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- Fall 1992 COMDEX
- Microsoft Windows NT
- Shareware Contest
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- Sponsors
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- Artists Graphics
- CompuServe
- Jolt Cola
- Microsoft
- Nanao
- NEC
- S3
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- Judges
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- Diego Aranda Internet Shareware Reviewer
- Steve Gibson InfoWorld Columnist, publisher of SpinRite
- Fred Langa Editorial Director, Windows Magazine
- Brian Livingston InfoWorld Columnist & Author of Windows 3 Secrets
- Jerry Pournelle Senior Editor, Byte Magazine
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- Special Thanks
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- Association of Shareware Professionals
- Donna Black, CompuServe
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- Prizes
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- 1st Place
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- * ARTIST GRAPHICS WinSprint 180 Video Card, based on the S3 928 chip set.
- This card is capable of 1280x1024x256 colors with a 72 Hz refresh rate,
- and 22 million Winmarks.
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- * Nanao 340i 15" video monitor with extremely crisp resolution, the perfect
- complement to high performance video cards.
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- 2nd Place
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- * NEC Multimedia upgrade kit, including external NEC CD-ROM drive with
- Multispin, NEC 16 bit sound card, speakers, microphone, and Asymmetrix
- Toolbook.
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- 3rd Place
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- * ARTIST GRAPHICS WinSprint 100 Video card, based on the S3 911 chip set.
- This card is capable of 1024x768x256 colors.
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- Each contest entrant has received his/her choice of Microsoft Money,
- Microsoft Beethoven, or Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows
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- The Winners
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- Business
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- * While You Were Out - Caliente Software. Office Messaging System for Windows
- NT. Users can send and receive password protected messages. Messages are
- stored in a database. Price: $99.95 for 5 user license; contact publisher
- for other quantities. Phone: (203) 667-2159 CIS: 70324,2055.
-
- * MortCalc - Robert J. Paul. Computes mortgage loan amortizations. Price:
- FREE CIS: 72550,3021
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- * Time and Money Tracker - Wintronix. A timer which keeps track of time
- and expense for projects. Will continue tracking time when it is shut down.
- Great for consultants. Price: $25.00 base - contact publisher for
- additional information. Phone: (801) 532-4865 CIS: 70054,1007.
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- Tools
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- * MicroEMACS - Pierre Perret. MicroEMACS is a powerful configurable text
- editor that runs on a variety of platforms (VAX, UNIX, MS-DOS, AMIGA, etc.).
- Full C source code included. Price: FREE. CIS: 73757,2337.
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- * Kermit - Wayne Warthen. Windows communication program featuring a full
- implementation of the Kermit protocol with all extensions. Includes ANSI
- terminal emulation. Price: FREE: CIS: 73457,2401.
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- * Nutmeg-32 - Robert Zeff. Nutmeg-32 is a circuit simulator based upon U.C.
- Berkeley's Spice v3e2. The program can interactively plot data in the time
- or frequency domains. Fourier analysis, distortion, and Nyquist plots are
- also available. Price: $275.00. Phone: (209) 521-1448. CIS: 70323,1251.
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- Utility
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- * WinBatch - Wilson WindowWare. Full-featured batch language for Windows NT.
- Has variables, user prompts, program control, dialog boxes, and much more.
- Price: $69.95 Phone: (206) 938-1743. CIS: 73260,2535.
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- * 4DOS - JP Software. New version of JP Software's award-winning 4DOS command
- processor, tailored specifically to enhance the usefulness and productivity
- of the Windows NT command line. Price: $69.00 for Windows NT version, or
- $89 for both Windows NT and MS-DOS. Phone: (617) 646-3975. CIS: 75300,210.
-
- * TrashMan - Trigon Software GmbH. A trashcan that works hand-in-hand with
- the File Manager. Drag files to TrashMan and they are moved to a save area
- and can be restored at any time. Price: $25.00. Phone: +49 30 661 2986.
- CIS: 100021,2706.
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- Widget
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- * Icon Manager - Leonard Grey. A complete Windows icon utility. Organize,
- extract, edit, and install Windows icons. Price: $19.95. CIS: 71630,1703.
-
- * WinMod - Norbert Unterberg. WinMod plays sound files in the popular Amiga
- MOD format. Price: $15.00. CIS: 100112,2740.
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- * Prime32 - Dick Jarrett. Calculate and display all 32-bit prime numbers.
- Price: FREE. Phone: (207) 637-2879.
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- Games
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- * Klotz - Wolfgang Strobl. Game of falling pieces, with many windows.
- Price: FREE. Phone: +49 228 213 463. Internet:strobl@gmd.de
-
- * Mah Jong - Ron Balewski. The classic Chinese tile game. Price: $20.00.
- Phone: (717) 735-3736. BIX: RBALEWSKI
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- * Thieves & Kings - Paul DeWolf. Forty Thieves and Kings Corners - two
- entertaining solitaire card games beautifully implemented in Windows NT.
- Price: $20. CIS: 72250,3067.
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