1vs Personal Internet Engine is both a Web and offline browser and a search engine for the IBMPC. The Web browser has a site structure viewer, page property checker, and dead link finder. The offline browser has a fast, multithread download processor, an easy and useful interface, and the ability to switch the specified download. The search engine can search for words, images, links, and HTML objects. Research 1vs Personal Internet Engine
3SI is an integrated accounting system for the IBMPC, designed for businesses that require inventory management and invoice/order entry features integrated with general-purpose accounting software. The context-sensitive Help feature and customisable desktop are designed so you can easily use 3SI's most advanced features. With 3SI, you can modify forms, such as cheques, invoices, purchase orders, statements of account, and financial statements, to suit your needs. Furthermore, each module has its own report generator so you can create the reports you need to manage your business. 3SI includes the following integrated modules: General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Invoicing, and Purchase Orders. Research 3SI
AceNotes is a notes manager for the IBMPC that you can use as your personal information manager and text editor. In AceNotes, notes are stored in a tree structure by which you can categorize your notes easily in whatever form you like. In this release, many new features have been added, including changing tree nodes' font and colour, auto URL detect, the ability to insert pictures, bookmark functions, file compression, auto file storage, password protection, and more. Research AceNotes
AIDX is a derogatory term for IBM's perverted version of UNIX, AIX, especially for the AIX 3.? used in the IBM RS/6000 series. A victim of the dreaded 'hybridism' disease, this attempt to combine the two main currents of the UNIXstream (BSD and USG UNIX) became a monstrosity to haunt system administrators' dreams. For example, if new accounts are created while many users are logged on, the load average jumps quickly over 20 due to a silly implementation of the user databases. Research Aidx
Carbon Copy Plus by Microrim is a menu-driven remote control program for IBM-compatible microcomputers that allows the user to control and/or monitor one PC from another over a communications link. Suitable for support purposes and typically used with standard dial-up modems, Carbon Copy Plus connects two PCs so their screens and keyboards are linked as one. Whatever the remote user sees on-screen will be seen on the local screen. Users can open up a movable chat window where they can type messages to each other. Whatever is displayed on the host screen is displayed on the guest screen. Carbon Copy Plus includes a universal graphics translator, that automatically translates CGA, EGA, VGA, Hercules, and PS/2 graphics images when dissimilar graphics adapters are used in the host and guestPC. Files can be transferred between machines using commands similar to those in DOS. Carbon Copy Plus supports background file transfer, allowing the hostPC to send or receive files while working in a foreground application. Research Carbon Copy Plus
The Colour Graphics Adapter or CGA was one of the first graphics adapters available for Personal Computers and was released by IBM in 1981 at the same time that they released their first Personal Computer. The CGA graphics card supported a single text mode display of 80 columns and 25 rows, and two graphics modes of 320 x 200 pixels in four colours and 600 x 200 pixels in two colours. The CGA was based upon the Motorola MC6485 video controller. Research CGA
Cli-Mate is a sharewarecomputer program for the IBMPC providing an easy, convenient way to receive up-to-date weather information on your desktop. Cli-Mate allows you to retrieve weather forecasts from hundreds of cities and towns in all fifty US states and from major cities in countries around the world. You also can generate assorted full-colour weather maps. Cli-Mate can be configured to update weather information at set intervals, and resides in the system tray. The system tray icon changes to reflect the current weather. Research Cli-Mate
The Compaq Deskpro 386 was one of the first 32-bit personal computers marketed, being introduced in 1986 with a retail price starting at 5800 pounds (four times the price of a standard IBM compatible personal computer which would typically cost just under 1500 pounds). The Compaq Deskpro 386 was based on the then new Intel 80386 processor running at 16 Mhz, the motherboard having a slot for an 80287 maths co-processor and was fitted with 1 mb of RAM expandable to 14 mb and ran the MS-DOS operating system. The Compaq Deskpro 386 had a 16-colour display with a resolution of 640 x 350 pixels or 80 x 25 character cells and a 130 mb hard disk and a 1.2 mb floppy disk drive (various models were produced). At the time it was said that the Compaq Deskpro 386 made the desktop computer into a mini computer. Research Compaq Deskpro 386
Cool Edit by Syntrillium Software Corporation is a waveform editor for the IBMPC running the Windows operating system with features such as: echo, flange, reverb, stretch/pitch change, compress, brainwave synchronizer, noise reducer, envelope, filter and distortion.
Cool Edit supports batch scripting for automating tasks and supports almost every file format (including mpeg-3 and windows wav), and is used by the BBC for editing radio programs. Cool Edit was first released in 1992 by David Johnston. Research Cool Edit
CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers) is an early microcomputer OS written by hacker Gary Kildall for 8080 and Z80 based machines. It was very popular in the late 1970s but was virtually wiped out by MS-DOS after the release of the IBMPC in 1981. Legend has it that Kildall's company blew its chance to write the OS for the IBMPC because Kildall decided to spend a day IBM's reps wanted to meet with him enjoying the perfect flying weather in his private plane. Many of CP/M's features and conventions strongly resemble those of early DEC operating systems such as TOPS-10, OS/8, RSTS, and RSX-11. Research CP/M
 
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