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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM PC or compatible with 640K of memory and 500K available, MS-DOS 3.1 or later, MSCDEX 2.0 or higher, 450K of hard drive space and a CD-ROM drive. […]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For DOS: IBM PC/XT or better or 100% compatible, 640K RAM, DOS 3.3 or later, CD-ROM drive and hard disk, VGA card and monitor recommended. For Windows: IBM […]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: For the IBM PC: XT, AT, PS/2, or compatible computer, MS-DOS 3.1 or later, MSCDEX 2.0 or higher, 640K RAM minimum, SVGA with 512K video memory recommended, VGA […]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Minimum 286 PC (386 or better recommended) with VGA monitor and hard disk, at least 2MB RAM (4MB recommended); Windows 3.0 or later (running in 386 enhanced mode […]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Windows 3.1, 4.5MB of hard disk space recommended. Available on 5.25- or 3.5-inch high-density disks. Mr. Sound Effects is a collection of 159 sound effects supplied as Windows-compatible […]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: PC, CD-ROM drive. Pulitzer-Prize-winning critic Roger Ebert's book, Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion, is now available in the 1992 cumulative edition on CD-ROM. This CD-ROM includes film reviews […]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: PC with VGA monitor or Mac Classic, Plus, SE, or II with 1MB RAM. The Countries of the World CD-ROM contains comprehensive facts, figures, and articles on over […]

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: IBM PC/XT or better or 100% compatible, 640K RAM, DOS 3.3 or later, CD-ROM drive and hard disk, and VGA card and monitor recommended. This disc contains two […]

The low-cost IBM PC-compatible program called Expert Astronomer (see the December 1992 AstroBytes) has a Macintosh cousin. It too is low priced, available for around $30 in many computer and [...]

Send and receive fax messages with facsimile software for your personal computer. Faxing from a PC may offer features not usually found in standard faxing such as broadcasting, polling, scheduled [...]

Publisher Producer: National Cancer Institute, National Library of Medicine Vendors: Aries Systems Corporation, CD Plus, SilverPlatter Scope and Content AIDSLINE consists of information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine's […]

'Light' or 'lite' products are not restricted to the supermarket. Software producers borrowed the concept to offer lighter versions of their full blown products to home or small business users. [...]

Product: CDMARC Bibliographic (CDMB). Commemorative Edition. Search Software: Proprietary software by Online Computer Systems, Inc. Hardware Requirements: PC/XT/AT/PS2 Model 30, or compatible; DOS version 3.1 or higher; 5MB free space […]

Product: Disclosure/Worldscope Global (DWG), by Worldscope/Disclosure. Search Software: Developed by Claude Schoch, Digital Library Systems, Inc. Review based on version 4.0A (1991). Hardware Requirements: IBM XT, AT, PS/2, PS/1 or […]

Product: America: History and Life (AHL) Ondisc by ABC-CLIO, Inc. Search Software: CD-Answer by Dataware Technologies. Review based on version 2.03 (1991). Hardware Requirements: IBM PC/XT/AT or compatible, 512K RAM […]

Bookshelf for Windows Bookshelf for Windows is an extremely easy-to-use reference library that puts a wealth of knowledge within reach of your mouse while it introduces you to multimedia. Like […]

GlobalAccess: Associations includes: National Organizations of the U.S., International Organizations, and Regional, State & Local Organizations. The database contains information on over 80,000 non-profit membership organizations worldwide and is updated […]

Mozart: The Magic Flute Product: The Magic Flute is a multimedia CD-ROM version of the Mozart opera incorporating text, graphics, recorded music and spoken narration. This review is based on […]

Front Page News (plus Business) Product: Buckmaster Publishing's Front Page News (plus Business) contains on a single disk approximately one year's cumulation of full-text articles from 'over 10 news sources […]

Phone Disc USA Product: Phone Disc USA, containing the nation's residential names, addresses, zip codes and telephone numbers from 5,000 print directories currently covering the United States. Search Software: PhoneDisc […]

Product: A collaborative effort of Whole Earth/Point Foundation and Broderbund Software, this 1989 single-disk cumulation reviews some 2,500 books, tools, organizations, recordings and mail order suppliers. Excerpts from the original […]

VAN GOGH REVISITED Product: Van Gogh Revisited; 1988 Commemorative Edition; a new videodisk release from the original 1982 mastertape 'Vincent Van Gogh, A Portrait in Two Parts' prepared by Philips […]

OAG Travel Service Aids Database Junket That December deep freeze did it for me. It's tough enough to labor over Information Today Database Reviews day after day without having your […]

SOFTWARE INFORMATION DATABASE ON CD-ROM Product: Software Information Database (SID) on CD-ROM is a listing of approximately 14,000 business software programs by International Computer Programs (ICP). Search Software: OCLC's 3.0 [...]

If you think you know what a micro to mainframe link is -- a simply defined package of software -- think again. Micro to mainframe links are hot items, and […]

One of the best 'Macintosh' programs doesn't run on the Macintosh: It runs on the IBM PC. The program I'm referring to is Reflex, a package which its maker, Analytica, […]

The Dow Jones database provides a massive amount of useful data to investors and analysts, but it doesn't provide that data in a format readily usable by other programs. And […]

The Dialog database is probably the most comprehensive electronic information bank in the world. Holding more than 50 million abstracts and bibliographic references in more than 250 subdatabases, it is […]

It's a jump ball. with the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer AT, the second half of the game is now under way for multifunction-board manufacturers. At the buzzer ending […]

NEW YORK--One of the most attractive features of Ashton-Tate's Framework integrated-software package is its built-in ability to easily extract dBASE II and III files, according to several consultants and users […]

PORTAL Portal, apparently the first novel to appear on a computer before it's been published as a book, opens a door into a bizarre and intriguing fantasy-mystery. But this turnaround […]

Alpha/three Structured Like dBase and Easier to Use Alpha/three Alpha Software 30 B St. Burlington, Mass. 01803 Tel. 617-229-2924 For IBM PC and compatibles $395, not copy-protected Alpha/three's major attraction […]