The Order Of The Starry Cross was an Austrian order instituted in 1668 by the dowager empress Eleanor, widow of Ferdinand III, in memory of the recovery of a fragment of the true cross from a fire in the palace. The Order Of The Starry Cross was conferred upon Roman Catholic ladies of royal or noble birth devoted to good works. The badge was a black double-headed eagle bearing a red-cross on a silver oval within a blue border, above the eagle being a scroll inscribed 'Salus et gloria'. A black rosette was worn for a ribbon. Research Order Of The Starry Cross
The committee reported various devices during several years. William Barton, of Philadelphia, was appointed to submit designs. Sir John Prestwich, an English antiquarian, suggested a design to John Adams in 1779.
Combining the various designs of William Barton and John Prestwich, a seal was adopted on June the 20th, 1782. Arms: Paleways of thirteen pieces argent and gules; a chief azure; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dextertalon an olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows; and in his beak a scroll with the motto: E Pluribus Unum. Crest: a glory breaking through a cloud proper and surrounding thirteen stars. Reverse: A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded with a glory proper, over the eye the words, Annuit Coeptis. Beneath the pyramid, MDCCLXXVI, and the words, Novus Ordo Seculorum. Research Seal of the United States
In furniture, a Spanish foot is a carved, pyramid-shaped foot with fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom. Research Spanish Foot
In biology, revolute describes something, such as a leaf, rolled backwards or downwards at the tip or margin in the manner of a scroll. Research Revolute
Datatalk is a menu driven communications package that has an underlying command language that allows the user to automate most operations, including file collection, transmission and printing. It can also provide access to a remote PC where any DOS applications can be executed, but with the display and keyboard entry occurring locally. In addition to dumb terminal operation,
Datatalk can emulate DEC VT52 and VT100, as well as Viewdata terminals. Unlike other programs on the market, the entire Viewdata character set can be viewed with any colour graphics or Hercules graphics board: no replacement ROMchips are needed. Datatalk can be used with modems that operate at speeds of up to 9600 baud. This package supports auto-dial and auto-answer modems and is packaged preconfigured for a wide variety of them. When emulating a Viewdata terminal, it will, if requested, capture screens for later viewing. It will also convert the graphics characters into normal text so that they can be loaded into other PC software. Up to 128 telephone numbers can be stored in the Datatalk telephonedirectory. The software will configure the serial port, select the correct terminal emulation, load pre-defined function keys, dial the number and perform automatic log-in. An optional file encryption module, Datacode, is available for users with sensitive data.
Datatalk emulates TTY, TVI 920, IBM 3101, ADDSA2, Lear Siegler ADM3A and ADM11, IBM 3101, Newbury 8089, Cifer, DEC VT52, Datatalk, Viewdata and VT100 terminals. It is best suited for accessing Viewdata services, like Prestel. Datatalk has some limitations, for example the VT100 emulation is not as sophisticated as some other products. In particular, it will not scroll horizontally to view all 132 columns on an 80 column screen. The text editor is restricted to 200 lines. When using this product to remotely configure another PC, it will only work with software that inputs and outputs using the BIOS services. Research Datatalk
FoxPro is the PC version of FoxBASE+/Mac. It is a relational database with a report generator, application generator, and screen painter. Although it is a character-based product, it has some features of a graphical interface: pull-down and pop-up menus, buttons, check boxes, and scroll bars. FoxPro can be used for simple data entry, query and report applications, or complex menu- driven user applications. For less experienced users, it offers an easy-to-use, mouse-driven interface; for developers, it offers an interactive syntactical mode. There are step-by-step tutorials geared to four levels of experience. Most functions run in their own window. Colours can be assigned to any screen area. Applications created in Foxbase+ and dBase III Plus are fully supported. Research FoxPro
GEM Draw Plus by Digital Research, is a freehand-drawing program that runs under the GEM/3 desktop. As with other drawing programs, GEM Draw Plus provides a desktop of tools, similar to the way the Macintosh works. You can choose elements such as lines, boxes, circles, and other polygons and text in multiple fonts, sizes, and styles when creating an image. The product can be used to create organisation charts, page borders, floor plans, logos, and other types of diagrams. GEM Draw Plus has a library of over 100 pre-drawn icons and symbols which can be incorporated. Any picture you draw can be stored in your personal picture library and used in other drawings. Because GEM offers a windowing environment, graphics can be cut and pasted between windows.
GEM Draw Plus offers a choice of colours, patterns, line widths, and type styles. The zoom feature uses arrows and scroll bars to display areas of your picture for close detailed work. A Snap command automatically returns you to the spot on the grid where you were last working. Research GEM Draw Plus
Psearch by Patri-Soft is an extension to the DOScomputer operating system. You provide words or phrases, and it will scan directories to find files containing the text. Extensive file selection and pattern matching are provided. It provides an intelligent display of found text with a scroll back and program launcher. Psearch saves search results for later review. Psearch was recommended in PC World as one of the Best of Shareware products in 1990. Research Psearch
Sherlock by Gulf Sierra is a text comparison utility that allows you to compares two ASCII files line by line. It displays five lines from each file in separate windows. You may scroll either or both files passed the mismatch to put them in sync and continue. Either file can be automatically scanned to locate a line matching the line selected in the other file. Sherlock contains features for searching, ignoring case, spaces, tabs, jumping around the files and copying lines to a printer. This is a useful tool for programmers and writers. Research Sherlock
SmartNotes by Personics Corporation is the electronic version of those little yellow sticky notes attached to many paper documents. SmartNotes attaches a note to a phrase in any document, cell in any spreadsheet, or field in any database and can be used to clarify a figure, comment on the wording of a phrase, or remind yourself to check an address in a data file. When pressing a key, a blank note pops up and attaches itself to a selected cell, field, or phrase. You can display all notes associated with a given screen, or scroll through the document to display all notes. The core of SmartNotes is a very fast pattern-matching technique. Because notes are kept in a separate file, there is no alteration or corruption of original data file. Research SmartNotes
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