This disc contains 2,500 different software programs. If you are thinking about simply listing the names of these programs on your printer, make sure you have plenty of paper -- the listing alone goes on for over 40 pages. There is something for just about anyone who uses an IBM or compatible personal computer and is interested in exploring available shareware and freeware programs.Software in a wide range of application and utility areas is packaged on this disc, including: line and text editing, data communications, personal and business finance, hard disk utilities, graphics, device drivers, educational programs, word processors, macros, spreadsheet templates, databases, accounting and bookkeeping, source code, games (we lost count of the number of spacewar-type games), and miscellaneous programming utilities.Instead of investing hundreds of dollars in a mainstream software package, it often makes more sense to see what software is available in the public domain. No more long-term logons to bulletin boards, no more collections of floppy disk software, no more hard disks cluttered with miscellaneous programs. The low price of this disc means that you can try out these programs for less than a nickel each!
Computer requirements:
IBM PC or compatible computer
Product #DescriptionPrice
CD-15012500 Software Programs$99
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Since its establishment on May 5, 1912 by V.I. Lenin, the newspaper PRAVDA has been the foremost indicator of Kremlin thinking. As an Organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, PRAVDA speaks with the highest authority. Full text of official speeches and announcements are published regularly. In many respects, PRAVDA provides a window into official Soviet culture.
PRAVDA was never designed for general foreign consumption. For this CD-ROM version, the entire context of PRAVDA has been translated into English. Now, insight into the workings of the Communist Party is easily accessible to anyone with a personal computer.
The entire translated text of the last two years (1986-1987) is available on one disc. This includes the PRAVDA perspective on:
Chernobyl, the Iceland Summit, Raisa's fashion accouterments, Glasnost, the Iran/Iraq war, U.S. politics, Billy Joel's concert, Matthew Rust's flying experiments in Red Square, and more. Updates for 1988 and subsequent years will be offered when available.
It is fascinating just to search through this disc. You can really begin to understand the USSR -- and especially the Soviet people -- by browsing through PRAVDA. You can also gain an understanding of the ways in which the Soviet press operates.
The search and retrieval software, and the Russian to English translations, combine to make this disc a top-notch value that would be useful to anyone interested in the Soviet Union, current events, foreign policy and Eastern Europe.
