Danger Mouse is a British animated cartoontelevision show for children by Cosgrove/Hall Productions Limited about a secret-agent white mouse - voice provided by David Jason - and his cowardly sidekick assistant, a hamster called Penfold - voice supplied by Terry Scott. Danger Mouse first aired in 1981. Typically of British children's television shows, the parents are not forgotten and Danger Mouse includes numerous witty remarks aimed at amusing parents watching the show together with their children. Research Danger Mouse
The Wacky Races was an American animated cartoontelevision show for children, produced from 1968 to 1970 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The show was inspired by films such as 'Monte Carol or Bust' and featured a bizarre collection of racers with their equally bizarre vehicles enduring races across country, rather than on a racing track. Perhaps most famous of the characters were the fiendish 'Dick Dastardly' - voice provided by Dave Willock - and his sidekick, 'Muttley' - voice provided by Don Messick - who went on to appear in their own cartoon shows. Other characters of note included the glamorous 'Penelope Pitstop' with her voice provided by Janet Waldo, who drove a pink-coloured sports-car come mobile beauty salon, and seven-dwarves inspired 1920s Chicago gangsters 'The Ant Hill Mob' whose voices were provided by Mel Blanc, driving their classic 1920's car. Research Wacky Races
George Francis Hayes (Gabby Hayes) was an American actor. He was born in 1885 at Wellsville, New York, and died in 1969 of heart failure. As a young man, he worked in a circus and played semi- pro baseball before appearing in vaudeville and on the legitimate stage, primarily in stock companies. He gained fame as Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in many films between 1936 and 1939. Leaving the Cassidy films, he was legally precluded from using the 'Windy' nickname, and so took on the name 'Gabby', and was so billed from about 1940. One of the few sidekicks to land on the annual list of Top Ten Western Box-office Stars, he did so repeatedly. In his early films he alternated between whiskered comic relief sidekicks and clean-shaven bad guys, but by the later thirties played almost exclusively as a Western sidekick to stars such as John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Randolph Scott. After his last film, in 1950, he starred as the host of a network television show devoted to stories of the old West for children, 'The Gabby Hayes Show'.
Offstage he was an elegant and well-appointed connoisseur and man-about-town devoting his time to financial investments. Research Gabby Hayes
Lynne Overman was an American actor. He was born in 1887 at Maryville, Missouri and died in 1943 of a heartattack. He was a character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, typically playing a second-role as the leading man's sidekick or friend. Research Lynne Overman
Roscoe Ates was an American comedy actor and former concert violinist. He was born in 1892 and died in 1962. He is best remembered as the comic sidekick of cowboy star Eddie Dean in numerous 1940s westerns. Research Roscoe Ates
Eureka from Borland International is a computer program that can solve any linear or non-linear equation and is designed for the person who frequently works with variables and unknowns in the business and scientific world.
Eureka's structured environment is perfect for the professional or technical person who may not have a broad understanding of numerical analysis techniques. After you enter an equation using Eureka's text editor, select the Solve command and Eureka will determine the values of the variables in equations.
Eureka solves the problem, graphs the solution, and creates a report including assumptions, graphs, and solutions. Eureka solves inequalities and performs automatic conversions for units of measure. The product includes built-in trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, statistical, and financial functions. Eureka contains a powerful on-screen calculator that performs all one-variable arithmetic functions quickly and simply as if you were working with a scientific hand-held calculator.
Eureka's separate windows are dedicated to certain commands, making it easy to write, edit, and solve equations interactively. The full-screen editor, which is identical to those in SideKick and TurboPascal, uses standard ASCII syntax and editing commands. You can import equation files from other ASCII editors.
Eureka is well equipped to handle optimisation or linear programming problems. You can solve a system of equations based on certain constraints, such as maximising profits, creating the optimal product mix or creating the most efficient work schedule. Eureka includes a number of sample problems that range from determining probabilities in a card game to calculating payments on a car loan. There are specialised accounting functions that financial analysts will find useful for money- management. Research Eureka
SideKick by Borland International, was a popular and simple RAM-resident desktop organiser for computers running the DOS operating system, and consisted of five windows for a Notepad, Calculator, Calendar, Dialer, and ASCII table.
SideKick's Notepad was an ASCII text editor that resembled WordStar. Although it was not a fully-fledged word processor, it was remarkably complete. The ASCII table was a handy reference for programmers. The Phone Dialer dialed a phone number found anywhere on the screen - it didn't need to be in SideKick.
The ASCII table, binary, and hexadecimal support in the Calculator and the familiar WordStar interface in the Notepad, made SideKick popular with programmers. Research SideKick
SuperKey, by Borland International, is a menu-driven, macro-generating program that includes a number of useful non-macro related utilities. For example, SuperKey offers vehicles for added security including methods of file encryption, a password-protected keyboard lock, and an instant screen-saving feature. SuperKey can be used to develop consistent interfaces across applications. Its macros can simplify complex command sequences and can be used to store and insert boilerplate text. The display-only macros are perfect for creating help screens. SuperKey's interface is similar to that of SideKick but includes more menus. If you prefer, you can bypass the menus by redefining a set of Ctrl or Alt key combinations. Research SuperKey
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