One of the most historically important artifacts to come from the home computer telecommunications revolution was shareware CDs, compact discs put out by companies containing hundreds of megabytes of shareware. Initially containing less than the full capacity of the discs (600mb, later 700mb) these items eventually began brimming with any sort of computer data that could be packaged and sold. As material "ran out", that is, as sellers of these CDs found they were unable to easily find...
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Source Code CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM. Over 600 megabytes of source code for Unix and MSDOS. Includes the Usenet Archives for alt.sources and comp.sources, the Simtel-20 Unix-C Archive and a large collection of MS-DOS source code. From Walnut Creek CDROM, 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. March, 1992.
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Software Uni-Rom - San Diego, CA For IBM PC or compatible
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Advantage Plus Dist. Inc.
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Shareware
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Hi-Tech Productions
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Software -over 1,000 programs and 1,500 Gif files
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The Ultimate Shareware Collection CD-ROM Volume 1 from Save On Software. Subjects include Astrology/Numerology, Business/Finance, Communications, Database, Demo, Desktop Manager, Educational, Games, Genealogy, CAD/Graphics, The Collectors Series, Home, Ham Radio, Languages, Music, Medical Practice, Professional Applications, Religion, Spreadsheet, Utilities, Virtual Books, Electronic publishing, Windows Applications, Word Processing. Images include Animals, Baseball Parks, Trains, Cars, United...
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Dictionaries and Languages from Chestnut Software, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dictionaries, Word Processors, Spell Checkers, Thesauruses, Style Analyzers. Lessons in ten foreign languages. Word processors in twelve foreign languages. August, 1992.
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Carousel by ALDE Publishing, from PC-Library. Directories include Communications, Games, Entertainment/Posters/Music, Basic/QuickBasic, Pascal/Turbo Pascal, C/Assembly Language, Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, Education/Teacher Helpers, Business Applications, System Utilities, Disk Utilities, File Utilities, Print Utilities, Screen Utilities, Keyboard Utilities, Spreadsheets, Database, Miscellaneous, Virus Stoppers, Highlight Directory, OS/2 Mixed Bag, Applications Graphics, Fun-Type...
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Profit Press
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350 + Megs PC Shareware & PD Software Including Special CD-ROM Benchmark & Test Utilities
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Night Owl
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NOPV-15 Software
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Software Du Jour, from disk GO tech, disk deux. Mastered and Replicated by Discovery Systems. Contains directories for Business, Computer, Home and School. NOTE: ISO is of a very early version of ISO 9660 standard and will not mount on many modern systems. A .zip file has been included to allow the data to be accessed.
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Shareware Overload from Chestnut Software. Sections include: Windows Programs; Games; Education; Business; Religion; Database; Clip-art; Anti-Virus; Sound/music; Desktop Publishing; Communications; Programmer's Tools. From Chestnut Software, Cambridge, Massachusetts. August 1992.
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Over 200 Exciting Games; Over 300 Education Programs; Over 50 Fun Sound Effects
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Libris Britannia, from Walnut Creek CD-ROM. Contains over the entire software library of the Public Domain and Shareware Library (PDSL) of Sussex, England. Agriculture & Gardening, Artificial Intelligence, Astrology, Astronomy, Business Software(Misc), Combined Packages, Communications, Data, Database Systems, Desk Top Management Systems, Desk Top Publishing, Education, Electronics, Engineering, Food, Games, Genealogy, Geography, Graphics, Ham Radio, Hobbies/Activities, Home Finance,...
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Lex-C-ROM
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Shareware - Quicksoft; Buttonware: Expressware; Brown Bag
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Government Raster Image Processing Software and Data Contributions from: USGS; BLM; NIH; NCSA; NASA; JPL/PDS; ISFUG; Spot Image
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The California Collection from Alpha and Omega. Many files from EXEC-PC BBS. Sections include BASIC Language, Pascal Language, Pascal Language, Compression and Virus Utilities, Business / Real Estate / Financial, Communications and BBS Software, Science / Mathematical / Medical, Text and Information Files, Diet / Exercise / Self-Help, Games / Music / Entertainment, Floppy and Hard Disk Utilities, Graphics and Desktop Publishing, Educational and Children's Programs, Printer / Plotter / Keyboard...
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The InterNet Connection from S&S Publishing, Inc. Sections include Apogee, AutoCAD, Bible, Books, Business, Database, Demos, Desktop Publishing, Deqview, Disk Utilities, Entertainment, Finance, Games, General, GIFs, Graphics, Hebrew, Humor, Legal, Math, Miscellaneous, Mormon, Music, OS/2, Plotting, QBasic, Statistics, System Utilities, Text Editors, VGA, Windows. December, 1992.
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World's largest collection of recent, virus-free IBM-PC shareware and public domain software. Well over one gigabyte in 10,000 zip files. Easy menu access. Sections include Communications Programs, Entertainment, Systems Utilities, Screen Utilities, Printer Utilities, Disk Utilities, File Utilities, Keyboard Utilities, Windows Applications, Cad Programs, Lotus Applications, Games of all Sorts, Misc Programs, Virus Checking Programs, Database Programs, Graphics Programs, Dos And Patches, Misc...
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GRIPS 2: Government Raster Image Processing Software and Data. Contributors: JPL/PDS; NASA; NCSA; NIH;NOAA; SAIC; Spyglass; TerraLogics; USGS-EROS Data Center: US Army- ETL; USGS. Data Preparation by Meridian Data, Inc. Replicated by PDO in the USA. Includes Software for Macintosh, PC, VMS. February 1992.
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1st Canadian Shareware, from BetaCorp Technologies, Inc. 6770-40 Davand Drive, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5T 2G3. Includes directories for Communication, Database, Games, Graphics, Printer, Shells, Sound, Utilities, Windows and Wordpro. From August 1991.
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Profit Press
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Profit Press
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Mega Search Retrieval Software Mega Door and Terminal for BBS
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Black Box 4: Micro Haus General Shareware Volume 4. From P.O. Box 149, Gloucester GL3 4EG. Directories include: Archivers & Utilities, Virus Detection & Utilities, Hard & Floppy Disk Utils, DOS Management, Diagnostics & System Enhancers, Disk File Utilities, Screen Utilities, ANSI Utilities, Memory Utils & TSR handling, Keyboard/Mouse/Speaker Utils, Printer Utilities, Laser Printer Utils/Fonts, Batch File Utils, Miscellaneous Utils, Desktop/Productivity/TSR's, Editors &...
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Quanta Press
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RBBS-PC of Chicago QR91003
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Shareware Breakthrough for Windows Desktop Publishing Collection. Over 150 Fonts, 1000 EPS Files, 200 BMP Files, 200 GIF Files. Compatible with Windows 3.1 or greater. July 1993.
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So Much Screenware, from Power User Software. Collection of Hi-Res GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) Pictures. Subjects include Plants and Animals, Save on Software Digital Tours, Flight and Space Related, Miscellaneous Pictures and People, Beauty of Nature, Swimsuit Gals and Guys, Ray-track and Computer Art, Autos, Trains and Boats, and Graphics Utilities. 1995.
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NASA
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Planetary Data System A collection of scientific data files from NASA's planetary, lands, oceans, astronomy and solar-terrestrial disciplines.
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This CD-ROM contains the Garbo MSDOS and MAC Archives from the University of Vaasa, Finland. April, 1992. From Walnut Creek Software, Inc.
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Software Vault: The Collection for Windows 2. From Digital Impact, Inc. 6506 S. Lewis, Suite 250, Tulsa, OK 74136. December, 1994. Sections include: Hottest Hits for Windows; Applications - General; BMP Wallpaper and Screensavers; Business Apps and Spreadsheets; Communications Plus; Database Applications; Demonstrations; Desktop - Program Manager; Drivers - General; Educational Programs; Engineering and Scientific; File Archiving and Encryption; File Management; Fonts and Font Programs; Games...
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Over 9000 programs from the Simtel20 MSDOS Archive at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil. Utilities, programming tools, source code, technical documents, etc.
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Quanta Press
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RBBS-PC of Chicago Quanta Press, Inc; software
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The Original Shareware 1992, Version 1.From PC CompoNet, Inc. (Directories contain no description information and classifications are not provided. Contains a wide variety of shareware for DOS machines.)
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VGA Spectrum, from S&S Enterprises, P.O. Box 552, Lemont, IL. Directories include Animate, Clipart, Demo, Games, GIF, Mac, PKware, Sound, and Utility. August 1991.
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Software; programming tools; fonts; icons; source code
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GIFs Galore CD-ROM from Walnut Creek Software. Thousands of Full Color GIF Images, with viewers for MSDOS, Mac, Amiga, Unix, Atari ST, etc. Subjects include: abstract, art, aviation, birds, boats, buildngs, cars, cartoon, cats, clip_art, compart, dogs, fantasy, fish, flowers, food, fractals, frogs, hunks, insects, logos, mammals, maps, military, misc, movie, nature, people, places, raytrace, reptiles, sci_fi, space, sports, startrek, starwars, swimsuit, technlgy, test, things, trains, tv,...
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MegaROM-1 Shareware Spectacular from Profit Press, 2956 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85719. Sections: Archive/Compression Utilities, BBS Software: RBBS-PC, Business & Productivity, CD-ROM Information, Communcation: Miscellaneous, Disk Utilities, Text Editors & Word Processors, Educational Software, Games, Miscellaneous Graphics Programs, Various "underground" text files, Jokes!, Menu Software, Miscellaneous Programs, Miscellaneous Utilities, Networking Software, Printer...
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Windows Shareware GOLD from Nuclear Computing. Volume 3, Number 1 of the Golden ROM series. Published by the Digital Publishing Company, 1991.
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Phoenix CD Version 2.0 from PHOENIX-CD, Buffalo, NY. Directories include Games, Communications, Disk Utilities, Entertainment, File Utilities, Home & Personal, Print Utilities, System Utilities, Virus Protectors, Windows Applications, Word Processing, Desktop Publishing, Graphics Programs, Keyboard Utilities, Assorted, Basic/QuickBasic, Dbase, Lotus/Spreadsheets, Windows Applications, Business Applications, C & Assembly Language, Computer Aided Design, DOS and Patch Utilities, Education...
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Ziff-Davis Publishing Group PC Benchmarks CD-ROM, including Winstone 96 and Winbench 96 benchmarks. From PC Magazine Labs, including CPUmark32 and full-motion video tests. October, 1995.
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VGA Spectrum II from S&S Publishing, Inc. Includes Animate, Demo, Games, Sound. December 1992.
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Between Heaven and Hell II, from Bureau Development, Inc. 141 New Road, Parsippany, NJ, 07054. Collection of various shareware programs and files, circa 1987-1990, as well as a text copy of the King James version of the bible. Roughly 500 directories of shareware.
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Simtel 20 MS-DOS Archive CD-ROM from Walnut Creek CDROM, 1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Over 7,500 programs from the Simtel20 MS-DOS Archive at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil. Utilities, programming tools, source code, technical documents, etc. ISO-9660 Format.
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The Ultimate Windows Shareware Collection Volume 1, from Digital Expressions. Includes Windows Accessories, Video for Windows, Screen Blankers, BMP Backgrounds, Business Software, Clip At, Communications, Compression, Database, Development, Drivers, Editors, Educational, Finance, Fonts, Font Viewers, Games, General Windows Files, Graphics, Hobby, Icons, Icon Applications, Information Managers, Miscellaneous, Network, Windows NT, Players, Sound Files, Utilities, Visual Basic, Windows Desktop....
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Hall of Fame CD-ROM Volume #1 from Ellis Enterprises, Inc. 4205 McAuley Blvd., #385, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. Includes sections for: Archiving, Australia, Basic, Bible, Business, CD-ROM, Communications, Database, DOS, Disk Utilities, Education, Science Education, File and Disk Utilities, Fonts, Games, GIF, Graphics, Hard Drive Utilities, Home, Icons, LAN, Miscellaneous, Oilfields, PCjr, PC Magazine, Printing Utilities, Programming, Pascal, Qbasic, RBBS, QBBS, Screensavers, Spreadsheets,...
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HAM Radio, from Chestnut Software, Cambridge, MA. "Packet Radio; Frequency Lists; Equipment Modifications; Exam Study; FCC Regulations; SWL and Dx, Plus More." For MS-DOS Systems. Sections include Antennas, BBS Software, Circuits, Clubs, Control, CW, DX, Exam Assistance and Study Aids, FAX, Frequency Lists and Databases, Kenwood Mods/Repair/Control/Notes, Logging, Math and Calculations, Misc Programs. (A Version 3.0 of this CD-ROM came out later). August 1992.
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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): Voyagers to the Outer Planets: Volume 4 - Saturn. Selected Images in Range 33575.27 - 43901.56 in Compressed Format. Part of Planetary Data Systems. From Reference Technology, Inc. USA_NASA_PDS_VG_0004. June 1989.
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Astra Blaster CD-ROM #1. Over 700 Megabytes of Software. Out of this world! A Colossal Collection of Software! Sections: BBS Applications, Business, C & Assembly, Communications, C.A.D., DBASE & Files, Desktop Publishing, Disk Utilities, DOS Utilities, Education, Utilities, Food & Health, Games, Grab Bag, Graphic Programs, Home & Personal, Keyboard Utilities, LANtastic, Pascal, Print Utilities, Religious, Screen Utilities, Spreadsheets, System Utilities, Virus Protectors,...
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