within certain archives, it can be quite difficult to identify and remove copyrighted and or otherwise improper files and programs from our files listings.

It is the stated and observed policy of Windows OnLine (BBS) not to allow such improper, inappropriate, and illegal files and programs on the system at any time. Our readers and membership are asked to cooperate with us in efforts to identify such files and assist us in their prompt removal.

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GRAPHICS WORKSHOP FOR WINDOWS

a review by Ed Rasimus

Computing today has a lot to do with graphics. Low cost scanners, color ink-jet printers, online services with millions of downloadable photos, drawings and illustrations are all factors in the increasing use of pictures in our PC products. Few of us are satisfied with simple letterhead for our correspondence or a plain text newsletter for our local hobby club. And unlike the clichéd clipart of a few years ago, we now have the capability to include quality graphics in the output of our home computers.

Graphics Workshop for Windows (GWS) has been around for several years. Each new iteration of the product adds capability and improves efficiency of what was always a quality program. The program has grown from a simple but effective viewing and conversion utility to a full-blown artistic tool. The most recent version, 1.1t, offers more power for manipulating computer graphics than many commercial software programs costing ten times as much.

Installation of GWS is typical. Download the self-executing compressed file from your favorite BBS (probably Windows OnLine) or online service, double-click and the program will install itself. For Windows 3.1 users there should be no difficulty. With Windows 95, however, I encountered a minor problem on two installations. During restart after install, the program called Windows 3.1 program groups, filling the desktop with Progman windows and then stalling. Despite the stoppage, installation was complete, and once the myriad windows were closed operation was flawless.

Graphics Workshop offers an unusual but readily accessible interface. Rather than the typical directory tree and file folders, GWS displays a screen of “thumbnails”--small square depictions of the files in a directory. For graphic files you can select whether you want miniatures of the file displayed or would prefer simple generic icons. The creation of image libraries that can be quickly reviewed for selection of the perfect illustration for your desktop publishing product is easy. The program supports Win95 long file names, so managing folders full of photos is exceptionally convenient. A quick glance at the thumbnails can tell you whether you prefer Andy Warhol’s green Marilyn to the red or blue version.

The program offers conversion back and forth between most file formats known to the civilized world, even Mac and OS/2. UUEncoded binary graphics can be directly read by GWS, including multiple section files. Even Kodak Photo-CD format is handled. Color illustrations can be dithered to black/white employing several alternate algorithms to suit your creative fancy. Pictures can be reversed, flipped, rotated, cropped and scaled up or down. Color can be adjusted from two-bit gray-scale to 24-bit virtually unlimited palette size.  A special effects menu allows you to smear, distort, soften and otherwise exercise your artistic talents. Brightness, contrast and color balance can be adjusted to get just the product you want. If you want that TV “protect the innocent” obscuring block pattern over your old girlfriend’s photo you can do it with GWS.

All graphics files handled by GWS can be printed. Graphics Workshop employs the installed Windows printer and video drivers. If your printer and monitor work, they will work with GWS. I wonder why so many other software designers can’t figure out such a simple solution?

When you register the program you receive the latest version--the maker, Alchemy Mindworks says that they update on roughly a two month cycle. With the registered disk you get a screen capture utility as well as an MPEG viewer, although that function requires Win95 or Win 3.1 with the 32-bit extensions. Registration fee is $40, and although the makers haven’t filled it with nag screens, crippled functions or countdown meters to inoperability, they do suggest that “bad karma” will come to those who fail to register. Here’s what they say about registering:

“Oh yes... should you fail to support this program and continue to use it, a leather winged demon of the night will tear itself, shrieking blood and fury, from the endless caverns of the nether world, hurl itself into the darkness with a thirst for blood on its slavering fangs and search the very threads of time for the throbbing of your heartbeat. Just thought you'd want to know that.”

Probably not, but it doesn’t hurt to be cautious. Seriously, GWS is an excellent program for handling almost any graphics requirement. Put that new color ink-jet to work. Liven up your computer output or just see what Gainsborough’s Blue Boy would look like dressed in mauve.

Graphics Workshop for Windows

GWSWN11T.ZIP

Registration: $40.00

Alchemy Mindworks Inc.

PO Box 500

Beeton, Ontario

L0G 1A0

Canada

905-936-9502 bbs

905-936-9503 fax

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Ed Rasimus

thunder@rmii.com

Ed Rasimus lives in Colorado Springs where he is aggressively designing a copycat program called Graffiti Workshop that would be sold to municipalities. The program has no “save” command and twenty-five options for “delete.”


DRAG AND FILE

a review by Steven Justice

We have already reviewed one of Canyon Software's "Drag and..." series of utilities--Drag and Zip--in WOLR 102. Now it is time for Drag and File, a File Manager/Explorer replacement that has a double appeal: it is likely to smooth the transition from Windows 3.x to Windows95 for those who are finding the ride bumpy, and it offers those whom the computer press now calls "power users" a capacious and efficient tool. If, as I will suggest at the end, this is the least compelling of Canyon Software's three 32-bit offerings, it is still a very fine product indeed.

Its interface is, with some elegant additions, close to that of the old Windows File Manager. The design lacks the chiseled elegance of the file manager in Norton Navigator, or even of Windows' own Explorer. Drag and File is less interested in appearances than in efficient and accessible functionality. As in Explorer, you can begin typing the name of a folder or file, and you will be taken to that folder or file. As in Explorer, right-clicking on a file gives you a menu (the same, menu, in fact) that allows you to perform various file operations without jumping for the menu bar. But once past those similarities, Drag and File shows a helpful and intelligent thoughtfulness often missing from Explorer. Choosing File|Move or File|Copy lets you move or copy a file as in the old Windows File Manager, though you can also copy and paste files directly as Explorer prefers you to do. To select files for move, deletion, copying or opening, you can "tag" those files in the familiar way (with a left-click while holding the control key); but you can also simply press the left arrow on any file to tag it. (A tagged file appears with a triangle next to it; there are three tagged files in the screen shot.) This concept, a little different from "selecting" files, shows its advantages almost immediately: it is almost impossible to mess up a complicated selection by clicking when you've let your pinky stray from the CTRL key.

As a file management tool, Drag and File is not perfect, but it seriously outperforms Explorer, and works more quickly and with less memory than with other commercial and shareware Explorer replacements on the market. One of its imperfections seems to come straight from the Windows 3.x model: it will not display all drives on the directory tree, which means that you must open multiple instances in order to drag and drop between drives. But you can do everything within multiple Drag and File windows that you can do within one; once used to the system (or used to it again!), you may find as I have that the old system can work very well.

The bottom of the window reads "DOS Command." This command-line is not just a throwback for those of old enough to feel at home with the "C:\>" prompt. Canyon Software licensed a version of Smiler Shell, an enhanced command-line utility, for use with Drag and File. By itself, the Smiler Shell utility is handy and nicely done; combined here seamlessly with Drag and File, it allows you to mix graphical with command-line file management to work very quickly indeed. The few little tricks you need to know for using Smiler Shell intelligently are described well in the Drag and File help file. This enhanced DOS functionality nestles comfortably into the other enhancements this excellent file manager offers. You can reset the date and time of a file, or synchronize directories with a single click; and it works seamlessly with Canyon Software's other products, Drag and Zip and Drag and View.

Drag and File is, however, still in a rougher state than these other offerings from the same publisher. Unlike them, it can be rather slow: the windows refresh often and sometimes needlessly; and if you leave the file icons turned on (as they are in the screen shot above), the refreshing can be downright sluggish. Deleting a large directory, the program sometimes trips over its own feet, trying to proceed with the deletion while also trying to catch up the window display. But the problems are minor compared with the usefulness of the whole.

Drag and File ships with separate disk formatting and copying utilities that can be run independent of the main program. For a very reasonable price, this shareware offering does as many things, and does them as well, as any of the commercial equivalents.

DF95_150.ZIP

Registration: $35.00

contact information:

Canyon Software

1537 Fourth St. Suite 131

San Rafael, CA 94901

415-453-9779

415-453-6195 fax

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Steven Justice

sjustice@violet.berkeley.edu

Any English, History, or Medieval Studies department that would like a good lecture on the Cade Rebellion of 1450 and would be willing to pay a respectable honorarium should contact Steve at the above internet address. So should anyone wishing to give him grief for his review.


MAIL UTILITIES

a review by Mark Tiemann

Mail!  Every one of us deals with mail almost every day of our lives: e-mail, voice-mail and of course snail-mail. For those newbies out there, snail-mail is an online enthusiast's term for the old fashioned method of sending hard-copy via the US Postal Service. Although we tend to complain about the service we get from the Post they really are an efficient organization. Here are reviews of two programs dealing with mail — one for snail-mail and one for the electronic type.

Electronic Postal Window

My first program deals with one area of snail-mail that I really dislike, especially where packages are concerned. Finding out the cost of sending an item! Well, here is a neat program that delivers a solution.

Electronic Postal Window lets you enter the weight of a piece of mail and with the simple pressing of a few buttons obtain the current cost of sending it. Those few buttons allow you tell the program the type of mail you are sending, the service you are requesting and the country and zone that are applicable.

The program has a Notes window that displays special items about the type of mail you are sending and can also display fun facts and history about the United States Postal Service. This part of the program turns something that would normally be as dry as dust into something really fun to use.

Electronic Postal Window has a  comparison feature which allows you to find the best rate for both your domestic (Express, First Class, Priority, Parcel Post, and Book Rate) and/or foreign mail (Air Mail and Ground rates for Letters/Letter Packages, Printed Matter/Small Packets and Parcel Post for any country you choose). The program also offers comprehensive listings of fees for a wide variety of services such as Registered mail, Insured mail, Certified mail, Special Delivery, Post Office Boxes and much more.

The only drawback I find in the program is there is no print feature for obtaining hard copies of the fee lists or amounts due on different pieces of mail. This was a bit disappointing, but it doesn’t detract from the usefulness of this fine bit of programming.

Electronic Postal Window fills a void in much needed software. Never again will you have to wait in those dreadful, long lines or look into thick, hard, and sometimes out-of-date tomes to find out how much you are going to have to shell out to send Aunt Martha her birthday package. Whether you are sending 1st class or 3rd, Book Rate or Express Mail, Postcards or Packages it does not matter. This program is essential for anyone who uses the Postal Service (and who among us doesn’t?). Electronic Postal Window gets my stamp of approval.

EPW15.ZIP

Registration: $29.95-39.95

contact information:

EmmaSoft Software Company, Inc.

PO Box 238

Lansing, NY  14882-0238

607-533-4685

607-533-352 fax

Crypt-O-Text

Now, on to the second program I would like to show you. This one deals with a problem that comes with electronic mail — privacy. As you may have been reading of late, there are some problems with e-mail, under Windows 95, were security is concerned. Not to mention there are many Crackers (folks with nothing better to do than to use their great knowledge of computing to crack codes and break into systems or files) who are just dying to read your personal messages. Here comes an easy-to-use program to the rescue.

Crypt-o-Text uses complex encryption algorithms to scramble any text, (e-mail messages, text files, etc.) making it unreadable by anyone until it is unscrambled again.  The program formats your encoded messages for easy sending over any e-mail system. It does this by making each line of encrypted text only 65 characters in width and using only low-ASCII characters -- no special characters are used.

You can type your messages directly into the programs built-in text editor, copy and paste text into Crypt-o-Text from another program or you can load in an existing text file. Encrypting and Decrypting of text is performed with just a couple of quick mouse clicks.

Once you encrypt your text you can save it to a file or copy/paste it into another program (like an e-mail program, for example). The only thing you have to be careful of with the copy/paste method is you must copy all of the encrypted file in order for it to be decrypted later.

For added security, Crypt-o-Text allows you to add full password protection to your encrypted files. Without password protection anyone owning a copy of Crypt-o-Text can read your encrypted message. By password protecting the file no one can decrypt it without the password. The password is used in the algorithm performing the encryption, so if your use different passwords to protect the same text you will notice the final file will look different in each case. Not to worry though -- your password is encrypted along with your text and embedded into the final file. There is absolutely no way of deciphering a password by examining a file. This feature, which is one of its strong points, is also one of it problems. If you forget a password there, is no possible way to decrypt a file; not even the author of the program can recover it! So, a word to warning -- remember your password!

One encryption and password are not enough, you say? Crypt-o-Text also allows for multiple encryption to give you even higher levels of security.

In this age where security has really become an issue, whether in online communications, office networks or any computer operated by more than one user, it is really nice to find a program like Crypt-o-Text. This one can make you feel truly secure in knowing that your textual data or e-mail is safe from prying eyes.

COT11.ZIP

Registration: $15.00

contact information:

Rodney Savard

4507 South Kent Street

Kennewick, WA  99337-4510

509-582-9499 (3PM-9PM Pacific)

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Mark J. Tiemann

mythdancer@aol.com

We have it on good authority that Mark was humming “Mr. Postman” the entire time he wrote these reviews.


TOOLBAR FOR WINDOWS

a review by Ed Hoffman

There seems to be one undeniable and irrefutable rule of working with Windows: The number of programs you have loaded is inversely proportional to the ease of finding what you want, when you want it. Windows 95 solves part of this problem by allowing you to place your more common applications on the desktop. Likewise, the Start button is also an improvement over the old Program Manager, but even these features can be a hassle if you’ve got a healthy number of programs you want relatively handy. An alternative utility you may wish to consider is ToolBar for Windows 1.6.

This utility is a button bar that resides on your screen and gives you quick access to your more frequently used applications. Now, before your eyes glaze over in eager anticipation of Yet Another Button Bar program, allow me to first say that this utility is a bit different. The first unique aspect of this program is that its freeware, so you can use it as much as you want and never have to pay a dime.

The operation and features of this utility brings a few pleasant surprises as well. First, it offers an adjustable footprint, so you have the option of setting up the program to show only the application icon or the icon and application name. Likewise, rather than a single button bar, this latest version of ToolBar offers the user five different button bars. A button at the bottom of each bar switches between the various bars by simply clicking on either the left or right pointing arrowheads. The names of each different button bar may also be modified to describe their contents. The numbers of buttons shown on the ToolBar depends on your screen resolution. At 640 x 480 (VGA), for example, the button bar contains 10 buttons, while 17 buttons are shown at 1024 x 768 resolution. This graphic was cut down in size to show its basic appearance.

The button bar may be shown on either the left or right side of your screen and may be set to Always On Top, or it can minimize itself after you make a selection. The location of any application on the ToolBar may also be changed. So, if after adding a program to the button bar, you decide that you would prefer another arrangement, each program may be moved up or down with the Customize option. The programs loaded into ToolBar are launched with a simple left-click of the mouse on the appropriate button. A right-click opens the button’s configuration window.

When adding the program to ToolBar you also have several options. In addition to specifying the normal information, such as the program name and command line string, you can also specify a working directory, and choose to have the program either active or inactive. This feature might be useful in limiting program access when setting up a desktop for more than one person. This isn’t really a security feature, since any program is easily activated through the configuration window, but it will keep the casual user away from some programs. Check boxes are also provided to set the program to run minimized when activated or to allow multiple copies of a program to run at the same time.

The program icons shown on the button face may also be changed to suit your individual preference. This information may also be added in the custom icon area of the configuration window. Custom icons may be plain ICO files or the icons contained in DLL files.

ToolBar program will work with either Windows 3.1x or 95, and with an installed size slightly less than 95 kb, this is one utility that will not hog your hard drive. So, if you’re looking for a small unobtrusive utility to make launching your most frequent applications a bit easier and faster, take this one for a test drive. After using this for only a short while, you may find yourself wondering how you ever got along without it.

ToolBar 1.6

TBAR16.ZIP

Registration fee: Freeware

contact information:

Mr. Gregory Braun

5609 West Hadley Street

Milwaukee, WI 53210-1554

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Ed Hoffman

ed.hoffman@wol.com

Ed was a natural for this Toolbar review, due to his extensive experience with both tools and bars.


FORMTOOL GOLD

a review by Mark Tiemann

Forms, forms, forms! At one time or another, most people must either fill out a form or create a form for others to fill out. That is the way of our society. Fortunately, there is an easier way to both create and fill out these needed forms in the package of FormTool Gold. You can either design a new form from scratch, using its Forms Designer, or you can use one of the many pre-designed forms that come with the program.

If you are a Microsoft Office user you will like the fact that FormTool Gold uses the same familiar interface to which you have become accustomed. This reduces the time it takes to learn and navigate the program.

This one comes packed with some powerful tools. For example, its comb duplicator allows you to easily and quickly duplicate any fields or items in your form as many times as you wish. Another powerful feature is its spell checker. This is not a common feature among form creators. I can think of nothing more embarrassing than discovering a spelling error after printing up the stack of forms you needed. FormTool Gold eliminates that problem for you.

If you are like me, you love to pepper your documents with graphics. Let’s face it, most forms you have to fill out are pretty boring. Well, it does not have to be that way! FormTool Gold supports the most common graphic formats (PCX, BMP, GIF, TIF, TGA, WMF) making it easy to make professional yet interesting looking forms. Feeling artistic? With a click of a mouse, on the floating toolbar, you can insert lines, boxes, circles, text and much more. The program also supports full OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) so you can import objects from your other Windows applications (spreadsheets, audio and video files, text documents, etc.).

FormTool Gold’s Zoom ability offers you the chance to do detailed work. It allows for screen displays ranging from whole pages to 400% of actual size. It also offers a print preview displaying one page or facing pages. This, however, is one of the areas where the program falls short -- there is no Zoom feature in the print preview. I do not have the best eyesight in the world and trying to read large print without the zoom is hard enough, and the small print is impossible. Zooming is standard in almost all other previews and so, this is something I would like to see added in the next version of the program.

Another item that is not the usual fare for this type of software is its ability to generate and maintain databases associated with your forms. The data you enter into it can be sorted, searched and/or queried just as with any database. Once one is created you can access the data in it from any of your forms. This makes for a very powerful tool. You can also access data directly from any dBase III or IV or compatible database. The program also supports ODBC Import/Export. This will convert any existing ODBC compatible database into a FormTool Gold database.

Once your form is designed, and you have setup all your preferences for it, just click on the easy to use Form Filler. You are presented with the form, as it will appear when printed out, with its first field highlighted for you. Items can also be filled in directly from the database, by using the lookup feature, saving time and reducing errors. You can even password protect your forms insuring privacy. If you have created a database for the form then each field you enter information on will be added to the database. You can then switch between the form fill view and a database view that shows all your records at a glance. This makes quick work of changing a group of items, if needed.

Once again, it is in the area of visibility that the program suffers a bit. The Form Filler opens using full page view where it is almost impossible to read even the largest print. The Filler does have a zoom feature though, so you can increase the size of the page. The only drawback here is by zooming the form to a useable size it makes it a bit clumsy to navigate, but this cannot be helped. I find the little bit of clumsiness acceptable in exchange for being able to read a neat looking form!

If you have a fax-modem installed you can easily fax the forms you create.  This saves a great deal of time in any business dealings. You can fax a blank form to a prospective client and have them fax the form back to you, completed (providing they have a paper fax machine or have purchased a copy of FormTool Gold themselves).

If you have a CD-ROM drive then you will like the included Encyclopedia of Forms that comes with many, many pre-designed forms and ready to use templates.

FormTool Gold, for all its ease of use, is not one of those programs you can launch and start creating right out of the box. Be prepared to spend a few moments glancing over the manual’s tutorial or the on-line tutorial included with it. Either of these should have you creating your first forms within hours. Once you create your first one you will find that making forms is really an easy process to remember. The Reference section of the manual describes, in detail, all the menu items, commands and quick tips you will need and use. I don’t know about you, but I really like it when a program comes with a hard-copy manual. These electronic manuals and tutorials are nice, but you do not always have access to your computer to look up something. I still haven’t found a comfortable way to curl up on the couch with my desktop sitting on my chest! It’s nice to have the printout to read anywhere, anytime.

Overall, if you are looking for a form generator with some punch, then I think you are looking for FormTool Gold.

FormTool Gold

List Price: $99.95

 contact information:

IMSI

1895 Francisco Blvd. East

San Rafael, CA

94901-5506

415-257-3000

415-257-3365 fax

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Mark J. Tiemann

mythdancer@aol.com

Mark says he really gets excited about forms — we wisely didn’t ask him to go into detail.


ABC GRAPHICS SUITE FOR WINDOWS 95

a review by Ted Tatman

Got Windows 95? Got Microsoft Office For Windows 95? Then, Micrografx wants you to get ABC Graphics Suite for Windows 95. Sure, there’s a lot of great programs in Microsoft Office. But, MS neglected to put in any real graphics tools. (That wimpy Microsoft Draw applet doesn’t count.) So Micrografx comes to the rescue with a  collection of 32-bit painting, image editing, drawing, clip art management, diagramming, and flowcharting tools that are true to the Microsoft Office for Windows 95 interface. Let’s explore what’s inside.

For diagramming, there’s a full version upgrade of ABC FlowCharter 4.0. (Now it’s version 6.0. I guess when you comply to the Microsoft standard interface you get to skip version numbers.) This program lets you drag-and-drop your way to create structured business graphics, from simple organizational charts to large, wall-sized process maps. Like all the programs in ABC Graphics Suite, it incorporates OLE 2.0 automation, so its diagrams can easily be integrated with programs like Excel, Access and Backfire. Furthermore, it supports VBX controls so MIS directors can keep users from messing with things they shouldn’t.

For drawing, there’s Micrografx Designer 6.0, a full upgrade from 4.1. This program allows you to take existing clipart images and use its drawing area to modify the color, gradient, lines, and/or text. You can add special effects like warping or dimensioning to give your clipart a new look. Be forewarned: When you’re in this program, you’re in the vector art domain. The vector formats (such as CGM and WMF) make the best kinds of clipart because they look good at any size, since they’re made out of lines (like TrueType fonts) instead of pixels (like a bitmap). But I found it takes a lot of patience at first to edit vector art, and a lot more to create it from scratch.

For painting and image editing, there’s Micrografx Picture Publisher 6.0 (a full upgrade from version 5.0 -- finally, an upgrade number that makes sense). This part of the suite is used to create and modify raster-type graphics (like BMP files) and photo images by adjusting contrast or brightness, cropping, or applying one of the fifty special effects that are included. The program’s ImageBrowser lets you see all of the images in the formats it supports in convenient thumbnail style.

What good would a suite of graphics applications be without clipart and fonts? You’ll find over 20,000 pieces of clipart in ABC Graphics Suite 95 (in DRW format), plus over 7,500 photos (in JPG and TIF formats), over 2,000 diagramming symbols, and over 250 TrueType fonts (many from Bitstream). Plus, a printed media guide shows all graphics and fonts in glorious black and white.

To manage all that clipart, there’s the ABC Media Manager. It provides drag-and-drop access to the over 30,000 clipart, photo and diagramming symbols that come with ABC Graphics Suite. Any piece of art can be searched by keyword. Being file independent, you can drag and drop all popular graphics files (over 50 kinds) directly in and out of Media Manager, and it will convert them transparently. For instance, you could import a WMF file into Designer and modify it. Then, drag the edited file into Media Manager. Media Manager recognizes the file’s format and treats it as its own. Then, give the file a name and a keyword, and it’s archived for future use. Media Manager is a very handy utility that you might want to use to manage all your clipart. But, not everybody wants to (or can) drag-and-drop all the time. It would be a lot faster in some cases if you could use your keyboard to “Ctrl-C” (copy) or “Ctrl-V” (paste) a graphic, instead of having to use your mouse to right click to activate the Copy and Paste commands, as an alternative to the program’s drag-and-drop interface.

To make your graphics creations really standout, there’s Instant 3D. This application allows you to add 3D text and graphics to any document. Text can be turned into an object wrapped in textures like chrome, stone or wood, or choose from the hundreds of 3D clipart objects provided. Once transformed to the third dimension, text and objects can spin, be clipped, and scaled. However, all of this 3D transformation takes a lot of computing power. On my system, I found myself looking at the hourglass cursor for minutes at a time, and more than once the application quit responding completely.

And, as a bonus, ABC SnapGraphics 2.0 is included. Unlike all the other applications in ABC Graphics Suite, it’s a “lowly” 16-bit application, but it does follow the Microsoft Office interface. With it, you can create various types of business diagrams like timelines, target charts, circle spoke charts and checklists. I liked it a lot better than ABC FlowCharter, in fact.

As mentioned before, ABC Graphics Suite 95 is designed to the Microsoft Office for Windows 95 interface standard. There are lots of customizable toolbars (some dockable) with familiar icons with tool tips. Its applications are directly accessible from the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar. And Designer and Picture Publisher support the Microsoft Office Binder. Of course, you don’t have to use Microsoft Office to use ABC Graphics Suite. But the two do go well together.

There’s a lot of power in ABC Graphics Suite 95. But my major complaint with the suite is its lack of adequate printed documentation. Even with its easy-to-use interface, this is one set of programs that really needs a manual. Sure, the program has status bars and on-line help, but unless you have a notebook computer, they’re hard to curl up with in bed. ABC Graphics Suite does come with a fairly thin book called “Getting Results With ABC Graphics Suite” and a Quick Reference card, but they’re both spotty and vague. Be prepared to spend several hours in front of your computer just to figure everything out. (When the “ABC Graphics Suite For Dummies” book comes out, I’ll be first in line.)

Also, being the font nut that I am, I was disappointed in the selection of bundled fonts. There’s lots of duplicates (for instance you’ll see both a generic and Bitstream version of the same font) and I wish Micrografx could have included more display fonts and fewer text ones. (After all, it is a graphics program.) There are too many Arial and Times New Roman clones for my personal taste. How many ordinary-looking serif and sans serif text fonts does one really need?

Finally, another minor complaint: I wish the images in the printed Media Guide were in color, like Corel’s graphics guides. But, I guess the pictures being in black and white will show you what they’ll look like reproduced by monochrome printers -- plus it makes the book a lot cheaper to print, saving the consumer money. However, the included clipart and photos are first rate.

You’re going to need a fairly hefty computer to use ABC Graphics Suite effectively. Micrografx recommends at least a 486DX/33 processor, Windows 95 or NT 3.51, 16 MB of memory, and SVGA 256-color video. In addition, anywhere from 30 to 80 MB of hard disk space, depending on how much of it you want to install. And, since the program is available on CD only, you’ll need a CD-ROM drive, of course. But, I found the some of the programs’ performance barely acceptable on my 486DX2/66 with 16 MB of RAM, so I wouldn’t recommend it on anything less than a Pentium. And, it sure  wouldn’t hurt to have a video board with at least 2 MB of RAM, since you’re dealing with a lot of graphics redrawing.

The street price of ABC Graphics Suite 95 is around $300, but you can upgrade for $149.95 if you’re a current user of Designer, Picture Publisher, ABC FlowCharter or competitive graphics tools (like Visio, CorelDRAW, CorelFLOW, Corel PHOTO PAINT, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop, Deneba Canvas, and Macromedia Freehand). And, it comes with an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee, so you’re at no risk to see if the program is right for you -- and your system.

Should you buy ABC Graphics Suite? If you’re in a corporate environment or are a serious graphics user with a state-of-the-art computer, sure. But the casual, home-based graphics user with a moderately performing system might want to look for something a little friendlier and easier to figure out. I’d recommend another Micrografx suite of 32-bit graphics programs, Windows Draw 4.0. It’s Draw (for vector graphics) and Photo Magic (for raster graphics) modules are very similar to the Designer and Picture Publisher programs, plus ABC Media Manager is included along with 250 fonts and 15,000 images, and over 150 templates for common home and business use. The manual for Windows Draw is much better, and for less than 50 bucks, you can’t go wrong. If you don’t need flow charting and slow and quirky 3-D graphics, that may be the way to go.

ABC Graphics Suite For Windows 95

List price: $299.95

contact information:

Micrografx, Inc.

1303 East Arapaho Road

Richardson, TX 75081

(214) 234-1769 (Phone)

(214) 994-6227 (Fax)

Internet: http://www.micrografx.com

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Ted Tatman

tedt13@aol.com

Ted is watching his weight, and has therefore vowed to avoid suites for the next few months


TURBOTAX

a review by Ed Rasimus

With apologies to David Letterman, here are the top ten reasons why we all hate income taxes, from the home office in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

10.	Having to collect all our receipts and records from last year.
9.	Looking for forms at the Post Office and Library.
8.	Sending away for forms from the IRS that aren’t at the Post Office.
7.	Finding you don’t have the right forms after all on April 14th.
6.	Trying to decipher the IRS manuals.
5.	Hiring an accountant who doesn’t believe your computer is deductible.
4.	Adding, subtracting and remembering how to do percentages.
3.	Wondering what will trigger an audit.
2.	Filling the holes in the paper made by your eraser.
	And, finally, the number one reason why we hate income taxes:
1.	Because we hate giving money to the government.

TurboTax by Intuit will take care of nine out of ten of those problems and may even help a bit with that big number one. The new, 1995 version of TurboTax is out in several versions to provide support for everyone who uses a computer and has to file an income tax return. This year TurboTax comes in regular and Deluxe editions for both PC and Mac as well as a PowerPC accelerated version and a business-oriented edition. (The Mac/PowerPC versions are called MacInTax.) The regular edition provides everything you need to compile, print and file your tax forms while the Deluxe edition on CD-ROM provides extensive tax advice for reducing your taxes, strategies to plan and prepare for filing plus context-sensitive links to IRS publications as well as other tax reference sources.

TurboTax runs on Windows 95, Win 3.1x and Windows for Workgroups. The Deluxe version needs a double-speed CD-ROM, SoundBlaster compatible sound, and a 486 processor or better. MacInTax looks for System 7.0 or higher with a 68020 processor. Add CD and sound support if you opt for the Deluxe version.

After a straightforward installation the program launches to a rich graphical interface. An introductory overview orients the user quickly to the program features or can be bypassed by more experienced users. A typical tax-filer would follow the prompts right into the Easy Step Interview. For those who know where they want to go and what they need to do without following the interview process, there is a Fast Track option that allows you to jump several steps, or a pure Forms option that permits you to simply call up the desired forms and insert your data. Unless you are extremely knowledgeable about income taxes, I would recommend sticking with the interview.

The program is closely linked to Intuit’s other financial product, Quicken. If you use Quicken to maintain your financial records, a simple import process will bring all of the numbers from your Quicken file directly into your tax return. The TaxLink feature keeps the connection to the original data so you retain the power to edit all imported entries. TurboTax also imports information from your previous year’s tax return if the program you used last year supports the TXF format. Most major tax preparation software has standardized on the TXF form. Imported data throughout your tax return is displayed in green rather than black type so that it is readily identified.

As you step through the interview the program will prompt you for information and enter it in all required forms. To check your progress a new feature has been added this year called Interview Navigator. This consolidates all the data you’ve entered to that point, all the forms in use and interview topics that have been completed. The user retains full control throughout the process to stop and resume the interview as well as to revise any entries. When background information is required, TurboTax will prompt you to complete necessary lists of items such as charitable contributions that aren’t part of the filed paperwork but should be retained for your records.

Help is abundant, particularly with the Deluxe version. The complete IRS manuals are available, and for those who can’t decipher bureaucratese there are two additional reference books available on-screen: How to Pay Zero Taxes by Jeff Schnepper and The Money Income Tax Handbook by Mary Sprouse. A reference section called Tax Strategies is provided to answer tough questions and offer financial planning ideas.

When you’ve completed the interview your tax form will be Final Reviewed for completeness as well as for areas of special interest. Although the IRS always denies it, most folks suspect that there are some deductions that might get additional scrutiny when we file our return. TurboTax will point these out, as well as areas in which entries might seem a bit high or low compared to a typical return. Final Review will also suggest some deductions that you might have overlooked based on analysis of the areas that you have reported.

When you are happy with your return (and hopefully happy with the resulting numbers at the end of the 1040), you get several choices for filing. You can print out your return on almost on plain paper with almost any printer--laser, inkjet or dot-matrix. The forms will look just like the ones you get from the IRS. Or, you can consolidate your return onto Form 1040PC. For most filers, the 1040PC option will be less than two pages. This format retains all of the relevant numbers but gets rid of the explanations and text background of the complete forms. It saves a lot of paper, is cheaper to mail and is preferred by the IRS. For a few dollars you can file electronically through a service agency using your TurboTax file. Either upload the file by modem, or if you don’t have that capability, send them a disk containing the file.

The “Final Edition” with last minute IRS changes incorporated is scheduled to be on dealer shelves this month. Included with this package will be Netscape Navigator Intuit Edition, an Internet Web browser, to access the TurboTax home page (http://www.intuit.com/TurboTax./). The web site promises to offer a database of frequently asked tax questions, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Technical support is available by phone, by fax-back automated reply, by tech support fax, by mail and by electronic bulletin board service (BBS). Which you’ve got to admit is considerably better than the tech support you get from the IRS.

TurboTax

Street prices:	TurboTax: $39.95

TurboTax Deluxe: $49.95

Intuit, Inc.

2650 Elvira Rd., Suite 100

Tucson AZ 85706

1-800-964-1040 ext 6017

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Ed Rasimus

thunder@rmii.com

Ed Rasimus lives in Colorado, where his greatest ambition has always been to pay more than a million dollars a year in income taxes. So far, he has been an abject failure at this, and TurboTax didn’t help one bit.


JANNA CONTACT 95

a review by Michael Schemer

Janna’s advertisement calls Contact 95 “…the sexiest, most sensible, most useful contact manager you’ve ever seen.” It’s also one of the first designed specifically for Windows 95 and Office 95. Its basic purpose is for business — to maintain, organize, and pursue business contacts with other people and companies. Having quick access to their name, address, phone numbers, and related business and personal data is essential if you are in the sales or customer satisfaction end of the business world. Contact management is more tightly focused than a PIM (personal information manager), which generally has broader implications across all facets of your life.

But sexiest? The young lady pictured in their ad is as sexy as it gets. Sensible? In my opinion, it lacks common sense in many areas. Most useful? Definitely useful if you do not have a strong contact manager now, but if you have Office 95, you may find that Schedule+ gives you ninety percent of the functionality already. The key difference is Janna Contact 95’s “documentcentric” abilities discussed below.

Setup was relatively easy and straightforward, taking only about fifteen minutes. The CD-ROM has both a tutorial and a demo. The program takes about 14 MB on the hard drive plus 3-8 MB for sample data and another 26 MB if you want the video alarms (AVI files of that “sexy” young woman reminding you of various events). A problem that occurred during setup involved installing the MSWord macros to link Contact fields. I run Office 95 from the CD-ROM, and the system could have it, or the Janna Contact 95 CD-ROM in my one drive at a time. It wanted both, which meant I could not load the macros at that time; I did find that the macros could be loaded later.

Janna Contact 95 promises the benefits of Windows 95 and integration with Microsoft Office 95. Its apparent aim is to exceed Schedule+’s capabilities to include the management and linking of documents (text, graphs, charts, spreadsheets, etc.) associated with each contact. Their marketing (in popular use) phrase for these capabilities is “documentcentric.”

For example, the Information Log for John Doe may have a link to an Excel spreadsheet showing his last year’s orders in graphic form.. Next to it might be the last Word document you sent him with your price quote. Another icon represents a copy of the last Presentation sales pitch you made. Yet another is an MS Paint bitmap of his photo! All of this can be available at your fingertips while you are making your follow-up phone call to him. Rather than having your documents spread throughout several directories (oops, sorry, folders), they are in one place associated with a specific contact. If you open an Office 95 object, its menu and toolbars appear within Contact 95. From the other direction, a Word macro allows you to insert any Contact 95 information into a document.

The organizational and OLE capabilities of Janna Contact 95 can be quite useful in the business world. Rather than searching through megabytes of local and network hard drives, relying on your contact manager to track all materials associated with a particular client or deal can be a blessing. The ability to work with documents using the OLE connection within this contact manager can also be a great convenience. However, it all comes with a performance penalty you may be unwilling to pay. A “poor man’s” docucentric arrangement might be creating a directory (folder) for each client, with sub-folders beneath each for specific projects. Then, storing files associated with that client, no matter the source application, within those folders. Perhaps that man is wise, rather than poor.

In any case, there are actually about six modules within Janna Contact 95. The Schedule is just that: it displays your appointments by time and day. It is supposed to integrate with Schedule+ but only for action items, and I have not yet succeeded in getting that feature to work. “Integrate” should mean that anything you put in one place shows up in the other but it does not seem to work that way. Contact Details has all the information about your contacts; if you have a fax-modem, you can have Contact 95 dial numbers for you right from the Details section. Action Items is your ‘to-do’ list, E-mail is your electronic mail box (which can integrate with Microsoft Exchange), and the Document Manager lists general folders and documents. The Information Log is like the Document Manager except it is specific to a contact. I was not able to experience some “bells and whistles” though. Since I am not running on a network, the “group” things, such as coordinating meeting times or exchanging e-mail, will have to wait.

The first thing I tried was creating a new file using my existing dBase III+ database of names, addresses and phone numbers. You create a new Contact file using the defaults, which you can easily edit to add or change. Then, you import (from dBase, FoxPro, or limited/delimited formats), with Janna Contact 95 letting you ‘assign’ the fields. For example, my dBase file had a field called Suite that I assigned to Contact 95’s field called Address2. If you forget to create a custom field, though, you may quit the import process, create the field, then start again to create the fields as they are needed.

Trouble appeared when an error message said “JCIXPRO: This key is already associated with an element of this collection.” It reminded me of the old geek speak of IBM error messages – it was just a group of words put together apparently at random. What key? What element? What collection? What do I do now? The usual F1 help request provides no guidance, and the Help file does not include error messages nor give any suggestions on how to correct the problem. At this point, I am clueless. What exactly is the problem, and how do I fix it? After some trial and error, I found that I had assigned a duplicate business address. After deleting the duplicate, all went (almost) well. I had left a comma by mistake in one field in my database and all the fields after that were shifted so that nothing was in its proper place. Again, it took trial and error to find out what happened.

I found myself becoming frustrated as I tried to learn this program. This sucker is sloooow on my 60 MHz Pentium with 16 MB RAM, taking nearly two minutes just to load. (Editor’s Note: performance is similarly poor on my 100mhz machine.) It got worse when I had Word or Schedule+ also loaded. I also thought I was not supposed to see “out of memory” errors in WIN95. This program’s intent is to improve my productivity, and, as such, I expect a relatively instantaneous response to my mouse click. This does not happen.

Janna Contact 95 could let users be more productive if they rethought their design so that things work more intuitively. Assume that 99% of your contacts are in New York. “New York” should be the default for City, right? No. Does it appear on a ‘pull down box’ like many other fields? No. Does it appear in the ‘Quick Pick’ selection? No – not until you add it manually. At the very least, each of your unique previous entries should be available automatically in the Quick Pick with the ability to set a default.

If the city is New York, then the state is NY, right? No. You have to enter it manually also. It would make more sense if the 50 states were pre-loaded in the Quick Pick selections but they are not. Actually, they should be in a pull down box and you should be able to set one as a default.

Let’s say your contact wants to make an appointment for January 1. The scheduler should show that you will not be at work because that is a federal holiday but it does not. It does not show ANY holidays! A calendar should come pre-loaded with the Jewish, Christian, Canadian and American holidays.

Holidays are not the only important events. Annual things like anniversaries or kids’ birthdays should be easily set with reminder alarms. This ‘time manager’ makes you enter them manually every year. Tasks and appointments can be set as ‘recurring’ but  events cannot. Personal events (son’s football game or daughter’s recital) should show on the calendar but not print on the business schedule. Perhaps the designers of this program do not let their personal lives intrude into their business affairs, but that is not the case with most of the world.

When I loaded my old database, all the addresses went into the category field for ‘business.’ Some of them, however, are ‘home’ addresses. The contact type was automatically labeled ‘business’, but some of them are ‘friends’ or ‘family.' Importing data is never an easy task in situations like this, but I have not yet figured out how to make group changes like that.

A major purpose of a contact manager is to copy a contact’s name and address to the word processor to start a letter. Better yet, I want o copy it to my label printer program. If you ‘copy’ in Janna Contact 95, it thinks you want to make another contact listing with the same information — it does not copy it to the clipboard in the normal Windows fashion. Sure, a Word macro is included, but using a macro seven times to select title, first name, last name, address, and then city, state and ZIP seems far too clumsy.

New applications are supposed to do what the old stuff did, only better, faster, and easier with additional capabilities. Janna Contact 95’s gathered many of the pieces together, but the frustrations left me wanting to wait for the improvements. They must be coming since you can download updates from their Internet home page. Be warned, however: their December 1995 update was over 2.4 MB! It would seem that the program was rushed out the door to beat the competition. It did, but in retrospect, perhaps it doesn’t.

If you require a strong contact manager for business purposes, Janna Contact 95 is worth considering, providing you have a fast machine and patience. It does offer broad capabilities, such as those custom fields and ‘documentcentric’ touches, and its price is right. However, if you are largely satisfied by Schedule+, or another PIM or contact manager, you may not want to switch to this product.

Janna Contact 95

List Price: $99.95

Upgrade Pricing from other

PIMs and Contact Managers: $69.95

contact information:

Janna Systems, Inc.

3080 Younge St. #6060

Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3N1

800-268-6107

416-483-7711

fax 416-483-3220

reviewed by

Michael P. Schemer

mschemer@ix.netcom.com

Michael’s wife is an English teacher. In spite of her advice to the contrary, he continues to write.


 MICROSOLUTIONS BACKPACK 800TD

a review by Bob Gollihur

If you’re anything like me and most of our readers, your equipment has probably gone through some major metamorphoses in the last couple years. One of the major components that took a price nose-dive in that time frame has been hard drives, with a resulting inversely proportional increase in the quantity of drive space in my machines. However, the two internal 250mb tape drives remained as my only target for backups.

I continued to talk the talk, but walking the walk became tiresome with the constant tape-swapping required to back up the 3.7 gigs I seemed to have acquired. Facing the need for more tapes, I decided to make a move rather than invest in older, smaller technology.

Making the decision to adopt a newer backup unit is fraught with concerns. A wise user will look at the marketplace and adopt one that uses media that is or will become popular, ensuring a continuing source of tapes at reasonable prices due to their sales volume. Secondly, what about the stock of your current media and past backups? Do you throw them away, and how do you read them if need be?

Microsolutions’ new BackPack 800TD seemed like the perfect answer. It’s an external, parallel port unit, so I can use it on either machine, killing two PCs with one stone (and one purchase price). It uses Travan TR-1 tapes, the 400Mb tapes that claim a compressed 800Mb capacity, a format that has become very popular. As well, it fields QIC-Wide, EC, and any QIC-80 tape cartridge, so I can still use and read my old 250 and 120Mb tapes.

The BackPack 800TD is small, 5.5 x 7.5 x 2 inches, and weighs in at about a pound and a half, so it is easy to transport. The rear of the unit includes male and female 25 pin connectors for pass-through installation in your machine’s parallel port, along with a jack to connect to its plug-block power supply. Installation is easy — just use the provided 25 pin cable to connect it to your parallel port, and plug your printer and power into the tape backup unit. Then it’s time for the software installation.

It would have installed more easily if I were not an IRQ thief. While your PC’s parallel port (LPT1) has IRQ 7 assigned to it by default, those of us short in the IRQ department often borrow it for other illicit purposes, since in normal situations the printer doesn’t use it. Guess what? I naturally had to give it back to LPT1 and the tape backup unit. Once I played musical IRQs with some interface cards, the Backpack 800TD worked like a charm. Understand that this delay was caused purely by my own greedy little fault, not due to any unreasonable demands by the new hardware.

While Arcada’s BPBACKUP version 5, the software that comes with the Microsolutions BackPack 800TD, is 16-bit, it handles Windows 95 and long file names with no problem. Installation was easy, and an integrity test was a part of the procedure. Procedures are mostly intuitive to those who have used tape backup software before, and it is fully featured enough for most users. I am personally satisfied with both its speed and capabilities, and after a couple of month’s usage, am not running out to buy more advanced, 32-bit software, simply because I don’t see the need. Disks for Windows 3.1 and DOS are also included.

A few words about speed and capacity. No backup unit is fast enough, and when you are verifying the backup it is even less fast enough. That being said, I was not at all unhappy with the speed with which my data was backed up. Capacity is another story. I am not certain what sample data is used to project that 800mB of files can be compressed onto these TR-1 400mB cartridges, but I can be relatively certain that it’s not like anything I have on my drive. Your mileage may vary, and take note, I understand that this is not unique to this or any TR-1 tape drive or software.

While no tape is enclosed in the package, a special offer is included. You can buy a “backpack survival kit” that includes a custom carrying case, a 3M TR-1 tape, an IBM cleaning cartridge, and a Data Security handbook, all for $40.00. This brings up an important point: while my personal installation will likely remain static, the BackPack 800TD is very portable and can solve multi-machine and multi-site backup problems. You could also use it to transfer files, out of network range, that are too large and inconvenient for disk transfers, and more.

I wish there were more to say about this unit, but it installed quickly and easily, worked immediately, and is performing my backups and restores flawlessly.  The Microsolutions BackPack 800TD makes for a somewhat dull review, but is a sparkling performer that I am delighted to make a permanent part of my installation.

Microsolutions BackPack 800TD

List Price: $169.00

contact information:

Microsolutions

132 W. Lincoln

DeKalb, IL 60115

800-890-7227

815-756-3411

815-756-2928 fax

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Bob Gollihur

bob.gollihur@wol.com

Please note that Bob said he was short in the IRQ Department


Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2.0
 ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA CD

a review by Ed Hoffman

Anyone who has a CD drive attached to their computer quickly learns of the wealth of programs available today on CD’s. In fact, in most cases, your CD drive came furnished with a selection of bundled software. Though some of these offerings might prove interesting, they are often simply meant to tempt your appetite for more. One major advantage to the CD is the amount of material that can be stored on a single disk. A standard CD can store approximately 660 Mb of information. This makes the CD an ideal media for information much too voluminous for floppies. One such type of application that has found its way from printed pages to the CD is the encyclopedia. The combination of the CD and the computer are ideal for these applications. Not only will the CD hold a complete encyclopedia, but the computer makes finding specific data on the CD a snap. This combination can make your computer an ideal reference resource.

But, which encyclopedia should you consider adding to your system? Like their printed counterparts, there are several different encyclopedias available today on CD. In fact, you probably received an encyclopedia in the CD’s bundled with your CD drive. Again, as with the printed versions, this selection is typically based on your perceived needs. If you seldom use an encyclopedia, one of the Concise Encyclopedias may suffice. But, if you find your reference needs a bit more demanding you’ll want to consider a full encyclopedia.

By far, the Cadillac of all encyclopedias is the Encyclopædia Britannica. Those who have used this work in its printed variation, already know that this is one encyclopedia that contains virtually everything known. The only drawback to using this encyclopedia has always been the act of finding what you need. To say the least, this task can be a bit daunting. Now, however this monumental reference work is available on CD. Not only is the Encyclopædia Britannica CD™, 2.0 considerably more compact, but finding the information you need is now as simple as asking a question.

The package contains everything you’ll need to get up and running with your new encyclopedia quite quickly. A video tape is furnished to help make the installation process a little easier. The most difficult part of the installation was installing the hardware security key, and this was only because I had to fight my way through my jumble of wires behind my computer case. This hardware security key is a copy protection device that must be installed between your LPT1 connector and your printer cable before the Britannica CD will operate. This device has no effect on anything other than your Britannica CD and everything else will work the same as it did before this installation.

Once the hardware security key is in place, just pop the CD in your drive and type setup and the rest is automatic. The Britannica CD does require 10 Mb of hard disk space and a permanent swap file of at least 15 Mb. You’ll also need DOS 5.0 or later, either Windows 3.1 or 3.11, and Microsoft extensions MSCDEX  CD-ROM 2.2 or later. During the installation the CD will look for a few other applications on your system. If they are not present, the install routine will add them automatically. These applications are Netscape and Win32s. The Britannica CD uses a special runtime version of Netscape as a graphical interface for displaying documents. Once installed, you’re ready to take your new Encyclopædia Britannica CD for a test drive.

When opened, the CD displays an opening screen with an area for you to enter the information you need. This may be a word, a phrase, or a question. For example, you can enter Microsoft, or Microsoft Corporation, or What is Microsoft? and the search engine will automatically show you the references to Microsoft in the encyclopedia. This search may be as general or specific as you wish and may display a listing between 3 and 120 references. The default is ten references. You can also select whether to display the first few lines of the first paragraph for all articles or for a selected number of articles. The default here is to show all articles. Once these articles are on your screen you can scroll down the listing to find the specific article that interests you. Then double click on the blue title words and the encyclopedia opens to that article automatically.

The CD, in addition to the Encyclopædia Britannica, also contains the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. This is also accessible through the encyclopedia. So, if you encounter a word you don’t understand, you can look it up in the dictionary with a simple copy and paste operation. This encyclopedia contains over 44 million words covering over 65,000 subjects and has more than 400,000 indexed references and over 2500 illustrations, maps, charts, and drawings. To help you build your own paths of interest the Propædia™ section provides a quick an easy outline of the scope of knowledge of the Britannica CD. The Nations of the World section gives you fast access to information about any country in the world. This includes maps, illustrations and a wealth of information about each country.

The Encyclopædia Britannica CD™, 2.0 is a truly remarkable reference resource for both quick answers or in-depth studies. No matter where your interests lie, you’ll undoubtedly find everything you’ll need to know in this reference work. Whether for school work, professional requirements, or just general interest and information this is one encyclopedia that has it all. And, despite all the available power, this CD is remarkably easy to use. Ample online help and guidance are provided for quick reference and a printed owners manual is also furnished to reduce your learning curve and to get you up and running quite quickly.

Encyclopædia Britannica CD™ 2.0

List Price: $995.00

contact information:

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

310 South Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL 60604

reviewed by

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Ed Hoffman

ed.hoffman@wol.com

Ed is watching his step these days. His otherwise gentle wife has advised him that if he too often is found not working, but snoring in the recliner, she will have him booked into the Ice Floe Rest Home.


COREL ALL-MOVIE GUIDE

a review by Ted Tatman

Aren't CD-ROMs cool? From replacing floppy disks for installation of software, to the storage of things you need only every once in a while (like clipart and fonts), CD-ROMs are the coolest thing to hit computers since Windows 3.1. One of the best uses for them is as a media for reference works. Multimedia encyclopedias on CD-ROM have always been top sellers. Now, there's hundreds of CD-ROM reference works available, including several devoted just to movies. One such product is the Corel All-Movie Guide.

Corel claims it's the world's largest movie database on CD-ROM. It includes 90,000 movie and video listings, including TV movies and foreign films, and a database of 155,000 performers. You can browse movies by category, cross-reference information, and view video clips and photos of top actors. (There are over 70 QuickTime For Windows video files, plus over 600 photos in JPG format.) Hyperlinks abound to quickly connect you to and from people, movies and videos. You can even use the program to purchase a movie with your modem.

Much as you would expect from Corel, the program has a slick and colorful 3D interface that's easy to use. The main screen is meant to look like a video store. By clicking on various things in the store (as well as an icon bar at the bottom of the screen), you go to different areas of the program. There is lots of "bubble help," plus animation and sound effects — but not so much that it would drive you nuts after using the program for awhile!

Over 800,000 credit entries are contained in the Corel All-Movie Guide, including references on over 11,900 directors. An awards section provides a detailed listing of all the major film awards (the Golden Globe, Cannes Film Festival, The Academy Awards and more). In addition, there's a glossary of over 1,400 movie terms, including B pictures, Smoke And Fog Effects, and Panavision.

You can search movies using several filters, including over 4,300 plot elements or 5,000 different keywords. Some filters include country, mood, genre, time period, style, and rating. If you're a parent, you'll appreciate the family filters that allow you to screen movies for your kids.

 One neat feature is that the Corel All-Movie Guide can list all film personalities whose birthday is on any given day. For instance, you might want to check which actors and actresses were born on your birthday. It's neat to see how old these people really are! However, I was disappointed that you couldn't actually print the list or export the info to another file.

There's two games included to test your movie knowledge. A trivia game and a crossword puzzle game allow you to select your level and area of film expertise so the games' questions can be as hard or as easy as you wish.

To run the Corel All-Movie Guide, you'll need Windows 3.x, 4 Mb of RAM (8 recommended), a double speed (or faster) CD-ROM drive, a hard drive, a Super VGA display (256 colors at 640x480), DOS 5.0 or higher and a Windows compatible sound card, plus a mouse. If you want to order movies online, you'll need a modem, of course.

For the most part, the program ran well under Windows 95 on my system but I did have an occasional system freeze-up after playing a video and then trying to display a photo. The picture quality of the video interviews was jerky and grainy when played back on my double-speed CD-ROM. (But the photos are good quality.)

 Movie reviews are well written for the most part (although they are a little sketchy on some of the lesser-known flicks). Each film and is rated for artistic and production values, historical importance, and popularity, and all cast and credits information is included.

If you're expecting to find video clips from your favorite flicks, you'll be disappointed. All video clips are brief interview responses from actors or actresses, like you'd see on Entertainment Tonight or E! But, you shouldn't buy this CD-ROM for its multimedia aspects. The program's strength is its vast amount of film data, presented in an attractive, user-friendly interface.

I'm not the world's biggest movie nut, but found browsing the Corel All-Movie Guide a lot of fun. Before I knew it it, I had spent spend several hours exploring the program. If you're looking for a CD-ROM movie reference, this one should be definitely be considered. (By the way, I've seen it priced as low as $19.95, which is much lower than the suggested retail price.)

Corel All-Movie Guide

List Price: $69.95

contact information:

The Corel Corporation

The Corel Building

1600 Carling Avenue

Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1Z 8R7

800-455-3169

613-728-8200

613-761-9176 fax

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Ted Tatman

tedt13@aol.com

Ted was 30 years old before he realized that some people actually went to drive-in theatres to watch the movies.


STAR TREK OMNIPEDIA

a review by Ted Tatman

There are lots of different types of Star Trek fans, from the casual TV and movie watcher — to the ultimate card-carrying, pointy-ear-wearing Trekker. Me? I’m somewhere in the middle. I never miss a first run episode of Deep Space Nine or Voyager, and my hard drive is full of WAV clips I’ve created from every flavor of the Trek franchise. (Editor’s note: you can download Ted’s excellent quality Star Trek and other WAV file collections from Windows OnLine.) And while I did go to a Star Trek convention once, you’ll never see me trying to learn Klingon in my spare time.

I’ve always been interested enough in the show enough to buy an occasional non-fiction book about it, from Stephen Whitfield’s excellent The Making Of Star Trek (originally published in 1968) to William Shatner’s Star Trek Memories. The behind-the-scenes stuff has always fascinated me, from the creation of special effects, to what the props are really supposed to do. And, it’s always fascinating to see the background stories the show’s producers and writers have put together about the characters, races and planets of Star Trek.

It was with pleasure that I browsed through the Star Trek Omnipedia from Simon & Shuster Interactive. This CD-ROM is based upon the best-selling books The Star Trek Encyclopedia and Star Trek Chronology. The publisher calls it the “single greatest compilation of Star Trek lore, trivia, and history.” It contains more than 6,000 indexed entries, 2,000 full color illustrations and photos, and 100 QuickTime movies and animations.

One of the highlights of the Star Trek Omnipedia is the ability to retrieve information with voice commands, just like they do on the TV show. By saying phrases like Next entry, Play video, or Begin word search, you should be able to navigate the program without having to touch your keyboard. It doesn’t work yet with Windows 95 so I wasn’t able to try this feature out, but I’m told Win 3.x users shouldn’t have a problem, as long as you’ve got a microphone and a sound card. A free Win95 compatible update is forthcoming.

Mark Lenard, best known for playing Spock’s father “Sarek”, narrates five historical multimedia overviews (including backgrounds on Captains Kirk and Picard,) while the official Federation computer voice of all the Trek TV shows (performed by Majel Barrett) is heard frequently throughout the program, complete with all of the “official” Star Trek computer bloops and bleeps.

The initial edition of the Star Trek Omnipedia I looked at contained information from the original Star Trek series, The Next Generation, the first two seasons of Deep Space Nine and the first six Trek movies. Registered users will receive a free update that will contain data from season 3 of DS9, the first season of Voyager, and Star Trek: Generations. Notices of continued updates will be mailed to registered users.

The program’s interface resembles one of the computer screens you’d see on the Enterprise 1701-D or Voyager, complete with 24th century Federation style lettering and graphics. Your mouse cursor even turns into the Star Trek “boomerang” symbol while in the program. Photos and graphics looked vibrant, even with a 256 color display. And, the videos (mostly clips from Trek movies and TV shows) played fairly smoothly from my double speed CD-ROM drive. The sound was excellent, although it was a little disconcerting at first to hear Majel Barrett’s computer voice not “filter equalized” as it is on TV. Of course, if you have cheapo computer speakers, it should sound the same! No problems running it on Win95, either, except for not being able to use the verbal commands as noted above.

The Star Trek Omnipedia is a sequel to the Star Trek The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual CD-ROM. However, you won’t find the ability to walk around and closely inspect things using navigable panoramic images in Omnipedia like you could the Technical Manual. And, unlike most encyclopedias, there’s no way to print the entries. (I suppose Simon & Shuster wants you to buy the books as well.) But, the photos are easily accessible from the CD-ROM should you want to create plenty of Star Trek wallpaper for your own personal use. (Unfortunately, the cool sound files aren’t.)

If you’re the ultimate Trekker with a multimedia computer, I’m sure you already have this CD-ROM. (You’ve probably resisted upgrading to Win95 just so you can issue voice commands to your computer just like Captain Kirk.) But if you’re like me and are more than just a casual fan of the show (but are not quite ready for the rubber ridged foreheads), the Star Trek Omnipedia should give your hours of multimedia pleasure. You’ll enjoy bringing back lots of great Trek memories and discovering stuff about the series you never knew. Now, beam me up, Wolly!

Star Trek Omnipedia

Approximate Street Price $55-$60

contact information:

Simon & Shuster Interactive

1230 Avenue Of The Americas

New York, NY 10020

212-698-7000

212-698-7555 fax

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Ted Tatman

tedt13@aol.com

Ted says his favorite Star Trek phrase is, "May the force be with you." Wolly doesn't have the heart to tell him...


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70.	WINDOWS	Home/Family		46	9,052,099
71.	WINDOWS	Windows Apps	[A-M]	235	47,923,898
72.	WINDOWS	Windows Apps	[N-Z]	237	37,131,127
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74.	WINDOWS	Database Apps/Utils		147	25,334,240
77.	WINDOWS	Applications		55	10,781,343
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81.	WINDOWS	MultiMedia		14	2,933,872
82.	WINDOWS	MultiMedia/Present		23	7,326,991
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Windows Sound Files

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128.	WINDOWS	Sound Utils/Drivers		107	10,329,591
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131.	WINDOWS	Sound Files	[Q-V]	157	29,193,687
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191.	WINDOWS	ClipA-PCX’s	Famous	101	2,658,174
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211.	WINDOWS	ClipA-PCX’s	Money	46	2,431,965
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215.	WINDOWS	ClipA-PCX’s	Nature	169	9,984,341
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226.	WINDOWS	ClipA-PCX’s	Science	93	5,778,815
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Files In Area #500 Are All New Windows Files To WOL

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OS/2 Files
OS/2 Applications, Utilities, Drivers, Patches

245.	OS/2	Information		281	21,526,801
246.	OS/2	Drivers		168	30,982,713
247.	OS/2	Applications	[A-L]	201	49,855,913
248.	OS/2	Applications	[M-Z]	262	46,871,825
249.	OS/2	Utilities	[A-L]	287	29,146,859
250.	OS/2	Utilities	[M-S]	311	42,104,754
251.	OS/2	Utilities	[T-Z]	97	10,042,628
252.	OS/2	General Utils	[A-O]	79	9,338,573
253.	OS/2	General Utils	[P-Z]	70	23,576,747
254.	OS/2	Games		94	11,033,659
255.	OS/2	Networking/LANS	[A-M]	48	16,435,841
256.	OS/2	Networking/LANS	[N-Z]	52	6,621,020
257.	OS/2	Educational		15	1,801,985
258.	OS/2	Printer Drivers/Utils.		48	5,908,475
259.	OS/2	Communication		72	9,924,653
260.	OS/2	REXX code/utils		61	2,744,238
261.	OS/2	Disk Utilities	[A-M]	88	10,366,828
262.	OS/2	Disk Utilities	[N-Z]	67	3,843,623
263.	OS/2	Compression/Archiving		33	3,766,089
264.	OS/2	Fixes/Patches	[A-K]	71	9,212,648
265.	OS/2	Fixes/Patches	[L-P]	45	10,150,229
266.	OS/2	Fixes/Patches	[Q-Z]	90	31,017,632
267.	OS/2	Drivers	[A-N]	49	5,906,892
268.	OS/2	Drivers	[O-Z]	53	11,231,746
269.	OS/2	Graphics & Utils	[A-O]	88	9,257,251
270.	OS/2	Graphics & Utils	[P-Z]	56	4,738,067
271.	OS/2	Fonts		77	2,538,570
272.	OS/2	IBM Employee Shareware		51	4,389,724
273.	OS/2	Bulletin Board System		57	9,135,287
274.	OS/2	General Apps	[A-H]	63	10,599,904
275.	OS/2	General Apps	[I-N]	36	3,346,147
276.	OS/2	General Apps	[O-Z]	67	9,800,688
277.	OS/2	Icons		31	2,734,035
278.	OS/2	News and Info.	[A-O]	96	7,388,790
279.	OS/2	News and Info.	[P-Z]	33	6,424,908
280.	OS/2	Sound		13	1,114,632
281.	OS/2	Programs/Utils		193	30,358,758

Files In Area #499 Are All New OS/2 Files To WOL

499.	OS/2	NEW UPLOADS		133	23,759,390
		Totals For All OS/2 Files		3,636	528,998,522


DOS Files
DOS Graphics, GIFs, JPEGs

287.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[0-9]	82	12,583,609
288.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[A-B]	360	48,652,778
289.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[C-D]	294	42,787,766
290.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[E-F]	213	22,871,821
291.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[G-J]	250	38,031,287
292.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[K-M]	291	35,330,349
293.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[N-P]	357	42,130,169
294.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[Q-S]	483	61,128,245
295.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[T-V]	191	27,201,056
296.	DOS	GIF Graphic Files	[W-Z]	97	14,560,248
297.	DOS	GIF Pictures	[A-Z]	221	54,269,653
298.	DOS	GIF Pictures/Fractals		207	27,944,099
299.	DOS	GIF Cindy		65	13,230,203
300.	DOS	GIF Lingerie		97	17,239,959
301.	DOS	GIF Paula		36	5,908,964
302.	DOS	GIF Sport		90	15,240,387
303.	DOS	GIF Swim	[0-B]	226	47,965,638
304.	DOS	GIF Swim	[C-E]	198	47,599,502
305.	DOS	GIF Swim	[F-K]	100	19,516,156
306.	DOS	GIF Swim	[L]	270	37,962,580
307.	DOS	GIF Swim	[M-R]	174	24,300,179
308.	DOS	GIF Swim	[S]	257	57,711,022
309.	DOS	GIF Swim	[T-Z]	61	15,169,448
310.	DOS	WordPerfect Graphics		99	13,191,255
311.	DOS	ClipArt		255	31,686,992
312.	DOS	ANSI Graphic/Edit/View		95	6,334,928
313.	DOS	DTP/Clipart		88	9,728,274
DOS SOUND Apps, Utils, Drivers, SOU, MID, MOD, ROL, VOC,CMF Files

326.	DOS	Sound Files	[A-I]	309	26,812,469
327.	DOS	Sound Files	[J-Q]	184	10,886,789
328.	DOS	Sound Files	[R-Z]	219	15,655,719
329.	DOS	Sound Blaster Files		19	2,712,529
330.	DOS	Sound MIDI Files		118	20,597,200
331.	DOS	Sound Music Programs		59	6,502,305
332.	DOS	Sound Players/Edit/Drvs		350	34,293,266
333.	DOS	Sound Utilities		72	11,436,403
334.	DOS	Sound CMF	[0-9]	21	141,261
335.	DOS	Sound CMF	[A-E]	395	4,726,681
336.	DOS	Sound CMF	[F-J]	182	2,297,049
337.	DOS	Sound CMF	[K-O]	184	1,904,544
338.	DOS	Sound CMF	[P-T]	354	3,995,274
339.	DOS	Sound CMF	[U-Z]	87	960,346
340.	DOS	Sound CMS	[A-Z]	77	964,096
341.	DOS	Sound MID	[0-9]	185	997,558
342.	DOS	Sound MID	[A-E]	584	8,577,641
343.	DOS	Sound MID	[F-J]	305	4,787,798
344.	DOS	Sound MID	[K-O]	196	3,691,409
345.	DOS	Sound MID	[P-T]	330	5,516,106
346.	DOS	Sound MID	[U-Z]	74	1,212,550
347.	DOS	Sound MOD	[0-9]	13	1,887,092
348.	DOS	Sound MOD	[A-E]	330	36,938,872
349.	DOS	Sound MOD	[F-J]	178	21,861,472
350.	DOS	Sound MOD	[K-O]	185	21,778,538
351.	DOS	Sound MOD	[P-T]	262	26,832,099
352.	DOS	Sound MOD	[U-Z]	62	6,309,793
353.	DOS	Sound ROL	[0-9]	34	306,648
354.	DOS	Sound ROL	[A-E]	583	5,746,865
355.	DOS	Sound ROL	[F-J]	335	3,060,343
356.	DOS	Sound ROL	[K-O]	388	3,970,813
357.	DOS	Sound ROL	[P-T]	481	4,632,060
358.	DOS	Sound ROL	[U-Z]	124	1,095,859
359.	DOS	Sound VOC	[0-9]	43	4,460,943
360.	DOS	Sound VOC	[A-E]	599	66,673,325
361.	DOS	Sound VOC	[F-J]	379	43,226,088
362.	DOS	Sound VOC	[K-O]	271	31,886,159
363.	DOS	Sound VOC	[P-T]	546	80,260,089
364.	DOS	Sound VOC	[U-Z]	128	11,513,099
DOS Applications,Utils, Drivers, Games, Communications Files

380.	DOS	ASP Shareware	[A-Z]	67	11,307,693
381.	DOS	Demos Programs	[A-Z]	47	29,750,453
382.	DOS	Bible/Religious	[A-Z]	44	6,746,628
383.	DOS	Genealogy	[A-Z]	13	864,561
384.	DOS	Database Applications		204	42,140,932
385.	DOS	Database Mgrs Utils		290	42,208,765
386.	DOS	Database Programs		54	11,098,263
387.	DOS	Clipper		14	753,866
388.	DOS	Programs To Run BBS’s		324	27,125,181
389.	DOS	PCBoard BBS Programs		467	22,680,706
390.	DOS	BBS Programs		460	48,397,586
391.	DOS	BBS Door Programs		135	18,530,959
392.	DOS	BBS Doors/Utils		152	22,891,431
393.	DOS	BBS’s For You To Call		166	6,991,204
394.	DOS	OffLine Readers/Taglines		226	25,206,869
395.	DOS	Mail-Readers/E-Mail		154	17,028,437
396.	DOS	Mail Networks		90	6,182,225
397.	DOS	WordPerf Support Files		251	18,677,263
398.	DOS	WordPerfect		42	4,655,601
399.	DOS	WordProc/Edit/DTP	[A-L]	242	27,570,665
400.	DOS	WordProc/Edit/DTP	[M-Z]	279	37,787,437
401.	DOS	WordProcessing		46	7,521,244
402.	DOS	WordProcessing		140	17,247,018
403.	DOS	Mail-List/Managers		9	1,624,067
404.	DOS	Finance/Investment	[A-L]	124	20,160,077
405.	DOS	Finance/Investment	[M-Z]	131	22,752,076
406.	DOS	Spreadsheet/Accounting		237	38,574,349
408.	DOS	Math/Science	[A-L]	177	31,375,938
409.	DOS	Math/Science	[M-Z]	151	25,834,062
410.	DOS	Math/Science	[A-Z]	66	9,711,632
411.	DOS	Health/Medical		21	2,254,040
412.	DOS	Batch/Boot Files/Utils		374	21,266,104
413.	DOS	Batch/Boot Files/Utils		281	16,083,544
414.	DOS	Shells/Menus		258	36,702,018
416.	DOS	Hard Disk/Floppy Utils		658	51,046,855
417.	DOS	Hard Disk/Floppy Utils		71	8,458,703
418.	DOS	File Utils/Apps	[A-F]	425	21,974,236
419.	DOS	File Utils/Apps	[G-P]	211	11,847,739
420.	DOS	File Utils/Apps	[Q-Z]	291	19,083,610
422.	DOS	Legal Files		30	6,135,033
423.	DOS	Legal Prgms/Files		16	1,118,905
424.	DOS	Geoworks Programs/Files		239	20,056,789
425.	DOS	Geoworks	[A-Z]	37	1,713,583
426.	DOS	Home and Family		357	52,563,587
427.	DOS	Desk/Home Programs		71	12,829,489
428.	DOS	Sports & Hobby		298	40,472,338
429.	DOS	Misc. Applications		252	36,483,251
430.	DOS	Misc. Utilities		267	27,027,278
431.	DOS	Developer/Tools	[A-H]	387	49,729,452
432.	DOS	Developer/Tools	[J-P]	200	25,641,256
433.	DOS	Developer/Tools	[Q-Z]	247	29,294,782
434.	DOS	Programing/Languages		173	21,477,179
435.	DOS	Graphic View/Conversion		168	20,844,107
436.	DOS	Graphic Draw/CAD Apps		155	25,707,445
437.	DOS	Graphic Paint Apps		80	16,652,362
438.	DOS	Graphics Programs		96	14,007,848
439.	DOS	CAD Programs/Utils		16	2,151,420
440.	DOS	Presentation/MultiMedia		29	8,537,037
441.	DOS	Animation Apps/Util	[A-L]	160	40,910,776
442.	DOS	Animation Apps/Util	[M-Z]	96	16,266,642
444.	DOS	VideoApp/Util/Drvs	[A-L]	216	25,929,034
445.	DOS	VideoApp/Util/Drvs	[A-Z]	228	22,855,878
446.	DOS	Screen Utils		38	2,612,638
447.	DOS	Multitasking (DesQview)		111	7,672,985
449.	DOS	Networking/General	[A-L]	252	24,566,525
450.	DOS	Networking/General	[M-Z]	280	26,766,468
451.	DOS	Novell/LAN		61	8,415,735
452.	DOS	Magazine Programs/Utils		121	11,487,457
453.	DOS	Keyboard/Mouse/HWare/Drv		224	11,913,233
454.	DOS	Archivers Utils	[A-L]	204	17,210,963
455.	DOS	Archivers Utils	[M-Z]	247	22,718,057
456.	DOS	Archive Utilities		52	5,420,588
457.	DOS	Reading/lists-Technical		346	32,847,636
458.	DOS	Reading/Lists-Other		343	36,978,514
459.	DOS	Utils/Helps		271	25,059,224
460.	DOS	Education/Training/Learn		435	69,338,622
461.	DOS	Childhood Education		22	4,422,793
462.	DOS	Education Programs		124	19,564,618
463.	DOS	T.V./Movies/Entertain		166	17,690,373
464.	DOS	Get A laugh!		182	7,411,840
465.	DOS	Food/Drink		287	30,729,203
466.	DOS	Kitchen Aids		15	1,944,451
468.	DOS	Per. Info. Managers	[A-L]	214	43,428,485
469.	DOS	Per .Info. Managers	[M-Z]	140	22,950,109
470.	DOS	Home Office/Bus	[A-L]	232	46,889,295
471.	DOS	Home Office/Bus	[M-Z]	218	54,272,806
472.	DOS	Finance/Business		109	25,623,321
473.	DOS	Virus Protection Utils.		184	18,275,533
474.	DOS	Virus/Security		86	7,083,812
475.	DOS	Memory Management		282	15,252,477
476.	DOS	Computer Testing/BenchMk		194	18,448,777
477.	DOS	Games	[0-9]	137	33,118,172
478.	DOS	Games	[A-B]	229	33,046,713
479.	DOS	Games	[C-E]	259	42,846,754
480.	DOS	Games	[F-I]	251	43,139,034
481.	DOS	Games	[J-L]	109	18,233,305
482.	DOS	Games	[M-P]	203	31,965,359
483.	DOS	Games	[Q-T]	267	51,404,576
484.	DOS	Games	[U-Z]	146	28,702,736
485.	DOS	Games/Entertainment	[A-Z]	425	54,084,445
486.	DOS	Gambling	[A-Z]	24	2,839,034
487.	DOS	Printing/Utils	[A-L]	290	29,969,696
488.	DOS	Printing/Utils	[M-Z]	210	14,028,436
489.	DOS	PrinterUtilities	[A-Z]	39	4,790,243
491.	DOS	Communications	[A-H]	421	36,512,428
492.	DOS	Communications	[I-R]	308	34,687,432
493.	DOS	Communications	[S-Z]	247	25,577,391
494.	DOS	Communications	[A-Z]	144	12,319,105
495.	DOS	Ham Radio	[A-Z]	43	3,886,922
Files In Area #498 Are All New DOS Files To WOL

498.	DOS	NEW UPLOADS		691	96,461,365
		Totals For All DOS Files		35,610	3,904,734,957


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World Wide Web Presence Creation

HTML Construction / Production

Custom Windows Help Files

Internet - steven.cohen@wol.com

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The following systems are used

to evaluate programs for review:

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16 megs RAM, 256K cache

17" .25 Phillips 1762DT Monitor

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IDE Drives totalling 1.3gb

SoundBlaster AWE-32

Mitsumi EIDE CD ROM, Quad speed

Logitech ScanMan Color

US Robotics Sportster 14.4 fax-modem

Windows 95, networked

(Windows for Workgroups 3.11)

100 mhz. Pentium (Intel triton chipset)

16 megs RAM, 256K cache

17" .25 Sony CPD-1730 Monitor

Diamond Stealth 64 PCI, 2mb DRAM

IDE Drives totalling 2.5gb

SoundBlaster 16

Panasonic CD ROM 150kb, 390ms

Info ImageReader Scanner

US Robotics Courier Dual Standard 28.8

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