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$ave On $oftware presents ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ The Ultimate Shareware Collection ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Tenth Edition Catalog of Shareware and Public Domain Software Quick Reference Guide ───────────────────── ╔════════════════════════════════════════╦═══════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Useful Keys ║ How To Copy or Extract ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════╬═══════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ESC = Abort or back up one step. ║ Move the slidebar cursor ║ ║ Arrow Keys = Move slide bar cursor ║ on left side of screen ║ ║ PgUp / PgDn = Page through catalog ║ to the Program Name and ║ ║ Home/End = Beginning or End of file ║ press F9. Select the ║ ║ Alt key = expanded menu description ║ appropriate choice from ║ ║ F1 = Help on LookBook program ║ menu screen and hit ENTER. ║ ║ F2 or "I" = Go To "I"ndex ║ When the operation is complete ║ ║ F3 or "C" = Go to Table of "C"ontents║ You'll return to the menu. ║ ║ F7 or "S" = "S"earch for Text String ║ Tap the ENTER key again to ║ ║ F9 = Activate Copy/Extract Menu ║ return to menu and ESC to ║ ║ F10= Shell to DOS, Set Colors ║ to return to catalog. ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════╩═══════════════════════════════════╝ NOTE: Other functions of LookBook best explained in LookBook Documentation or by selecting F1 Copyright Notices All Shareware programs are the copyright of the respective program authors. The LookBook program and portions of the menu system are copyright Red Oak Data Systems Inc. Ultimate Shareware Collection CD-ROM is the copyright of $ave On $oftware. Permission to use the one line catalog descriptions located in the individual file directories is granted to support BBS use. The high resolution digital images found on this CD-ROM in the areas designated Digital Images / Digital Tours (TM) may be used for personal use only. Commercial use or resale of these images, in whole or in part, is prohibited. (c) 1992 $ave On $oftware. All Rights Reserved. What is $ave On $oftware? ───────────────────────── WELCOME to the tenth edition of our catalog NOW on CD-ROM. $ave On $oftware is your single source Shareware Library. We strive to offer you the best library of Shareware and Public Domain software available. This edition contains over 1700 useful and popular programs and includes product descriptions. Since 1987, we continue to strive to offer the latest program releases and new titles, VIRUS FREE, as available from the Authors. $ave On $oftware is an approved vendor and Associate Member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). The ASP is an association Shareware authors (Members) and ASP approved vendors and BBS's (Associate Members) who are dedicated to enhancing the image and professionalism of all aspects of Shareware. $ave On $oftware is an approved vendor and associate 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 member's products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536, or Fax (616) 788-2765. " ABOUT SHAREWARE ─────────────── What is "Shareware" or "User Supported Software"? The concept of "Shareware" or "User Supported Software" represents a revolution in software distribution. You, the consumer, have the luxury of trying out complete, powerful, quality programs made available to you sensibly priced. Many of the programs listed in our catalog rival and even surpass their commercially available counterparts at a fraction of the cost. Programs listed here are distributed under agreements with the program authors. None of the money you paid for the program disks goes to the author. This fee represents a distribution charge and does not cover the cost of the program itself. If you continue to use a product after a reasonable trial period, you are expected to comply with the authors defined registration fee or donation. As a registered user you will often receive additional benefits such as enhanced documentation, product support, and new version announcements. One explanation of Shareware that we're particularly fond of goes as follows; "Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook whether it is commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier because you can try before you buy. Since the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it." About this CD-ROM ───────────────── Contains over 1700 programs with product descriptions and hundreds of high resolution VGA (.GIF and .TGA) files produced by the Imaging Section of $ave On $oftware. Features: 200+ Business and Financial Applications 80 CAD and Graphic Programs 250 Games 100 Educational products 250 Utilities packages 70 Word processing programs, utilities and font collections 90 Windows Applications: Business, Games, Education, Graphics, Utilities Also includes, collections on Astrology/Numerolgy, Genealogy, Home, Ham Radio, Programming, Music, Professional Applications, Religion and Virtual Books Even census data on each of the 50 States.. Features the finest menuing system on CD. Simple to use but rich in features. Locate Programs by name, $o$ catalog number, or simply browse on-line our catalog pages. Menuing system then allows easy file copy or .ZIP file extract to your hard drive or diskette, even checks for available space before extracting archives. Features Find functions on text strings, Note Pad function, Book Mark, Shell to DOS, and on line documentation. System requirements: IBM PC or compatible. CD-ROM drive with driver software, 640k RAM. Hard disk and VGA Graphics adapter recommended. The Menu Interface ────────────────── The $o$ CD-ROM menuing system was developed around the LookBook program from Red Oak Data Systems. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Bill Kavenaugh and Red Oak Data Systems for his cooperation and assistance in customizing the LookBook program for this use. LookBook is a shareware program and only goes to dramatize the point that high quality software programs are indeed available and contained on this CD. LookBook was chosen because we wanted something to take advantage of the extensive product descriptions already available in our printed catalog. A menu interface was developed that allows easy product selection and location. Programs can be located by Program name, $o$ catalog number, by browsing on- line catalog pages. The Menuing system then allows easy file copy or .ZIP file extract to your hard drive or diskette. Simple to use but sophisticated, it even checks for available space before extracting archives. Features Find functions on text strings, Note Pad function, Book Mark, Shell to DOS and on line documentation. Red Oak Data Systems 23 W 014 Red Oak Drive Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Quick Start ─────────── Introduction The discussion and examples in the following "Quick Start" topic will show you how to use the CD-ROM library. You should also read the brief discussion that starts on page In-1 of the catalog. The information there tells you about $ave-On-$oftware, how to get updates to the library, BBS usage and more. You can use the Table of Contents to automatically access this information by topic. Use of the Table of Contents is explained in the "Quick Start" topic. Quick Start Body !Important! Please take a few minutes to complete the "Quick Start". It briefly explains the organization of the CD-ROM library and how to use our electronic catalog to access the library. Three examples are provided to help you get up to speed quickly. If you need additional help, use the "F1" function key and select the "Program Help Topics" for review. First time users should press the Page Down (PgDn) key now for more on this topic. LookBook presents text and supporting information via "views". Each view -- including this help view -- consists of continuous, "print file", text that you find in the "doc" and "readme" files of shareware programs. Accordingly, your normal cursor keys work as you would expect to let you browse and read a view's text. The HOME key will take you to the beginning of a VIEW and the END key will take you to the end of a VIEW. The DOWN and UP arrows move directionally one line at a time, and the PGUP-PGDN keys move one screen at a time. Each "view" corresponds to a traditional document function. The DOCUMENT view presents the body of the text -- in this case, our catalog's program descriptions -- while the TABLE OF CONTENTS and INDEX serve in traditional roles, although in an automated fashion. In fact, the catalog text that is used to access the library, comes directly from the printed version. Two other views, NOTES and BOOKMARKS provide the traditional support that their names suggest -- note taking and book marking. Table of Contents Example ───────────────────────── 1. Get to the Table of Contents View You can access the TABLE OF CONTENTS view from the DOCUMENT view. To get to the DOCUMENT view from anywhere in the program, repeatedly press the ESCAPE key until you come to the exit prompt. Selecting "Resume" at the exit prompt will return you to the DOCUMENT view. You can identify the DOCUMENT view by the page number display on the right end of the second screen line. Once in the DOCUMENT view press F3 or "C" to select the TABLE OF CONTENTS view. 2. Select a category and page. For this example we will be looking for the program "Ample Notice" in the "Desktop Managers" category. To select the category use the HOME and Down Arrow keys to move the current line indicator (">") to the following text line: Desktop Managers DT 9 Note: You may find it helpful to change the current line's display attributes. Pressing the "A" key will cycle through the three available choices. 3. Go to the document page Once you have the current line positioned properly, press the ENTER key. This will take you to the page listed at the end of the current line. Once on the selected page, LookBook automatically locates the target topic heading -- in this case "Desktop Managers". Now that you are at the topic you can see the program "Ample Notice" listed as the first program for this topic. Unless you were specifically looking for a program, as in this example, you would normally go to a topic heading and browse to find programs of interest to extract. Index Example ───────────── 1. Get to Index View You access the INDEX view from the DOCUMENT view. To get to the DOCUMENT view from anywhere in the program, repeatedly press the ESCAPE key until you obtain the exit prompt. Selecting "Resume" at the exit prompt will return you to the DOCUMENT view. You can identify the DOCUMENT view by the page number display on the right end of the second screen line. Once in the DOCUMENT view press F2 or "I" to select the INDEX view. 2. Select the desired program. For this example will be looking for LookBook's shareware entry by using the "Topic" feature to find the LookBook listing in the index list. Once you are in the INDEX view press either "T", "F8" or the Space Bar to bring up the topic list. The topic window will be displayed in the center of the screen. The INDEX topic list contains the alphabetic headings "A" through "Z". You select individual topics with the cursor keys or by pressing the topic's "key letter". Upon selecting a topic, the ENTER key will take you to that topic in the text. Steps to locate the "LookBook" entry: A. Bring up the topic list - Press "F8" B. Select alpha heading "L" - Press "L" C. Go to alpha heading "L" - Press ENTER D. Browse to LookBook entry - Press Dn Arrow <repeatedly> until "LookBook" and page "211" are highlighted. 3. Find the program description in the catalog. Once you have highlighted the LookBook entry, the ENTER key will take you to page 211 where the program automatically finds the "LookBook" entry. You can use this position for the "Program Extraction" example that follows. Program Extraction Example ────────────────────────── We will use "LookBook" as the extract example. If you don't have the LookBook catalog entry displayed from the previous example, go through the Index example again. Once you have the LookBook program description on the screen, place the current line marker (">") on the line containing the LookBook heading -- UT247: LookBook v2.52 -- and then press "F9". This will summon the extract option window. If you didn't have the current line marker positioned properly, you will get an explanation window that explains the proper use of the "F9 Run" function. Read this explanation and then try the operation again. Your extract options are: ■ Extract Program Extracts program to disks as submitted by the author. ■ Copy Archive Copies compressed archived "ZIP" files as stored on our BBS. ■ Resume Return to catalog review. Note: The "F1" key summons explanatory help for each option. We will demonstrate the extract option here. The copy option is very similar and should be easy to use once you are familiar with the extract option. Place the blinking right bracket ">" on the extract option and press ENTER. 1. The program will report the total archives that corresponds to the number of 360K disks the program expands to. 2. The program prompts for a destination. This normally would be one of your floppy drives, but it can be any legal drive or directory combination you want. For now, use a floppy drive by either pressing the ENTER key to accept the default of "A", or by backspacing over the "A" and replacing it with your drive letter choice. 3. Next you will be asked for a destination disk type. This is important when using multiple disks for space checking and for floppy disk insert prompts. 4. Once you have entered the above information you will be given the opportunity to accept or change your entries. Once accepted, the program checks the validity of your choices and examines the destination for adequate free space. If problems arise, you may exit to DOS at this time to investigate your destination problems. 5. Upon finding a legal destination with adequate space the program launches the extract using PKUNZIP. The progress of PKUNZIP will display on the screen. 6. After the extract is complete, you may press ENTER to return to the extract window where "Resume" or escape will return you to the catalog. Image File Set Up and Viewing ───────────────────────────── Setting Up SOSVIEW.BAT ─────────────────────── You will be happy to know that the library's image support will accommodate your favorite image display program. If you haven't settled on a graphic display program be sure to check out the CD-ROM Library's offerings since they include several excellent image viewing programs. Once you have a viewing program you wish to try, you can set up SOSVIEW.BAT to view images without having to leave the library. If you are using a shareware program, make sure that you abide by the trial period and registration requirements of the program's author. Remember, SHAREWARE needs the registrations of satisfied users. To set up SOSVIEW.BAT, you will need to copy SOSVIEW.TMP from the root directory of the CD-ROM to a "SOSCD" directory on any hard drive on your system. SOSVIEW.TMP includes the commands and instructions to support several different viewers. Form: COPY <CD Drv>:\SOSVIEW.TMP c:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT [ENTER] EXAMPLE: COPY E:\SOSVIEW.TMP c:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT [ENTER] You will need to indicate your chosen viewer by removing the "REM" (remarks) designation from the sample command line for your viewer. Also, you must make sure the sample command has the exact path information for your viewer. See example 2 that follows. The following general rules for SOSVIEW.BAT should be used with the "how to" comments included in SOSVIEW.TMP. 1. SOSVIEW.BAT file must: A. Be on a disk drive of "C:" or higher. B. Reside in a directory named "SOSCD". Examples: C:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT D:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT Remember don't use A: or B:! LookBook won't execute a batch file from those drives. 2. The "viewer" command in the file must: A. Contain the full path of the image viewer command. B. Include any command line parameters that your viewer needs. C. Provide for parameter %1 to designate the image file name to display. Example: E:\VPIC\VPIC %1 /A /E Remember the full path -- drive and directory -- must be given. Since we will be executing across drives and directories, DOS may not find a command that does not have a specific path. Image Viewing and Copying ───────────────────────── Once you establish an image viewing program via SOSVIEW.BAT, you can view the library images while in the library. Image viewing and copying works much like program extraction and copying. To view an image, place the current line marker (">") on the image you wish to work with and press "F9" or "R". This loads the image control program that presents you with the following options: ■ Copy Image Copy the image to a destination you choose. ■ View Image Uses your designated viewing program to view the image. See "The Image Batch File" topic about setting up a batch file to view images. ■ Resume Returns to catalog viewing. Initiating the CD-ROM System via INSTALL ──────────────────────────────────────── The CD-ROM system works best when the FILES and BUFFERS system parameters are set at 20 or greater. If you are unsure about your settings, you can run INSTALL.EXE. This program will report your current values if under the recommended amounts and change them with your permission. INSTALL.EXE also will create a batch file that will let you start the system from any DOS prompt. To start INSTALL.EXE: <CD_ROM Drive>:\INSTALL [ENTER] Example: E:\INSTALL [ENTER] Catalog Transfer to Hard Disk via INSTALL You can improve your search times by transferring the catalog and related files to one of your hard disks. The space required approximates 850K. "INSTALL.EXE" on the CD-ROM disk will install the catalog and related files to one of your hard disk drives. To use it just follow "INSTALL" with the command line parameter -- "HARD". Form: <CD_ROM Drive Letter>:\INSTALL HARD [ENTER] Example: E:\INSTALL HARD [ENTER] The transfer guides you by prompting for disk locations and checking the validity and space available at your chosen location. Disclaimer We disclaim any damage that may arise from the use, misuse, or inability to use, any software programs contained on this CD-ROM and cannot guarantee the effectiveness or suitability of any program. The catalog information contained on this CD-ROM is believed to be correct, but is not warranted in any way. Copyright / Trademark Notice All products named in this catalog or document are either Trademarks or Copyrights of their respective Owners. $O$ CD - A BBS on a ROM. This CD has been prepared using the $O$ BBS complete data file system as a model. Included in our COMMUNICATIONS Category you will find several BBS programs. You are encouraged to TEST each of them and select the one which best fits your needs. Remember these are shareware programs, once you have determined the one you will continue to use you must register it with the program author. Now, where do you start. First select a BBS program from the catalog, extract it, print all the documentation files and read them carefully before you start. Following the program installation instructions you will be asked to list the file areas you wish to support on the BBS. You are now ready to reference the CD-ROM directories. Each directory contains all the program files for a given category, also called a FILE AREA, and each category is detailed in a one line per program description file. This information will be required by the BBS software to allow access to each of the directories you wish to support on your BBS. For example to support Business and Finance you would reference the BF directory located on the CD-ROM drive in your BBS software and bf.txt (one liner descriptions) would then be referenced from the same directory. This file is necessary for users to locate programs on your BBS and also provides descriptive information about the program. The format provided should be usable by most BBS programs. If it is necessary to modify the format you may copy it to your hard disk and use any ASCII text editor to modify it to comply with the required format. All programs have been placed in ZIP files, one for each program disk normally distributed by the author. This allows the author supplied installation procedures to be used. Permission to use the one line catalog descriptions is hereby granted exclusively to support your BBS system. Modifications may be made to these files for the sole purpose of supporting your BBS. No part may be copied or extracted for any other purpose. All Shareware programs are the copyright of the respective program authors. The LookBook program and portions of the menu system are copyright Red Oak Data Systems Inc. Ultimate Shareware Collection CD-ROM is the copyright of (c) 1992 $ave On $oftware, All Right Reserved. Permission to use the one line catalog descriptions located in the individual file directories is granted to support BBS use. The high resolution digital images found on this CD-ROM in the areas designated Digital Images may be used for personal use only. Commercial use or resale of these images, in whole or in part, is prohibited. GUIDE TO RUNNING SHAREWARE AND PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── Startup Directions: 1. Boot up DOS on your system. Place your DOS system diskette in drive A and power on you system. Enter the date and time at the prompts (if applicable). The DOS prompt should then appear as "A:>". 2. Make a working copy of the distribution diskettes. With the DOS disk in drive A, use the DISKCOPY command. A:>DISKCOPY A: B: Follow the DISKCOPY prompts which appear. The "SOURCE" disk refers to the original diskette that you want to make a copy of. The "TARGET" disk refers to the blank diskette you are copying to. 3. Listing the directory on the DISKETTE. To list the directory of files on the diskette. A:>DIR (press the ENTER KEY) You can use the CTRL & NUM LOCK in conjunction or if your keyboard has a PAUSE key press it to stop the screen from scrolling. Then just press the spacebar to continue. 4. Read the README Files. Most diskettes have some sort of instruction information to startup the software. These files are often named as README, README.DOC, README.TXT, READ.ME, FILES.DOC, FILES.TXT, Etc. Use the DOS "TYPE" command to display the file to the screen or printer. Substitute the correct name of the file for FILENAME. A:>type FILENAME "To screen" A:>type FILENAME > lpt1 "To printer if attached to printer port 1." Note if printing these files be sure to have your printer on and ready to print and plenty of paper in the printer. You may also use a Word processor or text editor program to read these files. 5. Running a PROGRAM. Most programs are DOS executable files and have the file name extension of ".EXE", ".COM". To run these programs. Substitute the correct name of the file for FILENAME. A:>FILENAME (press the ENTER KEY) 6. Running a BASIC PROGRAM. BASICA can be found on your DOS diskette. To run a basic program you must first load BASICA or an equivalent such as GWBASIC. If you have a PC jr. you must have the BASIC ROM cartridge. Place the DOS diskette in drive A: then at the DOS prompt enter: "A:\BASICA" and press the enter key. This will load BASIC. When the "OK" prompt appears on screen you are now ready to run a program. REMOVE THE DOS diskette AND INSERT THE diskette with the program you want to run. To run the program type "( RUN "FILENAME )". Substitute the correct name of the PROGRAM file for FILENAME. Additional Credits ────────────────── We would also like to thank a number of photographers for offering their photo collections to be used as source for our digital image conversion into the libraries marked Digital Images. These photographers include, Al Pritchard, RI; Ed Gallagher, NJ; Bob Brady, MA; Bill Coniglio, PA; Jim Sheehan, PA; and Warren Storosko, PA, and others who chose to remain anonymous. We would also like to thank Tom Kinter and Broadleaf Design Works for providing some of the computer painted images and especially the computer image enhancements of photographs. Mr. Kinter's techniques produce "Leroy Nieman-like" computer generated art from photos. Oddly enough the resultant images often have a much stronger impact than the original photos. These images can add freshness to a wide variety of promotional projects. (If you are from Wilkes Barre you may recognize these scenes.) We would especially like to thank PKWARE, Inc. first off for producing the PKZIP family of data compression utilities and for permitting us to call the PKUNZIP utility from within the CD-ROM copy/extract menu interface. In this business we assume that all are familiar with data compression techniques but we know that this is not so. If this concept is unfamiliar to you we suggest that you review the PKZIP Utilites. Lastly, let's not forget the authors who produced the many fine pieces of software available here. Try them, then buy them, Shareware counts on the support of it's users. Update Information ────────────────── This disk contains over 500 Mb of useful programs, graphics, and text descriptions. This represents the 10th Edition of our shareware catalog. We are already preparing our 11th Edition and Volume II CD- ROM that will contain many new titles and program updates. If you would like to receive information on upgrades when available, please write or call: $ave On $oftware CD-ROM Upgrades P.O. Box 1312 Wilkes Barre, PA 18703 800 962-6107 (US) (717) 824-9531 (International) (717) 822-9767 (FAX) Latest releases and program updates are also available online from our Member only BBS. 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