CalcStar (1980) 7 Spreadsheet DOS CPM

CalcStar is a spreadsheet from MicroPro, somewhat like VisiCalc but using commands similar to WordStar. You can also format content similar to WordStar. It was available for CP/M and DOS, and often part of early 80s system's bundled software.

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Microsoft Adventure (1981) 6 DOS

Microsoft Adventure is a text based interactive fiction game based on "Colossal Cave Adventure" by Will Crowther. It was one of the first games for the IBM PC.

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86-DOS (1981) 33 DOS

86-DOS is a "quick and dirty" operating system clone of CP/M created by Seattle Computer Products for their 8086 S-100 systems. It was later bought by Microsoft and used as the basis for IBM PC-DOS and MS-DOS

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IBM Typing Tutor (1981) 3 Education DOS Other

IBM Typing Tutor is an educational program sold by IBM alongside their original IBM PC. The software itself was licensed from Microsoft, and is notable as being one of only two known commercial programs that were sold for the IBM PC on cassette tape. (The other being IBM PC Diagnostics )

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IBM Cobol Compiler (1982) 2 DOS

Cobol is a high level language designed for use in business that uses English-like commands. IBM Cobol compiler is a licensed and rebranded OEM of Microsoft Cobol.

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IBM Personal Editor (1982) 8 Editor DOS

This is a rudimentary text editor sold by IBM for the IBM PC. It runs with only 64K of RAM and a single sided floppy drive under PC-DOS 1.x. This later evolved in to the IBM "E" Editor.

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IBM Diskette Librarian (1982) 2 Utility DOS

IBM Diskette Librarian is a small database that keeps track of your files across multiple floppy disks.

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Davong Hard Disk Controller Drivers (1982) 1 DOS

This is the driver software used to configure and access a Davong internal hard disk controller for the IBM PC. This controller was significant as being one of the few hard disk systems accessible under DOS 1.x. system instead partitions the disk in to several smaller drives.

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Diagnostics for the Texas Instruments Professional Computer (1982) 5 DOS

This is the diagnostics test disk for testing the Texas Instruments Professional Computer. compatible computer that runs an adaptation of MS-DOS and CP/M-86.

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IBM Microsoft Decathlon (1982) 1 DOS

Microsoft Decathlon consists of 10 games that make up the Olympic Decathlon. It can be played solo or against opponents. This was one of the earlier commercial games available for the IBM PC, and sold directly by IBM. It was available for other platforms under the name "Olympic Decathlon".

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IBM Time Manager (1982) 1 PIM DOS

IBM Time Manager is a rudimentary scheduling application for the IBM PC. It lets you keep a calendar for an entire year, schedule items, make notes, set priority, and produce certain kinds of totals.

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IBM Asynchronous Communications Support (1981) 3 Communications DOS

IBM Asynchronous Communications Support contains a rudimentary telecommunications terminal emulation program written in IBM BASIC. It was provided alongside IBM PCs and the IBM asynchronous communications adapter (serial port card).

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FT-156 Light Pen (1982) 1 DOS

These are drivers and sample programs for use with the FTG Data Systems FT-156 light pen. This is a light pen that attaches directly to an IBM Color Graphics Adapter card.

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EasyPlanner (1982) 1 Spreadsheet DOS

"EasyPlanner is a programmable electronic worksheet capable of representing complex financial relationships in a relatively simple form. It allows you to change any figures comprising these relationships, and then instantly see the effects of these changes. You can ask "what if..." and then immediately see the result. With EasyPlanner you can easily handle projects such as company financial profiles, investment projections, and budgeting.

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EasyFiler (1982) 2 DOS

EasyFiler is a flat file database from Information Unlimited Software, the publishers of EasyWriter. Although flexible, and powerful enough for the time, it was criticized as not nearly as easy as the name might suggest.

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IBM SNA 3270 Emulation and RJE Support (1982) 0 Communications DOS

The IBM SNA 3270 Emulation and RJE Support package is a tool that provides SNA/SDLC mainframe communications protocol support so that one may transfer files directly to and from an IBM mainframe. Requires an IBM SDLC network adapter.

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Columbia Data Products 1600 VP Tutor (1983) 0 DOS

The tutorial disk and manual that came with the Columbia Data Products 1600 VP portable computer.

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EagleCalc (1983) 1 Spreadsheet DOS

EagleCalc is an electronic spreadsheet for working with tabular data consisting of 255 rows and 64 columns. It was based on Lattice Inc's Ultracalc, a spreadsheet for CP/M systems, and designed to emulate VisiCalc and Microsoft Multiplan.

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Easy Writer (1982) 14 Word Processor DOS

Easy Writer was one of the first word processors for the IBM PC. It was originally written by John Draper AKA "Captain Crunch", with the PC version published by IBM. EasyWriter 1.x was written in the FORTH programming language and, as the story goes, it was ported to the IBM PC in a matter of days. There was also an Apple II version.

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Fast Graphs (1983) 5 Presentations DOS

Fast Graphs is a graphing/charting program that supports CGA graphics. It runs on an IBM PC or compatibles running DOS 1.1x or DOS 2.x.

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Home Accountant Plus (1983) 1 Financial DOS

Home Accountant Plus is personal checkbook program bundled with early PC clones.

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VisiTrend/Plot (1983) 6 Presentations DOS

VisiTrend/VisiPlot is a data analysis and graphing tool. It is part of the Visi Series of applications from VisiCorp, that also included VisiWord, VisiCalc, VisiFile, VisiSpell, and VisiTutor.

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MicroPro DataStar (1983) 8 Database DOS

MicroPro DataStar is a general purpose forms based desktop database for early IBM PCs and compatibles. It is often used in conjunction with ReportStar and sometimes bundled as InfoStar. MicroPro products were commonly bundled with OEM systems.

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MicroPro ReportStar (1983) 6 Database DOS

MicroPro ReportStar is a report generator for DOS used in conjunction with DataStar and sometimes bundled as InfoStar.

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Perfect Calc (1983) 4 Spreadsheet DOS

Perfect Calc, from Perfect Software, Inc, is a VisiCalc-like spreadsheet for DOS. It was somewhat of a budget product, and bundled with a number of CP/M and DOS systems.

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