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- Thomas G. Hanlin III
- 3544 E. Southern Ave. #104
- Mesa, AZ 85204
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- This is a list of some of the software which I have written.
- This software, or a similar collection (things get added or
- removed over time) will be sent to you free if you register any
- of my shareware products, or you may order a set of disks for
- $5.00 (foreign orders must be via international money order and
- include $4.00 shipping). This does not include shareware
- registration fees, if any. You are still expected to register
- any shareware that you find useful. The $5.00 Sampler fee may
- be applied toward any registration.
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- The registered versions of each library come with full source
- code-- often a megabyte or more, providing an excellent
- learning opportunity for beginners and old pros alike.
- Assembly language source code is designed for MASM 6.0 and may
- require alteration to assemble with A86, OPTASM, TASM, or older
- versions of MASM. BASIC source code is designed for QuickBasic
- 4.0-4.5, BASCOM ("PDS") 6.0-7.1, and Visual Basic 1.0, or for
- PowerBASIC 2.1, depending on the library. Pascal source code is
- designed for Turbo Pascal 6.0 or Quick Pascal 1.0, but should
- compile with Turbo Pascal versions dating back to 5.0.
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- 2MON: Utilities for dual-monitor systems. Free.
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- Utilities include a clock TSR which runs on the mono
- display, a utility to clear the mono display, and a TSR
- which remaps the PrintScreen key-- instead of going to the
- printer, it copies the color display to the mono display.
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- AABAS: Affordable Alternative BASIC Library. Shareware ($8).
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- This is a good library for people curious about the workings
- of their computer, learning how to use libraries, or
- interested in writing their own assembly language routines
- for QuickBasic. It is a collection of scores of simple BIOS
- and DOS-related routines written in assembly language.
- AABAS is not as fancy as my other BASIC libraries, but it's
- quite useful in its own right and makes a great learning
- tool.
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- ASMWIZ: The Assembly Wizard's Library. Shareware ($25).
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- 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.
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- BASUPD: BASIC Update Library. Free.
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- This library provides routines for QuickBasic 4.x which
- mimic new functions and commands provided by other Microsoft
- BASIC compilers, such as PDS 7.x and Visual Basic. These
- include disk routines and a powerful selection of time and
- date functions. BasUpd comes with full source code.
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- BASWIZ: The BASIC Wizard's Library. Shareware ($35).
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- This is a library for QuickBasic and BASCOM (including
- "PDS", the "Professional Development System"). 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.
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- Graphics capabilities are also included. Besides
- replacements for the BASIC graphics support for CGA, EGA,
- VGA and Hercules modes (no TSR needed), BASWIZ 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)! Also SuperVGA (Tseng chipset) support-- up to
- 1024x768 in 256 colors. Detect the current display adapter,
- draw dots, lines, circles, ellipses, regular polygons...
- it's all here, with detailed explanations and assorted
- example programs.
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- Last but not least, the math routines. These provide
- 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!
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- BPP: A BASIC PreProcessor. Free.
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- This utility provides a powerful meta-language for
- QuickBasic, BASCOM (including "PDS"), and even the QBASIC
- provided with DOS 5.0. It processes your code before the
- compiler gets to it, allowing conditional compilation,
- underscores within variable names, flexible "include" files
- (which may even contain SUB and FUNCTION definitions), name
- substitutions, and more. C programmers have had
- preprocessors for years-- now there's one for BASIC too!
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- EXECOM: EXE-to-COM converter. Free.
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- Like EXE2BIN, this utility converts .EXE files to .COM
- files. It's smaller and faster, though, as well as offering
- a few additional conveniences. Assembly language source code
- is included.
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- EXETOOL: EXE Tool. Free.
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- This program examines .EXE files for validity and can tell
- you whether the .EXE was designed for use with Microsoft
- Windows. If the .EXE file is determined to be too long, as
- it might be if you got it using an older file transfer
- protocol, you are given the option of truncating it to the
- right size.
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- KEYCTL: Keyboard Control. Free.
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- For AT-class machines only (286, 386, 486), this utility
- allows you to speed up your keyboard (or make it less
- sensitive for kids, etc). You can also swap the positions
- of the CapsLock and Left Ctrl keys, useful for civilizing
- the 101-key "enhanced" keyboard. Assembly language source
- code included.
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- LIBWIZ: The Library Wizard's *BASIC Library Manager*. Free.
-
- This is a management tool for handling and customizing BASIC
- libraries. It is required for my BASWIZ and PBClone
- libraries.
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- OBJTOOL: OBJ Tool. Shareware ($10).
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- This must be the ultimate tool for manipulating .OBJ files.
- You can select files for inclusion or exclusion using
- wildcards, time, date, and size comparisons, and even the
- results of a search through the .OBJ file. View the file's
- stats, rename publics, externals, and default libraries,
- delete default libraries and languages, check for validity,
- repair checksum errors, ObjTool has it all. Useful for
- reducing the size of libraries, resolving conflicting
- routine names, patching .OBJs and just snooping around!
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- PASWIZ: The Pascal Wizard's Library. Shareware ($25).
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- This is a library for Turbo Pascal and QuickPascal. It
- provides high-powered math routines, new string support,
- mouse management, music, BCD math, and other routines.
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- The math routines provide a numeric expression evaluator
- which allows you to convert equations into numbers at run
- time. The math capabilities of Pascal have been expanded
- significantly with new trig, inverse trig, hyperbolic trig,
- and other functions. For the ultimate in numeric precision,
- BCD math is also provided, allowing you to manipulate
- numbers of up to 254 digits-- not just with the basic four
- functions, but trig, square roots, factorials, constants
- with hundreds of digits of precision, etc; formatted output
- can be done to your specs. You can place the decimal point
- anywhere you want, so this works equally well with very
- large and very small numbers. String support includes
- compression, encryption, fuzzy comparisons, and other
- goodies. The music manager works like the BASIC PLAY
- language and BBS "ANSI music".
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- PBBACK: The PB Backwards-Compatible Library. Shareware ($25).
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- This library is like my PBClone library, but is compatible
- with the full range of QuickBasic compilers: QB 1.0 - 4.5.
- It is much easier to set up than PBClone but does not
- support all newer compiler features and offers some 300
- routines. See the description for PBClone, below.
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- PBCLON: The PBClone Library. Shareware ($35)
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- This is a library for Microsoft BASIC compilers: QuickBasic
- 4.x, BASCOM and PDS, and Visual BASIC for DOS. It is the
- successor to my old ADVBAS library. With over 550 routines,
- 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
- archive directories (.ARC/.ARJ/.LZH/.PAK/.ZIP/.ZOO), matrix
- math, dates, times and countdowns, sorts, binary searches,
- graphics, and... well, it's hard to describe such a
- collection other than to say "it's probably in here"!
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- PBClone uses a low-level approach, giving you the greatest
- flexibility possible. BasWiz uses a higher-level approach,
- giving you more power for less effort. These libraries can
- be used separately or together.
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- PBWIZ: The PowerBASIC Wizard's Library. Shareware (1993: $25).
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- This is a collection of units for Spectra's PowerBASIC
- compiler. It includes archive viewing (for ARC, ARJ, LZH,
- PAK, ZIP, ZOO), disk directory viewing, 256-color graphics
- modes (320x200 and 360x480 on any VGA, more on SVGA), mouse
- and keyboard control, EMS and XMS memory access, equipment
- detection, extended math and string routines, a numeric
- equation evaluator, ANSI emulation, et al.
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- QBWIZ: The QuickBasic Wizard's Library. Free.
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- A collection of routines which allow you to access internal
- variables for QuickBasic 4.x, BASCOM 6.x, and PDS 7.x. You
- can retrieve the screen mode, display adapter type, DEF SEG
- setting, I/O redirection status, current screen colors, and
- many other useful values.
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- VCLOCK: Video clock TSR. Free.
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- This tiny TSR provides a running display of the time. You
- may specify screen position, 12 or 24 hours, whether to
- display seconds, the colors to use, and other parameters.
- Two versions are provided-- one for 8088 PCs and one for
- later machines. Assembly language source code is included.
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