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U2-01: Desktop Programs
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2001 Desktop Notes & Data Small Programs Disk
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2001 Database
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OnBase
Canup, Robert
$15
is a memory resident (75k) program which allows a user to pop up any of three
different custom-designed, single-screen databases specified when the program
is loaded.
PopItUp 1.0
Leonard, Steve
$10
is a memory resident program that allows you to create and access your own
pop-up databases. Example files that come with it are set up for name and
addresses and for DOS help files. After selecting a person (or whatever) from
the first table, a second screen of detailed information about the selection
appears. This is a nicely done program, but eats up 90k of DOS RAM.
2001 Notes/Editors
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InstInfo 1.03 (INSTINF)
Webb, David G.
$0
is a 98k resident utility for keeping notes about different topics.
Jot-It6 (JOT-IT)
Circle Software
$10-$35
is a 15k memory-resident note pad and screen capture utility. Note-pad text
is saved to a file named JOTS.
Message Screen (MSGSCRN)
Tyler, Thomas E.
$10
lets you leave information on your computer about when you will be back and
where you can be reached. People can leave messages for you, but cannot use the
computer without rebooting it. (In case you test the program and forget to read
the docs first, the only way to get out is to use the default password:
MESSAGE.)
Msecret 1.2
Dr. Masaaki Sawada & Assoc.
$10
is pop-up notepad that stores your information on a part of a floppy that is
normally unused. This means that the data will normally will not be lost if
the disk is copied over or even reformatted; the data cannot be copied with a
normal disk copy or viewed with another program, making it useful for storing
confidential information such as passwords. A utility that comes with MSecret
prepares the disk for the data (without harming data already on the disk).
Points to note: MSecret will not work with some drives, particularly 1.2 meg
drives, it appears. MSecret, like most of Dr. Sawada's other TSR's, will not
pop up if you are in DOS; you must be running some other program and then pop
it up.
PC-Windo
is a resident note pad (reads/saves files) & timer.
SimdexTF 3.1 (SIMDXTF)
Simplified Computer Services Inc.
$17
is a 4.5k pop-up utility that that keeps track of names, phone numbers, notes
and more. It will pop-up over all text screens and most VGA graphic screens.
StorIt 2.0
Enhanced Data Communications
$16
lets you save 20 lines of up to 78 characters each of notes or other
information, optionally in an encrypted form to ensure privacy and security.
Storeit saves disk space by writing the data right into the program file
itself.
TimeZone 1.0 (TIMEZON)
Wilson, John
$10
displays time zones, area codes, and other information about specified states
and cities. You can also enter an area code for a matching list of cities. You
can enter a state name, or just part of name (eg: "Penn") if you are not sure
of the complete spelling, or you can enter the state's two-character
abbreviation or a particular city. All the area codes for the state are
displayed in a scrollable list, along with time zones, plus the state flower,
bird, and capital.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2001
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3412 Desktop Calendars Small Programs Disk
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4Cals
McPherson, Scott
$0
is a set of several different types of desktop calendars. The first displays the
current month. The second displays the current month with the current day
highlighted. Both of these return immediately to the DOS prompt.
The third program displays the current and next month, allowing you to scroll
through months/years with the cursor keys. A log program is also included which
keeps track of up to 400 lines of miscellaneous information by date/sequence.
Batch-Cal 1.0 (BCAL)
C Patrick Software
$10
displays one month or a full screen of calendars, from eleven months before to
eleven months after the current month, in user-specified screen colors and at
specified screen locations.
Since Bcal requires you to enter seven parameters (screen colors, location, etc)
each time, you will probably want to set up a batch file or macro for executing
the program.
Cal2K 3.1
Fogg, Doug
$0
is a handy 3k pop-up monthly calendar and clock. You can change the calendar a
month or year at a time.
Calendar (CAL-MS)
Sawada, Dr. Masaaki
$10
pops up a calendar for the current month and lets you scroll to the previous
or next month, year or decade. It optionally will send the selected month's
calendar to your word processor.
Calendar (CAL-POZ)
Pozner, Alan
$0
displays the current month calendar and allows flipping a month or year at a
time. It has been optimized (to 10k) for running in a DESQview window, but
works just as well in plain DOS. Pascal source is included.
DateLine 1.5 (DATELIN)
Schroder, Thomas A.
$5
is a resident program that will display the day of the week, month or year and
the last day of the month along with a feature to calculate future and past
dates.
Date Pop-Up Calculator 1.03 (DATEPOP)
Stone, Jim
$0
is a 6k TSR for use with work scheduling programs.
Days
Morgan, Bill
$?
offers a quick and easy way to find the number of days there are between two
dates. The current month's calendar is displayed first. You use the cursor
keys to change months and to select a date. Then a second calendar is
displayed. As you more around the second calendar, the number of days
difference is continually updated on the right of the bottom line.
HebCal
Newman, Norman
$0
displays a calendar on screen in Hebrew.
Julian 3.0
Brown, David
$0
converts between Julian and Gregorian dates. The three-digit Julian date is
handy to use in creating unique file names (eg: JOURNAL.074 and JOURNAL.341)
and in calculating the number of days between dates. Pascal source included.
PopDATE 1.26
Omega Point, Inc.
$0
is a 3.5K pop-up monthly calendar with time display. You can scroll it a month,
year or decade at a time.
Sports Trivia Desktop Calendar 1.02 (STDC)
Official Software
$9
displays the current date and a record, quote, or anecdote from the world of
sports. Put this in your autoexec.bat and start each day with some sports
trivia. The trivia is mostly about baseball and football, but basketball,
hockey, golf, tennis, and other sports are also represented.
Tcal
Dolan, Bob
$0
is a 12K pop-up calendar. It displays the current date and time and a monthly
calendar. You can scroll through the months, a month or year at a time.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3412
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2395 Desktop Clocks and Alarms Small Programs Disk
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Alarm 4.0
Georgiades, Steven
$20-$35
appears to be the ultimate pop-up alarm clock. You can set up to eight
different alarms plus four set-interval reminders. The latter could be used
for reminding the user to perform periodic tasks, such as doing saves while
editing, or taking medication. Both the alarms and the reminders can be
accompanied by a user-defined message. As if that weren't enough, instead of
a beep, one of 12 different tunes is played at the alarm time or interval.
And we're talking top quality polyphonic music here, not junky little monotone
numbers.
Now don't give up if the tunes don't sound right on your machine. They
were too fast on our AST 10mhz 286, but the source files for the music are
included along with a utility to recompile them. All we did was use EDIT (on
disk #1) to edit the .MSF music files. Where it has T###, we reduced the
number by a third to slow it down. Worked perfectly. And you can write your
own tunes. Have to see your lawyer