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- If you download only ONE thing this entire year,
- you can't miss if it's one of the great programs
- I'm going to tell you about this month. I have
- eight solid winners to introduce, ranging in
- content from utility programs for working with
- text, art, and multimedia, to business,
- educational, and entertainment applications -- even
- the glamor of movies!
-
- Each of these programs is at the top of its class.
- You'll find every one of them comparable -- if not
- superior -- in quality to similar commercial
- offerings. Every one you download puts you further
- ahead in terms of software savings.
-
- So, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado,
- permit me introduce the winners of the 3rd Annual
- Shareware Industry Awards as presented on June 25,
- 1994. These are the champs! Meet them 'personally'
- by downloading those of your choice from the GEnie
- Libraries I'll mention as well!
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- BEST UTILITY: WinZip by Nico Mak
- Windows RoundTable, GEnie Page 1335
- File 2444 WINZIP5A.ZIP (198,400 bytes)
-
- WinZip 5.0a brings the convenience of Windows to
- archival processing. It features built-in ZIP and
- UnZIP, so PKZIP is not needed for basic operations,
- and supports ARC, ARJ, LHA, LZH. WinZip offers
- drag-and-drop support and virus scanning, and is
- the winner of numerous other awards.
-
-
- BEST MAJOR APPLICATION: Boxer by David Hamel
- IBMPC RoundTable, GEnie Page 615
- File 34757 BOXER600.ZIP (331,520 bytes)
- [OS/2 version in OS/2 RoundTable, Page 1400
- File 2255 BOXOS26A.ZIP (406,896 bytes)]
-
- Boxer is a full-featured, easily configurable text
- editor. Features include multiple open files and
- windows, mouse support, undo/redo, macros and more.
- Most importantly, Boxer's interface is intuitive
- and user-friendly.
-
-
- BEST GRAPHICS APPL & TOOLS: Top Draw by Jeff Becker
- Third Science Fiction and Fantasy RoundTable
- (SFRT3) GEnie Page 472
- File 1048 TOPDRW10.ZIP (860,160 bytes)
-
- Top Draw is a powerful object-oriented drawing
- program for Windows 3.1. Features include a shape
- palette, multi-level undo, textures, gradient
- fills, text wrapping, Bezier curves, and many more
- functions found only in high-end programs such as
- Corel Draw.
-
-
- BEST BUSINESS & FINANCE: Above & Beyond
- by Gregory Thorne
- Home Office/Small Business RoundTable
- (HOSB) GEnie Page 370
- File 5231 ABOVE31.ZIP (270,080 bytes)
-
- Above & Beyond 3.1 is a powerful Personal
- Information Manager (PIM) for planning, managing
- and tracking one's business and personal life. It
- includes pop-up calendar, alarms, task and event
- timers, week and month at a glance, contact
- database, schedule printing, and much more.
-
-
- BEST PRESENTATION/MULTIMEDIA: NeoBook Pro
- by Dave Riley
- Multimedia, Desktop Video & Virtual Reality RT
- (CYBERSPACE) GEnie Page 2000
- File 1066 NEOBKP20.ZIP (714,496 bytes)
-
- NeoBook Professional 2.0 is a full-featured
- authoring system for multimedia disk-based
- newsletters, books, catalogs, and other
- presentations. It links to word processors, text
- editors, and paint programs for convenient editing
- of text and graphics. Extraordinarily easy to use,
- NeoBook Pro features a point-and-click graphical
- interface.
-
-
- BEST EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE: School Mom
- by Andy Motes
- Education Roundtable (ERT), GEnie Page 405
- File 980 SM358.ZIP (124,160 bytes)
-
- School Mom 3.58 is an educational tool for children
- ages 4 to 14. It covers music, art, English,
- spelling, and math (including algebra). This
- program uses a back-to-basics approach to teaching,
- and enhances lessons with bright colors and fun
- music.
-
-
- BEST ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE: Doom by Id Software
- Scorpia's Games RT (SCORPIA), GEnie Page 805
- Single-file: #7375 DOOM1_2.ZIP (2,256,384 bytes)
- 2-disk version: Files: 7373 DOOM1_2A.ZIP
- (1,453,568 bytes) and 7374 DOOM1_2B.ZIP
- (803,328 bytes)
-
- Doom, which also received the PEOPLE'S CHOICE
- AWARD, is a fast-moving virtual reality game in
- which you are plunged into a brutal 3-D world. You
- play a marine equipped with a variety of weapons
- and technological artifacts. To escape, you must
- outfight legions of grisly fiends and solve lethal
- puzzles. NOTE: Doom portrays graphic violence and
- may not be suitable for younger children.
-
-
- BEST HOME/HOBBY SOFTWARE: Movies to Go
- by Michael Prestwich
- Showbiz RoundTable, GEnie Page 185
- File 3109 MOVIES27.ZIP (1,323,904 bytes)
-
- Movies to Go! is an electronic movie guide and
- video catalog system for MS-DOS or Windows. It
- contains information on 1,000 films, giving you the
- ability to locate movies by category, actor,
- director, MPAA rating, keywords, year, setting,
- characters, objectionable content, music, box
- office gross, trivia, and more.
-
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- Can't Download?
-
- Write to me at LIVEWIRE if you don't know how to
- download or are having problems with it.
- Transfering files isn't hard -- it's just tricky.
- Once you get the hang of it, you'll realize what a
- great value knowing about such winning files as
- these can be. Tell me about the system and
- communications program you use, and describe what
- happens that seems to foil you. I'll help you
- myself or find an expert to get you going, even if
- your computer operates in something besides DOS or
- Windows. You'll won't regret it!
-
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-
- Seeya online!
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- Peggy Herrington
- Editor, GEnie LiveWire
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- GEnie LiveWire Staff
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- Editor-In-Chief ................. Peggy Herrington
- Associate Editor ....................... Donn King
- Assistant Editor ......................... Jay Kee
- Multimedia Art Director ............ Bruce Robison
- Contributing Editor ................. Peter Ziebel
- Multimedia Artist .................... Walt Meyers
- Multimedia Music Director .......... Howard Wooten
- IBM Multimedia Editor .................. Tom Moran
- Macintosh Multimedia Editor ......... Jim Flanagan
- Amiga Multimedia Editor .......... Deb Christensen
- ASCII Text Issue Editor .............. John Peters
- Publisher ................ Robert "Chip" Chiappone
- Assistant to the Publisher .......... Laura Staley
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