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-----Windows Quick Looks:

---Home/Business Applications:

America Held Hostage 3.1 [CRISIS] (Tom Westdorp; $0) - is a humorous look
at the Clinton presidency through the relentlessly conservative jabs of
Rush Limbaugh. Requires VBRUN300 and WIN31. (360K)

Cbase 1.61 [CBASE] (Ivory Tower Software; $35) - tracks hardware/software
information. Requires VBRUN300.

Fund Manager 4.1 For Windows [FMW] (Mark Beiley; $10) - helps you monitor
your investments. Performance information can be viewed in graphic or
numeric format. It can calculate a variety of different types of yields,
produces charts, and more. (360K)

MailVu 1.0 [MAILVU] (John White; $0) - is a simple Inbox viewer for unread
Microsoft Mail Messages. It presents a list of unread messages, which can
be read, deleted or responded to. Requires VBRUN300. (360K)

The Phone Master 1.5b [PMASTER] (Thomas Ens; $20) - phone number tracking
package. Features include autodial, reminder boxes, alarm clock, powerful
sort/search/print functions, more. VBRUN300 is included. (1.44)

PrettyPrint Macro 1.1 [PRTY11] (Ed Obeda; $?) - is a powerful tool for Word
for Windows macro writers. Lets you print high-quality documentation and
catalog your work.

Punch Board 1.1 [PUNCHB] (The VisAeon Corporation; $0) - maintains a
central database of users, their locations and return time. It has simple
punch in/out and find screens, and is network ready. This is a freeware
five-user version.

SAM 4.0 [SAM] (Ron Burley; $?) - is a file management package for Ami Pro.
Includes VBRUN300.

Time Log 1.1 [TIMELOG] (Timothy J. Denihan; $8) - allows you to log, total,
and print dates and amount of time spent on any number of projects.
Features include: Timer, Audible Alarm, Pop up, Stay on top, Hide Icon,
command line options, and more. Requires VBRUN300.

Video3D 2.1 [VIDEO3D] (GLS; $15) - video database for Windows. Requires
VBRUN200. (update) (1.44)

[Wincode] 1.4 (G.H. Silva; $0) converts ASCII files to binary files through
a process known as uu-coding. New: enhanced multi-tasking ability, better
encoding support, enhanced en/de-coding info window, and more.

WinOnLine Review SHAREWARE EDITION #19 [WOLS19] (Frank Mahaney/Bob
Gollihur) - an electronic magazine in Windows Help file format reviewing
the latest Windows shareware. (360k) <WOLR.PCX>


---Desktop Tools:

CatchMe [CATCHME] (Jeff Nagle; $15) - displays a very small date/time
window that stays on top and moves out of the way whenever the mouse cursor
comes near it. Requires VBRUN200. (360K)

Exodus [EXODUS] (Tej K. Dhawan; $5) - is a quick-exit utility for Windows.

Hotline [HOTLIN] (Roger C. Spaeder; $0) - is a fast and friendly telephone
dialer for voice calls. Features include a handy toolbar for most
operations, and support for 600 phone numbers in the dialing directory.
Requires a modem and VBRUN300. <HOTLINE.PCX> (360K)

Lawyer-Joke-A-Day 1.0 [LAWJOKE] (Ivory Tower Software; $10) - is a
hilarious database of jokes about the legal profession. Requires VBRUN300.

[Notebook] 1.I (Mark Berlinger; $10) - is a Notepad replacement which can
handle huge files. (update)

Notebook 1.J for NT [NOTE_NT] (Mark Berlinger; $10) - is a text editor for
Windows NT. Features include word wrap and overwrite modes, a two sided
print function, case sensitive searches, a bookmark function, and much
more.

Runnin [RUNNIN] - an amusing little desktop joke. It creates a small window
that runs away from your mouse cursor. You must try to catch it and click
on the close button. Requires VBRUN300.

System Control 1.1 [SYSCTL] (Andrew G. Novotak Jr.; $5) - allows you to
quickly and easily restart, reboot, or exit Windows. Req. VBRUN300.

Traffic Clock [TC] - displays a clock with an animated traffic signal.
Requires VBRUN300.


---Education:

TANGAROOs 1.0 [TANGROO] (TANgible Software; $20) - is an educational tool
that can help develop skills in pattern recognition and spatial orientation
by using colorful geometric shapes. (360K)

[WINVERT] (Linda Dansereau and Ron Eaglin; $15) - performs 21 different
unit conversions. Dimensions available include length, volume, area, temp,
time, velocity, power, energy, frequency, and more.

Write Your Name 1.02 [WYN] (Daniel Montaron; $20) - a demo that helps teach
3 to 6 year olds letter recognition by writing their name. English and
French instructions/menus are provided. Requires VBRUN100.


---Games:

Bogle [BOGLE] (Simon Brault; $10-$15) - is a Windows version of the word
game Boggle. Includes VBRUN300. (1.44)

Concentration Challenge 1.0 [CONCEN] (Thomas R. Weiss; $10) - is a colorful
version of the classic matching game. Requires VBRUN300. (360K)

Lotto PC for Windows 2.1 [LPC21] (Conan Brown; $8) - is an interesting
graphic lottery-picking system. Requires VBRUN200. (360K) <LOTTO.PCX>
(360K)

Mosaix 1.0-B for Windows [MOSAIXW] (Data Assist, Inc.; $23) - is a colorful
computerized jigsaw puzzle game. (360K)

War Boats 1.0 [WARBOAT1] (Jim Cunningham; $1) - is a Windows version of the
game Battleship. You can play against a computer or a friend. Other options
include sound, comments, and more. Requires VBRUN200.(360)

Windows Slot Machine 2.1 [WS210] (BFM Software; $11) - animated Vegasstyle
slot machine game for WIN31. Features included digitized sound effects,
editable payoff schedule, and more. (360K)


---Fonts, Graphics, Icons:

[ARGH1.ICO] (Will Hitlow; $0) - is an icon for Pirates!

[BABYBO.ICO] - is an icon of the lovable Baby Bop.

[BARNEY.ICO] (Lucio A. Perez; $0) - an icon of every kid's favorite dino.

Bbutt [BBUTT] - contains two 640x480 BMP graphic file of those lovable
headbangers from MTV's Beavis and Butthead show.

[BISHOP.BMP] (Lou; $0) - is a graphic file of Bishop from the X-Men comics.

[BOW2.ICO] (Will Hitlow; $0) - is an icon for archery games.

[CARIBO.ICO] (Nicolas K. Bouton; $0) - an icon of a caribou.

[CCB16.BMP] - is a 16-color BMP graphic of a motor boat resting on the sand
during low tide at sunset over Cape Cod Bay.

[CCBAY1.BMP] - IS A 256-color graphic of the above.

[COMICS] (Lou) - contains 19 icons of assorted comic book characters.

[DALEKS.ICO] - is an icon for Dr. Who fans.

Dino2 [DINO2] (Lou; $0) - is a set of 10 dinosaur icons.

[DOTT.ICO] - is an icon for the game "Day of the Tentacle".

[FLYTIM.ICO] (Will Hitlow; $0) - is an icon of 3 jet planes in formation.

[ICON.ICO] - is an icon of an icon.

The Icon Vacuum 1.7 [ICONVAC] (Chris Nokleberg; $15) - helps find,
organize, and extract icons. Requires VBRUN200. <VACUUM.PCX>

[ICONVIEW] 1.1 (Simplicity Computers; $3-$15) - allows you to move through
directories and view Windows icons. Requires VBRUN200. (update)

[IMAGE] (Lucio A. Perez; $0) - is a collection of comic book hero icons
from the Image universe.

[JUR256.BMP] - is a unique 3-D rendering of the Jurassic Park logo.

[LARRY.ICO] - is an icon for the game "Leisure Suit Larry".

[MsgIcon] 3.00 (A. Lehmann; $10) - provides animated icons for Windows
message boxes (update).

[MSPAC.ICO] (J. Brown; $0) - is an icon of Ms. Pacman.

[PEACE2.ICO] (Will Hitlow; $0) - is an icon of a multi-colored peace sign.

[PHANTO.ICO] - an icon of the Phantom of the Opera mask.

[POVRAY.ICO] - an icon with two spheres floating above a checkerboard.

Recipe [RECIPE] - contains 17 icons of food/kitchen items.

[SAINTS.BMP]- is the logo for the New Orleans Saints.

[SPIDEY.BMP] - is a 256-color BMP file of the Amazing Spiderman.

[STARFO] - is an icon of StarFox.

Teaser [TEASER] - is a 256-color BMP file of the soon-to-be-released game
HardWARe. (360K)

[VGABLO.BMP] - is a 256-color BMP file of the Windows opening logo altered
with Fractal Design Painter 2.0.

Windows Icon Mania [WINICO] - a collection of several shareware and public
domain icon editors and icon libraries. (360K)

XMen22 [XMEN22] [Lou; $0) - contains icons of 22 X-Men and assorted other
comic book characters.


---Program/File Management:

File Updater 1.3 [FUPDATER] (Hinrich Eylers; $15) - compares files in two
selected directories. It will copy new files, replace older ones, and more.
Requires VBRUN300.

Finder 1.0 [FINDER] (Informaat; $0) - is a Macintosh-like Finder clone.

[House] 2.04 (House; $16) - a small, feature-packed desktop replacement for
Window's Program and File Managers. Requires VBRUN200.

Micro-Trashcan 2.0 [MBTCAN] (Fred Freel; $0) - animated file dumper for
WIN31 File Manager. Requires VBRUN300. (update)

NameTool Lite 1.6 [NameTool] (Danielson Computer Services; $25) - adds
60character descriptions to files, as well as launch programs more easily.
NEW: international date/time support. Req. VBRUN300. (update) (360K)

Steve's Launcher [SLAUNCH] (Steve Peschka; $5) - attaches to File Manager
and adds a menu to start your favorite editor or other application. You can
choose up to 8 programs to add to the menu. It starts apps as an icon on
the desktop so you can easily drag and drop any file for editing, etc.
Requires WIN31 And VBRUN300.

WinMenu 2.1 [WINMENU2] (Ricky Freyre; $20) - is a menu for Windows which can
hold up to 80 program names on 5 pages. (update)

WinMenu 2.1 for Networks [NETWINMN] (Ricky Freyre; $20) - a network version
of the program above.

WinSched 2.01a [WSCHED] (Logicorp, Inc.; $15) - lets you schedule
applications to automatically execute at a specific time.

Winshell 1.0 [WINSHEL] (Jens B. Junkermann; $5) - is a buttonbar
replacement for Program Manager. This uses very little memory and is quite
fast.


---Sounds/Multimedia:

[Beatles1, Beatles8] is a collection of WAV files of the opening bars of songs
from the Sgt Pepper's album. Preinstalled in WIN\BEATLES because the files
take over 2.2MB unarchived.

CD SoundOff 1.0 [CDSOUND] (NickelWare; $?) - is an audio CD player for
Windows. C source code is included.

CDBASEWIN! [CDBWIN] (John Cillis; $20) - helps you manage your CDs,
cassettes, and record albums. It can handle collections of up to 16,000
records. Requires VBRUN200.

[FYM.WAV] - is a 44kHz Stereo 8bit sound file of En Vogue singing "Free
your mind...".

[GB_SICK1.WAV] - is a hilarious sound collage featuring George Bush, Ren and
Stimpy, James Brown, and the theme from Twilight Zone.

HyperCD 1.000.003 [HYPERCD] (Creative Pacific Pty. Ltd.; $0) - is a small
audio CD player for Windows.

[KABOOM.WAV] - is a cute sound file by Marvin the Martian from the Warner
Brothers cartoons.

Logicil MultiMedia Center 1.0 a [LMMC] (Logicil; $45) - an audio/video
player for WIN31. Supports WAV, MIDI, AVI, FLI files, has an audio CD
player, and more. Requires VBRUN200.

[MIDIPLAY] 1.5 (DunsonWare; $5) - is a graphical MIDI player for WIN31.
VBRUN100 and ToolBook runtime 1.53 is included. (update)

[MWDESP.WAV] - is a WAV file of Daffey Ducky saying "You're despicable!"

[NOTGONNA.WAV] - is an audio clip from the Clint Eastwood movie "In the
Line of Fire".

[R_SS01] - miscellaneous sound effect samples from the Ren and Stimpy Show.
Included are the sounds of glass breaking, a cheesy organ "tada", a scream,
eye movement sounds, munching on socks, and more. (360K)

[RENV01] - are several WAV files of Ren from the Ren and Stimpy Show.

Sound Blaster Drivers [SBW31] (Creative Labs; $0) - contains updated
Windows 3.1 drivers for Sound Blaster boards versions 1.5 and 2.0. These
must be installed from a floppy disk.

SysWave 1.0 [SYSWAVE] (Jordi Albornoz; $0) - a simple multimedia Windows
3.1 utility that plays the Windows system sounds at your request.


---Windows Programming:

5Pak20 [5PAK20] (Weimar Software; $35) - a set of five custom controls for
VB including popup menus, balloon help, dynamic menu help, and more.

PrintVB [PRINTVB] (Kyle Brant; $18) - is a source code printing utility for
VB. Many formatting options are available. Requires VBRUN200.

Setup1 [SETUP1] (Robert Senger; $5) - a floppy-based application installer.
It can create subdirectories, copy and rename files, and more.

TrueGrid Demo [TGDEMO] (Apex Software Corp.; $0) - is a demo package of an
easy-to-use data-aware grid for VB 3.0. Includes help file and interactive
sample application. (360K)

vxBase Assistant 1.0 [VXBASST] (Tim Purcell; $15) - lists all commands and
functions available in the vxBase DLL and will paste them into your
application as you work. Requires VBRUN200 and vxBase. (360K)

Windows Programmer's Journal Volume 1 #7 [WPJ1_7] (Peter J. Davis and Mike
Wallace) - is a monthly forum in a Help File format for programmers to
share ideas and concepts about programming in the Windows environment.
(360K)


---Windows Utilities:

[DirTree] 1.10 (Custom Software Service; $15) displays and optionally
prints the entire directory structure of a specified drive. (update)

Disk Space Icon 1.2 [DISKICON] (Larry Leonard; $0) - displays an icon that
indicates the amount of free space left on a disk. (update).

Disk Status 2.6 [DISKSTAT] (End-User Computing) - provides a graphical
display of disk usage. Requires VBRUN300.

EEWinPlt [EWINPLT] (Claus Christenson; $?) - can display and print GERBER
and EXCELLON Files in Windows 3.x.

MHG*ArcLib 1.4 [MHG0014S] (Marshall H. Goodman Software, Ltd.; $25) is a
Windows front end for PKZIP/UNZIP. (update) (1.44)

Lunar 1.0a for Windows [LUNARWIN] (Dolphin; $450) - contains a demo that
lets you enlarge the screen of any application up to 8x.

Polygeometrics [POLYG] (Bob Rummell; $10) - is an interesting WIN31 screen
saver module. Colorful shapes leave interweaving trails as they bounce
around the screen. (360K)

The Randomizer 1.0 [RANDOM] (Christian Fridgen; $10) - will select WIN31
screen savers at random.

[ReDelim] 1.0 (Stan Page; $10) -lets you change the delimiting scheme in an
ASCII data file without affecting the data. For example, you could convert a
tab-delimited file to comma-quote delimited. (360K)

Show-PIF 1.10 [SHOWPIF] (TecLogic, Inc.; $30) - produces visual, hard-copy
and/or archive access to the information shown on BOTH screens of the Win
3.1 PIFEDIT program.

Screen Saver Switch 1.2 [SSSWITCH] (Jerry Petet; $0) - allows you to switch
the Windows screen saver on/off without having to use Control Panel.

Snakes 1.01 [SNAKES] (Pocket Sized Software; $0) - is a screen saver module
for Windows NT.

Ventura Screen Savers [VEN_SS] (Ventura Software, Inc.; $0) - contains
several screen saver modules for WIN31. (360K)

WinClean 1.2 [WINCLEN] (Ranier M. Baltruweit; $35) - helps locate and
remove all files from an application installed in Windows. (360K)

WinImage 1.0 [WINIMAGE] (Gilles Vollant; $20) - is a powerful disk copying
tool. Features include toolbar operation, drag and drop functions, and
English/French docs. Both WIN31 and NT versions are included.

WinStart 1.0 [WINSTRT] (Steve Levitt; $?) - a program that gives you an
option to start Windows or go to DOS after your computer boots up.

WinTune1 [WINTUNE1] (CMP Publications; $0) - Part 1 of the WINDOWS Magazine
Test and Tune-Up Kit. Requires VBRUN300. (1.44)

WinTune2 [WINTUNE2] - Part 2 of the WINDOWS Magazine Test and TuneUp Kit.
(these VB runtime files should be unzipped to your Windows SYSTEM
subdirectory.)

WinTune3 [WINTUNE3] - Part 3 of the WINDOWS Magazine Test and TuneUp Kit.
This contains the required Word for Windows and Excel macros.

XGA Windows 3.1 Device Driver 2.10 [WIN210] (IBM Corp.; $0) - enhanced and
fixed video driver package. (This must be unzipped to a 1.44mb diskette
using the -D option to recreate the proper directory structure.) (1.44)


-----Windows Disks Updated in October:

(WI-01: #20119) $Defender 3.1b for Windows [DOL_DEF1, DOL_DEF2] - a set of
financial analysis tools. VBRUN200 is included.

(WI-1a: #7111) Almanac for Windows 3.0H [AFW] - is an excellent
customizable calendar/information utility.

(WI-1a: #12138) Bookbild 1.0 ASP [BKBLDW] - is a WordPerfect 5.2 for
Windows macro for printing pamphlets.

(WI-01: #12400) Collect! 1.0 for Windows [COLWIN1] - is a powerful program
for managing any sort of collection. VBRUN200 is included.

(WI-1a: #20278) DocuPower 2.0 [DP20] - a powerful document management tool
for WFW 2.x. Now available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only. ($60)

(WI-01: #20232/12404) Enjoy Your Guitar 1.1b [EYG] - is an editor/librarian
for guitar chords and scales. Now includes VBRUN300.

(WI-01: #20279) From Scratch 2.1 ASP [FSCR21] - is a powerful recipe
processor for Windows. Now includes From Scratch Conversion Utility
[FSCNVT21] - converts recipes from other programs. Now available on 3.5"
1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-01: #12143) Home Accountant for Windows 2.5 [HOMEAC] -allows you to
keep track of your household expenses, budgets, bank accounts, and credit
cards. Requires WIN31.

(WI-01: #20213) JRE Home Inventory 4.1 [JREHI] - is a comprehensive
personal property tracking package. NEW: more fields, more reports, better
printing, and more. Now includes VBRUN300. This is available on 3.5" 1.44mb
MegaDisk and CD only. ($12)

(WI-01: #20068) PowerBBS for Windows 2.5 ASP [PBBSW25] - is a powerful
customizable bulletin board system. NEW: GUI manual, config, and file
manager. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-01: #20280) StampBase 1.5 for Windows [STAMPB] - is a powerful stamp
collection database. VBRUN100 is included. Now on two disks. ($25)

(WI-1a: #27816) Steve's GraphMaster 2.0 [SGM] - is a powerful graphing
environment for WIN31. NEW: spreadsheet-like data entry, a data browser,
user defined sound support, and more. Now available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk
and CD only.

(WI-1a: #20118) Time & Billing for Windows 3.23 [TBWIN] - keeps track of
time and expenses for businesses that charge hourly fees. VBRUN300 is
included. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-1a: #12173) Time & Chaos Professional 4.01 [TCHAOS] (iSBiSTER
International, Inc.; $29) - is a powerful integrated appointment calendar,
to-do list, and phonebook/dialer. Requires VBRUN200.

(WI-01: #20160) Wyndfields for Windows 1.3 ASP [WFW13] - is a powerful
relational database for Windows. NEW: now allows up to 200 fields per
database. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-03: #20131) KURV+ 2.2 for Windows [KURV1, KURV2] - is a curve-fitting
program for Windows 3.x. VBRUN200 is included.

(WI-4a: #4361) CardShark Hearts 4.04 [CSHEARTS] - is the strongest Hearts
game for the PC. NEW: faster response, Windows-type help system. Requires
VBRUN200.

(WI-4a: #12474) Cross Words Deluxe 1.0 ASP [CWD] - electronic crossword
puzzle book for Windows.

(WI-4a: #27866) S.S. Battleship for Windows 1.1 [SSBATWIN] (SimoneSystems;
$20) - is a multi-featured variation on the classic game of Battle Ship.
VBRUN200 is included. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-4a: #12305) Triple Yahoo! 2.0e [TYAHOO] - is an exciting Yahtzee-like
dice game for up to four players.

(WI-05: #12399) CodeReader 1.0b [WINOCR] (SoftTech, ASP; $45) - is an
Optical Character Recognition package.

(WI-05: #4887) Icon Manager 3.3 [ICM] helps create, organize, extract and
install large numbers of icons.

(WI-05: #20108) Graphic Workshop for Windows 1.1g [GWSWIN11]
reverse, crop, convert, and perform special effects on virtually all bitmapped
image files.

(WI-05: #27615) PixFolio 2.0.86 [PIXF20] - is a powerful image cataloging
system for Windows.

(WI-05: #20262) Printer's Apprentice 5.61 [PA561] - is an excellent font
viewing/printing package. Now includes VBRUN300.

(WI-06: #12330) WinSince 2.1 [WINSNC] - is a file search/launch package.
NEW: multiple file type searches, multiple instances, and list size. Now
requires VBRUN300.

(WI-06: #12505) WizManager 1.1c ASP [WIZMGR] - is a powerful add-on package
for the Windows 3.1 File Manager.

(WI-08: #12502) IXFWIN 1.1 [IXFWIN] (Orange Software; $88) - turns C or C++
code into a cross referencing database.

(WI-8a: #12250) SubDoc 2.02 [SUBDOC] - is a simple to use tool for
documenting Visual Basic source code routines. Requires VBRUN200.

(WI-8a: #20281) VB ToolBox Pro 3.0b [VB3_TB] - productivity enhancement
package for VB programmers. Requires VBRUN300. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb
MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-9a: #4038) ClipMate 2.05 ASP [CLIPMT] - is a powerful clipboard
enhancement tool for Windows 3.1.

(WI-9a: #20282) Disk Throughput Test 6.1 [DTEST] - analyze drives/cache in
Windows. Includes VBRUN300. Now on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-9a: #20105) Dr. Watson's Apprentice 3.0E [DWA30E] - allows you to view,
print, delete, and archive the Dr. Watson error log. Now includes VBRUN300.
Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only. ($12)

(WI-9a: #20261) Drag and View 2.0 ASP [DRAGVU] - allows you to view the
contents of most files (spreadsheet, database, word processing) without
having to run the original program that created them. Requires WIN31.
Available on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-9a: #3960) Sabdu 2.32 [SDU232] lets you copy/compare/format diskettes
in the foreground or background.

(WI-9a: #20283) WBar 2.03d [WBAR] - generates several types of bar codes
that can be copied to the Clipboard and pasted into other applications.
Includes VBRUN300. Now on 3.5" 1.44mb MegaDisk and CD only.

(WI-9a: #12145) Win Multiple Configurations 3.2 [WMC32] - allows you to
easily save and restore up to eight different Windows environments.
Requires VBRUN300 and Windows 3.1.

(WI-9a: #27766) WinGRAB 2.0 [WINGRAB] - is an envelope addressing utility
and an address database. ($45)