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OTHER THINGS Hi, We thought you'd like to know about some other disks available from Another Company: FIRST, ABOUT THE MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP, REGISTERED VERSION The registered version of The Multimedia Workshop is $99.95. It gives you everything in the shareware version including a royalty-free license to make as many products as you like. (including right to distribute MSHOW.EXE, *.MMF files, etc). It has many more features than this shareware version including: * Super-VGA support * File Encryption * Puzzle creation from any on-screen image * Flexifont * Multiple-choice & true/false test creation in full multimedia * Zoom * Block Animation * Author-configurable Menu Colors * Dotted Lines * Triangles * Custom Top Bars * Line editor * On-Line Tutorial * 400k of .EXE speech files The registered version is also the latest version, and may incorporate new features and bug fixes beyond the shareware version. NOTE: The extensive owner's manual is entirely on-line, a paper version is not provided. This saves trees, makes rapid updates possible, and keeps the cost low. OTHER ANOTHER COMPANY PRODUCTS PUZZLE.EXE: Make any standard .GIF or .PCX image into a picture puzzle, which end users can reassemble with mouse or arrow keys. Lots of fun, practically addictive! $29.95 * PICTURE MENU: This is the ultimate graphical user interface. It is totally free-form, simple & small. Now you can be free of windows, icons, and lightbar menus. Anything you write, scan, draft or draw will work as a menu image, background or icons. End users can run applications with absolutely no training! Writers, artists and programmers can use this program to organize and display their works in an attractive disk-based package. Parents can organize a computer in a way that their smallest children can start and run favorite games and programs. Retailers can use this program to run a customer-driven hands-on demonstration of assorted programs. Managers can use this program to give employees an easy way to locate and run programs and files instantly. Requires EGA or VGA. $29.95 * JEFF'S DELUXE ALMANAC: If you like this version of Jeff's Almanac, you'll love the DELUXE version. It contains everything from this version plus several more sub-programs and another half-megabyte of interesting inside information, fascinating facts and true stories. Not available as shareware. $29.95 * WHAT'S IN THAT BOX? - VGA: A pictures and text tutorial which explains what's in your computer and how it works. Requires VGA and 384k RAM. $9.95 * WHAT'S IN THAT BOX - CGA: Same as above, but in high-res mono-chrome graphics for use with CGA, and EGA systems. $9.95 * THE ALTERNATIVE HEALTH GUIDE: Freeware. This is a pictures & text presentation which talks about many subjects ranging from attitude and exercise to nutrition to help us live happy, healthy and long lives. Included are massage and relaxation techniques for nonmedical pain relief, extensive information about nutrition, and discussion about relationships with ourselves, our loved ones, and our environment. This disk is loaded with information, and easy to use with a graphics-based hyper-linked menu. Requires hard disk, VGA. $4.95. * DIGITIZED SPEECH: A collection of .EXE files which play good digitized speech or sound effects through the ordinary PC speaker. Use them at the DOS prompt, or run them from within programs or batch files. Potential uses are unlimited! On this disk is a menu-driven interface for easy "previewing" of the speech files. These range from useful phrases such as "Press any key to continue" to an imitation of Elvis Presley. Requires hard disk, '286 or better, 8mhz or faster CPU. VGA recommended but not required. Freeware. $4.95 * LARGE SPEECH LIBRARY, See above. This is 3-3.5" or 6 5.25" disks full of compressed, self-dearchiving digitized speech and sound effects .EXE files. Requires hard disk, '286 or better, 8mhz or faster CPU. Not available as shareware. $29.95. BETTER EYESIGHT: 5 computer-driven exercises to improve your vision and a pictures & text tutorial explaining how they work. Requires CGA, EGA or VGA and 512k RAM. Not recommended for laptop LCD screens. $29.95 * PCX.EXE: A small 11k program which easily, automatically displays almost any .PCX graphics file. Simply use in batch files, from the DOS prompt or from within your programs to display a .PCX file. When the user presses any key, PCX.EXE is done. Requires CGA, EGA, Hercules or VGA. $12. * GIF.EXE: Same as above but for .GIF images. 14k, requires EGA or VGA. $15 * WRITER'S DREAM: A very special program in which virtually anyone's writing can be presented to thousands and thousands of people. This is an easy-to-use presentation program for standard ASCII text files. Now you can create very professional-looking disk-based books, catalogs, and other products which can be distributed as shareware, retail software or otherwise. No longer do you need a publisher or money to reach a huge audience. Make copies of your electronic book for the mere price of blank disks. Now, version 4.31 includes capacity for up to 100 chapters, full mouse support, bookmark feature, author configurable colors, and ability to display .PCX files and run executable files from menu. 29.95 * THE COMEDY GENERATOR: Originally written for entertainers, this program is so much fun it'll entertain you for hours. $9.95 * THE SECRETS OF OUR SUCCESS: This text tutorial takes you inside a successful shareware copying business and reveals all the details. Learn how to start your own business on the kitchen table and possibly develop it into a small empire. There is no risk, because the investment required is practically $0! All you need is any IBM-compatible computer. It's so easy, even kids can do it after school. Learn how to start quickly, make the most profit, have the most fun, and avoid all the mistakes. Find out where to get disks at wholesale prices. Find out about the five ways to sell disks, including three ways that require no customer contact. We're shipping version 2.30, created in March 1992. It has even more information, including up to date, easy to use mailing cost charts, info about inexpensive 800 phone lines, pros and cons of Pitney-Bowes mailing equipment, new sources of disks, a new user interface, and more. Not available as shareware. $79.95 GARAGE SALES FOR FUN & PROFIT: If you have $10 to invest, where would you put it? Into a money market account? There, after a year you will have a profit of about $2. Or, you could go to a garage sale, buy something like a camera or a drill press, and consign it to a second-hand store. Typically, within 2 weeks, the store will sell your $10 camera or drill press for $40, but keep $10 commission, leaving you with only $30! Instead of 20% profit in a year, you'll have 200% in two weeks. This is a tutorial that tells you all about buying and selling second-hand merchandise. It covers garage sales as a buyer and a seller, it covers consignment, flea market selling, psychology of "wheeling and dealing" and more. It gives you charts of current values of second-hand merchandise. For those interested in the additional profits of detailing and repairing, there is yet more information. Not available as shareware. $19.95 ULTIMATE LABEL MANAGER: Easy-to-use database program to keep track of and print mailing lists, disk labels, etc. Features include zip code sorting, adjustable number of copies, mouse support, and more. Works in any IBM-compatible. $29.95 * OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING TUTORIAL: Learn to become a safe and effective gas welder with this pictures & text tutorial. Includes brazing, welding steel, aluminum and brass, and cutting steel. Requires CGA, EGA or VGA and 256k RAM, runs in high-resolution monochrome. $9.95 * SUCCESS WITH SHAREWARE: A text tutorial which teaches everything about the business of writing text, picture based presentations or programs as shareware, and making money! Not available as shareware. $29.95 TYPING WORLD: Fun games and lessons to improve your typing skill whether your are a beginner or a professional, a kid or an adult. All are presented with a super-easy-to-use menu system. This disk includes a colorful pictures & text tutorial which covers typing basics as well as some unusual tips for experts. Also, there are two games which build skill. Falling Letters is easy yet it appeals to all ages and levels of skill. Trivia Type is more challenging. It shows you sentences containing fascinating facts, figures and very short true stories which you copy, letter for letter. The farther you go into the game, the faster you must type these interesting sentences. Trivia Type is for 1 to 4 players. With two or more players, it is guaranteed to liven up any gathering. We've had beta testers fall out of their chairs laughing! These games are so much fun that you'll be gaining skill without realizing you are doing typing exercises. Requires EGA or VGA and 640k RAM. $19.95 * BICYCLE TUNE-UP AND REPAIR: A pictures & text tutorial which teaches everything you need to keep your bicycle in top shape including flat tire repair, wheel alignment, and brake, derailleur and bearing adjustments. Requires CGA, EGA or VGA and 256k RAM. $9.95 * COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE HOME-OPERATED BICYCLE BUSINESS: A disk-based book which teaches the whole business of starting your own bicycle business. Written by an author with 14 years experience. Covers basics such as how to deal with limited space, time, knowledge, or money, all about partnerships, as well as information necessary to start a full-service glass-front retail bicycle store. Not available as shareware. $19.95 MONEY: A short text tutorial completely covering several proven ways to make money at home. Freeware. $4.95 * MONEY4: A larger, multimedia tutorial completely covering proven good ways to make money at home. Little or no start-up cost, anyone can do it! Requires VGA. Freeware $4.95. * BGI-Draw, version 1.00, May 1993: For Borland/Turbo C/C++ and Pascal programmers, this package runs like any other drawing program, except your picture is recorded as C or Pascal source code! Simply paint sprites, backgrounds, icons, any sort of graphics image, and then incorporate them into your programs. Includes full support of Borland Graphics Interface and fonts. $29.95 * 583 C Magic, version 1.50, September 1992: For Turbo/Borland C, version 1.5 - 3.1 programmers. Write professional- quality programs, even if you are a beginner, with this library of routines to automatically create pop-up help boxes, dialog boxes, light-bar menus, mouse support, file handling, more. Writing graphics programs is as easy as text, with 2-256 colors, easier file handling and more. Comes with tutorial for beginners and extensive reference file for experts. Available with or without full source code. Shareware version w/o source code. $39.95/$79.90 * 643 PASCAL MAGIC, version 2.0, October 1992: For Turbo Pascal version 6.0 programmers. Add this simple unit to your programs and have pop-up help, dialog, and menu boxes with just a few lines of code in text or graphics applications. You can provide mouse support in your programs, easy file reading and writing, and much more. Also includes incorporation of .CHR and .BGI files into your .EXE programs with ease. This disk comes complete with a very nice tutorial for beginning Pascal programmers. Now includes 7 fonts, 2-256 color modes, .PCX file display with a single line of code! Requires Borland Turbo Pascal version 6.0. Available with or without full source code. Shareware version w/o source code. $39.95/$79.90 * PASCAL MAGIC, version 3.0, For Turbo Pascal 7.0 programmers. For use with Turbo Pascal 7.0 (not BP or BPW). Same as above plus supports SVGA. $39.95/$79.90 * NON-MEDICAL PAIN RELIEF, version 2.0: A pictures & text tutorial which teaches techniques ranging from Swedish massage to acupressure to relieve minor aches & pains, quickly & effectively. Requires CGA, 512k RAM. $19.95 * BETTER VOLLEYBALL: A color pictures & text tutorial showing the basics of volleyball, and strategies for games with 2,3,4,5 and 6 players per side. Requires VGA, 512k RAM. $9.95 * * Items marked with * are also available from your favorite shareware distributor, or send $5 per disk to Another Company for shareware versions direct from author. Another Company products are shipped by OEC Systems: OEC Systems Attn Gary Smith 4646 N. Shallowford Atlanta, GA 30338-6304 phone 1-800-444-2424 or 404-394-1000 Thanks, Jeff Napier d.b.a. Another Company October 8, 1993 _____________________________________________________________ end of file.