NGS CATALOGUE - Revision: 27th November 1994 ============================================== A comprehensive catalogue of all products produced or directly supported by Neil Gorin Neil Gorin, NGS, 4 Rookwood Drive, Stevenage, Herts, SG2 8PJ. Telephone: (01438) 362671 Email: neil.gorin@nildram.com The Association of Shareware Professionals Ombudsman Statement ============================================================== These programs are produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI USA 494 42-9427, Fax 616-788-2765, or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. Bulletin Boards =============== Each of these programs should be available from The Shareware Support Bulletin Board on (01442) 891109 (V32Bis) and (01442) 891209 (VFast). Filenames or filename patterns follow the program name. You may be able to find these programs on other BBS's. If you do not, and feel that the BBS deserves a copy, please upload one - you are free to do this provided you use the recommended ZIP name and do not modify any of the files. The Gorin Desktop GDESKxxx.ZIP (xxx = version, e.g. v2.15 = GDESK215.ZIP) ================= This is an amazingly full featured program considering it's low cost! Provided you have at least a VGA display, even on a Turbo XT or 286, Desktop will provide all the facilities of a proper GUI environment on your PC. Just like Windows "Program Mangler" you can place icons into groups on your desktop, click on them and run programs - fast!!! The Desktop takes absolutely no memory from your programs, so you can even run games direct without ever touching the C:\> prompt - plus, if you do want to run Windows, place each of your Windows programs as an icon on the Desktop, and you'll bypass Program Mangler going straight to your chosen application. What's more, the Desktop includes all the super features of Windows that you love - like a powerful icon editor with over 200 icons, a wallpaper editor and some great wallpaper files. There's a file manager with a viewer, an Address Book and calculator - and you don't even need to exit to DOS to change your system clock! Left your PC on the desktop? No problem, the screen saver will click in with either your chosen message or a bouncing clock - or add any graphics demo as a saver by following the easy to read instructions in GORDESK2.DOC. Pop outside the desktop, and you'll find GMOD Pro - a full featured music program with a number of great tunes for SoundBlaster users, Floppy Formatter, for point and click formatting and a neat Wallpaper converter to take PCX files and turn them into back drops. Exit the Desktop altogether to see the Disk Status Monitor, reporting on your hard drives size and free space - so you can be sure if that new 20Mb game will fit! Try it! You'll either love it or love it! Registration costs œ24.95. Gorin's Organiser (DOS & Windows versions) ================= DOS: ORGDSxxx.ZIP (xxx = version number, e.g. v2.03 = ORDDS203.ZIP) WINDOWS: ORGWNxxx.ZIP (xxx = version number, e.g. v2.20 = ORDWN220.ZIP) So, you've binned your Filofax and you're looking for something new - look no further! Gorin's Organiser is an amazing graphical product where you're appointments are shown as clear icons on a neatly chiselled display! There's a Month in View and a Year Planner view, both with easy point and click access - plus to save you time, any regular appointments, birthdays or whatever, can be added automatically by the Auto-Organiser feature. The Organiser has a fully featured Address Book, which can also link to the Desktop's one if you wish, a Calculator, To Do list and a Notepad. All your essential information stored as one! Plus, if you're using the Windows version, you can log telephone calls and set the alarm clock to interrupt whatever you're doing so you don't forget to do things. Gorin's Organiser has received so much praise by current customers and the computing press, that we know you're going to love it! It costs just œ29.95, or for œ44.95, you can buy the entire Windows "Power" program suite and the Organiser - a fantastic sav ing on the normal cost! Power Balance for DOS PBDOSxxx.ZIP (xxx = version, e.g. v1.00 = PBDOS100.ZIP) ===================== Synchronize your data on 2 PCs! If you keep the same files (for example a diary) on two PCs, maybe a Laptop and Desktop, and you update one you'll need to change the other. Power Balance does this for you, saving time and making sure both PCs are bang up t o date! Power Balance benefits from an easy to use, mouse orientated Windows-like graphical user interface. File balancing is a painless process, and you have two choices of the method used: you can either use a floppy disk to balance your PCs, no network or link required, or you can balancing via Interlink (the file transfer program with IBM DOS and DOS 6) or most peer-to-peer networks such as Windows for Workgroups. Power Balance for DOS costs œ14.95 to register. Sprinter Setup for Windows SPRWINxx.ZIP (xx = vsn, e.g. v1.0 = SPRWIN10.ZIP) ========================== Powerful yet simple installation. Supports multiple disks, file compression and expansion, Program Manager icons, low registration. As used by NGS for Gorin's Organiser and the Power series. Uses CTL3D (supplied). TINY FOOTPRINT - takes less than 45k on your disk! Sprinter Setup has to be your first stop if you're a developer looking for an easy to use (and cheap!) installation product. Sprinter is very easy for you to configure, with everything supplied that you'll need to create an installation disk - plus, it's simple yet elegant user interface (uses CTL3D.DLL, which is automatically installed if the user hasn't already got a copy) is both fast to navigate, clear and functional. As used in both Shareware and Commercial products. Registration is per developer at just œ24.95. Power Balance for Windows ========================= PBWINxxx.ZIP (xxx = version, e.g. v1.00 = PBWIN100.ZIP) If you ever use the same data files on more than one computer, maybe you carry a laptop, sooner or later you'll update the data on one PC and forget to change the other. Power Balance ensures that you needn't worry - simply run Power Balance and the most recent copies of each file are placed on both machines! You can create multiple balancing sets for different purposes, and can balance files over some form of link (such as a Interlink cable, or Windows For Workgroups Network) or simply with an intermediate floppy disk - just follow the step by step instructions! Features an easy to use mouse based graphical user interface. Registration is a very reasonable œ14.95, or œ29.95 with Power Gamer & Power Prompter, or œ44.95 for all three Power programs + Organiser for Windows! Power Gamer for Windows ======================= PGWINxxx.ZIP (xxx = version, e.g. v1.00 = PGWIN100.ZIP) Power Gamer - Run ANY DOS game from Windows! Unique method enables even the most resource hungry DOS game to be run seamlessly from Microsoft Windows. Full memory, no sound card problems, no slow down! A must for all games players, and at œ14.95 is by far the cheapest upgrade to your Windows installation! Power Prompter for Windows ========================== PPWINxxx.ZIP (xxx = version, e.g. v1.00 = PPWIN100.ZIP) Powerful utility combining the RUN command with file manager and the DOS prompt. Many uses, fast and slick. Just like having a DOS window permanently open on your Desktop, but without the memory loss and able to run Windows programs too! Prompter's small unobtrusive command window looks great on any desktop, and has a history list which can hold 1000's of commands for easy retrieval. 386 enh mode recommended for optimal use. Ideal if you like to key in DOS commands, great for development or for anyone struggling in Windows after years in DOS. You'll wonder how you ever worked without it - for most people, it's essential StartUp group material! And at just œ14.95 (see offer under Power Balance for Windows) it won't in any way break the bank! Gorin's Microbook for DOS ========================= GMBKxxx.ZIP (xxx = version, e.g. v1.20 = GMBK120.ZIP) Help files, instruction manuals, training guides - under Windows, the choice is easy - create a Help file and be done with it. DOS users, though, have a trickier time - there are plenty of "Text to EXE" programs floating about, but all they do is provide a scrolling display. For times when a little more creativity is needed, Microbook could well fit the bill. In it's Royalty Free distributable form, the Microbook program takes just 40k of disk space, providing the facility to display upto 50 Microbooks on each disk, each with a maximum of 20 sections. Microbook uses a clear Windows-like graphical interface, with mouse support, with individual pages being displayed on the screen in a pleasant, easy to read font. Lines of text may be highlighted in order to break the text, or provide a heading, and each section is called from a push button with a description. When in Microbook, you can easily switch between books using an icon on the icon bar, and quickly print the contents of the current section using another icon. Microbook is easy to use, so easy in fact that it's used to display the on-line manual in both Gorin's Organiser for DOS and Cheet Sheets. Registration of œ24.95 brings your own personalised copy and the right to distribute that file and any books you create. Non-Shareware Products you may like to try ========================================== Cheet Sheets ============ CHEETxx.ZIP (xx = issue, e.g. issue 37 = CHEET37.ZIP) Cheet Sheets is a monthly gamers magazine specialising in game cheats, hints, tips and solutions, plus the odd review. Articles, soloutions and cheats for 100's of new and old games every month are included, plus articles on other aspects of computing. Cheet Sheets is wrapped up in an easy to navigate GUI interface, with background music (squeaky on PC speaker - you can turn it off, but excellent on a Sound Blaster or compatible) with every issue. A great reference guide. What's more, Cheet Sheets is FreeWare! Yes - no charge for use whatsoever! Cheet Sheets CD ROM =================== The CD of Cheet Sheets includes every hint, tip, solution and review from almost 3 years of the magazine, plus a vast selection of music files, and many of the latest and greatest shareware games. Please telephone for availability - due to be released January 1995, estimated price œ19.95. Tag Quote TAGQUOTE.ZIP ========= Tag Quote is a freeware product which randomly displays Tag Lines (small throwaway laughter lines used by electronic mail enthusiasts) in both the DOS and Windows environments - put at the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT or in your StartUp group for a quick Thought for the Day. - END -