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CDROM.TXT
T h e P C - S I G L i b r a r y o n C D - R O M,
1 2 t h E d i t i o n
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The PC-SIG Library on CD-ROM, winner of the Optical Publishing
Association's Best Consumer Product Award, has added a hypermedia
interface that makes it easy to find and download any type of program
you could want. The WordCruncher text retrieval program has also been
implemented to assist you insearching this vast collection.
This CD-ROM contains over 3700 fully functional shareware programs, each
with a detailed review. The 12th Edition has added over 300 new programs
and over 500 updates since the release of the 11th Edition. The
collection is always kept current and now contains over 70 megabytes of
Windows 3.0 and 3.1 applications, fonts, icons, games and wallpaper
files.
The range of software is phenomenal! There are huge assortments of
games, everything from adventure games with full SVGA and SoundBlaster
support to favorites like Klondike, Chess and Othello. Spreadsheets,
databases, wordprocessors and graphics programs are instantly available
and there are literally hundreds of unique and specialized programs that
will save you time and money. This amazing collection will help you get
a handle on all your business and home accounting and also teach your
children about zoology.
Each of the more than 3700 programs has a one-line description for quick
reference, Just pick one of the 13 software categories and a subcategory
to begin browsing for a program that interests you. You might choose the
Games Category, where you can pick from 12 subcatgories including
Adventure, Arcade, Cards and more. A mouse click (or keyboard stroke) on
the program title takes you to a detailed description of the program.
you can immediately download the software to your hard or floppy drive,
and in many cases view a screen shot.
You can find any program in the collection quickly and easily by using
the search button. When you are in a program category just type in the
title of the program and you will be taken to the description of that
program. The popular WordCruncher text retrieval program has been added
to allow searching every description for any word within that
description, not just in the title or keywords chosen by someone who
thinks differently than you do. The WordCruncher is ideal for finding
programs which perform a specific function, just try searching for
"split", "math" or "subtract". Or switch to the Disks section where you
will find an alphabetical list of all the programs which can be searched
by program title or disk number.
Everyone has their favorite programs and we're no exception. Our 44
favorite programs can be run immediately. No downloading is necessary,
all you do is click on the word "RUN" in the program description and
you'll be working or playing with top notch software right on the CD.
The power of hypermedia will allow you to try out more software than you
ever thought possible. We are sure that you will find a multitude of
programs to your liking on the P-SIG Library on CD-ROM.
System Requirements: IBM PC/AT PS/2 or compatible with 640K, DOS 3.3 or
higher, Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions and a CD-ROM player. We
recommend a 386 with a VGA monitor.
T h e E s s e n t i a l H o m e & B u s i n e s s C o l l e c t i o n
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"Never before has such a valuable collection of popular shareware been
compiled on one CD-ROM that everyone can afford." Dr. File Finder a.k.a.
Michael Callahan
Finally, 368 of the most useful, popular, important shareware programs
have been put together on one CD. No matter what your need, it's on The
Essential Home & Business Collection. Everything from Administration to
Windows software is here.
The Essential CD incorporates the WordCruncher text retrieval system.
Every program on the disc is indexed by title, filename, PC-SIG disk
number, and every word in the program description. A new utility, Narc,
is implemented so you can look at the program files and the author's
on-line documentation without having to first copy the program to your
hard disk. By using WordCruncher and Narc, you can quickly find the
program you want and review it to be sure, without ever having to run it
from your hard disk.
If you've got a CD-ROM player at home and want to get more use of it and
your computer, or if you're trying to avoid purchasing another Nintendo
cartridge, or if you just enjoy looking at new software, you need The
Essential Home & Business Collection.
System Requirements:
IBM PC/XT/AT PS/2 or compatible with 384K memory DOS 3.1 or higher and
Microsoft MS-DOS CD ROM extensions.
T h e P C - S I G G a m e s C D - R O M
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Now you can play a game a day fo over a year. This CD-ROM is jammed
with over 380 shareware games of all types, designed to appeal to the
new generation of CD-ROM users out for fun. The CD incorporates a
hypermedia interface and allows 250 of the games to be played directly
from the CD-ROM.
The hottest games in shareware are on this disk, including the
action/arcade games "Jill of the Jungle" and "Wolfenstein 3D," which
rival or surpass commercial PC and Nintendo for use of animation,
SoundBlaster audio, and VGA graphics. There are also games designed to
teach children mathematics, spelling and even ecology. All these games
for less than a dime each!
Over 250 of the games can be played directly from the CD without copying
them to a floppy or a hard drive. Being able to run from the CD means
that users can explore games without using up valuable hard disk space
or spending time downloading and deleting files. The hypermedia
interface makes it easy to browse the titles, read a one line
description or full review, and copy or start a game by clicking the
mouse or using the keyboard.
T h e P C - S I G W o r l d o f G a m e s C D - R O M
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The new PC-SIG World of Games CD-ROM contains over 550 of the best
shareware games, including 53 educational games for children and 57
Windows games. 430 of them can be played directly from the CD without
using your hard drive space.
This edition employs the award-winning HyperReader interface, allowing
easy searching and playing by using a mouse or the keyboard.
This CD is the first in a six-volume PC-SIG Encyclopedia of Shareware
series. Each volume will include the programs from a section of the
PC-SIG collection and also the programs and text from the current issue
of Shareware Magazine. This CD contains the entire text from the
May/June issue of Shareware Magazine, featuring hardware reviews of
the Tandy Sensation and the Media Vision Pro 16 Multimedia System.
Software reviews included cover 58 new shareware releases, security,
educational, CD audio and PIM's. 159 of the programs mentioned in the
magazine are included and can be downloaded using the HyperReader
interface.
There are also 89 programs which were updated since the last issue of
Shareware Magazine, helping those of you who have purchased the 12th
edition of the PC-SIG Library keep on top of the everchanging world
of shareware.
As well, a description of every program in the PC-SIG Library can be
searched with the WordCruncher text retrieval program. This Games CD
continues the ten year PC-SIG tradition of providing quality programs
and information to help you find the best program for your purpose.
System Requirements: IBM PC/AT/PS/2 or compatible computer with 640K,
DOS 3.3 or higher, Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions and a CD-ROM
player. We recommend a 386 with a VGA monitor.
To Order in the U.S.A.: Call 800-245-6717 and ask for Customer Service.
For Technical information: Call 408-730-9291 and ask for Technical
Support
Outside the U.S.A.: Call (408) 730-9291 for the name of the dealer near
you.
FILES.TXT
** FILE ** ** Description **
pcl4plib.obj PCL4P object code.
pcl4p.doc PCL4P Shareware Introduction.
pcl4p.usr PCL4P Users Manual
pcl4p.ref PCL4P Reference Manual.
files.doc List of files.
pcl4p.inv PCL4P invoice file.
pcl4p.pas PCL4P library unit.
pcl4p.tpu PCL4P library unit (compiled).
simple.pas Example code : SIMPLE terminal emulator.
term.pas Example code : TERM terminal emulator ( main unit ).
term.mak Example code : TERM makefile.
term_io.pas Example code : TERM I/O unit.
xymodem.pas Example code : TERM XMODEM/YMODEM unit.
xypacket.pas Example code : TERM packet driver unit.
modem_io.pas Example code : TERM modem I/O unit.
hex_io.pas Example code : TERM hex I/O unit.
crc.pas Example code : TERM cyclic redundancy check (CRC) unit.
defines.pas Example code : TERM $DEFINE unit.
PCL4P.DOC
*** SHAREWARE DOCUMENTATION ***
The Personal Communications Library for Turbo Pascal (PCL4P) is an
asynchronous communications library designed for experienced
software developers programming in Turbo Pascal, version 4.0 and
up. The PCL features:
o 28 communications and support functions.
o Support for the high performance INS16550 UART.
o Supports hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control.
o Interrupt driven receiver.
o Supports 300 baud to 115,200 baud.
o Supports COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4.
o Adjustable receive queues from 8 bytes to 32 KB.
o Control-BREAK error exit.
o 17 communications error conditions trapped.
o Allows 2 ports to run concurrently.
o Complete modem control & status.
o Written in assembly language for small size & high speed.
o Terminal program featuring XMODEM, YMODEM, & YMODEM-G.
Why should you buy PCL4P ? I can give you several good reasons.
COMPLETE - PCL4P is complete since it provides absolute control
of the serial ports (including the high performance
INS16550).
COMPACT - PCL4P is very compact at less than 6 KB. Your
application doesn't carry a lot of excess code.
FAST - PCL4P is fast since it will run at 38400 baud on
even slow 8088 PCs (4.77 MHZ) and at 115200 baud on
most everything else.
SUPPORT - If you get stuck, you talk to the programmer that
wrote the code, not a person hired to answer the
phone.
BBS - A BBS is available (2400 baud N81) in order to
provide immediate support as necessary.
NEWSLETTER - One year subscription to the MSC newsletter
discusses communications problems and solutions
(published quarterly).
PRICE - You get PCL4P for a very reasonable price !
UPGRADES - Once you buy PCL4P, you can always update to the most
recent version for little more than the cost of
sending it out to you.
Several example programs ( source code ) are provided along with
the small model library and makefiles for each of the supported
compilers. The example programs are:
(1) SIMPLE is an extremely simple terminal emulator program. It
is provided as the smallest and easiest to understand example of
communications programming using PCL4P.
(2) TERM is a more capable terminal emulator than SIMPLE. It
functions as a dumb terminal emulator but can exchange files using
XMODEM (Standard XMODEM, XMODEM-CRC, and XMODEM-1K) and YMODEM
(standard and YMODEM-G) communication protocols. TERM will also
send an initialization string to your Hayes compatible modem.
The shareware distribution does not include the source code to the
library, but all example code is included.
For more information, refer to the Personal Communications Library
Users Manual ( PCL4P.USR ) and Personal Communications Library
Reference Manual ( PCL4P.REF ), which are part of PCL4P32.ZIP.
A C version of the library ( PCL4C ) is also available.
*** Registration ***
The shareware version of PCL4P.LIB is provided so that you may
personally determine the usefulness of the product for yourself.
If you can use the Personal Communications Library for Turbo
Pascal , please register your use with us. Send $45 plus $3 S&H
($6 outside of North America) to:
MarshallSoft Computing, Inc.
Post Office Box 4543
Huntsville AL 35815
Voice 205-881-4630
FAX 205-881-4630
BBS 205-880-9748
Please pay by check in US dollars drawn on a US bank. Purchase
Orders (POs) are accepted from recognized US schools and companies
listed in Dunn & Bradstreet. Print the file PCL4P.INV if an
invoice is needed. The registered package is mailed first class US
Mail (packet air mail overseas). If you are in a hurry, please
call us and we can ship immediately within the USA by COD (street
address and phone number required).
The registered package includes:
o Assembler source code for the library.
o Printed Users Manual.
o Printed Reference Manual.
o Telephone support for one year.
o BBS support for one year.
o All updates (with printed manuals) are $15 plus $3 S&H
o One year subscription (quarterly) to MSC newsletter.
($6 outside of North America).
PCL4P.ASM is the source code for the library. The source code is
copyrighted by MarshallSoft Computing, Inc. The user is granted a
license to use the PCL4P object code in his own application only.
PCL4P.ASM is not shareware and may not be sold or given away to
anyone.
The registered user will receive the latest version of PCL4P by
return mail. A 5.25" diskette is provided unless a 3.5" diskette
is requested.
PCSIG.TXT
P C - S I G
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Welcome to the world of Shareware, state of the art software you can
actually try before you buy.
Shareware, a term coined in the early eighties, refers to the method of
distribution chosen by the software authors. With shareware, you can
receive a program and put it through its paces without having to pay for
it. If you find the program useful, and choose to keep the program, then
you pay a modest registration fee to the author.
For the last nine years, PC-SIG has been providing shareware and public
domain software to its customers and members. Since 1982 PC-SIG has
developed an unprecedented library of shareware programs, constantly
updated, consistently strong in every category. Our library of
shareware contains over 3500 titles divided into 120 logical categories.
Every program we add to the library is thoroughly reviewed and tested to
insure that each one meets the high standards of reliability and value we
insist upon and you expect. As a result, our library doesn't contain
every shareware program available, just those that really work.
PC-SIG has grown into the premier distributor of shareware and and
shareware information by producing shareware collections on CD-ROM,
publishing an encyclopedia of shareware, and by publishing Shareware
Magazine, a bi-monthly magazine distributed world-wide.
Quality and support - guaranteed. All of our programs are guaranteed
virus free. We've isolated our systems and check every program
submitted to insure that no viruses make their way to your computer or
ours.
Our support staff is available by phone as well as on our BBS to help
you with questions about installation and operation of PC-SIG's
products.
Through our network of international distributors, PC- SIG strives to
bring you the most current, exciting, technically advanced software
available as shareware.
If you can't find the software you need in PC-SIG's library, it may well
not exist.
To order the latest in Shareware, in the U.S.A: Call (800) 245-6717
Outside the U.S.A.: Call (408) 730-9291 for the name of the dealer near
you.
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SHAREMAG.TXT
S H A R E W A R E M A G A Z I N E
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Shareware Magazine has distinguished itself as the only internationally
distributed periodical devoted to the use and business of shareware.
Shareware Magazine provides detailed reviews of new products,
hard-hitting comparisons of shareware programs with regular retail
software, and timely information about changes in the industry and the
latest technology.
Intriguing columnists and regular features add to the excitement. The
beginners section sheds light on new user's concerns regarding
everything from choosing the right operating system to alleviating the
intimidation of using on-line systems.
Educational sections focus on how low cost shareware can aid in
classroom learning, curriculum development, and as a forum for
discussing the impact of computers and technology in schools.
Graphics Gallery renders expert advice and suggestions on how to better
work with graphics, desktop publishing, CAD systems, and the Windows
environment.
Programmers benefit from others experience in developing new programs or
polishing existing ones as well as choosing the right programming
language.
And columnists provide that subjective component, sometimes
controversial, that calls for a closer look at the way we compute and
how shareware effects what we do.
Published bimonthly, Shareware Magazine is available on a subscription
or at your local newsstand or computer bookstore. In conjunction with
PC-SIG, there are special benefits for subscribers as well as
opportunities for discount purchases from PC-SIG.
To Order, in the U.S.A.: Call 800-245-6717 and ask Customer Service.
Outside the U.S.A.: Call (408) 730-9291 for the name of the dealer near
you.
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