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- .IF DSK1.C3
- .CE 5
- *IMPACT/99*
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- ^^^^^^by JACK SUGHRUE
- ^^^^^^Box 459
- ^^^^^^East Douglas, MA 01516
-
- THE SOFTWARE BIGGIES
-
- GENIAL COMPUTERWARE (Box 183,
- Grafton, MA 01519) is emerging as a
- TI software developer to challenge
- long-time leader in this field,
- ASGARD SOFTWARE (Box 10306,
- Rockville, MD 20850). Both
- companies' free catalogs make a
- 99er's mouth water.
- Genial's 15 programs (by authors
- Peter Hoddie, Paul Charlton, Warren
- Agee, Mike Dodd, John Johnson, and
- Wayne Stith) are primarily utility:
- MACFLIX ($15) lets you view, print,
- and save graphics created on the
- Macintosh; PICTURE TRANSFER ($30)
- permits viewing different graphic
- files, creating slide shows,
- combining multiple images, and
- converting among formats (GIF, RLE,
- MYART, GRAPHX, TI-ARTIST) for the
- Geneve; TRIAD ($20) combines the
- features of a termincal emulator,
- 40-column text editor, and disk
- manager in one program; HYPERCOPY
- ($20) is called by Genial "the final
- word in disk copiers" and can copy an
- SSSD in less than 35 seconds, provide
- a skewing technique for faster disk
- reads, format, provide multiple
- copying facilities, and more;
- GRAPHICS EXPANDER ($10) not only
- converts between TI-ARTIST and CSGD
- formats but can stretch, shrink,
- mirror, and rotate graphics all in
- fast assembly; GRAMPACKER ($10)
- customizes GRAM emulating devices in
- significant and very useful ways;
- XBASHER ($10) is faster and better
- than Jack Sughrue's SMALLIFYING
- program contained within his PLUS!
- disk and can compress up to 1/3 of an
- XB program; XB:BUG ($15) debugs,
- modifies, searches, displays as it
- provides a fine XB tool for the
- programmer; REMIND ME! ($15)
- functions as a fun and fast schedule
- planner with all kinds of built-ins;
- BROWSE ($10) aids in the management
- of text files by permitting viewing,
- printing, combining, and browsing;
- PC TRANSFER's ($25) fast and
- efficient way of moving data between
- your TI (and/or Geneve) and an MS-DOS
- machine make this an extremely
- valuable tool for those 99ers who
- work with IBM; GENIAL FONT PACKS ($10
- each) provide a collection of 19
- different fonts for use with
- TI-ARTIST along with some additional
- graphics programs; and FIRSTBASE
- ($49.95) a full-featured database
- program expected to be the only real
- competition to the powerful TI-BASE
- ($24.95 - Inscebot, P.O.^Box 291610,
- Pt.^Orange, FL 32029), will have a
- variety of exceptionally fine
- database features for the TI or
- Geneve.
- Asgard's catalog of 57 software
- packages contains a larger variety of
- materials for the TI/Geneve user:
- games, graphics, utilities,
- production tools. In addition to
- Hoddie, Agee, and Charlton, the
- author/artists who create Asgard
- software include Ken Gilliland, Donn
- Granros, Harry Wilhelm, Tom Wynne,
- Chris Bobbitt, Ed Johnson, Robert
- Coffey, Tom Bentley, John Behnke, Jim
- Reiss, Mickey Schmitt, Paul
- Scheidemantle, Howard Uman, Tom
- Wible, Travis Watford, and Charles
- Earl.
- Games: BALLOON WARS ($4,95) an
- arcade strategy game with 20 screens
- of dangerous manned balloon flying;
- COLUMN ATTACK! ($9.95) an 11-level
- fast arcade game demands perfect
- laser control to defeat the insane
- Flugelins; DOOM GAMES I && II ($7.95
- each) include a pile of bizarre epics
- for the TUNNELS OF DOOM addicts; THE
- GAME PACK ($5.95) provides two
- distinct arcade games on one disk
- [Haunted Mine II and Missile Wars];
- HIGH GRAVITY ($9.95) is an addictive
- space simulation game that must be
- played to be appreciated [and my
- personal favorite]; VOLCANO FORTRESS
- ($7.95) is a collection of five
- additional TOD great games; LEGENDS
- ($22.95) is considered by
- MICROpendium, Computer Shopper and
- many newsletters to be the best
- grahics adventure game EVER for the
- TI; LEGENDS II: THE SEQUEL ($17.95)
- features so many new, exciting things
- it is already considered by many to
- be even better than its predecessor;
- OLD DARK CAVES: THE LOWER CAVERNS
- ($17.95) by the same author not only
- continues with the extraordinary
- graphics of the LEGENDS series but
- contains a 50-level dungeon; OLIVER'S
- TWIST ($9.95) will satisfy the
- cravings of Adventure Module owners
- with this very unusual adventure.
- Graphics programs from Asgard
- that are $7.95 each include two sets
- of ARTIST BORDERS, five of ARTIST
- FONTS, and nine of ARTIST INSTANCES.
- The variety of these TI-ARTIST
- collections is incredible. There is
- also ARTIST ENLARGER ($9.95) which
- can enlarge, squeeze, stretch, or
- reduce singly on in multiple passes
- any pictures or fonts; FONTWRITER II
- ($22.95) provides a
- companion/environmnent for TI-ARTIST
- that will let you successfully use
- graphics with any version of
- TI-WRITER; GRAPHX COMPANION SERIES
- ($24.95) contains all four packages
- of this popular series of hundreds of
- pictures, clipart, borders, fills,
- and more; DISK OF DINOSAURS ($12.95)
- is a delightful and unique graphic
- package of dinosaurs and animation;
- GRAPHX SLIDESHOW ($9.95) allows
- viewing of GRAPHX or RLE pix in
- extraordinary ways; MY-ART COLORING
- BOOK ($9.95) for the Geneve is a
- companion to the MY-ART program.
- Although Asgard has always been
- famous for such productivity tools as
- RECIPE WRITER (and the ELECTRONIC
- GOURMET companions), SCHEDULE
- MANAGER, STAMP MANAGER, and the
- freewheeling C-database TOTAL FILER,
- the company has released a new pile
- of unique additions. TYPEWRITER
- (Disk $19.95, Module $24.95, Module
- with built in printer port $39.95) is
- just what it says it is - a
- full-featured electronic typewriter
- that is incredibly easy to use;
- CALENDAR MAKER 99 ($19.95) and
- CALENDAR MAKER UTILITIES ($12.95)
- will satisfy even the most jaded
- calendar user with user-friendly
- graphic/text picture-perfect
- calendars from any month or any year
- from 1600 to 2400; CASETTE LABELER
- ($9.95) simply and quickly prints
- detailed cassette box inserts for
- your computer or audio cassettes;
- FORM MAKER 99 ($24.95) not only
- creates very complicated business
- forms but almost any kind of ANYTHING
- that can be designed for home,
- school, business, PTO, the kids, or
- anything else; and PRESS ($59.95)
- already described at the best word
- processor for the TI is compared
- favorably to the massive processors
- for the IBM and others.
- Asgard's Utilities include
- BATCH-IT! ($19.95) which permits all
- kinds of sophisticated programming
- techniques with a minimal amount of
- effort; EZ-KEYS PLUS ($14.95)
- considered the ultimate XB
- programmer's environment has just as
- many uses for non-programmers; BEYOND
- VIDEO CHESS ($9.95) lets you - AT
- LAST! - save and load chess games to
- disk, print screen or listing of
- moves, control the pieces with a
- joystick, use the board for two
- players, and more; MUSIC SYNTHESIZER
- ($9.95) lets a novice create music by
- dropping the notes onto a screen
- page; PR-EDITOR ($19.95), a
- multi-featured, superb text editor,
- is an programmer's ultimate tool, no
- matter what language you write in;
- RAM*BOOT ($9.95) automatically boots
- setups for Myarc's 128 and 512K
- cards; TOD EDITOR ($19.95) is the
- only utility for creating or changing
- TOD games; QUICK-RUN (($9.95) may be
- destined for the most-used XB utility
- for the TI once people begin to use
- it as it the fastest way to operate
- XB programs in existence.
- It is well worth every TI owner's
- time and quarters to send off for
- these tempting, descriptive catalogs
- from Asgard and Genial.
-
- [If you reprint these articles,
- please place the author on your
- newsletter mailing list. Thank you.
- J.S.]
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