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Progressive Solutions, Inc. Products
(As of January 1, 1991)
All prices are for 1 copy - quantity discounts are available.
See ORDER.DOC for combined and quantity pricing!
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BACK & FORTH, Version 1.70 -- Task switching software allowing up to 20 programs
to be run at once.
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As a shareware product, users may try this product for 30 days to determine if
it meets their needs. After the 30-day trial period, they should either register
or license the product, or stop using it. Users may distribute copies of the
shareware version of the program to others for them to try.
REGISTRATION PRICE is $69.95 per copy. Registration includes: the latest
version on 5¼" 360K diskette; a printed manual, full phone support; registra-
tion file to eliminate the shareware screen.
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Back & Forth is a versatile program management tool that allows you to load
up to 20 programs at once and instantly switch between them. You can
switch between your word processor, spreadsheets, databases, and utilities
at will without having to wait. This eliminates the need to exit one
program to open and use another,which lets you concentrate on the reasons
why you are using your software in the first place.
* Delivers a flexible task management environment where up to 20 programs
may be open in memory, with each provided as much memory as needed.
* Occupies only 16-20k of memory, less than 1k if loaded high using QEMM or
386-to-the-Max.
* Offers an easy-to-use, colorful, & customizable environment.
* Allows up to 256 users per network file server (See documentation for
setup details).
* Supports CGA, MCGA, EGA, Hercules, VGA, SVGA, and 1024x768 video modes.
* Allows mouse aficionados to use a Microsoft-compatible mouse to scurry
around the screen to select commands.
* Uses expanded memory (EMS), extended memory, RAM disks, hard disks for
storing swapped programs.
* Executes programs at the touch of a key.
* Allows 50 program entries to be defined for use within the Back & Forth
program list.
* Assigns hot keys to programs for use in directly switching between open
task partitions without returning to Back & Forth. The Back & Forth hot
key and Cut & Paste keys are also selectable.
* Runs a selected list of programs automatically when Back & Forth is first
loaded.
* Permits color customization which allows you to choose the colors that
suit your tastes rather than someone else's. Supports all video modes
provided by UltraVision.
* Enables you to cut text from a running program & either place it in a
clipboard for pasting,print it, or write it to a separate file. The cut
module supports all known VGA chipset extended text modes as well as the
standard text modes.
* Allows you to edit the contents of the cut buffer, save text to
selected key folders, & replay keystrokes to simulate commands.
* Lets you set up DOS environments for freeform execution of programs,
utilities,or DOS commands.
* Dial a number cut from the screen.
* Works with the following programs: DR DOS 5, UltraVision, QEMM, QRAM,
386-to-the-Max, Move'em, PCED/VSTACK.
* Expands keyboard control with a 128 byte keyboard buffer, click, and
accelerator.
* "Cleans up" expanded memory used by programs opened, executed, and closed
with B&F.
* And much more...
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FILE COMMANDO II, Version 2.0 -- An easy-to-use, multi-disk DOS shell with disk
and system utilities, a 16-program application menu, and extensive online help.
As a shareware product, users may try this product for 30 days to determine if
it meets their needs. After the 30-day trial period, they should either register
or license the product, or stop using it. Users may distribute copies of the
shareware version of the program to others for them to try.
REGISTRATION PRICE is $40.00 per copy. Registration includes: the latest
version on 5¼" 360K diskette; a printed manual, full phone support; registra-
tion file to eliminate the shareware screen.
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Program File Commando is a versatile file management tool that lets you
Description take charge of your disks. This program provides flexible
display capabilities & powerful commands within an easy-to-use
interface.
* Provides powerful commands in an easy-to-use, menu-driven
environment. Quick keys are provided for speedy access to the
most often-used commands.
* Displays a graphic directory tree showing the hierarchical
relationship of the directories of the disk.
* Logs multiple drives.
* Shows the file contents of all logged drives, a single drive,
or the selected subdirectory.
* Displays files by name alone, by name-size-date, or by name-
size-date-time-attribute.
* Sorts files by name, extension, date, size, or leaves unsorted.
* Limits displayed files with use of twenty inclusion and
exclusion wildcards.
* Displays drive, directory, and file information for reference.
* Makes, renames,& removes subdirectories at the stroke of a key.
* Edits the volume label of a disk.
* Formats 5¼ & 3½ inch diskette. As a safety precaution, a fixed
disk drive can not be formatted.
* A disk editor is provided for more experienced users. This
displays the disk information in both hexadecimal and text
modes. The disk may be searched for occurrences of text, and
sectors may be edited, copied, or compared.
* Tags files individually or in groups for use with all file
commands.
* An individual file or tagged group of files may be copied,
moved, deleted, viewed, printed, xcopied, zapped.
* Changes the attributes of a file or group of files to Read Only,
Read/Write, System, Hidden, or Archive.
* Copies files to another disk and duplicates its directory path.
* Moves files from one directory or disk to another.
* Renames the name of selected files.
* A pretty printer option allows various print formatting options
to be defined such as page length, page numbers, headers,
subheaders, footers, margins, control character stripping, line
wrapping, et cetera.
* Edits or creates files using the File Commando editor. Its
commands include: cut, copy, and move blocks of text, wrap
text, enter any ASCII graphics character, jump to any location
in the file, search for occurrences of text, format the output
to the printer, et cetera. The editor can handle files as big
as available memory.
* Your favorite editor may be selected to replace the editor
provided by File Commando.
* The DOS print spooler has been provided with an extended user
interface so that files may be added or removed from the DOS
print queue.
* Zaps files to reduce the chances of deliberate recovery of file
information. Ordinarily, when files are deleted, only the first
letter of the file name is changed. By zappin