12 Months Screen Calendar (1996) 1 Utility Windows

12 Month Screen Calendar v1.00 displays the next 12 months on one screen. Distributed as freeware by Command Line Software.

• 1.0

3D Home Architect (1993) 46 Graphics Windows

Broderbund's 3D Home Architect is a home-design oriented CAD program. It includes a variety of home decor related objects, and can render the results in 3D.

• 1.0
• 2.0

3D Landscape (1994) 0 Engineering Windows

3D Landscape is a computer aided design program specifically geared towards designing and planning landscapes. It includes the ability to view the design from 3 dimensional angles and includes extensive online documentation on landscape design.

• 1.0

3DNA (2002) 3 Utility Novelty Windows

3DNA is a 3D virtual environment shell that presents your computer as a series of 3D video-game like rooms. It features objects that you can set to launch applications, web site previews in the form of a "browser bay", and in-program advertising. It was bundled with some video cards. In many ways it is like a 3d-version of Microsoft Bob, and has a resemblance to Packard Bell Navigator.

• 1.0
• 1.1

Ability (1985) 5 Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentations Communications Database Windows

Originally released in 1984 by the Canadian company Xanaro that went bankrupt, and then by Migent, Ability is an integrated office suite for DOS that includes word processor, spreadsheet, database, telecommunications, business graphing, presentation graphics capabilities, and built in file management. It features good integration between the different components, with the ability to import, share, and dynamically update data between them. It was advertised as a very easy to use and a quick to learn system.

• 1.5 for Windows
• 2000
• 2002

Ad-Aware (2009) 26 Utility Windows

Ad-Aware is a spyware/adaware removal tool

• 2009

Adobe Acrobat Reader (1994) 13 Document Windows OS2

Acrobat Reader is the free software from Adobe used to read, view, and print documents created by the commercial Adobe Acrobat product. Its primary strength is that documents appear and print identically across differing systems.

• 2.x
• 3.x
• 4.x

Adobe Dimensions (1992) 9 Graphics Publishing Windows

Adobe Dimensions was a low cost 3-d object editing and rendering program. Unlike other 3d rendering programs, Dimensions is specifically geared towards producing illustrations for print. programs, such as Adobe Illustrator or Freehand, and edited to create 3d objects. Then, instead of outputting a pixilated raster image, it outputs in postscript bezier curves, which can then be further processed by other 2d illustration packages.

• 3.0

Adobe Illustrator (1988) 147 Graphics Windows

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. It was often sold as a companion product to the bit-map/photo editor Adobe Photoshop. Illustrator was originally released in 1987 for the Apple Macintosh. Early versions were ported to NexT, Silicon Graphics, and Sun Solaris.

• 1.x
• 4.x
• 7.0
• 8.0
• 9.0
• 10.0

Adobe Photoshop Elements (2001) 3 Graphics Windows MacOS

Adobe Photoshop Elements is the successor to Photoshop LE, a somewhat reduced, home-oriented version of Adobe Photoshop.

• 1.0
• 2.0

Adobe Streamline (1992) 2 Graphics Publishing Windows

Adobe Streamline is an image conversion and manipulation tool that aids conversion of bit-mapped images in to PostScript line art for use in tools such as Adobe Illustrator.

• 3.0
• 4.0

Advanced Task Manager (1995) 0 Utility Windows

A task manager replacement for Windows 3.1.

• 1.x

Aldus IntelliDraw (1992) 2 Graphics Windows

IntelliDraw is a shape based vector illustration tool that enables you to dynamically control shapes using numeric, rule based, or relationship based parameters.

• 1.0
• 2.0

Aldus Photostyler (1992) 1 Graphics Windows

Aldus PhotoStyler, developed by Ulead and acquired by Aldus, was an easy-to use photo image editor intended to compete with PhotoShop. The product was dropped when Adobe acquired Aldus.

• 1.x
• 2.x

Aldus Type Twister (1993) 3 Graphics Publishing Windows

Type Twister is a font tool that adds multiple effects to fonts, that a user may then copy as a bit map in to other applications. involved with Instant Artist, which features similar font effects.

• 1.0

Amish System Utilities (1991) 0 Utility Windows

The Amish System Utilities for Windows is a set of tools that adds multiple desktops and a "Start"-like desktop launcher menu to Windows 3.0 and 3.1.

• 1.x

AOLPress (1997) 1 Editor Document Windows

AOL Press 2.0 is a Windows based what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor from AOL. It competed with other HTML Cuisinarts such as Microsoft Front Page.

• 2.0

ARCserve (1993) 0 Utility Server Windows

ARCserve, from Cheyenne Software Inc., is an enterprise grade backup software for Windows NT.

• 5.x
• 6.0

ArcView GIS (1996) 38 Graphics Other Database Windows

ArcView, from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. is a geographical information system program for Win9x/NT.

• 3.0
• 3.3

Argent Quota Server (1997) 0 Server Windows

This server utility places and manages limits on the content size of network shares under Windows NT 4. Great for keeping users from hogging the entire file server!

• 4.1f

Artemis Presents! (1991) 0 Graphics Windows

Artemis Presents! is a rudimentary graphics editor and charting tool. It was bundled with and integrated with other applications from Lucas Management Systems.

• 2.0

Ashlar Vellum (1990) 0 Graphics Engineering Windows

Ashlar Vellum is a CAD package for mechanical engineers and designers, that includes the ability to intelligently predict where the user wants to connect the next object. There were both "2D" and "3D" versions.

• 1.x (Win)

Autodesk AutoCAD (1984) 16 Graphics Engineering Windows

AutoCAD, from Autodesk and first released in 1982, is a powerful Computer Aided Design tool. It was, and still is, often considered the standard for CAD tools. Primarily for the IBM PC platform, it was ported to x86 machines with higher video resolutions such as the Zenith Z-100 and NEC APC. Intermittently, versions for the Macintosh appeared. Later versions use a dongle copy protection.

• r11 (Win)

Autodesk AutoCAD LT (1994) 2 Engineering Windows

AutoCAD LT is a 2-D only design program targeted at casual drafting users. It was positioned as a lower cost offering, with fewer features than AutoCAD. Initially, it was intended as a replacement for Generic CADD - another 2D drafting tool that AutoDesk bought out and then abandoned. Unlike AutoSketch, AutoCAD LT has more design related features.

• 1.x

AutoRun for Windows (1991) 0 Utility Windows

AutoRun for Windows, from AutoSoft, Inc, is a tool for recording and playing back events within the Microsoft Windows environment. This enables you to automate tasks using existing applications from within the Windows GUI. It features the ability to make decisions during playback, and a playback scheduling tool. Time (Aldia Systems), AutoMate Pro (Unisyn) and Internet Agents

• 1.x