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U2-01: Desktop Programs ------------------------- 2001 Desktop Notes & Data Small Programs Disk ------------------------- 2001 Database ------------- OnBase Canup, Robert $15 is a memory resident (75k) program which allows a user to pop up any of three different custom-designed, single-screen databases specified when the program is loaded. PopItUp 1.0 Leonard, Steve $10 is a memory resident program that allows you to create and access your own pop-up databases. Example files that come with it are set up for name and addresses and for DOS help files. After selecting a person (or whatever) from the first table, a second screen of detailed information about the selection appears. This is a nicely done program, but eats up 90k of DOS RAM. 2001 Notes/Editors ------------------ InstInfo 1.03 (INSTINF) Webb, David G. $0 is a 98k resident utility for keeping notes about different topics. Jot-It6 (JOT-IT) Circle Software $10-$35 is a 15k memory-resident note pad and screen capture utility. Note-pad text is saved to a file named JOTS. Message Screen (MSGSCRN) Tyler, Thomas E. $10 lets you leave information on your computer about when you will be back and where you can be reached. People can leave messages for you, but cannot use the computer without rebooting it. (In case you test the program and forget to read the docs first, the only way to get out is to use the default password: MESSAGE.) Msecret 1.2 Dr. Masaaki Sawada & Assoc. $10 is pop-up notepad that stores your information on a part of a floppy that is normally unused. This means that the data will normally will not be lost if the disk is copied over or even reformatted; the data cannot be copied with a normal disk copy or viewed with another program, making it useful for storing confidential information such as passwords. A utility that comes with MSecret prepares the disk for the data (without harming data already on the disk). Points to note: MSecret will not work with some drives, particularly 1.2 meg drives, it appears. MSecret, like most of Dr. Sawada's other TSR's, will not pop up if you are in DOS; you must be running some other program and then pop it up. NoteWare 2.0 (NOTEWAR) (08-93 CD) Integrated Consulting ASP $25 is a 16K TSR notepad. It creates, edits, and retrieves screensize notes. Features include autosave and resume, screen capturing, word wrap, text search, ASCII file loading and saving, cut and paste, an index of notes, printing options, and more. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18119.) PC-Windo is a resident note pad (reads/saves files) & timer. SimdexTF 3.1 (SIMDXTF) Simplified Computer Services Inc. $17 is a 4.5k pop-up utility that that keeps track of names, phone numbers, notes and more. It will pop-up over all text screens and most VGA graphic screens. StorIt 2.0 Enhanced Data Communications $16 lets you save 20 lines of up to 78 characters each of notes or other information, optionally in an encrypted form to ensure privacy and security. Storeit saves disk space by writing the data right into the program file itself. TimeZone 1.0 (TIMEZON) Wilson, John $10 displays time zones, area codes, and other information about specified states and cities. You can also enter an area code for a matching list of cities. You can enter a state name, or just part of name (eg: "Penn") if you are not sure of the complete spelling, or you can enter the state's two-character abbreviation or a particular city. All the area codes for the state are displayed in a scrollable list, along with time zones, plus the state flower, bird, and capital. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2001 -------------------------------- ---------------------- 3412 Desktop Calendars Small Programs Disk ---------------------- 4Cals McPherson, Scott $0 is a set of several different types of desktop calendars. The first displays the current month. The second displays the current month with the current day highlighted. Both of these return immediately to the DOS prompt. The third program displays the current and next month, allowing you to scroll through months/years with the cursor keys. A log program is also included which keeps track of up to 400 lines of miscellaneous information by date/sequence. Batch-Cal 1.0 (BCAL) C Patrick Software $10 displays one month or a full screen of calendars, from eleven months before to eleven months after the current month, in user-specified screen colors and at specified screen locations. Since Bcal requires you to enter seven parameters (screen colors, location, etc) each time, you will probably want to set up a batch file or macro for executing the program. Cal2K 3.1 Fogg, Doug $0 is a handy 3k pop-up monthly calendar and clock. You can change the calendar a month or year at a time. Calendar (CAL-MS) Sawada, Dr. Masaaki $10 pops up a calendar for the current month and lets you scroll to the previous or next month, year or decade. It optionally will send the selected month's calendar to your word processor. Calendar (CAL-POZ) Pozner, Alan $0 displays the current month calendar and allows flipping a month or year at a time. It has been optimized (to 10k) for running in a DESQview window, but works just as well in plain DOS. Pascal source is included. DateLine 1.5 (DATELIN) Schroder, Thomas A. $5 is a resident program that will display the day of the week, month or year and the last day of the month along with a feature to calculate future and past dates. Date Pop-Up Calculator 1.03 (DATEPOP) Stone, Jim $0 is a 6k TSR for use with work scheduling programs. Days Morgan, Bill $? offers a quick and easy way to find the number of days there are between two dates. The current month's calendar is displayed first. You use the cursor keys to change months and to select a date. Then a second calendar is displayed. As you more around the second calendar, the number of days difference is continually updated on the right of the bottom line. HebCal Newman, Norman $0 displays a calendar on screen in Hebrew. Julian 3.0 Brown, David $0 converts between Julian and Gregorian dates. The three-digit Julian date is handy to use in creating unique file names (eg: JOURNAL.074 and JOURNAL.341) and in calculating the number of days between dates. Pascal source included. PopDATE 1.26 Omega Point, Inc. $0 is a 3.5K pop-up monthly calendar with time display. You can scroll it a month, year or decade at a time. Sports Trivia Desktop Calendar 1.02 (STDC) Official Software $9 displays the current date and a record, quote, or anecdote from the world of sports. Put this in your autoexec.bat and start each day with some sports trivia. The trivia is mostly about baseball and football, but basketball, hockey, golf, tennis, and other sports are also represented. Tcal Dolan, Bob $0 is a 12K pop-up calendar. It displays the current date and time and a monthly calendar. You can scroll through the months, a month or year at a time. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3412 -------------------------------- ------------------------------ 2395 Desktop Clocks and Alarms Small Programs Disk ------------------------------ Alarm 4.0 Georgiades, Steven $20-$35 appears to be the ultimate pop-up alarm clock. You can set up to eight different alarms plus four set-interval reminders. The latter could be used for reminding the user to perform periodic tasks, such as doing saves while editing, or taking medication. Both the alarms and the reminders can be accompanied by a user-defined message. As if that weren't enough, instead of a beep, one of 12 different tunes is played at the alarm time or interval. And we're talking top quality polyphonic music here, not junky little monotone numbers. Now don't give up if the tunes don't sound right on your machine. They were too fast on our AST 10mhz 286, but the source files for the music are included along with a utility to recompile them. All we did was use EDIT (on disk #1) to edit the .MSF music files. Where it has T###, we reduced the number by a third to slow it down. Worked perfectly. And you can write your own tunes. Have to see your lawyer at 3:00? Write the theme from Perry Mason for it. In fact, PC music buffs should get this just for the polyphonic music compiler that comes with it. It's much easier to use than VMUSIC (another polyphonic music player on our MUSIC disk). (res:4-10k) Alarm (ALARMSM) Mason, Scott $0 is an alarm clock for your computer. Only one alarm can be set with each invocation of the program but it can be run more than once to set multiple alarms. It takes less than 1k for each alarm set. Assembler source included. (The author is no longer at the address provided in the documentation.) Almclk26 puts a clock display on line 26 of your non-EGA monitor. A pretty clever bit of programming. There is also an alarm-setting feature, if you tend to oversleep at your computer. ALMCLKM is the same thing for the IBM monochrome adapter card. BigBen 1.1 Newman, Norman $0 chimes every 15 minutes and chimes the hour. BugMe RSE Inc. $0 will remind you of something at a specific time with a message appearing in the upper left corner of your screen. The computer beeps once a second for 30 seconds or for five seconds after you press a key. Call-CLocK 1.0 (CCLK) Andrews, Dale R. $15 is a 1k TSR that displays elapsed time and a running total of dollars and cents based on a command-line specified cost-per-minute. You can start the timer running by pressing a hot-key or it will start automatically when a modem carrier is detected. It's main purpose is to monitor long-distance telecommunications costs, but could as easily be used to see what it's costing you to chat with your lawyer at $250 per hour. CgClock displays the time in the corner of the screen. MonoClok (MONOCLO) Winkel, Rich $? will put a clock display in the upper right corner of a monochrome display. NATime Softworks $0 displays the current time in the six North American Time Zones and shows several of the most well known cities in those zones. It alerts you when Daylight Savings time is in effect and displays the season. Pclock Tulk Associates Software $? is a resident alarm clock program. Instead of a constant display intruding on the screen, the PopClock only comes up when you press a "hot key". Of course, the alarm feature stays active and will sound at the pre-set time even though the time is not being displayed. Star Date 2.03s (STARDAT) Jones, Bill $0 is a tiny TSR that displays official Federation Star Date, as well as military Earth time. There are options for customizing the color display, hourly chimes, and alarm clock settings. This is a must for Star Trek fanatics. Timer (TIMERTT) Tyler, T. E. $10 is an interesting twist on the full-screen clock type of program. You start it before leaving your computer and it displays a count-down timer, a message saying where you went and when you are due back and a phone number where you can be reached. If you are late, everyone will know it because the program sounds a short alarm and states that you should be back now. In other words, this isn't what you want to run if you are planning a long lunch. World Time 1.1 (WT) Hobesh, Alan $10 tells the time in 100 cities across the 24 world time zones. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2395 -------------------------------- --------------------------------- 3970 Desktop Clocks and Alarms #2 Small Programs Disk --------------------------------- BJClock 2.03f Jones, Bill $0 is a 1K TSR clock that displays the time and the Texas state flag in the upper right corner of your monitor. Time can be displayed in 12 or 24 hour format, an alarm can be set, the display colors can be changed, and for some odd reason, an option is provided for disabling the Texas flag. DCTime20 (DCTIME) Corod, Daniel $15 displays the time and date in 20 cities that you choose. You may edit the CFG file with an editor and change the cities and their local time. Flexalarm 2.2 (FLEXALM) Taxonomic Computer Research $12-$39 is an alarm/reminder system with 20 different alarms and signal types. It can sound an alarm, run/display a file, or display a message at a preset time. Other features include several sound/music alarms, silent visual alarms which use colors and screens, password protection, on-line instructions, and more. Nifty James' Famous Chimer (NJChime) Blaszczak, Mike $10 loads into memory and chimes on the hour. The different tunes you may choose from are Westminster Chimes, St. Michael Chimes or the Whittington Chimes. The default option is to have 3 quick beeps go off 3 seconds before the hour and one longer beep on the hour if you do not want the chimes. Assembler source code is included. res:1k PCClock 3.04 Sadaway, M.J. $10 is a digital alarm clock that displays the date and time in big characters and will optionally set your system's time and date automatically by calling (through your modem) the National Institute of Standards and Technology's atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado. There are 12- and 24-hour modes, and an optional Big Ben hourly chime. Snooze 1.0 (08-93 CD) Owen, John $5 is a TSR clock with a snooze alarm. When the alarm pops up, it displays the current time, plays a tune, and allows you to either turn it off or select a 3 minute or 5 minute snooze before the alarm pops up again. Stop'n Go (STOPNGO) Omega Point, Inc. $0 is a 2k pop-up stopwatch. Timekeeper 2.2 (TIMKEEP) Boyett, Will $12 turns your computer into an attractive digital clock. It features large block letters and musical tones that play every quarter hour and has a colorful graphics display at the top. Requires EGA/VGA. When 2.9 Jordan, Lee $30 is a message alarm clock and scheduler that will beep when an alarm time and date has come due, or the next time you turn the computer on if the set time has passed. It can remember up to 256 alarms. You can keep, view and print messages before and after they come due. A printed schedule can be created at any time. Phone dialing through a modem is supported, and a text file may be attached to each message. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3970 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 1189 Desktop Telephone #1 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- CallFor 0.1 Dr. Masaaki Sawada & Assoc. $10 is for recording calls of a phone/visitor on a form that can be popped up from within other programs. CallFor keeps track of how many such forms were filled in since the last time the computer system was turned on. And every form also has the date and the time that the pop up was called, so you don't have to note anything. CallFor uses only 6k of DOS RAM. Call Forward 1.0 (CALFRWD) Darryn, Christopher $5 activates/deactivates call forwarding on your phone line at prescheduled times to any phone number you designate. Requires QBasic (that comes with DOS-5), a modem, and call forwarding service from the telephone company. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18040.) Contact!! 1.0 (CONTACT) Q&D Software Development $50 is a phone dialer that can be set for up to 32 different numbers, dates and times for dialing. This could be used for making automated wake-up calls (including having your computer wake "you" up). Modem required. DialThat 1.01 (DIALTHA) Schlafly, Roger ASP $0-10 is a 2k TSR that will read phone numbers on the screen and dial them through a modem. MicroDial (MDIAL) Whitney, Kenneth D. $15 is a very compact (only 3k) memory-resident telephone dialer. PH Payne, Jon $0 is a fantastic phone directory and dialing program because it is all done with a "simple" batch file. Even if you don't need a phone dialer, this batch file is worth studying. Phone1 1.43 (PHONEJW) Wayne, Jonathan $15 is a dialing utility that has great flexibility in dialing numbers through a modem. It will dial a number specified on the DOS command line, or it will search a data file for the first match of a name specified on the command line and then search for a legitimate phone number. Since it can be made to search multiple lines down from the name, the file could be a regular text file of names, addresses and phone numbers. Automatic redial is available. The program supports COM1 through COM4. It does not log calls nor does it have a timer, but it is quite handy for just dialing numbers. This is not a memory resident, pop-up utility. Phone 1.25 (PHONEPF) Feldmann, Peter F. $20 dials and registers outgoing phone calls, recording the name and number called, date, time and duration of each call. A memo field is provided for entering a noting the purpose of the call. You can also perform multiple searches for names to call and editing of the memo field in the PHONEMEM file. Phone-Pro 2.11 (PPRO) Raugh, Michael $20 is a non-TSR personal address book manager and phone dialer (modem required). It supports COM3 and COM4 and auto-redials when the number dialed is busy. PhonWord (PHONWRD) Self, Jerry $0 will print all possible letter combinations given a phone number or will go the other way and print a phone number for a given set of letters. For example, 225-5775 is CALL-PSL. Assembler source included. Sir! Todd, Dennis P. $5 is a very sharp looking and easy to use "Rolodex-type" name, address and phone number keeper. You can see the names on about the next 10 cards; you can scroll through the cards with the cursor keys; and you can dial numbers through a modem and print lists or envelopes. TollFree (TOLLFRE) gives you a lengthy list toll-free numbers for computer products. The list also includes the addresses of the companies listed. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1189 -------------------------------- ------------------------- 2397 Desktop Telephone #2 Small Programs Disk ------------------------- Demon Dialer (DEMOND) Dumke, Andrew $0 will redial your phone (through your modem) every three seconds until it connects. C source code is included. PDL 1.0 Hawkins, Steven ASP $25 is a pair of phone dialing programs. The pop-up version supports 100 records; the non-TSR version, 800 records. Both support comm ports 1-4 and logging of calls. PageMe D1.0 Slowik, Steven C. $5 is a remote phone message alert system. It monitors a phone line to which an answering machine and modem are attached; after a call is received, it will call a preset number to let you know that you need to call back and pick up messages. Normally, you would have it dial your pager/beeper number, but it could call a voice number just as easily, although all it will do on a voice number is beep into the phone. A maximum of six messages can be handled without the program's being rerun. It can also serve as an alarm clock by setting it to call you at a specified time. Phone 1.0 (PHON-EM) Meyer, Eric $0 translates phone numbers depicted with letters (for example: 1-800-242-4PSL) into a completely numeric, easier-to-dial number. You can also use it to experiment with words-into-numbers if you want to get an easy-to-remember number of your own. Phone#s Wagner, Evan $0 contains voice numbers and support-BBS numbers for a large number of hardware and software vendors. The numbers are arranged by product category for easy reference. Phone Message 1.0 (PMSG) Contact Plus Corporation $0 is a 9K TSR that keeps track of information from incoming phone calls and messages. The information can then be exported to a database or word processor for further processing, statistics or storage. PopDial 1.0 Scanlon Enterprises $10 is a TSR which will dial a number located on the display or one you enter. SpeedCall 30 1.2 (SPDCALL) Mitchel, Tim $5 is a utility for use with the telephone company's Speed Calling service. This service allows using just two digits to dial assigned telephone numbers, up to a limit of 30 different telephone numbers. This utility lets you easily maintain and change your 30 entries. VMessage 1.0 (VMESSAG) Sawada, Dr. Masaaki $10-$20 is a versatile voice message and general desktop utility. It can read files, initialize printers (with six printer font files included), write scratch pad notes, print short files, and dial a phone via a modem. If you have COVOX speech thing, it talks what you type in the pop-up menu or reads your software's screen out loud. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2397 -------------------------------- --------------------------- 1551 Desktop Calculators #1 Small Programs Disk --------------------------- Note: For scientific calculators, see the Statistics/Math sections. For financial calculators, see the Finance sections. Calc 4.8 Coleman, Timothy $0 is a pop-up four-function calculator. Calque - $10 is a powerful calculator program. It can be used as a simple, four-function calculator with or without "paper tape". It also has trig and exponential functions, hex/decimal conversions, and a complete set of financial functions, such as yield-to-maturity interest rate computation. Calque can be programmed by recording keystrokes into macros which can be saved and recalled later to implement sequences of operations used, for example, to solve equations. DTCX Vass, Garry J. $0 is a calculator that operates in interactive, command line, or batch modes. In addition to calculating regular expressions, DTC allows for the definition of variables which can be recalculated and listed dynamically. Nifty James' Famous Expression Evaluator 1.01 (NJEVAL) Blaszczak, Mike $10 is a four-function calculator that works from the DOS command line. For example entering NJEVAL 3+5*5 at the DOS prompt will result in the answer 3+5*5 = 28. Mike Blaszczak is another prolific shareware programmer whose programs always seem to be unique, useful and interesting. PRC 3.6 Coleman, Timothy B. $15 is a pop-up calculator which optionally will use the printer for a paper tape. The result can be "pasted" into the application in use when PRC was popped up, assuming the application will accept such input from the keyboard. The current time and date can also be passed to the underlying application. (res:35k) Shadow Box (SB-AB) Babyok, Al $20 is a pop-up utility whose main unique feature is allowing the number pad to be used for line drawing. Other features include 16 user-defined macro keys; a calculator with Hex/Dec, memory, statistics and trig functions; time, date, calendar and alarms; background printing; and ASCII table and keyboard scan code table. Note: After pressing the hot keys (Alt-Left Shift), SB did not pop up until we also pressed Enter. (res:39k) ScrCalc 1.8 KY Software $5 is a different kind of pop-up calculator. It pops up across the bottom line of the screen and although you can enter numbers manually, its uniqueness comes from being able to move the cursor around the screen and performing math operations on the numbers you point at. It takes only 5k of DOS RAM. Tenkey Stott, Kenneth $0 is a slick, non-resident tenkey calculator. You can pull the tape back down (on-screen) and make changes, with the totals changing automatically; `tear off' the tape; and enter comments on the tape. (It does not print a paper tape.) -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1551 -------------------------------- --------------------------- 2396 Desktop Calculators #2 Small Programs Disk --------------------------- BC Venable, John $0 is a programmable scientific calculator for the command line. It allows you to evaluate expressions such as 12*12.34, sin 43, etc, from the command line. It is also a simple adding machine, allowing you to add numbers or expressions either from the keyboard or from a file. You can also program BC in a simple language similar to Basic. (C source incl.) Calc_JNC 9.13 (CALC-JC) Cox, James N. ASP $25 is a powerful 22K TSR calculator. It provides on-screen conversion of Decimal, Hex, Octal, and Binary instantly as you enter a number, and then it displays the result. Additional functions supported include NOT, AND, OR, EXCLUSIVE-OR, and NEGATION. Other features include floating point functions such as absolute value, power, square root, reciprocal, sine, cosine, tangent, logarith, integer, cube root and more. DOS 5.0 is supported, and it will work on all 8086-80486 CPU's. Calc 10S (CALC-AH) Avis-Hill, Inc. $19 is a command line calculator that solves input such as (2.49 - 1.08e - 3) * 4 / (3.1e + 2 - 4.09^(1/2)). CMPCalc3 3.11 (CMPCALC) UDH Enterprises Inc. $0 is a programmable calculator for complex numbers, having real and imaginary parts. In addition to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, it has complex exponential, complex logarithmic, complex trignometric, complex hyperbolic, and a complex square root function. It has a total of storage areas which can also be save to disk. Calculations of up to 50 commands may be saved to disk. Expression Calculator 1.0 (EC-WWP) Pfeifer, William W. $0 evaluates an expression typed on the command line. The expression may contain factorial or exponential operators, as well as parentheses. It also allows conversion of Metric and Standard units of measurement. Personal Calculator 2.3 (PCALC) TDM Software $10 is a non-resident, four-function, printing calculator. It has memory store and recall and also does squares and square roots. It does not have an on-screen tape. TinyCalculator (TINYCAL) Stanley, David H. Jr. $0 is a colorful calculator that will add, subtract, multiply and divide. It has two memories and an on-screen, scrollable "tape". -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2396 -------------------------------- --------------------------- 4138 Desktop Calculators #3 Small Programs Disk --------------------------- Adder Hutchinson, Bill $0 is a basic calculator that runs a tape up the screen. A keypress causes each amount on the tape to also be shown as a percent of the total. Equate (EQAT-TH) Henry, Trevor $30 is a 31k pop-up metric converter for weight, volume, temperature and distance. It will convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, Inches to Centimeters, Pounds to Kilograms, Miles to Kilometers, Liters to US Gallons and vice versa. Eval 1.03 (EVAL-CC) Copy Con Incorporated $15 evaluates mathematical expressions entered on the command line, including formulas with trigonometric functions. User-defined variables are also allowed. MorSoft Calculator 2.0 (MORCALC) MorSoft $15 is an on-screen calculator that will add, subtract, multiply, percent, divide, do square root, exponentiation, trigonometric sine, cosine, tangent, and arctangent. Decimal or hex can be used. The on-screen tape does not print as you go, but may be printed at any time. Ultimate Calculator 1.2 (UCALC) Corbier, Daniel $19 is an 18-digit scientific calculator. It can evaluate expressions, solve equations, perform numerical integrations and do summations. It also features flexible notations such as SQR or SQRT; a line editor with expression recall; decimal, hexadecimal, binary and octal notations; radian, degree, and gradient modes for trig functions; arithmetic, bitwise, and relational operators; hyperbolic functions; common functions such as factorial or absolute value; user defined functions and variables; and adjustable fix notation. xCalc 2.0 Pescarmona, Marco P. $25-$35 is a pop-up formula calculator that displays the values of and lets you edit all elements of the formula. For example, you could enter the formula for the future value as Future_Val = Annuity * ((1+Rate)^NumPeriods-1) / Rate. xCalc will show the formula in the listing area, but say that it is "Not evaluable". After you enter values for all the elements - Annuity, Rate and NumPeriods - it will show the value of Future_Val. You can change the values of any of the elements, and the value of Future_Val will change instantly. In addition to the standard math functions, xCalc supports trig functions, floating point numbers, logs, factorials, and more. The only bad news is that as a TSR, it takes over 60k, and it locks up hard under DESQview. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4138 -------------------------------- CtrlAlt Simon, Barry & Wilson, Rick $? #27378/623 is a 7k TSR that offers support for systems with two monitors, such as copying the active monitor to the inactive monitor, and more; pop-up tables, such as ASCII and ANSI codes,; easy entry of non-keyboard ASCII characters; screen cut and paste; selective screen printing; and printer control. It will also let you escape from some types of system lockups. Chameleon #27378/441 is an extensive pop-up name, address book and calendar program. It takes 45k of DOS RAM when loaded into memory. (You must run either INSTALL or INSTALLF before loading the program.) G'Day Mate Sitting Duck Software $35 #27378/2740 provides a personal diary, calendar, timer, alarm clock, appointment reminder, and a data manager for phone numbers, addresses, home inventory, and more. The program is slick, fast, and easy to use. Requires DOS 3.X, 384K of DOS RAM, and a 720+k disk. MemTool 3.1 [MEMTOOL] Woodmansee, Chris W. $30 #27378/2375 (09-93 CD) is set of pop-up desktop tools. Included is a simple calculator, a quick-and-easy appointment calendar, an editor for small files, an excellent on-line DOS manual, a crude directory lister, a simple phone directory with dialing, an alarm clock (single alarm set only), screen capture utility, screen saver, ASCII table, and more. With EMS or disk swapping, it can take up as little as 5K of DOS RAM; otherwise, it uses up 195k. Code-Blue Manis, R. L. $15 #27379/1531 is a telephone area code look-up program. This program really isn't as good as other area code programs such as ACHUNT on disk 1189, but C-B does cover Canada. PC-AreaCode Left Coast Software $18 #27379/1986 lets you find area codes by city and state, as well as for many other countries. Although the database on the shareware disk is limited compared to the database promised to registered users (this version has more than 21,000 entries), it is still larger than the public domain areacode program we have used for years. The program can swap itself to disk, or expanded/extended memory, using just 8k of RAM. When installed as a pop-up, it can insert an area code into the underlying application. The program can optionally run in a small DESKview window. Also see Zipkey, in the Mailing List section of the listing, which is a pop-up that does zip codes as well as area codes. Whisit Howard, Day & Associates, Inc. $20 #27379/4203 finds telephone area codes by city, state, or zip code. It contains all cities that appear in the U. S. Postal Zip Code directory with over 15,000 population. Requires 640K RAM, and 700K of disk space. DiaLog 2.11 John, Wolfgang $18 #12365 (08-93 CD) is a phone dialer, logger and more. It logs the date, time, name, number, minutes, job code, city, state, company, and purpose. It features a stopwatch, two address books, calculator, alarm clock, editor, and screen saver. It also prints envelopes. FreeKick Bowen, Dan $0 #0819 is a resident calculator, calendar and ASCII table. It takes up about 35k of memory and its main claims to fame is that it works on some systems on which Borland's Sidekick will not, it comes with the source code on the disk, and it is free, public domain. HomeBase Brown Bag Software $98 #27255/861 [3 disks] is a 180k pop-up word processor, calendar, appointment book, telecommunications, calculator, screen cut and paste, database, and DOS command interface. (Note: Brown Bag does not allow the latest versions of their programs to be distributed as shareware. The registration fee shown is for the latest version.) My-Desk Ford, Nelson ASP $25 #27380/1406 is a different approach to a Sidekick-type of desktop utility program that takes as little as 7k of DOS memory if you have EMS memory or a hard disk. The program is not as slick as something like PC-Tools, but in many ways it is more powerful. The heart of the program is a powerful text editor with features such as block move and copy functions; auto-indent; auto-wordwrap; text search/replace; paragraph reform; line restore; margin setting; line centering; math functions; and the ability to handle files limited only by disk size. Up to 40 file names, with complete drive and path location, can be assigned to the function keys for fast and easy loading with a simple keypress. This lets you pop-up as many as 40 different do-it-yourself help screens, to-do lists, calendars, appointment lists, note pads, form letters or just different files on which you are currently working. Other features include a powerful, flexible appointment calendar; to-do list; up to 10 active alarms; basic file management; unattended control of programs; screen blanking and much more. Que Accounting Query McHugh, Gerald $20 #27380/1829 is a non-resident desktop utility program with pop-up calculator with "paste" functions, notepad with search and replace, a calendar, phone directory, and a means for accessing any DBF (dBase) file. The latter feature lets you view and edit records or create new DBF files. The only problem we had was in trying to create and save a new data file. The program aborted. All the other functions of the program are very well designed. The program would be more useful if it were a pop-up, but it works well in a Carousel or DESQview window. Requries 512k RAM, 500k disk space. RamDesk Kelly, R. A. $50 #27380/2448 is a 7k+ pop-up schedular/alarm, work/expense log, address/phone directory, infobase, and calculator. It is designed for both single PC's and networks, and can be accessed from as many as 200 workstations. When used in a network environment, it will provide a pop-up cross-LAN message system. XACT Series Calculators CalcTech Inc. $32 #27380/2449 is a set of three pop-up HP calculator emulators: XACT-11C is a scientific calculator, XACT-12C is a financial calculator, and XACT-16C is a programmer's calculator. dbDIAL Barn Owl Software ASP $54 #27623/3980 [2 disks] is a sophisticated telephone dialing and logging program. It can be loaded as a 7K TSR or run as a stand-alone program. It allows up to four phone numbers per record. More than 2000 characters of notes can be added to each record. It can grab numbers from screens of other applications. It can handle mnemonic numbers like "800-242-4PsL". Current time of day for any area code is displayed. Incremental search capabilities locate records as soon as you start typing. Data can be imported and exported in different formats. Support is provided for ZipKey, Grab Plus for DOS and Grab Plus for Windows. Other features include mouse support; the ability to switch between databases in one keystroke; call-again reminders; a log of every call made; file filtering and record output language for merging letters, generating mailing labels, and exporting whole databases. Requires a hard disk, modem and 500K. DOS-Calc 3.1 DOS-Calc ASP $10 #3542 is a calculator with scrollable and printable tape. It features the standard calculator functions and more. It has Trig, Log, exponents, square root and PI functions plus six constant memory registers. It also has annuity loan payment, loan balance and linear line fit functions. Other features include a DOS shell, the ability to add your own tables and conversion data, automatic save of tape date upon exit, and more. Other functions provide the area of circle, circumference of a circle, factorial of a number, permutations, floating point and scientific decimal displays, and statistical functions including sum, sum of X^2 (X squared), variance, standard deviation, and mean average. fastphone GOLD jwh: SoftWare ASP $24 #4055 is a phonebook/address database that can also dial phone numbers over your modem. It includes full sort and search capabilities and print phone lists and labels. The Windows-like user interface is very nicely done. VGA and 512K are required. Find Area Code Molloy, Michael K. ASP $20 #3676 will quickly locate U.S. and international telephone area codes. It contains about 120 U.S. area codes and about 150 foreign countries with over 450 city codes. You can search by city, state, area code, or country. You can also do a fuzzy search with sound-alike spelling and modify a data file with the ASCII editor. You can run it from the command line or make it memory resident in as little as 7k of RAM. It also has the capability to search an external data file. Support is provided for TSR swapping to expanded (EMS) RAM. Fone800 2.1b Woods, Eugene L. $35 #20179 [2 disks] is a database of over 200 toll-free 800 numbers. You can add, delete or modify information. Numbers can be automatically dialed through a modem. Fone900 Woods, Eugene L. $35 #3863 keeps track of 900-number information telephone services. You can monitor and log a call's cost and duration, as well as estimating cost in advance. The number can be automatically dialed through a modem. You can print reports for each 900 information service. PCFDial Barn Owl Software ASP $19 #3331 is a TSR phone dialer that will pluck numbers right from the screen of your favorite software program. It will remind you at regular intervals how long you've talked on the phone. It keeps a log of calls. Numbering Plan Area Ricketts, Robert K. $25 #3677 is a comprehensive area code, state, city, and exchange locator. This program can locate all area codes in a state, display the central office cities owning those area codes, and even display all the valid exchanges belonging to the city. You can search based on state or area code. You can narrow the search by specifying a city search mask. You can search for cities having a certain number of exchanges or search for a range of exchanges. Numerator Flower, Keith $25 #3128 is a pop-up calculator with a built-in programming language. The calculator has an extensive set of operators and functions, flow control statements, configurable conversions and constants, use of variables, and binary and hex support. The programming language allows you to write simple applications that can be used as either TSR programs or non-resident programs. Sample programs in areas such as medicine, statistics, and business are included. Real Numbers BU Systems $39 #3189 is a calculator program with switchable, scrollable tapes (or windows) that can be edited, printed and saved. Each tape/window can contain a different set of calculations which you can return to at any time. Over 30 functions and operators for math and business are built in. The system is flexible enough to even let you generate reports, checkbooks, and financial statements. The only drawback we found is that you can only see a total for the current window. Other features include pull-down menus and on-line help, the capacity to add comments on the side of each tape, and the ability to evaluate formulas and math expressions of unlimited complexity. SmartPhone 1.2b Pinnacle Software $29-$39 #3145 (formerly AC Hunter) is a database that will provide information that can prove useful when making telephone calls. The information includes area codes, time zones, zip codes, mailing codes, language spoken, population & more. It can be run as a TSR, using only 7K. A multi-tasking search/edit feature is also provided. Also included is The Five Minute Database which is a pop-up quick-reference system that lets you create your own pop-up databases. Requires 640k RAM, DOS 3.+, and a hard disk. Tapemaxs Dillon, Dale and Soft-Dil $15 #4034 is an adding machine with tapes that can automatically catch errors. A tape can be printed on any size paper in different formats. It also allows fast entry for repeated numbers. Ultimate Phone Dialer Tyler, Thomas E. $10 #3544 is a phone dialing program. All calls are logged with comments on the results of the call. The date, time, name, phone number and results of the call are stored in a file that can be reviewed at any time by name or date. Extensive search features allow you to find any piece of information. You can also print phone books or mailing labels base on code criteria. PC-Deskteam Alternative Decision Software, Inc. $30 #292 is a 65k pop-up with a calculator, calendar, note pad, timer, clock, 10 alarms, phone dialer, and more. Although still functional, PC-Deskteam is not as powerful as many others and takes quite a bit more RAM than others. ProMATHeus Plus II 4.00 Brissman, Mark $28 #12555 (10-93 CD) is a calculator that lets you use variable names instead of just memory registers. Formulas can easily be entered and used with other formulas. A number of math, finance, and stats functions are built it and you can add functions of your own. Formulas can even be integrated, differentiated and graphed. This is a must for any students or professionals who must deal with formulas. World Best TSR 1.43 Select Consultants Ltd. $25-$30 #4975 is a 36K TSR that consists of a file manager, file viewer, text finder, screen saver, alarm clock, time and date control, printer paper saver, enlarged cursor for laptops, and international support. With international support you can, for example, make a dollars-only accounting program print pounds or francs. ]]]]]