ColorWorks (1996) 1 Graphics OS2

ColorWorks is a powerful, full-featured, photo editing program designed exclusively for OS/2. It is a native 32-bit OS/2 application and makes use of OS/2 multitasking, multithreading, and SMP capabilities. It has many features and tools that make it comparable to most other image editors.

• 2.x

CompuWorks Office (1994) 1 Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentations Graphics Database Windows

ComuWorks is an entry-level budget oriented integrated all-in-one office suite for Microsoft Windows 3.1. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database, report writer, and charting tools.

• 2.x

Corel Photo-Paint (1995) 3 Graphics Windows

Corel Photo Paint is a bit-mapped graphics editor optimized for photo manipulation. It competed against Adobe Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, and was often a companion product to the vector based CorelDRAW. It includes a large number of special effects, a color management system, brushes, layers, and scanner support.

• 5.0

Corel Print House (1996) 2 Graphics Windows

A printing program for creating over 20 types of printing projects including cards, banners, signs, certificates, calendars, brochures, business forms, labels, membership cards, coupons, tickets, bookmarks, and doorknob hangers. It uses the 32-bit CorelDRAW 6 mini-engine.

• 1.1

CorelDraw! (1989) 68 Graphics Publishing OS2 Windows Unix

Corel Draw is a vector based drawing and illustration program. It is primarily a Windows application, but was ported to Mac OS, Mac OS X, Linux, CTOS and OS/2. It competed against Aldus Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, and Micrografx Designer.

• 2.5
• 3.0
• 4.0
• 5.0
• 3.5 (Unix)
• 6.0
• 7.0

Cougar Mountain Software ACT (1992) 3 Financial DOS

Cougar Mountain Software ACT 2 PLUS is a comprehensive multi-user accounting package. It includes General ledger, accounts receivable and payable, purchase order, order entry, inventory and payroll, check reconciliation. It also features the ability to import and export files, and a modular form set-up allows integration of all modules. It was sold alongside ACT 1 PLUS, the single user version.

• 8.x
• 9.0

Crayola Art Studio (1994) 3 Graphics Windows

Crayola Art Studio, from Micrografx, is a heavily lobotomized graphics packaged aimed at kids. It features a Bob-like "room" menu, animated characters, sound effects, a paint program that can place shapes and clipart, and several other printing programs. It is similar to, and competed against Microsoft Fine Artist.

• 1.0

DacEasy Accounting (1987) 4 Financial Windows

DacEasy was the first company to offer affordable accounting software geared towards the small business. It was first released in 1985 and had gone through many DOS revisions at the time the Windows version was released.

• 1.0 (Win)

DataEase (1988) 3 Database DOS OS2 Windows

DataEase, from DataEase International Inc., USA., is a fast, easy to use yet powerful, menu-driven relational database development system for the IBM PC. Not copy protected.

• 4.5
• 1.0 (Win)

DataPerfect (1993) 3 Word Processor Database DOS

DataPerfect, originally written by Lew Bastian, published through WordPerfect Corp, and later through Novell, was a fast, memory efficient, but capable relational database for DOS. WordPerfect Corp sold the product alongside their other DOS based office products, such as WordPerfect and PlanPerfect. In 1995 Novel released DataPerfect as freeware and development was continued by its original author until about 2008.

• 2.x

dBASE (1983) 74 Database DOS Windows

Ashton-Tate dBase was an early popular database management system for CP/M and MS-DOS. It was regarded as one of the killer applications for CP/M, and achieved good success. At the time of conception Ashton-Tate was a garage based company but quickly grew.

• IV v1.5
• IV v2.0
• 5.x

DeltaGraph (1992) 0 Presentations Graphics MacOS Windows

DeltaGraph, originally from DeltaPoint and later SSPS, was a powerful business and scientific statistical graphics package for the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. graphics-only packages like Excel.

• 2.x
• 3.x
• 4.5

Deneba Canvas (1994) 0 Graphics Publishing Windows

Deneba Canvas is a shape based drawing and illustration program for the PC and mac. Unlike other publishing programs of the time, Canvas combined the ability to use vector graphics and raster images. It could also function as a word processor.

• 3.x
• 5.x

Design It! 3-D (1995) 0 Graphics Windows MacOS

Design It! 3D is an easy to use budget 3D modeling tool. It is suitable for creating home arrangement designs, and features a 3D preview that lets you "walk" through your creation.

• 1.0

DesignCAD 2D (1988) 2 Graphics Engineering DOS

DesignCAD is a low end, but well featured, drafting program. It was sometime a companion product to DesignCAD 3D.

• 5.x

DesignCAD 3D (1987) 0 Graphics Engineering DOS

DesignCAD 3D is a powerful, easy to use, and low cost DOS based CAD program that claimed to have all of the features of the more expensive CAD programs. It competed against low-cost CAD programs such as TurboCAD, Generic CADD, and Drafix. It was sometimes sold alongside DesignCAD 2D

• 4.x

Disney Animation Studio (1992) 0 Graphics DOS

Disney Animation Studio is an animation graphics tool, that originated on the Amiga. It supports multiple VGA resolutions.

• IBM (1992)

Dr Halo (1985) 2 Graphics DOS

Dr Halo, by Media Cybernetics, is a DOS based image editor. It was sometimes distributed as a value-added tool with mice or video cards. Its image editing capabilities were fairly weak, and its main strength came from its adaptability to new hardware, positioning it mainly as an entry-level product provided with new hardware.

• IV

Drafix (1990) 3 Graphics Engineering Windows

Drafix is a powerful, high performance, and feature rich 2-dimensional computer aided design tool. Despite being a 2-D CAD program, it had many features of high end 3-D CAD software, and competed directly with AutoCAD. Drafix was first was fist released in 1986 for DOS, and was the first professional CAD program released for Microsoft Windows.

• 2.x (Win)

Easy Working Tri-Pack (1992) 0 Word Processor Spreadsheet Database DOS

The Easy Working Tri-Pack, from Spinnaker Software, is a bundle of three budget productivity applications from Spinnaker Software. It includes Easy Working The Writer - a word processor, Easy Working The Filer - a database, and Easy Working The Planner - a spreadsheet. These applications boast ease of use with a friendly menu interface wile remaining full-featured.

• 1992

Expert Animator (1992) 0 Graphics DOS

Expert Animator is a budget DOS Based Animation Package. Features drawing, painting, and animating, point-and-click choreographing, generating animated electronic greeting cards, sound and music, 12 independently animated characters, and 256 color VGA support. It was published by Expert Software, who specialized in low cost budget software.

• 1992

Expert Draw (1993) 0 Graphics MacOS

Expert draw is an easy to use budget drawing programs for the Macintosh sold through Expert Software. It features a library of editable clipart, and shape based drawing tools.

• 1.x

Expert Home Design (1992) 0 Graphics DOS

Expert Home Design is a simple 2d layout program with home interior-oriented elements. It is one of a series of similar budget "design" titles published by Expert Software from RiverSoft.

• 1992

Expert Landscape Design (1992) 0 Graphics DOS

Expert Landscape Design is a simple 2d layout program with home landscape-oriented elements. It is one of a series of similar budget "design" titles published by Expert Software from RiverSoft. Design, and Expert Home Design.

• 1992

Expert Office Design (1992) 0 Graphics DOS

Expert Office Design is a simple 2d floor layout program with office-oriented elements. It is one of a series of similar budget "design" titles published by Expert Software from RiverSoft. Design, and Expert Home Design.

• 1992