This is a demo version of ComicBase™ 1.2.1 from Human Computing. ComicBase is the ultimate software for people who love comic books, combining an electronic encyclopedia of comics with a powerful collector’s system. This demo gives you a chance to see ComicBase in action, although several key features are disabled (such as saving changes to issues and titles, import/export, etc). Also, this demo only contains information on a few comic titles, as opposed to the nearly 300 titles covered in ComicBase Personal Edition, or the over 2,000 titles contained in ComicBase CD-ROM and the ComicBase Encyclopedia of Comics
HUMAN COMPUTING ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCTS FOR COMIC BOOK COLLECTORS
SUNNYVALE, California, Jan. 6, 1995 — Human Computing is proud to announce their second generation of comic book collector’s products for Macintosh® personal computers. The new line-up, shipping immediately includes a new version of their popular ComicBase™ program on CD-ROM, an affordable ComicBase Personal Edition, and The ComicBase Guide to Comics, a multi-media encyclopedia and price guide.
ComicBase CD-ROM is a new version of Human Computing’s popular ComicBase program, combining an interactive encyclopedia/price guide with a powerful collector’s system for managing serious comic collections. The vastly expanded encyclopedia now contains art and descriptions for over 2,000 titles with price listings for over 45,000 individual issues ranging from the Golden Age to today’s cutting-edge independents. The collector’s system lets you track your collection’s value over the past four years, print price labels and reports, generate checklists of missing issues and much, much more. It’s a collector’s dream come true!
$149.00. ($39 for registered users of ComicBase 1.1.3).
ComicBase Personal Edition gives collector’s the power of ComicBase at an easy-to-handle price. ComicBase Personal Edition combines the best features of ComicBase with new reports designed especially for the individual collector. Comes on 6 floppy disks crammed with art and information on almost 300 titles and current pricing on 20,000 individual issues. Plus, you get the same collection-tracking abilities found in the CD-ROM version.
$89.00
The ComicBase Encyclopedia of Comics is the ultimate reference for people who love comics. This CD-ROM contains the renowned ComicBase encyclopedia with its descriptions of over 2,000 titles from the Golden Age to the today’s cutting-edge independents, along with notes and pricing information on over 45,000 different issues. Click on any issue and you’ll see a graph of its price history going back four years. The encyclopedia also uses hypertext links to point out the connections between titles, and it can be automatically searched to find first appearances, origin issues, multi-part storylines and more. It’s the ultimate reference for people who love comics!
$69.00
For more information, contact Pete Bickford at (408) 774-9016.
