The bargain basement

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Public domain software and shareware is available for as little as $1.99 per disk. Shareware is usually low cost software that users are asked to pay a fee for if they continue to use it. The fee usually brings written documentation or the right to telephone assistance. Public-domain programs are uncopyrighted; they also come with no guarantees. Some programs available for less than $20 are: PC-Write 3.02, PC-Stylist 1.2 and Brother's Keeper, a genealogy program, all from Reasonable Solutions; Edna's Cookbook, Backgammon 2.1, and EGA Arcade Hits from Software Excitement; Home Inventory and Flowcharting 1.20 from MicroStar; and Dot Matrix Fonts, San Mateo Education and Wheel of Misfortune from Freeware Unlimited. Directories for such companies appear in the advertising sections of computer magazines such as Computer Shopper and PC Magazine. Users' groups are also a good source.

Mail-order industry, Mail order business, Distribution, Directory, Public software, Mail Order, Reasonable Solutions Software Inc., Micro Star, Freeware Unlimited, Software Excitement!

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Checking meaning as well as spelling

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Wordscience Corp's Instant Definitions Dictionary 3.0 is an add-on program for most character-based MS-DOS-based word processors that helps users by providing spelling and definitions of words. The $69 software bases its definition on the 'American Heritage Dictionary, Office Edition,' but full definitions, etymologies and pronunciation guides are not provided. The application requires 2.5Mbytes of hard disk space and uses 98Kbytes of memory when used as a memory-resident program. Users can search through the database as if they are searching through a regular dictionary. The software will work with Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software and requires DOS 2.0 or later.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Product introduction, Product Announcement, Word processing software, Databases, Database, Word Processing Add-On, Word processing utilities, Add-In/On Software, Plug-in software, Word Science Corp., Instant Definitions 3.0 (Data base)

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New spin on hard disk

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Spinrite II utility program from Gibson Research Corp lets a user format a hard disk without losing information. Low-level formatting is originally performed at the factory when the disk is manufactured. Spinrite II, $89, copies the information from the computer's hard disk to its internal memory and then tests the soundness of the sector from which the data was stored. If the sector is good, Spinrite returns the data to the sector. If Spinrite detects a problem that it cannot repair, it moves the data to another location and changes the file allocation table to reflect the change. Spinrite II is compatible with DOS 3.31 and 4.0.

Usage, Software, Hard disk drives, Hard disks, Utility programs, Utilities (Software), Desktop utilities, column, Desktop Utility, Hard Disk Drive, Format, Software packages, Gibson Research Corp., SpinRite II (Utility program)

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