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ÆçÇæäûÇæä ╬╠╬╠╬╠╧╧╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╡
▄ ▄ ▄ │ In every edition of PC
▄█▄ █▄▄ ▄▄▄ █▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ │ COMPLETE, we will review the
█ █ █ █▄█ █ █ █▄█ █▄▄ █ █ █ █ │ latest and best in shareware.
█▄ █ █ █▄▄ █▄█ █▄▄ ▄▄█ █▄ █ █ █ │ Hundreds of shareware programs
┌┐ │ are released every year, many of
││ │ which are of commercial quality.
┌──┐│└─┐┌──┐┌──┐┌──┐┌┐ ┌┐┌──┐┌──┐┌──┐│ We will help you find these
│ ││ ││ ││ ││ │││ │││ ││ ││ ││ JEWELS. You will be kept updated
│ ─┤│┌┐│├─ ││┌─┘│┌┐││├─┤│├─ ││┌─┘│┌┐││ on the latest shareware world
│ ││││││┌┐│││ │└┘│││ │││┌┐│││ │└┘││ wide.
├─ ││││││└┘│││ │ ─┤│ ││└┘│││ │ ─┤│
│ ││││││ │││ │ ││ │ ││ │││ │ ││ ≤τΣ ≥τα±Σ÷α±Σ ΓεφΓΣ∩≤: If you
└──┘└┘└┘└──┘└┘ └──┘└─┴─┘└──┘└┘ └──┘│ haven't noticed, buying software
▄ ▄ │ in retail shops is pretty
▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄█ │ expensive.
█ █▄█ █ █ █ █▄█ █ █ █ █ █ │ When you buy a software
█ █▄▄ ▀▄▀ █ █▄▄ █▄█▄█ █▄█ │ package in the shops, you are not
δΣ≤≥ αδδ ≥⌠∩∩ε±≤ ≤τΣ ≥τα±Σ÷α±Σ │ only paying for the program, you
ΓεφΓΣ∩≤ ß√ ±ΣµΦ≥≤Σ±Φφµ -α≤ δΣα≥≤- │ are paying for the packaging,
εφΣ ≥τα±Σ÷α±Σ α √Σα±, ΣαΓτ. │ distribution, publishing,
marketing, and of course, the │ needed).
mark-up price so shops can make │
some profit (this can be up to │ The shareware concept is a
40% sometimes). │ great revolution in software
│ selling. The standard of
With shareware, the middle man │ shareware programs is getting
has been cut out, so you receive │ better and better every day, with
software direct from the authors, │ many superseding commercial
at a fraction of the price. │ programs.
A shareware program, is - │
usually- a fully working copy of │ τε÷ ≤ε µΣ≤ ≥τα±Σ÷α±Σ: Shareware
the software. The shareware │ is distributed in 2 main ways,
version is distributed freely (or │ the first is via BBS's (and other
at cost price), so the user can │ file transfer sites), all you
sample the program, and if they │ need is a modem, and you can dial
decide that they would like to │ into a local BBS from home, and
keep it, then they pay direct to │ download the latest shareware
the author (by mail) and they get │ programs. (READ "COMMUNICATION:
sent the latest version, with │ Don't get left behind" in this
regular updates and a manual (if │ edition).
Another way to receive │ programs are packaged and sold
shareware, is via distributors. │ for $20 (sometimes more). Some
You are sure to find a few in │ people think that just because
your area, look in the computer │ its packaged, and has a picture
section of the local paper, or │ on the back, it must be a much
any computer magazine. They sell │ better program. Where in fact,
you shareware programs for a │ you can get the same program for
small price to cover disk, │ a small fee or for free!
postage, and a small profit for │ We don't beleive you should
their time. They usually send you │ have to spend money to buy share-
a catalogue full of shareware │ ware programs,so we have designed
programs, with a description next │ a system where you can receive
to each. It is usually pretty │ the latest programs for free.
difficult to reecognise which are │ ≥ΣΣ "σ⌠≤⌠±Σ Φ≥≥⌠Σ≥" σε±
the good ones to pick. │ Φφσε±∞α≤Φεφ εφ τε÷ ≤ε ±ΣΓΣΦ⌡Σ
So, hopefully, we can help you │ ≤τΣ ⌠δ≤Φ∞α≤Σ Φφ ≥τα±Σ÷α±Σ σε±
in this section, by reviewing and │ σ±ΣΣ ñ
recommending the best shareware. │ Reviews start issues 3-4
│ (2nd edition).
However, be carful, some shareware │