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- :UTILITIES
- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
- ~poetry, graphic, music & text processors~
-
- │*`Curses!`
- │ `Galaxy`
- │ `MicroMacroBat`
- │ `Musician`
- │ `Poetry_Generator`
- │ `SLED`
- │ `Qedit`
- │ `Vincent`
- │ `WordQwik`
-
-
- :Curses!
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(Curses, (c) R.K. West Consulting, $10)`
-
- ~contact:~ R.K. West Consulting,
- PO Box 8059, Misson Hills CA 91346.
-
- " A humorous and creative "insult generator" with a
- different twist. A single keystroke switches from
- insults to compliments! Phrases are randomly generated
- based on your vivid vocabulary! You control the
- contents, so the program can be used to generate
- descriptive phrases on any subject. Version 1.0
- requires: DOS 2.0 or later, 360k.
- "
- ~Entered:~ Feb 1990.
-
-
- :Galaxy
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(Galaxy 2.2b, (c)1987 OmniVerse, $50)`
-
- ~contact:~ OmniVerse,
- PO Box 2974, Renton WA 98056-0961
- 206-228-7627 (voice); 206-235-8760 (24-hour BBS).
-
- " GALAXY is a fast, RAM-based word processor that offers a
- wealth of features designed to make the program powerful
- yet extremely easy to learn and use. GALAXY offers users
- a choice of using menus or quick keyboard commands for
- all of the major program functions. With GALAXY you're
- never stuck with a cumbersome menu system for commands
- you already know, and you're never stuck with a
- confusing command based system for commands you use less
- often.
- "
- Galaxy's file formats are very "clean". Although it
- deserves it's Word Processor status, Galaxy can also
- double as an all-purpose Text Editor. Extremely easy to
- use.
-
- ~Dated:~ May 1987; ~Entered:~ May 1989.
-
-
- :MicroMacroBat
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(MicroMacroBat, (c)1989 Sitting Duck Software, $35)`
-
- ~contact:~ Sitting Duck Software,
- PO Box 130, Veneta OR 97487.
-
- " MB.EXE is a program which when run with an argument on
- the command line, from either the DOS prompt or within a
- batch file, performs the operations specified by that
- argument. For example, by typing or placing this line in
- a batch file or on the command line:
-
- MB BOX/1/1/12/80/1/112
-
- MicroMacroBat will perform the operation specified by
- the argument BOX/1/1/12/80/1/112. The argument tells
- MicroMacroBat to place a BOX with the upper left corner
- at row 1, column 1, the lower right corner at row 12,
- column 80, use the single line box character and make
- the color black on white.
-
- MicroMacroBat can be a very handy extention to your
- batch file writing tools without having to learn a new
- batch-file-writing language or performing a compilation.
- "
- Here's the other supported commands: BOX: Draws a box.
- CLEARSCR: Clears an area of the screen. BLOAD: Loads a
- screen from a diskfile. FILLSCRN: Fills the screen with a
- character. PAINT: Paints the screen. PRINT: Rapidly prints
- a text line in a given color. CURSOROFF: Turns the cursor
- off. CURSORON: Turns the cursor on. LOCATE: Positions the
- cursor. WAIT: Waits for a keypress. CHIME: Beeps the
- speaker. SLEEP: Pauses for a given period. STUFF: Replays
- keystrokes. xxSCROLL: Scrolls an area of the screen.
- FADE: Disolves the screen to a given color. BIG: Prints
- large block characters. RECOLOR: Changes one color to
- another. LIST: Prints text in columns. VPRINT: Prints
- text vertically. CBUF: Clears the keyboard buffer.
-
- ~Dated:~ Dec 1989; ~Entered:~ Sep 1990.
-
-
- :Musician
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(PC Muscian, (c)1983,1984 Christopher Wiley, $20)`
-
- ~contact:~ Christopher Wiley,
- Box 111 VAMC, Prescott AZ 86313.
-
- " PC Musician is a program which transforms your computer
- into your own private musician. It enables you to enter
- music using musical notation, either from sheet music or
- your own original compositions. You may then hear the
- music played for you by your PC, change things around as
- needed, and finally save the song to diskette when you
- are satisfied. At any time in the future, PC Musician
- will play the song at your command!
- "
- ~Dated:~ Jan 1985; ~Entered:~ May 1989.
-
-
- :Poetry_Generator
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(Poetry Generator, (c) R.K. West Consulting, $29)`
-
- ~contact:~ R.K. West Consulting,
- PO Box 8059, Misson Hills CA 91346.
-
- " Turn your computer into a poet! Using a 20,000-word
- vocabulary, this program creates free-verse poems at the
- touch of a button. Using the structure of actual poems
- as models, the program randomly combines words and short
- phrases into verses four to nine lines long. The results
- are fascinating. Some of these poems have actually been
- published in a national magazine! Advanced version has
- larger vocabulary, creates poems up to 12 lines,
- includes haikus, and has options for personalized poems
- and printouts. Instructions included. This program has
- been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Scientific
- American and Writer's Digest. Hard disk required.
- "
- If this sounds interesting, be sure to also see the
- Verisifier, which is part of the ThinkThunder!* Creativity
- Package, and Curses!*.
-
- ~Entered:~ Feb 1990.
-
-
- :SLED
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(SLED and SLHED, (c)1987 Sam Wilmott, $15)`
-
- ~contact:~ Sam Wilmott,
- 2201 Riverside Dr Ste 1503, Ottawa, Ontario,
- Canada K1H 8K9.
-
- " SLED and SLHED are small, fast text editors for the
- IBM/PC (registered TM of International Business Machines
- Corp.) and close compatibles. They are designed for
- program, batch and data file editing, and simple word
- processing. They can read and write a variety of file
- formats and are useful as file conversion utilities.
- Many files can be edited at once, limited only by
- available memory.
- "
- ~Dated:~ Jan 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989.
-
-
- :Qedit
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(Qedit 2.06, (c)1988 SemWare, $50)`
-
- ~contact:~ SemWare,
- 730 Elk Cove Ct, Kennesaw GA 30144, 404-428-6416.
-
- " QEdit is a text editor as opposed to a word processor.
- QEdit can be used to write short documents or letters,
- as it includes word-wrapping and paragraph-reformatting
- capabilities .. Most of its features, however, are
- geared toward creating or maintaining program source
- code.
- "
- If you're looking for a classic text editor, be sure to
- try Qedit. It's one of the many shareware products that
- can compete head-to-head with retail programs.
-
- ~Dated:~ June 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989.
-
-
- :Vincent
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(Vincent 2.0,`
- `(c)1985 Atlantic Information Management Inc., $25)`
-
- ~contact:~ Information Management Inc.,
- 371 Wall St, Princeton NJ 08540, 609-683-0555.
-
- " VINCENT is a very easy to use screen painter designed to
- produce screens that are useable in local or remote
- applications. Three versions of each screen are
- produced. One with the ANSI.SYS escape sequences
- embedded in it, another in direct video ram buffer
- format, and the third in dBase III .PRG file format. The
- first two screens also have an associated data
- definition file to locate input data areas. All
- attributes that are supported by direct video ram I/O
- (0-255) are accessible through VINCENT.
- "
- Color screens can be created with Vincent and displayed
- using the DOS Type command. Perfect for batch file
- applications.
-
- ~Dated:~ Oct 1985; ~Entered:~ May 1989.
-
-
- :WordQwik
- ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- `(WordQwik 1.11, (c)1990-91 Abraxas Research, $10)`
-
- ~contact:~ Abraxas Research
- PO Box 560, Fairview OR 97024-0560.
-
- " WordQwik is a writing utility program that tells you which
- of two (or more) similar words is correct. If you have
- trouble remembering when to use "it's" or "its," "too" or
- "to," "imply" or "infer," WordQwik is for you.
-
- WordQwik is a breeze to use. Simply type WordQwik at the
- DOS prompt or, even more useful, use your DOS shell
- program from within your word processor. A menu of
- confusing words will appear in the center of your screen.
- You can scroll item by item or you can page up or down to
- find the word(s) you are interested in. When you have
- found the pair or triplet that you are interested in, type
- the Insert key. You will be taken to the explanation screen,
- which explains the differences between the words and uses
- them in illustrative sentences.
- "
- ~Dated:~ Sep 1991; ~Entered:~ Nov 1991.
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- (c)1990-91 UserWare, 4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450.
-