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=====Programming
-----Artificial Intelligence
The Brain 1.2s [BRAIN12] (David Perkovic, reg. fee: $25) is an advanced
neural network simulator based on the backpropagation learning algorithm.
It allows you to train the computer to learn what you want it to learn.
Three sample networks are included.
Elmer 1.0 [ELMER100] (Joe Kasser, ASP; reg. fee: $45) is a tool for
demonstrating expert system techniques, or building any interactive
knowledgebase. An expert system provides information to people who do not
have access to an expert in the particular field.
ESIE 2.1 [ESIE] (Lightwave, reg. fee: $145) is an Expert System Inference
Engine. It lets you create and load files of information on a subject which
it can use in acting as an expert advisor on the subject.
-----Assembler
Assembler Editor 1.2 [ASMEDI] (Kip Irvine, reg. fee: $0) is a multi-window
assembler editor for use with any assembler. It allows you to use a mouse
to open, resize, and move windows. There are pull-down menu choices for
assembling, linking, debugging, and setting configuration options.
BR136 [BR136B] (Gilbert Saint-Flour, reg. fee: $0) is the souce code to a
ISPF/PDF program that allows you to browse most VSAM, BDAM, and
multi-volume data sets.
Buffy's World 1.0 [BUFFYS] (John Jardine, reg. fee: $0) is assembler code
which illustrates how to write a TSR.
Huge 1.0 [HUGE] (Paul Carmichael, reg. fee: $0) demonstrates the use of
huge pointers in assembler. You can randomly access data across segments.
Source code and executable are included.
TimeStack 1.10 [TIMSTK11] (BE, Inc., ASP; reg. fee: $133) allows assembly
language programmers to document how long a function takes to execute, find
its worst stack depth usage, and check for stack imbalances.
---Updates: Assembler
(PG-02) ASM32 1.1 [ASM32] (Douglas Herr, reg. fee: $25-50) is a library of
assembly-language subroutines designed for use with the START32 DOS
extender/startup code.
(PG-02) XLIB 3.1 [XLIB31] (TechniLib Company, reg. fee: $40) is an assembly
language library which can greatly simplify protected-mode programming.
-----BASIC, QuickBASIC
ASCDump 1.4a [ASCDUMP] (Christopher Davies, reg. fee: $25) can load ASCII
files to and from Btrieve files, browse Btrieve files and generate XQL
table definitions for them.
B_TREE 1.0 [B_TREE] (J. Lerma Jr., reg. fee: $25) is the Basic source code
for implementing a pure binary tree data indexing structure for DBF files.
It is useful as an exercise on how indexing schemes can be implemented
around existing data formats.
BuffKey [BUFFKEY] (John De Palma, reg. fee: $0) is a data-entry line
editor. It lets you limit the number of characters to enter, beeps if the
user enters too many, allows any MS-DOS editing keys. It includes source
code, executable file and tutorial.
DoorWriter! 1.0 [DW13AQ] (Damar Enterprises, reg. fee: $0) is a door
writing library for QuickBasic 4.5.
Easy-Door Library 2.50 [EASYDOOR] (Martin Bouchard, reg. fee: $25) is a
doors development library for QB, PDS, and VBDOS. It features ANSI and
Avatar, supports COM ports 1 to 8, menu routines, box drawing, chat mode,
RIPscrip, and more. It is compatible with QBBS, RA, Telegard, Wildcat,
PCBoard, Genesis, and many others.
Free Palette 1.0 [FREEPAL] (S. Roepenack, reg. fee: $0) allows you to
adjust the colors retrieved using Basic's Palette command and will save
your changes as a BAS file.
GrayLine 1.0 [GRAYLINE] (Bob Dykeman, reg. fee: $0) is a Basic subroutine
which will print alternating gray bars across a portrait or
landscape-oriented page using the LaserJet III or later. It will then
return to the top of the page to print your text. The result is similar to
the standard greenbar computer paper.
Scrollbox for VBDOS DEMO [LISTBOX] (CC Advies, Doorn, reg. fee: $0) is a
demo of a fast .DBF-listbox/scrollbox for VBDOS. It uses CodeBasic and
PBclone to make a fast listbox to access the contents of a dBASE DBF
database. The code is reusable, so you could make it FoxPro or Clipper
compatible. Requires PBClone and CodeBasic for use in your own applications.
PB/Vision Lite 1.0 [PBVL10] (DSE Software Publishing, ASP; reg. fee: $25)
lets you create graphical and text 3D windows with working control icons
for PowerBASIC 3.0. It includes a PowerBASIC 3.0 compatible library,
examples, tutorial, and more.
PB/Workshop Test Drive 1.0 [PBWDEM] (DSE Software Publishing, reg. fee:
$25) is a working demonstration of a visual interface designer for
PowerBASIC 3.0. It can be used to create menus, forms, windows, help
screens, and more.
QLib 5.7 [QLIB57] (Douglas R. Herr, reg. fee: $25) is a library of
functions and subroutines for QB, PDS, and VBDOS. It provides programmers
with many additional functions and commands.
SavPic 1.0 [SAVPIC] (John De Palma, reg. fee: $0) will BSave and BLoad
four-plane graphics in screen 9, 12, or 13 using QuickBASIC 4.5 and the the
freeware program Picem, not included. Source code and two sample PCX files
included.
Server/Connection Objects 1.0 [SERVER] (reg. fee: $0) allows programmers to
connect and work with server databases without having to manage the
connection or work on the API call level. A program may have sessions with
multiple servers, and multiple connections to a server.
StarTrek 1.0 [STARTREK] (Joe Kasser, ASP; reg. fee: $15) is a tutorial on
programming techniques and a general understanding of programming languages
which will allow you to program a simple space game as you learn. The game
modules are written in BASIC with source code included.
SVGAPV 2.0 [SVGAPV20] (Zephyr Software, reg. fee: $35) is a high-res,
256-color graphics library for Microsoft BASIC PDS and VBDOS. It recognizes
more than 20 SVGA cards, and allows programming in 320x200, 640x480,
800x600 and 1024x768 256-color modes. Other features include hardware ID,
drawing primitives, 2D and 3D functions, joystick and mouse support, GIF
decoding and encoding and sprite animation.
PowerBASIC (demo) 3.0c [TRYPB3] (PowerBASIC, Inc., reg. fee: $155) is a
BASIC compiler which can generate TSR's directly in as few as five lines of
code, built-in assembler, intermix BASIC and assembler line by line, and is
compatible with QuickBASIC syntax.This is a limited demo.
---Updates: BASIC, QuickBASIC
(PG-03) PCX2BSV 2.0 [PCX2BSV2] (Leonard Gragson, reg. fee: $5) converts
640x480x16-color PCX graphics to BSAVE format. NEW: Handles 16 color images
up to 640 X 480 pixels (VGA) or 256 color images up to 320 X 200 (MCGA).
(PG-03) Windows R-E-Z 7.0 [PWEZ70] (Connect Software, reg. fee: $38) is a
windowing system for QB, PDS, and VBDOS.
(PG-03) SVGAQB 2.0 [SVGAQB20] (Zephyr Software, reg. fee: $35) is a
256-color graphics library for QBasic 4 which recognizes 16 common SVGA cards.
-----`C': Small Routines and Tools
Clarion 3 Function Pack 1.0 [CLA3FP] (F.J. Motta, reg. fee: $0) is the C
and Clarion 3 source code for simplifying common programming tasks, such as
push/pop alert keys, getting EMM information, removing blanks from a
Clarion String, and getting the actual length of a clarion string.
CodeRule 1.00 [CODERULE] (Brian Donaldson, reg. fee: $0) is a document
describing the software development standards for C/C++, including MFC
interface standards.
C-Scope 1.11 [CSCOP111] (John Ross, ASP; reg. fee: $24) analyzes the
interrelationships between functions in a C program even when many source
files are involved. It will produce a function location report that shows
which file each function is defined in and its starting line number in the
file, a file contents report with the functions defined in each file, a
function reference report that lists all the functions that each function
in the program calls, and a static calling tree report that gives a visual
representation of the function calls.
CTree 1.02 [CTREE] (Douglas Peterson, reg. fee: $0) generates a list of
user functions in source code and the functions called by each. You can
optionally specify the function names you would like for it to find. C
source code is included.
EdUtils 1.0 [EDUTIL] (Kenneth J. Macke, reg. fee: $15-35) is a set of
editor utilities for Turbo C. It allows programmers to add text-mode edit
windows to applications. Windows can be use to prompt users for information
or for full screen editing. C source code and two samples are included.
MDates [MDATES] (Matthew Rhoades, reg. fee: $0) is a C++ date class for
various date oriented routines.
MemDebug 1.5 [MEMDBG] (Rene Schmit, reg. fee: $0) is a set of C routines
which provide memory diagnostics, such as detecting leaks, access errors,
compiles usage statistics, traces memory function calls, and performs error
simulation.
Visual Mouse Cursor Designer 1.0 [MOUSED] (ARF Enterprises, reg. fee: $5)
allows programmers to design a custom mouse cursor for DOS graphic modes.
Protos 1.0 [PROTOS] (Will Ware, reg. fee: $0) is the source code and
executable for a utility which will extract function prototypes out of
several source files to create basis of a header file. It will skip
comments, preprocessor statements, struct and enum definitions, and global
variable declarations.
Serial 1.0 [SERIAL] (?, reg. fee: $0) demonstrates how to take advantage of
some of the Turbo C extensions to the C language to do asynchronous
communications without having to write supporting assembly language routines.
---Updates: `C': Small Routines and Tools
(PG-04) BoxDraw 3.1 [BOXDRW] (Edward Mulroy, reg. fee: $0) is the source
for a box-drawing function. NEW: corrected code in screenwidth and
screenheight.
(PG-04) Xref 3.1 [XREF31] (David Archibald, ASP; reg. fee: $20) (formerly C
xref) cross references any number of C modules and creates report detailing
the use of functions.
-----`C': Large Libraries, Utils.
AscFil 1.0 [ASCFIL] (Matthew Rhoades, reg. fee: $0) is a library of
functions to read in a non-delimited ASCII file in sorted or non-sorted
order. It is useful for converting ASCII to DBF files on the fly.
AutoScreen 2.01 [AUTOSCRN] (Trident Software, ASP; reg. fee: $35 pounds) is
a portable user interface library which provides windows, menus,
scroll-bars, list-boxes, switches, check- boxes, buttons, dialogues,
international date support, multiple process threads, numeric expressions,
fast-keys, and more.
Message and Input Boxes 1.0 [MIBXB3] (Eric Woodruff, reg. fee: $18) is an
improvement over the messageBox() and inputBox() functions supplied with
Turbo Vision 1.03.
Message and Input Boxes For Turbo Vision [MIBXB4] (Eric Woodruff, reg. fee:
$18) See MIBXB3.ZIP. This version is for Borland C++ 4.0.
NJSDK 3.0 [NJSDK] (Hongbo Data Systems, reg. fee: $?) is a C library based
on NJStar Chinese word processor 3.0. It includes a common Chinese
interface to other programs. It handles Chinese input, display and
printing. It features an intelligent PinYin input method with dynamic
sorting and optimization and 20 other Chinese input methods. It allows you
to easily port any English program to a stand-alone Chinese application.
LaserJet, Postscript and Epson compatible printers are supported. Requires
512K memory, 2 MB free disk space and EGA/VGA/SVGA.
SVGACC 2.0 [SVGACC20] (Zephyr Software, reg. fee: $35) is a high-res,
256-color graphics library for Microsoft C/C++/QuickC and Borland C/C++. It
recognizes 20 different SVGA cards, and allows programming in 320x200,
640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 256-color modes. Other features include
hardware ID, plain and filled primitives, 2D and 3D point rotation,
joystick and mouse support, GIF encode and decode, paging, XMS support, and
palette, bitmap and sprite functions.
Virtual Mem. Text Ed. Classes BC31 [TVE1B3] (Eric Woodruff, reg. fee: $23)
are intended as a total replacement for the default Turbo Vision editor
classes TEditor, TMemo, TFileEditor, TEditWindow, and TIndicator. They
perform virtual memory, buffer sharing, search and replace, word wrapping,
paragraph reformatting, and lots more. This version is for use with BC++
3.1 and Turbo Vision 1.03.
Virtual Mem. Text Ed. Classes BC4 [TVE1B4] (Eric Woodruff, reg. fee: $23)
are intended as a total replacement for the default Turbo Vision editor
classes TEditor, TMemo, TFileEditor, TEditWindow, and TIndicator. They
perform virtual memory, buffer sharing, search and replace, word wrapping,
paragraph reformatting, and lots more. This version is for use with BC++
4.0 and Turbo Vision 1.03.
---Updates: `C': Large Libraries, Utils.
(PG-4a) CEnvi 1.008 [CENVID] (Brent Noorda, reg. fee: $38) is a simple
interpreter that uses C syntax.
(PG-4a) ISAM Manager 1.10 [ISM110] (Adrian Mardlin, ASP; reg. fee: $64) is
a database management library for C++ programmers. NEW: improved
functionality with OS/2, support for Microsoft Visual C++, and more.
(PG-4a) Power C Shell 2.31 [PCSHEL] (Tay-Jee Software, ASP; reg. fee: $15)
allows you to simplify editing, compiling, and debugging of POWER C programs.
(PG-4a) Pictor Text Mode Video Library 1.51 [PICTOR] (SoftCircuits
Programming, reg. fee: $52) is a video library for text-mode applications
written in MSC 7.0 or Borland C 3.0.
-----Pascal: Small Subroutines
Basics 1.0 [BASICS] (Sierra Consultants, reg. fee: $5) is a library of over
30 BASIC routines coded and compiled for use by Pascal programmers.
Drives 1.0 [DRIVES] (Schwartz Gabriel, reg. fee: $0) is Pascal source code
for detecting almost any type of drive.
EZMRCI 1.0 [EZMRCI] (Julian M. Bucknall, reg. fee: $0) is Pascal code which
will allow you to access the Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface
engine as used by DoubleSpace. With it, arbitrary blocks of data can be
compress and decompressed without any data loss.
Grocery List 1.0 [GROCERY] (reg. fee: $0) is Pascal source code for a
demonstration of a shopping list program.
OverXMS 1.0 [OVERXMS] (Wilbert van Leijen, reg. fee: $0) is Pascal source
code for loading overlays into XMS.
---Updates: Pascal: Small Subroutines
(PG-06) Mangler 1.30 [MANGLER] (Berend de Boer, reg. fee: $0) renders Turbo
Pascal source code unreadable while maintaining it's ability to compile
without any lost functionality.
(PG-06) Parser/TP 2.5 [PARSER25] (HyperAct, Inc., reg. fee: $30) is a
recursive decent expression parser unit for Turbo Pascal. NEW: a DLL
version of Pascal/TP, import library, and symbol table.
(PG-06) SwapLog [SWAPLOG] (Mark Reichert, reg. fee: $0) is Pascal source
code which will write a real-time log of overlay loads. It's useful in
studying the overlay loading in a program when trying to eliminate
thrashing. NEW: no longer needs Object Professional program.
-----Pascal: Large Libraries, Utils.
PtGen - Real Mode 1.22a [PGR122] (Berend de Boer, reg. fee: $41) is a
TurboVision 2.0 screen generator. It features menu bar creating, status
line, dialog box creating and more. This is the real mode version.
PtGen - Protected Mode 1.22a [PGX122] (Berend de Boer, reg. fee: $41) is a
TurboVision 2.0 screen generator. It features menu bar creating, status
line, dialog box creating and more. This is the protected mode version.
---Updates: Pascal: Large Libraries, Utils.
(PG-6a) 3dLIB 3.0 [3DLIB30A,3DLIB30B] (HyperAct, Inc., reg. fee: $50) is a
Turbo Pascal 3D graphic animation package. NEW: added C++ library for BC++/BGI.
(PG-6a) TechnoJock's Object Toolkit 1.1 [TOT11A, TOT11B] (TechnoJock
Software, ASP; reg. fee: $90) provides a comprehensive collection of
objects for building sophisticated user interfaces.
-----Other Languages
BREGX 1.0 [BREGX] (Ted Davis, reg. fee: $0) provides AWK source code and
executable for a binary find and replace utility.
CNC-CAD-CAM Package 1.3 [CADCAM13] (Brian Pfaffl, ASP; reg. fee: $103) is a
CNC program authoring system with graphic oriented programming, X Y mirror,
XY change, zoom in or out, etc. It will also transfer programs between your
CNC and computer, identify your program files, and features a full screen
editor with cut and paste, and text search.
CoStar 1.00 [COSTAR] (HI-Tech Software, ASP; reg. fee: $20) will clean up
and reformat COBOL source code. The resulting code is a properly structured
module that provides improved readability, simpler logic flow, minimized
maintanance time and program uniformity.
-----General Tools & Info.
Borland Open Architecture Handbook [BC4BOA] (Borland International Inc.,
reg. fee: $0) is a collection of technical information concerning many of
Borland's language tools, including internal functions, implementation
details, and other specifications. It's designed for advanced users and
corporate developers who want to utilize the behind the scenes features of
Borland's products to develop their own customized tools and environments,
and to provide better compatibility with existing code and tools from other
vendors.
CPrint 2.18 [CPR218] (Tony Yeung, reg. fee: $20) will print program code on
a LaserJet printer and highlight the comment areas. It supports most of the
major languages.
CX 2.01 [CX201E] (Four Lakes Computing, reg. fee: $149-295) is a data
compression library for use in programming C, Pascal, Visual Basic,
Windows, and many other common applications.
Install-Pro 3.20 [INSTPRO3] (DB/Soft Publishing, reg. fee: $43) is an
automated installation system. Features include installations of unlimited
complexity, configuration file update, hardware detection, easy foreign
language support, file decompression, multi-disk split/merge for huge
files, and much more.
PJ 1.10 [PJ] (MicroTools, ASP; reg. fee: $25) is a programming tool for use
on a software project utilizing shared project libraries. It includes
library checkout control, automatic updating of make and library files, and
automatic BAK versions of up to 1000 files/library.
PPT 1.11 [PPT111] (GL Software Services, reg. fee: $40) is a set of
utilities for analyzing the structure of C programs, quickly finding
identifier references, documenting function calls in your code, and more.
Sprites 18 1.0 [SPRITE10] (Denis Sureau, reg. fee: $30) is a professional
sprite designer for VGA high resolution screens. It will allow you to draw
16 or 256 color sprites for VGA/SVGA, draw icons and save them in standard
ICO files for Windows with MegaSprites, save sprites in binary or text
files, merge images or parts of images with six logical modes to produce
various effects, assemble sprites in automatons and view animation, and
convert sprites from one format to another with a touch of a key. Requires
286 bor better and VGA. <SPRITE10.PCX>
ToolDriver 2.02 [TDRIVE22] (ConVal Software, Inc., ASP; reg. fee: $60) is a
file organization package designed for software authors. It includes a
cross reference facility for showing the relationships between files, a
tool for changing the naming conventions of files and for porting
applications between DOS and non-DOS platforms. It can be useful for
changing older versions of your programs to your current naming style,
finding obsolete files, and more.
Visible::Setup 1.0 [VISBLSET] (RCCO Research, reg. fee: $23) is an
installation utility for DOS applications. It is easier to configure an
installation sequence with this program than with batch files. It is
professional in execution and appearance. It may be used with MS-DOS
language applications, including CA-Clipper, Turbo Pascal, QuickBASIC,
PowerBASIC, VBDOS, Clarion, and C. Requires 512K memory and a hard drive.
Watch [WATCH_PW] (Mike Williams, reg. fee: $10) is a 28K TSR enabling
programmers to see what their creations are doing by saving details of DOS
INT 21H calls to disk.
---Updates: General Tools & Info.
(PG-08) ARIS Version Tracking System 1.4 [AVTS] (Alexander Riedel, reg.
fee: $60) is a control/configuration management system for software
allowing you to keep track of the versions of source code modules and
tracing the development of the program.
(PG-08) MakeDemo 5.0 [MDEMO5A, MDEMO5B, MDEMO5C] (Windham Woods Publishing,
reg. fee: $77-157) is a text-based demo maker designed to make it easy to
create a demo of your program by capturing and editing screens and by
creating new screens with the built-in screen designer. NEW: a stripped
down runtime version to serve as a front end to other programs and doesn't
tie up memory.
(PG-08) RGB Logic [RGBLOGIC] (R.G. Brown, reg. fee: $0) are the plans for a
high speed 16-channel logic analyzer you can build for about $250.
(PG-08) Virtual Reality Tools 2.0 [VTOOLS20] (Denis Sureau, reg. fee: $45)
is a set of utilities to create sceneries and animations of programs of the
future. NEW: fully compatible with Screen Maker, 3D-Viewer, spray mode,
fully compatible with Screen Maker and the VGA 18 sprite designer is no
longer included.
-----Screen Generating & Graphics
Facade 1.0 [FACADE1] (RCCO Research Associates, reg. fee: $18) allows your
DOS program to display a VGA PCX file of your choice as a start-up screen
or logo before executing your program. Facade may be used with CA-Clipper,
Borland Turbo Pascal, QuickBasic, C, etc.
---Updates: Screen Generating & Graphics
(PG-09) Laughing Dog Screen Maker 1.14 [LDOG114] (Yardbird Software, reg.
fee: $35) is a powerful text-mode screen design tool.