Packard Bell Navigator (1993) 2 Utility Other Windows DOS

Packard Bell Navigator is an alternate user interface that replaces the Windows 3.1 Program Manager shell. It presents the content of your computer as a series of rooms.

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.9

PC Globe (1990) 1 Reference DOS

PC Globe is an electronic atlas of the world that provides profiles, maps, geography, and graphics for the countries of the world. It can generate a variety of reports using this data and export map graphics. They also sold a USA specific version called PC USA that contains more detail about the US states. A related product was released for Windows as PC Globe Maps N Facts.

• 3.0
• 4.0
• 5.0

PC Globe Maps N Facts 0 Reference DOS

PC Globe Maps N Facts is a multimedia reference tool from Broderbund that includes geographic maps, statistics, and information about countries all over the world. released under Broderbund.

• 1.0

PC USA (1990) 1 Reference DOS

This is a USA specific version of PC Globe. PC USA provides an electronic atlas of the USA that provides profiles, maps, geography, and graphics for the sates. It can generate a variety of reports using this data and export map graphics.

• 2.0

PerfectOffice (1995) 0 Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentations Graphics Database Windows

PerfectOffice is a bundle of office applications that competed head on with Microsoft Office.It bundles WordPerfect and a number of other office applications. This bundle started out as "Borland Office", was briefly known as "Novell PerfectOffice", then "Corel Office", and under Corel it later became "WordPerfect Office". (Not to be confused with the unrelated ~1990 groupware program, also called "WordPerfect Office")

• 3.0

PFS First Choice (1987) 1 Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentations Database DOS

PFS First Choice is a simple, easy to use integrated office suite marketed towards new users. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, graphics, database, and telecommunications. First Choice is similar to, but not as feature rich as, the standalone PFS office products. It competed against AlphaWorks/LotusWorks and Microsoft Works.

• 1.x
• 2.x
• 3.x

PFS First Graphics (1988) 0 Presentations DOS

First Graphics, from Software Publishing Corp, is a business graph plotting program. It is similar to, but not as full featured as Harvard Graphics. Earlier version were known as PFS:Graph

• 1.00

Popcorn Desktop (1986) 0 Utility PIM DOS

Popcorn desktop is a set of TSR utilities similar to Borland Sidekick. It includes a text editor, a calculator, and a calendar. It can copy information from currently running programs displayed on the screen.

• 1.x

Presentation Task Force (1992) 1 Presentations DOS

Presentation Task Force, from New Vision Technologies, is a collection of clipart for DOS and Windows. It was highly rated by PC Magazine.

• 4.0

Rand McNally New Millennium World Atlas (1997) 0 Reference Windows

Rand McNally New Millennium World Atlas is a world map that includes roads, geographical information, statistics, and area profiles.

• 1997

Rand McNally Route Planner (1998) 0 Reference Windows

Rand McNally Route Planner is an electronic atlas on a CD-ROM that enables you to plot routes to plan trips across the USA. It competed with DeLorme Street Atlas, and Microsoft Expedia Streets.

• 1.1

Roland Midi Music Recorder (1984) 0 DOS

The Roland Midi Music Recorder is an 8-channel music recorder, editor, and player designed for use with the Roland MPU401 MIDI adapter card. The MPU401 enables MIDI compatible musical instruments to connect to an IBM PC.

• 1.x

Schedule+ (1990) 5 PIM Windows MacOS

Schedule Plus is a calendar/personal information manager. It is designed to operate using a shared network Microsoft Mail "mailbox" over a LAN.

• 1.x
• 95 (7.0)

Sidekick (1984) 1 Utility PIM DOS OS2 Windows

Borland Sidekick is a DOS based PIM (Personal Information Manager) and one of the first widely-used TSR (terminate and stay resident) programs. The key feature of Sidekick was that one could use Sidekick's utilities while using most other MS-DOS applications. This was important because MS-DOS had no built-in multi-tasking or task switching capabilities.

• 1.x
• Plus
• 1.0 for OS/2
• 2.0
• 1.0 for Windows
• 2.0 for Windows

Talking Icons (1994) 1 Novelty Windows

Talking Icons 2.0 is a utility from Aristo-Soft for Windows 3.1 that adds silly sounds and animated icons to the Windows environment. It also features a tool (Windows FX) that changes the windows border with multiple themes, additional screen savers, wallpaper, additional mouse cursors, an icon editor, and "Talk" ready versions of Minesweeper, Solitaire, and Clock.

• 2.0

The All-Star Utilities Pac (1992) 0 Utility Other Windows

The All-Star Utilities Pac is a set of small windows-based productivity utilities. It was a freebie given away by PC Magazine.

• 1.0

The New Basics Electronic Cookbook (1992) 0 Reference DOS

Created from the best-selling Silver Palate Cookbook series by authors Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, The New Basics Electronic Cookbook includes a library of over 1,800 delicious recipes, hundreds of colorful pictures, and a wide range of helpful cooking hints, spoken by the authors themselves.

• 1992

The Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia (1992) 0 Reference DOS

The Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia is an early multimedia CD-ROM encyclopedia that features articles, photographs, animation, and sound. It was often bundled with sound cards and new computers. There were versions for DOS, Windows, and Macintosh.

• 1.x

THINK Pascal (1991) 0 MacOS

THINK Pascal is an integrated object oriented Pascal programming environment and compiler designed to decrease development time. It features highly optimized compiled code and an integrated debugger.

• 4.0

Toolworks Desk Reference (1991) 0 Reference Windows

Toolworks Desk Reference is an electronic version of the New York Public Library Desk Reference. This reference contains a huge collection of various facts about ideas, advice, details and discoveries. It includes twenty-six subject areas and thousands of entries.

• 1.0

Turbo Power Object Professional (1989) 0 DOS

Object Professional, from Turbo Power, is a library of window object types for Turbo Pascal Programmers, supporting overlapping resizable windows, menus, pick lists, data entry controls, and text editing.

• 1.x

UltraCoach (1995) 0 PIM Windows

UltraCoach for Windows is a software program developed to aid in fitness and athletic training. It is a training system that allows athletes to simultaneously track up to six different sports. It provides powerful graphing and reporting capabilities and suggests workouts using the athlete's goals, performance, and physiological data. UltraCoach is ideal for cross trainers, triathletes, duathletes, and single sport athletes.

• 1.x

VCN ExecuVision (1984) 0 Presentations DOS

Visual Communications Network's ExecuVision was the first business presentation package for the IBM PC. It was targeted at business professionals, and was advertised as a complete graphics art department on a computer. It was also notable for it's clip art collection, which was also a first. Wanted: VCN ExecuVision Graphics Library 3: Industry and Business

• 1.0

ViaVoice (1997) 3 Utility Novelty Windows

ViaVoice is a voice recognition program from IBM. It was available in a number of different languages. It was based on the previous VoiceType product Helloooo computer!

• 4.x
• 98

VoiceType (1997) 0 Utility Novelty Windows

VoiceType is a voice dictation and speech recognition program from IBM. Compared to other products, VoiceType was considered fairly fast and accurate, but required several hours of "training" to achieve that. It was aimed at a fairly niche voice dictation market.

• 3.x
• Simply Speaking 3.x