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Drew Software Presents Try-Then-Buy Software Catalog PO Box 101 Joplin, MO 64802 (417) 781-4248 JANUARY 1992 We are pleased to present our astounding software line. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. From heavy-duty, unique business programs to incredibly enjoyable games, there is something here for you. We support the SHAREWARE concept. Each program here has a TRY-THEN-BUY version. These are fully-functional, non-crippled copies of the programs. Buy the shareware disk. Try it out. When you find that they meet your approval (and we think they will) then you send us a registration fee, which in most cases brings you added little goodies like advanced functions, detailed (and easy to understand) instruction manuals, telephone support, and additional user privileges. If you don't register, we require (by copyright law) that you do not continue to use the program, and instead pass it on to a friend. TRY-THEN-BUY is an excellent way to examine your software before you buy it. It also assures us that when you do buy it, it's because you're already satisfied. Our prices are lower than you will find on other programs of similar quality. In addition, many of our packages are very unique, unequalled and unavailable anywhere else. Retail dealer, wholesale distributor, and shareware distributor inquiries are invited. ====================================================================== PERSONALITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM vA.5 The highly-accurate program that is designed to help the individual better understand his own personality and those of friends, acquaintances and loved ones. It works in several ways: 1. PAS IS ACCURATE. Doctors of psychology have marvelled at the sophistication and accuracy of this program. 2. IMPROVE YOURSELF. PAS helps you know yourself by describing your strengths, motivational factors and demotivational factors. Knowing these things can help you improve yourself as a person. You can use your strengths and build them to your advantage. 3. OPEN SYSTEM. PAS is a positive analysis system (it doesn't pull skeletons out of the closet). The 5-page report is so amazing that people are actually eager to have a PAS evaluation run on their own personality and then share the results with their friends. 4. JOB MATCH helps you to determine whether or not a job fits in with your basic personality. Is the environment one that will encourage you to work and motivate you to produce your best? Will it allow you to use your personal skills to the utmost? PAS uses the same basic "engine" as our popular Employee Management System, but the report produced is focused toward personal lifestyles. 5. PAS encourages open communication between adults and teens, helping to bridge the "generation gap". PAS is valuable as a personal communications tool between friends, marriage mates, business acquaintances and any other relationship where personality is a strong influencing factor. It is a very accurate, valuable personal tool that can help you enhance your lifestyle and satisfaction. (Regis: $95.00) ======================================================================= ELECTRIC POSI (Point of Sale/Inventory) vA.3 POSI is the incredible program that helps you organize your inventory and sales counter. POSI can function as a stand-alone inventory program, or as a combination real-time front counter ticket and inventory tracking system. POSI helps you in several ways: * Easiest to use sales/inventory program you'll ever find. * Keeps track of inventory as it is sold. * Allows sales of non-inventory and special inventory items (such as labor charges). * Full departmentalization (up to 36 departments). * Tracks customer sales totals and prints mailing labels. * Registers customer names for easy sales to regular clients. * Full report system, cost of goods sold tracking. * Full tracking of sales figures on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis. * Tracks sales for up to 100 salesmen. * Separates taxable and non taxable sales on a line-by-line basis. * Interfaces with our ELECTRIC LEDGER and ELECTRIC LAYAWAY programs for easy updating of company sales records (separate registration required for LEDGER and LAYAWAY packages). POSI is low-cost, easy to use, and powerful. It is ideal for the businessman who has wanted a sales ticket / inventory system, but has been put off by the complexity and high prices of other packages. (Regis: $95.00) ======================================================================= ELECTRIC LAYAWAY SYSTEM vA.2 LAYAWAY is designed to be a stand-alone layaway tracking program, or will interface with our ELECTRIC POSI program for tracking of front counter sales (registration of both packages required to use this feature). LAYAWAY keeps track of client name, address, phone number, date and time of sale, ticket number, and subsequent payments. It allows reversals to the account for returned items and credits. LAYAWAY is a very easy to use program that does what it does very well. (Regis: $95) ======================================================================= ELECTRIC LEDGER vA.2 The ELECTRIC LEDGER is a very easy-to-use bookkeeping system that will help you track your personal or business finances. Reports include Balance Individual Account, Trial Balance, Profit and Loss Statement (income statement), Balance Sheet, and List of Transactions. The registered version brings you the ability to perform customized reports and departmentalization, as well as integration with our POINT-OF-SALE/INVENTORY program. The ELECTRIC LEDGER is designed to be the easiest ledger program you'll ever use. (Regis: $95.00) ======================================================================= ELECTRIC ADDRESSER vA.2 The easiest-to-use mailing list system you'll ever find. Forget the gimicks, frills, bells and whistles. This mailing list performs two functions: 1. Edit names & addresses 2. Print those names and addresses on one-across mailing lables or on envelopes. That's it. No mess, no fuss. Sort your lists by name, city or zip code. If you've been frustrated by the high cost and/or complexity of other mail systems, this is exactly what you need. (Regis: $20) ======================================================================= ELECTRIC FILE CABINET vA.2 A database is a program that allows you to store various kinds of information, just as you would in a filing cabinet. This program allows you to store any kind of information you wish. You design your own reports and EFC prints them either to screen or paper. Perform math calculations automatically. This is a terrific program for keeping track of those club membership lists, sales calls, basic inventories, and much more. The Electric File Cabinet is easy to use, versatile and fast. You'll be putting together your first database within the first 30 minutes of opening the program. (Regis: $95) ======================================================================= DREW'S AMORTIZATION SYSTEM vA.2 Figure the total cost and status of mortgages and loans. This program figures by either TIME OF PAYMENTS or PAYMENTS PER MONTH basis and keeps both current and total track of payments, interest and principal. AMORT produces reports either to video monitor or printer, to provide you with the versatile ability you need in an amortization program. Best of all, it is designed to be VERY easy to use. You don't need to be a financial wizard to use DREW'S AMORTIZATION SYSTEM. Find out what your loans and credit cards really cost. This version now includes Future Value of Investments. Find out how much your current bank accounts and other investments will really earn you. You'll be amazed at what a difference a half-percent can make in a savings account over a period of time. (Regis: $10) ======================================================================= NOTEable vA.3 NOTEable is the easy to use program which teaches music students the notes of both the treble and bass music scales. It does so in a "competitive game" format, giving scores for quick and accurate recognition of notes. Very good and easy to use. If you've wanted to learn how to read musical notes, NOTEABLE is the key (excuse the pun). The registered version includes expanded quizzes. (Regis: $25.00) ======================================================================= EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM vA.11 Rated in COMPUTE Magazine as "One of the World's Best 101 Programs" REDUCE EMPLOYEE TURNOVER. Employee turnover is extremely expensive. Every time you lose an employee, it costs you about $1,500.00 ($6,500 for skilled employees.). This is realized in advertising, interviewing and recruiting expense, training costs, unemployment payments, insurance and other fringe benefits, and production lost while training replacements. Employee turnover reduces production and increases internal friction. The EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM is designed to help you in several ways: HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE. It is easy to check educational and technical references. But will the applicant's personality fit the job you are trying to fill? Different personalities do better in different environments. Try to set an energetic, outgoing person behind a desk eight hours a day and this becomes immediately clear. KNOW THE WORK PERSONALITY of the applicant in a matter of minutes. Discover the positive work traits, decision making methods, stamina level, management methods, and performance characteristics of any employee/applicant in less than five minutes. MATCH THE JOB TO THE PERSON. Every job has its own "ideal personality". Would you place a quiet, thoughtful person out in the sales field, or does that job require a self-motivated go-getter? EMS evaluates the personality needs of any job according to your specifications. Then it will instantly tell you which of your applicants matches that job requirement. KNOW WHAT MOTIVATES YOUR EMPLOYEES. EMS provides an accurate report on the positive work characteristics of each employee. By being aware of these characteristics, the employer is better able to decide how to assign goals and projects. EMS also tells the MOTIVATIONAL and DEMOTIVATIONAL factors for each employee. This will help the manager know how to motivate an employee, to make that employee happy, and also how to avoid demotivating that person. REDUCE ADVERTISING & INTERVIEWING COSTS. EMS keeps track of all employees and job applicants so that when a position opens, applicants can be matched to the job immediately, without having to repeat the expensive hiring process. (Regis: $95) ======================================================================= EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 5 vA.5 ABSOLUTE POWER. EMS5 is our incredible next generation program. It includes everything featured in our basic Employee Management System package, then adds the following features: STRESS EVALUATION SYSTEM. Stress can be very detrimental to your business. Excessive stress in employees causes irritation, loss of production, and eventually loss of that employee. EMS5 shows you key areas of potentially harmful stress so that you can help your employee overcome that stress before it becomes a business liability. PERSONNEL DATABASE SYSTEM lets you track important employee/ applicant information. Define your own information requirements and design reports according to your needs. Keep records of any employee information you want: vacation and sick leave, work experience, personal and family information, job skills, and much more. PDS ties in to the Personality Evaluation Program to provide you with extensive reference capabilities. Do you want to locate all applicants in your files that live within your city limits, are age 18-34 and have outgoing personalities? With PDS you can do this and much more. COST EFFECTIVE. The EMS line of programs provides versatility and power at a low cost. Unlike many other programs of this nature, there is only a single, one-time fee. There are no "per report" charges, no additional costs. EMS was written specifically for the business environment. It is not an "adapted" psychological program. It does not "pull skeletons out of the closet". EMS will save you money, make your business more productive, and improve employee/management relations. Let us demonstrate EMS to you. We think you'll be amazed. The EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 5 is our only non-shareware offering. It is a powerful business package, yet is very easy to use. It offers you the benefits of: *PERSONALITY EVALUATION *STRESS ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT *PERSONNEL DATABASE *APPLICANT TO JOB MATCHING *IMPROVED INTERVIEWING *DESIGNING WANT ADS *EMPLOYEE TRACKING *EMPLOYEE/APPLICANT HISTORY and more, all in one, low-cost package. EMS5 works on any MS-DOS/PC- DOS (IBM compatible) computer with a hard disk, 256K RAM, and any monitor. EMS5 is available for $495.00 and like standard EMS has NO RUN-TIME or REPORT charge. This makes EMS5 a very cost-effective business investment that will more than pay for itself the first time it helps you improve employee relations. ======================================================================= GAMESCAPE GRAPHIC vA.4 Everyone has a place in their heart for a particular program. This is our pet project. GAMESCAPE is the fantastic program that allows you to design and distribute your own adventure games. GAMESCAPE is a powerful "adventure engine" that allows you to describe locations and rooms, objects, recognizable words, messages, and occurrences that happen within the game. You can also include sound, music, and any of the standard IBM special graphics characters (terrific for mapping). Gamescape encodes information so your game secrets cannot be deciphered by end users, and allows games to be "linked" so your adventures can be of any length. It provides you the ability to design incredibly detailed and LARGE adventure games with great ease. Once the game is finished, registered users are allowed to distribute the games with NO ROYALTY FEE-- the initial registration is all that's required. Plus, the registered version of Gamescape now has HI-RES COLOR GRAPHICS ability, so that you can add artwork to your games! (Regis: $95) ======================================================================= RINGWIELDER vA.2 RINGWIELDER is an unusual project. It is an incredible non- computer role-playing game that features the worlds of BOTH fantasy AND science fiction. The full set of rules is included on this disk in text form. In a "role-playing game" you take on the characteristics of someone (or something) from the realm of fantasy or science fiction and play the game as if you are that character. While RINGWIELDER does use both the worlds of fantasy and science, the occult and extreme violence so prevalent in other games are omitted. This provides a viable alternative to those who are offended by such things. Parents especially appreciate RINGWIELDER, because they can provide their children with a reasonable exchange rather than just demanding, "You can't play role-playing games." RINGWIELDER is easy to play and fast-moving. The rules are easy to understand, but interesting enough to hold the interest of even the most advanced gamer. RINGWIELDER was ten years in the making. The entire rule section is contained within this disk, along with an offer to obtain the official, collectors-item set and club membership. REGISTRATION (3 levels): Basic member $10. Supporting member: $20 (we send you the GAME THEORY manual) Collector's membership: $35 (you receive the collector's edition game book) =================================================================== MAROONED AGAIN vA.2 One of our best-selling games. MAROONED AGAIN has been highly rated by shareware reviewers and our customers. MAROONED AGAIN is a truly LOGICAL science fiction adventure game. You have crashed on an alien planet. But all is not lost. You have found an alien space ship that can be repaired. You must find the components and head for safety. Watch out ; Marooned Again thinks with an "alien" bend. It's funny, challenging, and believe it or not, PLAYABLE. Finally, an adventure game that makes SENSE. (Regis: $10.00) ======================================================================= ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER vA.3 The response to this new game has been terrific. People (and shareware critics) are telling us that NOBEER is the best adventure game they have ever played. NOBEER is an incredibly funny science fiction adventure game that is, astounding as it may seem, LOGICAL. It was created with the GAMESCAPE adventure development system. NOBEER is the "sequel" to Marooned Again, but is stand-alone (you don't have to have played MA to enjoy NOBEER). In NOBEER, you are an astronaut who has crash landed on an alien planet (again.). You must find the way to get to the alien space ship and blast off. Not an easy task, considering you're in the middle of an alien security hive. Beware the BLADDER BEASTS, SLURPERS, AIR SQUIDS, and above all, the deadly PUN PALM. NOBEER is a large game, covering 6 floppy disks (or a hard disk). Prepare yourself for a "fall-on-the-floor-laughing" fit. ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER is an adventure gaming MUST HAVE. (Regis: $10) ======================================================================= GIANT SPACE SLUG vA.2 The classic game of worms at supersonic speed. You are a huge, nasty, icky space slug. Roam the galaxy in search of space ships to munch. But be careful. Don't eat the radiation at the edge of the galaxy, or accidentally bite yourself. Your bite is deadly poisonous, even to giant space slugs. Speed is identical on all computers; works great on 8088, 286, 386 and 486 machines. A favorite with children because of adjustable levels. Adults love it because it's habit forming. Parents especially like it because it's an excellent developer of eye-hand coordination. As with all of our games, Giant Space Slug works with mono monitors too. (Regis: $10) ======================================================================= FUNGAL MAN vA.2 Prepare for the worst. Fungal Man is here. Idol of tens of people. You are the intrepid super-hero who has one purpose in life: to destroy the deadly mutant fungal blobs by trapping them in the damper pods. Sounds easy, and sometimes it is. At other times, it's a real pain in the dorsal fin. FUNGAL MAN is a "thinking arcade" game which includes nine scenarios ranging from easy to moderately difficult. You can also design your own scenarios and turn them in for entry in our quarterly contest. Registered users can distribute their scenarios (no royalty fee) and make millions of dollars (well, a few bucks anyway) by selling them to their family members, close friends, and other FUNGAL MAN addicts. A habit-forming game that will have you designing your own scenarios before you can say, "Urg, that's a really nasty looking fungus you've got there." (Regis: $10, or for $15 you get an additional scenario disk.). ======================================================================= FALLOUT vA.2 Tired of playing Tetris? Sick of the Tetris clones? We are proud to present our UN-TETRIS CLONE. Line up the fallout as it drops from the skies. Place it in proper sequence and it obliterates itself. But let it stack up, and you'll be overrun in radioactive waste. Like all of our games, FALLOUT offers brilliant color, but works on ANY monitor. (Regis: $10) ======================================================================= SWINE vA.2 Be a swine. Beat your friends at this age-tested game. Legend has it that Captain Hook was so entranced by this game that it took up all of his spare time (and that of his crew) on his voyages (it was a pleasant alternative to pillaging and murdering). Play against another person or (gasp) against a fiendish and tricky computer. The computer has been intentionally programmed to play on the level of an average person, so you actually stand a chance of winning. See if you can master this ancient game of strategic stacking. (Regis: $10) ======================================================================= COMPU-NERD vA.2 Our essential-to-life tongue-in-cheek diagnostic program used to determine whether or not the user has the dread maladies COMPUTERUS- NERDITIS or BOZOITIS-JERKONUS. By answering a few, simple questions the user can determine if he has either disease, its progress and the remedy for the current stage of development. Lots of fun. Are you a computer nerd? Find out fer sure with COMPU-NERD. (Regis: $10.00) NOTE: ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO FEATURE SIMILARLY CONFIGURED FRONT-END LOADERS FOR IMPROVED EASE OF INSTALLATION. THE 'A.*' VERSION ON ALL SOFTWARE REPLACES ALL PRIOR "NUMBERED" RELEASES (IE 1.0, 3.4 etc) AND REFLECTS THE NEW LOADER ROUTINES. THIS WAS DONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW COMPUTER USERS WHO MIGHT NOT BE FULLY ACQUAINTED WITH STANDARD DOS COMMANDS. WE HOPE YOU FIND THE NEW FORMAT BENEFICIAL. Drew Software brings you the best in TRY-THEN-BUY programs. Try out our software before you buy it. Then when you are satisfied that a package meets your needs, send us the required registration fee. You will find these programs to be of the highest quality. Our business programs are very easy to understand and use, yet very powerful and unique. All of our programs work on any PC-DOS/MS-DOS compatible computer system (any monitor). We firmly believe in customer satisfaction and quality of production. All program titles and the term TRY-THEN-BUY are TM Dennis Drew. Copyright 1990 Dennis Drew. All rights reserved. Note: On TRY-THEN-BUY programs, you may order the registered version up front and save yourself the cost of the initial demo. Or if you prefer to try the program first, you may order the demo and then send in the registration fee once you have examined the package. Shareware prices are for diskette duplication only. Continued use of shareware programs requires registration. Your registrations encourage us to continue writing other programs for your benefit and enjoyment. Dealer/distributor inquiries invited. Shareware companies must obtain a distribution license from the author. OTHER SOFTWARE SELECTIONS The following are NOT TRY-THEN-BUY titles, but are of good enough quality we felt it proper to offer them along with our regular selections. Please note that these packages must be registered through the individual authors of the programs. LUPEK'S FAVORITE UTILITIES #1. Utitlities help you to use your computer in a more efficient day to day manner. Lupek (our resident software wolf) has gathered together 27 of his favorites in this utility collection. Specially chosen to be of value to the general computer user. LUPEK'S FAVORITE UTILITIES #2. Continuing the tradition, here are 21 additional utilities that are incredibly valuable in daily computer use. As with #1, these are chosen because of their value to the general computer user. DOS TUTOR. Learn how to use your computer system better with this good educational guide. ON-SIDE. Have you ever needed wider paper than your printer allows? This terrific program prints things sideways! Requires IBM graphics compatible printer (lasers must have IBM compatibility mode). SAGEWORDS. Use your computer and printer as a typing system! A very nice, easy to use word processing system. Includes spelling checker and macros. Everything is menu driven, with lots of help screens to get you going. LOTUS LEARNING SYSTEM. Learn how to use Lotus 1-2-3 with this tutoral guide! (2 disks, $10) AS EASY AS. Powerful spreadsheet system very similar to Lotus 1-2-3, but far less expensive. PROCOMM. Excellent telecommunications program (lets you communicate across phone lines if you own a modem). Includes ZMODEM file transfer utility. (2 disks, $10) MORAFF'S ENTRAP. An enjoyable strategy game in which you try to travel from one end of the galaxy highway to the other while avoiding dangerous robots. Has multi-level graphics, ranging all the way from mono to Super-VGA! COMMANDER KEEN. (requires EGA or better). An interesting graphic adventure/arcade game. Good graphics, enjoyable play. CYRUS CHESS SYSTEM. (requires EGA or better). A terrific 3-D chess system with a board set on a turntable, for optimum view. One of the best chess games we've seen. MONUMENTS OF MARS. (requires CGA or better). Forget the mediocre graphics; the game play is terrific. Living proof that a game doesn't have to have amazing graphics and sound to be incredibly enjoyable! An arcade/adventure game that requires thinking as well as good reflexes. CAPTAIN COMIC. (requires EGA or better). Another example of excellent arcade/adventure game programming. The graphics are reasonably good and the game play is a lot of fun. We recommend this for more advanced players (try Monuments of Mars first). EGA GAMES (requires EGA or better). Four games included on one disk: Joust, Aldo, Egaroids, and Dangerous Dave. HANDY ORDER FORM Order from: Drew Software PO Box 101 Joplin, MO 64802 (417) 781-4248 NAME:_______________________________________________________________ ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________ CITY:___________________________________________________ ST:_________ ZIP:___________________ PHONE:__________________________________ AGE (optional):__________ VISA/MASTERCARD accepted. No COD's Please send me the following programs (note, all shareware offerings are $5.00 per disk): Registered or Shareware Quantity Name version? Cost __________ ______________________________________ R / S ___________ __________ ______________________________________ R / S ___________ __________ ______________________________________ R / S ___________ __________ ______________________________________ R / S ___________ __________ ______________________________________ R / S ___________ __________ ______________________________________ R / S ___________ SPECIAL TRY-THEN-BUY OFFERINGS: The following are special "packages" in which you can purchase several shareware programs for the price of one. Circle the package number when ordering. Each package is only $5.00. 1. GAMESCAPE / MAROONED AGAIN 2. GIANT SPACE SLUG / RINGWIELDER 3. FUNGAL MAN / SWINE! / FALLOUT 4. ELECTRIC LEDGER / AMORTIZATION 5. ELECTRIC FILE CABINET / ELECTRIC ADDRESSER 6. ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER / COMPU-NERD ___ Send 5.25" disks Total cost of programs: ___________ ___ Send 3.5" disks TOTAL ENCLOSED ___________ Please make all checks payable to DENNIS DREW. Outside U.S. please add $5 s&h. Outside U.S. checks must be made payable in U.S. funds by international money order or cashier's check. No outside U.S. bank checks, please.