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This is a list of the products I have available.  Most of these are shareware
libraries which may be found at your local BBS.  Some are commercial and are
available only directly through me.  The CATALOG.TXT file lists the ones that
are available on the Sampler disks, which are available for $5.00 (free with
any registration).  See REGISTER.TXT for an order form.

The registered versions of each item come with full source code, which is
cleanly laid out, formatted and commented.  BASIC source code is designed for
QuickBASIC 4.0+ or BASCOM 6.0+.  Assembly language source code is designed
for OPTASM and will require minor modification to assemble with MASM or TASM.
Routines in the BASIC libraries may be in either BASIC or assembly language.

Aside from MATHWZ, the libraries for BASIC are mostly compatible with the PDQ
library by Crescent Software.  More detailed compatibility notes are included
with the individual libraries.



ASMWIZ: The Assembly Wizard's Library

   This is a library for assembly language.  The library will work with A86,
   MASM, OPTASM, and TASM.  Only .COM files are supported.  Routines include
   text displays (machine-level, BIOS, and DOS), graphics (Hercules, CGA,
   EGA), number base conversions, long integer math, file matching and
   command-line parsing, pseudo-random number generation, countdowns and
   delays, buffered file support with critical error handling, environment
   scanning, string functions, mouse support, sound generation, control over
   Break, loading of BSAVE-format files, and more.



BASWIZ: The BASIC Wizard's Library

   This is a library for BASIC.  It contains a numeric expression evaluator,
   so you can convert an equation into a number; far strings, so you'll never
   see "Out of String Space" again (EMS is supported too!); powerful file
   handling, with optional buffering and built-in critical error handling;
   telecommunications support, including DTR control, carrier detection and
   more for COM1 - COM4; pointers and memory management, giving BASIC the
   capability for flexible data structures long enjoyed by C, Pascal and
   Modula-2 programmers; a virtual windowing system that gives you much more
   than just windows-- change the size, move 'em around, scroll a window
   around on a huge virtual screen, all smoothly and at lightning speed-- the
   BASWIZ demo program gives some hint of what you can do.  The virtual
   windowing system is where BASWIZ really shines.  To the best of my
   knowledge, there is no better text display management system for BASIC.



GRAFWZ: The Graphics Wizard's Library

   This is a library for BASIC.  Besides replacements for the BASIC graphics
   support for CGA, EGA, VGA and Hercules modes (no TSR needed), GRAFWZ adds
   many new capabilities.  You can print text and graphics screens on an
   Epson-compatible printer or treat the printer like a graphics screen with
   a special set of text and graphics routines.  A selection of fonts is
   available and can be displayed in any desired size.  A pseudo-graphics
   mode (80x50) is available for use on any display adapter.  There are also
   two new VGA modes that will work on any register-compatible VGA, which
   allow 320x400 or 360x480 resolution in 256 colors (compare that to the
   BASIC SCREEN 13 mode, with only 320x200)!  Detect the current display
   adapter, draw dots, lines, circles, ellipses, regular polygons... it's all
   here, with detailed explanations and assorted example programs.



MATHWZ: The Math Wizard's Library

   This is a library for BASIC.  It provides extensive math support in three
   areas: new or faster routines for BASIC's existing math, precision math
   using fractions, and the ultimate in numeric precision: BCD math with up
   to 254-digit numbers.  Extensions to BASIC's existing math include inverse
   trig and hyperbolic trig functions, the error function, constants and
   conversions.  Fraction math is fairly limited at the moment, supporting
   little more than the basic four functions.  BCD math includes much more
   than such basics, though-- trig functions, square roots, factorials,
   constants with hundreds of digits of precision, etc; formatted output may
   be done to your specs.  You can place the decimal point anywhere you want,
   so this is perfect whether you deal in very large or very small numbers!



PBCLON: The PBClone Library

   This is a library for BASIC.  It is the successor to my old ADVBAS library
   and to the commercial ProBas library.  Over 300 routines and growing
   rapidly, this library covers a little bit of everything: mouse support,
   disk wrangling, string mangling, keyboard input, equipment detection,
   graphics, a wide variety of display management, directory searching, text
   compression, viewing .ARC/.PAK/.ZIP directories, matrix math, dates, times
   and countdowns, and... well, it's hard to describe such a collection other
   than to say "it's probably in here"!



PTCLON: The PBClone Toolkit (*** Requires PBCLON ***)

   This library for BASIC is an add-on to PBCLON.  For the most part, it
   builds on the routines in the PBCLON library; for instance, where PBCLON
   has routines for pop-up windows, input and mouse handling, the Toolkit has
   bar menu, ring menu, and pull-down menu routines which integrate these
   capabilities.  There is also much that is entirely new, such as the date
   manipulation and pop-up calendar routines, ANSI display helpers, and the
   ability to write self-patching programs.  This latter allows for program
   configuration, installation of serial numbers, and other possibilities.
   Simple BCD math support is also provided.